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00:05My brother and I started a restaurant a year ago.
00:07Business was crazy.
00:08We cleared 6 million in one year.
00:09But me?
00:09He gave me only 100 grand.
00:11A prep cook barely makes 2,000 a month.
00:13I gave you 100 grand.
00:14And only because you're my brother.
00:17I took it with a smile.
00:18Then I turned around and leased that run-down, filthy restaurant right across from his.
00:21I started my own place.
00:23The second my restaurant overtook Iron Anchor, Percy snapped.
00:25He smashed his own car hood.
00:26He just couldn't wrap his head around it.
00:28How did his useless younger brother's restaurant become the most popular place in town?
00:32Percy, I've got an opening for a prep cook.
00:34$2,000 a month.
00:38Business blew up this year.
00:39We cleared 6 mil.
00:40Here's your share.
00:43I took it and counted.
00:44Only 100,000.
00:45Not even a fraction of the restaurant's profit.
00:47I put up the money for this restaurant.
00:48I did all the live streams and marketing.
00:50You're just a line cook.
00:51Any bum off the street could do your job.
00:52If you weren't my brother, you wouldn't see a dime of this.
00:55For a whole year, I worked non-stop, running around.
00:58Picking out the best suppliers.
00:59Okay, I want to tell you about my restaurant.
01:00Just give me three minutes and I'll tell you about my restaurant.
01:04Thank you for providing such high quality ingredients.
01:06You really helped us solve a big problem.
01:09I went back and forth between thousands of restaurants, studying what customers really want.
01:12Sir, you've been creeping on our customers for five hours.
01:14Move along or I'm calling the cops.
01:15Sorry, sorry.
01:15I'm leaving right now.
01:18And Percy, he just gets a fancy hairstyle and camps out in front of his live stream.
01:21Five people.
01:22Always the same five.
01:23Making a fool of himself over and over again.
01:24I put in at least half the work for that six million.
01:26And that hundred thousand Percy gave me.
01:28Ninety thousand of it was just him paying me back for the purchasing money.
01:30I'd already fronted all year, but I still took the money.
01:32Thanks.
01:33I turned, pushed the door open, and then Percy called out to me.
01:35The citywide benchmark judging is in three days.
01:37The mayor is coming to Iron Anchor to try the fatty tuna sushi.
01:39Your sashimi is the most popular with customers.
01:40So make sure you have a blue fit tuna ready and cut the belly part well.
01:44Okay.
01:46See you in three days.
01:47Good boy.
01:47I didn't say a word.
01:48Percy never thought I'd be that easy to brush off.
01:54And me.
01:55I stood in front of that failed restaurant right across the street.
01:57The one that couldn't keep up with Iron Anchor and went belly up.
01:59Everyone knew it was filthy.
02:00Broken.
02:01A total mess.
02:02Percy thought it was a dump.
02:03A place only bums would set foot in.
02:06Hello, I'd like to rent this restaurant for ten years.
02:08Takes goods to rent this spot, kid.
02:09Nobody survives across from Iron Anchor.
02:10You absolutely sure?
02:11I'm sure.
02:12I walked out after signing the papers.
02:13And across the street, Iron Anchor was already partying.
02:15Getting hyped for the mayor's big arrival.
02:17What Percy didn't realize.
02:18That award in three days.
02:19It was about to turn into his worst nightmare.
02:24This rundown shop was hidden away.
02:25Filthy.
02:26Pitch.
02:26Dark.
02:27Thick layers of grease covered everything.
02:28I didn't complain.
02:29Though, inside, I was actually pumped.
02:32Percy quickly realized that someone had rented that dump across the street again.
02:35He got out of his fancy car, saw it was me, and just lost it.
02:38Laughing so hard he could barely stand.
02:41Grayson, you absolute idiot.
02:43I gave you $100,000 and you blow it on this rat hole?
02:45Don't you have any idea how good a life $100,000 could have bought you?
02:48I ignored him.
02:49Percy started wandering around the restaurant on his own.
02:50Even pulled out his phone and went live, making exaggerated faces at the camera.
02:54Look at this, folks.
02:54Thick, nasty grease all over the tables.
02:57This place is so disgusting.
02:58I swear even a rat wouldn't come near it.
03:00Then he put his arm around my shoulder and struck a friendly pose for the camera.
03:02Grayson, I'm your older brother.
03:04I have to take care of you.
03:05You're always welcome back at Iron Anchor.
03:07I did fill your old spot for half the pay, but you know how replaceable that kind of job is.
03:11After humiliating me, Percy left the restaurant, satisfied.
03:13He had to get ready for the mayor's visit.
03:15He had his workers turn the place into a luxurious palace.
03:17But one thing he would never understand.
03:18A restaurant's true essence is the food.
03:20And me, I stayed up late every night, cleaning the restaurant.
03:24It was already 3 in the morning when I got home.
03:26The light was still on.
03:27I caught my reflection in the mirror by the door, covered in dirt.
03:29My face exhausted.
03:30I panicked.
03:30I didn't want my family to worry, but I knew I had to face it eventually.
03:35My wife Mia looked at me with concern.
03:37Honey, what happened?
03:38Why are you so late?
03:39Percy asked me to clean the kitchen.
03:40I didn't have time to wash up.
03:43Mia looked uneasy.
03:44She took my hand and pulled me down onto the sofa.
03:46I saw the news.
03:47The mayor is going to personally review Iron Anchor.
03:50The restaurant you and Percy opened is really making money.
03:52Big enough to even get the mayor's attention.
03:54Did he give you any of it?
03:55Sure.
03:56He gave me a hundred grand.
03:57Only a hundred grand?
03:58The news said the place cleared six million.
04:00That's not fair.
04:01You put your whole heart into this restaurant for an entire year.
04:04At least half of the credit is yours.
04:05How could he do this to you?
04:07Mia, calm down.
04:08Percy is an idiot with his head stuck up in the clouds.
04:10Why are you still working for him?
04:13I'm opening my own restaurant.
04:15I support whatever decision you make.
04:20Here's 20 grand.
04:21Go all in, Grayson.
04:22The baby and I will be just fine.
04:25I won't let you down.
04:26I swear.
04:27The industry benchmark restaurant awards were in two days.
04:29That night, I couldn't sleep at all.
04:30What if I let Mia down?
04:31The dirty, pitch black image of Seamist Restaurant kept flashing through my mind.
04:34I wasn't sure if the changes I made would be enough to pass the inspection.
04:37I started doubting whether going solo was the right move or just a stupid decision made
04:40out of anger.
04:41I picked up the little notebook I've been keeping for years and sat down at the desk.
04:43It is filled with all kinds of customer info and preferences.
04:46I've recorded including the mayor's.
04:47I once sat in a high-end restaurant and carefully watched how he ate, what he left on his plate.
04:50This notebook gives me the confidence that comes from experience.
04:53Then suddenly, my phone rang.
04:56What did you say?
04:57Seamist Restaurant passed the qualification inspection?
05:00This is the best Christmas gift I've ever received.
05:03With the license in hand, I'm halfway there.
05:05I reached out to the supplier I'd worked so hard to win over before.
05:07He'd always seen my potential.
05:07And the moment he heard I was opening my own place, he cut ties with Percy on the spot
05:10and said yes.
05:10You should have gone out on your own a long time ago.
05:12I can tell you've got way more ability than that brother of yours.
05:14All he knows is flashy tricks.
05:16I'd just sent the supplier off when Percy came back from a night of drinking.
05:19If he'd paid even a little attention to his own purchasing,
05:21he would have recognized that the guy leaving was his biggest supplier.
05:23Maybe then his restaurant would still stand a chance.
05:25Too bad.
05:25All he cares about is messing with that ridiculous haircut of his in his livestream
05:28that never gets more than five people.
05:29He didn't recognize him at all.
05:30Don't say I never give you a chance.
05:32The mayor's coming to Iron Anchor in person tomorrow.
05:34My dear little brother,
05:35I'm your only shot at rubbing elbows with big shots like that.
05:38And make sure you bring your wife Mia.
05:40I swear, she's never seen anything this grand in her life.
05:43Percy's laugh was full of contempt.
05:45He was sure I couldn't measure up to him in any way.
05:47Tomorrow was going to be his day to shine.
05:48And at an event like this,
05:49his little brother, the one foolish enough to open a restaurant right across from Iron Anchor,
05:52would be the perfect person to compare himself to.
05:54I'll be there on time.
05:56Here's ten bucks.
05:57Go park my car for me.
06:00Everyone believed Iron Anchor would definitely become the industry venture.
06:03Percy was so sure of it that he boasted
06:05and signed a whole year's worth of orders for the future.
06:07But he overlooked him.
06:07A brother he'd never once seen as a competitor.
06:09Insignificant.
06:10Obedient.
06:10Beneath noted.
06:12When I got home,
06:12I told Mia that I was going to Percy's restaurant for the awards event.
06:15I could see the worry in her eyes.
06:16No, Grayson, you don't have to go to that awards event tomorrow.
06:19Can't you see?
06:20He stole the fruits of your hard work,
06:21and now he wants to humiliate you in public.
06:23Mia, I've already decided to go.
06:25If he tries to embarrass me,
06:26I'll forget we're brothers and I'll take his place for good.
06:30A place that was always meant to be mine.
06:32Fine.
06:33I'll go with you.
06:37Percy hadn't seated the guests yet.
06:38He was waiting by the door for something.
06:39The moment he saw Mia and me show up,
06:41his eyes locked onto us like a radar.
06:43Look, there's my little brother.
06:46Let me introduce you all.
06:47This is my brother Grayson.
06:48He just took over a garbage dump across the street from Iron Anchor
06:50and thinks he's going to compete with me.
06:51Percy said it like a joke.
06:52All the guests looked at me with contempt in their eyes.
06:54Even Mia's smile froze on her face.
06:59You know what Percy nets a year?
07:00Six million dollars.
07:01You won't see that kind of money in ten lifetimes.
07:03You really should just stick with your brother.
07:05That way you can at least lap up some of the leftovers.
07:07Don't mind them, Grayson.
07:08What they said was harsh, but it's the truth.
07:12That's enough.
07:13You're all way out of line.
07:14The truth is, he's better than every one of you.
07:17Grayson, control your wife.
07:18This isn't the place for a scene.
07:20Easy, Mia.
07:20I'm fine.
07:26Here's my card.
07:27You're all welcome to come check out my new restaurant across the street.
07:29Percy looked at me in disbelief.
07:30He never expected that after being humiliated like that.
07:32I'd still be able to hand out my business card.
07:34Everyone looked embarrassed.
07:35No one took it.
07:37Grayson, are you seriously expecting these suppliers to visit your dump?
07:39Don't be ridiculous.
07:40I smiled and shook my head.
07:42I swear.
07:43One day they'll be begging to work with me.
07:48These are all Iron Anchor's signature dishes.
07:50Everyone, help yourselves.
07:52I could see right through it.
07:54The dishes looked exactly the same as before, but the ingredients had changed.
07:57Percy always cuts corners with cheap ingredients to save money.
07:59But he doesn't understand his customers.
08:00Every single one of them has a picky palate.
08:02Without my notebook that records every customer's preferences, he can never make the perfect dish.
08:06At the table, the guests could already tell something was off with the food.
08:09But because they were so eager to flatter Percy, they chose to ignore it.
08:11The mayor's personal inspection is the highest honor in the industry.
08:14Percy kept bragging about how successful his restaurant had become in just one year.
08:17How much money he'd made.
08:18Mia was so upset, she couldn't even eat.
08:19The anger in her eyes could have skinned Percy alive.
08:21But that wasn't enough for Percy.
08:22He brought me up again.
08:24Grayson, once Iron Anchor takes over the world, you can still come back.
08:28I mean, you don't have much skill, just good for a few simple little jobs.
08:31But you are my little brother after all.
08:32Percy, you're such a good man.
08:34Your brother has a death wish opening a restaurant right across from you, and you're still looking out for him.
08:38Of course.
08:39What does a line cook know about running a restaurant?
08:41Without Percy, he's nothing.
08:44I was furious.
08:45All anyone could see was Percy's winning glow.
08:47No one saw the one who'd done all the work behind the scenes.
08:49Percy was soaking up the praise, laughing and clinking glasses with those guests.
08:52And that was the moment he completely cut off the last bit of mercy I had left for him.
08:55The industry benchmark awarded by the mayor can only be my sea mist restaurant.
08:58I raised my glass, a calm smile on my face.
09:00You're alright.
09:00Everything I do I learn from Percy.
09:01I respect the big brother.
09:04The mayor was arriving any minute.
09:05Percy told me to go to the kitchen and get ready to cut the bluefin tuna.
09:08Grayson, get your ass to the kitchen and help out.
09:11Even though you had the nerve to leave me, I still invited you to this important event.
09:13And the only reason is because you're my brother.
09:16Percy finished talking and went off to greet the mayor.
09:21I looked at the mayor.
09:22I knew my chance had come.
09:25A year ago, I went through hell to land the supplier with the highest food safety rating.
09:29Percy never understood how important fresh ingredients are to a restaurant.
09:32And now that top-tier supplier belongs to me.
09:35The one who took over supplying Iron Anchor?
09:37Obviously just some crooked merchant faking it.
09:41This tuna smells really weird.
09:43I tried to warn them about quality control, but Percy never listened to a word I said.
09:49Grayson, step aside.
09:51The new guy here can actually handle a knife.
09:55Grayson, you just stand aside and watch.
09:57Even for a line cook, you've still got a lot to learn.
09:59Percy didn't care about my skills.
10:01He asked me to come to the kitchen only to humiliate me with the new hire to prove I was
10:05good for nothing.
10:06But he had no idea how complicated Blue Fit Tuna is.
10:08Without real knife skills, you can't handle it properly.
10:11Especially a piece of cheap, low-quality tuna like this.
10:15Percy, you're going to regret everything you've done today.
10:17Swear it.
10:18I'm just trying to make my little brother better.
10:19Otherwise, how is he going to support you and the baby in your belly?
10:21That failing restaurant across the street?
10:25I'll learn from him.
10:27After today, one of us will be famous and the other will be a nobody.
10:32Grayson, I really feel sorry for you.
10:34That is right.
10:35After today, one of us is going to take over the world.
10:38And the other is going to fade into obscurity.
10:39I watched very carefully.
10:41Joss thought I was actually learning and he even took the time to explain things to me.
10:43I smiled.
10:44With such lousy technique, that Blue Fit Tuna was going to end up as nothing but a pile of ruined
10:47meat in his hands.
10:48And, the mayor.
10:49He hates nothing more than being handed low quality.
10:52Butchered tuna.
10:53Like it is no big deal.
10:57Percy was in the dining room, chatting up the mayor like he was king of the world.
11:00He had no idea his restaurant was heading straight to hell.
11:03Joss walked up, carrying a covered platter.
11:04Meanwhile, the highest quality Blue Fit Tuna was being delivered to Sea Mist Restaurant,
11:09where the expensive head chef I hired was handling the premium tuna, according to the methods written in my notebook.
11:12My dear fans, it's showtime.
11:14The mayor is here.
11:15Today, I'll show the world true top-tier cooking.
11:17Some bottom-feealing trash running a cheap diner couldn't even dream of reaching this level.
11:22Mr. Mayor, and everyone watching in the live stream,
11:24let me introduce you to my good-for-nothing little brother, Grayson.
11:27Never been smart.
11:28Only good for the dirty work in the back.
11:29He recently opened some dump called Sea Mist right over there.
11:32If you ever feel like your stomach's too full and you need to throw up,
11:35feel free to go try his chemical waste.
11:38Percy, you're too soft.
11:39Having that guy across the street is polluting our whole neighborhood.
11:42Mr. Mayor, here's my card.
11:43I'm good at making otoyu sushi.
11:45Are you crazy?
11:46A little place that can't even fit two people in the bathroom,
11:48and you think you can hand the mayor your business card?
11:49My restaurant is spotless, and my ingredients are the best.
11:52I don't think square footage determines quality.
11:55Grayson, stop embarrassing yourself here.
11:59Young man, you have something those greedy businessmen don't.
12:01You're calm.
12:02I like that.
12:03The mayor sure has a sense of humor.
12:05He's just teaching the young generation to stay humble.
12:08Grayson, the only reason the mayor hasn't kicked you out is out of respect for me.
12:11Stop any of your pathetic delusions.
12:18Please take a seat.
12:26Mr. Mayor, this is our signature dish, otoro sushi.
12:29I promise you'll love it.
12:31Iron Anchor's otoro sushi is one of a kind, Mr. Mayor.
12:33I guarantee you'll fall for it.
12:34The knife work, the technique, absolutely flawless.
12:37In the past, the otori sushi really was one of a kind.
12:40But this time, without top quality ingredients and skilled knife work,
12:43the only thing coming out of that kitchen is a one-of-a-kind piece of garbage.
12:56Woohoo!
12:59Natalation!
13:01Oh my god, what the hell is that garbage?
13:04At that same moment, the otoro sushi I prepared was being carefully packed up
13:07and was already on its way.
13:08We are about to serve the very first dish from Seamist Restaurant.
13:13Everyone, stay sharp.
13:14Yes!
13:25Percy's prized otoro sushi was unveiled.
13:26Before anyone could admire it, a wave of rotten stench hit the room.
13:29His smile vanished.
13:29Guests gagged.
13:30The mayor slammed his fork down on the table in fury.
13:31Percy, this is the signature dish you've been bragging about?
13:33Open your damn eyes!
13:34Is this meant for humans?
13:35I held Mia close and watched.
13:36Cold.
13:36Percy's face went pale.
13:37Cold sweat dripped from his temples down into his collar.
13:39But he wasn't done.
13:40He fell back on his pathetic sales pitch.
13:41Desperate to cover up the rot.
13:42No!
13:43Mr. Mayor, let me explain.
13:44This is an oxidation reaction.
13:45An advanced aging process for premium tuna.
13:46Advanced aging.
13:47No, he just served the mayor cheap.
13:49Old meat to cut costs.
13:50The live stream was going wild.
13:51The whole city was watching him feed garbage to the mayor.
13:53Fine.
13:54You're so confident in this process?
13:55Then don't waste it.
13:56Bring it to him.
13:57Eat it, Percy.
13:57Every last piece, right now.
13:58No!
13:58No!
13:59You're resisting so hard.
14:00Is it because you think it's a piece of rotten meat, too?
14:02No!
14:02Mr. Mayor, I'll prove to you there's nothing wrong with it!
14:03The security guard stepped forward.
14:05The cold, intimidating pressure, left Percy with no way out.
14:07Under the gaze of the city-wide live stream, he was forced to swallow that rotten meat
14:10like a pathetic stray dog.
14:12He skimped on ingredient costs and threw the money away.
14:14Now he had to chew up the consequences himself.
14:16The mayor's fury was just the beginning.
14:17The real ruin of the Iron Anchor was just getting started.
14:23This is the pride of Surla Street, the face of our state's restaurant industry?
14:26Percy, you didn't just insult me.
14:27You insult the entire food safety laws of this city.
14:29Mr. Mayor, I swear on my life, the sushi is fine.
14:31I just drank too much last night.
14:32It's my stomach.
14:33It's upset.
14:33Percy's excuse sounded pathetic and hollow in front of the mayor and 500 live stream viewers.
14:36No one knew better than me.
14:37Eating rotten bluefin tuna would cause macro poisoning.
14:39Soon, Percy showed all the signs.
14:40The client who had signed next year's contract with him actually wanted to go help him.
14:44Damn it!
14:44You used rotten meat!
14:45That's why you're such a mess right now!
14:46Percy, you idiot!
14:47You just blew the entire war!
14:48No, no, no!
14:48It's not what you think!
14:49And just like that, Percy's noble image was gone, shattered in front of the live stream
14:52in the entire city.
14:53Enough!
14:53I want a full investigation of Iron Anchor right now!
14:55Percy wanted to stop it, but he couldn't move.
14:57Soon enough, the iron door to Iron Anchor's back storage was violently pushed over.
15:00A stench of formaldehyde mixed with rotting blood hit everyone in the face.
15:03Cardboard boxes piled up like knives.
15:04Their outer layers covered in mold.
15:05The smell is absolutely disgusting!
15:07Just thinking about the food I ate makes me want to strangle Percy with my bare hands!
15:09Percy was dragged to the storage door like a filthy rag.
15:11The mayor pointed angrily at the inside of the back room.
15:12This is the best ingredient warehouse in all of New York?
15:14Percy, you'd better explain this!
15:15Now!
15:17Percy scrambled, saying it was all the supplier's fault that he was a victim, too.
15:19Tears streamed down his face as he got all emotional.
15:21At first, some people actually believed him.
15:22After all, Iron Anchor's reputation had been perfect.
15:24That was until a contract signed with the shady supplier was pulled out of a drawer.
15:26A hundred dollars a play and you spent three cents on the meat?
15:28Vanity.
15:29That's what it was.
15:29The money went to the cars.
15:30The fancy front.
15:30But the food, itself, he had zero respect for it.
15:32Mr. Mayor, let me explain.
15:34I was just trying to save money.
15:35I didn't know the supplier would give me bad meat.
15:36I'd give me bad meat!
15:36You didn't know?
15:37You're playing games with people's lives!
15:39Percy looked around in despair.
15:41Nothing but contempt.
15:42And the mayor's fury was even more terrifying than he'd imagined.
15:43If this is the best Surla Street has to offer,
15:45then I will shut down every single restaurant on this entire street!
15:46The whole place erupted.
15:47Every business owner's face dropped.
15:48If the whole street got shut down,
15:49they would lose countless future business deals.
15:51Percy, you animal!
15:51You want to serve trash fine!
15:52But don't drag the rest of us down with you!
15:53You disgusting little roach!
15:54Go to hell!
15:55That is human nature.
15:55When Percy was on top, they were his loyal supporters.
15:57The moment he fell, everyone wanted to kick him.
15:58While he was down, Mia looked worried.
15:59She was afraid my restaurant would get caught up in this, too.
16:01I patted her hand.
16:01I'd just gotten my license.
16:02I was fully confident I could turn the tide on Surla Street.
16:04And if I timed it right, my chef should be here in a second.
16:09Percy panicked.
16:09Iron Anchor was facing closure.
16:11And me, his worthless little brother,
16:12bringing in a chef with the very same cut of fish.
16:13Grayson, what the hell do you think you're doing?
16:15Mr. Mayor, before you give up on this street,
16:17please give real Surla Street cuisine one chance.
16:19Percy pulled himself up off the floor and stormed over to me, furious.
16:21That garbage from your $500 dump
16:22has no place in front of the mayor!
16:24I'm warning you, throw that trash away!
16:26Mia was never one to just take it lying down.
16:27The second she heard that,
16:28she hauled off and slapped Percy right across the face.
16:29Wipe that disgusting superior look off your face!
16:31You arrogant jerk!
16:32Three minutes ago, you were serving the mayor garbage.
16:34Whatever my husband has in that box
16:35is worth more than you and your whole restaurant ever were!
16:37You dare put your hands on me?
16:38You shameless bitch!
16:39The mayor beat me to it.
16:40He had his security restrained Percy,
16:41then looked at the takeout box in my hand.
16:43I think I'd like to try something made by a man with some composure.
16:45See, Miss Restaurant.
16:46Please enjoy.
16:57I've never seen sashimi with such perfect texture.
16:59It's as thin as a leaf.
17:00The aroma's so rich.
17:01My mouth is watering.
17:02The live stream went wild.
17:02Two, the comments were full of curiosity about my food.
17:04Because of this turnaround,
17:05the viewer count instantly skyrocketed by 10,000.
17:08Two know this great.
17:09My supplier swore I was his only client in Manhattan.
17:10Your so-called supply chain is just a transaction.
17:11What Grayson earned is the supplier's respect.
17:13He deserves to have the best ingredients
17:14way more than your iron anchor ever did.
17:16I watched the mayor's fingertips tremble.
17:17That is the instinctive reaction of a true gourmet
17:19in the presence of something transcendent.
17:20Percy always thought waving his checkbook around on live stream
17:22would let him control everything.
17:24But he never knew.
17:25Some ingredients can't be bought.
17:26They choose who deserves them.
17:28My God.
17:28The sweetness.
17:29The way this fat just dissolves.
17:31It's melting on your tongue.
17:32Grayson, I take back what I said earlier.
17:33This isn't just food.
17:33This is art.
17:34This year's industry benchmark restaurant
17:36is not this foul-smelling iron anchor.
17:38It goes to...
17:43Wait!
17:43C-Miss shouldn't even be in the running.
17:44Everyone knows that place is a dump.
17:46Full of grease and rats.
17:47It doesn't even meet basic health and safety standards.
17:48Percy looked at me with that smug expression.
17:49Like he'd finally cornered the clown.
17:51Too bad.
17:51This time, the joke was on him.
17:53Save the pity, Grayson.
17:54I know you tried really hard to steal first place from me.
17:56Too bad.
17:57Trying isn't enough.
17:58You'll never surpass me, little brother.
17:59Mr. Mayor.
18:00It would be my honor to lead the way
18:02and show everyone this garbage-dimp Grayson calls a restaurant.
18:05That place has been closed for ages.
18:06I heard the last owner was so bitter.
18:08He poured cooking oil all over the floors on his way out.
18:09You can't even walk in there.
18:10That's right.
18:11And he left all kinds of expired food in there, too.
18:12It's probably a full-blown rat kingdom by now.
18:14What right does a dump like that have to call itself a restaurant?
18:15What do we do?
18:17Mr. Mayor, and everyone here,
18:19as the owner of C-Mist Restaurant,
18:20I invite you all to come see it for yourselves.
18:22You idiot.
18:23Get ready to watch your precious restaurant get shut down.
18:25My dear fans,
18:26I'm about to show you the most chaotic,
18:28filthiest garbage dump on Surla Street.
18:30You cannot imagine how absolutely disgusting that place is.
18:34Percy, lying has consequences.
18:36It's totally fake.
18:37I guarantee you behind this door,
18:38it's nothing but trash and stink.
18:39Percy.
18:40Just wait and see.
18:40Percy's smug smile kept growing,
18:41but all of that was about to come to a screeching halt
18:43the second I opened that door.
18:48This is impossible.
18:49Oh my god!
18:50In just a few days,
18:51that dump has completely changed.
18:52It's so clean and tidy.
18:53Way more pleasant to look at
18:54than Iron Anchor's tacky, flashy decorations.
18:59Grayson,
19:00your taste is just as impressive as your food.
19:06Man,
19:06this place is cleaner than an operating room.
19:08I worked around the clock,
19:09kneeling on that filthy floor,
19:10scrubbing every single crack with a brush.
19:11Percy spent his money on those gaudy chandeliers
19:13that blind you.
19:14I spent mine on every little detail you can touch.
19:15This is all just for show.
19:16You can fake the decor,
19:17but you can't fake the ingredients.
19:20Grayson,
19:20you're broke.
19:21Your monthly rent is 500 bucks.
19:22How can you afford
19:23pop-grade blue fit tuna?
19:24I bet that piece he just fed you
19:25was the only decent one he's got.
19:26His freezer must be packed
19:27with cheap throws and garbage.
19:28Trash will always be trash.
19:31You want to see?
19:31I'll show you.
19:36So many.
19:37Tuna of this quality,
19:37only three restaurants in all of New York
19:39can get their hands on these.
19:43Percy, take a good look.
19:44This is what you call garbage.
19:45No!
19:45You must have injected poison
19:46into these rotten fish.
19:47Sprayed them with chemicals.
19:48Who the hell is insulting my fish?
19:52You are...
19:53I worked with Iron Anchor
19:53for a whole year.
19:54Not once did you bother
19:55to remember my name.
19:56Percy, you're an absolute idiot.
19:58You're Iron Anchor's biggest supplier
20:00from this past year.
20:00You traitor.
20:01You're the traitor.
20:02And premium ingredients
20:03should go to people
20:03who actually appreciate them.
20:05Mr. Mayor,
20:06I'm the largest seafood distributor
20:07in California.
20:07I hereby certify that
20:08all ingredients used
20:09by Seamist Restaurant
20:10are exclusively supplied
20:11through my special channel
20:11with the highest A-level safety rating.
20:13Mr. Grayson is the most knowledgeable person
20:15about ingredients I've ever met.
20:16That's why I ended all my contracts
20:17with Iron Anchor for him.
20:19Are you insane?
20:20I give you millions of dollars a year.
20:21What about him?
20:22All he got was a lousy hundred grand
20:23I threw at him.
20:23After lashing out at the supplier,
20:25Percy turned his rage back on me.
20:26Grayson!
20:27You ungrateful snake!
20:28You took the hundred grand
20:29I gave you
20:29and used it to steal my supplier
20:31and become my enemy?
20:31Don't you have any family loyalty at all?
20:33Percy.
20:36Out of that hundred grand
20:37ninety thousand
20:37was purchasing money
20:38I fronted for you.
20:40The remaining ten thousand
20:41was what you paid me
20:43for three years
20:43of working my ass off
20:44day and night.
20:45You thought you could buy my dignity.
20:46I'm taking it back
20:47with my own hands.
20:48We're even.
20:49And don't forget
20:49this supplier was mine
20:50from the very beginning.
20:51Percy's eyes went unfocused.
20:52It looked like he was finally remembering
20:53how hard I worked a year ago
20:54visiting supplier after supplier
20:56screening through thousands of them
20:57to find this one.
20:58Percy wanted to keep arguing
20:59but fate wasn't going to give him
21:00any more chances.
21:01Mr. Mayor
21:01It's not just the ingredients.
21:02The entire interior of Iron Anchor
21:03is built with the cheapest
21:04most flammable formal hide-laden boards
21:05just painted over
21:05with a layer of gold.
21:06Iron Anchor is basically
21:07a poison gas chamber
21:07that would explode
21:08the second it touches fire.
21:11That's disgusting.
21:12All for show.
21:13Percy, get out of the restaurant industry.
21:15Mr. Mayor, I was wrong.
21:16I just wanted the restaurant
21:17to look better.
21:18You risked people's lives
21:19just to look good?
21:20Percy's tears rolled down
21:21his fake lying face.
21:22He used to throw money
21:23in front of me
21:23and call me a country bumping
21:24who'd never seen the world.
21:26And now, that live streaming empire
21:27he so carefully built
21:28was collapsing inch by inch
21:29in front of a global audience.
21:30I hereby declare
21:31Sea Mist Restaurant
21:32the industry benchmark restaurant
21:34for this year.
21:35Effective immediately
21:36Iron Anchor's business license
21:37is permanently revoked.
21:38All assets are to be seized.
21:40Percy is under official investigation
21:41for food safety crimes
21:43and commercial fraud.
21:44Now, throw this cockroach out of here.
21:52Grayson!
21:53Save me!
21:54You're my own little brother.
21:55Your restaurant is right across the street.
21:56You can fix this.
21:57You have to.
21:57I gave him a year.
21:58A whole year.
21:59But all he ever learned
22:00was how to put on a show
22:00for his live screen.
22:01Grayson!
22:03Grayson, I'm begging you.
22:04You're tight with the mayor.
22:04Please put in a good word for me.
22:05You can't let them close my place.
22:06That's everything I've got.
22:07Everything you've got, Percy?
22:08You call rotten meat
22:09and fake gold paint
22:10everything you've got?
22:10Just don't shut me down.
22:11I'll do anything you want.
22:12I'll give you all the shares.
22:13You come back and be the boss.
22:14I'll work for you.
22:15I'll be your line cook.
22:15Percy, do you remember
22:16how you humiliated Grayson?
22:17You said he was only worth
22:182,000 bucks.
22:19You said a homeless guy
22:19off the street
22:19could replace him.
22:20A year ago,
22:21I begged him in the pouring rain
22:22just like this
22:23to pay the supplier
22:24what he owed.
22:24He rolled down his car window,
22:26blew smoke in my face,
22:27and told me
22:27I didn't understand business.
22:28Percy, your biggest mistake
22:29wasn't greed.
22:30It was that you never
22:31learned to respect food.
22:32Someone who can make
22:32the finest fish smell like death
22:33has no place in a kitchen.
22:35You're really gonna
22:35just let me die?
22:36For old time's sake,
22:37since you want to be
22:37a line cook so bad,
22:39C-Miss just happens to be
22:39looking for someone
22:40to clean the bathrooms.
22:412,000 a month.
22:41And the only reason
22:42I'm even offering it to you
22:43is out of respect
22:43for you being my big brother.
22:47Mr. Grayson,
22:47I'm officially transferring
22:48my $5 million annual banquet
22:49booking to C-Miss Restaurant.
22:50Name your price.
22:50Just make sure that
22:51Oto Sushi shows up at my event.
22:52Grayson, this is a long-term
22:53letter of intent
22:53from the Manhattan
22:54Restaurant Association.
22:55We're willing to pay
22:55a 50% premium
22:56as long as C-Miss
22:56agrees to be our partner.
22:57Three hours ago,
22:58these same people
22:58watched Percy humiliate me
22:59in front of everyone.
22:59They laughed at me.
23:00A lowly line cook
23:00who didn't know his place.
23:01Now they're willing to pay double
23:02just to beg me for a partnership.
23:03C-Miss will only sign
23:04with one partner
23:04in the next year.
23:05That spot?
23:06You'll have to fight
23:06for it yourselves.
23:07I have the strongest capital!
23:08That spot belongs to me!
23:09What can you offer
23:09besides money?
23:10I can provide
23:11the biggest advertising
23:11and sales channels!
23:12Get lost!
23:12This opportunity is mine!
23:16With the mayor's endorsement
23:17and the title
23:17of industry benchmark restaurant,
23:19C-Miss was splattered
23:20all over countless posters.
23:21Customers poured
23:22into C-Miss non-stop.
23:23Mia and I opened
23:24three more locations together.
23:25I never held back.
23:26I shared everything I knew.
23:27C-Miss will always stand
23:28for healthy, delicious food.
23:34All those prepayments
23:35that should have gone
23:36into Iron Anchor's account,
23:37they were now flooding
23:37into mine instead.
23:39Oh my god,
23:39I can't believe my eyes!
23:40Grayson,
23:41in less than half an hour,
23:42the prepayments
23:42have already topped
23:43three million!
23:44We made it!
23:44Grayson,
23:45you deserve this.
23:46The restaurant industry
23:46doesn't need some performer
23:47who only knows how to lie.
23:48It needs craftsmen like you,
23:50people with soul
23:50when it comes to food.
23:52This is the contract
23:52for government catering
23:53for the next year.
23:58Pleasure doing business with you.
23:59At that moment,
23:59Percy,
24:00his face caked with mud,
24:01pressed himself
24:02against the window
24:02like a ghost,
24:03watching me sign contract
24:04after contract,
24:05signing away millions of dollars.
24:06Furious,
24:06he tried to get in,
24:07but the security guard
24:08at the door shoved him back,
24:09sending him tumbling
24:10down the steps.
24:10Get out of my way!
24:11That bastard Grayson
24:12took everything from me!
24:13This was supposed to be mine!
24:14Move along!
24:15This is no place
24:15for a homeless guy!
24:16He was out there watching.
24:18I was in here sitting.
24:19That single pane of glass
24:20was the line
24:21between heaven and hell.
24:22He used to say
24:22that without him,
24:23I'd be begging for food
24:24in Chinatown.
24:25Now,
24:25he can't even get past
24:26the door of my restaurant.
24:28Grayson!
24:28You traitor!
24:33Percy was curled up
24:34next to a stinking dumpster.
24:35His thousand dollar
24:36tuxedo was caked with grime.
24:37He was too afraid
24:38to go home,
24:39because all the partners
24:40he'd arrogantly signed with
24:40before were now turning on him
24:41after Iron Anchor
24:42got shut down.
24:43What awaited him
24:44was massive penalty fees
24:45and the fury
24:45of every single one
24:46of those partners.
24:50Hello?
24:51Boss,
24:51just give me a little more time.
24:52Time?
24:53Percy,
24:53your old frozen meat
24:54got my license revoked.
24:55According to the contract,
24:56you owe me triple the penalty.
24:57That's two million dollars.
24:58If I don't see that money
24:59by tomorrow morning,
24:59you can go feed the fish
25:00in the Hudson River.
25:04Percy,
25:05this is James
25:05from Seafood Logistics.
25:06That industry benchmark prize
25:07you promised
25:07was total bullshit.
25:08I want my shipping fees
25:09and the 500,000 penalty.
25:10Transfer it now.
25:10Otherwise,
25:11I'm sending your address
25:11to every creditor in Manhattan.
25:13Percy pinned all his remaining
25:14hope on live streaming.
25:15He begged his viewers
25:16to send him money
25:16to save Iron Anchor.
25:17He made a complete fool of himself
25:18like a stray dog
25:19losing every shred of dignity.
25:20He did pathetic stunts.
25:21He even fought
25:21homeless people for food.
25:22You felled us garbage for so long.
25:24What right does an animal
25:24like you have
25:25to ask for our forgiveness?
25:26Report him.
25:26Make him disappear for good.
25:27No, no, no.
25:28If I hadn't skimped
25:29on that 90,000,
25:30if I hadn't pushed him away,
25:31that six million
25:31would have been mine.
25:32The mayor's praise
25:32would have been mine too.
25:33He finally understood.
25:34Losing me wasn't just
25:35losing a line cook.
25:36It was losing his only brain
25:37and his last chance
25:37to be a decent human being.
25:38The live stream ban
25:39was the final straw
25:40that broke Percy.
25:40He looked at Sea Mist Restaurant
25:42glowing with lights
25:43and finally broke down
25:44sobbing.
25:45I was wrong.
25:46Grayson, I was really wrong.
25:51Time to pay up.
25:54Hear my love.
25:56No, no.
25:57Grayson, help me.
25:58Help me.
26:01I took Mia out
26:02for a nice meal
26:02because we were
26:03so poor last year.
26:04I couldn't even feed
26:05my pregnant wife
26:05decent food
26:06more than a few times.
26:07Mia, thank you
26:08for everything.
26:09These past three years.
26:11Grayson, I feel like
26:11I'm dreaming.
26:12A month ago
26:13we were stressing
26:13over $500 in rent.
26:15Dreams end,
26:15but these numbers don't lie.
26:17Three days ago
26:17I sat here watching
26:18Percy throw money around
26:19like it was nothing.
26:19Now, Sea Mist's
26:20weekly revenue alone
26:21equals his entire
26:21net profit from last year.
26:22Ones, tens,
26:23hundreds, thousands,
26:23tens of thousands.
26:24Grayson, the prepayments
26:25and net profit
26:25is over six million?
26:26That's just the first week.
26:27With the mayor's endorsement,
26:28every big name in New York,
26:29politicians and socialettes
26:30alike is lining up.
26:31We're already booked
26:32through Christmas next year.
26:32We're rich.
26:33We can give our child
26:34the best education.
26:35We never have to live
26:36under Percy's thumb again.
26:37I looked at Mia's
26:37excited face.
26:38It warmed my heart.
26:39To the future.
26:40Cheers.
26:42And Percy,
26:42at that very moment,
26:43he was huddled
26:44next to a dumpster,
26:45gnawling on someone
26:45else's disfarted bread.
26:49I moved Mia out
26:49of that tiny rental apartment
26:50and bought the best estate
26:51in the city.
26:52Mr. Grayson,
26:52this is the most private estate
26:53in the entire city.
26:53It comes with its own helipad
26:54and a top of the security system.
26:55Do you like it?
26:56The sunlight here is beautiful.
26:57Perfect for our kid
26:58to run around on the grass someday.
26:59I never imagined I'd live
26:59in a place like this someday.
27:01Grayson, this is too expensive.
27:02Mia, you deserve the best.
27:03Just sign it.
27:33The first stop for our expansion?
27:35That port Percy
27:36always wanted to take over
27:36for himself.
27:46Goodbye, Grayson.
27:46You made it.
27:48You goddamn piece of trash.
27:49You actually sold banned meat?
27:50Are you even human?
27:51Dad,
27:52I was just trying to make money.
27:53Who knew that ungrateful snake
27:54Grayson would turn on me?
27:55Turn on you?
27:55If it weren't for him,
27:56we'd all be in prison right now
27:57because of you.
27:58We have no place
27:59for a beast like you.
28:00I was tasting the finest wine
28:01in my estate.
28:01Percy was in that old house,
28:02taking the beating
28:03my parents should have
28:03given him long ago.
28:04He used to think
28:04he was the pride of the family.
28:05In truth,
28:06he was just a cowardly,
28:07rotten parasite.
28:07You're a monster!
28:08Get out!
28:08Stop hitting me!
28:09Grayson is loaded.
28:10He's got tens of millions now.
28:11Make him help me!
28:13You still have the nerve
28:14to mention him?
28:15When you paid him 2,000 bucks,
28:16did you ever stop to think
28:17he was your little brother?
28:18Get out!
28:19Go be a line cook
28:19out on the streets!
28:25His nightmare had only just begun.
28:33What happened at Iron Anchor
28:34was a misunderstanding!
28:35I already switched suppliers!
28:37Just lift the van, please!
28:38Give me one more day!
28:40Mr. Percy,
28:40your restaurant is on
28:41the national blacklist now.
28:42Old frozen meat
28:43and formalide-laden decor?
28:44Those search terms
28:45are number one on Google.
28:45Stop wasting our time.
28:46Get out and don't bring
28:47that stench into our office.
28:48Reputation takes a year to build
28:50and one plate of rotten
28:50Otoro sushi to destroy.
28:55Lisa!
28:57Where are you going?
28:57My cards are frozen.
28:58You have to help me.
28:59Help you?
28:59Percy?
29:00Right now you're worse
29:00than a homeless guy
29:01on the street.
29:02These bottles are my appearance fee
29:03for putting on that show
29:04with you for a year.
29:04Don't contact me again.
29:05I don't want creditors
29:06thinking I'm your partner.
29:07The love he was so proud of?
29:10It ran faster than anyone
29:11the moment Iron Anchor
29:12got shut down.
29:13That's my car!
29:14That's my money!
29:19Watching Percy fall apart like this
29:21I couldn't help but feel grateful
29:22that the woman by my side is Mia.
29:26With nowhere left to go
29:27Percy stole mom and dad's
29:28retirement savings
29:29and borrowed a huge junk of money
29:30from the neighbors.
29:31My parents called me to handle it.
29:32I bought the most expensive estate
29:33in Manhattan
29:34a place with a garden bigger
29:35than Percy's entire restaurant.
29:36I brought Mia back here
29:37to show my parents
29:38that their younger son
29:38the one they called
29:39just a line cook
29:40was the true pride of the family.
29:43Mom
29:44just $20,000
29:45give it to me
29:46and I'll pay you back
29:46ten times when I'm back on top.
29:47You animal
29:48you stole the money mom needs
29:49for her heart surgery
29:49and you scamp the neighbors
29:50we can't even show our faces
29:51outside anymore
29:51are you going to drive us crazy?
29:52Grayson
29:53you ungrateful snake
29:54you live in a mansion
29:54wear suits worth tens of thousands
29:55and you just watch
29:56your own brother die?
29:57Dad, mom
29:57here are the keys
29:58to your new house
29:58a villa I bought for you
29:59on the Upper East Side
30:00it comes with the best
30:01in-home doctors
30:01Percy
30:02don't you dare use the word
30:03family to discuss me
30:03the moment you stole
30:04their retirement money
30:04you should have realized
30:05you're already out of this family
30:08money
30:09that's mine
30:11you owe me
30:11this money is for the neighbors
30:12as for you Percy
30:13you don't deserve to touch
30:14a single cent
30:15I was wearing clothes
30:15he could never afford
30:16in his lifetime
30:16I was standing at a height
30:17he would never reach
30:18and he was down on the ground
30:19like a dog
30:19finally realizing
30:20he had lost
30:26good morning Mr. Grayson
30:27thank you for the jobs
30:28you've provided
30:28Mr. Grayson
30:29Seamist Restaurant
30:30is truly the pride
30:30of this entire street
30:32a month ago
30:32when I walked down this street
30:33everyone looked at me
30:34like I was a joke
30:34now I own half the storefronts
30:36on this block
30:36and the looks people give me
30:37have gone from contempt
30:38to respect
30:39suddenly from the end
30:39of the street
30:40a sharp scream
30:40cut through the air
30:41followed by a sickening crunch
30:43two million in penalties
30:44you promised to pay today
30:45where's the money
30:48he's got money
30:49that's my own brother
30:49go ask him
30:50he could sneeze
30:50and have enough
30:51to pay you all off
30:52a piece of trash
30:52like you
30:53dare to call him your brother
30:53he just issued a statement
30:54in the paper
30:54he's cutting all ties with you
30:55no money huh
30:56then we do it the old way
30:57let's start with two fingers
31:02I took Mia's hand
31:02and stepped through
31:03the magnificent doors
31:03of Seamist Restaurant
31:04behind me
31:05Percy's screams for help
31:06echoed as the debt kept
31:06dragged him into the shadows
31:08go tell those guys
31:09don't let any blood
31:10get spilled in front
31:10of my restaurant
31:11and make it quick
31:11yes Mr. Grayson
31:21from today on Seamist
31:22is no longer just a restaurant
31:23we're going to build
31:24the most legitimate
31:24food supply chain
31:25in this city
31:26and the people on Surlate
31:27if they're clean
31:27no tricks
31:28no dirt
31:28I'll double their pay
31:29yes Grayson
31:30Grayson congratulations
31:31on the new company
31:32I left that loser Percy
31:33because I could see
31:33you were the real deal
31:34the one who actually
31:35gets things done
31:35Grayson does Seamist
31:36need a PR director
31:37or maybe a personal assistant
31:39I know everything you like
31:40just like I knew
31:40everything about Percy
31:41Lisa you sure knew Percy
31:42you knew exactly
31:43how to kick him
31:43when he was down
31:44and you know exactly
31:45how to crawl back
31:45like a parasite
31:45the second you smell money
31:46Miss Lisa
31:47Seamist doesn't need
31:48an assistant
31:48but we are looking
31:48for a cleaner
31:49to take out the trash
31:49but take a look
31:50at your clothes
31:50I doubt you could
31:51even hold a rag stadium
31:51get this piece of cheap
31:52perfumed garbage out of you
31:54from today on
31:54if she shows up
31:55within a kilometer
31:55of Seamist
31:56to call the cops immediately
31:57Grayson don't get cocky
31:58you were just a line cook too
32:00I watched her pathetic retreat
32:03in the eyes of opportunists
32:04like her
32:04every spot next to me
32:05has a price tag
32:06but they don't know
32:07Mia lived with me
32:08in that leaky rental apartment
32:09I know for certain
32:10she is the one
32:10and only love my life
32:11why do you keep staring at me
32:15Mia
32:16I think I owe you
32:17a grand wedding
32:26Mr. Grayson
32:27do you take Mia
32:28to be your wife
32:29to cherish her
32:29in both poverty and wealth
32:30I do
32:33today
32:33all those wealthy socialettes
32:34who used to mock us
32:35as the poor couple
32:36are sitting right there
32:37in the audience
32:37applauding us
32:38with the most flattering cheers
32:40this is the coronation
32:41I promised my wife
32:46Grayson save me
32:46the dead collures
32:47broke my fingers
32:47I'm in the alley
32:48right outside the church
32:48please just give me
32:4950,000 one last time
32:52is it him?
32:58someone who doesn't matter
32:59he doesn't get to
33:00disturb our wedding
33:00I'm not gonna pile on
33:01someone already down
33:02not out of mercy
33:03he's just not worth my time
33:04but I'm not a pushover either
33:06kindness needs teeth
33:07or it means nothing
33:15that was mine
33:16that should have been mine
33:17that's six million dollars
33:18the fame
33:19the woman
33:19all of it was mine
33:20I bought the most expensive
33:21billboard in Times Square
33:22and played my wedding video
33:23on loop
33:24Percy watched the screen
33:25in fury
33:25Percy your big shot brother
33:26already said he's stripping you
33:27of his last name
33:27you don't even have a surname
33:28anymore now
33:29he's got money
33:29he's got billions
33:30go kill him
33:30kill him and all that money
33:31becomes mine
33:32kill him?
33:33Grayson is the mayor's
33:33right hand band now
33:34he's got thousands of bodyguards
33:36but you
33:36your eyeballs are worth seeing
33:37how about we take them
33:38as interest first
33:40Grayson
33:41you think you've won?
33:42your woman's about to get birth right?
33:43you're going to regret this
33:44I'm going to destroy
33:45your happiness
33:45completely
33:46I thought he would just
33:47wither away in his despair
33:49I underestimated how deeply
33:50greed and jealousy
33:51can twist with a person's soul
33:52a vicious plan
33:53was closing in on me
34:00Grayson
34:01you live in a mansion
34:02worth thousands of square feet
34:03and you're going to let me
34:03freeze to death out here?
34:04Grayson
34:05you know
34:05he is your own brother
34:06can't you give him
34:06one more chance?
34:07a year ago
34:07Percy was throwing money
34:08around at Iron Anker
34:09while mom and dad
34:10lived in that leaky old house
34:11he never once mentioned family
34:12now that he's drowning
34:13he's using our elderly parents
34:14to play the guilt card
34:15that kind of guilt
34:15is disgusted
34:16more than that
34:17guilt of rotten
34:24of Seamist shares to me
34:25and the creditors
34:26will leave me alone
34:26mom and dad please
34:27say something for me
34:28Grayson those deck cleavers
34:29are beating Percy half to death
34:30he still has the strength to beg
34:31he still has the strength
34:32to come here
34:32he's perfectly capable
34:33of pulling himself
34:34out of this mess
34:35you cold-blooded freak
34:41you tried to hurt
34:42your own little brother?
34:44mom dad
34:45this is the son
34:46you wanted me to help
34:46he never once thought
34:47of us as family
34:50I never kick a man
34:50when he's down
34:51but I will not repay
34:52evil with kindness
34:54in that moment
34:55his last family card
34:56was burned to ash
34:56by my own hand
34:58you animal
34:58now we only have one son
35:00Grayson
35:00don't you ever show your face
35:01in front of us again
35:02no no no
35:03mom dad
35:04no no no no
35:09that hopeless bastard
35:11Grayson it was our fault
35:12for asking you to help him
35:14don't worry about it mom
35:15Mr. Grayson it's bad
35:16while your parents were asleep
35:17a man claiming to be their son
35:18forced his way in
35:19and took their bags
35:20that animal
35:20those bags had mom and dad's
35:21life savings
35:22they're only retirement money
35:25I thought Percy would just
35:26crawl into some corner
35:26and wait to die
35:27after being exposed
35:28I underestimated
35:29how desperate a gambler
35:29with nothing left to loss
35:30can become
35:34he didn't steal that money
35:35to pay off his debts
35:36he stole it to feed
35:37his delusional dream
35:37of a comeback
35:40Grayson we found him
35:41Percy is hooked up
35:42with an underground factory
35:42in Brooklyn
35:43they produce illegal
35:43chemical flavorings
35:44that are highly addictive
35:45he's trying to use
35:46those poisons
35:46to pop his sea mist taste
35:47and force his way
35:47back into the market
35:48for a little money
35:49he's willing to do
35:49something like this
35:58get the best medical team
35:59in the country
35:5924 hour care for mom and dad
36:00do whatever it takes
36:01to keep them from finding out
36:02what that bastard Percy has done
36:03as for Percy
36:04I'm gonna make him pay
36:05before
36:06I just wanted to see him
36:07broken on the streets
36:08now
36:08I'm going to take him out myself
36:13talk
36:14what did that ungrateful bastard
36:15give you
36:16how dare you call him
36:17the most conscientious chef
36:18in Manhattan
36:18on live stream
36:19he was about to pass out
36:20from hunger
36:21and I gave him a burger
36:21he's a good man
36:22you're the real demon
36:25a good man
36:25I'll break the hand
36:26that fed him
36:27you're the real demon
36:31Percy go ahead
36:31touch that hand
36:32and see what happens
36:33Grayson
36:34you think just because
36:35you're some big shot now
36:35you're untouchable
36:36this old man insulted me
36:37I'll kill him
36:40my hand
36:41Grayson you crazy bastard
36:42that one's for the burger
36:44my rule is simple
36:45a kindness
36:46I return it tenfold
36:47a slight
36:48I break the bone
36:49and from that delivered it
36:52sir
36:53an apartment on the Upper East Side
36:54and a restaurant on Sorelli Street
36:55they're yours now
36:56Mr. Grayson
36:59this is too much
37:00this is nothing next to that burger
37:01you gave me back then
37:02Percy lay there
37:03in the filthy water
37:03watching the trash
37:04that had just been kicked
37:05suddenly became a property
37:06and got another drink
37:07jealousy
37:12you just wait
37:15while I sat atop
37:16Sea Mist restaurant
37:16enjoying the rich aroma
37:17of premium Wagyu
37:18Percy was hiding
37:19in the stinking alleys
37:20of the slums
37:20trying to make his last
37:21desperate comeback
37:25you see in this
37:26this is what real charity
37:27looks like
37:27Sea Mist charges
37:28thousands for one meal
37:29that's robbery
37:30my bliss box
37:31is only $9.99
37:32$9.99
37:33get it while it lasts
37:35you losers
37:36eat it or don't
37:36I don't care
37:37once I save up enough
37:38to buy out the Sea Mist
37:38you can beg for it
37:39on your knees
37:39get lost
37:40all of you haters
37:41get lost
37:42he had become a complete outcast
37:43despised by the entire internet
37:45he was poisoning those poor people
37:46using that nerve-destroying
37:47addictive flavoring
37:48to make money
37:48dreaming of making a comeback
37:49he was knight
37:50the foundation of business
37:51has never been violent addiction
37:52it's absolute control
37:53over the global supply chain
37:58Grayson you came to laugh at me
37:59look
38:00look at all these people in line
38:01my capital is doubling
38:03soon I'll be able to buy out
38:04your fake little restaurant
38:04what have you got to fight me with
38:06in Sea Mist Group's name
38:07inform the Global Spice Association
38:09from this moment on
38:10whoever sells one gram of spice
38:11to any factory connected to Percy
38:12will be permanently erased
38:13from the global supply chain
38:13spice?
38:14I've got money you idiot
38:14I'll just buy some from Chinatown
38:18what?
38:19not just the big suppliers
38:20even the small workshops
38:21are cancelling
38:21they're demanding triple the refund
38:23without spice
38:23I can't cover up the bitterness
38:24of all that expired rotten meat
38:25hello?
38:25Percy
38:26without fire and salt
38:27you can't even cook a plate of garbage
38:29I cut off his last lifeline
38:35Leo
38:36you're the person Grayson trusts the most
38:37just put one drop of this violin
38:39to his tuna
38:39this five million
38:40and shares in the new company
38:41it's all yours
38:42five million
38:44gotta admit that's tempting
38:45good
38:46that arrogant bastard Grayson
38:47he never imagined he'd be betrayed
38:48by someone he saved
38:50Percy looks like you forgot
38:51Leo was about to go under
38:52and I'm the one who pulled him out
38:53your filthy money couldn't even
38:54buy back the life I saved
38:55for him back then
38:56when I save someone
38:57loyalty is in their blood
38:59Percy's blood
39:00it's pure rotting greed
39:01trying to buy loyalty
39:02with filthy garbage like that
39:03is basically him executing
39:04whatever intelligence he had left
39:06tell me
39:07if you drank that stuff
39:08you picked up yourself
39:09what do you think would happen?
39:10no
39:11no
39:12Grayson
39:12I'm your own brother
39:13don't kill me
39:14kill you
39:15that would dirty my basement
39:18send him back
39:19crawling in the mud
39:20that's the only thing that suits him
39:21he took a step against me
39:22so I'll make sure he never
39:23walks straight again
39:23his dignity
39:24I've stomped it straight into the bed
39:29starting today
39:30the Sea Mist group is acquiring
39:31every last shop on Surla Street
39:32all of you who didn't follow Percy
39:34when he was doing his dirty work
39:35you each receive a 5%
39:36in the original shares
39:39I came back to rebuild
39:40not to take revenge
39:41I wanted these honest people to know
39:43follow Grayson
39:44and even a vegetable seller
39:45can stand tall
39:45and make money right here in Manhattan
39:49hurry up
39:50just give me some bread
39:51I'm starving
39:51here
39:52Mr. Grayson specifically asks for this
39:53for some special people
39:543 day old stale ends
39:57I watched him
39:59he once wanted to starve me
40:01now
40:02he's only breathing
40:03because I choose to throw them scraps
40:06Percy you're not off the hook yet
40:07that illegal factory's poison
40:08time for you to take a sip yourself
40:15everyone
40:15Sea Mist restaurants
40:16so-called natural ingredients
40:17are nothing but a lie for the rich
40:19today
40:19I'm going to expose Grayson's crimes
40:21monopolizing spices
40:21and driving up prices
40:25our tech-based food
40:26costs only 1% of Sea Mist's
40:27but tastes exactly the same
40:28Grayson's era is over
40:31I saw Percy's little circus act
40:32on the screen
40:32and it did nothing to me
40:33he's cozying up to those
40:34drug manufacturers
40:34who stayed just inside the law
40:35trying to define great food
40:36with cheap local garbage
40:37he doesn't understand
40:37real top-tier ingredients
40:39are a gift from the earth and the sun
40:39not some molecular arrangement in a lab
40:44today the Sea Mist group
40:45will roll out the global
40:46restaurant platinum standard
40:47any restaurant that does not meet
40:48the natural supply chain audit
40:49will be removed from the global
40:50procurement wildest for good
40:52Mr. Grayson's proposal
40:53is a beacon for the restaurant industry
40:55and we support it
40:56100%
40:57while Percy was still in that
40:58dark little corner
40:58trying to smear my name
40:59I was at the top of the food chain
41:01rewriting the rules of the game
41:03he thinks he's competing with me
41:04the truth is
41:05he's just swirming between my fingers
41:07ah!
41:08this is impossible
41:08why would the WTO
41:09stand up for a guy who used to be a line cook
41:12Leo, tell the people next door
41:13that my press conference is over
41:15now
41:16it's time to take out the trash
41:22grayson this is illegal entry
41:23my tech food is the future of the industry
41:25the future of the industry
41:26this chemical waste that makes people hallucinate
41:29this bowl of plain
41:29kanji
41:30made simply with rice from the 40th parallel north
41:32and spring water from Crimea
41:33judges please
41:35this is the taste of a mother's cooking
41:37this is the pure warmth of the earth
41:38today
41:38I destroyed all his hypocrisy and arrogance
41:40with a single bowl of plain kanji
41:41a true master chef doesn't need complex recipes
41:42all he needs is a heart that respects nature
41:44percy's lab made perfect flavor
41:45compared to the real deal
41:46it's just a toxic fraud
41:47this is the molecular formula for your synthetic meat
41:50there's a high dose of neuro blockers in this
41:52keep eating it
41:52and you'll go crazy
41:53percy this isn't cooking
41:55it's straight up murder
41:57get out of manhattan
41:58go to hell you piece of trash
42:00no this isn't true
42:01grayson you're setting me up
42:02percy the moment you decided to poison the world with your drugs
42:04the gates of hell were already open for you
42:08percy knelt on the ground covered in filth
42:10clinging to his father's legs and wailing
42:11his illegal lab had just been raided by the police
42:13he was now a wanted criminal across the country
42:14dad mom save me
42:16grayson is gonna kill me
42:17he's gonna throw me into the meat grinder with all those creditors
42:21percy
42:22you are still my eldest son after all
42:27grayson
42:27could you maybe
42:32mom even now you still think he just made a mistake
42:34the first one this is the pension transfer authorization
42:35he personally signed while you were both in the hospital
42:37the second one this is the contract where he mortgaged this family home
42:39to underground loan sharks behind your backs
42:43you animal you even stole our funeral fund
42:45do you want the two of us to die on the street
42:46dad i was trying to make a comeback
42:47once my chemical sauce sells i could buy you a hundred penthouses
42:49go just go percy
42:50i don't have a son like you anymore
42:52percy the biggest mistake you ever made
42:54was treating everyone around you as sacrificial lambs for your own success
42:57starting today you are out of this family
43:00percy do you remember what you said
43:01that one of us would take over the world
43:02and the other would fade into obscurity
43:03i'm gonna make sure you watch me take over the world
43:05grayson you goddamn bastards
43:10grayson you said you wanted to settle family accounts on this day
43:13if you don't have solid evidence you know the consequences
43:15the thorn family rule is pragmatism
43:17but in dismantations
43:19rules are just a cover-up for his greed
43:20a year ago percy stood at a family gathering and mocked these hands of mine
43:23saying they were only good for holding a kitchen knife
43:24today i'm not just taking back my dignity
43:26i'm tearing apart his lies with my own hands
43:27he thought being family would save him like a free pass
43:29what he didn't know is that before absolute rules
43:31every single betrayal comes with a price
43:33first crime exploitation
43:34in the three years at iron anchor he withheld ninety thousand dollars of my front for pure
43:36payment and treated me like cheap liver
43:38second crime poisoning
43:39he colluded with chemical companies and added nerve-blocking agents to the ingredients
43:41this is a direct assault on the hundred-year reputation
43:43third crime
43:43attempted murder
43:44he tried to attack and harm me
43:46you animal
43:47you dare to harm your own brother
43:49fourth crime
43:49and the most unforgivable one
43:51embezzlement
43:51while our parents were in the hospital
43:52he stole their pension
43:53and mortgaged the family home
43:54he tried to push the very people who raised him into the hudson river
43:56that was all for business
43:57grayson you're insane
43:59evidence is cold but people's hearts are hot
44:00the moment those four crimes came together
44:02to these elders
44:02he was no longer the hope of the family
44:03he was a rotting sword that had to be cut out
44:04you worthless bastard
44:05what do you have to say for yourself
44:12elder even if i was wrong
44:13i'm the only business genius in this family
44:14grayson is just a cook
44:15he can't protect the family's legacy
44:16a business genius
44:18parsi
44:18all your so-called management is just chasing internet fame
44:20while clinging to the dying iron anchor restaurant
44:24this is c miss group's valuation
44:26100 billion dollars
44:27i don't just control one third of the top tier supply gen
44:29i also have the industry medal personally awarded by the world trade organization
44:31i wasn't showing them money but absolute dominance
44:33in this world capital speaks
44:34and the highest level of capital
44:35it makes people kneel
44:36percy thought he was running a business
44:37me
44:37i'm running an era
44:38when i spread out these reports enough to buy half of new york
44:40his pathetic little assets wouldn't even be enough to pay my taxes
44:42100 billion
44:44grayson you did this in just one year
44:45please mr grayson
44:46take your place as the head of the family
44:47that's mine
44:48that was supposed to be mine
44:50grayson what right do you have
44:51you lowly line cook
44:52percy take a good look
44:53in this world the strong make the rules
44:55the weak
44:56just wait to die
44:56i stand at the summit
44:58looking down at him
44:58he once wanted me to kneel
45:00now
45:00he wasn't even worthy to lift his head and look at me
45:07thorn percy from this moment on
45:08you no longer carry the thorn name
45:10you are out of this family
45:11no you can't carry it
45:12i am a thorn
45:13i have thorn blood running through my veins
45:14without the family the creditors would tear percy to pieces
45:16i knew that
45:17and i didn't help you
45:17percy
45:18the moment you stole mom and dad's pension
45:19you had no blood relation left
45:20i watched that page get consumed by the flames
45:21turning to ash
45:22in thorn family tradition being expelled means social death
45:24from now on he is no one's son
45:25no one's brother
45:25as a nameless nobody in the filthiest sewers
45:26he will pay back every blood bet he owed
45:28i want you to live
45:29as a man with no name
45:31grayson
45:32you bastard
45:33without my hundred thousand dollars
45:34you'd still be a cockroach in the gutter
45:35a pathetic lowly line cook
45:43from this day forward the thorn family has no percy
45:45i looked up at the skyscrapers in the distance
45:53no money
45:53then pay with your life
45:54the thorn family has already thrown you away like garbage
45:57right now
45:57you're worse than the rats this alley
46:01please
46:02just give me one more day
46:03just one day
46:03grayson has money
46:05he has hundreds of billions
46:06he could pluck a hair off his body
46:07and it would be enough to pay you all back
46:11in manhattan the highest form of rejection isn't insults
46:13it's silence
46:14right now i'm sitting with an arm rach of him
46:16but i can't even be bothered to lift a finger
46:17the moment he stole our parents last bit of survival money
46:19he lost even the right to die inside my thoughts
46:21grayson
46:22my good little brother
46:23save me
46:23they want my organs
46:24they're gonna chop me up and see me to the face
46:26give me a million
46:26no five hundred thousand
46:27just that much
46:39percy used to say that money was the only true faith in this world
46:42since he loves money so much
46:43i'll let him feel what it's like when that money becomes a pile of stones crushing his spine
46:51percy this is the money you owe us
46:52the price of our sweat
46:53our blood
46:54take these bills
46:54and crawl back to your hell
47:01money
47:01my money
47:03grayson you finally gave me money
47:04i win
47:05percy take a good look
47:06the thing you treat as your religion
47:07to me
47:08it's just spare change for trash
47:11i used to be a line cook worth only two thousand dollars
47:14now i've made him understand
47:15in front of absolute skill
47:16and absolute rules
47:17all a greedy man will ever get is a pile of worthless paper
47:27listen up everyone
47:28from today on
47:29there's only one standard on manhattan's dining tables
47:31the sea mist ethical chef standard
47:34any chef who makes it onto sea mist whitelist
47:35i will personally vouch for their professional integrity
47:37in return sea mist guarantees their salary will double
47:39but if anyone dares to put even one gram of dirty ingredients into their food
47:41i promise you
47:42they will never have the chance to pick up a pair of chopsticks again
47:46grayson
47:46you're absolutely right
47:47now that you've laid down the rules
47:48none of us would dare to think otherwise
47:50we'll do everything according to sea mist rules
47:57joss
47:58grayson asked me to tell you something
48:00since you loved helping percy handle all that rotten dirty meat back in the day
48:03you can take on the dirtiest most disgusting jobs all by yourself for the rest of your life
48:07grayson
48:08i really know i was wrong
48:10i was just following orders
48:12please
48:13let me go back to cutting vegetables
48:14i don't even need money
48:15just let me back into a kitchen
48:20go back to cutting vegetables
48:21joss you're way too naive
48:22you've been blacklisted by the entire restaurant industry
48:24no
48:32new york is just the beginning
48:37grayson look how soundly the baby is sleeping
48:39he's going to inherit everything i've built
48:45try this
48:49i've given mia the most precious love in the world
48:52because she was there for me when the road was darkest
48:54this single piece of satemi is worth a fortune
48:57but it still can't compare to the hug she gave me back then
48:59that was mine
49:00that should have been my spot
49:02leo
49:03the flies outside are too noisy
49:04clean them up
49:08on opposite sides of a fence
49:10worlds apart
49:18grayson
49:18i knew it
49:19i knew you would come back
49:20professor
49:21if it weren't for that hard bread you gave me back then
49:22i wouldn't have made it until c-miss opened
49:24on behalf of the c-miss group
49:25i am donating 10 billion dollars
49:26not just for the school
49:27but to honor professor smith's craftsmanship
49:30grayson
49:30does the research institute need any logistics staff
49:32we haven't been doing well these past few years
49:33for old times sake
49:34i remember you
49:35you said back then that i was only fit to clean your toilets
49:37that was a joke
49:38grayson we take any job
49:39even a janitor at the research institute
49:41tell hr every single position at the research institute
49:42from security to cleaning staff
49:43to the guys mowing the lawn
49:44i have to interview them personally
49:44i watched the fear and greed in their eyes
49:46and i felt nothing
49:46class
49:47it used to be their weapon for bullying me
49:48now
49:49it's my shackles for judging them
49:54sir i used to run a restaurant
49:55i know a lot about trash sorting
49:57please
49:57just give me a job so i can eat
49:58alert blacklisted individual detected
50:00percy
50:00permission level permanently banned
50:04get lost
50:04every single business under c-miss
50:06even our trash dump won't take the scum like you
50:11grayson
50:11you can't do this to me
50:13i'm your own brother
50:14i bought up all the trash processing rights in manhattan
50:16not just for the monopoly
50:17but to make sure certain scumbags
50:18have nowhere left to hide in this city
50:20he once said i was a line cook who could be replaced by any homeless guy off the street
50:22now
50:23he doesn't even qualify to be a sorter
50:24the ai recognition system upgrade looks good
50:26give the tech department a bonus
50:28the struggles of a clown like this aren't even worth a second of my anger anymore
50:31his misery is just background noise on my way to the top
50:42in the old era of the food industry the exploiters believe that as long as they control the capital
50:44they could run over skill and destroy a chef's soul
50:46but the rise of c-mist is here to tell everyone in this room
50:48i am rewriting the rules
50:49the exploiters will eventually be abandoned by the times
50:50but the craftsmen who protect the soul
50:51they will be crowned kings
50:52i wasn't just giving a speech
50:53i was declaring war on this cold-blooded world of capital
50:55a year ago they were percy's guests of honor
50:57laughing as i got thrown out on my ass
50:58today with c-mist standards
50:59i put a shackle called conscience around every single one of their necks
51:02grayson c-mist poop's valuation can no longer be measured by money
51:04what is your next goal
51:04my goal is to make sure there is no more soil in this world for a cancer like percy to
51:06grow
51:06i saw it in the eyes of those tycoons who once seemed untouchable
51:09a fear they've never felt before
51:10the underdog's rise isn't a myth
51:12it's the judgment i wrote with my own hands
51:17grayson i'm cooperating i'll tell you everything
51:18three months ago that maniac percy bribed one of our lab technicians
51:20he took high concentration harmful chemicals
51:21make it clear
51:23he wants to destroy c-mist's air
51:24he's planning to put harmful substances in that batch of special supply milk powder
51:26i thought stripping him of his name and letting him rot in the gutter like a rat was my final
51:29act of mercy
51:29but i underestimated how vicious a mad dog can be
51:31he dared to reach his filthy hands towards my child
51:33leo go take care of something
51:35please give your orders mr grace
51:36mobilize the global legal team
51:37yes sir
51:38i want percy to spend the rest of his life in the coldest darkest prison cell they can find
51:40tell the warden
51:41i don't want him dead
51:42i want him to accidentally live to be 100 every single day
51:43surrounded by sickness and the torture of those creditors
51:45watching the glory of my c-mist restaurant shine in the sunlight
51:47blinding him from behind those bars
51:48since he doesn't want to be human i'll send him to real hell
51:50i want him to live in endless regret dying flame in the depths of hell
51:55defendant percy on multiple counts including food safety violations
51:57attempted harm malicious tempering and massive fraud
51:59you are hereby sentenced to life in prison without parole
52:01no i won't accept this
52:03grayson you devil you manipulated everything
52:05a year ago i begged him in the rain to leave mom and dad some money for their medical bees
52:07he tore my dignity to shreds in public
52:09and now he wants to talk about blood
52:10the moment he reached for mom and dad's pension
52:11the moment he reached for my baby's milk powder
52:13he cut that vein with his own hands
52:17grayson all that mess in manhattan
52:19it's finally over
52:21we were blind back then it was our fault
52:23mom it's all in the past
52:24i watched the relieved smiles on my parents faces
52:27finally they were free from that nightmare
52:29percy is counting lice in a cold prison cell
52:31and my family
52:33we're standing in the sunlight
52:36he rewrote how this industry exploits people
52:38he protected the soul of ingredients
52:39now let us welcome the world's top culinary leader
52:41grayson
52:43today this trophy doesn't belong to me alone
52:45it belongs to everyone
52:46i'm not standing here to enjoy some empty fame
52:47i'm here to issue the new c-mist decree
52:48these people they were once exploited by percy at iron mocker
52:50i announced that c-mist's group will set up a one billion dollar support fund
52:53every frontline employee who suffered exploitation
52:54as long as you pass the assessment
52:55c-mist will grant you the right to open a franchise free mob
52:58this is what a real slap in the face looks like
52:59i'm going to make percy watch on tv
53:01all those people who called homeless bums
53:02are becoming millionaires under my wing
53:04and him
53:04he can't even afford a roll of toilet paper
53:08grayson two-thirds of the michelin restaurants around the world
53:09have already applied to join the c-mist certification standard
53:13then let them wait in line
53:18one year ago i was at the other end of this city holding only ten thousand dollars the
53:20money i'd bled for
53:21now this building beneath my feet plus thousands of branches around the world
53:23my net worth has exceeded a hundred billion
53:24and this manhattan reeking of money
53:26i use the most humble skills to level every injustice
53:29what are you thinking about
53:31i'm thinking that poor kid who rented that five hundred dollar dump had pretty good taste
53:36that was the best investment in the world
53:37the name percy has been burned to ash from the family tree
53:39and erased from this city's history
53:40from now on no more iron anchor in manhattan
53:42only c-mist survival of the fittest was the old rule
53:44my rule let the ones with soul rise to the top
53:45i'm grayson the c-mist era never ends
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