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00:00:00I am Grayson. My brother and I started a restaurant a year ago.
00:00:03Business was crazy. We cleared 6 million in one year.
00:00:07But me? He gave me only 100 grand.
00:00:09A prep cook barely makes 2,000 a month.
00:00:12I gave you 100 grand, and only because you're my brother.
00:00:18I took it with a smile.
00:00:20Then I turned around and leased that run-down, filthy restaurant right across from his.
00:00:25I started my own place.
00:00:27The second my restaurant overtook Iron Anchor, Percy snapped.
00:00:31He smashed his own car hood.
00:00:33He just couldn't wrap his head around it.
00:00:35How did his useless younger brother's restaurant become the most popular place in town?
00:00:42Percy, I've got an opening for a prep cook.
00:00:45$2,000 a month.
00:00:50Business blew up this year. We cleared 6 mil.
00:00:53Here's your share.
00:00:58I took it and counted.
00:01:00Only 100,000.
00:01:01Not even a fraction of the restaurant's profit.
00:01:04I put up the money for this restaurant.
00:01:05I did all the live streams and marketing.
00:01:08You're just a line cook.
00:01:10Any bum off the street could do your job.
00:01:12If you weren't my brother, you wouldn't see a dime of this.
00:01:16For a whole year, I worked non-stop, running around, picking out the best suppliers.
00:01:21Okay. I want to tell you about my restaurant.
00:01:24Just give me three minutes and I'll tell you about my restaurant.
00:01:29Thank you for providing such high-quality ingredients.
00:01:32You really helped us solve a big problem.
00:01:36I went back and forth between thousands of restaurants, studying what customers really want.
00:01:41Sir, you've been creeping on our customers for five hours. Move along or I'm calling the cops.
00:01:45Sorry, sorry. I'm leaving right now.
00:01:50And Percy, he just gets a fancy hairstyle and camps out in front of his live stream.
00:01:55Five people, always the same five, making a fool of himself over and over again.
00:02:00I put in at least half the work for that six million and that hundred thousand Percy gave me.
00:02:05Ninety thousand of it was just him paying me back for the purchasing money.
00:02:08I'd already fronted all year, but I still took the money.
00:02:11Thanks.
00:02:12I turned, pushed the door open, and then Percy called out to me.
00:02:16The citywide benchmark judging is in three days.
00:02:19The mayor is coming to Iron Anchor to try the fatty tuna sushi.
00:02:21Your sashimi is the most popular with customers.
00:02:24So make sure you have a blue fit tuna ready and cut the belly part well.
00:02:29Okay.
00:02:32See you in three days.
00:02:34Good boy.
00:02:35I didn't say a word.
00:02:36Percy never thought I'd be that easy to brush off.
00:02:44And me.
00:02:45I stood in front of that failed restaurant right across the street.
00:02:49The one that couldn't keep up with Iron Anchor and went belly up.
00:02:52Everyone knew it was filthy, broken, a total mess.
00:02:56Percy thought it was a dump.
00:02:57A place only bums would set foot in.
00:03:02Hello, I'd like to rent this restaurant for ten years.
00:03:05Takes goods to rent this spot, kid.
00:03:07Nobody survives across from Iron Anchor.
00:03:09You absolutely sure?
00:03:10I'm sure.
00:03:11I walked out after signing the papers.
00:03:13And across the street, Iron Anchor was already partying.
00:03:16Getting hyped for the mayor's big arrival.
00:03:18What Percy didn't realize.
00:03:20That a ward in three days.
00:03:22It was about to turn into his worst nightmare.
00:03:28My wife Mia looked at me with concern.
00:03:30Honey, what happened?
00:03:32Why are you so late?
00:03:34Percy asked me to clean the kitchen.
00:03:35I didn't have time to wash up.
00:03:39Mia looked uneasy.
00:03:41She took my hand and pulled me down onto the sofa.
00:03:44I saw the news.
00:03:46The mayor is going to personally review Iron Anchor.
00:03:49The restaurant you and Percy opened is really making money.
00:03:53Big enough to even get the mayor's attention.
00:03:56Did he give you any of it?
00:03:58Sure.
00:03:59He gave me a hundred grand.
00:04:01Only a hundred grand?
00:04:03The news said the place cleared six million.
00:04:06That's not fair.
00:04:07You put your whole heart into this restaurant for an entire year.
00:04:11At least half of the credit is yours.
00:04:13How could he do this to you?
00:04:15Mia, calm down.
00:04:17Percy is an idiot with his head stuck up in the clouds.
00:04:20Why are you still working for him?
00:04:24I'm opening my own restaurant.
00:04:28I support whatever decision you make.
00:04:35Here's 20 grand.
00:04:37Go all in, Grayson.
00:04:38The baby and I will be just fine.
00:04:42I won't let you down.
00:04:43I swear.
00:04:44The industry benchmark restaurant awards were in two days.
00:04:48That night, I couldn't sleep at all.
00:04:50What if I let Mia down?
00:04:52The dirty, pitch black image of Seamist Restaurant kept flashing through my mind.
00:04:57I wasn't sure if the changes I made would be enough to pass the inspection.
00:05:00I started doubting whether going solo was the right move
00:05:03or just a stupid decision made out of anger.
00:05:06I picked up the little notebook I've been keeping for years
00:05:08and sat down at the desk.
00:05:10It is filled with all kinds of customer info and preferences.
00:05:13I've recorded including the mayor's.
00:05:15I once sat in a high-end restaurant and carefully watched how he ate.
00:05:19What he left on his plate.
00:05:21This notebook gives me the confidence that comes from experience.
00:05:25Then suddenly, my phone rang.
00:05:28What did you say?
00:05:30Seamist Restaurant passed the qualification inspection?
00:05:34This is the best Christmas gift I've ever received.
00:05:40With the license in hand, I'm halfway there.
00:05:42I reached out to the supplier I'd worked so hard to win over before.
00:05:44He'd always seen my potential.
00:05:46And the moment he heard I was opening my own place,
00:05:47he cut ties with Percy on the spot and said yes.
00:05:50You should have gone out on your own a long time ago.
00:05:53I can tell you've got way more ability than that brother of yours.
00:05:55All he knows is flashy tricks.
00:05:59I'd just sent the supplier off when Percy came back from a night of drinking.
00:06:03If he'd paid even a little attention to his own purchasing,
00:06:05he would have recognized that the guy leaving was his biggest supplier.
00:06:09Maybe then his restaurant would still stand a chance.
00:06:11Too bad.
00:06:12All he cares about is messing with that ridiculous haircut of his in his livestream
00:06:16that never gets more than five people.
00:06:18He didn't recognize him at all.
00:06:20Don't say I never give you a chance.
00:06:22The mayor's coming to Iron Anchor in person tomorrow.
00:06:26My dear little brother,
00:06:27I'm your only shot at rubbing elbows with big shots like that.
00:06:31And make sure you bring your wife Mia.
00:06:34I swear, she's never seen anything this grand in her life.
00:06:40Percy's laugh was full of contempt.
00:06:42He was sure I couldn't measure up to him in any way.
00:06:44Tomorrow was going to be his day to shine.
00:06:47And at an event like this,
00:06:48his little brother the one foolish enough to open a restaurant right across from Iron Anchor,
00:06:52would be the perfect person to compare himself to.
00:06:55I'll be there on time.
00:06:58Here's ten bucks.
00:07:00Go park my car for me.
00:07:05Everyone believed Iron Anchor would definitely become the industry bencher.
00:07:09Percy was so sure of it,
00:07:11that he boasted and signed a whole year's worth of orders for the future.
00:07:14But he overlooked me.
00:07:16A brother he'd never once seen as a competitor.
00:07:19Insignificant.
00:07:20Obedient.
00:07:20Beneath notice.
00:07:22When I got home,
00:07:23I told Mia that I was going to Percy's restaurant for the awards event.
00:07:27I could see the worry in her eyes.
00:07:29No, Grayson, you don't have to go to that awards event tomorrow.
00:07:33Can't you see?
00:07:35He stole the fruits of your hard work,
00:07:37and now he wants to humiliate you in public.
00:07:39Mia, I've already decided to go.
00:07:42If he tries to embarrass me,
00:07:44I'll forget we're brothers and I'll take his place for good.
00:07:50A place that was always meant to be mine.
00:07:53Fine.
00:07:55I'll go with you.
00:07:59Percy hadn't seated the guests yet.
00:08:02He was waiting by the door for something.
00:08:04The moment he saw Mia and me show up,
00:08:06his eyes locked onto us like a radar.
00:08:08Look, there's my little brother.
00:08:13Let me introduce you all.
00:08:15This is my brother Grayson.
00:08:16He just took over a garbage dump across the street from Iron Anchor
00:08:20and thinks he's going to compete with me.
00:08:22Percy said it like a joke.
00:08:24All the guests looked at me with contempt in their eyes.
00:08:26Even Mia's smile froze on her face.
00:08:31A year ago,
00:08:33I went through hell to land the supplier
00:08:35with the highest food safety rating.
00:08:37Percy never understood how important fresh ingredients are to a restaurant.
00:08:42And now that top-tier supplier belongs to me.
00:08:46The one who took over supplying Iron Anchor?
00:08:49Obviously just some crooked merchant faking it.
00:08:56This tuna smells really weird.
00:08:59I tried to warn them about quality control,
00:09:01but Percy never listened to a word I said.
00:09:07Grayson, step aside.
00:09:10The new guy here can actually handle a knife.
00:09:17Grayson, you just stand aside and watch.
00:09:19Even for a line cook, you've still got a lot to learn.
00:09:22Percy didn't care about my skills.
00:09:25He asked me to come to the kitchen only to humiliate me.
00:09:29With the new hire.
00:09:30To prove I was good for nothing.
00:09:32But he had no idea how complicated Blue Fit Tuna is.
00:09:36Without real knife skills,
00:09:38you can't handle it properly.
00:09:40Especially a piece of cheap, low-quality tuna like this.
00:09:46Percy, you're going to regret everything you've done today.
00:09:49I swear it.
00:09:50I'm just trying to make my little brother better.
00:09:52Otherwise, how is he going to support you and the baby in your belly?
00:09:56With that failing restaurant across the street?
00:10:01I'll learn from him.
00:10:04After today, one of us will be famous,
00:10:06and the other will be a nobody.
00:10:11Grayson, I really feel sorry for you.
00:10:15That is right.
00:10:16After today, one of us is going to take over the world,
00:10:20and the other is going to fade into obscurity.
00:10:23I watched very carefully.
00:10:25Joss thought I was actually learning,
00:10:26and he even took the time to explain things to me.
00:10:28I smiled.
00:10:29With such lousy technique,
00:10:31that Blue-Fied Tuna was going to end up as nothing but a pile of ruined meat in his hands.
00:10:36Look at this!
00:10:37And the mayor.
00:10:38He hates nothing more than being handed low-quality.
00:10:41You call this a steak?
00:10:42Butchered tuna.
00:10:43Like it is no big deal.
00:10:48You know what Percy nets a year?
00:10:50Six million dollars.
00:10:52You won't see that kind of money in ten lifetimes.
00:10:55You really should just stick with your brother.
00:10:57That way you can at least lap up some of the leftovers.
00:11:01Don't mind them, Grayson.
00:11:03What they said was harsh, but it's the truth.
00:11:08That's enough.
00:11:10You're all way out of line.
00:11:12The truth is, he's better than every one of you.
00:11:16Grayson, control your wife.
00:11:18This isn't the place for a scene.
00:11:20Easy, Mia.
00:11:21I'm fine.
00:11:30Here's my card.
00:11:31You're all welcome to come check out my new restaurant across the street.
00:11:33Percy looked at me in disbelief.
00:11:36He never expected that after being humiliated like that.
00:11:38Grayson, what are you doing here?
00:11:39I'd still be able to hand out my business card.
00:11:41Everyone looked embarrassed.
00:11:43No one took it.
00:11:46Grayson, are you seriously expecting these suppliers to visit your dump?
00:11:49Don't be ridiculous.
00:11:50I smiled and shook my head.
00:11:53I swear.
00:11:54One day they'll be begging to work with me.
00:12:02These are all Iron Anchor's signature dishes.
00:12:05Everyone, help yourselves.
00:12:09I could see right through it.
00:12:11The dishes looked exactly the same as before, but the ingredients had changed.
00:12:15Percy always cuts corners with cheap ingredients to save money, but he doesn't understand his
00:12:20customers.
00:12:21Every single one of them has a picky palate.
00:12:23Without my notebook that records every customer's preferences, he can never make the perfect dish.
00:12:30At the table, the guests could already tell something was off with the food, but because
00:12:34they were so eager to flatter Percy, they chose to ignore it.
00:12:37The mayor's personal inspection is the highest honor in the industry.
00:12:41Percy kept bragging about how successful his restaurant had become in just one year.
00:12:45How much money he'd made.
00:12:47Mia was so upset, she couldn't even eat.
00:12:49The anger in her eyes could have skinned Percy alive.
00:12:52But that wasn't enough for Percy.
00:12:54He brought me up again.
00:12:56Grayson, once Iron Anchor takes over the world, you can still come back.
00:13:02I mean, you don't have much skill, just good for a few simple little jobs.
00:13:06But you are my little brother after all.
00:13:09Percy, you're such a good man.
00:13:11Your brother has a death wish opening a restaurant right across from you, and you're still looking
00:13:16out for him.
00:13:17Of course.
00:13:19What does a line cook know about running a restaurant?
00:13:22Without Percy, he's nothing.
00:13:27I was furious.
00:13:28All anyone could see was Percy's winning globe.
00:13:31No one saw the one who'd done all the work behind the scenes.
00:13:34Percy was soaking up the praise, laughing and clinking glasses with those guests.
00:13:38And that was the moment he completely cut off the last bit of mercy I had left for him.
00:13:42The industry benchmark awarded by the mayor can only be my sea mist restaurant.
00:13:46I raised my glass, a calm smile on my face.
00:13:50You're all right.
00:13:51Everything I do I learn from Percy, my respected big brother.
00:13:56The mayor was arriving any minute.
00:13:58Percy told me to go to the kitchen and get ready to cut the bluefin tuna.
00:14:03Grayson, get your ass to the kitchen and help out.
00:14:06Even though you had the nerve to leave me, I still invited you to this important event.
00:14:10And the only reason is because you're my brother.
00:14:14Percy finished talking and went off to greet the mayor.
00:14:21I looked at the mayor.
00:14:23I knew my chance had come.
00:14:27Percy was in the dining room, chatting up the mayor like he was king of the world.
00:14:32He had no idea his restaurant was heading straight to hell.
00:14:36Joss walked up, carrying a covered platter.
00:14:38Meanwhile, the highest quality bluefin tuna was being delivered to Sea Mist Restaurant,
00:14:45where the expensive head chef I hired was handling the premium tuna,
00:14:48according to the methods written in my notebook.
00:14:51My dear fans, it's showtime.
00:14:52The mayor is here.
00:14:54Today I'll show the world true top-tier cooking.
00:14:57Some bottom-fleeling trash running a cheap diner couldn't even dream of reaching this level.
00:15:05Mr. Mayor, and everyone watching in the live stream,
00:15:09let me introduce you to my good-for-nothing little brother, Grayson.
00:15:12Never been smart.
00:15:13Only good for the dirty work in the back.
00:15:15He recently opened some dump called Sea Mist right over there.
00:15:20If you ever feel like your stomach's too full and you need to throw up,
00:15:24feel free to go try his chemical waste.
00:15:28Percy, you're too soft.
00:15:30Having that guy across the street is polluting our whole neighborhood.
00:15:35Mr. Mayor, here's my card.
00:15:37I'm good at making otoyu sushi.
00:15:39Are you crazy?
00:15:41A little place that can't even fit two people in the bathroom and you think you can hand the mayor
00:15:45your business card?
00:15:46My restaurant is spotless and my ingredients are the best.
00:15:51I don't think square footage determines quality.
00:15:54Grayson, stop embarrassing yourself here.
00:16:00Young man, you have something those greedy businessmen don't.
00:16:04You're calm.
00:16:05I like that.
00:16:07The mayor sure has a sense of humor.
00:16:09He's just teaching the young generation to stay humble.
00:16:14Grayson, the only reason the mayor hasn't kicked you out is out of respect for me.
00:16:18Grayson, stop any of your pathetic delusions.
00:16:29Please take a seat.
00:16:40Mr. Mayor, this is our signature dish, otoro sushi.
00:16:48Iron Anchor's otoro sushi is one of a kind, Mr. Mayor.
00:16:52I guarantee you'll fall for it.
00:16:53The knife work, the technique, absolutely flawless.
00:16:58In the past, the otoro sushi really was one of a kind.
00:17:02But this time, without top quality ingredients and skilled knife work,
00:17:07the only thing coming out of that kitchen is a one of a kind piece of garbage.
00:17:33Oh my god, what the hell is that garbage?
00:17:37At that same moment, the otoro sushi I prepared was being carefully packed up
00:17:42and was already on its way.
00:17:44We are about to serve the very first dish from Seamist Restaurant.
00:17:50Everyone, stay sharp.
00:17:53Yes!
00:18:07Percy's prized otoro sushi was unveiled.
00:18:10Before anyone could admire it, a wave of rotten stench hit the room.
00:18:13His smile vanished.
00:18:14Guests gagged.
00:18:15The mayor slammed his fork down on the table in fury.
00:18:17Percy!
00:18:18This is the signature dish you've been bragging about?
00:18:20Open your damn eyes!
00:18:21Is this meant for humans?
00:18:22I held Mia close and watched.
00:18:24Cold.
00:18:25Percy's face went pale.
00:18:26Cold sweat dripped from his temples down into his collar.
00:18:29But he wasn't done.
00:18:30He fell back on his pathetic sales pitch, desperate to cover up the rot.
00:18:34No, Mr. Mayor, let me explain.
00:18:36This is an oxidation reaction, an advanced aging process for premium tuna.
00:18:40Advanced aging?
00:18:41No, he just served the mayor cheap.
00:18:43Old meat to cut costs.
00:18:45The live stream was going wild.
00:18:47The whole city was watching him feed garbage to the mayor.
00:18:50Fine, you're so confident in this process, then don't waste it.
00:18:54Bring it to him.
00:18:55Eat it, Percy.
00:18:56Every last piece, right now.
00:18:57No, no!
00:18:59You're resisting so hard.
00:19:00Is it because you think it's a piece of rotten meat, too?
00:19:03No, Mr. Mayor, I'll prove to you there's nothing wrong with it.
00:19:05The security guard stepped forward.
00:19:07The cold, intimidating pressure left Percy with no way out.
00:19:11Under the gaze of the citywide live stream, he was forced to swallow that rotten meat like a pathetic stray
00:19:17dog.
00:19:18He skimped on ingredient costs and threw the money away.
00:19:21Now he had to chew up the consequences himself.
00:19:24The mayor's fury was just the beginning.
00:19:26The real ruin of the Iron Anchor was just getting started.
00:19:34This is the pride of Surla Street, the face of our state's restaurant industry?
00:19:39Percy, you didn't just insult me.
00:19:40You insult the entire food safety laws of this city.
00:19:44Mr. Mayor, I swear on my life, the sushi is fine.
00:19:46I just drank too much last night.
00:19:48It's my stomach.
00:19:49It's upset.
00:19:49Percy's excuse sounded pathetic and hollow in front of the mayor and 500 live stream viewers.
00:19:54No one knew better than me.
00:19:55Eating rotten bluefin tuna would cause mackerel poisoning.
00:19:57Soon, Percy showed all the signs.
00:20:00The client who had signed next year's contract with him actually wanted to go help him.
00:20:05Damn it!
00:20:06You used rotten meat!
00:20:07That's why you're such a mess right now!
00:20:09Percy, you idiot!
00:20:10You just blew the entire war!
00:20:11No, no, no!
00:20:12It's not what you think!
00:20:13And just like that, Percy's noble image was gone, shattered in front of the live stream in the entire city.
00:20:19Enough!
00:20:20I want a full investigation of Iron Anchor right now!
00:20:23Percy wanted to stop it, but he couldn't move.
00:20:24Soon enough, the iron door to Iron Anchor's back storage was violently pushed open.
00:20:30A stench of formaldehyde mixed with rotting blood hit everyone in the face.
00:20:34Cardboard boxes piled up like knives, their outer layers covered in mold.
00:20:38The smell is absolutely disgusting!
00:20:40Just thinking about the food I ate makes me want to strangle Percy with my bare hand!
00:20:43Percy was dragged to the storage door like a filthy rag.
00:20:46The mayor pointed angrily at the inside of the back room.
00:20:48This is the best ingredient warehouse in all of New York?
00:20:51Percy, you better explain this now!
00:20:55Percy scrambled, saying it was all the supplier's fault that he was a victim too.
00:20:59Tears streamed down his face as he got all emotional.
00:21:01At first, some people actually believed him.
00:21:03After all, Iron Anchor's reputation had been perfect.
00:21:05That was until a contract signed with the shady supplier was pulled out of a drawer.
00:21:09A hundred dollars a play and you spent three cents on the meat?!
00:21:12Banned.
00:21:12That's what it was.
00:21:13The money went to the cars.
00:21:14The fancy front.
00:21:15But the food itself.
00:21:17He had zero respect for it.
00:21:18Mr. Mayor, let me explain.
00:21:20I was just trying to save money.
00:21:21I didn't know the supplier would give me bad meat.
00:21:23I'd give me bad meat!
00:21:24You didn't know?
00:21:25You're playing games with people's lives!
00:21:28Percy looked around in despair.
00:21:30Nothing but contempt.
00:21:32And the mayor's fury was even more terrifying than he'd imagined.
00:21:34If this is the best Surla Street has to offer,
00:21:36then I will shut down every single restaurant on this entire street!
00:21:39The whole place erupted.
00:21:40Every business owner's face dropped.
00:21:42If the whole street got shut down,
00:21:43they would lose countless future business deals.
00:21:45Percy, you animal!
00:21:46You want to serve trash?
00:21:47Fine!
00:21:48But don't drag the rest of us down with you!
00:21:49You disgusting little roach!
00:21:51Go to hell!
00:21:52That is human nature.
00:21:53When Percy was on top,
00:21:54they were his loyal supporters.
00:21:55The moment he fell,
00:21:56everyone wanted to kick him.
00:21:57While he was down,
00:21:58Mia looked worried.
00:21:59She was afraid my restaurant would get caught up in this too.
00:22:01I patted her hand.
00:22:02I'd just gotten my license.
00:22:03I was fully confident I could turn the tide on Surla Street.
00:22:05And if I timed it right,
00:22:06my chef should be here any second.
00:22:12Percy panicked.
00:22:13Iron Anchor was facing closure.
00:22:15And me,
00:22:16his worthless little brother,
00:22:17bringing in a chef
00:22:18with the very same cut of fish.
00:22:19Grayson!
00:22:20What the hell do you think you're doing?
00:22:22Mr. Mayor,
00:22:23before you give up on this street,
00:22:25please give real Surla Street Cuisine one chance.
00:22:27Percy pulled himself up off the floor
00:22:29and stormed over to me,
00:22:30furious.
00:22:31That garbage from your $500 dump
00:22:33has no place in front of the mayor!
00:22:35I'm warning you.
00:22:37Throw that trash away!
00:22:38Mia was never one to just take it lying down.
00:22:40The second she heard that,
00:22:41she hauled off and slapped Percy
00:22:42right across the face.
00:22:43Wipe that disgusting superior look off your face,
00:22:46you arrogant jerk!
00:22:47Three minutes ago,
00:22:48you were serving the mayor garbage.
00:22:50Whatever my husband has in that box
00:22:51is worth more than you
00:22:52and your whole restaurant ever were!
00:22:54You dare put your hands on me?
00:22:56You shameless bitch!
00:22:57The mayor beat me to it.
00:22:59He had his security restrained Percy,
00:23:01then looked at the takeout box in my hand.
00:23:03I think I'd like to try something
00:23:05made by a man with some composure.
00:23:07See, Mr. Restaurant.
00:23:08Please enjoy.
00:23:24I've never seen sashimi
00:23:25with such perfect texture.
00:23:27It's as thin as a leaf.
00:23:28The aroma's so rich.
00:23:30My mouth is watering.
00:23:31The live stream went wild, too.
00:23:33The comments were full of curiosity
00:23:34about my food.
00:23:35Because of this turnaround,
00:23:37the viewer count instantly skyrocketed
00:23:39by 10,000.
00:23:41Tuna of this grade.
00:23:42My supplier swore I was his only client in Manhattan.
00:23:44Your so-called supply chain is just a transaction.
00:23:46What Grayson earned is the supplier's respect.
00:23:48He deserves to have the best ingredients,
00:23:50way more than your iron anchor ever did.
00:23:52I watched the mayor's fingertips tremble.
00:23:54That is the instinctive reaction
00:23:56of a true gourmet
00:23:57in the presence of something.
00:23:59Transcendent.
00:24:00Percy always thought
00:24:01waving his checkbook around on livestream
00:24:02would let him control everything.
00:24:04But he never knew.
00:24:06Some ingredients can't be bought.
00:24:07They choose who deserves them.
00:24:11My God.
00:24:12The sweetness.
00:24:13The way this fat just dissolves.
00:24:15It's melting on your tongue.
00:24:16Grayson, I take back what I said earlier.
00:24:18This isn't just food.
00:24:19This is art.
00:24:21This year's industry benchmark restaurant
00:24:23is not this foul-smelling iron anchor.
00:24:26It goes to...
00:24:33Wait!
00:24:33C-Mist shouldn't even be in the running.
00:24:35Everyone knows that place is a dump.
00:24:37Full of grease and rats.
00:24:39It doesn't even meet basic health and safety standards.
00:24:41Percy looked at me with that smug expression.
00:24:43Like he'd finally cornered the clown.
00:24:45Too bad.
00:24:46This time, the joke was on him.
00:24:48Save the pity, Grayson.
00:24:49I know you tried really hard
00:24:51to steal first place from me.
00:24:52Too bad.
00:24:54Trying isn't enough.
00:24:55You'll never surpass me, little brother.
00:24:57Mr. Mayor.
00:24:59It would be my honor to lead the way
00:25:01and show everyone this
00:25:03garbage-dimp Grayson calls a restaurant.
00:25:06That place has been closed for ages.
00:25:08I heard the last owner was so bitter.
00:25:10He poured cooking oil all over the floors on his way out.
00:25:12You can't even walk in there.
00:25:14That's right.
00:25:14And he left all kinds of expired food in there, too.
00:25:17It's probably a full-blown rat kingdom by now.
00:25:19What right does a dump like that have to call itself a restaurant?
00:25:21What do we do?
00:25:24Mr. Mayor, and everyone here,
00:25:27as the owner of C-Mist Restaurant,
00:25:29I invite you all to come see it for yourselves.
00:25:31You idiot.
00:25:32Get ready to watch your precious restaurant get shut down.
00:25:35My dear fans,
00:25:37I'm about to show you the most chaotic,
00:25:40filthiest garbage dump on Surla Street.
00:25:43You cannot imagine
00:25:44how absolutely disgusting that place is.
00:25:50Percy, lying has consequences.
00:25:53It's totally fake.
00:25:54I guarantee you, behind this door,
00:25:55it's nothing but trash and stink.
00:25:57Grayson.
00:25:58Just wait and see.
00:25:59Percy's smug smile kept growing,
00:26:01but all of that was about to come to a screeching halt
00:26:03the second I opened that door.
00:26:10This is impossible.
00:26:11Oh, my God.
00:26:13In just a few days,
00:26:14that dump has completely changed.
00:26:16It's so clean and tidy.
00:26:18Way more pleasant to look at
00:26:20than Iron Anchor's tacky, flashy decorations.
00:26:27Grayson,
00:26:28your taste is just as impressive as your food.
00:26:37Man,
00:26:38this place is cleaner than an operating room.
00:26:40I worked around the clock,
00:26:42kneeling on that filthy floor,
00:26:43scrubbing every single crack with a brush.
00:26:45Percy spent his money on those gaudy chandeliers
00:26:48that blind you.
00:26:48I spent mine on every little detail you can touch.
00:26:51This is all just for show.
00:26:52You can fake the decor,
00:26:54but you can't fake the ingredients.
00:26:58Grayson,
00:26:58you're broke.
00:26:59Your monthly rent is 500 bucks.
00:27:01How can you afford
00:27:02pop-grade blue-fit tuna?
00:27:04I bet that piece he just fed you
00:27:06was the only decent one he's got.
00:27:08His freezer must be packed
00:27:09with cheap frozen garbage.
00:27:11Trash will always be trash.
00:27:14You want to see?
00:27:15I'll show you.
00:27:22So many.
00:27:23Tuna of this quality,
00:27:24only three restaurants in all of New York
00:27:26can get their hands on these.
00:27:30Percy,
00:27:31take a good look.
00:27:32This is what you call garbage.
00:27:34No!
00:27:35You must have injected poison
00:27:36into these rotten fish,
00:27:37sprayed them with chemicals.
00:27:38Who the hell is insulting my fish?
00:27:44You are...
00:27:45I worked with Iron Anchor for a whole year.
00:27:48Not once did you bother to remember my name.
00:27:50Percy,
00:27:51you're an absolute idiot.
00:27:54You're Iron Anchor's biggest supplier
00:27:56from this past year.
00:27:57You traitor.
00:27:58You're the traitor.
00:27:59And premium ingredients should go to people
00:28:01who actually appreciate them.
00:28:04Mr. Mayor,
00:28:05I'm the largest seafood distributor in California.
00:28:07I hereby certify that all ingredients
00:28:10used by Sea Mist Restaurant
00:28:11are exclusively supplied through my special channel
00:28:14with the highest A-level safety rating.
00:28:16Mr. Grayson is the most knowledgeable person
00:28:19about ingredients I've ever met.
00:28:21That's why I ended all my contracts
00:28:23with Iron Anchor for him.
00:28:24Are you insane?
00:28:26I give you millions of dollars a year.
00:28:28What about him?
00:28:29All he got was the lousy hundred grand
00:28:31I threw at him.
00:28:32After lashing out at the supplier,
00:28:33Percy turned his rage back on me.
00:28:36Grayson!
00:28:36You ungrateful snake!
00:28:39You took the hundred grand I gave you
00:28:41and used it to steal my supplier
00:28:42and become my enemy?
00:28:44Don't you have any family loyalty at all?
00:28:46Percy.
00:28:49Percy.
00:28:49Out of that hundred grand,
00:28:52ninety thousand was purchasing money
00:28:53I fronted for you.
00:28:57The remaining ten thousand
00:28:58was what you paid me
00:29:00for three years
00:29:01of working my ass off
00:29:03day and night.
00:29:04You thought you could buy my dignity.
00:29:06I'm taking it back with my own hands.
00:29:08We're even.
00:29:09And don't forget,
00:29:10this supplier was mine
00:29:11from the very beginning.
00:29:13Percy's eyes went unfocused.
00:29:14It looked like he was finally remembering
00:29:16how hard I worked a year ago,
00:29:18visiting supplier after supplier,
00:29:20screening through thousands of them
00:29:21to find this one.
00:29:23Percy wanted to keep arguing,
00:29:24but fate wasn't going to give him
00:29:26any more chances.
00:29:28Mr. Mayor,
00:29:29it's not just the ingredients.
00:29:30The entire interior of Iron Anchor
00:29:31is built with the cheapest,
00:29:32most flammable formal hide-laden boards
00:29:34just painted over with a layer of gold.
00:29:35Iron Anchor is basically
00:29:36a poison gas chamber
00:29:37that would explode
00:29:38the second it touches fire.
00:29:42That's disgusting!
00:29:44All for show!
00:29:45Percy,
00:29:46get out of the restaurant industry!
00:29:48Mr. Mayor,
00:29:50I was wrong!
00:29:51I just wanted the restaurant
00:29:52to look better!
00:29:53You risked people's lives
00:29:55just to look good?!
00:29:56Percy's tears rolled down
00:29:58his fake,
00:29:59lying face.
00:30:00He used to throw money
00:30:01in front of me
00:30:01and call me a country bumpin'
00:30:03who'd never seen the world.
00:30:04And now,
00:30:05that live-streaming empire
00:30:06he'd so carefully built
00:30:08was collapsing inch by inch
00:30:10in front of a global audience.
00:30:11I hereby declare
00:30:13Sea Mist Restaurant
00:30:14the industry benchmark restaurant
00:30:17for this year.
00:30:18Effective immediately,
00:30:20Iron Anchor's business license
00:30:22is permanently revoked.
00:30:24All assets are to be seized.
00:30:26Percy is under official investigation
00:30:28for food safety crimes
00:30:30and commercial fraud.
00:30:32Now,
00:30:33throw this cockroach out of here!
00:30:43Grayson!
00:30:44Save me!
00:30:45You're my own little brother!
00:30:46Your restaurant
00:30:47is right across the street!
00:30:48You can fix this!
00:30:49You have to!
00:30:50I gave him a year.
00:30:51A whole year.
00:30:53But all he ever learned
00:30:54was how to put on a show
00:30:55for his live-screen.
00:30:56Grayson!
00:30:58Grayson,
00:30:59I'm begging you!
00:31:00You're tight with the mayor!
00:31:01Please put in a good word for me!
00:31:02You can't let them close my place!
00:31:03That's everything I've got!
00:31:05Everything you've got, Percy?
00:31:07You call rotten meat
00:31:08and fake gold paint
00:31:09everything you've got?
00:31:10Just don't shut me down!
00:31:11I'll do anything you want!
00:31:12I'll give you all the shares!
00:31:14You come back and be the boss!
00:31:15I'll work for you!
00:31:16I'll be your line cook!
00:31:17Percy,
00:31:18do you remember
00:31:18how you humiliated Grayson?
00:31:20You said he was only worth
00:31:212,000 bucks.
00:31:22You said a homeless guy
00:31:23off the street
00:31:24could replace him.
00:31:24A year ago,
00:31:26I begged him
00:31:27in the pouring rain
00:31:28just like this
00:31:28to pay the supplier
00:31:30what he owed.
00:31:31He rolled down
00:31:31his car window,
00:31:32blew smoke in my face
00:31:34and told me
00:31:35I didn't understand business.
00:31:37Percy,
00:31:37your biggest mistake
00:31:38wasn't greed.
00:31:39It was that you never
00:31:40learned to respect food.
00:31:42Someone who can make
00:31:42the finest fish
00:31:43smell like death
00:31:44has no place in a kitchen.
00:31:47You're really gonna
00:31:47just let me die?
00:31:48For old times' sake,
00:31:50since you want to be
00:31:50a line cook so bad,
00:31:52C-Miss just happens
00:31:53to be looking for someone
00:31:54to clean the bathrooms.
00:31:552,000 a month.
00:31:56And the only reason
00:31:57I'm even offering it to you
00:31:58is out of respect
00:31:59for you being my big brother.
00:32:04Mr. Grayson,
00:32:05I'm officially transferring
00:32:06my $5 million
00:32:07annual banquet booking
00:32:08to C-Miss Restaurant.
00:32:09Name your price.
00:32:10Just make sure that
00:32:10Oto Sushi shows up
00:32:11at my event.
00:32:12Grayson,
00:32:12this is a long-term
00:32:13letter of intent
00:32:14from the Manhattan
00:32:14Restaurant Association.
00:32:16We're willing to pay
00:32:16a 50% premium
00:32:17as long as C-Miss
00:32:18agrees to be our partner.
00:32:193,000 a month.
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