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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 six million in one year.
00:00:07But me? He gave me only a hundred grand.
00:00:09A prep cook barely makes two thousand a month.
00:00:12I gave you a hundred 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.
00:00:45Two thousand dollars a month.
00:00:50Business blew up this year. We cleared six mil.
00:00:53Here's your share.
00:00:58I took it and counted.
00:01:00Only a hundred thousand.
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.
00:01:14Oh my gosh.
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 pert in front of his live stream.
00:01:52Five people. Always the same five.
00:01:54Making a fool of himself over and over again.
00:01:57I put in at least half the work for that six million.
00:01:59And that hundred thousand percy gave me.
00:02:02Ninety thousand of it was just him paying me back for the purchasing money.
00:02:05I'd already fronted all year, but I still took the money.
00:02:08Thanks.
00:02:09I turned, pushed the door open, and then percy called out to me.
00:02:13The citywide benchmark judging is in three days.
00:02:16The mayor is coming to Iron Anchor to try the fatty tuna sushi.
00:02:18Your sashimi is the most popular with customers.
00:02:21So make sure you have a blue fit tuna ready and cut the belly part well.
00:02:26Okay.
00:02:29See you in three days.
00:02:31Good boy.
00:02:32I didn't say a word.
00:02:33Percy never thought I'd be that easy to brush off.
00:02:41And me.
00:02:42I stood in front of that failed restaurant right across the street.
00:02:46The one that couldn't keep up with Iron Anchor and went belly up.
00:02:49Everyone knew it was filthy.
00:02:51Broken.
00:02:52A total mess.
00:02:53Percy thought it was a dump.
00:02:54A place only bums would set foot in.
00:02:59Hello.
00:03:00I'd like to rent this restaurant for ten years.
00:03:02Takes goods to rent this spot, kid.
00:03:04Nobody survives across from Iron Anchor.
00:03:06You absolutely sure?
00:03:07I'm sure.
00:03:08I walked out after signing the papers, and across the street, Iron Anchor was already
00:03:13partying, getting hyped for the mayor's big arrival.
00:03:15What Percy didn't realize, that a ward in three days, it was about to turn into his worst
00:03:20nightmare.
00:03:23This rundown shop was hidden away.
00:03:26Filthy.
00:03:27Pitch.
00:03:27Dark.
00:03:28Thick layers of grease covered everything.
00:03:31I didn't complain.
00:03:32Though, inside, I was actually pumped.
00:03:36Percy quickly realized, someone had rented that dump across the street again.
00:03:41He got out of his fancy car, saw it was me, and just lost it, laughing so hard he could
00:03:46barely stand.
00:03:50Grayson, you absolute idiot.
00:03:52I gave you $100,000, and you blow it on this rat hole?
00:03:56Don't you have any idea how good a life $100,000 could have bought you?
00:04:00I ignored him.
00:04:01Percy started wandering around the restaurant on his own.
00:04:03Grayson even pulled out his phone and went live, making exaggerated faces at the camera.
00:04:08Look at this, folks.
00:04:10Thick, nasty grease all over the tables.
00:04:13This place is so disgusting, I swear even a rat wouldn't come near it.
00:04:17Then he put his arm around my shoulder and struck a friendly pose for the camera.
00:04:21Grayson, I'm your older brother.
00:04:24I have to take care of you.
00:04:26You're always welcome back at Iron Archer.
00:04:28I did fill your old spot for half the pay, but you know how replaceable that kind of job is.
00:04:33After humiliating me, Percy left the restaurant, satisfied.
00:04:38He had to get ready for the mayor's visit.
00:04:40He had his workers turn the place into a luxurious palace.
00:04:43But one thing he would never understand.
00:04:45A restaurant's true essence is the food.
00:04:48And me, I stayed up late every night, cleaning the restaurant.
00:04:54It was already three in the morning when I got home.
00:04:56The light was still on.
00:04:58I caught my reflection in the mirror by the door, covered in dirt.
00:05:01My face exhausted.
00:05:02I panicked.
00:05:03I didn't want my family to worry.
00:05:05But I knew I had to face it eventually.
00:05:10My wife Mia looked at me with concern.
00:05:13Honey, what happened?
00:05:15Why are you so late?
00:05:16Percy asked me to clean the kitchen.
00:05:18I didn't have time to wash up.
00:05:22Mia looked uneasy.
00:05:24She took my hand and pulled me down onto the sofa.
00:05:27I saw the news.
00:05:28The mayor is going to personally review Iron Anchor.
00:05:32The restaurant you and Percy opened is really making money.
00:05:36Big enough to even get the mayor's attention.
00:05:39Did he give you any of it?
00:05:41Sure.
00:05:42He gave me a hundred grand.
00:05:44Only a hundred grand?
00:05:45The news said the place cleared six million.
00:05:48That's not fair.
00:05:50You put your whole heart into this restaurant for an entire year.
00:05:53At least half of the credit is yours.
00:05:56How could he do this to you?
00:05:58Mia, calm down.
00:06:00Percy is an idiot with his head stuck up in the clouds.
00:06:03Why are you still working for him?
00:06:07I'm opening my own restaurant.
00:06:11I support whatever decision you make.
00:06:17Here's twenty grand.
00:06:19Go all in, Grayson.
00:06:21The baby and I will be just fine.
00:06:24I won't let you down.
00:06:26I swear.
00:06:27The industry benchmark restaurant awards were in two days.
00:06:31That night, I couldn't sleep at all.
00:06:33What if I let Nia down?
00:06:35The dirty, pitch black image of Sea Mist Restaurant kept flashing through my mind.
00:06:39I wasn't sure if the changes I made would be enough to pass the inspection.
00:06:43I started doubting whether going solo was the right move,
00:06:46or just a stupid decision made out of anger.
00:06:48I picked up the little notebook I've been keeping for years,
00:06:51and sat down at the desk.
00:06:53It is filled with all kinds of customer info and preferences.
00:06:56I've recorded including the mayor's.
00:06:58I once sat in a high-end restaurant,
00:07:00and carefully watched how he ate,
00:07:02what he left on his plate.
00:07:03This notebook gives me the confidence that comes from experience.
00:07:07Then suddenly, my phone rang.
00:07:11What did you say?
00:07:12Sea Mist Restaurant passed the qualification inspection?
00:07:17This is the best Christmas gift I've ever received.
00:07:22With the license in hand, I'm halfway there.
00:07:24I reached out to the supplier I'd worked so hard to win over before.
00:07:27He'd always seen my potential.
00:07:28And the moment he heard I was opening my own place,
00:07:30he cut ties with Percy on the spot and said yes.
00:07:32You should have gone out on your own a long time ago.
00:07:35I can tell you've got way more ability than that brother of yours.
00:07:38All he knows is flashy tricks.
00:07:42I'd just sent the supplier off when Percy came back from a night of drinking.
00:07:45If he'd paid even a little attention to his own purchasing,
00:07:48he would have recognized that the guy leaving was his biggest sense.
00:07:51Too bad.
00:07:52All he cares about is messing with that ridiculous haircut of his in his livestream
00:07:56that never gets more than five people.
00:07:58He didn't recognize him at all.
00:07:59Don't say I never give you a chance.
00:08:02The mayor's coming to Iron Anchor in person tomorrow.
00:08:06My dear little brother,
00:08:07I'm your only shot at rubbing elbows with big shots like that.
00:08:11And make sure you bring your wife Mia.
00:08:14I swear, she's never seen anything this grand in her life.
00:08:19Percy's laugh was full of contempt.
00:08:21He was sure I couldn't measure up to him in any way.
00:08:24Tomorrow was going to be his day to shine.
00:08:26And at an event like this,
00:08:27his little brother, the one foolish enough to open a restaurant right across from Iron Anchor,
00:08:32would be the perfect person to compare himself to.
00:08:35I'll be there on time.
00:08:38Here's ten bucks.
00:08:40Go park my car for me.
00:08:45Everyone believed Iron Anchor would definitely become the industry benchmark.
00:08:49Percy was so sure of it
00:08:50that he boasted and signed a whole year's worth of orders for the future.
00:08:54But he overlooked him.
00:08:55A brother he'd never once seen as a competitor.
00:08:58Insignificant.
00:08:59Obedient.
00:09:00Beneath notice.
00:09:01When I got home,
00:09:03I told Mia that I was going to Percy's restaurant for the awards event.
00:09:06I could see the worry in her eyes.
00:09:09No, Grayson, you don't have to go to that awards event tomorrow.
00:09:13Can't you see?
00:09:14He stole the fruits of your hard work,
00:09:16and now he wants to humiliate you in public.
00:09:19Mia, I've already decided to go.
00:09:22If he tries to embarrass me,
00:09:23I'll forget we're brothers and I'll take his place for good.
00:09:29A place that was always meant to be mine.
00:09:32Fine.
00:09:34I'll go with you.
00:09:39Percy hadn't seated the guests yet.
00:09:41He was waiting by the door for something.
00:09:43The moment he saw Mia and me show up,
00:09:46his eyes locked onto us like a radar.
00:09:48Look, there's my little brother.
00:09:53Let me introduce you all.
00:09:54This is my brother Grayson.
00:09:56He just took over a garbage dump across the street from Iron Anchor
00:09:59and thinks he's going to compete with me.
00:10:01Percy said it like a joke.
00:10:03All the guests looked at me with contempt in their eyes.
00:10:06Even Mia's smile froze on her face.
00:10:12You know what Percy nets a year?
00:10:14Six million dollars.
00:10:16You won't see that kind of money in ten lifetimes.
00:10:18You really should just stick with your brother.
00:10:21That way you can at least lap up some of the leftovers.
00:10:25Don't mind them Grayson.
00:10:27What they said was harsh, but it's the truth.
00:10:32That's enough.
00:10:33You're all way out of line.
00:10:35The truth is, he's better than every one of you.
00:10:39Grayson, control your wife.
00:10:41This isn't the place for a scene.
00:10:43Easy Mia, I'm fine.
00:10:53Here's my card.
00:10:54You're all welcome to come check out my new restaurant across the street.
00:10:57Percy looked at me in disbelief.
00:10:59He never expected that after being humiliated like that.
00:11:02Grayson, what are you doing here?
00:11:02I'd still be able to hand out my business card.
00:11:05Everyone looked embarrassed.
00:11:06No one took it.
00:11:09Grayson, are you seriously expecting these suppliers to visit your dump?
00:11:12Don't be ridiculous.
00:11:14I smiled and shook my head.
00:11:16I swear, one day they'll be begging to work with me.
00:11:25These are all Iron Anchor's signature dishes.
00:11:28Everyone, help yourselves.
00:11:32I could see right through it.
00:11:34The dishes looked exactly the same as before, but the ingredients had changed.
00:11:39Percy always cuts corners with cheap ingredients to save money, but he doesn't understand his
00:11:43customers.
00:11:44Every single one of them has a picky palate.
00:11:47Without my notebook that records every customer's preferences, he can never make the perfect dish.
00:11:53At the table, the guests could already tell something was off with the food, but because
00:11:58they were so eager to flatter Percy, they chose to ignore it.
00:12:01The mayor's personal inspection is the highest honor in the industry.
00:12:05Percy kept bragging about how successful his restaurant had become in just one year, how
00:12:09much money he'd made.
00:12:10Mia was so upset, she couldn't even eat.
00:12:13The anger in her eyes could have skinned Percy alive.
00:12:15But that wasn't enough for Percy.
00:12:17He brought me up again.
00:12:19Grayson, once Iron Anchor takes one.
00:12:22Over the world, you can still come back.
00:12:25I mean, you don't have much skill, just good for a few simple little jobs.
00:12:30But you are my little brother after all.
00:12:33Percy, you're such a good man.
00:12:35Your brother has a death wish opening a restaurant right across from you, and you're still looking
00:12:39out for him.
00:12:41Of course.
00:12:42What does a line cook know about running a restaurant?
00:12:46Without Percy, he's nothing.
00:12:50I was furious.
00:12:52All anyone could see was Percy's winning glow.
00:12:54No one saw the one who'd done all the work behind the scenes.
00:12:57Percy was soaking up the praise.
00:13:00Laughing and clinking glasses with those guests.
00:13:02And that was the moment he completely cut off the last bit of mercy I had left for him.
00:13:06The industry benchmark awarded by the mayor can only be my sea mist restaurant.
00:13:10I raised my glass.
00:13:11A calm smile on my face.
00:13:13You're alright.
00:13:14Everything I do I learn from Percy, my respected big brother.
00:13:20The mayor was arriving any minute.
00:13:22Percy told me to go to the kitchen and get ready to cut the bluefin tuna.
00:13:26Grayson, get your ass to the kitchen and help out.
00:13:30Even though you had the nerve to leave me, I still invited you to this important event.
00:13:34And the only reason is because you're my brother.
00:13:37Percy finished talking and went off to greet the mayor.
00:13:45I looked at the mayor.
00:13:46I knew my chance had come.
00:13:51A year ago.
00:13:52I went through hell to land the supplier.
00:13:54With the highest food safety rating.
00:13:57Percy never understood how important fresh ingredients are to a restaurant.
00:14:02And now that top tier supplier belongs to me.
00:14:05The one who took over supplying Iron Anchor?
00:14:08Obviously just some crooked merchant faking it.
00:14:15This tuna smells really weird.
00:14:18I tried to warn them about quality control, but Percy never listened to a word I said.
00:14:26Grayson, step aside.
00:14:29The new guy here can actually handle a knife.
00:14:36Grayson, you just stand aside and watch.
00:14:38Even for a line cook, you've still got a lot to learn.
00:14:41Percy didn't care about my skills.
00:14:45He asked me to come to the kitchen only to humiliate me with the new hire.
00:14:49To prove I was good for nothing.
00:14:52But he had no idea how complicated Blue Fit Tuna is.
00:14:56Without real knife skills, you can't handle it properly.
00:15:00Especially a piece of cheap, low-quality tuna like this.
00:15:04Percy, I swear it.
00:15:07I'm just trying to make my little brother better.
00:15:09Otherwise, how is he going to support you and the baby in your belly?
00:15:12With that failing restaurant across the street?
00:15:18I'll learn from him.
00:15:20After today, one of us will be famous and the other will be a nobody.
00:15:28Grayson, I really feel sorry for you.
00:15:32That is right.
00:15:33After today, one of us is going to take over the world.
00:15:36And the other is going to fade into obscurity.
00:15:39I watched very carefully.
00:15:41Joss thought I was actually learning.
00:15:42And he even took the time to explain things to me.
00:15:45I smiled.
00:15:46With such lousy technique,
00:15:48that Blue Fied Tuna was going to end up as nothing but a pile of ruined meat in his hands.
00:15:53And the mayor.
00:15:54He hates nothing more than being handed low-quality.
00:15:58Butchered tuna.
00:15:59Like it is no big deal.
00:16:04Percy was in the dining room,
00:16:06chatting up the mayor like he was king of the world.
00:16:09He had no idea his restaurant was heading straight to hell.
00:16:12Joss walked up, carrying a covered platter.
00:16:15Meanwhile, the highest quality Blue Fied Tuna was being delivered to Sea Mist.
00:16:20Couldn't even dream of reaching this level.
00:16:27Mr. Mayor and everyone watching in the live stream,
00:16:30let me introduce you to my good-for-nothing little brother, Grayson.
00:16:34Never been smart.
00:16:35Only good for the dirty work in the back.
00:16:37He recently opened some dump called Sea Mist right over there.
00:16:41If you ever feel like your stomach's too full and you need to throw up,
00:16:45feel free to go try his chemical waste.
00:16:50Percy, you're too soft.
00:16:51Having that guy across the street is polluting our whole neighborhood.
00:16:56Mr. Mayor, here's my card.
00:16:58I'm good at making otoyu sushi.
00:17:00Are you crazy?
00:17:02A little place that can't even fit two people in the bathroom
00:17:05and you think you can hand the mayor your business card?
00:17:07My restaurant is spotless.
00:17:09And my ingredients are the best.
00:17:12I don't think square footage determines quality.
00:17:15I don't think square footage determines quality.
00:17:15Grayson, stop embarrassing yourself here.
00:17:21Young man, you have something those greedy businessmen don't.
00:17:25You're calm.
00:17:26I like that.
00:17:28The mayor sure has a sense of humor.
00:17:31He's just teaching the young generation to stay humble.
00:17:35Grayson, the only reason the mayor hasn't kicked you out is out of respect for me.
00:17:40Stop any of your pathetic delusions.
00:17:50Please take a seat.
00:18:02Mr. Mayor, this is our signature dish, otoro sushi.
00:18:06I promise you'll love it.
00:18:10Iron Anchor's otoro sushi is one of a kind, Mr. Mayor.
00:18:13I guarantee you'll fall for it.
00:18:15The knife work, the technique, absolutely flawless.
00:18:19In the past, the otoro sushi really was one of a kind.
00:18:24But this time, without top quality ingredients and skilled knife work,
00:18:28the only thing coming out of that kitchen is a one of a kind piece of garbage.
00:18:58At that same moment, the otoro sushi I prepared was being carefully packed up
00:19:04and was already on its way.
00:19:06We are about to serve the very...
00:19:09Everyone, stay sharp.
00:19:11Yes.
00:19:25Percy's prized otoro sushi was unveiled.
00:19:28Before anyone could admire it, a wave of rotten stench hit the room.
00:19:31His smile vanished.
00:19:33Guests gagged.
00:19:33The mayor slammed his fork down on the table in fury.
00:19:36Percy, this is the signature dish you've been bragging about?
00:19:38Open your damn eyes!
00:19:39Is this meant for humans?
00:19:40I held Mia close and watched.
00:19:43Cold.
00:19:43Percy's face went pale.
00:19:45Cold sweat dripped from his temples down into his collar.
00:19:47But he wasn't done.
00:19:48He fell back on his pathetic sales pitch, desperate to cover up the rot.
00:19:52No, Mr. Mayor, let me explain.
00:19:54This is an oxidation reaction, an advanced aging process for premium tuna.
00:19:58Advanced aging?
00:19:59No, he just served the mayor cheap.
00:20:02Old meat to cut costs.
00:20:03The live stream was going wild.
00:20:05The whole city was watching him feed garbage to the mayor.
00:20:09Fine.
00:20:09You're so confident in this process?
00:20:11Then don't waste it.
00:20:12Bring it to him.
00:20:13Eat it, Percy.
00:20:14Every last piece, right now.
00:20:16No, no!
00:20:17You're resisting so hard.
00:20:18Is it because you think it's a piece of rotten meat, too?
00:20:21No!
00:20:22Mr. Mayor, I'll prove to you there's nothing wrong with it.
00:20:24The security guard stepped forward.
00:20:26The cold, intimidating pressure left Percy with no way out.
00:20:29Under the gaze of the city-wide live stream, he was forced to swallow that rotten meat like
00:20:34a pathetic stray dog.
00:20:36He skimped on ingredient costs and threw the money away.
00:20:39Now he had to chew up the consequences himself.
00:20:42The mayor's fury was just the beginning.
00:20:45The real ruin of the Iron Anchor was just getting started.
00:21:07Percy's excuse sounded pathetic and hollow in front of the mayor and 500 live stream viewers.
00:21:12No one knew better than me.
00:21:13Eating rotten bluefin tuna would cause mackerel poisoning.
00:21:16Soon, Percy showed all the signs.
00:21:18The client who had signed next year's contract with him actually wanted to go help him.
00:21:24Damn it!
00:21:25You used rotten meat!
00:21:26That's why you're such a mess right now!
00:21:27Percy, you idiot!
00:21:28You just blew the entire ward!
00:21:30No, no, no!
00:21:30It's not what you think!
00:21:31And just like that, Percy's noble image was gone, shattered in front of the live stream
00:21:36and the entire city.
00:21:37Enough!
00:21:38I want a full investigation of Iron Anchor right now!
00:21:41Percy wanted to stop it, but he couldn't move.
00:21:43Soon enough, the iron door to Iron Anchor's back storage was violently pushed open.
00:21:48A stench of formaldehyde mixed with rotting blood hit everyone in the face.
00:21:52Cardboard boxes piled up like metals, their outer layers covered in mold.
00:21:56The smell is absolutely disgusting!
00:21:58Just thinking about the food I ate makes me want to strangle Percy with my bare hands!
00:22:01Percy was dragged to the storage door like a filthy rag.
00:22:04The mayor pointed angrily at the inside of the back room.
00:22:07This is the best ingredient warehouse in all of New York?
00:22:09Percy, you'd better explain this now!
00:22:13Percy scrambled, saying it was all the supplier's fault that he was a victim too.
00:22:17Tears streamed down his face as he got all emotional.
00:22:19At first, some people actually believed him.
00:22:21After all, Iron Anchor's reputation had been perfect.
00:22:24That was until a contract signed with the shady supplier was pulled out of a drawer.
00:22:27A hundred dollars a play and you spent three cents on the meat?!
00:22:30Vanity.
00:22:31That's what it was.
00:22:31The money went to the cars.
00:22:33The fancy front.
00:22:34But the food, itself.
00:22:35He had zero respect for it.
00:22:36Mr. Mayor, let me explain.
00:22:38I was just trying to save money.
00:22:40I didn't know the supplier would give me bad meat.
00:22:41I'd give me bad meat!
00:22:42You didn't know?!
00:22:44You're playing games with people's lives!
00:22:47Percy looked around in despair.
00:22:48Nothing but contempt.
00:22:50And the mayor's fury was even more terrifying than he'd imagined.
00:22:53If this is the best Surla Street has to offer, then I will shut down every single restaurant
00:22:56on this entire street!
00:22:57The whole place erupted.
00:22:58Every business owner's face dropped.
00:23:00If the whole street got shut down, they would lose countless future business deals.
00:23:04Percy, you animal!
00:23:05You want to serve trash?
00:23:06Fine!
00:23:06But don't drag the rest of us down with you!
00:23:08You disgusting little roach!
00:23:09Go to hell!
00:23:10That is human nature.
00:23:11When Percy was on top, they were his loyal supporters.
00:23:13The moment he fell, everyone wanted to kick him.
00:23:15While he was down, Mia looked worried.
00:23:17She was afraid my restaurant would get caught up in this, too.
00:23:19I patted her hand.
00:23:20I'd just gotten my license.
00:23:21I was fully confident I could turn the tide on Surla Street.
00:23:24And if I timed it right, my chef should be here in a second.
00:23:31Percy panicked.
00:23:32Iron Anchor was facing closure.
00:23:33And me, his worthless little brother, bringing in a chef with the very same cut of fish.
00:23:37Grayson, what the hell do you think you're doing?
00:23:40Mr. Mayor, before you give up on this street, please give real Surla Street Cuisine one chance.
00:23:45Percy pulled himself up off the floor and stormed over to me, furious.
00:23:49That garbage from your $500 dump has no place in front of the mayor!
00:23:54I'm warning you, throw that trash away!
00:23:56Mia was never one to just take it lying down.
00:23:58The second she heard that, she hauled off and slapped Percy right across the face.
00:24:01Wipe that disgusting superior look off your face, you arrogant jerk!
00:24:05Three minutes ago, you were serving the mayor garbage!
00:24:08Whatever my husband has in that box is worth more than you and your whole restaurant ever were!
00:24:12You dare put your hands on me?!
00:24:14You shameless bitch!
00:24:16The mayor beat me to it.
00:24:17He had his security restrained Percy.
00:24:19Then looked at the takeout box in my hand.
00:24:21I think I'd like to try something made by a man with some composure.
00:24:25See, Mr. Restaurant.
00:24:27Please enjoy.
00:24:42I've never seen sashimi with such perfect texture.
00:24:45It's as thin as a leaf.
00:24:46The aroma's so rich.
00:24:48My mouth is watering.
00:24:49The livestream went wild, too.
00:24:51The comments were full of curiosity about my food.
00:24:54Because of this turnaround, the viewer count instantly skyrocketed by 10,000.
00:24:59Tuna of this grade.
00:25:00My supplier swore I was his only client in Manhattan.
00:25:02Your so-called supply chain is just a transaction.
00:25:04What Grayson earned is the supplier's respect.
00:25:06He deserves to have the best ingredients, way more than your iron anchor ever did.
00:25:10I watched the mayor's fingertips tremble.
00:25:13That is the instinctive reaction of a true gourmet in the presence of something.
00:25:17Transcendent.
00:25:18Percy always thought waving his checkbook around on livestream would let him control everything.
00:25:22But he never knew.
00:25:24Some ingredients can't be bought.
00:25:26They choose who deserves them.
00:25:29My god.
00:25:30The sweetness.
00:25:31The way this fat just dissolves.
00:25:33It's melting on your tongue.
00:25:34Grayson, I take back what I said earlier.
00:25:36This isn't just food.
00:25:37This is art.
00:25:39This year's industry benchmark restaurant is not this foul-smelling iron anchor.
00:25:45It goes to...
00:25:51Wait.
00:25:52C-Miss shouldn't even be in the running.
00:25:53Everyone knows that place is a dump.
00:25:55Full of grease and rats.
00:25:57It doesn't even meet basic health and safety standards.
00:25:59Percy looked at me with that smug expression.
00:26:01Like he'd finally cornered the clown.
00:26:03Too bad.
00:26:04This time, the joke was on him.
00:26:06Save the pity, Grayson.
00:26:07I know you tried really hard to steal first place from me.
00:26:11Too bad.
00:26:12Trying isn't enough.
00:26:13You'll never surpass me, little brother.
00:26:15Mr. Mayor.
00:26:17It would be my honor to lead the way and show everyone this garbage dim Grayson calls a restaurant.
00:26:24That place has been closed for ages.
00:26:26I heard the last owner was so bitter.
00:26:28He poured cooking oil all over the floors on his way out.
00:26:30You can't even walk in there.
00:26:32That's right.
00:26:32And he left all kinds of expired food in there, too.
00:26:35It's probably a full-blown rat kingdom by now.
00:26:37What right does a dump like that have to call itself a restaurant?
00:26:40What do we do?
00:26:42Mr. Mayor, and everyone here.
00:26:45As the owner of C-Mist Restaurant, I invite you all to come see it for yourselves.
00:26:49You idiot.
00:26:51Get ready to watch your precious restaurant get shut down.
00:26:53My dear fans.
00:26:55I'm about to show you the most chaotic, filthiest garbage dump on Surla Street.
00:27:01You cannot imagine how absolutely disgusting that place is.
00:27:08Percy, lying has consequences.
00:27:11It's totally fake.
00:27:12I guarantee you behind this door, it's nothing but trash and stink.
00:27:15Dick, just wait and see.
00:27:17Percy's smug smile kept growing, but all of that was about to come to a screeching halt
00:27:21the second I opened that door.
00:27:28This is impossible.
00:27:30Oh my god!
00:27:31In just a few days, that dump has completely changed.
00:27:34It's so clean and tidy.
00:27:36Way more pleasant to look at than Iron Anchor's tacky, flashy decorations.
00:27:45Grayson, your taste is just as impressive as your food.
00:27:55Man, this place is cleaner than an operating room.
00:27:58I worked around the clock, kneeling on that filthy floor, scrubbing every single crack with a brush.
00:28:04Percy spent his money on those gaudy chandeliers that blind you.
00:28:07I spent mine on every little detail you can touch.
00:28:09This is all just for show.
00:28:10You can fake the decor, but you can't fake the ingredients.
00:28:15Grayson, you're broke.
00:28:17Your monthly rent is 500 bucks.
00:28:19How can you afford top grade blue fit tuna?
00:28:22I bet that piece he just fed you was the only decent one he's got.
00:28:26His freezer must be packed with cheap frozen garbage.
00:28:28Trash will always be trash.
00:28:32You want to see?
00:28:34I'll show you.
00:28:40So many.
00:28:41Tuna of this quality, only three restaurants in all of New York can get their hands on these.
00:28:48Percy, take a good look.
00:28:50This is what you call garbage.
00:28:52No!
00:28:53You must have injected poison into these rotten fish.
00:28:55Sprayed them with chemicals.
00:28:56Who the hell is insulting my fish?
00:29:03I worked with Iron Anchor for a whole year.
00:29:06Not once did you bother to remember my name.
00:29:08Percy, you're an absolute idiot.
00:29:12You're Iron Anchor's biggest supplier from this past year.
00:29:15You traitor.
00:29:16You're the traitor.
00:29:17And premium ingredients should go to people who actually appreciate them.
00:29:22Mr. Mayor, I'm the largest seafood distributor in California.
00:29:26I hereby certify that all ingredients used by Sea Mist Restaurant are exclusively supplied through my special channel with the
00:29:32highest A-level safety rate.
00:29:34Mr. Grayson is the most knowledgeable person about ingredients I've ever met.
00:29:39That's why I ended all my contracts with Iron Anchor for him.
00:29:43Are you insane?
00:29:43I give you millions of dollars a year.
00:29:46What about him?
00:29:47All he got was the lousy hundred grand I threw at him.
00:29:50After lashing out at the supplier, Percy turned his rage back on me.
00:29:54Grayson!
00:29:54You ungrateful snake!
00:29:57You took the hundred grand I gave you and used it to steal my supplier and become my enemy?
00:30:02Don't you have any family loyalty at all?
00:30:04Percy.
00:30:08Out of that hundred grand, ninety thousand was purchasing money I fronted for you.
00:30:15The remaining ten thousand was what you paid me for three years of working my ass off day and night.
00:30:22You thought you could buy my dignity.
00:30:23I'm taking it back with my own hands.
00:30:26We're even.
00:30:27And don't forget, this supplier was mine from the very beginning.
00:30:31Percy's eyes went unfocused.
00:30:32It looked like he was finally remembering how hard I worked a year ago.
00:30:36Visiting supplier after supplier, screening through thousands of them to find this one.
00:30:41Percy wanted to keep arguing, but fate wasn't going to give him any more chances.
00:30:46Mr. Mayor, it's not just the ingredients.
00:30:48The entire interior of Iron Anchor is built with the cheapest,
00:30:50most flammable formalhyde-laden boards just painted over with a layer of gold.
00:30:53Iron Anchor is basically a poison gas chamber that would explode the second it touches fire.
00:31:00That's disgusting. All for show.
00:31:03Percy, get out of the restaurant industry.
00:31:07Mr. Mayor, I was wrong. I just wanted the restaurant to look better.
00:31:11You risk people's lives just to look good?
00:31:14Percy's tears rolled down his fake, lying face.
00:31:18He used to throw money in front of me and call me a country bumpin' who'd never seen the world.
00:31:22And now, that live-streaming empire he so carefully built was collapsing inch by inch in front of a global
00:31:29audience.
00:31:29I hereby declare Sea Mist Restaurant the industry benchmark restaurant for this year.
00:31:36Effective immediately, Iron Anchor's business license is permanently revoked.
00:31:41All assets are to be seized.
00:31:44Percy is under official investigation for food safety crimes and commercial fraud.
00:31:50Now, throw this cockroach out of here!
00:32:01Grayson, save me!
00:32:03You're my own little brother!
00:32:04Your restaurant is right across the street! You can fix this! You have to!
00:32:08I gave him a year. A whole year. But all he ever learned was how to put on a show
00:32:13for his live screen.
00:32:14Grayson!
00:32:16Grayson, I'm begging you! You're tight with the mayor! Please put in a good word for me!
00:32:20You can't let them close my place! That's everything I've got!
00:32:23Everything you've got, Percy? You call rotten meat and fake gold paint everything you've got?
00:32:28Just don't shut me down! I'll do anything you want! I'll give you all the shares!
00:32:31You come back and be the boss! I'll work for you! I'll be your line cook!
00:32:35Percy, do you remember how you humiliated Grayson? You said he was only worth 2,000 bucks.
00:32:40You said a homeless guy off the street could replace him.
00:32:43A year ago, I begged him in the pouring rain, just like this, to pay the supplier what he owed.
00:32:49He rolled down his car window, blew smoke in my face, and told me I didn't understand business.
00:32:55Percy, your biggest mistake wasn't greed. It was that you never learned to respect food.
00:32:59Someone who can make the finest fish smell like death has no place in a kitchen.
00:33:05You're really gonna just let me die? For old times' sake, since you want to be a line cook so
00:33:09bad,
00:33:10Sea Mist just happens to be looking for someone to clean the bathrooms.
00:33:132,000 a month. And the only reason I'm even offering it to you is out of respect for you
00:33:17being my big brother.
00:33:22Mr. Grayson, I'm officially transferring my $5 million annual banquet booking to Sea Mist Restaurant.
00:33:26Name your price. Just make sure that Oto Sushi shows up at my event.
00:33:30Grayson, this is a long-term letter of intent from the Manhattan Restaurant Association.
00:33:34We're willing to pay a 50% premium as long as Sea Mist agrees to be our partner.
00:33:37Three hours ago, these same people watched Percy humiliate me in front of everyone.
00:33:41They laughed at me, a lowly line cook who didn't know his place.
00:33:43Now, they're willing to pay double just to beg me for a partnership.
00:33:46Sea Mist will only sign with one partner in the next year.
00:33:49That spot, you'll have to fight for it yourselves.
00:33:52I have the strongest capital. That spot belongs to me.
00:33:55What can you offer besides money? I can provide the biggest advertising and sales channels.
00:34:00Get lost. This opportunity is mine.
00:34:06With the mayor's endorsement and the title of industry benchmark restaurant,
00:34:10Sea Mist was splattered all over countless posters.
00:34:14Customers poured into Sea Mist non-stop.
00:34:17Mia and I opened three more locations together.
00:34:20I never held back. I shared everything I knew.
00:34:23Sea Mist will always stand for healthy, delicious food.
00:34:33All those prepayments that should have gone into Iron Anchor's account,
00:34:36they were now flooding into mine instead.
00:34:39Oh my god, I can't believe my eyes.
00:34:42Grayson, in less than half an hour, the prepayments have already topped three million.
00:34:47We made it!
00:34:48Grayson, you deserve this.
00:34:50The restaurant industry doesn't need some performer who only knows how to lie.
00:34:54It needs craftsmen like you.
00:34:56People with soul when it comes to food.
00:34:59This is the contract for government catering for the next year.
00:35:05Pleasure doing business with you.
00:35:06At that moment, Percy, his face caked with mud, pressed himself against the window like a ghost,
00:35:13watching me sign contract after contract, signing away millions of dollars.
00:35:17Furious, he tried to get in, but the security guard at the door shoved him back,
00:35:22sending him tumbling down the steps.
00:35:24Get out of my way! That bastard Grayson took everything from me!
00:35:28This was supposed to be mine! Move along! This is no place for a homeless guy!
00:35:32He was out there watching. I was in here sitting. That single pane of glass was the line between
00:35:40heaven and hell. He used to say that without him, I'd be begging for food in Chinatown.
00:35:45Now, he can't even get past the door of my restaurant.
00:35:50Grayson! You traitor!
00:35:56Percy was curled up next to a stinking dumpster. His thousand dollar tuxedo was caked with grime.
00:36:03He was too afraid to go home, because all the partners he'd arrogantly signed with before were
00:36:08now turning on him after Iron Anchor got shut down. What awaited him was massive penalty fees,
00:36:14and the fury of every single one of those partners.
00:36:23Hello? Boss, just give me a little more time.
00:36:25Time? Percy, your old frozen meat got my license revoked. According to the contract,
00:36:30you owe me triple the penalty. That's two million dollars. If I don't see that money by tomorrow
00:36:35morning, you can go feed the fish in the Hudson River.
00:36:43Percy, this is James from Seafood Logistics. That industry benchmark prize you promised
00:36:47was total bullshit. I want my shipping fees and the 500,000 penalty. Transfer it now.
00:36:52Otherwise, I'm sending your address to every creditor in Manhattan.
00:36:56Percy pinned all his remaining hope on live streaming. He begged his viewers to send him money to save Iron
00:37:02Anchor. He made a complete fool of himself like a stray dog losing every shred of dignity. He did
00:37:07pathetic stunts. He even fought homeless people for food. You felled us garbage for so long. What
00:37:12right does an animal like you have to ask for our forgiveness? Report him. Make him disappear for
00:37:17good. No, no, no. If I hadn't skimped on that 90,000, if I hadn't pushed him away, that six
00:37:23million
00:37:23would have been mine. The mayor's praise would have been mine too. He finally understood. Losing me wasn't
00:37:29just losing a line cook. It was losing his only brain and his last chance to be a decent human
00:37:34being.
00:37:34The live stream ban was the final straw that broke Percy. He looked at Sea Mist restaurant,
00:37:40glowing with lights, and finally broke down sobbing.
00:37:44I was wrong. Grayson, I was really wrong.
00:37:53Time to pay up.
00:37:57No! No! Grayson, help me! Help me!
00:38:07I took Mia out for a nice meal. Because we were so poor last year, I couldn't even feed my
00:38:13pregnant
00:38:14wife decent food more than a few times. Mia, thank you. For everything. These past three years.
00:38:22Grayson, I feel like I'm dreaming. A month ago, we were stressing over $500 in rent.
00:38:28Dreams end. But these numbers don't lie. Three days ago, I sat here watching Percy throw money
00:38:34around like it was nothing. Now, Sea Mist's weekly revenue alone equals his entire net profit from last
00:38:39year. Ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands. Grayson! The prepayments and net profit,
00:38:45it's over six million?! That's just the first week. With the mayor's endorsement,
00:38:48every big name in New York, politicians, and socialettes alike is lining up. We're already
00:38:53booked through Christmas next year. We're rich. We can give our child the best education. We never
00:38:59have to live under Percy's thumb again. I looked at Mia's excited face. It warmed my heart.
00:39:05To the future. Cheers. And Percy? At that very moment, he was huddled next to a dumpster,
00:39:13gnawling on someone else's disparted bread.
00:39:19I moved Mia out of that tiny rental apartment and bought the best estate in the city.
00:39:23Mr. Gone Helipad and a top of the security system.
00:39:26Do you like it? The sunlight here is beautiful. Perfect for our kid to run around on the grass
00:39:30someday. I never imagined I'd live in a place like this someday. Grayson, this is too expensive.
00:39:35Mia, you deserve the best. Just sign it. This will be our family's safe haven. Now, I bought the
00:39:41estate that Percy never even dared to dream of stepping foot in. And him? He's hiding in some
00:39:47dark corner, running from the creditors. The soft opening of Sea Mist Branch was a huge success. We can
00:39:53officially launch the expansion plan now. Yes, Mr. Grayson. The top 10 commercial districts are all
00:39:58fighting for us to set up there. The contracts are ready. Tell them this. Sea Mist has only one standard.
00:40:02The finest ingredients? Absolute transparency. Percy failed because he looked at his customers
00:40:07and saw cash cows. I succeeded because I treat food like a religion. Expanding the business isn't
00:40:13about hoarding money. It's about letting more people around the world enjoy this food. Grayson,
00:40:18we're really starting a new life. The free always wanted to take over for himself.
00:40:38Goodbye, Grayson. You made it.
00:40:41You goddamn piece of trash. You actually sold banned meat? Are you even human?
00:40:45Dad, I was just trying to make money. Who knew that ungrateful snake, Grayson, would turn on me?
00:40:52Turn on you? If it weren't for him, we'd all be in prison right now because of you.
00:40:57We have no place for a beast like you. I was tasting the finest wine in my estate. Percy
00:41:02was in that old house, taking the beating my parents should have given him long ago. He used
00:41:06to think he was the pride of the family. In truth, he was just a cowardly, rotten parasite. You're a
00:41:11monster! Get out! Stop hitting me! Grayson is loaded. He's got tens of millions now. Make him help me.
00:41:19You still have the nerve to mention him? When you paid him two thousand bucks, did you ever stop to
00:41:25think he was your little brother? Get out! Go be a lying cook out on the streets!
00:41:49What happened at Iron Anchor was a misunderstanding. I already switched suppliers.
00:41:55Just lift the band, please! Give me one more day!
00:41:59Mr. Percy, your restaurant is on the national blacklist now. Old frozen meat and formalide
00:42:04laden decor? Those search terms are number one on Google. Stop wasting our time. Get out and
00:42:09don't bring that stench into our office. Reputation takes a year to build and one plate of rotten
00:42:15Otoro sushi to destroy. Lisa! Where are you going? My cards are frozen. You have to help me!
00:42:27Help you? Percy? Right now you're worse than a homeless guy on the street. These bottles are my
00:42:33appearance fee for putting on that show with you for a year. Don't contact me again. I don't want
00:42:38creditors thinking I'm your partner. The love he was so proud of?
00:42:44It ran faster than anyone the moment Iron Anchor got shut down. That's my car! That's my money!
00:42:58Watching Percy fall apart like this, I couldn't help but feel grateful that the woman by my side is me.
00:43:07With nowhere left to go, Percy stole mom and dad's retirement savings and borrowed a huge junk of
00:43:13money from the neighbors. My parents called me to handle it. I bought the most expensive estate in
00:43:18Hanhattan, a place with a garden bigger than Percy's entire restaurant. I brought Mia back here to show my
00:43:24parents that their younger son, the one they called just a line cook, was the true pride of the family.
00:43:32Mom, just $20,000! Give it to me and I'll pay you back 10 times when I'm back on top!
00:43:38You animal!
00:43:39You stole the money mom needs for her heart surgery and you scamp the neighbors! We can't even show our
00:43:44faces outside anymore! Are you gonna drive us crazy?! Grayson, you ungrateful snake! You live in a
00:43:49mansion, wear suits worth tens of thousands and you just watch your own brother die?! Dad, Mom, here are the
00:43:54keys to your new house! A villa I bought for you on the Upper East Side. It comes with the
00:43:58best in-home
00:43:59doctors. Percy, don't you dare use the word family to disgust me. The moment you stole their retirement
00:44:04money, you should have realized you're already out of this family. This money is for the neighbors. As for
00:44:17you, Percy, you don't deserve to touch a single cent. I was wearing clothes he could never afford in his
00:44:22lifetime. I was standing at a height he would never reach. And he was down on the ground like a
00:44:26dog,
00:44:27finally realizing he had lost.
00:44:36Good morning, Mr. Grayson. Thank you for the jobs you've provided. Mr. Grayson,
00:44:41Sea Mist Restaurant is truly the pride of this entire street.
00:44:45A month ago, when I walked down this street, everyone looked at me like I was a joke.
00:44:48Now, I own half the storefronts on this block, and the looks people give me have gone from contempt to
00:44:54respect. Suddenly, from the end of the street, a sharp scream cut through the air, followed by a
00:44:59sickening crunch.
00:45:01Two million in penalties. You promised to pay today. Where's the money?
00:45:09He's got money. That's my own brother. Go ask him. He could sneeze and have enough to pay you all
00:45:14off.
00:45:15A piece of trash like you dares to call him your brother. He just issued a statement in the paper.
00:45:19He's cutting all ties with you. No money, huh? Then we do it the old way. Let's start with two
00:45:23fingers.
00:45:29I took Mia's hand and stepped through the magnificent doors of Sea Mist Restaurant.
00:45:33Behind me, Percy's screams for help echoed as the debtkeepers dragged him into the shadows.
00:45:39Go tell those guys, don't let any blood get spilled in front of my restaurant,
00:45:43and make it quick.
00:45:45Yes, Mr. Grayson.
00:45:59From today on, Sea Mist is no longer just a restaurant. We're going to build the most
00:46:03legitimate food supply chain in this city. And the people on Surlate, if they're clean,
00:46:08no tricks, no dirt, I'll double their pay.
00:46:10Yes, Grayson.
00:46:12Grayson, congratulations on the new company. I left that loser Percy because I could see you were
00:46:17the real deal. The one who actually gets things done. Grayson, be a personal assistant. I know
00:46:22everything you like. Just like I knew everything about Percy. Lisa, you sure knew Percy. You knew
00:46:28exactly how to kick him when he was down. And you know exactly how to crawl back like a parasite
00:46:32the
00:46:32second you smell money. Miss Lisa, Sea Mist doesn't need an assistant. But we are looking for a cleaner to
00:46:37take out the trash. But take a look at your clothes. I doubt you could even hold a rag, Stady.
00:46:41Get this piece of cheap, perfumed garbage out of here. From today on, if she shows up within a
00:46:46kilometer of sea mist, call the cops immediately. Grayson! Don't get cocky! You were just a line
00:46:53cook too!
00:46:56I watched her pathetic retreat. In the eyes of opportunists like her, every spot next to me
00:47:01has a price tag. But they don't know. Mia lived with me in that leaky rental apartment. I know for
00:47:08certain. She is the one and only love my life. Why do you keep staring at me?
00:47:18Mia, I think I owe you a grand wedding.
00:47:33Mr. Grayson, do you take Mia to be your wife? To cherish her in both poverty and wealth?
00:47:39I do. Today, all those wealthy socialettes who used to mock us as the poor couple are sitting
00:47:48right there in the audience, applauding us with the most flattering cheers. This is the coronation
00:47:54I promised my wife. Save me! The debt calures broke my fingers. I'm in the alley right outside the church.
00:48:03Please, just give me fifty thousand one last time.
00:48:08Is it him?
00:48:17Someone who doesn't matter. He doesn't get to disturb our wedding. I'm not gonna pile on someone already
00:48:23down. Not out of mercy. He's just not worth my time. But I'm not a pushover either. Kindness needs tea,
00:48:31or it means nothing.
00:48:41That was mine. That should have been mine. That six million dollars, the fame, the woman, all of it was
00:48:48mine. I bought the most expensive billboard in Times Square and played my wedding video on loop.
00:48:54Percy watched the screen in fury.
00:48:56Percy, your big shot brother already said he's stripping you of his last name.
00:49:00You don't even have a surname anymore now.
00:49:02He's got money! He's got billions! Go kill him! Kill him and all that money becomes mine!
00:49:07Kill him? Grayson is the mayor's right hand Dan now. He's got thousands of bodyguards. But you,
00:49:13your eyeballs are worth something. How about we take them as interest first?
00:49:19Grayson, you think you've won? Your woman's about to give birth, right? You're going to regret this.
00:49:25I'm going to destroy your happiness, completely. I thought he would just wither away in his despair.
00:49:31I underestimated how deeply greed and jealousy can twister from cursing in on me.
00:49:46Grayson, you live in a mansion worth thousands of square feet and you're going to let me freeze to
00:49:51death out here? Grayson, you know, he is your own brother. Can't you give him one more chance?
00:49:55A year ago, Percy was throwing money around at Iron Ankle while mom and dad lived in that leaky old
00:50:01house.
00:50:01He never once mentioned family. Now that he's drowning, he's using our elderly parents to play the guilt card.
00:50:07That kind of guilt is disgusted to me even more than that plate of rotten motosushi.
00:50:17Brother, save me! Just transfer ten, ten percent of Sea Mist shares to me and the creditors will leave me
00:50:24alone!
00:50:25Mom and dad, please, say something for me! Grayson, those deck cleapers are beating Percy half to death!
00:50:31He still has the strength to beg. He still has the strength to come here. He's perfectly capable of pulling
00:50:36himself out of this mess.
00:50:38You cold-blooded freak!
00:50:47You tried to hurt your own little brother?
00:50:50He wanted me to help. He never once thought of us as family.
00:50:56I never kick a man when he's down, but I will not repay evil with kindness.
00:51:03In that moment, his last family card was burned to ash by my own hand.
00:51:09You animal! Now we only have one son, Grayson! Don't you ever show your face in front of us again!
00:51:15No, no, no! Mom! Dad! No, no, no, no, no, no!
00:51:24That hopeless bastard. Grayson, it was our fault for asking you to help him.
00:51:31Don't worry about it, Mom.
00:51:33Mr. Grayson, it's bad. While your parents were asleep, a man claiming to be their son forced his way in
00:51:39and took their bags.
00:51:40That animal? Those bags had Mom and Dad's life savings! Their only retirement money!
00:51:47I thought Percy would just crawl into some corner and wait to die after being exposed.
00:51:52I underestimated how desperate a gambler with nothing left to loss can become.
00:52:02He didn't steal that money to pay off his debts. He stole it to feed his delusional dream of a
00:52:07comeback.
00:52:10Grayson, we found him.
00:52:12Percy has hooked up with an underground factory in Brooklyn.
00:52:15They produce illegal chemical flavorings that are highly addictive.
00:52:18He's trying to use those poisons to copy Sea Mist's taste and force his way back into the market.
00:52:22For a little money, he's willing to do something like this?
00:52:37Get the best medical team in the country. 24-hour care for Mom and Dad.
00:52:41Do whatever it takes to keep them from finding out what that bastard Percy has done.
00:52:45As for Percy, I'm going to make him pay.
00:52:49Before, I just wanted to see him broken on the streets.
00:52:52Now, I'm going to take him out myself.
00:53:01Talk!
00:53:02What did that ungrateful bastard give you?
00:53:04How dare you call him the most conscientious chef in Manhattan on livestream?
00:53:09He was about to pass out from hunger and I gave him a burger.
00:53:13He's a good man.
00:53:14You're the real demon.
00:53:17A good man?
00:53:19I'll break the hand that fed him.
00:53:21You're the real demon.
00:53:26Percy, go ahead.
00:53:28Touch that hand and see what happens.
00:53:30Grayson!
00:53:31You think just because you're some big shot now, you're untouchable?
00:53:35This old man insulted me.
00:53:36I'll kill him!
00:53:41My hand!
00:53:42Grayson, you crazy bastard!
00:53:44That one's for the burger.
00:53:47My rule is simple.
00:53:49A kindness, I return it tenfold.
00:53:51A slight, I break the bone and from that delivered it.
00:53:59Sir, an apartment on the Upper East Side and a restaurant on Sorelli Street.
00:54:04They're yours now.
00:54:05Mr. Grayson, this is too much.
00:54:11This is nothing next to that burger you gave me back then.
00:54:13Percy lay there in the filthy water, watching the trash he'd just been kicking suddenly become a property home he'd
00:54:20only ever dreamed of.
00:54:21Jealousy and pain drove me half insane.
00:54:29You just wait!
00:54:32While I sat atop Sea Mist restaurant, enjoying the rich aroma of premium Wagyu,
00:54:38Percy was hiding in the stinking alleys of the slums, trying to make his last desperate comeback.
00:54:47You seeing this?
00:54:49This is what real charity looks like!
00:54:51Sea Mist charges thousands for one meal!
00:54:54That's robbery!
00:54:55My bliss box is only $9.99!
00:54:59$9.99!
00:55:00Get it while it lasts!
00:55:02You losers!
00:55:04Eat it or don't, I don't care!
00:55:06Once I save up enough to buy out the Sea Mist, you could beg for it on your knees!
00:55:09Get lost!
00:55:10All of you haters, get lost!
00:55:13He had become a complete outcast, despised by the entire internet.
00:55:17He was poisoning those poor people, using that nerve-destroying addictive flavoring to make money,
00:55:23dreaming of making a comeback.
00:55:24He was knight.
00:55:25The foundation of business has never been violent addiction.
00:55:28It's absolute control over the global supply chain.
00:55:37Grayson!
00:55:38You came to laugh at me?
00:55:39Look!
00:55:40Look at all these people in line!
00:55:42My capital is doubling!
00:55:44Soon I'll be able to buy out your fake little restaurant!
00:55:47What have you got to fight me with?!
00:55:50In Sea Mist Group's name, inform the Global Spice Association.
00:55:53From this moment on, whoever sells one gram of spice to any factory connected to Percy
00:55:58will be permanently erased from the global supply chain.
00:56:00Spice?!
00:56:00I've got money, you idiot!
00:56:02I'll just buy some from Chinatown!
00:56:08What?!
00:56:09Not just the big suppliers?!
00:56:10Even the small workshops are cancelling?!
00:56:12They're demanding triple the refund?!
00:56:14Without spice, I can't cover up the bitterness of all that expired rotten meat!
00:56:18Hello?!
00:56:18Percy, without fire and salt?
00:56:20You can't even cook a plate of garbage!
00:56:23I cut off his last lifeline.
00:56:33Leo, you're the person Grayson trusts the most.
00:56:36Just put one drop of this vial into his tuna.
00:56:39This five million and shares in the new company.
00:56:42It's all yours.
00:56:44Five million.
00:56:45Gotta admit, that's tempting.
00:56:48Good!
00:56:48That arrogant bastard Grayson.
00:56:50He never imagined he'd be betrayed by someone he saved.
00:56:54Percy, looks like you forgot.
00:56:56Leo was about to go under, and I'm the one who pulled him out.
00:56:59Your filthy money couldn't even buy back the life I saved for him back then.
00:57:04When I save someone, loyalty is in their blood.
00:57:08Percy's blood, it's pure rotting greed.
00:57:12Trying to buy loyalty with filthy garbage like that is basically him executing whatever intelligence he had left.
00:57:19Tell me, if you drank that stuff you cooked up yourself, what do you think would happen?
00:57:25No.
00:57:27No. Grayson, I'm your own brother.
00:57:30Don't kill me.
00:57:31Kill you?
00:57:33That would dirty my basement.
00:57:37Send him back, crawling in the mud.
00:57:40That's the only thing that suits him.
00:57:41He took a step against me, so I'll make sure he never walks straight again.
00:57:45His dignity?
00:57:46I've stomped it straight into the gutter.
00:57:51I've stomped it straight into the gutter.
00:57:52Starting today, the Sea Mist Group is acquiring every last shop on Surla Street.
00:57:57All of you who didn't follow Percy when he was doing his dirty work,
00:58:00you each receive a 5% in the original shares.
00:58:06I came back to rebuild, not to take revenge.
00:58:10I wanted these honest people to know, follow Grayson,
00:58:13and even a vegetable seller can stand tall and make money right here in Manhattan.
00:58:22Hurry up. Just give me some bread. I'm starving.
00:58:25Here. Mr. Grayson specifically asked for this, for some special people.
00:58:30Three-day-old stale ends.
00:58:34I watched him.
00:58:37He once wanted to starve me.
00:58:41Now, he's only breathing because I choose to throw him scraps.
00:58:46Percy, you're not off the hook yet.
00:58:48That illegal factory's poison?
00:58:51Time for you to take a sip yourself.
00:58:58Everyone, Sea Mist restaurants' so-called natural ingredients are nothing but a lie for the rich.
00:59:04Today, I'm going to expose Grayson's crimes, monopolizing spices and driving up prices.
00:59:13Our tech-based food costs only 1% of Sea Mistas, but tastes exactly the same.
00:59:19Grayson's era is over!
00:59:22I saw Percy's little circus act on the screen, and it did nothing to me.
00:59:26He's cozying up to those drug manufacturers who skate just inside the law trying to define great food with cheap
00:59:31-micle garbage.
00:59:31He doesn't understand. Real top-tier ingredients are a gift from the Earth and the Sun, not some molecular arrangement
00:59:37in a lab.
00:59:42Today, the Sea Mist group will roll out the Global Restaurant Platinum Standard.
00:59:47Any restaurant that does not meet the natural supply chain audit will be removed from the Global Procurement Wild Bist
00:59:52for good.
00:59:55Mr. Grayson's proposal is a beacon for the restaurant industry, and we support it, 100%.
01:00:01While Percy was still in that dark little corner trying to smear my name, I was at the top of
01:00:07the food chain, rewriting the rules of the game.
01:00:10He thinks he's competing with me. The truth is, he's just swarming between my fingers.
01:00:16Ah! This is impossible! Why would the WTO stand up for a guy who used to be a line cook?
01:00:24Leo, tell the people next door that my press conference is over.
01:00:29Now, it's time to take out the trash.
01:00:38Grayson! This is illegal entry! My tech food is the future of the industry!
01:00:43The future of the industry? This chemical waste that makes people hallucinate?
01:00:49This bowl of plain kanji, made simply with rice from the 40th parallel north and spring water from Crimea. Judges,
01:00:55please.
01:00:58This is the taste of a mother's cooking. This is the pure warmth of the Earth.
01:01:03Today, I destroyed all his hypocrisy and arrogance with a single bowl of plain kanji.
01:01:07A true master chef doesn't need complex recipes. All he needs is a heart that respects nature.
01:01:11Percy's lab made perfect flavor? Compared to the real deal, it's just a toxic fraud.
01:01:17This is the molecular formula for your synthetic meat.
01:01:21There's a high dose of neural blockers in this. Keep eating it, and you'll go crazy.
01:01:26Percy, this isn't cooking. It's straight up murder!
01:01:31Murderer! Get out of Manhattan! Go to hell, you piece of trash!
01:01:35No! No! This isn't true! Grayson, you're setting me up!
01:01:39Percy, the moment you decided to poison the world with your drugs, the gates of hell were already open for
01:01:43you.
01:01:48Percy knelt on the ground, covered in filth, clinging to his father's legs and wailing.
01:01:52His illegal lab had just been raided by the police. He was now a wanted criminal across the country.
01:01:57Dad, Mom, save me! Grayson is gonna kill me! He's gonna throw me into the meat grinder with all those
01:02:04creditors!
01:02:06Percy! You are still my eldest son after all.
01:02:15Grayson, could you maybe...
01:02:23Mom, even now you still think he just made a mistake?
01:02:26The first one, this is the pension transfer authorization he personally signed while you were both in the hospital.
01:02:31The second one, this is the contract where he mortgaged this family home to underground loan sharks behind your backs.
01:02:40You animal! You even stole our funeral fund! Do you want the two of us to die on the street?
01:02:44Dad, I was trying to make a comeback! Once my chemical sauce sells, I could buy you a hundred penthouses!
01:02:48Go. Just go, Percy. I don't have a son like you anymore.
01:02:54Percy, the biggest mistake you ever made was treating everyone around you as sacrificial lambs for your own success.
01:03:02Starting today, you are out of this family.
01:03:05Percy, do you remember what you said? That one of us would take over the world and the other would
01:03:10fade into obscurity?
01:03:11I'm gonna make sure you watch me take over the world.
01:03:13Grayson! You goddamn bastard!
01:03:19Grayson, you said you wanted to settle family out.
01:03:22Counts on this day, if you don't have solid evidence, you know the consequences.
01:03:27The Thorn family rule is pragmatism.
01:03:30But in dismantations, rules are just a cover-up for his greed.
01:03:34A year ago, Percy stood at a family gathering and mocked these hands of mine,
01:03:38saying they were only good for holding a kitchen knife.
01:03:40Today, I'm not just taking back my dignity. I'm tearing apart his lies with my own hands.
01:03:45He thought being family would save him, like a free pass.
01:03:48What he didn't know is that before absolute rules, every single betrayal comes with a price.
01:03:52First crime, exploitation. In the three years at Iron Anchor, he withheld $90,000 of my front per Pjorkin payment
01:03:58and treated me like cheap liber.
01:04:00Second crime, poisoning. He colluded with chemical companies and added nerve-blocking agents to the ingredients.
01:04:05This is a direct assault on the 100-year reputation.
01:04:08Third crime, attempted murder. He tried to attack and harm me.
01:04:13You animal! You dared to harm your own brother?!
01:04:17Fourth crime, and the most unforgivable one, embezzlement.
01:04:20While our parents were in the hospital, he stole their pension and mortgaged the family home.
01:04:25He tried to push the very people who raised him into the Hudson River.
01:04:28No! That was all for business!
01:04:30Grayson, you're insane!
01:04:32Evidence is cold, but people's hearts are hot.
01:04:34The moment those four crimes came together, to these elders, he was no longer the hope of the family.
01:04:38He was a rotting sword that had to be cut out.
01:04:40You worthless bastard! What do you have to say for yourself?
01:04:49Elder, even if I was wrong, I'm the only business genius in this family.
01:04:53Grayson is just a cook, he can't protect the family's legacy!
01:04:56A business genius?
01:04:58Parsi, all your so-called management is just chasing internet fame while clinging to the dying Iron Anchor restaurant.
01:05:08This is CMIST Group's valuation.
01:05:11One hundred billion dollars. I don't just control one-third of the top-tier supply gen.
01:05:15I also have the industry medal personally awarded by the World Trade Organization.
01:05:19I wasn't showing them money, but absolute dominance.
01:05:22In this world, capital speaks, and the highest level of capital, it makes people kneel.
01:05:26Percy thought he was running a business. Me? I'm running an era.
01:05:29When I spread out these reports enough to buy half of New York, his pathetic little assets wouldn't even be
01:05:33enough to pay my taxes.
01:05:35One-one hundred billion?
01:05:38Grayson, you did this in just one year? Please, Mr. Grayson, take your place as the head of the family!
01:05:43That's mine! That was supposed to be mine! Grayson, what right do you have, you lowly line cook?
01:05:49Percy, take a good look. In this world, the strong make the rules. The weak just wait to die.
01:05:57I stand at the summit, looking down at him. He once wanted me to kneel. Now, he wasn't even worthy
01:06:03to lift his head and look at me.
01:06:12Thorn Percy, from this moment on, you no longer carry the Thorn name. You are out of this family.
01:06:18No! You can't tear it! I am a Thorn! I have Thorn blood running through my veins!
01:06:23Without the family, the creditors would tear Percy to pieces. I knew that, and I didn't help them.
01:06:27Percy, the moment you stole Mum and Dad's pension, you had no blood relation left.
01:06:31I watched that page get consumed by the flames, turning to ash. In Thorn family tradition, being expelled means social
01:06:36death.
01:06:37From now on, he is no one's son, no one's brother. As a nameless nobody in the filthiest sewers,
01:06:41he will pay back every blood bet he owed. I want you to live as a man with no name.
01:06:47Grayson! You bastard! Without my hundred thousand dollars, you'd still be a cockroach in the gutter!
01:06:54A pathetic, lowly line cook!
01:07:05From this day forward, the Thorn family has no Percy. I looked up at the skyscrapers in the distance.
01:07:18No money! Then pay with your life! The Thorn family has already thrown you away like garbage.
01:07:25Right now, you're worse than the rats this alley.
01:07:32Please, just give me one more day. Just one day. Grayson has money. He has hundreds of billions!
01:07:39He could pluck a hair off his body and it would be enough to pay you all back.
01:07:47In Manhattan, the highest form of rejection isn't insults. It's silence. Right now, I'm sitting
01:07:52within arm rage of him, but I can't even be bothered to lift a finger. The moment he stole
01:07:57our parents' last bit of survival money, he lost even the right to die inside my thoughts.
01:08:01Grayson! My good little brother! Save me! They want my organs! They're gonna chop me up and feed me to
01:08:07the
01:08:08me! Give me a million! No, 500,000! Just that much!
01:08:27Percy used to say that money was the only true faith in this world. Since he loves money so much,
01:08:33I'll let him feel what it's like when that money becomes a pile of stones crushing his spine.
01:08:46Percy! This is the money you owe us! The price of our sweat! Our blood! Take these bills and crawl
01:08:51back to your hell!
01:09:00Money! My money!
01:09:03Grayson, you finally gave me money! I win!
01:09:07Percy, take a good look. The thing you treat as your religion, to me, is just spare change for trash.
01:09:16I used to be a line cook worth only two thousand dollars. Now I've made him understand. In front of
01:09:22absolute skill and absolute rules, all a greedy man will ever get is a pile of worthless paper.
01:09:39Listen up, everyone. From today on, there's only one standard on Manhattan's dining tables.
01:09:45The Sea Mist Ethical Chef Standard. Any chef who makes it onto Sea Mist's whitelist, I will personally
01:09:53vouch for their professional integrity. In return, Sea Mist guarantees their salary will double. But if
01:09:57anyone dares to put even one gram of dirty ingredients into their food, I promise you,
01:10:01they will never have the chance to pick up a pair of chopsticks again.
01:10:08Grayson, you're absolutely right. Now that you've laid down the rules,
01:10:11none of us would dare to think otherwise. We'll do everything according to Sea Mist rules.
01:10:25Joss, Grayson asked me to tell you something. Since you loved helping Percy handle all that rotten,
01:10:30dirty meat back in the day, you can take on the dirtiest, most disgusting jobs all by yourself
01:10:37for the rest of your life. Grayson! I really know I was wrong. I was just following orders.
01:10:47Please, let me go back to cutting vegetables. I don't even need money. Just let me back into a kitchen.
01:10:58Go back to cutting vegetables? Joss, you're way too naive. You've been blacklisted by the entire
01:11:03restaurant industry. New York is just the beginning.
01:11:23Grayson, look how soundly the baby is sleeping. He's going to inherit everything I've built.
01:11:42I've given Mia the most precious love in the world, because she was there for me when the road was
01:11:48darkest. This single piece of Satimi is worth a fortune, but it still can't compare to the hug
01:11:55she gave me back then. That was mine. That should have been my spot.
01:12:02Leo, the flies outside are too noisy. Clean them up.
01:12:10On opposite sides of a fence, worlds apart.
01:12:25Grayson, I knew it. I knew you would come back.
01:12:28Professor, if it weren't for that hard bread you gave me back then, I wouldn't have made it until
01:12:33C-Mist opened. On behalf of the C-Mist group, I am donating 10 billion dollars. Not just for the
01:12:38school, but to honor Professor Smith's craftsmanship.
01:12:43Grayson, does the Research Institute need any logistics staff? We haven't been doing well these
01:12:47past few years. For old times' sake, I remember you. You said back then that I was only fit to
01:12:52clean
01:12:52your toilets. That was a joke. Grayson, we'd take any job, even a janitor at the Research Institute.
01:12:59Tell HR every single position at the Research Institute, from security to cleaning staff to the
01:13:03guys mowing the lawn, I have to interview them personally. I watched the fear and greed in their
01:13:06eyes and I felt nothing. Class, it used to be their weapon for bullying me. Now, it's my shackles for
01:13:12judging them.
01:13:19Sir, I used to run a restaurant. I know a lot about trash sorting. Please, just give me a job
01:13:25so I can eat.
01:13:25Alert. Blacklisted individual detected. Percy. Permission level permanently banned.
01:13:33Get lost! Every single business under C-Mist, even our trash dump won't take scum like you!
01:13:45Grayson, you can't do this to me! I'm your own brother! I bought up all the trash processing rights
01:13:51in Manhattan, not just for the monopoly, but to make sure certain scumbags have nowhere left to
01:13:56hide in this city. He once said I was a line cook who could be replaced by any homeless guy
01:14:00off the
01:14:01street. Now, he doesn't even qualify to be a sorter. The AI recognition system upgrade looks good.
01:14:07Give the tech department a bonus. The struggles of a clown like this aren't even worth a second of
01:14:13my anger anymore. His misery is just background noise on my way to the top.
01:14:30In the old era of the food industry, the exploiters believed that as long as they controlled the capital,
01:14:33they could run over skill and destroy a chef's soul. But the rise of C-Mist is here to tell
01:14:37everyone in
01:14:38this room, I am rewriting the rules. The exploiters will eventually be abandoned by the times, but the
01:14:42craftsmen who protect the soul, they will be crowned kings. I wasn't just giving a speech. I was
01:14:47declaring war on this cold-blooded world of capital. A year ago, they were Percy's guests of honor,
01:14:52laughing as I got thrown out on my ass. Today, with C-Mist standards, I've put a shackle called
01:14:58conscience around every single one of their necks. Grayson, C-Mist group's valuation can no longer be
01:15:02measured by money. What is your next goal? My goal is to make sure there is no more soil in
01:15:05this world
01:15:06for a cancer like Percy to grow. I saw it in the eyes of those tycoons who once seemed untouchable,
01:15:10a fear they've never felt before. The underdog's rise isn't a myth. It's the judgment I wrote with
01:15:16my own hands. Grayson! I'm cooperating. I'll tell you everything. Three months ago,
01:15:23that maniac Percy bribed one of our lab technicians. He took high concentration harmful chemicals. Make
01:15:28it clear. He wants to destroy C-Mist's air. He's planning to put harmful substances in that batch
01:15:33of special supply milk powder. I thought stripping him of his name and letting him rot in the gutter like
01:15:37a rat was my final act of mercy. But I underestimated how vicious a mad dog can be.
01:15:43He dared to reach his filthy hands towards my child. Leo, go take care of something.
01:15:48Please give your orders, Mr. Grayson. Mobilize the global legal team. Yes, sir. I want Percy to
01:15:53spend the rest of his life in the coldest, darkest prison cell they can find. Tell the warden,
01:15:57I don't want him dead. I want him to accidentally live to be 100 every single day, surrounded by
01:16:01sickness and the torture of those creditors. Watching the glory of my C-Mist restaurant shine
01:16:05in the sunlight, blinding him from behind those bars. Since he doesn't want to be human,
01:16:09I'll send him to real hell. I want him to live in endless regret, a dying flame in the depths
01:16:13of hell.
01:16:18Defendant Percy, on multiple counts, including food safety violations, attempted harm,
01:16:22malicious tempering, and massive fraud, you are hereby sentenced to life in prison without parole.
01:16:27No! I won't accept this! Grayson, you devil! You manipulated everything!
01:16:32A year ago, I begged him in the rain to leave mom and dad some money for their medical bees.
01:16:36He tore my dignity to shreds in public, and now he wants to talk about blood? The moment he reached
01:16:41for mom and dad's pension, the moment he reached for my baby's milk powder, he cut that vein with his
01:16:46own hands. Grayson, all that mess in Manhattan, it's finally over. We were blind back then. It was our
01:16:59fault. Mom, it's all in the past. I watched the relieved smiles on my parents' faces. Finally,
01:17:06they were free from that nightmare. Percy is counting lice in a cold prison cell. And my family? We're
01:17:15standing in the sunlight. He rewrote how this industry exploits people. He protected the soul
01:17:23of ingredients. Now let us welcome the world's top culinary leader, Grayson!
01:17:29Today, this trophy doesn't belong to me alone. It belongs to everyone. I'm not standing here to
01:17:35enjoy some empty fame. I'm here to issue the new CMIS decree. These people, they were once exploited by
01:17:39Percy at Iron Mocker. I announced that CMIS Group will set up a $1 billion support fund. Every front-line
01:17:45employee who suffered exploitation. As long as you pass the assessment, CMIS will grant you the right
01:17:49to open a franchise free month. This is what a real slap in the face looks like. I'm going to
01:17:55make
01:17:55Percy watch on TV. All those people he called homeless bums are becoming millionaires under my wing.
01:18:00And him? He can't even afford a roll of toilet paper.
01:18:06Grayson, two-thirds of the Michelin restaurants around the world have already applied to join the
01:18:10CMIS certification standard. Then let them wait in line. We make the rules.
01:18:20One year ago, I was at the other end of this city holding only $10,000 the money I'd bled
01:18:24for.
01:18:24Now, this building beneath my feet, plus thousands of branches around the world,
01:18:28my net worth has exceeded a hundred billion. And this Manhattan reeking of money,
01:18:31I used the most humble skills to level every injustice. What are you thinking about?
01:18:40I'm thinking that poor kid who rented that $500 dump had pretty good taste.
01:18:47That was the best investment in the world. The name Percy has been burned to ash from the family tree,
01:18:51and erased from this city's history. From now on, no more Iron Anchor in Manhattan, only CMIS.
01:18:56Survival of the fittest was the old rule. My rule? Let the ones with soul rise to the top.
01:19:01I'm Gracie. The CMIS era never ends.
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