:24:00
What am I going to do?
What does he want from me?
:24:04
I don't know anything about
the restaurant business.
:24:07
All I know is how to sit down
and order a meal.
:24:10
Not for you. Just a place to hang.
:24:12
The chef is great. The shows are good.
There's a lot of whores coming in.
:24:17
What do you want from me?
:24:19
Tommy's a bad seed.
What am I supposed to do? Shoot him?
:24:23
That wouldn't be a bad idea.
:24:30
I'm sorry I said that. I didn't mean it.
It's just that he's scaring me.
:24:34
I just need help. Help me, please.
:24:37
Know anything about
the restaurant business?
:24:39
He knows everything.
He's there day and night.
:24:42
Another fucking few minutes,
he could be a stool.
:24:47
You want me to be your partner?
:24:48
Is that what you're telling me?
:24:51
What do you think I'm talking about?
Paulie, please.
:24:54
It's not even fair.
:24:56
You don't understand.
:24:58
You run the joint.
Maybe I'll try to help you.
:25:02
God bless you, Paulie.
You've always been fair with me.
:25:05
Now he's got Paulie as a partner.
Any problems, he goes to Paulie.
:25:09
Trouble with a bill, he goes to Paulie.
:25:12
Trouble with the cops, deliveries, Tommy...
:25:14
...he calls Paulie.
But now he has to pay Paulie...
:25:17
...every week no matter what.
:25:19
"Business is bad? Fuck you, pay me.
Had a fire? Fuck you, pay me."
:25:23
"The place got hit by lightning?
Fuck you, pay me."
:25:28
Also, Paulie could do anything.
Like run up bills on the joint's credit.
:25:32
And why not?
Nobody will pay for it anyway.
:25:35
Take deliveries at the front door
and sell it out the back at a discount.
:25:40
Take a $200 case of booze
and sell it for $100.
:25:43
It doesn't matter. It's all profit.
:25:47
Then finally, when there's nothing left...
:25:51
...when you can't borrow
another buck from the bank...
:25:55
...you bust the joint out.
You light a match.
:25:58
Do you need help reaching anything?