The Idolmaker Page #4

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would have had to owe him money.

On top of that, he wanted

to keep all the publishing.

Can you believe it?

At least that's more than

most of them, Vinnie.

He wanted to hear it, right?

It's far s..t, Tony.

Nobody's gonna listen to anything

unless I got something to sell.

If I could get my hands on

some dough, I could press,...

...a few hundred singles,

I could send Tommy out...

...on the road,

I could make a move.

Don't look at me, Vin.

I'm broke.

I know you didn't want to

hear this, but...

-Go ahead, set it up.

-What?

-What?

-What?

The meeting with my old man.

Set it up.

Just make sure it's at Mario's.

If I have to meet him,

it's gonna be on my turf.

Grazi, Carlo.

Take the rest of this wine to the

chef with my compliments, please.

Si, prego.

Your brother serves

a very adequate calamari.

The sauce could be hotter,

but very adequate.

If we talk, we talk alone.

Sheila...

...I'll see you later.

Sit. Come sta, Tony?

Bene, Frank.

Molto bene.

So drink a little wine, whiskey?

No.

You look very good, Vincent.

It's a long time I haven't seen you.

What are you now?

Twenty eight? Twenty-nine?

-Twenty- seven.

-Twenty- seven.

That's a nice age, twenty seven.

When I was twenty- seven,

I was an old man, Tony?

Lots of grey hairs.

You tell him about the old days,

Tony?

Yeah.

He told me you were a thief.

A thief?

Yeah, sure, yeah, yeah.

Yeah, me and your Uncle Tony,

yeah, we did sane bootlegging.

We stole.

We survived.

But you don't remember

'cause you were a baby.

I remember.

I remember how...

I remember.

I remember how. you dumped me

and Ma and I remember how you,...

...didn't give a damn about us.

That's right, I remember.

All you gave a damn about

was money and young tomatoes.

That's all you gave a

damn about and it still is.

I remember.

I remember.

Sure, now you're a big man.

Big union man.

Big deal.

You didn't do it for us. You didn't

do it for anybody but yourself.

So you know what I say?

I say so what?

You through?

He's a hard-a..s, huh?

That's good. I like that.

That's a nice surprise.

What I got to tell you.

The way you were sick

all the time...

...I never thought he'd be

around long enough to shave.

You're talking but you're

not saying anything.

Ten grand, that's what

I'm saying, yeah.

That's what I gave your

brother to open this room.

I pulled a few strings.

He pays all the rent, the overhead

and the rest he pockets.

Yeah. He plays his cards right,

he's set for life.

So that's what I got for you.

Ten grand.

It ain't much,

but things are a little tight.

Guilt money.

Easy.

This kid's all balls

and no brains.

You want to be a waiter

all your life?

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