Hawaii Five-0 (TV Series)

Waiho Wale Kahiko (2018)

Taylor Wily: Kamekona

Quotes 

• Steve McGarrett : What are you talking about? You brought your own contract?

  Kamekona : Yeah, but you don't have to read it all. Most of it's just boilerplate.

  Danny Williams : Is this a joke?

  Steve McGarrett : In exchange for capital investment, lender gets approval over name, menus, uniforms .

  Danny Williams : 40% of modified adjusted gross receipts, plus franchise and licensing rights in perpetuity and throughout the universe.

  Steve McGarrett : Licensing rights?

  Kamekona : Correct.

  Steve McGarrett : What do you need licensing rights for?

  Nahele : Cookbooks. Sauces. Pasta.

  Danny Williams : There's not gonna be any cookbooks. No cookbooks.

  Flippa : You don't know that. A successful restaurant will often have certain ancillary streams that generate more profit than the actual brick-and-mortar.

  Steve McGarrett : I'm so confused. I'm sorry. I thought you were coming in as a silent partner.

  Kamekona : I am. But if this thing goes under, I don't want nobody to know I'm involved. But if it blows up, - I want to make sure I'm protected.

  Danny Williams : Okay Uh, I'm-I'm not signing that.

  Steve McGarrett : Me either.

  Danny Williams : And I haven't seen any financial statements. Have you seen any financial statements?

• Kamekona : I also got us a liquor license.

  Danny Williams : Wait. - How did you do that?

  Steve McGarrett : What?

  Kamekona : Restaurants go under all the time, and when that happens, their liquor license just don't go away. They become inactive. A smart businessman can swoop right in, buy them from them for pennies on the dollar. That's what I did.

  Steve McGarrett : That is smart. Why didn't Vito do that?

  Danny Williams : I don't know, you want to call him and ask him?

• Kamekona : Actually, I'm glad you two are here. I tweaked the plan a little. Nothing big, but you should have a look at it.

  Steve McGarrett : Tweak the plan a little? This is, this is major changes to the entire lighting concept.

  Kamekona : Yeah, mood and ambience is the key. You eat with your eyes first.

  Danny Williams : This is actually not bad, I like it.

  Steve McGarrett : I like it, too, it's good.

  Kamekona : That's because, unlike you two amateurs, I know what I'm doing.

• Kamekona : With your tutu's recipes, McGarrett's front-of-the-house charm and my brilliant business acumen, this could go. Just do everything I say, Kamekona's Italian Bistro is gonna be a hit.