Louis Ziskin

Because I, as I got more and more into it, I got smarter and smarter.

Like I said, I started to understand there was an apparatus of organized crime that was eating out of this, even that I didn't know any of them, right?

Like there was all these things were happening and I,

Then it started to be, okay, I'm a business owner, Chamber of Commerce, City Council, all this stuff, right?

You're going to events and this and that.

I'm putting on a suit.

But the thing was is that because I wasn't a gangster, like I didn't grow up as a gangster, I just operated on the basic premise if –

I give people the best stuff at the best price.

If they're making more money with me than with anyone else, it makes sense that they're going to protect me.

So at this time, 98, 99, 2000, the height of everything, I'm able to go out with my fiance without any security.

You know, like, go out without an entourage, just me and her.

Like, I didn't really have any of those type of problems that people have, I guess, now.

Or, you know, we were pretty loud.

You know, everybody knew.

We were in all the clubs.

We were doing, you know, crazy shit, spraying bottles on people.

People are freaking out.

I got a dude there standing with hundreds for every crybaby guy.

Here, here's 100 bucks.

I know it's worth more than your shirt, but it'll cover the dry cleaning, so stop crying.