the poor sap that owned the bamboo lounge wiseguys would run up tabs and never pay,and for amusement would abuse him publicly in his own lounge.Sonny takes Pauly vario in as a partner which started off as good thing because he could get anything done.problems with deliveries of food and booze?he can go to Pauly problems with local wiseguys?he can go to Pauly,but now he's got to pay Pauly every week no excuses!Then when he couldn't borrow money from the bank they ended up burning the club in which Pauly more than likely got a cut from the insurance claim