The Pension Florida, Part 6
2. Wolfgang
I don't know what I'm going to do, mate. I got creditors all over me. Rent on the Reincarnation is coming up, that's a good 60,000. The electricity bill is coming, though I can probably put them off for 90 days or so. I still owe this French girl Chloe, she helped out on the last show, and she's leaving for Budapest tomorrow. I'm just going to have to shut down for a day or two, freeze spending. Talked with the parents back home, and my brother says he wants to come back over, and he'll bring some cash with him, but that may not be for another couple weeks. Krystina, she's helped before, but now that we've separated ...
Jake came by this afternoon. I asked if he could loan me 5,000. He said, 'Man, if you're looking to me to bail you out you're in trouble.' But he gave me 1,000 but I got to give it right back cause he has to pay his rent.
Jake, he's all right, except when he's been drinking. He and I are both that way. We get to drinkin' and we get a bit testy, you know.
Last night Grub came by and I told him to get his shit and never come back. I don't have any obligation to him, he's just somebody Aiden brought around.
Speaking of Aiden, I've told him to clear out too. He's been staying at the Reincarnation going on nine months now. I know what he'll say. He'll give me this sad story about he's got nowhere else to go, and if it wasn't for him none of the other concerts would have happened.
Some good news though: got a phone call from Vratislav, this guy who plays saxophone for Plastic People of the Universe. They were really famous during Communism because they were underground jazz, which was forbidden at the time. Nowadays they still play all over the world. Vratislav, he's in his sixties now, he says he'd love to play at the Reincarnation since it's only three blocks from his house, and he thinks he could get some people in the place. So far we've agreed to four shows. Mate. That might save me, if I could get at least 150 people. That's what I need, at least 150 for each show if I'm going to make any money.
The last show we had, this French jazz group, was great, but only about 60 people were there, and that included friends of the band, who of course got in free. We're still having sound problems downstairs in the main room. I need to soundproof the walls so the sound doesn't bounce around so much, but of course that costs money. The French group played one set on the stage, then gave that up and just went down on the floor with the audience. It was great, acoustic, and people were dancing around them, it felt like a street concert. We made some money, but not nearly enough. Then it all went to shit after the show, we went downtown to the Chapeau Rouge, came back to this place and partied til the morning, and I ended up having to fire one of the bartenders cause he and his friends were doing coke at the table. Mate, I don't need that, imagine if the neighbors would get wind of it.
Then there was this other show that featured local expat bands, Ocean Vs. Daughter and Tower of Dudes. Both bands were good, and they brought in a lot of the expat regulars, plus the editor from Provakator, and she wanted to help market the place, which is great. But that show too only brought maybe 60, 70 people.
If I can just hang on. They say that something like 80 percent of all new businesses fail the first year. Well, I guess you can say I made it through the first year, since it has been a year since I bought the place. The other day Jake says to me, 'Man, you've got a lot of balls.'
'Why's that?' I said.
'Everywhere there's supposed to be a crisis and here you are starting a new business.'
I guess he's right, mate. If I can just hang on, though, at least till my brother gets here, and if the Plastic People gigs pay off, then word could start getting around about the place. I got to try to fly straight, keep away from the drinking and smoking, keep the no-hopers away, then things could be all right.
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