Mikhail Faustin collects protection money from all the businesses in Hove Beach, but one porn producer (Joseph) refuses to pay him. While Faustin sends Dimitri Rascalov and Niko Bellic to kill Joseph, Dimitri tells Niko it's better to keep him alive so they can collect more money from him in the future, to which Niko has no objections. After beating up Joseph, shooting one of his actors in the leg and taking the money, Dimitri introduces Niko to the Underground Gun Shops and to organized crime.
Mission Objectives[]
In order to complete the mission, the player must:
Take Dimitri to the sex shop on Delaware Avenue.
Enter the shop.
Target Joseph to intimidate him.
Target the guy in the middle.
Shoot the porn actor in the leg.
Follow Dimitri out of the shop.
Go with Dimitri to the gun store.
Head into the gun store.
Purchase a Micro-SMG.
Get back to Dimitri.
Take Dimitri to Faustin's house.
Transcript[]
Mikhail Faustin's Mansion
Niko approaches the front door and knocks. After a moment, Dimitri opens the door and invites him in.
Because it clouds your judgement. Not now, it's not the time.
Mikhail:
My judgement. That's a good one.
He pours himself a glass of vodka.
Mikhail:
I'm a fool. A drunken fool.
Dimitri:
Niko's here. We're going to go take care of that guy. I take it you won't be joining us?
Mikhail:
Make him suffer. People forget pain so quickly.
Dimitri:
You need to calm down with that stuff.
Mikhail:
Calm? Why? So I can be like you, Mr. Barbiturate? Always so fucked up on painkillers you don't give a shit?
Dimitri:
You need to calm down.
Mikhail:
Where we would be now if I was calm like you?
Dimitri:
Let me guess, in a prison camp in Siberia. Or selling hash to tourists in Red Square, or still in the navy? Which is it today?
Mikhail:
Be careful, Dimitri. Be fucking careful.
Dimitri:
You be careful... you're getting crazy.
Mikhail:
That's the way it works. I am angry, you are calm, I scare, you reason. It works...
Dimitri:
Yes, but you've angered the wrong people.
Mikhail:
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah...
Dimitri:
Too many bodies, too many attention. We'll be dealt with... if we don't start playing by the rules.
Mikhail:
I've angered people? Me? Not "we"? Strange. When I give out the money, it's "us". When I have to push people, it's "me". All alone. Don't think I cannot see through you. After all we've done together...
Dimitri:
You're getting delusional. Look, we have to go.
Mikhail suddenly hugs Dimitri.
Mikhail:
I fucking love you.
Dimitri:
Yes, yes.
Mikhail:
I fucking love you...
Dimitri:
I know this.
Mikhail:
Yeah. But you treat me like a child. I run things my way, Dimitri Rascalov. My fucking way! Get out of my sight! Or I fucking kill you!
Dimitri:
I'm not saying don't run things your way. I'm saying be calm. Here, take a couple of these...
Dimitri offers Mikhail a bottle of painkillers. He throws the bottle back at him.
Mikhail:
What are you still doing here? I said get out of my sight!
This guy been making porno in his basement and he didn't cut Mikhail in.
Niko:
Least he could have done is to send over some tapes.
Dimitri:
You know how much money there is in selling this stuff online? A whole fucking heap. We're going to ignore what Mikhail said and try not to kill them. Taking a bite of this pie would be very profitable for our operation.
Niko:
I got no problem with sparing some lives.
Dimitri:
No, it's Mikhail that has the issue. Can't keep his finger off of the triggers. Wasn't always like this though. Things got to him.
Niko:
I hope it don't get to me.
Niko:
Am I helping pick out a porno for you? I think you know best what you like. Mikhail said something about men suffering. That sounds like some sick shit...
Dimitri:
Funny. That ain't it. These guys are making the shit loads of cash, and we ain't seeing any of it. Word is, they've started their own porno site as well.
Niko:
You guys are getting protection money off of websites now? What, you stop them from getting viruses?
Dimitri:
Mikhail gets a taste of any money that gets made in Hove Beach. It doesn't matter that it's online.
Niko:
I'll keep that in mind.
Dimitri:
Yeah, you will. Especially since you got rid of Vlad, our fucking debt collector.
Niko:
Shit, well now it looks like you got me to settle your business.
Intimidation
Niko and Dimitri enter the sex shop and question the shopkeeper.
Dimitri:
Where's your boss?
Shopkeeper:
What do ya mean? He's uh...
Dimitri:
In the back?
Shopkeeper:
No, no, no, he's...
Dimitri:
They better not be filming.
Shopkeeper:
No, they just havin' a meeting. I swear...
The shopkeeper blocks the entry to the back room.
Dimitri:
Get out of the way.
Dimitri pushes the shopkeeper out of the way.
Shopkeeper:
Fuck...
Dimitri and Niko enter the back room, where they find Joseph Kaplan and other associates watching a porn video.
Screw you, we're seeing a friend of mine who's got a good line on weapons. It's underground. A backroom place. There are a few around the city. The Mayor has a real hard-on for gun control.
Niko:
Guns don't seem that controlled. I seen plenty and I just got here.
Dimitri:
And now you'll know where to get them for yourself, what's the problem? Mikhail... I know you didn't mean it. That's alright. I didn't kill Joseph, we will make more money with him alive. Shit, Mikhail... Mikhail? Fuck! You're lucky Roman don't try to make you kill someone every two seconds.
Dimitri:
We're going to a gun shop.
Niko:
Hey, I heard about these. Big American Supermarket where you can buy any gun you want. Ammu-Nation, right? Shopping carts full of AK47s... I might buy flame-thrower.
Dimitri:
That is another part of America. Here, in Liberty City, there is no such thing as the Ammu-Nation. Buying guns is illegal. In fact, the Mayor of this city tries to shut down Ammu-Nation shops in other states. This is because guns from them have ended up on the streets here.
Niko:
So, what's this gun shop?
Dimitri:
It's underground. A backroom place. There are a few around the city. Useful if you know about them.
Niko:
Yeah, could be. Depends how things go for me while I'm here. I might run into someone I want to shoot.
Dimitri:
As long as that someone is not me or Mikhail, then all is good. With a gun you will stay protected, that is the important thing.
Niko:
Yes, you're right. It looks like I need to protect myself and my cousin in this place.
Dimitri:
Do not fear. You no longer need to protect yourself from myself and Mikhail. We are your friends.
Niko:
Great.
They arrive at the alleyway.
Dimitri:
The shop is just down that alleyway. Pick out what you like. Tell them to put it on Mr. Faustin's account.
Shop Owner:
Alright, you don't look like a cop. Buy what you want.
So, you and Mr. Faustin, have you always argued and made up like this?
Dimitri:
It wasn't always like this. Mikhail was a great man. He had a temper, but he was fair. Now, he blows his top at the slightest thing. I never know who he will shoot, who he will stab. Andrei, who you met in Mikhail's basement. He was always loyal, he was a good worker, now he is dead. I guess that, that is why we need your help.
Niko:
Remind Faustin of that, maybe then he will not try to kill me.
Once he learns to control his bowels again he will be good. Mikhail fucked up his guts pretty bad.
Dimitri:
At least he's alive, eh? Mikhail don't always go for the gut shots.
Niko:
I guess Roman's real lucky then. I wonder what big favor Faustin's gonna do for him next?
Dimitri:
You got to remember, you killed Vlad. That angered Mikhail no matter what he said. It was very difficult for me to persuade him that a man like you could be more useful to us alive than dead.
Niko:
You trying to tell me I owe you my life?
Dimitri:
No, I'm not. I was trying to tell you. that I am a man who appreciates a good business venture when one comes along. Mikhail is making enemies very rapidly, a friend like you is useful. You are a man worth having on our side.
Niko:
Pleased to be of use.
Outside Faustin's Mansion
They arrive at the mansion.
Dimitri:
Thank you for your help, Niko. Come to see us at the club soon. Mikhail will be cool by then.
After the opening cutscene, the player will spawn outside the house with Dimitri. The player must get in a car with him and drive to the porn shop in Hove Beach. On the way, Dimitri will reveal that Faustin did not receive a cut of the money of a porn video that Joseph and his buddies are working on. Faustin wants Bellic and Rascalov to take out Joseph and his buddies and steal their cut. However, Dimitri plans to partner with them instead.
Upon arriving at the store, the player must accompany Dimitri down the stairs, triggering a cutscene in which the men enter the backroom where Joseph and his associates are gathered. After the cutscene, the player must target Joseph with the new pistol Dimitri lent them. After their talk, the player must shift to the left and target Brett, and shoot him in the leg to intimidate Joseph. Joseph walks up to Rascalov, gives him the cut, then Dimitri knocks him out.
The player can choose to shoot the last man kneeling on the floor pleading for mercy, or spare him. Either way, the player must accompany Dimitri out of the shop and back into the car. The player must then drive to the Underground Gun ShopDowntown. The player must buy a Micro-SMG (or ammo if one is already held). Niko won't be charged for the purchase, it will come out of Mikhail Faustin's credit card.
Finally, the player must drive Dimitri back to Faustin's mansion. After dropping him off, Dimitri will tell Niko to meet him and Mikhail soon at the club.
Deaths[]
Joseph Kaplan (optional) - Can be killed by Niko after Dimitri knocks him out.
Brett (optional) - Can be killed by Niko after Dimitri knocks Joseph out.
GTA 4 - Mission 15 - Do You Have Protection? (1080p)
Oversights[]
After leaving the sex shop, if the player takes Dimitri to oneof the bridges leading to Algonquin and tries to explore it, the player will get the normal six-star wanted level, but there won’t be any police choppers that swarm the area. The stars will remain grayed out; even if Niko crosses paths with the police, he will not be shot at. If Dimitri dies while the wanted level is still in effect, Niko will be spotted. Choppers will spawn, and the police will shoot at him. This is also an alternative way to obtain the One Man Armyachievement.
A similar glitch will happen if Niko goes to TW@ and attempts to access www.littlelacysurprisepageant.com. An additional glitch will occur in that the player will only receive a four-star wanted level, instead of the usual five-star wanted level.
Trivia[]
In the opening cutscene, when Faustin asks Dimitri for an explanation for laying off drugs, Dimitri says that it "clouds his judgement". This is a reference to The Godfather: Part II. The full quote being referenced is "Never hate your enemies. It affects your judgment." which was said by Michael Corleone.
In the same cutscene, Faustin says "Don't think I cannot see through you, after all we've done together...". This can reasonably be interpreted as an allusion to future happenings in the storyline.
During the second alternate dialogue with Dimitri, he'll mention about Ammu-Nation being closed in Liberty City during that time and how Julio Ochoa was trying to shut down the franchise in other cities of America.
Dimitri will give Niko a standard pistol in this mission, and in doing so it will replace the Combat Pistol if the player has already collected a hidden one.
Brett must be shot in the leg in order for the mission to progress. Shooting him in the arm will lead to a mission failure (even if the shot wasn't lethal).
If you walk into the man who is pleading after Dimitri leaves the shop, he will die immediately. The reason for this is unknown.
Dimitri instructs Niko to walk into the gun shop and purchase a Micro-SMG, and to tell the store attendant to charge it to Faustin. It shows negative money as if the gun is being charged to Niko, but his money isn't actually spent.
Killing the gun shop owner will lead to mission failure.
If Niko leaves the gun shop after purchasing the SMG and kills Dimitri and re-enters, the gun store owner will have a different voice than the one he has when he first enters the shop.
If the player restarts the mission after this, the cutscene and tutorial about the gun stores will not happen. Instead, the player will be able to walk right up to the gun and purchase it.
The mission title refers to condoms as well as being the mission that the player gets their first sub-machine gun.
Although Dimitri says that the player can buy anything from the gun shop, only the Micro-SMG and the body armor are available to buy. It is possible that Niko was fond of the gun and bought it because he liked it.
If the player has obtained a Micro-SMG before buying it, they will get 200 rounds instead of 50.
If Dimitri dies after the gun is purchased, when the mission is restarted, the gun will still be in Niko’s weapon cache along with any of the guns ammunition that was purchased.
If Niko gets a wanted level while on foot, Dimitri will not follow Niko until it is cleared. After it is cleared, the game will inform the player that Dimitri has been left behind.
There is a line of dialogue Joseph speaks that is usually cut off due to Dimitri knocking him out with the gun. The line is "Fine, here you go. We ain't gonna have the resources to make any more movies, but here!" The line usually cuts off after "the". Even if the line is said in full, the subtitles still shorten the sentence. Niko standing in the way of Joseph's walking path is one way to hear the full line.
When Faustin says the line "Always so fucked up on painkillers, you don't give a shit?", the word "a" between "give" and "shit" is missing from the subtitles.
