I watched the film and wasn't sure about Daniel's and Miyagi's exact business plan.
It was nice of Daniel to ensure Miyagi's dream of opening a small business came true... but was their business model sustainable?
It seemed like extreme enterprise opening a faux-bonzai tree store in the middle of a poverty stricken area.. think that the business panned out for them?
I would think it failed. It wasn't as if we saw any customers there. As you say, it was in what appears to be a poverty stricken area. Even the shop Jessica worked at seemed to have no customers other than Daniel.
Miyagi would have been more successful fixing up houses using a labour force of people he was teaching Karate to do the jobs. Just look at what he got Daniel to do.
Either that or car washing business.
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a sake store would have been a better choice.
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Hell no, was a complete and utter failure. Gordon Ramsey couldn't save this nightmare. I never actually SAW a customer, save Barnes and Co. And when they were there, Daniel treated them rudely and told them that they were closed. Why would he turn away potential customers? He has no idea whether or not they were there to purchase "little trees" or pots, or whatever. Anyone else would have been welcoming the sales traffic.
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And when they were there, Daniel treated them rudely and told them that they were closed. Why would he turn away potential customers? He has no idea whether or not they were there to purchase "little trees" or pots, or whatever. Anyone else would have been welcoming the sales traffic.
high taxes were his downfall.
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It was a complete failure.
For one thing, I never actually saw Daniel get a business license. There's not one on display. If they had gotten a business license, then the fire marshall would have done an inspection of the building and instantly closed it down.
The business was so bad that the only tree to use the "tree hospital" was in fact their own.
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It was about as successful as the movie was
shareNo, it was an illegal enterprise that hinged on committing timber theft (shown in the film!). The were stealing trees from California public lands and attempting to sell them to the public as phony bonsai.
shareDo you remember the look on Miyagi's face when Daniel brought back the mangled tree? Miyagi didn't even seem to care about what happened to Daniel.
share Miyagi dropping the mop is priceless.
I would never have forgiven Daniel for that one. He had no right to dig up the bonsai in the first place. It's like emptying someone's retirement account without their permission and acting like you did them a favor. What a fvcking moron.
This is what happens when you let a kid like Daniel in on a secret. Personally, I wouldn't tell him where a birds nest was. He'd only take the eggs.
If those pen pushers up at city hall don't like it,well, they swivel on this middle digit!
And all the eggs would break when he dropped them.
Exactly. The guy was a world class fvck up who couldn't be trusted.
Daniel: Hey! Mr. Miyagi! Remember that body you buried out in the desert; the one you were worried the police might find someday? Well you don't have to worry anymore!...I dug it up!
Miyagi:
Daniel: Hey! Mr. Miyagi! Remember that body you buried out in the desert; the one you were worried the police might find someday? Well you don't have to worry anymore!...I dug it up!
Miyagi:
Came across this post and couldn't help thinking the store probably was successful. Maybe Daniel used the proceeds from this business to finance Larusso Autos. It's obvious from the Bonsai room they showed in Cobra Kai his techniques have improved. It takes years to grow Bonsai that well and he had dozens of them there. He might even be using descendants of stock from the original store.
sharePretty sure the business failed.
Miyagay torched the crap-shack (with Whinielle still in it) in a scheme to collect insurance money.
Whinielle survived because the chemicals in the load of mac and cheese he had eaten served as a flame retardant.
Miyagay was convicted of attempted murder... but since the victim was only Whinielle the judge let him off easy and merely deported his ass.
Also considering the success of Daniel's auto business it's pretty obvious he has a good head for business.
shareThe crap shack was addressed in cobra kai. Whinielle claimed it could have been a successful business but they had hit a run of bad luck and it went under.
share“Mr Miyagi’s Little Trees was a solid business plan. We just ran into some bad luck.”
Daniel is completely delusional and can’t be trusted as a reliable source. His wife’s skeptical reaction says everything.