Portland (Liberty City, island 1)

Show the Money

Giver
Jonnie
Location
the entrance to Jonnie's Bar in the Red Light District, Portland
Reward
$1,000

Unlocks Staunton Island and the Staunton street races

Jonnie is in debt to King Courtney and needs cash quickly, so he sends you to squeeze a gambler named Freddy. After the money run you find the bar wrecked and follow the getaway car toward Staunton Island.

Before you start

Taking the briefcase and leaving pays $1,000. Waiting at the meeting for Freddy to return with more money pays $5,000, but he comes back with armed friends.

Objectives

  1. Intimidate the gambler and bring the money back to the bar, or kill him and bring the money back.
  2. Go back to the bar.
  3. Follow the suspicious car to find out who killed the bartender.
  4. Go across the bridge to Staunton Island in search of the killer.

Show the Money walkthrough

Jonnie’s problem

Jonnie explains that Freddy has been playing him for a fool with marked cards and that he owes King Courtney several grand for party favors. He wants you to make an example of Freddy and bring back whatever money you can get. Take the marker for the job and head out from the bar toward the south of Portland.

Cutscene, Jonnie says he has a lot of heat and needs to drum up money
Cutscene, Jonnie says he owes King Courtney for party favors

Meeting Freddy

Drive south through Saint Marks and on to Portland Beach, where Freddy is waiting. He claims he cannot pay ten thousand and offers a thousand, then asks you to hang on while he fetches more. Walking off with the briefcase ends the job quickly. Waiting means a fight against Freddy and his men, so bring a good weapon if you try it.

Driving along a road in Saint Marks toward Portland Beach
Mike tells Freddy he will go easy on him for ten thousand
Mike decides to take the money and head back, smelling an ambush

Back to the bar

Return to Jonnie’s Bar the way you came, through Hepburn Heights and the Red Light District. Nothing attacks you on the way, so you can take it at full speed. At the bar the scene is grim: the bartender lies dead in a pool of blood, and you hear a car pulling away outside.

Driving back through Saint Marks with the briefcase
Red car pulling up at the blue circle outside the bar
Cutscene, Mike finds the bartender lying in a pool of blood

Chasing the car

Once you regain control, the car that fled is on the map. Follow it through the Red Light District and Chinatown toward the Callahan Bridge. You do not need to catch it or fight it, only keep it in sight and stay on the main road. Crossing the bridge into Staunton Island ends the mission and opens up that island.

Following the fleeing green car, marked by a blue arrow, in the Red Light District
Driving through Chinatown toward the bridge
Message to go across the bridge to Staunton Island

After the mission

You earn $1,000 and Staunton Island is open. King Courtney’s marker there starts the next job, Race to Run.

Mission passed screen showing the $1000 reward

Part of Portland (Liberty City, island 1) in the story walkthrough.