This is a test. Tyrus then throws him a small packet of what's presumably drugs of some sort. People have drinks in a restaurant, including Johnny and Samantha who have champagne. Timothy has wine while Johnny orders a gimlet. Samantha then comes in and downs two cocktails in rapid fire succession.
People drink in a club.
Johnny tells the family butler to serve dinner wine and cocktails to the guests and then later asks him for a drink for himself. Some men have both for stealing Virginia's bike. Tyrus and his thug partner have both for being a crime boss' henchmen who repeatedly threaten Johnny and those he knows. Timothy has a surly attitude toward everyone, and instead of taking regular newspaper photos, takes artsy-craftsy ones instead. In addition, one fantasy type sequence has an Asian man as a typical old style movie villain.