My Entertainment Circle

Tokyo under the neon lights reveals its magical nature. There are passers-by on the street who are rushing home, and there are also people who go out to have fun, and there are even some women who cannot afford to eat standing on the roadside waiting to be approached and invited to eat. (PS: Don’t think this is made up by Samsara, because there is a YouTuber who specifically exposed and filmed a video of girls standing on the street waiting to be approached during dinner time. The location where they stood was an izakaya not far from Ginza. On the street, their purpose is to wait for someone to talk to them before going to eat, and some of the women they encounter are really good-looking.)

There are really a lot of people striking up conversations on the streets of Japan. According to statistics, 20% of Japanese men have experienced striking up conversations, which is equivalent to one in five men! And people who strike up a conversation like to use the phrase "Let's have a few drinks and I'll treat you." ’ or ‘I feel a little bored eating alone, can I invite you to eat something delicious with me? ’ Anyway, Japanese conversation starters always use ‘eat’.

And because there are so many people chatting up, there are many girls who can't afford food just waiting to be chatted up. Don’t think it’s ridiculous that I can’t afford to eat, it’s a fact!

Because it is really difficult for women to find jobs in Japan. Even if they find a part-time job in an izakaya or something, the hourly wage for women is lower than that for men. Moreover, renting a house in Tokyo is really expensive. They work part-time jobs and there are many people who cannot afford to eat after paying the rent. There is a special documentary about this!

When they couldn't afford to eat, and when the izakaya where they worked daily was not very busy, and the boss didn't need odd hours, they would either wait to be talked to, or... just stand and wait in the back streets of Akihabara ( I understand, of course I understand!)

Ordinary people, especially those who go to Tokyo as high school students, their lives are more helpless, especially those who go to Beijing with dreams...survival has become a very serious problem. Food and transportation are expensive, and Japanese people rarely ask for help from home when they reach adulthood. Of course, those families living in rural cities are unable to help even if they want to. Therefore, many women face the most realistic and basic thing after going to Beijing: survival!

When you can't survive, you have no choice but to choose some 'special' profession! There are some things they are not willing to do, but they have to do so in order to survive...

Especially in a place like Tokyo, it would be great to have a place where you can stay before you become famous. You must know that there are many so-called underground idols. They are glamorous on stage, but after the tour is over, six or seven of them may be crowded into a ten-square-meter basement.

It can be seen that those girls who go to Beijing for their dreams, even the girls with good appearance, find it very difficult to survive.

Not only do idols find it difficult to survive, but so do models. In fact, it is accurate to say that models are more competitive, because now all the members of well-known girl groups have become models! This makes the road even narrower for girls who dream of becoming the next 'Yi Ruoyi'. Because of the impact of idols, it is even more difficult for those ‘professional models’ to get along. Moreover, Japanese fashion magazines also like to use actors as models.

It’s like ‘modeling’ is a side job in the entertainment industry.

This makes it really difficult for those professional models to mix! And there are some large agencies, like Yuko Araki who worked part-time as a model before becoming an actor. So this road is really difficult before you become famous!

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At night, Zhang Ping'an and the other three were eating nigiri sushi worth 30,000 yen per person at a high-end sushi restaurant in Ginza. At this time, they ordered their own ramen for dinner from a very humble ramen shop called 'Baba Fumika'. Before waiting for her boss to serve her noodles, she sat down and picked up her phone and started scrolling. The Twitter icon already shows the amount of information ‘28’.

While waiting for the noodles to come out of the pot, she clicked on her Twitter and opened her private message... For 'Bachang Fumika', she was not well-known at this time, so she would click on every private message that came in. Of course, the private messages may contain some dirty news, or they may be messages of encouragement from fans who like her.

However, for her who is not well-known, every message of encouragement at this time is very precious. A word of encouragement from fans may be the strength to support her to keep going. This is why Zhang Ping'an sent her a private message in the morning, and she responded with "Thank you for your support." ’

She read the private messages one by one and closed the ones that were not nutritious, especially those that asked her to go out to eat or play, or even asked her if she was interested in filming a 'movie'. She chose to ignore them all and then closed them all. Now she saw the letter from the 'fan' this morning again. Well, that fan is Zhang Pingan... She thinks Zhang Pingan is a fan!

The news about Zhang Pingan this time was that 'he had a car accident because of her, and the vehicle was seriously damaged. ’ Then there are photos of the damage to the vehicle. It can be clearly seen in the photo that the damage to the front of the vehicle is very serious. You can’t even see the logo of the vehicle, but the appearance of the sports car is still so domineering. This is a man driving a sports car...

Although there are some photos of Zhang Pingan on Twitter, she is not a person who is addicted to Twitter, so she has not seen those photos of Zhang Pingan.

Driving a sports car also proves that Zhang Ping'an opposite is rich. Since we are rich, it would be good to chat, so Baba Fumika replied to Zhang Pingan with a message, 'Ah... I'm sorry, are you okay? ’

Of course, Zhang Pingan didn't hear her message after it was sent. He was currently eating delicious dinner dishes with Emma and Yuko Araki...

Zhang Pingan thought that sake went well with sushi. Yuko Araki took the sake cup and refilled the wine for everyone. Zhang Pingan drank the fruity 14th generation in one sip. While still drunk, Zhang Ping'an asked: "Aren't we always talking about the economic downturn? I'm just curious. As a model, how much is your salary for a photo shoot?"

Because it is rude to ask about your salary in Japan. No one will directly ask you how much you make per month. Even among friends, if you ask, the other party may not answer you.

However, Araki Yuko had nothing to hide from Zhang Pingan, so she took the lead and said: "We are all exclusive models, and we have a reasonable signing bonus when we signed the contract. But it is also because of the exclusive models , Our salary for one shooting is very low, I only have tens of thousands of yen now!”

Because in the modeling circle, Araki Yuko has not yet reached the top level, the price of tens of thousands of yen for a photo shoot is very reasonable.

As for the exclusive model, it means that among similar fashion magazines, you can only be photographed by this magazine, unless you choose to graduate. Well, photos don’t count.

After listening to Yuko Araki clearly stated her current shooting price, Emma hesitated for a while. She also felt that there was nothing to hide. Anyway, Zhang Pingan was willing to inquire about her current shooting price, so she would definitely get it. Said: "I currently earn about 100,000 yen per shooting session."

Since most fashion magazines are published in ‘weeklies’, Zhang Ping’an tilted his head and said: “How come your exclusive model is photographed once a week, right?”

Araki Yuko shook her head and said: "That's not necessarily the case, because there are still many exclusive models in magazines. Sometimes well-known models will occupy several pages at a time. And the number of pages in weekly magazines is limited, so it's not Filmed every week.”

"The modeling profession is not easy to get into." Zhang Ping'an had to sigh as he listened to Araki Yuko's story.

Emma smiled and said: "There is no such circle now. By the way, Forbes said that you have an income of at least 30 million US dollars every year. Is this true?"

Zhang Ping'an laughed: "Well... I have explained to the media many times about the income issue. The media only calculates how much we earn, but the media does not calculate our company's continuous investment at all. Maybe today's earnings 10 million, invest 5 million tomorrow, and invest 200 the day after tomorrow. If the company wants to continue to operate, we must continue to invest. In fact, the dividend money I can get at the end of the year is not 30 million.”

Emma smiled and continued to ask: "Even if you didn't get 30 million US dollars, how could you get 10 million US dollars, right?"

Female models are of course the most realistic type, so Zhang Pingan said with a smile: "Well, about the same? If we don't count continued investment in the first half of this year, we only count profits. In addition, Huaxia Company... One hundred million US dollars was spent in half a year. The popular Korean drama "Descendants of the Sun" was invested and filmed by our company."

Listening to Zhang Pingan's words about "100 million U.S. dollars" Yuko Araki, Emma's eyes widened and she said: "Si Guoyi~~!!"

Emma was surprised and immediately asked: "Do you have a girlfriend?"

Zhang Ping'an smiled and said, "Do you want to introduce it to me?"

Emma tentatively pointed at Yuko Araki next to her and said, "She, our Yuko is pretty, isn't she?"

Zhang Pingan smiled and said deliberately to Araki Yuko: "I don't deny it, Yuko is very beautiful. By the way, Yuko, why don't you think about it and let's spend time together?"

Araki Yuko responded with a sweet smile: "Okay, if you don't dislike it."

"OK, it's settled then. After dinner later, let's try finding a love hotel nearby?"

Listening to the conversation between the two, Emma who was sitting aside smiled bitterly and said: "Wow... you are too fast, are you starting to try now? You can't be serious, can you?"

"What do you think?" Zhang Ping'an asked with a smile, without giving a positive reply. Perhaps...such an ambiguous answer made Emma even more unpredictable.