A question for Maezawa-san

This is Maezawa from the President’s Office responding. I do wonder whether asking a personal question in a public question box is really something a person with common sense would do. Still, if the question is addressed to me, I can choose whether to display it or not（笑）. > She said that the person who interviewed her (Mr. Maezawa) advised her, “If your expectations are too high, it won’t last.” The club already had a policy of not getting involved in allowances, so I think the reason for the misunderstanding may have been that I couldn’t tell her a specific amount. What I meant was: “If you ask for an excessively high amount, like ¥100,000, men will be put off. Even if you receive that allowance for the first meeting, it probably won’t lead to a long-term arrangement afterward.” However, people have different ideas about what counts as high or low, so perhaps that’s how the misunderstanding arose. Or maybe we’re misunderstanding each other again even with this question. When you say it was “unexpectedly low,” did you mean that the woman’s requested amount was around ¥50,000, which seemed surprisingly low, and the conversation went something like: “I usually give around ¥80,000, so is ¥50,000 really okay?” Or did you mean that because it was far too low, he gave her the usual ¥80,000 anyway? If that’s what happened, then I have to say, that was impressive. > I get the impression that women are often encouraged to ask for a higher allowance（笑）. You mean “high from the man’s perspective,” not high from the woman’s perspective, right? In other words, it’s a reasonable amount from the woman’s perspective, so there is also an aspect of speaking up on behalf of women who can’t say it themselves. And if even that amount feels high to you, it may be that you’re undervaluing women. An allowance isn’t everything, but a man’s feelings toward a woman show up in many different ways. I think the allowance is one example of that.