What do you think of girls who work casually at lounges in Ebisu or Roppongi, then, after losing customers because of COVID, sleep with clients for tens of thousands of yen and spend it on designer brands?

I’m Meg, a female member. I’ve never worked in the nightlife industry, so this is only based on my imagination, but let me say this… First of all, I don’t think you can just work “carelessly” in Ebisu or Roppongi. Wouldn’t you need a certain level of looks and conversational skills? Otherwise, I don’t think they’d hire you. From the outside, it might look easygoing—making money effortlessly and buying designer goods. But you don’t know what’s going on inside them, do you? Neither you nor I. Whether they work in the nightlife industry or are amateurs, they’re really not so different. Maybe those designer goods are what help heal their battered minds and bodies. When I think of it that way, I even find it cute that they’re happy over designer items.

Maezawa from the CEO’s office here—I’ll answer too. I don’t think anything of it. Everyone has their own way of living.

I’m Taro, a male member. That’s about someone who works in the nightlife industry, right? I’m not interested. And the person asking the question, whom I see as a rival, is no better—just birds of a feather, really. I’m not interested in people like that either, sorry lol. By the way, I wondered what “mujina” meant, so I looked it up—and it was completely different from what I imagined. I thought it was some kind of insect or something lol.

I’m Kazu, a male member. I don’t really have any particular thoughts on it—or rather, I’m not interested. I’ve gotten tired of women like that, so these days I enjoy making offers through Universe Club to women who work regular jobs during the day and becoming intimate with them. > Riichi > I get the impression that hostess-club girls ask customers for designer goods in exchange for sleeping with them, but maybe these days they want money because of COVID? In my experience, it was usually about sales at the club—accompanying customers, bottles, and wine. Come to think of it, what you’re describing is *urabiki*—off-the-books arrangements. > Riichi again > Wouldn’t it cause various problems if they went behind the club’s back and got involved with customers in exchange for money? Exactly. Losing the support of the club and senior hostesses would presumably be a serious setback, but maybe COVID has left them desperate enough not to worry about that—or maybe there’s no one left to teach them the ropes anymore… It really is a disposable world.