Chapter 5 Chapter 5 The Upside-Down Market

The moment Funatsu Eiko walked into the elevator, he felt ominous.Four men in their thirties surrounded Yong Zi, looking up and down.It was the lustful eyes of the middle-aged man, judging her nakedness through the clothes.There are also more explicit obscenity in the eyes. Yongzi really wanted to get out of the elevator, but she also had a fluke mentality, thinking that someone of the same sex would join her.After hesitating, the elevator door closed.Yongzi had to get to the destination surrounded by men.Unfortunately, this elevator does not stop in the middle and goes directly to the upper floors.Twenty seconds was unbearably long.Moreover, this time is enough for men to molested her with their eyes.

"Sister pretty, you have a pretty figure." Sure enough, a guy with the most lewd eyes spoke. "Hurry up and go upstairs to meet your lover," the other continued. "Ah, it's so enviable. I can't help it." A third broke in. "Sister pretty, what's the price?" asked the fourth one.Yongzi didn't react for a while.Anyway, the elevator arrived and the door opened.She escaped as if she got off the elevator, and the obscene laughter of the men sounded behind her. Only then did Yongzi realize that they mistook her for a hotel girl.Humiliation and anger made her whole body heat up suddenly.

However, walking quickly in the silent corridor, Yong Zi thought, her tryst with the man who was waiting in the guest room in advance, this kind of behavior is indeed similar to that of a call girl. The other party is a married man, the immediate boss of the company, and they have been dating for more than two years.The close contact at work developed into an affair between men and women.A commonplace situation. Yongzi has always received financial support.Otherwise, the current life will be difficult to maintain.She was a little disgusted at first about accepting money from men, but she got used to it before she knew it.Once you live a comfortable life, it will be hard to get back.

The man in the room was waiting, and the futile hugs began.Yongzi knows that the sweet talk of a man to please a woman has no real content, but only uses her as a tool for pleasure.At the same time, her own body was altered, or conditioned, to become erotic. However, the other party didn't repeat the old-fashioned sweet words today, and the hugs lacked enthusiasm. They always felt perfunctory and indifferent. "What happened today?" Yong Zi asked after finishing the work.Usually, the man would fondle her body reluctantly, but today it was different, he just smoked casually. "It's nothing." As if someone had seen through his mind, he stubbed out the cigarette butt in the ashtray, a little flustered.

"Liar, you are different from usual." "Looks like something's wrong?" The man's eyes are evasive. "Not only does it look like it, it's really wrong. Is there something uncomfortable?" "Actually, I have something to tell you." He seemed to be waiting for an opportunity to speak. "I don't listen to bad words." The man's solemn tone made Yong Zi feel ominous. "The company decided to transfer me to work in Fukuoka, and it has not been made public yet." "Oh, Fukuoka?! Is there a branch of ours there?"

"This time, we want to open a new one, and we will be the first to expand the business in Kyushu. Kyushu is still blank, and he said that I will be the manager of the branch. Today, the president gave private instructions." "You've been promoted! Congratulations!" "The business of Kyushu has been entrusted to me, and the responsibility is heavy, so I can't patronize and be happy." "Isn't that more capable. Men work harder, hard work will be capital in the future, but women will go from bad to worse. Once the flowers in the office fail, they will let you walk." Yong Zi set up a line of defense without showing any trace , to prevent the topic from developing in an unfavorable direction.

"In this way, it seems that time will not be short." The man struggled to speak, and the conversation seemed to be getting to the point. "Are you talking about the time when Kyushu served?" Yong Zi asked knowingly. "Yeah, I won't be back for at least three years." "You're asking me what I think? It's not like you're gone during this period of time, and you have to come back to contact the head office every few days. If you go to work alone, I'll see you as soon as you're on vacation." "No, I have to take my family with me."

"Ah, is that so, I'm not from your family?" "You shouldn't embarrass me like this. In fact, the president has already said something." "Is there something to say first?" "The president half-jokingly said that there are a lot of gossips about you. This time you have become the boss of the branch in the Kyushu area, so you have to be cautious about your private life and don't become a news person on Focus Friday. Things about the two of us are spread It has reached the president's ears." "So what? I was afraid that people would gossip, so I shouldn't have touched the women under my command in the first place."

"What's the point of talking about it now. Besides, everything has a beginning, and you can't always go on like this." "You mean break up?" "It's not necessarily necessary to break up. It's fine to have a regular relationship, just be friends with each other and meet each other when we have a chance..." "All in all, it's about being your sex tool when it's convenient for you, right?" "It's meaningless for you to say that. With me here, it is by no means a bad thing for you. You have a long life. I will take care of you and help you in the future."

"How can I help? I'm not a sex slave you bought. I'll live my whole life according to your arrangement, don't even think about it!" "I didn't say that, it was just..." "I know what you think in your heart. If you want to get ahead, it's too dangerous to go back and forth like before, and you can't bear to break up completely, so on the surface, you should end it first and maintain a close relationship. Am I right?" "you……" "Your thoughts are all on your face. Well, if we break up, we will break up. From now on, we will make a clean break. When we are alone in the company, don't be careless." Yong Zi quickly dressed and went out room, leaving the man speechless.

After the man went to Kyushu, Yongzi felt strange looks from the company.In the past, the man's protective umbrella blocked the curious eyes, but now those eyes are all piercing. The guys at the company eyed her like the guys in the elevator who mistook her for a hotel girl, and the women made her the subject of a group discussion.As soon as Yong Zi entered the bathroom, the lively chatting and laughing would immediately quiet down. Only then did Yong Zi realize that his relationship with his boss was well known in the company.She was sheltered by a man, and her actions were too presumptuous. This time, she suffered a lot.She understands that the company can no longer survive. One month after the man was transferred, Yongzi ate lunch alone in the company cafeteria, alone, separated from the group of female employees.A young employee came over timidly, as if wanting to inquire about something.Yong Zi saw it and asked her what's the matter. "Excuse me, how much allowance does the minister give you every month?" the man asked. Instantly burning with anger, Yong Zi pushed the freshly brewed hot tea towards him.Since then, she has stopped working in the company. Yongzi has a little savings, and with the money given by the man, there is no need to worry about food and clothing for the time being.However, watching the TV all day doing nothing, the body seems to be quietly decaying.The surrounding walls seemed to be closing in, trying to crush him. She rushed out of the house and wandered aimlessly in the streets.When you are hungry, you can enter the restaurant of the hotel or a high-end western restaurant.The more luxurious the food and drink, the more miserable it is. Even so, she was used to men signing bills and living a luxurious life, and she couldn't walk into McDonald's or the small noodle restaurant that stood up.It's been a long time since I paid for my meals.Whether it's ordering food or buying clothes, even if you don't say a word, the man will take care of it for himself. Like a symbiotic phenomenon in the biological world, a woman opens herself up to provide sweet physical enjoyment to a man; in return, a man provides for her and protects her from foreign enemies. After losing the man who protected her, she only realized the value of a man's generosity afterwards.It is humiliating for a woman to pay for her own meals.However, not only the food, but also all the necessities of life have to be paid.It is impossible to live without enduring this humiliation every day. She wanted to talk to any man, not because of sexual hunger.The existence of a man used to satisfy her continuously like air and water, but once he lost it, she felt uneasy. However, if you talk to men on the street, you will be regarded as a street girl, just like the last time someone asked the price in a hotel. Yong Zi finally made up his mind.One day, she went to patronize the Ladies Nightclub.According to the weekly magazine, there are entertainment venues exclusively for women. I thought that the customers were all middle-aged and leisurely ladies, but in fact, young women of her age accounted for the vast majority, so I was surprised. At first glance, this place is similar to the bars in Ginza and Akasaka that the man took her to.Men and women embrace each other intimately in the dark private room, whispering while drinking.Just by looking at the appearance, it is hard to tell which party is the guest. However, when the woman takes out a cigarette, the man immediately hands over the fire; when the glass is empty, the man will refill it.It is clear at a glance who is the guest. The men were all in their twenties to early thirties, well-groomed and well-dressed.The popular male waiter was standing on the stage singing, his complexion darkened, his appearance stern, and his unrestrained look reminiscent of the original "Tamiya Jiro". Women's nightclubs are often confused with gay bars. In fact, this is a place to receive female guests. The male hosts are more masculine than ordinary men, with good looks and rich topics, so that the guests will not be bored.Bars and clubs that serve men generally rely on ambiguous sex appeal to perfunctory, but here they specifically please customers. However, Yongzi was not happy to be served by the bartenders, because they could not protect her strongly, but only paid for a chat companion.You can tell at a glance that the male waiters are wearing top-notch brand names.The male waiter who accompanied Yongzi said that the clothes on "Tamiya Jiro" alone can't be less than ten million. The man who said this was wearing a Rolex watch and lighting a cigarette with a Karcher lighter.Presumably it was a gift from the female customer. Here, the status of men and women is opposite, or it can be said that they are reversed.When I came to such a male market and wanted to find someone to replace the man who acted as an umbrella, I was in the wrong place. Even so, she still didn't want to go back to that lonely and deserted home, and stayed until the store closed.Hungry now, she decided to have something to eat with her waiter.The two went to a sushi restaurant that the waiter frequented.When paying the bill, Yong Zi was stunned. The other party pretended to be nonchalant and drank his "income".Only then did Yongzi realize that she should pay for it.She didn't even pay for her own meal, but now she has to pay for the man who ate with her. This made her truly experience the reversal of the female market to the male market.The waiter would probably sleep with her if she asked.However, to Yongzi, paying for meals is humiliating, let alone paying for a man's body.This is a fundamental denial of her feminine values. Not only did patronizing the female guest nightclub bring no temporary peace of mind, but it revealed Yongzi's humiliating memory and lonely mood. Women pay for what should be paid by men.Each other gave up the strength of men and the privileges of women, and the reversal of roles meant that they gave up their respective honors.Because of this, it is possible to play the roles of mutual inversion with extreme calmness. Yong Zi still maintains the honor of a woman.Perhaps it can be said that the lingering aftertaste of the pride cultivated by the "Queen's Era" is still there. On the third night of going to the Ladies Nightclub, Eiko was walking aimlessly along Shibuya Park Avenue.She is used to living in high-end apartments in Yoyogi. For her, Shinjuku is always a bit scary, Ginza and Akasaka are too far away, and Ikebukuro and Ueno are simply "backcountry".Shibuya belongs to her circle of life, a neighborhood she can easily stroll around. Row upon row of trendy shops lined both sides of Park Avenue, which is her favorite street.However, other than lovers, pedestrians are young men and women in groups of three or four, all happy and carefree. The only people who walk alone like her are rare homeless people.The streets are filled with the breath of autumn. When she came to the front of Yamate Church, someone greeted her suddenly from behind.Looking back, a handsome gentleman just past middle age was smiling at her.The expression is soft, and the black-rimmed glasses add a deep and bookish look to him.Dress well and groom well. At first, Yong Zi thought he was greeting someone else, so he looked around.But the gentleman still fixed his eyes on her, and said, "Please don't take offense if I'm wrong, miss, do you want to find a companion to relax?" "Relax?" Yong Zi didn't understand what he meant, and was stunned. "If it's appropriate, how about I be a relaxing companion for you?" After hearing this supplement, Yong Zi finally came to his senses.Like last time, she was regarded as a hotel girl. A burst of anger, she was about to walk away, but stopped again.When the gentleman greeted her, he undoubtedly recognized her value as a woman and was ready to bid for her.The upside-down market in ladies' nightclubs has been restored again. The gentleman has a similar temperament to the man who went to Fukuoka before, and because of this, she stopped.She wants to know the other party's asking price. Women have always been concerned with their own value as a commodity.Being protected by a man is also sold as a commodity, but the rewards are reflected in a comprehensive form, and the price of a one-time transaction cannot be known. Yongzi confronts the gentleman head-on. "The relaxation fee here is not cheap!" "Yes, how much do you want? I'd better have enough money with me." The gentleman smiled without flinching, as if he was quite confident in his wallet.Yong Zi became cruel, and the lion opened his mouth, "500,000." As far as she knows, the general price of hotel girls is 20,000 to 30,000 yen per hour. "500,000, the asking price is not low." The gentleman's eyes were still smiling. "How?" Yong Zi said provocatively.She didn't want money, she just wanted to tease each other. "It just happens to be handy. With your charm, it's worth half a million." The gentleman remained calm, confident and capable with ease in his composure, not pretending to be a hero.Yong Zi hesitated slightly.This gentleman is willing to offer 500,000 yuan for a moment of spring festival to a woman he meets on the street.She was somewhat moved. If he meets this person, he might agree to ask for a million.Women are always attracted to men who charge them a high price.However, if the money is not in hand, it does not count. "Are you really willing to pay half a million?" Yong Zi confirmed again. "Of course, I'm not going to lie about the money." "You are the big boss." "It just so happens that I have it with me. What do you think of that hotel?" The gentleman pointed to a hotel in front of him.Not a love hotel, but a "proper place" facing Park Avenue.Yongzi nodded. The "business" was done. Yong Zi hides behind the gentleman and enters the hotel.The gentleman took the key in a few words at the front desk, without even registering, looking like a regular customer.The room was a spacious double room. There is a balcony outside the window, it doesn't feel like a hotel room, more like a high-end apartment. "Are you hungry?" asked the gentleman.Although I was alone with a woman in a hotel room, the other party did not make a fuss. "Not very hungry." "Yes, then let's drink something." The gentleman opened the refrigerator to choose. "I'll get it." Yong Zi took out a bottle of beer from the refrigerator and asked, "How about beer?" "Okay, what about you?" "I'll come too." "Okay, cheers! Why are you cheering for...?" The gentleman raised Yongzi's full wine glass and smiled wryly. "Let's drink to our respective happiness." "Yes, then tonight's happiness." The moment they clinked glasses, the gentleman's eyes showed the expression of an adult man who knows this well.Being able to read this expression also proves Yong Zi's sophistication. "Okay, we've already blessed each other, and I'll leave the good things to you first." After the gentleman finished speaking, he took out his bulging wallet from his pocket.When I looked at it with my eyes, it contained at least a million.The gentleman randomly pulled out a stack of banknotes, counted out fifty, and handed them to Yong Zi. "I'm sorry to charge you so much money." Although the price was offered by himself, Yong Zi was a little timid. "You're welcome, take it, you are worth so much." The gentleman raised his chin generously.Since the other party said so, if he continued to refuse, it would be tantamount to denying his own value. "Then I'll accept it." Having not enjoyed the offerings from men for a long time, Yong Zi was naturally in a good mood.Little did she realize that this was the price of prostitution. "Do you want to use the bathroom first or wash together?" The gentleman's voice became realistic, full of excitement, as if he was calculating how to cook half a million ingredients into a delicious table. "I... wash later." "Really, you might be too embarrassed to wash together. Then I'll wash first." The gentleman walked quickly towards the bathroom.He seemed to trust Yong Zi whom he had just met.If she took the opportunity to slip away, half a million would be ruined.However, the other party showed no suspicion at all. The man thinks so highly of her, Yong Zi's mood gets better.The gentleman seemed to be washing carefully, and there was the sound of a shower in the bathroom.Yongzi repeatedly speculates about the other party's identity.The gentle demeanor is reminiscent of doctors and lawyers.Or an industrialist. The clothes, watches, rings and other accessories are all first-class brands.The bartender at the Ladies' Nightclub flaunts this, but the gentleman hides it, appearing reserved and mature.All in all, the status of a gentleman is no small matter. "Even if you wash carefully, the time is too long." Yong Zi watched the movement in the bathroom uneasily, the sound of the shower was still ringing.Regardless of trusting Yong Zi, this person is really slow, leaving a woman worth half a million yuan aside is unbelievable. On this occasion, men are eager to go to bed. What exactly is washing——Yingzi wondered while listening to the noise from the bathroom.Suddenly, she found that the sound of the shower was very monotonous.If the shower hits you, the sound will change.But it was the monotonous sound of water flowing down. Yong Zi came to the bathroom door and listened carefully.It wasn't the sound of a flush, but the sound of water pouring from an open tap onto the floor.Could it be that the shower is on and people are taking a bath in the bathtub? Yong Zi knocked on the bathroom door, remembering that she hadn't asked the other party's name yet. "Hey, may I ask... is there anything wrong?" Yong Zi timidly asked while knocking on the door, but there was no answer from inside.Maybe drowned out by the sound of the shower.Yong Zi knocked hard again, but there was still no answer. Yong Zi became uneasy.She turned the doorknob lightly. The door was unlocked, but she encountered obstacles when she tried to push it open.The door couldn't be opened, as if something was blocking it inside.Pushing with all my strength, the contents inside fell heavily, the obstacle disappeared, and the shower water burst out from the crack in the open door. "Hey, why..." Before he finished speaking, Yong Zi froze in shock.The gentleman was naked and collapsed on the floor like a mollusc. The hot water from the shower washed down, and the skin was pink, as if the person was still alive.But the white eyes are rolled up, and the tongue sticks out of the half-open mouth.It is estimated that an accident happened while taking a shower. "No, it's terrible!" Yong Zi turned pale in astonishment, he didn't care about getting his clothes wet in the shower, and just wanted to drag that man out of the bathroom.However, the gentleman is well maintained, his body is bulky, and no matter how hard Yongzi exerts himself, he will not move.The body that has lost consciousness is like a utensil, becoming extraordinarily heavy. "What to do!" Yong Zi was at a loss.She understood that the best course of action was to call a doctor.He stretched out his hand to make a phone call, but stopped in mid-air.Of course the doctor will explore her relationship with the gentleman, and the "half a million deal" will be made public.Although such a high price is quite conceited, it is prostitution after all. In a market where women are up for grabs, gentlemen offer a high price of 500,000 yuan for her natural beauty. This contract cannot be understood by others, but they will judge it as a vicious prostitution incident based on the price. This was unbearable for Yongzi, and she couldn't get 500,000 yen.However, from her point of view, she has her reasons. At the time of "delivery", if the other party cannot withdraw due to unilateral reasons, it is only natural to accept the payment. If she calls the police, she will be prosecuted as a prostitute, the money will be returned, and she may have to be punished as a prostitute. "It's disgusting, maybe others think it's because of me." Yong Zi thought of a bigger possibility.A man who had just passed middle age brought a young woman into a hotel and died suddenly. According to ordinary people's curiosity, they would easily attribute the cause of death to excessive sex.Of course, it is true that this probability is the highest, and it is more out of curiosity. "It's a joke, I didn't even touch it, what should I do?" Although his mind was confused, Yong Zi decided to flee the scene after thinking about it.Self-defense instincts ordered her to do so.As long as you pass in front of the front desk, you'll be fine.Moreover, when she came in, she tried to hide behind the gentleman, so no one should see her face. Yongzi dried her wet clothes with a towel, smoothed her hair, her appearance could barely handle it.After listening to the movement in the corridor, there was silence.She flinched out of the room.Fortunately, no one else was in the elevator. The biggest difficulty was the front desk, there happened to be guests staying, which gave her a great opportunity to go out.It was raining, and the clothes wet from the shower were not very conspicuous. Yong Zi calls to stop an empty car passing by and returns to her home.Gathering your mind in the room, everything you just experienced is unbelievable.However, half a million is in the handbag, which proves that she is not dreaming. Sooner or later a gentleman's body will be found in a hotel room.Yongzi started to pay attention to the headline news the next morning, but neither the TV nor the radio broadcast the relevant news.Neither did the newspapers. Yong Zi waited from that afternoon to night, but there was still no news.Logically speaking, it is impossible.No matter how late it is, after two or three hours after the check-out time, the room supervisor will always come to check the situation.However, for some unknown reason, the news media did not report anything. Two days later and still no news.Sudden death in the hotel, after two full days, the body was not found, it is incredible. Yong Zi was extremely disturbed, and his chest felt like it was cracking.Suddenly, she laughed. "Cough, so that's what happened, I'm really worried." She laughed at the thought of another possibility.No body was found because there was no body.In other words, there were no dead bodies at all. Yongzi, who was not dead, mistakenly thought he was dead, maybe he was just in a coma state, and woke up after Yongzi escaped. For him, he brought a woman into the hotel, but at the critical moment he was completely helpless. Naturally, he would not mention this embarrassment to others, but left the hotel quietly.Losing 500,000 yen, it is not appropriate to say that he suffered on his own, perhaps it can be said to be "self-losing".The matter is so obvious, how can I come to a conclusion so easily.Yong Zi's smile turned into a wry smile. However, if the other party is alive, what should I do with half a million?Due to the other party's personal reasons, the "commodity" failed to be delivered.But even if they meet again, Yong Zi has no intention of repaying him, and he no longer has that emotion. Having had this attack, there is no guarantee that the next "delivery" will not happen, Yong Zi does not want to really kill someone. That body collapsed on the floor like a mollusk, and when he thought of the feeling of touching it, Yong Zi couldn't help but shudder.But she didn't intend to return the half a million.She said to herself that after being so frightened, she deserved the money.She decided to stay as far away from Shibuya and the Park Avenue hotel as possible for now.