As we all know, Japan is a country with great employment pressure.
Someone once asked this question on Zhihu:
Why do many men drive home and have to sit in the car for a long time before going upstairs?
There is an answer to it: Many times I don’t want to get off the car either because that is a dividing point.
Push the car door and you are the food, the father, the son, and the husband, but you are not yourself.
After adulthood, it seems that everything is difficult to return to innocence, all it has is the responsibility on your shoulders and the dreams far away.
This situation has been on an upward trend in Japan like pressure.
In Japan, 30,000 people choose to commit suicide every year due to too much pressure, and even die suddenly at work.
In this case, Japan gave birth to a special profession: a drink girl.
The name of the profession of accompaniment girl is ambiguous in the word "accompaniment". Most people may think that the profession of accompaniment girl is a vulgar industry that cannot be promoted.
But the actual situation is not what everyone thinks.
In Japan, the profession of drinking is very popular. On countless nights when you want to solve your worries and get drunk, drinking is definitely a good choice for men/women.
Don’t think too complicated about the profession of drinking. This job that may not be so decent in your eyes, but is very popular.
Tokyo Institute of Culture once conducted a survey on 1,154 female high school students. The results showed that among the 40 most yearning for careers, the number of accompanying women ranked 12th, and the other ones were civil servants ranked 18th and nurses ranked 22nd.
The working hours are very long, the income is unstable, and the workplace is gender discriminatory. The career environment for Japanese women is very difficult.
So they make a living in a nightclub with rich income, relatively free and beautiful clothes, which makes them yearn for even more.
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Japan's "Wine Accompanying Culture" has always been very popular. Men like to talk about business and cooperation at the wine table.
On the other hand, they also like to express their hearts and relieve stress.
The two sides just reached a supply and demand match, and the market was opened.
So what exactly does the Japanese "petitioner (male)" do?
Simply put, it means drinking and chatting with customers.
But in fact, it does not involve physical services.
can be said to be "only selling skills but not selling yourself".
Suppose that a drinker works 6 hours a day and receives about 10 to 13 customers a day. If you work five days a week, you will receive nearly 3,000 customers a year.
Among these more than 3,000 people, most of them are those who meet for the first time.
also wants to make customers feel happy, healed, leave the store with satisfaction, and even have the idea of coming back next time. This is an art.
As the saying goes, it is better to match men and women, and you won’t be tired of working.
In the Japanese wine companion circle, there are two masters, and in the "myth" of the two people have been circulating in the "Jianghu" of Kabuki .
People will describe them as industry benchmarks:
"In the wine circle, men have Roland, women have Aizawa."
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How famous are these two people? Take Aizawa for example.
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On March 29 and 30, 2019, she bid farewell to the identity of a drink girl and held a grand retirement ceremony.
That day, men were wearing suits and women were dressed in grand dresses, and the red carpet paved with bouquets of celebration sounded shutters beside the road. Everyone had only one purpose: to attend the retirement ceremony of Kabuki Queen Aisawa Emiri.
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After the retirement activity of only two days ended, the sales of her nightclub "Forty Five" reached an astonishing 250 million yen (about 16.4 million RMB).
Japanese civilians' evaluation of her is:
"Modern Cindrira", which is the real version of Cinderella.
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As a drinker, she has not been criticized, but has become the "inspirational representative" that everyone calls. All this cannot be separated from her efforts.
If you chew on Aizawa's struggle history repeatedly, you may be able to find a place to resonate with it.
She was born into a wealthy family and decided to go to society alone in 2018. After encountering various obstacles, her relationship with her boyfriend at that time broke down.
At that time, she thought her boyfriend was everything, but unfortunately she encountered emotional setbacks.
The boyfriend drove her out of the house. She will always remember that night, walking alone on the road with a big box. There was no place to take her in the huge city. The only money left on
is not enough to support her in renting a place where she can stay. At the age of 20, Aizawa, who had nothing, decided to make changes before he officially entered the winery industry.
It was from then on that, she decided to rely on herself and not rely on any man to live in this life.
She first entered the winery industry and knew nothing, but for her dream, she began to study and study the winery culture crazily.
How hard does she work?
She often takes notes to the other party’s drinking preferences or habits, she writes them down. Not only that, she also writes down the other party’s birthday so that she can send blessings in the future.
In many drunken and vomiting late at night, Aizawa thought of giving up, but after she woke up, she gave up the idea of giving up.
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Day after day, year after year, finally becoming a benchmark figure in the industry.
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Not only that, I have been immersed in the winery industry for many years, Aizawa is also very business-oriented. In addition to the label of the winery, the labels surrounding her include models and the founder of the clothing brand Emiria Wiz.
Her best performance is: a person sold 30 million yen (about 1.93 million yuan) of wine in one night.
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And she runs the self-created clothing brand Emiria Wiz with annual sales of up to 1.5 billion yen (about 100 million RMB), with exclusive online stores and many chain stores.
This "princess style celebrity luxury brand" with extremely popular popularity in Japan has been constantly trying to acquire and merge, but Aizawa refused.
And her money-making ability also means that she can have a good material life. Whether it is a luxury car, an apartment in Ginza, Tokyo, and countless luxury accessories, they are all obtained through her efforts. The modern "Cinderella" is well deserved.
Many people don’t understand Aizawa’s emiri’s experience, and think that her counterattack history must be accompanied by many stains and unspoken rules, and her gorgeous clothes and luxury cars will inevitably leave a frivolous impression.
But in fact, the motto of this drinker is "trying hard not betrayal". She is regarded as a role model by many young women. She is a capital slash youth: drinker, fashion magazine model, and company owner are all her personalities.
As early as when Emiri Aizawa was a drink girl, she began to develop in a variety of ways. She can get from being a cunning girl to being prosperous now. Do you think she doesn’t work hard? Surely impossible.
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Speaking of his first half of his life experience, Aizawa said bluntly:
"I am very grateful for the experience my first love brought to me. Without his cruelty at the time, there would be no my present.
That is when I started, at the age of 20, I decided to work hard and live a good life."
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may also be said that drinking is nothing more than drinking. It is so simple. This woman can reach the peak of her life by drinking without betrayal of her looks, and it is impossible for men to get ahead.
If some people have to stick to this, there is nothing wrong with it. If you think it is difficult to make money, you think that the ugly face of others' money is the most disgusting.
It may not be realistic to say that she did not rely on others, but it is too naive to say that she can reach the peak of her life by just drinking and selling her looks.
Beautiful + drinking can never be linked to betrayal and selling color. Sometimes admitting that others' success is a kind of affirmation of one's own perception.
Moreover, the profession of drinking is not as simple as imagined.
First of all, it is listening ability, and you must be very good at listening to these guests.
When guests brag, you should cater to the right time;
When guests complain, you should communicate with them with heart;
When guests complain, you should share the same hatred.
In order to chat with customers, Japanese drink lovers read 5 newspapers every day and read 20 books a month. Otherwise, how could you be able to get in the conversation if you are a frog in the well when you are chatting with the senior officials.
also needs to take customer notes, and you must organize and memorize the birthdays, preferences, and what you said by regular customers.
You have to keep in touch with customers on weekdays and send emails to greet the other party from time to time: Remember to wear more clothes when the weather is cold!
Always pay attention to the situation of the wine table and add wine to the guests while chatting.
Remember to wipe the excess water droplets on the cup, etc. If someone talks less among the guests, remember to have the skills to take the initiative to talk to others, so as not to neglect the other party.
All kinds of details must be made to make customers feel good about you. For example, sometimes when you work late, the customer will give you a taxi fare and let you take a taxi home.
At this time, you must remember to put the remaining money in the envelope with the taxi and return it to the customer next time you meet it. This will gain the favorability of your guests.
Having said so much, some people may still think that drinking is a very indecent profession. To put it bluntly, it is disgraceful. Everyone has different values, so there is no need to force this.
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There is no distinction between high and low career itself.
Although many people still look down on Aizawa in life, this does not prevent her from becoming a better self and living a life that many people envy in this life.
This is achieved through her efforts, and you and I are not qualified to judge too much.
