Chapter 28 – Chapter 28

I wondered why everyone was so interested in me, but the reality was that it turned off in an instant.
In fact, after having a conversation with Gi-pyo Ahn, I felt his gaze for a moment, but soon everyone was busy doing their own things.

For example, a customer who doesn’t even come today, but he carefully replies to a message that suddenly arrives. Or a polite question asking if you can nominate someone since you haven’t had a lot of customers lately and you don’t have any income… In many ways.

In the first place, the host was a job that was like the king of the end of the service industry.
In a way, it was to receive and eat the big money only with the service, so it was inevitable that more detailed care and management were needed than any other job.
Even more so when the paying customer is a picky woman.

Conversely, if there were no customers to serve, the host was virtually no different from an animated figure decorated in a bar.
Like a doll, you stay at the host bar and kill time, and the day passes without any income coming into your hands.

“Here’s number 16, the No. 16 nominations!”
“Woah!”

Even at the host bar, when a popular host was nominated, the customers sitting in the other seats tended to cheer slightly.
The next time, he bluffs as if he were going to call that man.
However, popular hosts are so expensive that it was not easy to call anyone or lightly.
Nevertheless, women were also crazy about expensive men.
In addition, the hosts who were called at a high price were carrying a huge burden on their shoulders that they had to pay for the money without knowing it.

“Thank you so much for inviting me today, sweet lady.”

For example, such a gruff comment that only Nomaeguk could do was actually the same as having goosebumps all over the body and having a hard time saying it.
Still, what should I do?
There must be some women who feel an orgasm from such greasy comments.

“… Hey, today is a bit difficult. Next time, join us and call us.”

That was what Nomaeguk said, slapping me on the shoulder.
At this, I ate and laughed.

In a way, it was as Ahn Ki-pyo said. If No Mae Guk had messed with me one more time in an atmosphere where it was difficult to accept my apology, as before, we would probably have an irreversible relationship.

Even if it is not our will.
Being a human being, and even being a host, living in this ‘society’ was like that. I couldn’t live my life the way I wanted to.

“Thank you.”
“Damn it.”

Even if I said thank you, I couldn’t help but smile a little as I watched Nomaeguk leave with swearing. If you think about it, that kid must have put in a lot of pressure and pressure in his own way, and put in a lot of effort to continue living as a popular host.

I always felt like I didn’t acknowledge that effort and, conversely, looked down on it.
At that time, I was not afraid of anything.

Drunk with my popularity, drunk with the confidence that I can do anything well… It seemed like he was always drunk.
Couldn’t that be just an old kid?

However, having stood in front of a real child, I have clearly realized what an “Adult” Is.
I also have a reason to become an adult.

[Combination?]

Hapseok refers to a job in which the nominated host takes a friend who is close to him in the form of a bonus and expands or takes care of his network.
It is true that if your job as a host does well, you will make good money, but if you do not do well, you will not be able to make money in the end.

Looking at this, being a host was no different from other jobs.
In the end, it was a way for the guys at the top to monopolize most of the income. There are only a handful of guys who wear luxury goods on foreign cars and even receive presents of officetels or residences.

Other guys ended up getting less money, and there were many cases where they became punching bags to relieve stress for women who were tired of the brutal society.
Of course, I was in a situation where I had to accept even that punching bag.

“…”

In the past, just sitting in the corner of the hall like this would have been so full of appointments and reservations from women that the month-long schedule was so tight.
Now only the cold wind blows.

Really, I thought it was a momentary glory.

‘It’s rather fortunate that I woke up quickly from that fantasy.’

If I had been struggling a little longer in that fantasy, in that sweet illusion, I might not have been able to come up again after falling into a deep place like a swamp.
I blankly looked around.
It wasn’t just the No Merchant Bureau, many hosts were working desperately. I don’t know if someone might think that look is vulgar and dirty, but at least not many people in this room thought that way.
When everyone met face-to-face, I could see that the hosts were also one person after all.

“Yes, yes! So that’s it. No, what my boyfriend said to me.”

Fuck, I don’t know why he’s bragging about his boyfriend his to the host.
Even so, there were numerous women who went to the second round by paying an additional fee to the host if they felt like it.
Seeing this, it was understandable that the hosts gradually developed a sense of rejection toward women.

“Now! One shot, one shot!”
“One shot!”
“You should drink it cold. What a man that is! Our manager will drink better than that!”
“Oh, sorry. Let me show you again!”
“OK! Drink like a man!”

That’s probably a woman who’s been under a lot of stress from her boss her at work. It’s ironic to solve it through the host as it is, but rather, that was a nobleman.

“…”

So, when will my nomination come in?

‘I heard that nominations will come today as well.’

Didn’t the store manager lie to me?
One hour, two hours…

Sitting in the hall, fidgeting with my phone, and throwing darts to make it look like I’m passing the time, so I’m getting a bit of a poop rope too.
It was all the more so because I wanted to go home early.

Originally, when the hosts worked hard, two or three baths a day… So there were even cases where he had sex with a woman once, came in in the morning, and received another guest right away. She drank again with that woman, had sex again in the morning, and spent time with her until evening as it is, then went to work again.

But no matter how much I love sex, and even if sleeping with a woman in bed is a break.
The moment this became ‘work’, the host was bound to get tired.
Energy is energy and physical fatigue is physical fatigue, but the biggest thing was that mental fatigue could not be ignored.

Working that far meant, on the contrary, that if I didn’t go to the second round, I wouldn’t be able to earn a lot of money. It’s the same for men, but also for women… Because you can’t ignore the affection that comes through sex.

‘The nomination fee is actually not a lot of money for the host.’

Considering that the store takes away everything in various ways, the main income of the hosts is eventually tips and bonuses they receive personally when they go to the second round.
Or it was a gift from women.

Now that I think about it, I wonder if we are worthy enough to receive such big gifts, but it seems that women have things that they want to give us endlessly once they fall in love.
In other words, if you hate them once, you could be bullied in an unimaginable way.

“Wow, who is this?”

I think I only heard that guy’s line, ‘Wow, who is this?’ Three times in the two days I went to work.
No, four times?
Is everyone doing something, or is it a fad?

The other thing is that this time it was a woman, not a man, who said that.
By the way…

‘Who is it?’

Even though I checked the voice of a woman I could n’t remember at all, and even the face of her, I could n’t even remember who it was.

“… Can’t you even remember? Even though I brought money and asked to be nominated just once, you coldly refused?”

Even if I said that, I couldn’t remember.
But just by looking at the woman’s voice or atmosphere, I could tell that there were more negative feelings than good feelings for me.
If it was in the past, I wouldn’t have cared about it or not.
No, conversely, the woman who had been rejected by me might have given me even greater embarrassment in front of everyone by saying that she behaved badly.

Ah, so these karma piled up…

“Sorry.”
“Because of what… No, are you not appointing anyone now? Come here, at a time like this or when can we have a drink with the proud Kim Hyun-woo?”
“Nominations, thank you.”

To be honest, my pride was hurt a little bit, and in a way, it was right that I was angry at the way I was treated like a thing or looked down on me.
But I decided to put up with it.
Right now, I also needed an opportunity to let myself know, and it was also true that even a small nomination fee was regrettable.
Because you don’t know what will happen in the future.
Having gone through hell, the sense of crisis came to me all the more.
Above all, I was no longer alone.

“I’m going to spend up to 1,000,000 won today, so please enjoy me the way you want. But wasn’t he the best host here at one time? If you can drink with Kim Hyun-woo for 1 million won, it’s a cheap price.”
“…”

One of the biggest reasons why hosts run away was because of this.
If you are under a lot of stress in many ways, or if you are tired.
If it was me in the past, I might have been annoyed or couldn’t hold back my anger, so I would have run away or crashed into it.

“Thank you for trusting us. We will do our best to make our guests happy.”
“… Yes, try it sometime.”

I’m rather grateful for this.
I think he had bad feelings towards me, but giving me freedom like this meant that this person was not fundamentally a bad person.
There were also many people who put their socks in a keg and fed them all, or put alcohol in their shoes and made them drink.

“Do you like fresh or sweet? Or do you enjoy the true taste of alcohol?”
“Just, well, drink anything.”
“Then I will prepare all three.”

After saying that, I ordered jelly, fruit soju, and beer.
And after bringing a bunch of red vinegar separately, put it on the table, and for snacks, chicken and french fries, and pizza made by the manager.
In the case of the last dish, it was difficult to taste even for the frequent customers of this host bar.

Well, it may not taste better than the pizza sold in the market, and it’s just a normal pepperoni pizza, but in the end, it’s important who makes it in a place like this.
It doesn’t mean that a particularly popular host will make it just because they ask for it, and they won’t do it just because a less popular host asks for it.
Should I say that the manager’s mind is different?

“I want to apologize, so I can ask you a favor.”
“Tsk…”

Ahn Gi-pyo crawled into the kitchen wearing an apron with a strawberry picture on it that didn’t suit him as if he knew it while clicking his tongue. While the snacks were served, I made alcohol using various recipes I had studied.

First of all, in the case of jelly wine, it is important to eat soju because jelly is cool, so I put soju in the refrigerator after feeding it.
The next one was fruit wine, which is often sold in stores.

“I’ll help you with refreshing grapefruit wine.”

Fruit soju 2, and light beer 1.
Lastly, if you add a little red vinegar, it was a fruity wine with a pretty color and a refreshing taste that goes down your throat.

“This is a cup of sincerity with the meaning of an apology. Will you take it?”

I very naturally brought my face close to the woman and was kind enough to hand her the glass and put it in her hand.
Then the woman’s face turns red.

“Go, don’t think that just this will ease your mind already. Okay?”

Apparently, it seemed to be half solved.