Shen Pingjin has been standing in front, watching Miss Ayu standing quietly in front of the door, and also guessing her thoughts. She just did that kind of thing with the man, it seems that she shouldn't be saying goodbye to him. This matter, There was nothing to say goodbye to. Why didn't she leave?
Shen Pingjin hesitated again and again, and finally opened the door and looked at Miss Ayu, who was standing outside the door with a slightly blue face.
Miss Ayu looked at him with some embarrassment. Then she took out a small roll of money from her pocket, which she had obviously prepared. She quickly stuffed the money into his pocket.
She lowered her head and backed away, bowed to Shen Pingjin again, and said, "Thank you, Mr. Shen. From now on... I'll have to trouble Mr. Shen again. Thank you, thank you." She kept saying it, her voice getting lower and lower. , turned around and left in a hurry.
By noon that day, Shen Pingjin got some information from his friends and neighbors. This information made him understand several things about Miss Ayu.
The first thing is that girl Ayu's mother has been sick and she has several younger siblings. But her father sprained his waist while pulling a cart. In this way, her family was immediately unable to open the fire. Girl Ayu must have been forced by this famine. .
The second thing, the money Miss Ayu gave him was half of what she earned that night.
For the third item, Ayu gave him half, but the remaining money was much higher than that of the top girl in "Meixianglou". Although the money Ayu got could save the immediate crisis, it could not save the long-term. .That’s why Miss Ayu gave him half of the money and asked him to continue introducing customers to her in the future.
Therefore, the fourth thing, Shen Pingjin unexpectedly saw a "business opportunity" from this matter.[
Before liberation, Wuhan was a waterway transportation center and a thoroughfare for ten provinces. Business and trade were prosperous, so there were naturally many prostitutes and prostitutes. In the early years, most prostitutes operated in the Huohuo Road and Qinglian Road areas near Hanzheng Street, and later gradually moved to the rear city. There was development near Ma Road, Xinsheng Road and Dazhimen Station. By the 1930s, prostitutes were everywhere in Wuhan.
The "People's Paradise" on Zhongshan Avenue in Hankou was the place with the largest concentration of prostitutes in those days. It is said that there were twenty or thirty large and small prostitutes' houses, and four to five hundred prostitutes solicited customers in the paradise every day. The number of prostitutes in these prostitutes' houses ranged from two to three. There are many famous ones, but the scale is not very big.
Local elders said that there were more than 20 prostitutes in the "Meixiang House" located on Simenmen Street in Jiangbian. It was the largest and most high-end prostitution house in Wuhan at that time. Most of the wealthy and high-ranking officials entertained distinguished guests here.
Although Wuhan's business is developed, it is not easy for prostitutes to make money, because there is triple exploitation by the "government", the police, and gangs, plus the prostitute bosses also want to make dirty money. Therefore, in the end, it falls into the hands of prostitutes. The money is very little.
Therefore, although Miss Ayu gave half of the hard-earned money she earned in one night to Shen Pingjin, she ended up with more money than the top prostitute in "Meixiang Tower" because there was no "middle layer".
As a result, some prostitutes have to work as secret prostitutes in order to earn more money, also called "secret prostitutes".
There are two situations for this "secret prostitute". One is to work alone. They either sit and wait at home, or go out to solicit clients. If they can wait for a client or attract a client, they can make a business. The other is to be hired by a pimp. Although there is still a "middle layer" for fiber drawing, there are more clients than those who sit and wait at home, and it is easier than those who go out to solicit clients.
The "business opportunity" Shen Pingjin saw was this pimp business.
Shen Pingjin is a very shrewd person. After careful consideration, he "operated" this business.
He quickly found several girls. Some, like Ayu, were forced by life. Some were originally prostitutes and switched to his service. Some were students or employed female staff. He wanted to earn some money to support his family. After having these girls, Shen Pingjin started looking for customers for these girls in his circle of friends.
Unexpectedly, a few days later, bad reactions came back to him.
Some friends complained, saying who the girl you are looking for is, she is worse than the beggar on the street. Some friends said that the girl you introduced demands money as soon as she walks in, and she bargains in vain. Some friends even said, your girl is like a fucking dead person when she gets into bed, and she is still urging me to finish the job quickly. She has no professional ethics at all. Do I dare to find a girl like this in the future? Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait He gave me a good scolding.
Shen Pingjin only needed to think about it to understand what was going on.
The most unsafe profession in the world is probably that of prostitutes, especially those who work as "secret agents". What they fear most is that customers will default on their bills. Therefore, it is understandable that she always asks for money as soon as she enters the door. In addition, Prostitutes do business almost because of the pressure of life. They exchange the most shameful part of themselves for money, naturally hoping to get more money. He can understand this. However, they do it like this It's bad, but it makes Shen Pingjin angry.
So, he immediately recruited all these girls into his home. As soon as he opened his mouth, he scolded them and even said some unpleasant words.[
The girls were either sitting on stools or leaning against the wall, with their heads lowered and their lips pouted, not saying a word.
Shen Pingjin glared at them. After all, he was a sensible person and knew that scolding like this was not the answer. As mentioned before, he had experienced it in Fireworks Alley and knew the various ways those prostitutes dealt with their customers. He thought about it. There is no other way but to teach these girls.
So, he also slowed down and said seriously: "You must not think of yourselves as bitches and make earning money to support your family a despicable thing. You must remember that you are from a good family." Women are good female students, but they are doing this for the first time because they are in a hurry. You should let the guests know that you are all girls from good families. Do you understand this truth? "
Next, Shen Pingjin had to teach her from scratch. From the moment the girl came in, how to respond, how to get close, how to lower her head and smile, how to attract customers. When the customer wanted to get started, how to refuse, how to struggle, and how to earn money. Go, stay in the guest's arms, etc., teach and guide one by one.
The key point is to act like you are doing this for the first time. Another key point is to make the guests think about you and think about you, so they will give you more money. Wait, wait. Another step. Some teaching.
As for the skills in bed, he naturally needed to be taught and guided. Shen Pingjin had no choice but to go shirtless and demonstrate with his whole body. The first person to be called to the bed was Miss Ayu.
At that time, Miss Ayu was still a "baby" and refused to take off her clothes in front of everyone. Shen Pingjin ordered all the girls to take off their clothes. Most of them were veterans and didn't care about anything. After a while, they all took off their clothes. They took off their clothes, formed a circle, and stood beside the bed.
Starting from the girl Ayu, we called the girls one by one to get on the bed to demonstrate. What about "getting off the horse right away", what about "playing the flute in the front and back in the court", what about the "thirty-six postures", what about "pretending to be shy and being petty" , "playing, playing, singing", etc., they all gave instructions and practiced it again, and did it for real.
Thanks to Shen Pingjin who was young and in good health at the time, he was able to cope with all this training.
The girls just laughed "chichi" at first, never seeing a man having to deal with so many women. Later, they changed their attitude and became serious. One by one, they climbed onto the bed to learn the "techniques".
Shen Pingjin finally said: "From now on, you are not allowed to ask for money as soon as you enter the door, let alone bargaining. After you are done, the guests will definitely give you money. It depends on your ability to give more or less. If there are repeat customers, explain it If you are good at what you do, you will naturally earn more. You earn money to support your family, right?"
When it comes to supporting the family, the girls also become silent. This is almost their only purpose.
Shen Pingjin added: "How many more years can you continue to work? Why not make more money while you are young and accumulate some capital for a small business in the future?"
The girls were so hurt by what he said that they had to change their minds. From then on, when they came to the door to receive guests, they were completely different. They tried hard to look like a female student, or like a good young woman from a good family, or maybe Like a female employee who accidentally went to sea to relieve her temporary difficulties. As for her skills in bed, she has also improved, which is very satisfactory to some customers. Some friends said to Shen Pingjin: "The girl you introduced is really good. , Brother, I shot her twice but couldn't cure her. I'll look for her next time."
Shen Pingjin only solicits customers for girls in his circle of friends. This has an important purpose, which is to keep it secret. He does not want to attract the attention of the police or gangs and then kill them with a knife.
When the girls earned money, they naturally handed over half of it to him, just like Miss Ayu did. But they all knew that the rest of their hard-earned money would be more than those big-name prostitutes earned.
Shen Pingjin became a pimp, which was of great help to his brokerage business. However, although the money he earned from the business was a lot, it was negligible to him. It was really just a small sum.
Such good days lasted until the liberation of the country. Shen Pingjin was a smart man and had a clear understanding of the Communist regime that he had heard about for a long time. His business might not be popular. Therefore, he immediately stopped. , and told his girls to go home and stay well and not to cause trouble for themselves.
Just as Shen Pingjin expected, although the new regime tolerated prostitution at first, as soon as the Wuhan Municipal Public Security Bureau entered the city, it immediately announced the "Prostitution Management Measures" and imposed many restrictions on the prostitution industry.
By September 1952, the Wuhan Municipal Public Security Bureau and the Civil Affairs Bureau, following the instructions of the Central and Southern Administrative Committee, jointly issued a notice to "abolish the prostitution system and protect people's health." All prostitutes were banned and banned, and all prostitutes were banned. Some guilty prostitute owners were dealt with harshly.
