Pillow sales are real! Gravure idols experienced, saw and heard about “sex entertainment and pillow sales in the entertainment industry”.

I’ve been invited to be a pillow biter, and I’ve been suspected of being a pillow biter.

Last month, popular gradol Momoka Hayashida (24) announced that she was giving up her career in show business. The reason for this was the “painful situation” she revealed on SNS. The details are as follows.

The president of the office with which we have a business tie-up with has been acting inappropriately toward me, and has been accusing me of having a liking for the president.

When he told the company that he wanted to leave, he was told that the only way was to retire, and even though he was still under contract, he was turned down for work offers that came his way without permission.

Ms. Hayashida then revealed the heartbreaking truth that she was suspected of being a “pillow salesman,” a charge that never occurred to her.

The author (Sarie Yoshizawa), who has not been working as a gradol for most of her career and calls herself a “bottom gradol,” first thought upon seeing this post was, “Is this still happening? …….

I have been rubbing the pillow talk for a long time and still talk about it on YouTube and other media. Pillow sales are real.

I have seen people doing it, I have been asked to do it, and I have seen people cry because of it.

Like Ms. Hayashida, I have also been accused of not being a pillow talker.

For example, if the author were able to publish a photo book now, it would not be surprising if people would say, “Did you have a pillow fight?” But if the author were able to publish a photo book now, it would not be surprising to hear, “It’s strange that you get so many jobs as a writer!　It’s a pillow fight!” and rolled over when she found out that some of them were saying, “I’m not a writer. I’d like to see if there are any women who are writers and have a pillow fight.

Even this bottom-of-the-barrel grad student has been asked to be part of pillow fights many times. Here are some of the most memorable (!?!) episodes. I would like to share with you a particularly memorable (!) episode.

If I find you sexy, I will give you a regular terrestrial TV show.

About eight years ago, when I was on a temporary leave of absence from my grad school career, I was suddenly invited by the president of an agency that had several celebrities who were also active in variety shows at the time.

He said, “I’m meeting with an important sponsor, so I’ll introduce you to Sarie-chan!

With these words, I headed for a high-class hotel in the Akasaka area.

Surprised by the 2,000 yen per cup milk tea, I tried not to be buried in the crowd of girls who had been invited to the meeting. Perhaps it was because of my efforts that I was later invited to be a sponsor. I was to revisit this luxury hotel with my swimsuit, but the day before the event, the president suddenly couldn’t come.

But curiosity got the better of my sense of urgency, and I headed off on my own.

If I find you sexy, I’ll give you a regular terrestrial TV spot!　I’ll do a photo book!”

I was more shocked (and a little amused) that the sponsor was also in a bathrobe while I was changing in the bathroom. At any rate, I continued to strike sexy poses, and I kept on going in circles around the room, defending myself well so as not to be touched by the creeping sponsors. It was the strangest chase of my life.

When I returned, he was also dressed, and there was 30,000 yen on the desk as a “car allowance.

A new talent at a face to face meeting became a regular on terrestrial TV.

Afterwards, I received a devilish phone call from the president, “What have you done to me! He was furious and asked, “What?　Can I be on TV?” I pretended to be the strongest idiot I could muster. To my surprise, a new talent from the president’s office who was at the meeting was chosen to be a regular member of a terrestrial TV program.

She was pretty enough, but not so pretty that she could suddenly be on the same level as a well-known comedian on terrestrial TV. The thought crossed my mind for a moment, “If I had sex with that sponsor, could I have been in the show?

However, the show ended easily after one season, and she did not do anything remarkable after that, and I can no longer remember her face or name. I don’t know if she was a pillow biter or if she was able to appear on the show because some of the people she gathered, like myself, were on a suicide mission and were forced to do pillow bites on her behalf – I don’t know.

The scariest part was what happened to the president who set up the face to face meeting.

About a year later, the author, who was even more at the bottom of the heap than I am now, was asked, “Where are you now, Sarie-chan?　He called me and said, “I need to borrow some money.

I was working part-time at a snack bar in Nakano, and I couldn’t make ends meet with just being a grad student and writer. When I received the call, it was just before work. When I answered, “I don’t have any money,” the caller replied, “10,000 yen is fine. No, 5,000 yen, even 2,000 yen. …… I’ll go to the store to pick it up. ……” He persistently pleaded with me.

I told him, “My mom is very strict, so I don’t want to give money to someone who is not a customer. ……” He gave up, but I was shocked. I was shocked that the president of the company, who had an office in a huge building and was meeting me at a restaurant where a cup of tea costs 2,000 yen, would want to borrow 2,000 yen. …… Well, it had nothing to do with pillow sales, but it was a moment when I witnessed his decline and made up my mind to work seriously and not to take on too sweet a deal, even though the job has many ups and downs.

To be in a boys’ magazine is a dream come true for Gradol.

Although the details are different from Ms. Hayashida’s case, I have also had an experience where I was turned down for a job that came my way without my permission. This is a sad story, but I think it is a very “common” story.

It was during the summer vacation of my senior year of college. I was scheduled to participate in a kind of overnight camp to earn credits required for graduation. The president of the office I belonged to at the time asked me about my schedule for the middle day of the camp just in time.

Is this day free?”

I thought to myself, “If it’s a meeting, I’d like it to be on another day, but if it’s a photo shoot, I’ll make it work even if I have to get out of the office. He replied, “Okay, then. I had a bad feeling about this, so I replied several times, “If it’s a photo shoot, I can go! I replied a few times, “If it’s for a photo shoot, I can go!

After the camp was over without incident, I met with the president, who told me, “The last time I heard about your schedule was for a photo shoot for a boys’ magazine!　Sarie said she couldn’t come, so I sent it to another newcomer, but she had a great time with the editor and might be invited back,” he said gleefully.

I panicked.

To be in a shounen magazine was one of my dreams as a grad student. And, moreover, it was a dream that I had given up on, hoping that it would be a job that would never come my way, since I was not a legitimate, exposed girl. It was outrageous that he would come to me by name and dump me on another woman without telling me exactly what the job would be.

I hurled abusive language at the president, but he replied, “I told you that if I asked you about your schedule, you should consider it a job, didn’t I?　He retorted, “You’re the one who answered, ‘It depends on the content,’ because we have a training camp, right, Sarie? Frankly, I even wanted to kill him. The president told the newcomer’s parents, “I definitely want to sell the product!　I want to create a legitimate idol,” he continued.

I hid the fact that Sarie Yoshizawa was a member of our agency. Parents would be worried if they thought they would be made to wear such a tiny bikini.”

The fact that I did not immediately say, “I’m available!” It must have been convenient for the boss that I did not immediately say, “I’m available! It was more than 20 years ago, but I still hold a grudge against him.

I have talked about myself for a long time, but there are many stories like this other than my own. When I asked “Mr. A for this job,” I was told, “Mr. A has already left the office, so please give it to Mr. B.” There were certainly times when I was told, “Mr. A has already left the office, so please give it to Mr. B. There were also times when the response was, “Please choose B,” without any reason. This is not only my experience, but from a magazine editor,

I asked for C-chan, but they pushed for D-chan, and I ended up asking for D-chan, but then I found out on SNS on the day of the shoot that C-chan was off, and if she was off, I wanted to interview C-chan (giggles). Even though we are the same manager, when I submit a job request to E-chan, she doesn’t respond at all, but with F-chan, I get a quick response.”

There were many times when I heard something like this. I understand that people put a lot of effort into sales for people they are comfortable with, people who are motivated, and people who are likely to grow. But when it comes to a job that comes to you by appointment, you have an obligation to ask the person in question if he or she is willing to do it.

If they say, “It’s too difficult from an exposure standpoint,” or “It’s not our policy,” that’s understandable, but if they turn down a job because of personal feelings, then they don’t need an entertainment agency, do they? Either way, they’re going to take a percentage out of your guaranty.

I think it would be nice if there was a system whereby the offer is confirmed not only by the agency but also by the individual. Frankly, I don’t think that would be that difficult. In the first place, wouldn’t it be a negative thing for a company to have personal feelings toward a successful artist like Ms. Hayashida and make her unable to work?　It should be a win-win situation for both parties to motivate her to do more work in a healthy way. Sorry for the lengthy and pompous ramblings from the bottom of the barrel.

At any rate, I hope she can rest her mind and get active again.