“Yomo” April 2021, 29th edition.

Hello, AHO!
It’s a new year, and I’m sure many of you have started your new lives.

I’d like to share one of the most shocking breakups I’ve had in my life, so I’d like to share it with you.

It was the end of March, about four years ago.
At the end of March, about four years ago, I received a phone call from a junior colleague who was ten years younger than me and whom I had been taking care of for about two years.
He said, “I’d like to talk to you before I go to Tokyo, do you have a minute?

The last time I met the girl was about a month ago.
The last time I saw her was about a month ago, and we didn’t have anything serious to talk about.
I wondered if there was something wrong with her that she suddenly contacted me on the phone, especially since she had already decided to move to Tokyo with her band. At any rate, I made some assumptions about the question and headed for the meeting place on the day of the meeting while thinking about the answer.

The meeting place was at Osaka station.
When I met the girl, she seemed to be in a different mood than usual.
Thank you for meeting me today.
After a brief greeting, we arrived at the Mercedes Benz Cafe in Grand Front Osaka, a place where you can drink coffee while looking at Mercedes Benz, which made no sense at all.

What we talked about was the same as usual, music and bands.
I didn’t understand why we were talking at this point in time, and why we were talking at an incomprehensible Mercedes Benz Cafe.

“Do you know how much Rolex’s annual sales are?

I had no idea what that meant.
But then I realized.

I’ve fallen for a multilevel marketing scheme.

It’s true that we usually communicate with each other on LINE, but he suddenly contacted me by phone. This is a common method of multilevel marketing.
However, I was completely caught off guard because I thought it would be a sudden call from someone I don’t usually contact.
I also didn’t expect such a solicitation from someone 10 years younger than me.

While I was thinking about this, the girl spoke to me in a faltering manner, using solicitation phrases and unfamiliar horizontal letters that she must have been taught at a multilevel marketing company.
I wondered if she honestly thought she could recruit with this kind of thing.

I just found the situation a little amusing, so I listened to her while giving her a proper talking-to.

And then.
“I’d like to explain in more detail, so can I call my senior?

There he is!
This is a common method of multilevel marketing.

My curiosity got the better of me, and I was invited.

Ten minutes later, a man in a stylish suit appeared.
He was three years younger than me, worked in the video industry, and also worked as a multi-tasker.
Apparently, he was the one who had done the music video for the band of the girl who had invited me.

He talked to me endlessly about his dissatisfaction with his current income, about unearned income, and about Robert Kiyosaki’s “Rich Dad, Poor Dad”.
Frankly speaking, the two people who were recruiting me, including this girl, were extremely bad at talking. To be honest, I couldn’t help but wonder why they were running a multilevel marketing business.

When I had settled down after listening to their boring stories, I sat down in the bathroom and the girl came with me.
She brought out a mouthwash that was sold in a multi-purpose store.
I actually used it, but it was just a normal mouthwash. And for me, who usually uses Listerine, the stimulus was too little and not enough. I heard that it cost about 3,000 yen.
After that, I listened to the girl and the senior who had brought her for about three hours, and then we had to break up because it was closing time.

After I left the store, fed up with having spent the most meaningless time of my life, I received a message from the senior that the girl had brought with her.

The girl is trying to do her best with this, so please don’t tell too many people about it.

Thinking that it was hopeless for a band member who was going to move to Tokyo to work hard as a multi-instrumentalist, we broke up that day.

When I got home, I was tired, but I felt an indescribable emotion.
I felt betrayed by my junior colleague who had been taking care of me so well, and I was excited to have been properly recruited by a multilevel marketing company for the first time.
However, the feeling of betrayal won out and I cried afterwards.
I honestly never thought I would feel this way in my life.

That day, I told the girl that I would no longer be in contact with her and asked her to cut ties with me, and I blocked and deleted all her information.

I heard from a rumor that the girl was doing well in her band in Tokyo.
I was relieved, but at the same time, I was worried that she might still be doing multiband activities.

How was it?
The worst breakup of my life.

There’s a lot of new people to meet in this new environment, but let’s make sure we’re discerning and building good relationships!