All Woman and Springtime by Brandon Jones

Author:Brandon Jones [Jones, Brandon]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Historical
ISBN: 9781616200770
Publisher: Algonquin
Published: 2012-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

46

THE WOMAN STOOD FOR a long moment, looking from Gi to Il-sun to Cho and back again. It seemed to Gi that she was appraising them, but in a completely different way than Mr. Choy had. “Chosun?” she finally asked. They nodded at her. The woman’s face was unreadable, though some deep thought seemed to ripple there. “Let’s bring some chairs in here. This might take a while,” she sighed. It was difficult to tell if she was feeling put out or just sad. They followed her into the office, where they found some folding chairs and took them into the video room. They set them up in a loose circle and sat down.

“My name is Jasmine,” she said after a long pause.

“Jasmine?” asked Il-sun. It was unusual name.

“Most of the girls here go by English names. It’s to make it easier for our international customers.” She paused again, and then continued, “I have seen quite a few Chosun girls come through here. Do you know why you’re here?” she asked. The women did not respond. “I mean, do you know what Mr. Choy wants you to do?”

“Well, he wanted me to dance in front of the camera,” Cho replied.

“Do you know why he wants you to do that?” No one spoke, so she answered her own question. “It’s because he makes a lot of won every time you do. Did he show you the website?”

The women nodded.

“Did he show you the whole website, or just the page with the girls dancing with their clothes on?”

“Just that page,” said Cho.

“I thought so. You didn’t volunteer for this, did you? You are here illegally, and now you don’t have any choice but to do this, right?”

The women looked at each other, then Il-sun nodded.

Jasmine gazed at the floor, a significant look crossing over her face, but its meaning was indiscernable. “Look, you’re not going to be wiggling your ass in front of the camera with your clothes on. You need to know that right up front. Mr. Choy may post those cute little videos as teasers on his website, but there isn’t any money in it. He may tell you that you have the option to do whatever work you want to do, but ultimately he will make you do what he wants you to. The only reason you are here is to make money for Mr. Choy: otherwise he wouldn’t have bothered with you. It’s better that you know that now, rather than finding out when he makes you do something that you don’t want to do. My advice to you: Do whatever he tells you to. He’s dangerous when he gets angry. Trust me, whatever it is he asks of you will be a whole lot better than the consequences if you don’t. I’ve seen girls beaten. Badly. If you do what he asks, you may not like it, but at least you won’t get hurt. Do you understand?”

The women looked pale. Cho nodded.

“With that said, once you get used to this business, it really isn’t as bad as you might think.

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