I am the "Newbie" there on this forum (~1Y in) and I don't always get "consensus"
BUT did you READ ...
@petertsang1985 post dated 28/6/2022
before whining?
"I would like to regretfully inform everyone that I contacted her and she has said that she is now in an exclusive monthly arrangement now."
That's clear.
That is no fairy tale; that is perfectly realistic.
FYI quite a number of (local) Freelancers / Wanchai bars girls have "folded" or "hedged their bets"
considering how bad the situation was for THEM end of 2020 and in 2021.
I know AT LEAST 3 Wanchai bar girls very well that have adapted to:
* Full time BF status (I "hedged" her for weeks before...and happy for her she found a long term BF),
* Run a massage / bang shop,
* Work in "normal" business leveraging her connections in her country of birth
(in 2021, she inked an exclusive "shelter deal" with one of her regular clients, kind of classic).
Many of those ladies had long time (not struggling with $ ) regular clients that seeing the mess end of 2020 ..."HEDGED THEM"
at first sign of troubles for them...and it was not abusive / predatory behavior, just common sense to help those who entertained them for yearS.
Even a Walk-Up inked an offsite "exclusive agreement" in Feb-April 2022 when Omicron was striking hard.
Many only worked on bookings OFFLINE with regular clients.
A Park'N Shop attitude seems simple,
but a little bit of "caring" for them (Walk-Up or Bar Girls) can make a HUGE difference for them in such shxt times.
I am not trying to pass an "ethic" message or some "moral"
but if ....in really shxt times ...nobody helps those, then when it's back to some "normal" situation, there is a kind of vaccuum.
If the band has been starving for months, it is unlikely they sing to entertain anybody when it's back to "normal".