I generally paid more (MY decision) than the ask price, often booked them for several hours
and last summer I took quite a number Overnight, alone or in pair or ...by 3, (so those had a GOOD summer ...and ME TOO)
I am known to be very close to one, but I NEVER cared about how much she was making. Not even curious. Only her smile did matter to me.
On things I did to help her, I asked her if there was a susbtantial positive $ impact for her.
For sure yes and she was about to show me all her numbers. I refused. It's none of my business to know that.
I am NOT her "manager" or whatever. She is an entrepreneur. That's it.
I just cared about seeing a GREAT SMILE on her face and having a great time with her (and she was too!) in her room or elsewhere.
Number of "guests" wise: That matters for different reasons.
Some senior members of this forum wrote some years ago about WG and COMING.
If seeing 5, 7 or 10 guests per day, can they come each time?
Absolutely NOT. They would be absolutely exhausted at night and not fully recovered
the next day, so sometimes / most of the times THEY HAVE TO FAKE IT...
So when seeing one during the day, I generally show up before lunch almost first of the day.
If this is an overnight thing, I make sure they have enought time to recover, relax a lot and prepare before we go physical.
Those are the only reason I would care to ask if they have been very busy or not.
In some instances, several...while not having their periods decided to SHUT DOWN and take the day off ...because of sudden rush of work.
There are correlations people miss:
In Sheung Wan (Hing Loong), guests are coming earlier....because somewhere linked to HKEx.
Good stock market = good for business as people are ready to spend $.
Wednesday afternoon is generally quiet...because of races in Happy Valley!
Storm and Phoenix lifts out of order = bad news.
...etc...etc..