Rumor: Chinese Mogul, Who Likes Masks, Hires Porn Star for 15 Years
A Japanese former porn star has agreed to a 15-year, $8 million contract to become the exclusive “personal assistant” of an anonymous Chinese businessman, the tabloid Nikkan Gendai reported this week.
Rola Misaki, 22, made her video debut in 2012 and quickly became one of China’s favorite Japanese porn performers, rivaling even the ultra-famous Sora Aoi (star of—and this is a real thing—Big Tits Zombie) in popularity. Misaki is actually bigger in China than she ever was in Japan—she has 4.8 million followers on the popular Chinese social media platform Sina Weibo.
Now she’s retired from the adult video game, although there is speculation that her new “monopoly” contract with the mystery millionaire includes “intimate relations,” according to the Tokyo Reporter.
The man’s identity remains a secret—he wore a mask when appearing on stage with Misaki at a recent event promoting an online game—but a source in the Chinese media told tabloids he’s in the entertainment industry and owns property worth “several hundred million dollars.”
“At events, his behavior includes giving million-dollar tips to participants.”
“‘Nooo! She can’t leave us like this,” said one porn fan on Sina Weibo, according to Metro, which reports that’s a pretty typical reaction among Misaki’s followers.
But she’s an adult human being, and she can do whatever she wants, even it’s marrying-not-marrying some ludicrously wealthy masked weirdo.
Update: It looks like this story may be a bunch of fanciful bullshit. The millionaire, who apparently goes by “Serious Man” online, has denied the tabloid reports on social media, writing (according to a really rough Google translation):
“Today, to get up early to see the news, how ignorant I become nurturing Actress Tyrant purely fabricated a further half million!??!! 7 pm I met at a conference Takizawa Laura, live greetings, photo, interactive, all the requirements should be made to mobilize the atmosphere moderator I had this serious statement, I did not and. now there is no such intention! this is completely untrue! Some people do not discredit me!”
Update 2 (5/19): According to the Shukan Post, an industry insider said the masked man started the rumor as a publicity stunt to bolster his own reputation.
