The most popular time for public guests was during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Although there are some later, such as the Three Kingdoms period, many people kept public guests, but it was far less exciting than the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.
Since you want to be a doorman, you must understand what a doorman is.
Door-guest is essentially a personal attachment relationship. Door-guest is loyal to the Lord and solves problems for him. However, this dependence is very loose. The relationship between subject and object is not so much employment as investment. The Lord does not expect guests to do daily chores, but hopes that guests can play a role at critical moments. And the public status is very high, often mocking the host or patting the ass and leaving without saying a word.
However, it should be noted that the people only have the obligation to be loyal to the Lord, but not to the regime. For example, in order to avenge Zhi Bo, Yurang assassinated Zhao Xiangzi three times. However, Zhi Bo and Zhao Xiangzi were nobles of the State of Jin ... The motive of Yurang's assassination was Zhi Bo himself, not the State of Jin.
Therefore, the criteria for being a public guest are:
1. Be loyal to the individual, not the regime or the collective. Therefore, military personnel and consulting experts hired by enterprises cannot be counted as doormen, because they are loyal to the collective.
2. Engage in irreplaceable and very important work. Although ordinary servants and housekeepers are loyal to individuals, these jobs are too replaceable. It is not highly irreplaceable that one servant can do what another servant does. But assassins and lobbyists are different. In addition to confidants, even the children and wives of nobles can't know the details of these jobs.
So, if you want to be a guest of contemporary society, you need:
1. A "boss" who is willing to send you money.
2. Provide extremely important services to your Lord.
3. Not affiliated with any organization or collective (except the company managed/founded by itself).
Occupations that meet these conditions, commonly known as:
White gloves.
For example, Ding Shumiao is to Liu Zhijun.
Of course, all we're talking about here are senior customers.
In the pre-Qin period, the relationship between teachers and teachers was not a simple employment relationship. They may be a group of people with common goals and common pursuits, or they may be soul mates.
"Knowing that Bo sees the minister with a national scholar, the minister will serve the country."
"A scholar dies as a confidant, and a woman is her lover."
These words came from the mouth of the public, and they did the same. They are by no means taking other people's money to eliminate disasters. Famous people in history are not pursuing material things, but moral satisfaction and self-worth, and often they don't even know how to be flexible.