WAS IT ALL WORTH IT?

On a bright Saturday morning, after jogging in the morning,Ifetayo stares at the ceiling thinking of business ideas that she can use to earn profit apart from her hairstyling career. After thinking for so long, she decided to scroll through t****k and the first video that pops up was kpop updates. Since 2022,Ife had always loved kpop and was a big fan of TWICE,BP & Stray Kids she doesn't like BTS due to the numerous accusations of not liking blacks, she doesn't like the fandom either. While scrolling, her father calls her and starts to scold her for not doing anything to improve her life financially and she feels so guilty because she depends on her parents for everything as a 20 year old student attending University of Lagos studying Accounting, she know she needs to up her game asap. By the next day, Ife is in school after finishing lectures for the day decides to go home while playing twice music because it helps uplift her mood despite not knowing Korean she sings the song out loud, then a familiar man walks up to her she feels like she has seen him somewhere but sees that he's Korean she then pushed it at the back of her mind. Man: Hi, do you know how I can get to the gate my Uber dropped me off here Ife: Yeah sure, just take this cab and they will take you there Man: Ooh thanks, You like kpop? Ife: Yeah I do got a problem with that? Man: No of course not. But that's nice, ever thought of auditioning. he said with a smirk Ife: Bro where do you think you are Korea? of course I can't audition they don't conduct them here and I obviously can't go there it's quite expensive you know Man: I could help me audition if you want There's a survival show going o. right now and if you're interested I could sponsor you. He pulls out his business card and hands it over to her. Ife looking confused was skeptical but collected it Man: Call me if you're interested And then proceeds to walk away. In her mind, she's thinking, did she just get scouted? Ife couldn't sleep just kept on thinking about the opportunity that presented itself to her is this the opportunity she needs to change her and her family's lives but what if the netizens and media hate her she's not that pretty just average looks she doesn't even dance but she raps and sing in church what would other contestants think of her she doesn't want to be kick out like manon from katseye did and the girls Ghanaian what would they do to a Nigerian she thought about whether her parents are willing to let her go to Korea. then she contemplated calling him but decided to look the survival show up to get more information then sees that they've not started airing yet and that they're still auditioning all over the world to pick 20 from different countries to enter the survival show she decided to look at the sponsors of the show and lo and behold the man who scouted her was part of them and also sees his name and he was Jay Park no wonder he looked familiar she just didn't know him well enough Ife: f**k this! I'm doing it Jap Park sits and drinks with another Korean man in a bar with davido's music plays in the background Jay Park: ( in Korean) wow Nigerian alcohol does taste different Man: ( in Korean) yeah built on some strong stuff, soju doesn't stand a chance They both laugh and drink more then a call came in JP already knows who it was because who doesn't like opportunities JP: Hello Ife: Good evening sir, I'd like for us to meet and discuss the pros and cons of your sponsorship because I cannot just enter a contract first JP: sure