It was about 10 PM. I get off the plane
and call my mom:
- Call the police if I don't call you again in 2 hours
- Come on! Don't scare me!
- No no I'm joking , but I'm going to
meet with some people and all in all I don't know what to expect.
I didn't want my mom to tell me I shouldn't be "looking for internet ads that are trying to recruit prostitutes".
The meeting was held in Wroclaw at the
headquarters of Song and Dance. It turned out that the people I had an appointment with a very cool, couple around 50.
Unfortunately, I felt that something was wrong from the
beginning...
In fact, they had already hired ANOTHER
singer!
Apparently their Japanese partners had been pressuring them, and they had no choice but to quickly find a girl. I couldn't be there before Thursday, whereas they had to
confirm a singer on Monday.
I broke down, because my fault was that I was in Poland too late, and
I had become really excited
about this work!
The meeting, however, was a success. I sang, we talked, and it was obvious that they liked me. They seemed a bit disappointed that I came so late. Then they asked if I wanted to
go to Japan the year after. They said that my voice would fit the Japanese tastes and that my blonde hair would be a touristic attraction by itself.
In the end they decided that if
something would go wrong with the current singer, or if she would quit, I would be her replacement. They had some doubts about her, because she graduated, moved to the U.S. and it
wasn't known whether she would return to poland in September.
Wether I would enventually go or not, I had to prepare my high school diploma translated, my passport and other documents. With all this, the company seemed legit to me.
In addition, the nice couple told me some
anecdotes about the girls who were on their casting. One wanted to bring her boyfriend, another one asked who
will pay for her vacation trips in Japan. Divas...
I was so beaten down... On the way from
Wroclaw to my village it just came to me what great opportunity just passed by,
even if it would involve being separated from my family and boyfriend, as well as staying in a
secluded place in the countryside.
C'mon! It's Japan...
