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Chapter 1: Who is Charles and where does he live?
Hi, Charles. Welcome to Conan O'Brien Needs a Fan. Hi. Hi, Charles. How are you?
Hi, Conan. Good. It's actually early in the morning over here. Okay. Well, that's how the world works. I am in Los Angeles and you are in... I'm in the Philippines.
Where in the Philippines are you? So I live in the capital, in the greater Manila, but the city itself is Quezon City.
Okay. I'm not sure why I asked because... It doesn't really mean much to me. I haven't been to the Philippines, but I want to know more. You should visit here. You think I should visit the Philippines? Yeah, it's quite nice over here. The people are friendly, good food. I've heard wonderful things about the Philippines. I'd like to know more about you, Charles.
Tell me a little bit about your life.
So I'm an engineer. Wow. Oh, sorry. I'm not sure if you're hearing my dog in the background.
Oh, when you said, I'm an engineer, oops, sorry, I thought a member of the secret police was behind you and that you're in hiding. You're whispering. Your dog's behind you and doesn't approve of your work as an engineer. Is that the idea? Probably.
So you're an engineer. What kind of engineering do you do? So I'm a mechanical engineer. I'm currently working for my uncle's factory. He's making candies right here in the Philippines.
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Chapter 2: What does Charles do for a living?
Your uncle, you work for your uncle, and he has a candy factory. He's like Willy Wonka. Kind of, yeah. Are there rivers of chocolate and all kinds of waterfalls of gumdrops and things like that? No. Sadly, no.
There's just like generic factory stuff.
Are there Oompa Loompas?
Yeah. Not really.
Not really?
Why are you hesitating on that? What kind of an Oompa Loompa do you?
Yeah, you said no immediately to rivers of chocolate and waterfalls of gumdrops. But then on Oompa Loompa, you're like... Do you have an Oompa Loompa factory? Is that what this is? Yeah. I think that wasn't a cat behind him.
It was an Oompa Loompa.
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Chapter 3: What types of candies are produced in the factory?
Okay. I'm going to try and keep this, you know, clean and simple. Well, you're doing a great job. Yeah, thanks. Well, we've got a little bit of a lag, and, you know, we've got to make sure that everything edits together. So, Charles, let me get this straight. You work at a candy factory that your uncle owns in the Philippines.
Yes. Okay. And what kind of candies do you make? Well, we have two types of candies. We have bubble gums and then caramel candies. Ooh. Wow. That's nice.
I like both of those. I love bubble gum and caramel candies. Have you ever tried to mix the two together and make a bubble gum that has a caramel center?
No, but I think my uncle did before, and he said it didn't taste really good. Because the bubble gums tasted more...
like menthol mentally like and then the caramel tastes very sweet and caramel and those two doesn't don't mix really well together well wait I'm sorry I think your uncle screwed it up I think I have a good idea here he just went the wrong way with it that's all and I hate to pick a fight with your uncle but I think there's a way to combine caramel and bubble gum I mean this is my life's dream but
I think there's a way to do it correctly. And I think I'll talk to you more about it.
I haven't seen any type of mobile gum that has caramel-like flavorings in it. Yeah, guess what?
In 1850, no one had seen an automobile before. But then someone invented it, and the world changed.
But I don't know why I'm so quiet after you said that.
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Chapter 4: Why is the candy factory struggling?
Eat them together.
Before investing in a machine.
So Charles, tell me, how is the candy factory doing?
Is it thriving? Not really. Since I started here like five years ago, it hasn't really gone off like really, really good. First of all, what do you think the problem is? Well, I think it's because of the lack of exposure with the public. So every time we approach distributors or customers regarding our products, our candies, their initial reaction is like they're going to say it's...
No, it's still alive. They're going to say, I thought your products are already gone.
Oh, so people, your candy factory has been around for a long time. You don't have good advertising and people think, oh, we thought those candies were discontinued. Is that the problem?
Yeah, so actually our candy started way back during World War II. It actually started with my uncle's father, and then it went on after that. Isn't your uncle's father also your grandfather? Do I call him my grandfather? I think so.
Am I wrong?
I don't know.
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Chapter 5: What are the names of the candies made by Charles's factory?
Yeah, well, and me now as well.
Charles. Here to help.
Charles, we have a simple story here. You are a man who is working for your uncle's candy factory. Your uncle's candy factory has been around for a long time, but it has become unpopular. How many employees work at this candy factory?
Currently, we have like 19 of us. How many did there used to be? A hundred. Oh. Oh, okay. This is when the automated machines came into the... Before, they used to pack the candies manually, so they needed many people to pack them individually, wrap them around, and put them in boxes. But now, we have machines to do that. We don't really need a lot of people to produce the candies.
But then, we also don't... manufacture them every day. You don't make candy every day? Yeah. So it's only when we have orders or our stocks are declining that we manufacture more.
Can you list me the name of some of your candies just so I get an idea of what these candies are called?
So we have two types of bubblegum candies. So one is called Tarzan. Tarzan? The other one is called Texas Candies.
Tarzan and Texas, do these bubble gums have anything to do with Tarzan or Texas?
No. I'm not actually clear on how they came up with those names.
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Chapter 6: How can the candy factory improve its popularity?
I'm going to disagree with my friend Matt here, and this is very rare because I respect his opinion. But, oh, wait a minute. Which Matt?
Oh, it's me.
Jesus. It's a great, it's a classic bit, Charles. This is what I think. I think you need to make an immediate hard play for the youth. I think you have to. I think you have to do something that's going to get younger people interested in the candies. And by the way, I love the way you say candies. Don't you?
Yeah, I do. I like it.
Yeah, I think the more you say candies, just keep saying candies. It's great. Candies, candies. Oh, it's just fantastic.
He says it normally.
But it's sweet.
It has a sweetness to it. You should be in a commercial.
Yeah, you're a pitch man. You should be in a commercial and say, buy our candies. The way you say it is very sweet. Tell me if I'm wrong. I think we have to make a hard play for the youth.
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