Oh… my baby is not feeling well?
No. I’m okay. I’m just tired… I need a nap.
Go take a nap then?
Well… I just want to chat a little bit, and then I’ll have lunch and take a nap.
Okay. What do you want to chat about?
Hmmm… well… I did end up buying a photo card…
LOL you did?!
Yes. I forgot. I actually do keep gold coins in my wallet, for the ALDI trolleys.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH….
Yeah. So I had $1 — I bought a card…
What was the image?
On one side was you, with a bouquet of flowers… on another side, was you, with braids and a beanie…
Which side do you like better?
The flowers. At the moment I have it in my wallet with the flowers…
Did you say anything to the shop owner?
No. Because the groomer had texted me. Doggy was ready. I didn’t have time to overthink this. I just grabbed that photo card — there were others — but I didn’t have time to overthink it, I just grabbed it, handed her the $1 coin and I bolted. Doggy needed me.
(Smiles) I’m sure the shop owner appreciated your $1 purchase. Anything is better than nothing.
True… I even started thinking… I wonder if you’re going to track down exactly which shop it is…
(Smirk)
Oh, what?! You already did?!?!?!
(Giggling)…
I had a feeling… … … …
What do you think I didn’t do?
I think that — you definitely didn’t look up their Australian business registration.
You definitely didn’t look up the names and profiles — both on Facebook and whatever other social media…
You definitely didn’t ask your business manager to give them a call and discuss some things…
What kind of things would we discuss?!
I don’t know. It’s not like you have a lot of money to turn into a silent investor — a silent partner — of such a small retail business?!
Oh no, I don’t have ANY money for THAT!!!
Right… so… you’re definitely not going to be a silent partner in that business. It doesn’t mean anything. It’s just a random shop on the Gold Coast…
(Cackling)…
And you’re definitely not going to give them any ideas like expanding their store front — renting a bigger space, but still the same shopping centre — making it more of an attraction.
Oh… why wouldn’t I do that?!
Because — firstly, they may already be used to being in that shopping centre. They probably already have their routines. It seems they are comfortable with it. For whatever reasons. So you’re not going to move them. Maybe a different store, but the same shopping centre. It’s still part of their routines. I can imagine this…
And… how much bigger would the new shop be?
I’m not even sure if such a retail space exists. Maybe it will be Phase 2 — not the current changes.
Hypothetically, Phase 2 can be implemented today. What about it? Tell me everything.
Okay… if it was Phase 2… it would be selling more merch — more EXCLUSIVE merch — so much merch that a random Tik Toker is going to stumble upon it one day and be like, “YoU gUyS are NOT gOinG tO bELiEVe whAt I jUSt StuMbLeD uPOn oN the GOLD COAST of all PLACES?!?!?!?!!?” — the Tik Toker is a usual content creator of your fan base. And for whatever reason — I don’t know how or why — they are randomly holidaying on the Gold Coast and they come across this place.
“This place has EVERYTHING THAT WE NORMALLY MISS OUT ON WITH THE ONLINE DROPS!!!!” — Like it’s such a HIDDEN GEM — come to Gold Coast, visit THIS store — if there’s anything online that was a limited edition drop that Australian fans missed out on — you can find it at THIS store — exclusively. For no reason. Nobody knows why. They try to ask the owner but she’s signed an NDA.
(LOL) I don’t think she needs to sign an NDA. I think she can just say she has exclusive rights with the import…
Okay?! Whatever. I don’t know the details. And it’s like — sure, there are other niche shops. But THIS particular shop is even more niche — it’s niche to YOU AND YOUR BROS. It will still sell other stuff — but it’s got like 70%~80% stuff that is exclusively you and your bros? But it will still make money… somehow… I don’t know how…
How does it normally make money now?
I don’t know, you’ll have to ask… maybe they do still need to carry the items featuring other artists… but there’ll be a BIG SECTION that’s you and your bros… maybe they also do online shipping out to Australian and New Zealand addresses?
Nah. I don’t want them to do that. What else do they sell?!
Okay at the moment they have a tiny, tiny skincare and makeup section…
Okay. We can help them with that.
Are you sure?!
No. I’m not sure. This is all fiction. We’re not even giving them a call at all. This is all in your imagination!
Right. Yeah. So you’re NOT going to do ANY of that at all. It’s just a little fantasy in my blog.
What if it was a franchise? In Australia?
I have no idea… my mind is not that good at business like that… I think you should ask other experts, people with real experience with stuff like that… I don’t want you to just pour money down the drain frivolously or get too swept up by swindlers…
Hmm… I doubt it will come to that… I think at the moment — I’m not going to focus on helping just one little shop at all… I don’t have time for it! I’ve got so many rehearsals and recordings and I just want to RELAX — I don’t want more work…
True. That’s actually genuinely true. Don’t bother. Don’t bother at all. Let them exist, without your help.
But what else are you seeing… in your Visions…?
I’m seeing that — it’ll grow. And if you guys do the AusNZ tour… it’ll be a little hub. It’ll build up some excitement — “Don’t need to bother with the merch line, just go to this little shop!”
Are we selling food and drinks at the shop?
I think you’ll have to ask the current owners — they’ll still be the main people running it. Who knows if they can be bothered?! I can understand, maybe something like Daiso is a bit more manageable — just some fridges and shelves with products that are pre-packaged. It’s just imports, it’s not preparing real food on the spot… that might be easier…
So it’s like a grocery mart plus merch?
Well then that also seems — unnecessary?!
True. It’s not necessary at all.
Do you guys have any like, exclusive food products like fortune cookies or something to sell?!
… … … We’re not the band you’re thinking of when you just wrote that… … …
(LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL)
Okay, well, never mind. It’s NOT going to HAPPEN! This is all FICTION!!! (Big Smiles)
(wink wink… fictional winking…)
I love you!
That is TRUE. That is not fiction! I love you too.
What if you call up the owner and ask if they sold your photo card today? The owner will think back and realise, “Oh… is that HIS WIFE?!?!?!“
(LOLOLOLOLOLOL) — THEN SHE’LL NEED TO SIGN AN NDA.
Are you sure?! Even in Australia?!?!?!?!
No, I’m just joking. I’m not even going to give her a call. Why is she a her?! She might be a man?! A male owner?!
True, I actually have no idea who the owner of the shop is…
I do… (smirk)…
(LOL) ALREADY?!?!!?!?!?!
^0^ (lololololol)……………
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