David Klein of Jelly Belly Candy Company California, the Real Life Willy Wonka

TIMESINDONESIA, JAKARTA – Do you still remember an old movie called Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, where Willy Wonka the President of the factory hides 5 golden tickets for the chocolate lover to be found to find his heir? Well, this is what David Klein the owner of Jelly Belly, a gigantic candy factory California, USA did.

"We started this for fun and to bring joy to a world that is very problematic. So many people are responding well to what we are doing," Klein wrote as taken from USA Today.

To get in, you need to pay your seat for $ 49.98 or equal to IDR 73 K. The initial entry was to get a puzzle for a treasure worth $ 5,000 or IDR 73 M. Klein and his partner will do a tour through US hiding gold-style tickets in the form of necklaces.

Apart from a tantalizing amount of money, Klein also provided the opportunity for the chosen one to visit his candy factory and get a scholarship to study at his candy-making university.

Jelly Belly is the biggest candy company in US that produces more than 50 different flavors of candy. This company was founded around the 1980's. Until now, this company not only made permits as their product. They also make licorice chocolate, chewing gum, and corn syrup.

"With the Golden Ticket treasure hunt, our goal is to get people to travel with their families," Klein said in the release. "Grandma and Grandpa can even join in with the children and grandchildren. Videotape your treasure hunting experiences for possible inclusion in our upcoming series." He added.

You could visit www.thegoldticket.com to get yourself a seat for the treasure hunt. Don’t forget to read through all the term and condition written on the website to ease you follow the event.

Unfortunately this treasure hunt only conducted in USA. And for your information, David Klein, this real life Willy Wonka, the owner of the Jelly Belly Company in California only gives each state a limited number to only 1,000 participants. (*) 

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