Rebirth in America

The Carpenters' first album sold well, selling 150,000 copies in the first week. Within a month, 500,000 copies were sold. This is because the sales channels of Tianlai Records are not as good as those of large companies, otherwise the data would be even more astonishing.

"The Carpenters were a hit!" - said the New York Times.

With Rudy's public relations, the newspaper immediately gave the Carpenters a special report. In fact, they also felt that the news was very newsworthy and did not deliberately exaggerate to cater to the Carpenters.

To add fuel to the news, Bantam Books has announced that they will soon release a fantasy novel written by Alex Carpenter - "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"!

This suddenly made Alex famous, he was composing music, singing, writing and publishing books! This kid is amazing!

This kind of thing would be amazing to an adult, but once it is done to a child as young as eight years old, it is no longer a genius. What a monster this is!

The American music industry is excited, the American publishing industry is excited, and the American people are excited!

People have been inquiring about the Carpenter Brothers and looking for their records everywhere, especially Alex's book. Some people have been planning to buy a copy for a long time.

"Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" was already well-known before it was released, which saved Bantam Books a lot of publicity expenses. This is exactly what Editor-in-Chief White expected to see.

White laughed and boasted to his editor: "Haha, let me tell you, with the fame of the Carpenter brothers, why are you afraid that his books will not sell?"

The editors praised it one after another, and some editors even said that they were going to buy a copy to show to their children. Carl, in particular, had the biggest smile. As for Andrew, the editor who first discovered the manuscript of this novel had a lot of feelings in his heart. Now no one remembers his contribution.

While the book is still being printed, it has already been ordered by book dealers and retailers from all over the world. The printing quantity increased one liter after another, and finally one million copies were printed! This is the first printing, and no copies have been sold yet.

Such a huge printing volume almost frightened the people of Bantam Book Publishing Company. Their originally confident mood changed because of this, and they were afraid that this new type of novel would be disliked by readers and abandoned. When the time comes, it's not just a novel that will be abandoned, Bantam Books will also be abandoned.

The results made them ecstatic. These novels were bought by readers as soon as they were released. There are also many dealers calling to urge the goods. They want to buy more "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"!

Under the attention of White and other senior executives of the company, the book "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" was continuously produced from the printing press and then bought back by American readers.

Even Alex did not expect this crazy situation. He originally thought that this rewritten magic novel would not succeed. After all, the original version written by Aunt Rowling gradually became popular, and he did not dare to compare himself with her.

In fact, it is very reasonable for Alex’s book to be popular. In the 1950s, before talent shows became popular around the world, children like Alex and Richard who appeared to be extremely talented from an early age were able to attract people's attention.

This era is the baby boom in American history. New parents are very concerned about everything about their children. A thin book on parenting written by an unknown doctor can sell tens of millions of copies without any publicity. It can be seen that people at that time had an urgent desire for knowledge in this area.

If it were just Alex, Americans might not think it was a big deal, but Richard, who is only six years old, is so smart, which makes people curious.

Everyone wanted to know about the Carpenters. They wanted to know what the Carpenters were eating, using, wearing, and doing. They even wanted to know how the Carpenters raised such a talented son.

The emergence of this novel just gave these people a chance to understand the Carpenter brothers.

Parents bought the book to see what kind of book it was written by an eight-year-old genius.

Children begged their parents to buy the book because their classmates at school were talking about the plot.

Novel critics have spent money to buy a novel to see what is so wonderful about this book written by an eight-year-old child.

The authors of the novel couldn't hold it anymore, and they all bought a copy to study it. I want to understand why this novel is so popular in the market.

Alex found that he could no longer go to school because as soon as he entered the campus, he would be surrounded by other students.

"Alex, tell me, did Hermione end up with Harry? They were a couple, right!" Someone chased Alex and asked.

Someone immediately retorted: "Nonsense, Hermione is so ugly and so old-fashioned, how can she be Harry's girlfriend!"

"What's happening to Voldemort now! Will he be resurrected and come back to cause trouble for Harry?" someone else asked.

Some people are more concerned about the magic level inside: "When will Harry be able to upgrade to level 2 and become a junior magician?"

"A level 1 magic apprentice is already very powerful, okay!" Someone started arguing with others on the spot: "To become a junior magician, you must at least graduate from school!"

"You're talking nonsense. Harry has to wait until he graduates from school to reach the second level. Then how can he kill Voldemort and avenge his parents?"

Some people are also asking questions about music: "Alex, when will your second album be released?"

"Ugh! It's Alex!" The girls screamed and rushed over. They stretched out their white arms and tried to pull Alex down to them.

Facing the angry classmates, Alex couldn't even hear clearly. He just felt like a small boat in the huge waves, and he would be torn into pieces if he was not careful.

Fortunately, there were teachers who had been paying close attention to Alex. Seeing that the situation was not right, they immediately protected Alex. Driven by the teacher, the enthusiastic students had to disperse one after another. It's just that the teachers can't keep an eye on Alex all the time. They can help for a while, but not forever.

In desperation, the school principal found the Carpenters. After they discussed it and asked Alex's opinion, they finally decided to let Alex drop out of school and go home. Bart plans to hire a tutor to educate Alex at home.

This is the best solution. For Alex, going to school is a waste of time. However, he still used this opportunity to make various requests to Bart. In addition to cultural courses, he also needed to learn music, art, dance, etc.

Bart got the list of plans given by Alex and said in surprise: "Alex, do you still plan to learn Russian, French, Japanese, and Chinese?"

Alex said matter-of-factly: "Language is a communication tool. When you go to other countries in the future, you don't need to ask for a translator!"

In fact, he didn't need to learn Chinese at all. In order to deceive others, he still wrote it down. In addition to language, he also plans to learn various skills, but these things cannot be learned at once. With complete memory ability, and the "retrospective" and "simulated memory" abilities derived from it, he can actually learn it slowly by himself without asking a teacher.

It's just that it's too appalling, and he has to pretend to be trying hard in order to create a sense of legitimacy.

"Then you won't have much time to play. Can you learn so many things?" Bart said with some concern.

Angel retorted: "With Alex's high IQ, he will definitely arrange his study and play time reasonably."

Alex smiled after hearing this and praised in his heart: "It's great to have a mother who is on my side. No matter what I do, she will always think of a reasonable explanation."

Bart touched his head in embarrassment and said, "That's not what I meant. I was worried that Alex would delay the recording work."

"Don't worry, I will give priority to my work. If I don't have enough time, I will learn slowly and not devote all my time to studying at once." Alex said soothingly. He knew that the future of the Carpenters now depended on him and Richard, and if they screwed up the record, the bank debt alone might crush the Carpenters.

But will Alex screw up? He doesn't think so. With decades of memory and a vast amount of information that far exceeds half a century of this era, even if he falls down this time, he can get up quickly.

"By the way, when will the company change its name?" Alex didn't want to continue the discussion, so he changed the subject and asked.

"It's not that easy to change the name. Because it involves debts, assets, employee contracts and other issues, it must be sorted out by lawyers." Bart said with some distress that he was not suitable for this kind of work. Rudy is still in charge of the company now, but this is not a long-term solution.

He paused and continued: "However, I estimate that it will be done in another month or two."

Alex nodded, turned to Angel and said, "Mom, why don't you come out to work too. The company needs manpower now. If you are worried about your family, hire some more nannies."

"Me? Do you want me to come over and help?" Angel asked in surprise.

"Yes! From now on, Richard and I will spend a lot of time working in the recording studio, but UU Reading www.uukｎshu.ｎnet will have very little time to spend with you at home." Alex said skillfully.

Angel was moved by Alex's words, but she still insisted: "I still have your sister Karen with me, so I can't go outside for the time being."

Bart also joined in the persuasion: "Angel, please help me too. Things now are not like in the factory. Many things look simple, but are actually quite complicated. I need you, and so do Alex and the others. you."

Angel shook his head and said, "Karen is so young, I'm worried."

"How about you take Karen with you to the company." Alex suggested.

Angel widened his eyes and asked, "Is this okay? Will it not affect your work? What if others object?"

Bart laughed: "This company belongs to us, who dares to say anything! Alex's suggestion is indeed good. We can find a room in the company just for Karen."

Angel was finally convinced by them, and she agreed: "Okay, if you think I can't help, just tell me so I can go back."

Alex pursed his lips and said in his mind: "You are much better than Bart. If Bart is allowed to manage the company by himself, I'm worried that there will be big problems in the future."

Indeed, there are only a few people in the company now, and Bart finds it difficult to manage them. If according to Alex's idea, this company will become an international record company such as Warner, Universal, BMG, EMI, and Columbia, then Bart will definitely be asked to retire.