Rebirth in America

As soon as the weekly rankings for the fourth week were tallied up, Rudy couldn't wait to call and ask.

Rudy yelled into the phone in surprise: "What! "YourFriend" ranked first on both the weekly single sales chart and the weekly pop chart!"

Rudy immediately told the Carpenter family about the call, and everyone was stunned when they heard the good news. They thought the record would be popular, but they didn't expect it to be so popular. People liked the Carpenter Brothers' records, and they were very interested in Alex's new singing style.

"Wow! The Carpenters are on top! What a miracle!" Many people in the music industry exclaimed, saying they had never seen anything like it.

It’s too fast for a newcomer who has just debuted to go from being unknown to being number one on the weekly album sales chart. Plus, the two main members of this band are not yet 10 years old. Alex is 8 years old and Richard is 6 years old. They are both children and they are already close to selling gold records.

Their first album was just shy of selling a gold record, but now they have only bought 950,000 copies, which is 50,000 less. Sooner or later it will become a gold record, it’s just a matter of time.

Rudy vowed: "I will definitely be able to sell a gold record this time! Judging from my many years of work experience, I can sell one million copies in less than 3 months."

He has basis. The sales volume of this album in the first month has reached 600,000, and the sales volume is increasing every week. It can be seen that people are becoming more and more interested in the Carpenter Brothers' records, and the popularity of the two of them is also growing.

This album shot to number one on the weekly charts! Many people love it, but some hate it, a song that combines jazz and country music. They thought it was just playing the piano randomly, and no one would like this kind of randomly written song.

Someone specifically wrote an article in a newspaper: "The Carpenter brothers' songs are simply random, and they adapt Jimmy Davis's classic songs into an extremely childish way. Are these kinds of songs meant for kindergarten children to sing?" Very unskilled! I don’t know why everyone is so attracted to these brothers.”

Some people also said: "Alex's song "YourFriend" is really terrible. It is neither blues nor country. It is said that the teacher who taught him singing was an amateur singer in a tavern. No wonder it was so nondescript. , no art at all.”

Some people are questioning whether Alex is the original author of this song. They said: "Alex is only 8 years old this year, but he has already accomplished great things that most adults have not accomplished! Writing a best-selling book, Sing a pop song! Please note that he wrote the lyrics and music of this song alone! Who does this remind you of? Mozart or Beethoven? Or the Little Liar?"

They did not explicitly accuse Alex of being a liar, or of being taken advantage of by someone with ulterior motives. However, they intentionally or unintentionally lead people to think this way.

People who hate it, people who like it, people who are neutral, they are all talking about it. Even people who had always been indifferent were attracted. They were talking, about the Carpenters, about Alex, about Richard, about the Carpenters. Anything related to them will attract everyone's attention.

The Carpenters were in the middle of a news storm, but they didn't care and didn't try to defend themselves. Bart was not the kind of person to be interested in newspapers, and Angel was busy with housework as usual. As for the Carpenters, neither of them knew any of these things.

The Carpenters were concerned about something very important, they wanted to move. The reason for moving is not because they want to move, but because they have to move. Because as their fame grows, people are also curious about them. They all came to visit the Carpenters.

Alex felt that his home was suddenly very lively, and people he knew and didn't know were coming over to visit. Come see what the Carpenters are like, curious about all things Carpenter Brothers.

One time, when Richard was practicing his guitar in the house, a woman walked in and flopped next to him.

"I am sent by God!" was her first sentence.

Richard looked at this woman with some confusion. He really didn't know who she was and why she was here.

The woman continued: "God asked me to tell you that you and your family are blessed. God has blessed you, and you must fear God."

Seeing that Richard remained silent, she added, "God sent you down here on a mission!"

Richard asked in confusion: "What mission?"

The woman said seriously: "It's for love and peace! God wants you to eliminate hunger and war and make the world full of love and peace!"

At first, Richard thought the other party was interesting, but after the two chatted for a few words, he felt more and more scared.

The other party's words were confusing and strange, and he was not from their place.

Richard was afraid that the woman would hurt him, or someone else in the family.

During this time, Bart went out to work, and Angel also went to the market to buy vegetables. Even Alex didn't know where to go to play, and only his sister Karen and Richard were left at home.

The fear was getting deeper and deeper. Just when Richard couldn't bear it anymore and was about to jump up and run away, someone came in and took the woman away.

It turns out that this woman is a mentally ill patient. When she is not sick, she is almost like a normal person, but when she has an attack, she calls herself "the messenger of God"!

She doesn’t know how she got in. All in all, she learned something about the Carpenter brothers after listening to the song played on the radio. She believed that the Carpenter brothers were angels sent by God, and she had the responsibility and obligation to greet them so that the angels could complete their mission on earth.

As a result, something like this happened, giving Richard a false alarm. But precisely because of this, Bart and Angel began to pay attention to family safety. They plan to move out of this small place and into a big city!

Angel decided to ask her sons for their opinion. She said, "We are planning to move in. Children, which city do you want to go to?"

"It doesn't matter, as long as I can still sing and make records!" Richard didn't have any more opinions on this matter.

"Moving? Of course, moving to New York!" Alex has long wanted to see New York in this era. The last time they recorded a record, time was so tight that they didn't have a good taste of "the Big Apple". !

"New York? The pace of life there is too fast." Bart was the first to express his objection. In his opinion, it would be better to move to Tennessee and become a farmer.

"Why did you move to New York? Alex, please tell me your reasons." Angel asked thoughtfully.

"Richard and I will still have to develop music in the future, and American record companies are all in New York, so I think it is the best choice for us to move to New York." Alex explained.

Bart and Angel were a little excited after hearing this, and they also knew that if they wanted to truly take control of Tianlai Company, they would have to move to New York. Now that the company's debts have not been paid off, the lawyer suggested that they pay off the money they owe to the bank first and then change the company's name.

"When will the company's debts be paid off?" Angel asked, and she continued: "We need to change the company's name quickly. The current name is not good."

Bart said very embarrassedly: "I'm afraid the company's debts will not be paid off within this year. You have to know that the money from the records we sold has not been fully collected."

The Carpenter Brothers' first record has sold 950,000 copies. Since the payment for the goods has not been paid off so quickly, only about 600,000 records have been paid. In other words, excluding costs and fees, a total of US$360,000 was remitted to the company's account. According to the original agreement signed by Rudy and the Carpenter brothers, they could receive US$216,000 and the company could receive US$144,000.

The money allocated to the company was just enough to pay off the interest on the previous debt owed to the bank, and the remaining tens of thousands of dollars were used for the company's daily operations. Now 90% of the record company's shares belong to the Carpenters, or to be precise, Bart and Angel. Because the Carpenters were underage, they were the only ones responsible for the record company's $2 million debt.

Originally, Bart planned to use the money given to the Carpenter brothers to repay the debt, but Alex strongly opposed it. He believed that their respective accounts must be clearly separated. Don't let the company's money and your own money get mixed together. At the same time, Rudy was reluctant to do so because he was worried that his stake in the company would be reduced.

At present, it will still take some time to pay off the record company. Especially when the money earned by the Carpenter brothers cannot be used to pay off their debts, they can only pay back bit by bit.

The money for the second album has not yet been collected. If all the money from the records sold by the Carpenters is collected, it is estimated that the company can pay off at least one-fifth of the debt. Now that the company has officially signed a contract with the Carpenter Brothers, their sharing conditions have been changed and are calculated using copyright taxes. The Carpenter brothers can get 15% of the royalties. This is an excellent condition for them, but it is still not as high as the first share.

The first record was because Rudy was desperate, so they could get the equivalent of 30% in royalties. Now that they are the boss, they have lowered the conditions by half, so that they are more in line with industry regulations.

Alex thought for a while and said: "We have no other way to make money? For example, hold concerts, tours, etc."

As soon as this was said, Angel immediately objected: "You are still so young, how can you work so hard! Concerts and tours are very time-consuming, and besides, we don't need you to work so hard to earn money to support the family!"

Alex also knew that his opinion would be dismissed, but he was not angry. He knew that Angel was doing this for his own good.

"Okay, UU Reading www.uukanshu.net! Let's talk about moving." Bart immediately came out to smooth things over and brought everyone back to the topic.

Richard asked: "Does our family have enough money to buy a house in New York now?"

Bart and Angel both laughed. They calculated an account for Richard. From the income from the first record, plus the income from Alex's book, they had a total of more than 500,000 US dollars. Enough for them to buy a big house in New York.

Alex didn't know much about housing prices in this era. He thought to himself that if he had bought a house in Beijing in 2013, this amount of money would probably be just enough for the down payment.

The most important thing is that their money is constantly coming in, and with the golden brand of the Carpenter Brothers, they don't have to worry about running out of money.

"Isn't $500,000 too little? It seems like it's not enough!" Alex thought to himself, and he suddenly asked: "Where are my diode patents? Is there any income?"

Bart frowned and said, "We won't know how much the revenue from those patents will be until the end of the year, but there are some big companies that want to acquire your patents. They offer very high prices, some of which are as high as three million US dollars."

Alex smiled disdainfully: "You only have three million dollars, and you want to buy all these patents? I won't sell them, just let them go."

Having said that, he still wants to make some money through these patents. He suddenly thought, since there are already diodes, why not just make some electronic products to sell?

Thinking of this, he immediately went to Dr. Shockley. I no longer care about moving.