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At the end of 1952, as long as you walked into any city, you would see colorful plastic rings placed in eye-catching positions. When many people see it, they will buy one and play it at home.

This thing, known as the hula hoop, has become a fashionable piece of sports equipment all over the world. If someone hasn't seen this thing yet, then it makes him either come out of the deep mountains and old forests, or the place where he lives has not yet "connected with the world".

The hula hoop is the toy that has truly taken the world by storm of all time, and the man who knows it is an 11-year-old.

This person is Alex Carpenter, a famous novelist, pop songwriter, popular singer, and Ming family!

In a sense, the hula hoop movement is Alex's biggest impact on the world. He forcibly advanced the movement by 6 years and reaped great benefits from it. One of the benefits is that Alex's fame has increased dramatically with the spread of the hula hoop. People were shocked to know that this simple gym equipment was a child.

In the face of Alex, who has led such a huge wave, many news magazines have offered to interview them. Among them is Time Magazine, which is extremely sensitive to news.

"What? Time wants to interview me? It's still an interview with a cover character? When Alex learned the news, he wondered if it was coming too quickly. He wasn't ready to stand on the world stage.

As one of the most influential magazines in the United States, Time Magazine's influence is global. Being based in the United States and focusing on the world has always been a major feature of Time Magazine. In terms of timeliness of information, Newsweek cannot compete with television news and newspapers that provide general information, but Time magazine's influence comes from the authority of its information.

Any celebrity would be proud to be on the cover of Time magazine, and Alex is no exception. He wouldn't pretend to turn down the opportunity, and the last time he turned down an interview with New York TV, it was because the interview time conflicted with the working hours. This time, there was no problem with this, and the other party said that the interview time could be determined by Alex.

The person who came to interview was a middle-aged uncle, wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, which looked particularly literary and artistic. He was accompanied by a photographer who came specifically for the cover photo.

The interview took place in an office at DreamWorks, where Alex has been busy for the past few days. Several times his family urged him to go back, but he used various excuses to push him down. However, he is indeed busy, this should not be an excuse, it is a fact.

After the two sides said hello, Uncle Glasses asked directly to the center of the topic: "Alex, what do you think about the hula hoop frenzy you caused?" ”

Alex shrugged his shoulders and said lightly, "The first thing that came to my mind was that my wallet was going to bulge again. ”

When everyone present heard this, they all laughed softly.

"The second thing that comes to mind is, oh my God, I hope those who buy hula hoops don't go too crazy, otherwise they will get injured from excessive exercise."

"Then do you think your gym equipment will have a bad effect?" Uncle Glasses asked sharply.

"No, no, no! As I said, only excessive exercise can be harmful. Everything should be in moderation, just like eating, eating is good, but eating too much can also break your stomach. ”

Uncle glasses gave up dwelling on this issue, and he asked: "I did my homework before I came, and now this hula hoop is actually not your first patent." Before that, you had several patents for bipolar transistors. It's unbelievable that you've done so much at such a young age. I applied for this 2 years ago, how did you come up with the idea to know these things? ”

Alex smiled, as if remembering the surprised expressions of the people when they came up with these things. He said: "The bipolar transistor patent you mentioned was obtained by chance from a professor about transistors. When I read those materials, I kept thinking about how I could use transistors instead of tubes. ”

"So you thought of those bipolar transistors, and that's how you made them?"

"Yes, they immediately came to my mind, and I immediately drew them and wrote a brief description. That's when the professor who helped me found Dr. Shockley, the master of the transistors, and the two of us worked together to make these special transistors. ”

These bipolar transistors are used in many places today, such as radios, computers, televisions, air conditioners, and so on. It has greatly promoted the exhibition of electronic appliances, especially in computers, which has directly brought the computer era into the stage of upgrading.

Alex didn't take this as a thing, in his opinion, it was just a means to make money. However, he threw out a lot of bipolar transistors, which had a huge impact, and suddenly advanced the scientific and technological level of transistors in this era.

"And then you wrote a book, and it sold well. That book is called "The Harry Potter Series", right? ”

"No, I wrote that book a long time ago, and it was sadly rejected. I've voted for a lot of publishers in a row, but they haven't been liked. In the end, it wasn't until I released the record that I really caught the editor's attention. ”

When Uncle Glasses heard such an interesting thing, he hurriedly asked, "When did you write the book, and how was it rejected?" Tell us about it. ”

So Alex told him about writing a book when he was 6 years old, and then revised it, and then submitted it after the correction, and kept submitting it until it was published.

"That's amazing!" Uncle Glasses lamented that he really couldn't imagine such a child with such wisdom and perseverance, and he said, "If it were me, I would have given up a long time ago." ”

While they were talking, the photographer on the side kept taking pictures of them. There are a lot of close-ups of Alex, which are going to be used on the cover.

"When people first knew about you, they were because of your singing. Do you think you're a successful singer? ”

"Success can't be talked about, after all, singing is not long, and it needs more time to grow."

Alex habitually uses the modest words of the Chinese, but people can take it seriously. The other party thinks that he doesn't look like a young man, so he asks Alex what he thinks.

"Tell me about your plans for the near future, whether it's to release a record, write a book, or continue to do scientific research."

Alex hurriedly advertised his film, saying: "I've been busy making a movie lately, and of course, the director is not me. I'm just going to play a small role in it, and everyone will know when they watch it, it's a very touching movie. ”

When Uncle Glasses heard this, he hurriedly asked, "Are you ready to make a movie again?" I was about to say this, and the audience liked "The Little Fugitive" played by you and your brother. Are you planning to make a sequel to this film? ”

"It's not a sequel, it's a new movie, and I can only tell you that it's a musical movie." Alex doesn't dare to reveal too much, so that the reader can maintain a certain curiosity.

"Then back to our original topic, can you tell me how many hula hoops have been sold now?" Uncle glasses saw that he couldn't ask anything, so he had to change the topic.

"How many? I think there are about five or six million of them. Of course, this already includes quantities produced by other manufacturers. ”

Uncle Glasses was surprised by this number, and he asked, "It's not been a year since so many were sold." ”

How much is that? In fact, it is not much, this number is evenly spread over more than one billion people, that is, a hula hoop for hundreds of people. The market is far from saturated, and if the price is cheaper, it is estimated that there will be tens of millions. You know, it's not just Europeans, Americans, and Australians who are buying hula hoops, but also Japanese people.

Alex's reaction was just a slight smile and said, "This number is still growing, and it may exceed 10 million in another six months." ”

"Thousands of hula hoops! It's scary, so you've made five or six million dollars, and you're going to make ten million dollars in the near future? Can you make so much money just by selling a plastic ring? ”

"It's not about buying plastic rings, it's about buying health, people pay money and sweat, and what they gain is a healthy body! Besides, I'm not going to make that much, after all, I haven't gotten the money yet. Add in taxes, and it's nice if I can have a few million dollars. Alex quickly explained that it is the so-called high-profile work and low-key life.

In fact, if you really want to calculate, within one or two years, Alex should be able to earn more than 10 million dollars with this small hula hoop alone. It's just that this kind of thing must be preached everywhere, and it's good to steal money.

The interview ended quickly, and they quickly said goodbye to each other. After Alex sent off the Time Magazine guys, he went back to work. After all, this film company will be managed by him in the future, and if it is not straightened out now, it will be very troublesome in the future.

Hula hoop is booming, especially for obese people, and this exercise is simply fantastic. Those men and women who love fitness sports pick up this hula hoop and twist it constantly whenever they have time. There are also a variety of ways to play, neck hula hoop exercise, waist hula hoop exercise, knee hula hoop exercise, ankle hula hoop exercise, hand hula hoop exercise, arm hula hoop exercise and so on.

This fitness exercise is especially popular with girls, because turning the hula hoop can reduce belly fat, slim down and shape, and for dieters, it can achieve the purpose of significantly slimming the waist and lower abdomen.

There are also places where hula hoop competitions are held, and the more hula hoops a person spins at the same time, the higher his or her level.

However, there are also some negative news reports about the excessive use of hula hooping, because there are so many people who use it, that European medical journals have issued warnings to beware of excessive intensity and damage to the body.

There are many examples of actual injuries. There is news about this in various countries.

In Leiden, the Netherlands, a Dutch woman was taken to the operating room to have her appendix removed, but upon examination, the doctor found that her illness was actually an injury to her abdominal muscles, which was caused by the excessive rotation of the hula hoop.

In the UK, where 250,000 hula hoops were sold within a few months, the British Medical Society warned: "Anyone with a heart condition should not play hula hoops, and anyone who lacks training should not start too hard." ”

In Japan, hospital emergency rooms are crowded with patients who have herniated lumbar discs and misaligned vertebrae due to playing with hula hoops.

Faced with this situation, there is no way to blame Alex. After all, he had warned in an interview with Time magazine that the hula hoop should not be excessive, otherwise he would be injured as a result.

The hula hoops produced by themselves can be sold to get money immediately, and the money earned by other manufacturers selling hula hoops will not arrive for a while, after all, the patent fee is calculated once a year, and Alex can only wait patiently.