Chapter 15: My Brother is Born

On October 15, 1946, Richard Carpenter was born. The Carpenter family has one more boy, and Alex has one more brother.

The hospital where Richard was born and Alex was born were in the same house, and the same doctor delivered the baby. Surprisingly, he remembered Alex, and when he recognized Bart, he immediately remembered it.

"Hey! Lucky little one! Do you know that when you were born, you scared all of us! The doctor said to Alex when he saw him.

Alex smiled slightly, nodded and said, "Thank you for saving my life, doctor!" ”

The doctor waved his hand and said, "That's God's arrangement, go and thank him." ”

Alex listened with some disapproval, for he had never felt that he had been resurrected by Jehovah. God only resurrected his own son, and Alex didn't dare to recognize God as his father, which was what Hong Xiuquan did.

"My brother's name is Richard?" Alex asked, a little curiously.

Bart happily replied, "Yes! Your brother's name is Richard, so don't bully him in the future. ”

"Richard Carpenter? It sounds familiar! Alex thought to himself, but he didn't delve into it.

The younger brother is very cute, and his hair is the same color as his father Bart's. It's not like Alex, whose hair is blonde inherited from his mom Angel. Eyes, both of them are blue, which is also from mom Angel. As for the figure and skin color, Richard is not visible for the time being, while Alex appears taller and fairer than the other children.

Richard was very intelligent from an early age, and was barely able to speak before he was a year old. Listening to Alex rehearse on the sidelines, he showed his musical talent early on. Before he even spoke, he already knew how to beat the cradle to the rhythm of the music.

This makes Bart and Angel very happy, and they think that this young son is also a musical genius. They also went out of their way to find the professor who had previously tested Alex's IQ and asked them to test Richard's IQ as well.

The results are also very impressive, Richard's IQ is as high as 180! To make Alex, a fake genius, stunned, he knew that Chad's IQ was not low, but he didn't expect it to be so high.

Bart and Angel are proud of the result, and they are already planning to have another child.

"I wish it was a girl!" Bart said to Angel.

Angel frowned lightly and said, "I'll talk about it in a few years!" I've already given you two children, and you won't let me take a break! ”

Bathara smiled and said no more. They intend to raise Richard like Alex did.

So, when Richard knew how to walk and read, they couldn't wait to teach him music. Richard also lived up to expectations and learned very quickly.

Sometimes, Alex wonders if his brother is another reborn. However, his idea is unfounded, Richard is indeed a genius! A true musical genius.

Richard started playing accordion, piano, drums and other instruments at the age of three, almost a year before Alex! He learns very quickly, and is not inferior to Alex back then. He follows Alex's ass, and he does whatever Alex does.

Soon, Alex's unique secret, the seven-minute workout method, was learned by Richard. He also followed Alex to do these twelve sets of actions regularly every day, and refused to fall behind at all.

Richard also develops much faster than the average child, perhaps this is due to the genetic inheritance of the Carpenter family, after all, Bart and Angel are both tall people. Especially Bart, his body and bones stand out even on the basketball court.

Perhaps it was because of Barthes's unusual approach to education that Richard grew up as a young man and behaved differently than ordinary children. Perhaps this is the price paid by gifted children.

When Richard was more than three years old, Alex was seven years old and attended a nearby school at home. In fact, Bart didn't want him to go to school at all, and he basically didn't go to class. It's just that Angel insisted, so he had to sign up and go to school to sit in his free time.

In the past three years, Alex has continued to follow Bart and perform everywhere and make a lot of money. During this time, Alex worked hard to exercise and constantly explored the limits of his abilities.

At this time, Bart decided to quit the band "Owl" with Alex and formed another band, which was called "The Carpenter Brothers". Yes, Richard also joined the show.

The lead singer of the band is Alex, and Richard sometimes joins in the duet. Alex is also a guitarist, Bart is a drummer, and Richard is sometimes on the sidelines to play accompaniment, accompaniment, piano and other instruments. In addition, Bart will also have one or two professional personnel play other instruments depending on the situation, and more often only the three of them will perform on stage.

Without the burden of the "Owls", they became even more popular. Soon, the "Carpenter Brothers" became regular performers at various venues.

Regardless, Alex's song continues to sing, and the novel continues to be written. He never gave up the idea of writing a best-selling novel, perhaps it was an obsession he had brought with him in his previous life.

He had seen the plot of the movie version, but it was impossible to completely restore the original Harry Potter. In this case, Alex intends to write his own Harry Potter, with his own style and setting.

Of course, the story outline and some of the plots are still based on the original content. However, Alex will add some elements that he thinks are good and strengthen some of Aunt Rowling's weak points. After all, Alex has been on the Internet for so many years and has read so many online articles, even if he doesn't have to completely recall, he can write out some online text elements silently.

For example, the setting of the force system in the original "Harry Potter" book is not very detailed, and there are no various realms and various levels of strength similar to those in the Xianxia online text. This makes Alex feel very unhappy, because without this setting, he will lose the pleasure of fighting monsters and upgrading.

"What's the matter, the description of the combat power system is so confusing, I don't know who is strong and who is weak! This has to be changed! Well, change it! ”

Alex decided to divide Harry Potter's power system into nine levels: Magic Apprentice, Junior Magician, Intermediate Magician, Advanced Magician, Archmage, Magister, Archmagist, Legendary Mage, and Divine Mage!

At the same time, a magic ring is added, and there are a total of nine rings, which are for different levels of mage levels.

As for how to tell if a mage has reached a certain level, just look at whether he can be stably linked to the corresponding magic ring.

Magic apprentices only have access to the outer layer of the magic ring, which is the magic of the 1st ring. Beginner mages are exposed to a deeper level of magic, which is the magic of the 2nd ring. And so on!

"There is a magician, but if you only have a magician, it feels too monotonous. Do you want to add a warrior's strength system to it? Alex thought about it, but forget it. He is worried that adding too many things will make foreigners in this era unable to accept the impact of Chinese online literature in the 21st century.

"Don't take too big a step, it's not fun to pull the eggs!" Alex continues to refine the setting.

The purpose of the mage is to "shape", simply put, it is to use everything to change oneself, so that it can control more magical elements, shape it into magic, understand the true meaning of the rules, shape its own field, and create rules! At this point, a mage can already be like a god.

Once the amount of power is set, the genre of magic can also be determined. Broadly speaking, magic can be classified into three levels: "will", "knowledge", and "means".

Magic addresses all three of these aspects, but different schools of magic have different emphasis. In general, the will determines the effect of a spell, and knowledge can increase the success rate of magic by choosing the use of spells or items according to the environment.

There is also the method of casting, in addition to the use of a wand in the original book, some magic also needs to be cast at the time of casting spells to be successful. At the end of the day, there is also a "silent curse" and so on. All of this can be preserved!

Once you've set up the background for the story, the next step is to refine the outline. This is easy to do, and the main body still follows the direction of the original book, but in some branches, there is no need to follow the original direction.

As for the fight, Alex thinks this is not to mention, the fight in the original "Harry Potter" is simply weak, even if it is a duel with the big boss, it's just you, me, it's boring!

But now it's different, with the new force system setting, Alex can try his best to write about the fight more pleasantly according to the online articles he has read.

"Your sister! Junior high school students are junior high school students, and Lao Tzu wants to take the path of Xiaobaiwen becoming a god! I'm going to go against the sky! Alex finally felt that he wanted to persevere, in his opinion, Aunt Rowling's writing was not good, anyway, the book was written for children, why should he write so high?

After figuring out the reasoning, Alex no longer struggles with the problem of writing! The speed of his writing suddenly increased by leaps and bounds, and in just two months, he got a small white version of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone".

Alex didn't ask his parents for help this time, he asked Richard to be his first reader. After all, the Carpenter are not his target users, only children of Richard's age.

"How?" After Alex gave the manuscript to Richard, he couldn't wait to ask before the other party had finished reading more than ten pages of the book.

Richard continued to look silently, never taking his eyes off the manuscript in his hand, turning page after page.

"What the hell is going on?" Alex waited for more than ten minutes, and couldn't bear it anymore!

"Shhhh Don't make any noise, I'm still watching! Richard finally spoke up this time, but his eyes remained on the manuscript.

Finally, when Richard finished reading it, he put the manuscript down, then stretched out his hand to Alex and said, "What's next?" ”

"It's gone!" Alex was stunned for a moment, then replied, "This is only the first one, what do you think of this novel?" Isn't it good-looking? ”

"Not bad! It's beautiful! Richard stood up, and then continued to urge the draft: "You have to hurry up and write the following!" ”

"Really? Did you find it interesting? Alex asked a little unconfidently, after all, he was already immune to this kind of article now, and he couldn't tell the good from the bad.

"Yes!" Richard replied in the affirmative, and then reminded: "Brother, don't forget to keep writing!" I want to know what's going on down there! ”

With Richard's affirmation, Alex finally had some confidence. He sent the book to the Bantam Book Company, a paper book publishing house, which was also known as the "Bantam" company because of its bantam as its social standard. It is on par with the British "Penguin Company".

As for why I sent the book to this publisher, it was because Bantan Books is the largest paper book publisher in the United States in the 21st century!

Founded in 1945, it specializes in fiction and non-fiction for the general public, in paperback, paperback, and hardcover, in the categories of classics, literature, business, philosophy, psychology, language, history, politics, and dictionaries.

Alex thinks that if a book written by a junior high school student like him is sent to another publishing house, he may not be able to pass the preliminary review of the editor. After all, the editor's eye is also very important! The reason why Bantan Books was able to grow so much later was because they were eclectic and receptive to all kinds of new things.

After thinking about it, Alex attached his basic information to the manuscript and put a copy of his brother Richard into it.

He can only hope that the other party can see the possibility of the children's market, and his age advantage! You must know that Aunt Rowling's manuscript was not smooth sailing from the beginning!

"So be it! That's already my best! ”

Alex didn't want to worry about it anymore, so he sent the manuscript out.

Once everything is done, the next thing is to wait. Alex can only hope that Harry Potter, the great killer that travels through the crowd, can really work.