The Carpenter brothers' first album sold 150,000 copies in its first week. Within a month, 500,000 copies were sold. This is also because the sales channels of "Ethereal" record companies are not as good as those of large companies, otherwise the data will be even more amazing.

"The Carpenter brothers are a blockbuster!" - The New York Times.

The newspaper, under Rudy's PR, immediately gave the Carpenter brothers a special report. In fact, they also found the news very newsworthy and did not deliberately exaggerate it in order to pander to the Carpenter brothers.

Adding fuel to the fire was the announcement of Bantan Books Publishing that they are about to release a fantasy novel written by Alex Carpenter, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone!

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

Such a thing would be amazing to an adult, but once it is put on a child who is only eight years old, it is no longer a genius who can describe it. What a wickedness this is!

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

People inquired about the Carpenter brothers, looking for Carpenter Brothers' records, especially Alex's books, and some people were ready to buy a copy early on.

"Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" was already famous before it was released, which saved Bantan Books a lot of publicity costs. That's exactly what the editor-in-chief of White would like to see.

White laughed and boasted to his editors, "Ha Luha, I'll just say, with the fame of the Carpenter brothers, are you afraid that his books won't sell?" ”

The editors echoed a few words of praise, and some editors even said that they were going to buy a copy and show it to their children. Carl, in particular, had the happiest smile. As for Andrew, the editor who was the first to discover the manuscript of this novel had everything in his heart. Now no one remembers his work.

The book is still in print, and it has been ordered out by book dealers and retailers all over the world. The number of prints rose again and again, and finally a million copies were printed! This is the first printing, and a copy has not yet been sold.

Such a huge print run almost frightened the people of Bantan Books, who were already full of confidence and changed their mood for fear that this new type of novel would be hated by readers and abandoned. At that time, it will not be just a novel that will be abandoned, but also Bantan Books.

As a result, they were ecstatic, and these novels were bought by readers as soon as they came on the market. There are also many dealers who call to urge the goods, and they want to buy more "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"!

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

This crazy situation even Alex didn't expect, and he thought that this magical novel, which was a rewrite, would not succeed. After all, the original version written by Aunt Rowling is slowly becoming popular, and he doesn't dare to compare himself with his aunt.

Actually, it makes sense that Alex's book can be popular. In the fifties of the twentieth century, when talent shows were not yet popular in the world, children like Alex and Richard, who seemed to be extremely talented from an early age, were very attractive to people.

This era is the baby boom in American history, and parents who are new parents are very concerned about everything about their children. A thin parenting experience 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 Alex is alone, maybe Americans don't think it's anything, but Richard, who is only six years old, is so smart, which makes people curious.

Everybody wanted to know about the Carpenter brothers, and they wanted to know what the Carpenter brothers were eating, using, wearing, and doing. They wanted to know how the Carpenter had raised such a gifted son.

The appearance of this novel is just a chance for these people, a chance to get to know the Carpenter brothers.

Parents bought the book to see what an eight-year-old genius child was writing.

The children begged their parents to buy the book because their classmates at school were talking about the storyline.

Critics of fiction are paying for 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 bear it, so they all bought a book to study. I want to know why this novel is so popular with the market.

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

"Alex, tell me if Hermione is with Harry at the last time. They're a couple, right! Someone chased Alex and asked.

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

"How's Voldemort doing now! Will he be resurrected to trouble Harry? Someone else asked.

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

"The 1-ring magic apprentice is already very powerful, okay!" Someone argued with the others on the spot: "If you want to become a junior magician, you must at least graduate from school!" ”

"You're talking nonsense, Harry won't get to Ring 2 until he graduates from school, so how can he kill Voldemort and avenge his parents?"

Some people are also asking questions about music: "Alex, when will your second record come out?" ”

"Woo! It's Alex! The girls rushed over screaming even more, stretching out their arms and trying to pull Alex down to their side.

In the face of the crowd of classmates, Alex couldn't even hear clearly, he only felt like a boat in the monstrous waves, and he would be torn to pieces if he was not careful.

Fortunately, some teachers have been focusing on Alex for a long time, and they saw that the situation was not right, so they immediately protected Alex. Driven away by the teacher, the fanatical classmates 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 they can't help for a lifetime.

In desperation, the school's principal called in the Carpenters. After they discussed, they asked Alex for his opinion, and finally decided to let Alex drop out of school and go home. Bart plans to hire a tutor for this to allow Alex to be educated at home.

This is the best solution, for Alex to go to school is a waste of time. However, he still took this opportunity to make various requests to Barthes, and in addition to cultural courses, he also had to learn music, art, dance, etc.

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

Alex said as a matter of course: "Language is a communication tool, and 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, so he wrote it down in order to hide people's eyes. In addition to languages, he plans to learn a variety of skills, but none of them can be learned all at once. With the ability to memorize completely, as well as the "retrospective" and "simulated memory" abilities derived from it, he can actually learn it slowly on his own without asking a teacher.

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

"Then you don't have much time to play. There are so many things, can you learn them? Bart said with some concern.

Angel retorted: "Alex has such a high IQ, he will definitely arrange his time for study and play reasonably." ”

Alex smiled when he heard this, and praised in his heart: "It's good to have an old mother who is on my side, no matter what I do, she will think of a reasonable explanation." ”

Bart rubbed his head embarrassedly and said, "That's not what I meant, I'm worried that Alex will delay the recording of the record." ”

"Don't worry, I'll prioritize my work. If I don't have enough time, I learn slowly, and I don't devote all my time to studying all at once. Alex said soothingly. He knew that the future of the Carpenter family now depended on him and Richard, and if they messed up the record, I was afraid that bank debt alone would crush the Carpenter family.

Will Alex mess up, though? He doesn't think so, with decades of memory, far more than half a century of massive information in this era, even if he falls 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 asked as he changed the subject.

"It's not that easy to change the name. Because when it comes to debts, assets, and employee contracts, it is necessary to let the lawyer sort it out. Bart said with some distress that he wasn't quite fit for this kind of work. Now the company is still in Rudy's hands, but this is not a long-term solution.

He paused, then continued, "However, I estimate that it will be possible in another month or two. ”

Alex nodded, turned to Angel and said, "Mom, why don't you come out and work too." Now that the company needs manpower, if you are worried about your family, hire a few more nannies. ”

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

"Yes! Richard and I will spend a lot of time working in the studio, but we will spend very little time at home with you. Alex said deftly in a guided manner.

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

Bart also joined in the persuasion: "Angel, you can help me too." Things are not at all like in a factory, many things look simple, but they are actually quite complicated. I need you, Alex they need you. ”

Angel shook her head and said, "Karen is so small, I'm not at ease. ”

"Otherwise, you can take Cullen with you to the company." Alex suggested.

Angel's eyes widened and asked, "Is this okay?" Won't it affect your work? What if others object? ”

Bad Ha Lu Ha smiled: "This company is ours, who dares to say anything!" Alex's suggestion is really good, we can find a room in the company for Karen. ”

Angel was finally convinced, and she agreed, "Well, if you think I can't help, tell me so I can go back." ”

Alex pouted, and said in his heart: "You are much better than Bart, if Bart is left to manage the company alone, I am afraid 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. According to Alex's idea, this company will become an international record label such as Warner, Universal, BMG, EMI, and Columbia in the future, and Bart will definitely retire at that time.