As soon as the weekly list for the fourth week was counted, Rudy couldn't wait to call and ask.

Rudy shouted at the phone in surprise, "What! "YourFriend" reached No. 1 on both the weekly 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 love the Carpenter brothers' records, and they're very interested in Alex's new way of singing.

"Wow! The Carpenter brothers make it to the top! What a miracle! "Many people in the music industry exclaimed, they had never seen anything like it.

A newcomer who has just debuted, from obscurity to the number one seller on the weekly record chart, that's too fast. In addition, the two main members of this band are not yet 10 years old. Alex is 8 years old, Richard is 6 years old, both are children, and they are already about to sell gold records.

They came close to selling gold on their first record, and now they have only bought 950,000 copies, 50,000 less. Sooner or later, it will be able to become a gold record, it is only a matter of time.

Rudy vows: "I will definitely be able to sell a gold record this time!" Based on my years of experience, I was able to sell a million copies in less than 3 months. ”

He has a basis for this, the sales of this record in the first month have reached 600,000 copies, and the number of sales is increasing every week. It can be seen that people are becoming more and more interested in the records of the Carpenter brothers, and the popularity of the two of them is also increasing.

This record rushed to the first place on the weekly chart! A lot of people love it, but there are also people who hate this kind of song that combines jazz and country music. They think it's playing the piano randomly, and no one likes this kind of nonsense song.

Someone wrote in a newspaper: "The Carpenter brothers' songs are a childish adaptation of Jimmy Davis's classic songs." Is this kind of song for kindergarten children? Very unleveled! I don't know what Lu Dao is for, everyone is so after this pair of brothers. ”

Others said, "Alex's 'YourFriend' is so bad, it's neither blues nor exactly rustic." It is said that the teacher who taught him to sing was an amateur singer in a tavern, so it is no wonder that he was nondescript and had no art at all. ”

Some people are questioning Alex as not the original creator of the song, saying: "Alex is only 8 years old this year, but he has already accomplished something that most adults don't do!" Write a bestseller and sing a pop song! Please note that he wrote the lyrics for this song alone! Who does that remind you of? Mozart or Beethoven? Or maybe it's a little liar? ”

They didn't explicitly accuse Alex of being a liar, or being taken advantage of by someone with a heart. It's just that they consciously or unconsciously lead people to think in this direction.

Hate people, like people, neutral people, they are all talking about it. Even people who have always been indifferent are attracted to it. They're talking, they're talking about the Carpenters, they're talking about Alex, they're talking about Richard, they're talking about the Carpenters. As long as there is anything related to them, it will attract everyone's attention.

The Carpenter family is in the midst of a news storm, but they don't care about it and don't bother to defend it. Bart wasn't the kind of person who was concerned with newspapers, and Angel was as busy with household chores as ever. As for the Carpenter brothers, the two of them didn't know anything about it.

The Carpenter family was concerned about something very important, and they wanted to move. The reason why they want to move is not because they want to move, but because they have to. Because as their fame grows, so do people are curious about them. They came to visit the Carpenter brothers.

Alex felt that the house was suddenly much more lively, and everyone he knew and didn't know came to visit. Come and see what the Carpenter family is like, and they're curious about all things the Carpenter brothers.

Once, while Richard was practicing his guitar in the house, a woman walked in and reached him with her ass.

"I was sent by God!" That's what she said in her first sentence.

Richard looked at the woman with some puzzlement, he really didn't know who she was and why she came here.

The woman continued, "God has asked me to tell you that you and your family are blessed. God has blessed you, and you have to be in awe of God. ”

Seeing that Richard was silent, she added, "God has sent you down on a mission!" “

Richard asked suspiciously, "What task?" ”

The woman said solemnly, "It's for love and peace!" God wants you to put an end to hunger and war, and fill the world with love and peace! ”

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

The other party's words are inverted, extremely strange, and they are not from their place.

Richard was afraid that the woman would hurt him, or the rest of the family.

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

The fear grew deeper, and just as Richard couldn't stand it anymore and was about to jump up and run away, someone came in and took the woman away.

It turned out that this woman was a mentally abnormal patient, who was similar to a normal person when she was not sick, but when she had a seizure, she would call herself "the messenger of God"!

I don't know how she got in, but after listening to the songs on the radio, she learned a little bit about the Carpenter brothers. She believed that the Carpenter brothers were angels sent by God, and that it was her duty and duty to meet them so that the angels could fulfill their mission on earth.

As a result, something like this happened, which made Richard have a false alarm. But because of this, Bart and Angel began to pay attention to family security. They are planning to move out of this small place and into the big city!

Angel decided to ask her sons for their opinion, and she said, "We're going to move in, kids, 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 say anything more about it.

"Moving? Moving to New York, of course! Alex had wanted to see New York in this era, and the last time they recorded a record, they were so pressed for time that they didn't get a good taste of the Big Apple!

"New York? Life there is too fast-paced. Bart was the first to object, saying that in his opinion, it would be better to move to Tennessee and become a farmer.

"Why move to New York? Alex, tell me why. Angel asked thoughtfully.

"Richard and I still have to move into music in the future, and the American record companies are in New York, so I think moving to New York is the best choice." Alex explained.

Bart and Angel were a little moved when they heard this, and they also knew that if they wanted to really control the "Ethereal" company, they had to move to New York. Now that the company's debts have not been paid off, the lawyer suggested that they should pay off the money owed to the bank first and change the name of the company.

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

Bart was embarrassed and said, "I'm afraid the company's debt won't be able to be paid off this year, you know, the money we sold hasn't been fully collected." ”

The Carpenter brothers' first album has sold 950,000 copies, and since the payment has not been paid so quickly, only about 600,000 records have been paid. In other words, excluding costs, a total of $360,000 was remitted to the company's account, and according to the agreement signed by Rudy and the Carpenter brothers, they could receive $216,000 and the company could receive $144,000.

The company's distribution of money is just enough to pay off the interest on the previous debt owed to the bank, and the remaining tens of thousands of dollars can be used for the company's daily operations. Now 90% of the record company belongs to the Carpenters, to be precise, to Bart and Angel. Because the Carpenter brothers were underage, the two of them were the only ones to take on the record company's $2 million debt.

Originally, Bart planned to use the money distributed to the Carpenter brothers to pay off the debt, but Alex strongly objected, believing that they had to settle their accounts. Don't mix the company's money with your own money at that time. At the same time, Rudy was reluctant to do so because he feared that his stake in the company would be reduced.

At present, it will take some time to pay off the fees of the record company. Especially when the Carpenter brothers can't use the money they earn to pay off their debts, they can only pay it back little by little.

The money for the second record has not yet been collected, and if the Carpenter brothers collect all the money from the records sold, it is estimated that the company will be able to pay off at least a fifth of its debts. Now that the company has officially signed a contract with the Carpenter brothers, their sharing conditions have been changed to be calculated in the form of royalty tax. The Carpenter brothers can get 15% royalty, which is already excellent for them, but it is still not as high as the first one.

The first record was released because Rudy was cornered, and they were able to get the equivalent of 30% royalties. Now that they are the bosses themselves, they have cut the conditions by half, so that they are more in line with industry regulations.

Alex thought for a moment and said, "There's no way we can make money?" For example, holding a concert, touring or something. ”

As soon as these words came out, 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 your family! ”

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

"Alright, alright! Let's get back to moving. "Bart immediately came out to play the round, and he brought the conversation back.

Richard asked, "Do we have the money to buy a house in New York now?" ”

Bart and Angel both laughed, and they calculated for Richard that the income from the first record, plus Alex's book income, gave them a total of more than $500,000. That's enough for them to buy a big house in New York.

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

On top of that, their money is coming in, and with the Carpenter brothers, they don't have to worry about running out of money to spend.

"Isn't $500,000 too little? It doesn't seem to be enough to spend! Alex thought to himself, and he suddenly asked, "What about my diode patents?" Is there any income? ”

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

Alex smiled disdainfully: "It's only three million dollars, and you want to buy all these patents?" I'm not going to sell it, so let's put it there for now. ”

That being said, he still wants to make some money with 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 don't care about moving anymore.