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

Rudy shouted at the phone in surprise: "What! "YourFriend" single sales weekly chart and popular weekly chart are ranked first!"

Rudy immediately called the Carpenters and everyone was stunned when they heard the good news. They thought that this record would be popular, but they didn't expect it to be so popular. People like the Carpenter brothers' records and are very interested in Alex's new singing style.

"Wow! Brothers Carpenters have reached the top! What a miracle!" Many people in the music industry exclaimed, they had never seen anything like this before.

A newcomer who has just debuted has gone from obscurity to the top sales list on the record weekly sales. In addition, both of the main members of the band are not yet 10 years old. Alex is 8 years old and Richard is 6 years old. Both are children, so he is almost selling gold records.

Their first record was almost sold for gold records. Now they only bought 950,000 copies, and 50,000 copies were missing. Sooner or later, it was only a matter of time.

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

He has a basis. The sales volume of this record in the first month reached 600,000, and the sales volume per week is increasing. It can be seen that people are becoming more and more interested in the records of the Carpenter brothers, and their popularity is getting higher and higher.

This record hit the top spot on the weekly chart! Many people like it, but some people hate this kind of song that combines jazz and country music. They think it's playing the piano randomly, and no one will like this kind of song that is randomly written.

Someone wrote in a news newspaper: "The Carpenter brothers' songs are simply messy, adapting Jimmy Davis' classic songs to be extremely childish. Is this kind of song for kindergarten children? It's very unsatisfactory! I wonder why everyone is so fond of this brother."

Some people also said: "Alex's song "YourFriend" is really bad. It's neither blues nor country style. It is said that the teacher who taught him singing is an amateur singer in a tavern. No wonder it's inappropriate and has no art at all."

Some people are questioning that Alex is not the original author of the song. They said: "Alex is only 8 years old this year, but he has accomplished great things that most adults have not accomplished! Write a bestseller and sing a pop song! Please note that the lyrics and songs of this song are all done by him alone! Who does this remind you of? Mozart or Beethoven? Or is it a little liar?"

They did not clearly accuse Alex of being a liar or being used by those who were interested. However, they guided people to think about this aspect intentionally or unintentionally.

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

The Carpenters were in the whirlpool of news storms, but they didn't care about it or argue. Bart was not the kind of person who had a newspaper relationship, and Angel was busy with housework as usual. As for the Carpenters, the two of them didn't know about these things at all.

The Carpenter family is concerned about a very important thing, they want to move. The reason they want to move is not because they want to move, but because as their reputation becomes more and more popular, people are also curious about them. They come to visit the Carpenter brothers one after another.

Alex felt that the house suddenly became much more lively, and people who knew and didn't know came to visit. Let's see what the Carpenter family looked like. They were curious about everything about the Carpenter brothers.

Once, while Richard was practicing guitar in the house, a woman walked in and made her way to his side.

"I was sent by God!" she said the first sentence.

Richard looked at the woman in confusion. He really didn't know who she was and why she came here.

The woman continued, “God asked me to tell you that you and your family are blessed. God blesses you, and you must be in awe of God.”

She saw that Richard did not make any sound, so she said again: "God sent you down to have a task!"

Richard asked in confusion: "What mission?"

The woman said seriously: "It is for love and peace! God wants you to eliminate hunger and war, and to fill the world with 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 confused and extremely monsters, and they were not from their place.

Richard was afraid that the woman would hurt him or others in the family.

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

The fear was getting deeper and deeper. Just as Richard couldn't stand it and planned to jump up and escape, someone came in and took the woman away.

It turns out that this woman is a mentally abnormal patient. She is almost the same as a normal person when she is not sick, but when she is attacked, she will call herself "the messenger of God"!

I don’t know how she entered the door. In short, after listening to the songs played on the radio, she learned about the Carpenter brothers. She thought 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 the mission of the world.

This happened, which made Richard feel a false alarm. But because of this, Bart and Angel began to pay attention to family safety. They planned to move out of this small place and into a big city!

Angel decided to ask her sons for their opinions, and she said, "We are going to move in, kids, which city do you want to go to?"

"It doesn't matter, as long as I can sing and release a record!" Richard had no more opinions on this matter.

"Moving? Of course, it's moving to New York!" Alex had long wanted to see New York in this era. The last time he recorded the record, time was too tight, so they didn't taste the Big Apple well!

"New York? Life there is too fast." Bart was the first to object. In his opinion, it would be better to move to Tennessee as a farmer.

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

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

Bart and Angel were both moved when they heard this. They also knew that if they wanted to truly master the "Tianlai" company, they had to move to New York. Now that the company's debt has not been paid off, the lawyer suggested that they should pay back the money they owed to the bank first and change the company's name.

"When will the company's debt be paid off?" Angel asked, and she continued: "We need to change the company's name as soon as possible. This name is not good now."

Bart said with great difficulty: "The company's debts may not be paid off within this year. You must know that the money for the records we sold has not been fully collected."

The first record of the Carpenter brothers has sold 950,000 copies. Since the payment has not been paid so quickly, only about 600,000 records have been received. In other words, excluding the cost fee, the company's account has transferred a total of 360,000 US dollars. According to the agreement signed by Rudy and the Carpenter brothers, they can get 216,000 US dollars and the company can get 144,000 US dollars.

The money the company has allocated just can pay off the interest on the bank's debts before, and the remaining tens of thousands of dollars are used for the company's daily operations. Now 90% of the record company's shares belong to the Carpenter family, which is correctly considered to belong to Bart and Angel. Because the Carpenter brothers are underage, only the two of them are responsible for the record company's $2 million debt.

Originally, Bart planned to pay off the debt with the money distributed to the Carpenter brothers, but Alex strongly opposed it. He believed that the respective accounts must be clearly distinguished. Don't mix the company's money with his own money at that time. At the same time, Rudy was reluctant to do so because he was worried that his shares in the company would be reduced.

At present, it still takes some time to pay back the cost of record labels. Especially when the money earned by the Carpenter brothers cannot be used to repay the debt, they can only pay it back little by little.

The money for the second record has not been collected. If the money for the records sold by the Carpenter brothers is collected, the company will probably be able to pay off at least one-fifth of its debt. Now the company has officially signed a contract with the Carpenter brothers, and their share conditions have been changed, and they are calculated by copyright tax. The Carpenter brothers can obtain 15% of the copyright tax, which is excellent for them, but it is still not as high as the share of the first one.

The first record was because Rudy was desperate and they could get a copyright tax of 30%. Now if they were the boss themselves, they would reduce the conditions by half, which would be more in line with industry regulations.

Alex thought for a while and said, "We have no way to make money? For example, holding concerts, tours or something."

As soon as this was said, Angel immediately expressed his objection: "You are still so young, how can you work so hard! Concerts and tours are very time-consuming. 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 rejected, but he was not angry. He knew that it was Angel for his own good.

"Okay, okay! Let's talk about moving back." Bart immediately came out to smooth things over, and he brought everyone's topic back.

Richard asked, “Does our family have the money to buy a house in New York now?”

Bart and Angel both laughed. They did some calculations for Richard. The income from the first record and Alex's book published, they had a total of more than $500,000 in their hands. It was enough for them to buy a big house in New York.

Alex didn't know the housing prices of this era. He thought to himself that if this little money was bought in Beijing in 2013, it would probably be enough for the down payment.

Most importantly, their money is being collected continuously. With the golden signboard of the Carpenter brothers, they don’t have to worry about losing money.

"Is 500,000 US dollars too little? It seems not enough to spend it!" Alex thought to himself, and he suddenly asked, "Where are my diode patents? Is there any income?"

Bart frowned and said, "The income from those patents will not be known until the end of the year. However, some large companies want to acquire your patents. They offer very high prices, some of which are as high as three million dollars."

Alex smiled disdainfully: "It's only three million US dollars, I want to buy all these patents? I won't sell them, let's leave them first."

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