Reborn in America

Chapter 33: Family and friends come to congratulate

The Carpenter family's acquisition of a company soon spread. Especially in the neighborhood where they live, many people have known about this, and even exaggerated it so hard that they can't believe it.

"Hey, I heard that the Carpenters spent two million to acquire a company!"

"What? Two million? Twenty million, right?"

"Brothers Carpenter made a single record! They not only bought a company, they also bought a street!"

The gossip such as this is circulating everywhere, becoming more and more exaggerated, even the person who said it could not believe it. Anyway, they knew that the Carpenter family was going to post it. I am about to become a rich man soon.

The first person who came to congratulate him was Old Qiao, who came to visit with his children.

"Bart, your kids are really awesome! I have heard that their records are so popular." Old Joe said with a smile.

Bart laughed, and he couldn't deny it and said: "It's okay, it's okay!"

Old Qiao sighed and said, "It would be great if these boys in my family had half of your son."

He has a lot of children, five in total, and may continue to have them. Old Qiao is a black man who does not dislike too many children. His wife's job is to give birth and take care of children.

Bart talked with Old Joe for a while. At the end, Bart asked sincerely: "Old Joe, you must have heard that I have a company."

Old Qiao nodded and said, "Yes, this rumor has spread among us a long time ago, and everyone is talking a lot."

"Then you are willing to come and help me? We have known each other for so long, and everyone knows what the other person is. I don't think you will let me down!" Bart tried to recruit his good friends. If he is alone, he is afraid to be busy. But it's coming.

Old Joe thought for a while, and asked unceremoniously: "What does your company do? What can I do when I go?"

Bart explained: "This is a record company. I think you are mainly responsible for record sales. That is, the marketing department."

Then, Bart introduced the company's situation and also explained the problem of huge debts.

Old Qiao looked at his children, and finally shook his head and said, "Bart, my good friend. You also know my situation. There are so many children in the family relying on me. If I lose my job..."

Pakistani said, "It's true, I understand."

Old Qiao shook his head and said, "In fact, the most important thing is that I don't know much about record sales. If it's in production, I might still be competent. I'm really sorry."

"It doesn't matter, we will still have a chance to work together in the future." Bart said comfortingly.

In addition to old Joe to congratulate, there are also Dill and Paul. The two of them came together.

"Haha! Bart, Bart! I heard your son's song on the radio! They sang really well! It's really great," Dill said loudly before he even entered the door.

Bart quickly opened the door and welcomed them in. He saw Paul standing beside Dill.

Paul was still in the tavern at this time, he looked at Bart with a smile, and said nothing, but his eyes had already exposed his thoughts. Paul's heart is full of pride, he is the enlightenment teacher of the Carpenters brothers. When he heard the Carpenter Brothers singer on the radio, he had never been so excited.

Bart also extended a soliciting hand to them. Fortunately, both Dill and Paul agreed. However, they also don't understand the work of record companies, and at most they can only do miscellaneous tasks.

For Bart, it doesn't matter. He knows that if he manages the record company alone, he will probably have black eyes, know nothing, and see nothing. Especially with Rudy, the former boss in charge. Bart is more honest, but he is not stupid, he knows the darkness of the company's internal struggle. He knew that if he wanted to manage a company well, he couldn't do it without his own people.

Now, Dill and Paul are his own people. With them as eyes and ears, even if Rudy wants to cheat him, it is not so easy.

They talked for a while, and agreed a time to come out to discuss in detail, and Dill and Paul left.

In addition to these friends, there are relatives of Bart and Angel. However, they live far away and all congratulate them over the phone. Some relatives came here in person, and the Carpenters had a headache in order to receive them.

Fortunately, American society is not as complicated as the interpersonal relationship in Chinese society. At least no one will borrow money from the top of the face. Everyone just showed their faces and said hello. As for things like borrowing money to help, they didn't mention anything.

On the contrary, Bart's parents, Alex's grandparents, they are very chic. After hearing that their son had made a fortune and his grandson became famous, they just called back and asked about what happened, and then continued their archaeological tourism on the African continent. After Alex and Richard were born, they hadn't even seen them. At most, they would make a phone call to greet them during the New Year.

Once, Richard asked Bart this way: "Why don't they come back, grandparents?"

Bart replied: "They are very incompetent parents. They ran around and didn't want to go home at all. Back then, when they traveled to China, they gave birth to me, and they fostered me in a Chinese family. They were excellent. Wandering around, going to Japan, India, Thailand and other places, I simply forgot that there is a son like me waiting for them to come back."

Alex interrupted and asked: "Aren't they archeologists, grandparents? Why do you say they are traveling?"

Bart was even more upset. He said, "Archaeology? That's just their excuse! They said it was to trace the migration route of the Jews, research ancient historical legends or something. Who would believe it!"

"Jew?" Alex didn't know that his father had Jewish blood at this time.

Bart shrugged and said indifferently: "It seems that my father has some Jewish ancestry, but it shouldn't be a lot, maybe a quarter. Who knows!"

"Ah? So, I also have Jewish blood!" Alex never expected that he was a Jew. But he didn't look like it at all, on the contrary, he looked more like an Aryan.

Richard touched his hair. He kept wondering why his brother Alex's hair was blond, but he was indeed dark brown. It turned out that the problem was with his father. His hair came from Bart's side. Alex's hair is from Angel.

"Haha, what a Jew. Didn't I say that, there are only some Jewish ancestry, if you really count, you still have Chinese and German ancestry. I remember, my mother's mother is Chinese. Your mother His mother is an Aryan from Germany." Bart explained that he didn't mind that he had Jewish ancestry. After all, his childhood education was not Jewish, but was more influenced by the Chinese.

Alex became interested in this topic, and he hurriedly asked: "Then do you think you are a Jew or a Chinese?"

Bart thought for a while and said, "I'm an American! However, I was born and raised in China after all. It is hard to say that I was not affected. As for the Jews, who knows, it is just one of my ancestors, yes. It has no practical meaning to me."

Angel added: "My grandfather seems to be a nobleman in the decline of Germany, now for us, that is also the past."

"Why do grandparents want to do archaeology? Are they rich?" Richard suddenly asked.

Bart got angry as soon as he heard this question: "Who knows! They are lunatics. Anyway, I grew up so old, and I only met them a dozen times in total. When I was 15 years old, I took me. I didn’t care when I returned to the United States. They left me and went to the Middle East, as if they were looking for some Jewish scriptures and ancient books. As for funding, they have always been provided by Jewish entrepreneurs they know, so they have so much money to run around. ."

"It sounds amazing!" Alex exclaimed.

Mysterious archaeological couples, running around the world, are also involved in Judaism scriptures and ancient books. This is simply a plot that can only be found in Tomb Raider, why Bart hasn't become an archaeologist, it's really regrettable, otherwise he can follow him everywhere.

Bart said angrily: "They were great when they played, but they completely left my son behind. If I hadn't had some skills, I would have starved to death in the street."

Regarding the topic of grandparents, their family will only mention a few words during the Chinese New Year. In normal times, they never thought of it at all. Every time I mentioned it, Bart’s grievances were like waves of sea water, perhaps because he was completely disappointed with these two irresponsible parents.

Since then, grandparents have become taboos in Carpenter's family. If anyone accidentally mentions it, he has to endure Bart's grievances and oppression.