Reborn in America

Chapter 44: Racial Discrimination

On August 30, 1951, the United Nations troops in Asia and North Korea advanced 2 to 8 kilometers to the east in just over ten days, which marked the official outbreak of the summer and autumn battles of the Korean War.

The war far away has not been able to affect the lives of the American people. They know very little about this war, and they are completely inferior to the understanding of the Vietnam War by later generations.

In fact, this is an avoidable war. For the United States, the Korean War is not worth fighting. If the US government believed that ZG would intervene in this war, they would certainly not cross the 38th line.

As early as the summer of a year ago, the nsa (United States National Security Agency), still known as the "Department of Armed Forces Security Agency", had already collected "conclusive" evidence. The intelligence proved that the ZG army was gathering in the north of the Yalu River. When Chief Stone handed over this information, General MacArthur dismissed it. He vowed to firmly assured the president and policymakers: "I think the possibility of China's intervention in the station is very small."

This wrong judgment made MacArthur later had to lower his head and say: "This is an unusually wrong war at the wrong time and in the wrong place."

For this war, Alex's rebirth has not changed anything, his current influence is limited to the music industry and publishing industry. Perhaps he also has a relatively large influence on electronic products.

The Carpenter Brothers’ third record is still under intense recording, and the cbs company sent someone to come to them again, saying that they must make an issue of "Carpenter Brothers" with them. The person who came this time was the director of the TV department of cbs and his attendants to show how much they value the Carpenter brothers.

But they came very unfortunately, and neither of the Carpenters were free. The person receiving is Angel, as the mother of the Carpenters brothers, and the agent of the "Carpenters brothers", it is enough for her to come forward.

"You mean, can we join in the production of the show?" Angel said to the people who came.

The director of the TV department of cbs is a bald middle-aged man with a very festive face and often makes various gestures when speaking.

As for the attendant, he was a tall and thin young man with a strong country accent. Maybe he had just entered the city and hadn't changed it yet.

"Yes, we eagerly hope that the Carpenter family will be on our TV station. The specific program arrangement can be approved by you before filming. You can also make a proposal and we will discuss the filming after approval." Said earnestly.

Angel lowered his eyes, thought about it, and said: "We are not familiar with this kind of show. Let's see what your arrangement is like."

The bald director was overjoyed. He slapped his thigh abruptly and said, "That's how it is decided. We have already prepared a plan. We didn't invite you last time, but I brought it here this time.

With that, the tall and thin young man hurriedly took out a document from his bag, which was a program plan for interviewing the Carpenter brothers. He respectfully handed this document to Angel, with a flattering smile on his face.

Angel took the file, put it aside, and looked at it later. Seeing that the goal had been achieved, the two stopped staying any longer and hurriedly left.

In the recording studio, Richard was singing and singing. This morning I’m going to record "Mom Says", and it’s Alex’s turn to record "anangel" in the afternoon!

As usual, Alex should have stayed outside the studio, but this guy slipped out on the excuse of something.

Richard is many times better than Alex in his attitude towards music.

However, Alex's "talent" allowed him to stand out when comparing Richard with him. At least in terms of composition, Alex's talent has been recognized by everyone.

After spending some time with their brothers, people soon discovered that Alex was lazy and casual about music, and Richard was fanatical and rigorous in music.

A lazy person is a lazy person. After being active for a period of time, Alex returned to his previous attitude. He is now bored with the life of being in the recording studio all day, and wants to go on tour, but the Carpenters refuse to agree.

"It would be great if Alex and Richard swapped, so that our recording work will be much faster!" said Mark, the producer who accompanied them to record their records.

Richard is a perfectionist by nature. He will never allow the slightest mistake in his music, and everything must be as perfect as he imagined.

Maybe he was influenced by his mother Angel, maybe he was born like this, who knows.

It is precisely because of this that Richard will grow into a world-famous musician.

Every time Alex records, he complains that the recording is too cumbersome and wants to be lazy. He feels that the part he sings is the most perfect every time and does not need to be re-recorded. It's just that the recording technology of this era is still very backward. Although tape has been used as a master tape, the multi-track recording technology has not yet been developed.

So Alex ran away on the excuse that others needed to practice.

Just as Richard finished the recording and was in a break time, Angel came over and told him that New York TV was going to interview their family!

At this time, the New York TV station was still a local TV broadcast, which did not cover the whole country. However, New York was the entertainment center of the United States in the 1950s and 1960s. Almost all the headquarters of American record companies were located in this city.

Being on TV means that they will be known by more people, and their popularity will soar.

In fact, there have been several interviews with TV stations before, but at the time Alex and Richard were busy recording records, and the Barts were a bit hesitant about this sudden famous influence, and time was too tight, so they just Pushed away.

Now is a good time. Before the third record is released, it can be well publicized on TV.

By the time Alex knew the news, it was already afternoon.

At first, he was also a little excited. When the excitement is over, I begin to think about how to prepare.

New York Radio was very efficient, and a few days later, the interview was recorded. Most of the current TV shows are pre-recorded, and their interview is no exception.

The person who interviewed them was a man in his thirties with bright eyes and a very friendly attitude. He said he was called Jane Murray!

The TV interview started soon, and they hardly gave them much time to prepare. The radio staff are very diligent and seem to be in a hurry.

The Carpenters and their parents, as well as their little sister Karen, are here. At this time Alex was 9 years old, Richard was 6 years old, and Karen was 2 years old.

"Today, the guests of our show are the Carpenters and their families that everyone has been talking about recently." The host talked about the scenes and said with a serious expression: "Now, we have the opportunity to see with our own eyes. Come to them. See if they are like the legend. Please ask the Carpenters!"

In the applause, Richard came up first, Alex followed closely behind him, followed by his mother Angel holding Karen, and finally his father Bart.

They are all in suits and leather shoes, and even the little sister Karen is wearing a pink suit. Bart is the tallest. He wore a pure white suit and trousers, and white leather shoes. In contrast, Angel wore a pure black suit and trousers, and black leather shoes.

Corresponding to his parents, Alex is white and Richard is black. Originally, Bart and the others planned to wear some common clothes, but Alex strongly opposed it. In the end, they came out wearing this suit. Compared to ordinary people in this era, it looks very distinctive.

When their whole family stood in front of the camera, they immediately caught everyone's attention. People have never seen such a cool family, as if the whole family are not ordinary people.

"Wow! Wow!" The host was also shocked by the appearance of the Carpenters, and he also didn't know these details in advance.

"It's so dazzling, it's like a god descending from the earth!" the host exaggerated.

He also said: "Where did you order your clothes, I will buy a set for my whole family when I go back. On weekends, wearing them for a walk will definitely surprise people's eyeballs."

Everyone laughed aloud. After the laugh, Bart deliberately said: "Then you will be disappointed. This suit is made by my wife. You can't afford her charge, really, brother, you Can't afford it."

The host opened his mouth and said, "Ah? So, do you make your own leather shoes?"

Bart laughed and said, "Oh, that's not it. I dyed them with paint, they weren't originally in this color."

"Haha!" The audience laughed again.

The host also laughed. After everyone laughed, he said to the Carpenter brothers: "I heard that you wanted to give a special gift to your mother. Why did you think of burning a record for her?"

Alex shrugged, pretending to say relaxedly: "That's because it costs the least money to send a record!"

"Ah? Is this really the case?" the host yelled out of a fuss.

Angel covered his mouth and smiled: "Of course not. It took them two days to burn this record with Bart. It seemed that it cost more than 200 dollars."

Bart nodded and confirmed: "Yes, it took us so much time and money to burn the record. A total of two songs were recorded, one of which was written by Alex. The other is Cover."

"That's amazing. Alex was only 8 years old at the time! So, he is a musical genius." The host exclaimed, and he turned to Alex and said, "Can you perform? Just sing. A song."

Alex smiled and said, "Sing any song?"

"Any song will do!" the host said affirmatively.

"Then I want to sing a new song? I want to accompany it!" Alex said with embarrassment deliberately.

When the host heard it, he wanted to sing a new song, which was great. He hurriedly signaled the staff to be ready, and at the same time said to Alex: "No problem, we have the best accompaniment band here!"

Alex shrugged and explained: "I bring my own band over, so I'm more used to working with them."

The host immediately said: "That's okay, you can use your own band."

So Alex asked his band to come up. When this band appeared on the stage, it caused a riot!

It turns out that most of Alex's band are black, only one or two are white. This was intolerable to the white society at the time. The segregation policy has not been cancelled. Blacks will be driven away by whites when they go to public places. Segregated areas are set up in buses, schools, and living quarters.

In this era, even the radio dare not play black songs, let alone TV shows. If these black people hadn't come with the Carpenters, maybe they wouldn't even be able to enter the door of the TV station building.