Reborn in America

Chapter 18: Planting Trees with Heart

After Alex posted the novel, he waited almost a month before receiving a reply.

"What! This is a rejection letter!" The shocking thing was that Alex's ambitious novel project was rejected before it started.

The letter said that the novel is very beautiful and the author's imagination is also very good. It is hard to believe that the author is only seven years old. It's just that this type of novel doesn't seem to meet the needs of the market. If there are novels of the type "The Lord of the Rings", I hope to continue to submit to this publishing house.

After reading the entire letter, Alex almost tore it to pieces. He really did not expect that the editors of this era would be so conservative, willing to take even a little risk. They are only willing to publish the types of novels that are available on the market, and they dare not touch Alex's works that completely subvert the existing novel system.

It's no wonder that the editor would do this, not to mention this novel from Alex's online literature, even the novel written by Aunt Rowling is inevitably rejected. Even more than once, many publishers have rejected manuscripts continuously.

In 1996, Aunt Rowling’s first "Harry Potter" series suffered rejections, and it was rejected by 12 publishers. Finally, Bloomsbury agreed to publish it. But the prepaid royalties are only £1,500.

This was not over yet, after she became famous, Aunt Rowling wrote another novel. This is a 450-year-old detective novel called "The Cuckoo Is Calling". This time, she submitted the manuscript under the pseudonym of Robert Galbraith, but was sadly urged and rejected again.

Alex didn't understand Rowling's dark history. He still thought the book he wrote was very interesting, but the editor was too stupid to understand it. He continued to send the novel to other publishing houses, but he did not believe that he could not find a discerning Bole.

While Alex was busy publishing novels, the Carpenters had another good news!

Angel has it again, Alex and Richard will soon have another brother or sister! This makes Bart overjoyed, he has been talking about wanting children for several years. The Carpenter brothers performed very well. If there were more children, their band would not need outsiders to join in.

In Bart’s expectation, Angel’s belly grew bigger day by day. On March 2, 1950, Richard and Alex’s sister was born!

A month later, Bart named his newborn daughter Karen Carpenter!

At this time, in addition to busy revising the novel, Alex also had to study music and perform everywhere. He had no extra energy to pay attention to his little sister Karen.

After he sent out the first book of the "Harry Potter" series again, he had the energy to pay attention to his new sister!

"Karen! I'm here!" Alex leaned down to tease his sister in the cradle, and then quickly left her sight. "I'm gone, ahaha!"

When Karen was confused, Alex quickly appeared in front of her.

"I'm out again! Haha! Isn't it fun!"

Alex laughed and played with his sister Karen. He is in a very good mood now. The manuscript has been sent out. Now he just needs to wait patiently.

"This time it should be okay, I've changed the novel again, and it's much better than the first edition." Alex teased his sister Karen again and again, thinking about the novel again and again.

"Wait! The younger brother is Richard Carpenter, and the younger sister is Karen Carpenter? It seems familiar!"

Suddenly, there was a strange feeling in Alex's heart! He hurriedly searched his memory bank and quickly found relevant information.

Karen Carpenter and her brother Richard Carpenter formed a famous carpenter band. Karen Carpenter was born in Connecticut, USA in 1950. He learned musical instruments from an early age under the influence of his brother. As a drummer, her brother Richard, who is three years older than her, is a very talented young man. He has acted as a piano accompaniment and producer, and composed a lot of songs.

Later, with the help of the famous agent De Niuwen, he entered the American pop music scene. In 1970, a song "Close to You" (closetoyou) topped the charts, which made the carpenters brothers and sisters become popular. In the 1970s, they continued to have excellent works and became idols of countless American youths. President Nixon called the Carpenter brothers and sisters the best American youth.

"No wonder! I always think Richard Carpenter's name is very familiar. It turns out that he is Karen Carpenter's eldest brother!"

Alex suddenly realized that since he was born, he has always felt that Carpenter's surname is very strange. Because Carpenter translated into Chinese means "carpenter"!

"Why is there no information about Alex Carpenter at all! Isn't I a non-existent person in history?" Alex was a little entangled with his identity. He checked it and found no trace of his existence. However, perhaps the historical Alex did indeed die in 1942, and it is logical that there is no relevant information in his mind.

What impressed Alex most was the song "Yesterday Reappears" sung by his sister Karen! This song is a compulsory piece for his English teacher when he takes English phonetics classes in college. Listening to that song, you can touch the deepest memory in human heart.

Alex watched the video of "Yesterday Reappearance" again in his mind. The singing and the feeling made him seem to have traveled through time and space and returned to the past.

"Really worthy of being my sister! This song is enough to immortalize her through the ages, and even Richard is stained a lot."

Alex looked up information while admiring it. Fortunately, he liked this song very much in his previous life, so he had searched for relevant information. Otherwise, he might not know that Richard and Karen are the famous "Carpenter brothers and sisters." "combination.

The song "Yesterday Reappears" was co-authored by Richard Carpenter and John Badis. It has been covered by countless singers. This gold-winning single was runner-up in both the United States and the United Kingdom. . Now this song has become one of the eternal best-selling singles.

"Wait, I remember Karen died a long time ago. He just took a quick glance and didn't investigate the cause in depth!"

After thinking of countless possibilities, Alex hurried down to check information about Carpenter.

It is a pity that Karen Carpenter left prematurely at the age of 32. She died of anorexia nervosa. This is due to the serious consequences of taking laxatives for a long time and dieting for a long time in order to keep her figure slim.

On February 4, 1983, she died in the arms of her parents who loved her. Karen Carpenter has a beautiful voice, a cordial and natural singing, and a little sentimental. In addition, they use multi-track recording technology. Therefore, their records are very successful both in art and technology, and they are the finest of contemporary popular music.

Seeing this, Alex was shocked. He didn't expect his little sister Karen would die early because of that hell of anorexia!

He looked at the giggling baby girl in the cradle and determined to say to her: "Since I have become your eldest brother, then I will definitely not let you go the same way! Don't worry! I will raise you. White and fat!"

After learning that his younger sister Karen and his younger brother Richard would have their positions in the American music industry in the future, he wondered if they should be pushed behind. So that Richard and Karen make their debut as soon as possible, which is in his own interest. After all, if you have money, everyone makes money together. They belong to the same family, so how can they be left behind!

It may not seem difficult to make money through music, but it is actually quite difficult. After all, his sister Karen is only a few months old now, and he is only more than eight years old, and his brother Richard is less than five years old! Even a talented person needs the right time to succeed!

"I'm too young to do anything free!" Alex couldn't help sighing. He knows that many people have already made a lot of money when they are very young. For example, the famous American child star Shirley Temple, she was already famous at home and abroad at the age of six. There is also Uranus superstar Mike Jackson. He performed on stage when he was three years old, and he had already released records when he was six years old. When he was eight or nine years old, his sales of three records were weekly champions.

Sometimes people are really maddening than people. Logically speaking, a traversing crowd like Alex should have long gained fame and fortune. He not only possesses superpowers, but also has a strong enough talent, but because there is no proper opportunity, the result has been wasted until now.

Alex said with a bit of thought, "Why are people who have gone through rebirth, so awesome. Three or four years old can carry guns and cannons, five or six years old is rich, seven or eight years old, there are countless beauties, and teenagers are invincible. At the age of twenty, he fought Europe and America, and stepped on Japan and South Korea. No matter how bad we are, we can’t be worse than mortals like Xiulan or Mike!"

In fact, Alex knew what his problem was. First of all, he lacks opportunities, and no one who has no chance can not fly. Secondly, there is still the issue of age. In history, seven or eight years old can do a lot of great things, but that's all luck. Once again, that is that Alex is lazy, and if he really plans well, he can also use the knowledge of later generations to make a name.

This time is different. He plans to do it. As for how to do it, he really has to think about it.

no chance? Then create your own opportunities!

No luck? Uh, this luck is really beyond his control. However, going through the rebirth is already great luck, what kind of fortune does he need!

The rest is to think about how to use one's own advantages and become famous in one fell swoop. A year or two ago, Alex thought it was very easy to achieve fame and fortune, as long as he relied on the "Harry Potter" book to pass through the masses, the invincible gold magic weapon is enough. Even if you can't make yourself hundreds of millions of dollars a year like Aunt Rowling, you can make at least one million eight hundred thousand dollars.

Unexpectedly, his book is totally unpopular. Keep sending it out, keep getting returned. After more than a dozen rejections, Alex no longer wants to rely on this to make a fortune. He plans to make money through music more safely, and it is more in line with his current actual situation.

As for how to take the music route, he has already had an idea, but he still has to find some help.