Timeskip 6 month later, Harry pov
It's been 6 month since I receive the signing bonus from UMG and the album will be released 3 days from now, to be honest I'm feeling both excited and nervous about the album reception, even if I only wrote 1 song, it became the title song for the album, it's really making me nervous about the public reception, and for my book it already available on the book store since last month and it slowly climbing the sales charts.
A lot of historical enthusiasts are recommending it to the forum, and a few history teachers and professors are also recommending the book to their students.
A few veteran group also recommending the book to their friends and families which in turn making my book even more popular between the veteran and active duty soldier, a lot of reserve soldier also love it, and a few of the military higher ups are hearing about the book and said that it's pretty good, one of the retired general even want to recommended the book to all active duty soldier to commemorate all the veteran and achievement that the allies manage to do in world war 2.
Some left-wing extremist and politician hate my book because they said it promote nationalism and misogynistic and anti women, and i just ignore them because it's a fucking non sense, let the soldier fight them.
For me personally any discussion about the book is good for indirect advertising, and if some controversial figure want to nitpick in on tv, it will be better, because i believe with some attacking, other will rush to defend the book, and in turn it will cause more people to know about my book and drive the sales figure even more, according to my publisher my book sold more in conservative area, and even more in the place near military bases or training ground.
I want to see the sales figure for the first month but because tomorrow is my 4th birthday so, i will open it in my birthday, because this year, it a small luxury party consisting of only my family, minus my grandma dede because she is stuck in hawaii without any flight, and i secretly arrange that, give her a free holiday so she can get away from the party cause i don't like her at all, on the other hand, grandpa know about it, and even help me give it to her, with some bullshit reason she finally go for over a week in hawaii, and i just need to pay for the flight and accommodation , and it cheap because i choose the cheapest one, my grandpa and grandma doesn't know about it because i told them i got it as a gift from my singer friends hahahaha, what a happy thought.
i even bought some present for Haley, A light blue dress with some accessories on it, and some swiss chocolate because she love eating it, my mother is not really happy with my gift to Haley because she thinks it can cause Haley to have a sweet tooth or even make her fat, but i assure her, Haley would be okay, i can simply pay for her fat suction procedure in the future and she won't need to worry about anything.
Uncle Mitch said the Party planner is his good friend named Pepper, and I doubt it's his real name.. Cause what kind of parent names their own child with a condiment name ? like salt and pepper ? really ? it must be some nickname or secret code ? like one of those spies ? i speculating alone in my bed, for this party, I splurge a bit and give it more than 10 thousand USD (A/N remember that this is in 1997) so if its not luxury, i don't know what count as luxury anymore, after all it's only grandpa Jay,Uncle mitch and his boyfriend i don't know his name yet, uncle Mitch haven't told me yet, and our family of 5, so 8 people and it cost 10 grand, it should be luxurious right ? Mom and dad don't know my budget, while uncle Mitch only introduced Pepper to me, he told me that Pepper has a hobby of planning a party, so i just asked his help.
For now I'm still manually typing my second book, the first series of Harry Potter that i got from my first gacha, the first book, Harry Potter and the philosopher's stone have less than 77000 words, i know its a very different genre and style, but I still have the intent to release it, after all it's sold so well in my previous world, and i do hope it will sold as good here, maybe after 2 or 3 month i can put the manuscript to my publisher and i hope they like it too.
When I'm focused on writing my book and typing quite fast on my laptop, suddenly I was shocked by a knocking sound.
Knock knock knock.
"Harry ? dinner is ready dear" my mom called me for dinner.
"Mom ? you shocked me, I'm working on my second book, so i will go down stairs in a few minutes, let me save my work first" I said to my mother.
"Be fast or you won't get any meat left, you know Haley has been eating more and more right ?" Mom said joking around.
"Coming mom~" After I finished saving my work, I came out of my room and went downstairs to eat dinner with my family.
At the dinner table we were all eating mac and cheese with some steak and carrot, and i asked my mother for a spicy sauce, and when i almost done eating, my father suddenly call my name.
"Harry, tomorrow is your birthday, do you have anything you need for the party ?" my father asked me.
"To be completely honest, I don't need anything cause I'm not personally planning the party, dad uncle Mitch's friend named Pepper is the one planning for it, I just gave him the budget and he took care of it" I explained to my father.
"So you just pay someone to plan the party ?" My dad asked me.
"Yeah , pretty much ? After all, I want a good party, and since it's an intimate party just for our family, why can't I have a nice one ? " I said calmly.
"You're not wrong but planning it personally gives it a personal touch right ? " my dad said to me in an interesting expression.
"That's right, but I've never done it before, and I want to have a nice one, that's why I choose to let professionals do their job" I smiled helplessly.
"As long as that's what you want son" my father just smiled at me.
"Well maybe rather than a party it's more like a family dinner ? after all it's only 8 of us" I said to my father.
"How much did you spend on it, son ? " my father asked me.
"Why are you interrogating your own son Phil ?" My mother decided to join our conversation.
"I'm just curious Claire, a party that has been budgeted by a 4 year old should be interesting right ? " my father laughed.
Should I tell the truth or should I hide it ? It's quite a big number after all, but with my own abilities, I will spend even more money in the future… so I guess it should be okay ?
After considering it for a while I decided to…
"It's not that much, after all it includes all the cost, from place to food to other stuff like decoration" i said it confidently.
"So how much ?" my father asked me again.
"I told Pepper to keep it under 10 grand " I said truthfully.
My father seemed frozen for a few seconds and even my mother looked stunned by what I said.
"Wait , how much again son ? "
"10 thousand Dollar dad" I answered again.
"Isn't it too big ?" he said.
"Not really, even a bottle of wine can cost more than a thousand dollar" i said innocently.
"Well do we need to consume such an expensive wine ?" my father asked me.
"I'm not drinking dad, but the one that grandpa collects cost more than that so i guess it's alright, and i need to go to bed, good night dad" i said cheerfully.
"Night, son" my dad answered shortly.
And went to bed that night, without knowing the conversation that my parents have downstairs until late that day.
General pov
That night Phil and Claire talk about their son way of value and the fact that he seems to have a skewed view for money, they discuss it for a long time until around 1 am before Claire decided to check her bank account and found out their son make a lot of money, the income from book loyalty for the first month is over 100 thousand dollar, so over 50 thousand book sold in the first month.
With other income from writing music and another book in progress, Phil and Claire finally realized that their son is way richer than they expected, so after thinking about it for a while they decide 10 thousand for a birthday dinner doesn't seem that big of a deal.
In the end Claire and Phil need to understand that their standart and view of money must be adjusted considering their son's abilities to make money, and maybe their son will make more in the future.
Today is the day Haley and Harry have their 4th birthday, and with the plan to have dinner together, and after dressing for the occasion they finally depart from their house, with Phil in a dark blue suit, Claire in a beautiful and elegant beige dress, baby alex in a yellow dress and Haley in a blue dress that Harry bought for her completed with all the accessories and then Harry in a simple white shirt and a dark blue pants.
And after arriving at the location and being led by the waiter to the place, everyone was stunned by the decoration, because Pepper decided to rent a room decorated like a medieval palace, with a lot of gold and wood making it seem both elegant and gaudy.
Harry pov
Really Pepper ? this is the place that you choose for a dinner ? I wonder how much Pepper spent the budget on renting this room, this looks expensive as hell and it seems too much, even for my rustic and graceless eyes, this is too much Pepper, a big surprise i must say, and when i count the chair, why is it more than 8 ? It should be me,Haley , mom and dad, baby Alex in a baby chair, grandpa Jay and then uncle Mitch and his new boyfriend right ? That's only 8.. So who sits on the other chairs ?