It was under such circumstances that Robert Gottlieb took over the New Yorker.

After taking over as editor-in-chief, Gottlieb appeased the generals left behind by former editor-in-chief William Shawn, became closer to writers, and made the always popular McGrath his second-in-command.

In terms of magazine content, he continued the previous features and also requested that the topic selection be expanded to a wider range.

Become more approachable to young people.

These measures of his have successfully retained readers of The New Yorker, but that's all.

After all, the glorious era of print media has passed since the late 1980s.

But as a capitalist, Newhouse is not satisfied with the current situation of The New Yorker. From his perspective,

The New Yorker is the most respected magazine among American intellectuals, with millions of loyal readers.

Moreover, these readers are all high-net-worth individuals, and the value that The New Yorker wants to create should be far beyond the current level.

"In the past six months, Robert has been under a lot of pressure. He actually wants to complete the tasks assigned by his boss, but the premise is to maintain the magazine's line and style.

Your expertise in food culture is very attractive. I think he also took a fancy to this and wanted to try to contribute to "

The New Yorker brought about some change.”

After listening to Epstein's statement, Lin Chaoyang nodded clearly, "That's it."

Epstein added: "No matter what, don't put too much pressure on me. Things like columns may be important to ordinary writers, but to you they are just for fun."

"I understand." Lin Chaoyang replied with a smile.

Two days later, Lin Chaoyang received a notice from Luann Walter that Ron Woodruff agreed to Lin Chaoyang's novel based on his experience, but there was one condition.

"What conditions?"

Luan Walter looked embarrassed and did not answer Lin Chaoyang's question, "He is a madman!"

When Lin Chaoyang heard this, he immediately understood that it must be Ron Woodruff who proposed some seemingly unbelievable conditions.

"You're not going to make a blood pact with me, are you?" Lin Chaoyang said jokingly.

Luan Walter smiled bitterly, "He's not that scary."

He sighed and said: "He asked us to guarantee that your novel must sell 5.3 million copies and be adapted into a movie. In fact, his idea is that it is best to make it into a movie directly."

Lin Chaoyang looked calm when he heard this condition. For a terminally ill person, it is not surprising to propose any conditions.

"His conditions don't make sense, right? It takes time to sell novels. No matter how popular they are, 5.3 million copies cannot be sold in one or two years.

By that time, he might not be...——

Realizing that what he said next was inappropriate, Lin Chaoyang changed his tone, "I understand, he wants his story to be known to more people, and he wants to leave his name in history!"

Luan Walter snapped his fingers, "Yes. But this condition is too harsh. He doesn't understand 530

What is the concept of selling 10,000 copies, let alone being adapted into a movie—"

"Does his sales have to be in the United States?"

Lin Chaoyang interrupted Luan Walter. He hesitated and said, "I didn't say that."

"That's acceptable." Lin Chaoyang said in a low voice.

"What?" Luan Walter looked surprised.

"I said I can agree to his conditions." Lin Chaoyang repeated, and then explained: "My novel,

Sales have been pretty good.”

Luan Walter has been cooperating with Lin Chaoyang for three or four years. Of course he knows that his novels have sold well in many countries, but he does not know the specific sales of these works.

The key is, which writer can guarantee that his novel will sell 5.3 million copies?

"Lin, I feel that there is really no need to agree to his conditions. Even if I really want to write his story, it is not impossible to use his experience."

Lin Chaoyang pondered and said: "It doesn't matter. His experience is indeed legendary and naturally spreadable. I can't guarantee how good I will write it, but the topicality and sales volume of this novel will definitely not be bad."

After Luan Walter heard this and thought about it, he also felt that it made sense, but there was also the matter of film adaptation.

This kind of thing is beyond the control of writers and publishers!

As if he had seen through his thoughts, Lin Chaoyang cleared his throat, "As for the movie adaptation, it's easy..."

Luan Walter looked puzzled, and Lin Chaoyang said: "I haven't mentioned it to you before, but my wife is actually running a film company, um, it will be listed soon."

Luan Walter immediately understood the key point that Lin Chaoyang wanted to express, and looked at Lin Chaoyang with a look of surprise and disbelief.

He thought of the adaptations of Lin Chaoyang's works, "The Truman Show?"

Lin Chaoyang nodded, "Yes, my wife's company took the photo."

Thank you for your own production and sales!

After understanding the situation, Luan Walter had no worries.

Lin Chaoyang asked at this time: "Do you know why he insists on the number '5.3 million'?"

Luan Walter was also confused, "Who knows what he is thinking!"

"It seems that he can only answer it himself."

Luan Walter asked with a complicated expression: "Lin, do you really want to see him?"

HIV was only discovered and named in the early 1980s. In just ten years, hundreds of thousands of people in the United States have been infected.

And because it was first spread among men, American newspapers were filled with words such as "gay killer" and "gay plague" for a time.

Due to the fuel and influence of the media, the attitude towards AIDS from the U.S. government to the American people at that time was that "only those who have been punished by God will get sick."

The hobby of cut-sleeve dragon Yang has existed in all countries since ancient times. It was not until the rise of the "gay movement" in the 1970s and 1980s that the public in the United States gradually became more tolerant and accepting of this special group.

As a result, HIV emerged within a few years, and the reputation of the gay community among ordinary people was even worse than before. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are "rats crossing the street, and everyone calls for beating them."

It is normal for a terminal disease that can be infected to cause this kind of disgust and for everyone to feel insecure.

"Let's meet each other, we need to accumulate materials! And we have an old saying in China that a gentleman is magnanimous.

It means.""

Seeing Lin Chaoyang's attitude, Luan Walter suddenly felt an unspeakable touch and admiration in his heart.

He suddenly thought of the award speech given to Lin Chaoyang for the Neustadt International Literature Prize - writing the times in words.

Love life and freedom, respect history and nature.

What a fitting evaluation!

Two days later, an Oldsmobile was speeding down the New Jersey Expressway.

Luan Walter held the steering wheel, and Die Die kept complaining.

"Damn it! I wonder what kind of ecstasy you gave Jason? Why do you want me to do this job?"

"2800 kilometers! This is almost 3000 kilometers!"

Lin Chaoyang on the side was flipping through the map and complimented absentmindedly: "Lu An, your math is really good!

Luan Walter was silent. After a while, he persisted and asked, "What on earth did you say to Jason?"

Lin Chaoyang put down the map and became serious,

, "It's nothing, I'm just saying, if you market this book well, you can easily sell two to three hundred square copies!"

Luan Walter looked at Lin Chaoyang in horror when he heard this.

"Watch the road!" Lin Chaoyang reminded.

Luan Walter turned his head and looked forward, "You really dare to talk nonsense, and you were beaten by Ron before we even met.

Woodruff is infected?"

He waited for a while, and when Lin Chaoyang didn't reply, he asked uncertainly: "Do you really think you can sell so many copies?

Lin Chaoyang shrugged, "Who knows? Anyway, it's topical enough.

After a while, Luan Walter said: "I hope it can be done, otherwise my job as a driver will be in vain."

Then he asked: "Why do we have to drive there? It's easier to fly. At worst, we can rent a car locally."

Lin Chaoyang said leisurely: "If you want to write about American culture, how can you do it without experiencing the American customs and customs?"

You experience the local customs, why am I the one who is tired?

Luan Walter didn't ask this, because he saw that Lin Chaoyang didn't care about his life or death. The editor has no human rights. I want to sue the United Nations!

New York is more than 2,800 kilometers away from Texas, the destination of Lin Chaoyang's trip. Luan Walter drove his Oldsmobile with 100,000 kilometers all the way out of New York, down to New Jersey, through Washington, and through Virginia...—

After two days, we finally arrived in Texas.

After getting off the bus, Luan Walter's feet were weak. The first thing he said was: "Lin, when you get back, you can get your driver's license and I'll pay for it!"

Lin Chaoyang shook his head, "You have been a driver for 20 years after all. Didn't you tell me before that you drove from New York to Los Angeles when you were young?"

Luan Walter was angry, "At that time, I drove the car interchangeably with my wife."

"We're not in Los Angeles, so it makes sense for you to drive alone."
Chapter completed!