Robert Gottlieb was kicked away from "The New Yorker" by Newhouse, without knowing it in advance.

Before that, he was even discussing the content of this year's column "China on the Bite of the Tongue" with Lin Chaoyang during the party at home.

After leaving The New Yorker, Robert Gottlieb returned to his old nest, Knauf Press, and served as honorary editor-in-chief. In theory, he and Newhouse are still employees and bosses.

He called today for this reason.

After Tina Brown took over "The New Yorker", she deliberately neglected Lin Chaoyang. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that, otherwise McCrath would not have contacted Lin Chaoyang.

Newcomers and new styles, it is not wrong for Tina Brown to create a new publication style for The New Yorker.

But she underestimated the influence of "China on the Bite of the Tongue", not mentioning the glory of the serialization last year, but only saying that the hot sale of "China on the Bite of the Tongue" and its influence over the past month are completely worthy of "New Yorker".

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Vigorously win over.

According to the advertising department's estimates, if China on the Bite of the Tongue can continue to be serialized in "The New Yorker" this year, the advertising fee increase it will likely to bring to the magazine several times that of last year.

Only then did Tina Brown realize that she had made a huge mistake. She contacted Lin Chaoyang to make up for it, but Lin Chaoyang didn't give her this opportunity at all.

Being respectful in front and back makes people laugh.

So, Robert Gottlieb's phone call today.

On the phone, Robert Gottlieb's tone was apologetic. He had no choice but to make the phone call, and he did not want to make Lin Chaoyang embarrassed.

"I understand your situation. But Robert, I decided not to continue the "China on the Bite of the Tongue" column because of being angry.

You also know that my main business is to write novels, and spending a while every year writing columns does cost me a lot of energy.

On the other hand, the New Yorker pays not too high, so it’s okay to write a column and try it occasionally, but it’s always too cheap to do it like this.”

Lin Chaoyang calmly talked to Robert Gottlieb about the reason why he no longer wrote columns. After listening, Robert Gottlieb sighed softly.

"With the influence of "China on the Bite of the Tongue" in American society now, it is really regrettable that you will no longer continue to publish columns."

"There must be a little bit of regret, but the popularity of "China on the Bite of the Tongue" is also partly due to its novel content output mode.

It will be no longer surprising if you see it more in the future.

The reason why Lin Chaoyang said this is because some of the food writers under Judith Jones have begun to pay tribute to his writing style.

In the next one or two years, American readers may see "Mexico on the Tip of the Tongue", "Italy on the Tip of the Tongue", and "India on the Tip of the Tongue" one after another.

"You can't say that, you are the first writer to write this way, and it's groundbreaking in any case."

After chatting for more than ten minutes, the two hung up the phone.

Robert Gottlieb made this call because of romance. Since Lin Chaoyang had made a decision, he would not make it difficult for Lin Chaoyang to make things difficult.

After hanging up the phone, the two children went to the swimming pool in the yard to play in the water. A nanny looked at it. Lin Chaoyang was planning to go to the study to read the book when the phone rang again.

As soon as he answered the phone, he heard Du Feng's whirring sound.

"Brother-in-law, I'll be at Deep Water Bay later. You have to ask me to have a meal at night!"

Lin Chaoyang was a little surprised, "Are you going to come to Xiangjiang?"

"I'm in Xiangjiang now. I can't explain it in one sentence or two. You can wait for me at home."

After saying that, Du Feng chose the phone number.

After waiting at home for more than an hour, Du Feng really appeared before supper.

"When did you come to Xiangjiang? Why didn't you call in advance?"

"Isn't this a problem?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Chaoyang became even more curious, "What can you do when you come to Xiangjiang?"

"This is a long story!"

The year before yesterday, Du Feng spent a lot of energy and financial resources to create the women's clothing brand "Hongxiu", and the results were not ideal after one year of development.

It’s not that it’s not profitable. It’s hard not to make money by doing clothing these days, but it’s not as profitable as Du Feng expected, especially compared with the business in the clothing city.

During the New Year party this year, when Du Feng talked about this, Tao Yumo gave her some ideas and won a big Benz.

Du Feng came to Xiangjiang this time to implement this matter.

"Open a store in Harbour City? Or did Yumo help you contact?"

Lin Chaoyang savored what Du Feng said, and his heart suddenly became clear, "Are you two going to do "export to domestic sales"?"

Du Feng clapped his hands, "Brother-in-law, your statement is wonderful! That's right, it's just that exports are converted to domestic sales, which is too incisive!"

Tao Yumo gave Du Feng a package of ideas. The first step was to ask him to register a clothing company in Xiangjiang now, named Vermillion Grace, which sounds a bit Valentino.

With a clothing company, the next step is to open a store.

Harbour City is the largest shopping center in Xiangjiang, and many international first-tier brands have opened stores here.

But it is not as strict as those shopping malls in Taikoo Plaza, which are the qualification review cards of merchants that are settled in, and you can basically handle it with money.

VermillionGrace's first "brand flagship store" in Xiangjiang is about to be launched here, covering an area of ​​300

Square, investment of HK$8 million.

Of course, it will also be VermillionGrace's only flagship store in Xiangjiang.

One store invested 8 million Hong Kong dollars, and even Du Feng’s current net worth of hundreds of millions can’t help but feel distressed.

This is not over yet, he still has to hire a spokesperson.

It is a knowledgeable thing to ask for a spokesperson. According to Du Feng's perception, just invite a popular female star from Xiangjiang.

But Tao Yumo doesn't think so. Female stars like Brigitte Lin and Anita Mui are now famous in the mainland, but their personality is still a bit bad. Tao Yumo chose someone for him.

"Who?"

"Broke Little Silk."

Lin Chaoyang was stunned for a moment, and then he felt a sense of admiration in his heart.

Although I used to think that my sister-in-law was a natural businessman, now Lin Chaoyang still underestimates her. This girl is a marketing genius!

When it comes to the name of Brooke Xiaosi, Chinese people are not unfamiliar with it.

Booke Xiaosi was born in New York, USA, with four ancestry in Italy, France, Britain and Ireland.

It has shown amazing beauty since childhood.

Because she came from a family of acting, she naturally became a child star. She took nude photos for the magazine "Playboy" at the age of 10, which caused huge controversy.

In addition to shooting advertisements and magazine photos, Brooke Xiaosi played a young prostitute in the movie "The Legend of Yan Baby" at the age of 11 in 1978.

Since then, she has become famous and has been called "the eighth miracle of the world" by Hollywood.

During the reform and opening up, domestic and international information exchanges were not smooth, but because of this, many people have more respect and believe in international information.

The name of Brooke Xiaosi is gradually known to the Chinese people, and then her movie "Youth Coral Island"

Movies such as "Endless Love" flow into the country through informal channels.

Brooke Xiaosi has a mixed-blood face that combines Eastern and Western aesthetics, which is very consistent with domestic aesthetics and has allowed her to gain many movie fans in China.

In summary, she should be one of the first Western stars to be widely recognized after China's reform and opening up, and it is somewhat similar to Fei Xiang's "first generation idol".

In 1995, Zhao Lirong and Gong Hanlin performed the sketch "Such Packaging" on the Spring Festival Gala. The "spicy chicken silk" they joked about was Booke Xiaoshi, which shows that their popularity in China.

American stars and Hollywood stars are naturally more advanced than Hong Kong stars. Foreign monks are better at chanting scriptures than they have already penetrated into the bones of the people.

"I have two things to do when I come to Xiangjiang this time, one is the opening of the flag carrier, and the other is the shooting of commercials.

This girl Yumo is really a waste of money. She paid me $3 million for asking someone.

Brother-in-law, did you think she took the kickback in the middle?”

Speaking of spending money, Du Feng felt distressed again. How many pieces of clothes does he have to sell to earn back this money?

"Do you think Hollywood stars are so easy to hire? There is not much money."

Lin Chaoyang casually said perfunctorily.

$3 million is indeed a bit more.

Brooke Xiaosi's peak period was in the 1970s and 1980s, and her status in Hollywood was probably equivalent to that of domestic entertainment.

Later, she went to college, and her career plummeted, which was much worse than before. In the past two years, she could only play some supporting roles of $3 million, which was indeed a bit expensive, but Lin Chaoyang did not think that Tao Yumo falsely reported the price and was able to make a living.

No matter how good the English name sounds, Hongxiu is still a Hongxiu.

Celebrities make money and depend on others to make money. If LVs find celebrities to endorse, some celebrities may not take any money and actively cooperate.

But it is reasonable to charge more money for brands like Hongxiu, which have emerged from somewhere. The extra money is considered a car fee.

Seeing Du Feng looking at him suspiciously, as if he suspected that he was covering Tao Yumo, Lin Chaoyang sneered.

"Look at your petty look, you look like a big boss. Do you think Yumo can look at your little money now?"

Du Feng was stunned for a moment, "What does it mean?"

"you do not know?"
To be continued...