Volume 1: A sound on Wall Street, Xinxiang City is busy copying books Chapter 246 Double Twelve
Chapter subtitle: This is just the beginning
Sunday, December 12, 1920 was originally an ordinary day, but it became less ordinary because of Yuan Yan's arrival.
On this timeline, today is the day when "Window on the World", which will later become the world's best-selling magazine, was founded.
Unlike the original history, Reader's Digest did not start publishing overseas editions until 1938. Under the operation of Master Yuan and his partners, this magazine would have more than a dozen versions in different languages before the Great Depression and would be popular all over the world.
The "little fairy in the forest" naturally obeyed "Dionysus" and, through her father's relationship, she really found Dewitt Wallace and his wife Lila Acheson Wallace, who were promoting their own ideas in New York at the time. The two sides hit it off immediately. Under the persuasion of Miss Brown and Mr. McCall, New York University Press also got involved.
The three parties jointly invested 15,000 US dollars, but the majority of the money came from Miss Brown's father, or more precisely, the famous New York Brown family. The Wallaces only invested 1,000 US dollars but held 20% of the shares, and Mr. Wallace also served as the editor-in-chief of "Windows on the World". They were very satisfied and even a little grateful for this, after all, the Wallaces had been facing obstacles in the New York publishing industry until Miss Brown personally found them.
At this point, "Women of the World" had its first subsidiary publication. Of course, in the future, the "Women of the World" group will have countless subsidiary publications in countries around the world, but "Window on the World" is definitely a very good start.
In addition, "Stranger Code Periodical" also known as "Stranger Code Journal" officially began to be published on this day.
This magazine is indeed not as successful as "Window of the World" in business, nor can it match the status of "Women of the World" in the women's and fashion circles. However, "Qima Journal" is recognized as the true origin of fantasy literature and fantasy literature derivative products. Under the leadership and inspiration of our Master Yuan, the "non-mainstream cultural industry" on this timeline matured earlier and was more developed than his original one, so that it could compete with the mainstream cultural industry.
In fact, this not only benefits readers, but also allows fantasy writers to reach heights they would not have otherwise reached. In this timeline, Mr. Ronald Reil Tolkien will win the Nobel Prize in Literature for his The Lord of the Rings, which he would not have won otherwise. In his acceptance speech, the first person he thanked was Master Yuan Yanshu.
In order to celebrate these two events, Master Yuan gave an order and several friends worked together to organize a celebratory reception, which was held in the two-story building in Brooklyn that served as a magazine office.
Although the location was not so "upscale", the reception was still well organized and many guests from the cultural . In Master Yuan's eyes, these guests were all resources.
"Mr. Brown, it's my honor to meet you. As a junior, I should have visited you earlier, but as you know, I had a small accident a few days ago..."
Master Yuan certainly would not mention such a disappointing fact as the New York University Press's refusal to publish his "Chocolat", but instead he chatted enthusiastically with Miss Brown's father.
"No problem. Although Doctor Wen is always very busy, since you are not feeling well, Mr. Brown, I think he will be free. And I will personally be your translator..."
"Excuse me, Mr. Brown, Helen. I have to be away for a moment."
He built a relationship with the president and joined the circle of people who loved craftsmanship.
"Mr. Trude Bennett, nice to meet you."
"Hello, Mr. Oswald Spengler."
"Mr. Ashley Long, I've heard your name from Howard before."
These people are the pen pals of Master Ai Shouyi, and they are also current fantasy lovers and future fantasy novel writers. They all look like they are not doing well, but they are in awe when they see Master Yuan. This is of course normal. The book "A Song of Ice and Fire" is just a very interesting novel for ordinary readers, but for them it really opens "a door to a new world".
Unfortunately, one of Mr. Ai Shouyi’s important pen pals, Robert Irving Howard, the author of "The King in Yellow" and "Conan the Barbarian", the originator of "Sword and Sorcery", is only 14 years old and has not yet communicated with him.
"Hahaha, you're flattering me. How can we talk about learning from me? We should learn from each other and make progress together. Don't worry, the door of Qi Ma Journal is always open to everyone. As long as the manuscript meets the publication standards, the remuneration will be generous!"
"I'm sorry, everyone. I have to excuse myself for a moment."
After entertaining all these people, he greeted Miss Lillian Gish, who was the most beautiful lady in the room, with a big smile on his face. The couple even kissed each other's hands in public. It was 1920 after all, and a man and a woman kissing each other was really a bit exaggerated.
"I am so honored . I didn't expect to meet so many friends from the film and television industry today. I am so happy! Of course, I want to thank Miss Gish..."
At this time, New York's position in the film and television industry had not yet been completely replaced by Hollywood, so there were quite a few people in the film and television industry here. And next, our Master Yuan will definitely make a big splash in the film industry, so the more talents in this field, the better.
After socializing in the film and television circles, the next step is the more important media circle.
"Mr. Sanders, I heard that you've been lucky recently and won a lot, right? By the way, I'd also like to ask you and your colleagues to give a few good words about my novel in the New York Times."
"Emma, this is...your father, Mr. Herbert Pulitzer! I didn't expect you to come in person. I am so overwhelmed. Come to think of it, I haven't thanked you in person for your help until now..."
I don’t know if it’s because of his current fame, or because of the help from Miss Emma Pulitzer, or because of the influence of Mr. Louis Baker, but the editor-in-chief of Le Monde really came here.
"Okay, no problem. I will definitely pay you a visit, and I will definitely continue to write political articles. I'm really sorry, Mr. Pulitzer, Miss Pulitzer, I have something else to do."
Yuan Yan suddenly saw Ms. Cather and Mr. Dresser entering the venue with two young people, and of course she had to greet them.
"Welcome, Ms. Cather. Welcome, Mr. Dresser."
"Who are these two?"
