On November 3, 1997, Zhang Chunru received two printed sample copies of the Nanjing Massacre. When she unpacked the brown box, she trembled with excitement. Like a little girl, she danced in the room with two sample books in her arms.

Ms. Zhang told her mother, Ms. Zhang Yingying, the good news and that she would hold a one-month book sign-off between Nov. 14 and Dec. 19, and that she could not reveal anything about the book until the digest was published, according to her contract with Newsweek. But once the book excerpt is published, she can say whatever she wants.

On November 6, Newsweek editor Tom Maslin sent the first draft of the book excerpt to Chunru, asking her for suggestions for excerpts and asking for permission to publish some photos in the magazine. The next morning, Tom Maslin emailed the layout and legends, titles and text to Chunru Zhang. The title of the article is "Exposing the Nanjing Massacre" and the subtitle is "Book Excerpts: An Uncompromising Reflection and Review of One of the Most Horrific Chapters in World War II History by a Chinese-American Writer."

Zhang Chunru asked Tom Maslin: "Are you sure that the book excerpt will be published in Newsweek on the 17th issue and will not be withdrawn?"

Tom Maslin is very sure: "The layout plan has been decided, unless there is a major change, it can be withdrawn, and the magazine will be on sale on November 10th, and you will be able to see your book excerpt then." ”

In order to celebrate the upcoming publication of the book digest, Zhang Chunru and her husband Douglas went to a concert in the evening to celebrate. But at ten o'clock in the evening, when they got home, they received a phone call from Tom Maslin: "Pure Ru, I'm Tom Maslin from Newsweek. I'm sorry to inform you that we had to remove the excerpt because the pages of the magazine have been reduced by 4 pages. We'll be in touch next week, so please give me a call if you'd like to discuss this further with me. ”

Zhang Chunru immediately called Tom Maslin and asked, "What the hell is going on?"

Tom Maslin told Chunru Zhang: "On Friday night, four big ads were removed, and Newsweek had to make sure that the advertising space and editorial content were kept in a certain proportion, and sometimes some stories had to be taken down because of the ad removal." ”

Zhang Chunru felt that something was strange and asked, "Why did you withdraw my manuscript instead of someone else's?"

Tom Maslin said: "It's not very common, but we can't help it. We worked – in the evening, redesigning the magazine layout, but there was only so much we could do. ”

Zhang Chunru felt that Tom Maslin was speechless, and called others in Newsweek's editorial office. An editor secretly told Zhang Chunru: "One of the big advertisements removed is an advertisement for Toyota. But not long after, the editor called Zhang Chunru again and said: "I made a mistake, the postponement of the publication of the book abstract has nothing to do with the withdrawal of the advertisement!"

Although the other party denied that it was because Dongying Enterprise threatened to withdraw the advertisement that the book summary could not be published normally, both Zhang Chunru and the audience in front of the screen believed that this was the case, and after knowing that Zhang Chunru's article would be published in Newsweek, Dongying Enterprise threatened to withdraw the advertisement and demanded that Zhang Chunru's book summary be withdrawn.

Zhang Chunru was very angry and said to her husband Douglas: "This thing is really unimaginable. Does Mercedes-Benz dare to threaten Newsweek to withdraw its ads as long as it publishes Jewish articles about the Holocaust?"

Douglas said, "No way. If Mercedes-Benz dares to do this, it will definitely become a world-class scandal!"

Zhang Chunru said: "Yes, but Dongying Company did it, and Newsweek actually agreed!"

The American media present were not surprised, after all, in the 90s, Dongying ranked second in the world in terms of economy, and Dongying enterprises were the big financiers of magazines such as "Newsweek", while China is still very weak, and few companies will advertise in American magazines; it is not surprising that "Newsweek" favors Dongying enterprises.

The Chinese and Chinese reporters at the scene remembered Cheng Ruifang's words "When people are weak, others will bully you, and when the country is weak, others will bully you", the fact is that China was weak before, no one took Chinese seriously, Hollywood film and television works are full of prejudice and discrimination against Chinese, but now the image of Chinese in Hollywood works is becoming more and more positive, because China is getting stronger and stronger, becoming a big financier of Hollywood, no one wants to be unhappy with their wallets!

Douglas said, "What are you going to do?"

Zhang Chunru took a deep breath to calm herself down: "HarperCollins has signed a contract with Newsweek, and if Newsweek doesn't publish book excerpts, they need to give a better explanation." If it is determined that Newsweek has decided not to publish the book summary under pressure from the Japanese side, then I will immediately hold a press conference. I believe that the Chinese community and many human rights organizations in the United States will support me 100 percent!"

On the evening of November 10, Zhang Chunru received a subscription to Newsweek, and she found that the current issue of the magazine was particularly thick, and the advertisements of Dongying Company in it were exactly twice as large as usual. Ms. Chang told Douglass that this was a good sign and that Newsweek might have reached some sort of compromise with advertisers to ensure that the next issue of the magazine would be published in this issue, so as to avoid the "dilemma" of funding the publication of a magazine with excerpts from the book "The Nanjing Massacre."

The next morning, Ms. Zhang received an e-mail from the head of Newsweek's international department, who told Ms. Zhang that the excerpt would not be published in the Nov. 24 issue.

Zhang Chunru immediately called Tom Maslin and asked, "What the hell is going on, when will the book summary be published, and will it be published?"

Tom Maslin replied, "It's not for me to decide, and now the book is not on the publication schedule, and it doesn't tell me why it's the way it is, or when it's going to be published. ”

After hanging up Tom Maslin's phone, Zhang Chunru was really angry and immediately called HarperCollins and asked how to defend his rights if Newsweek did not publish book excerpts. Zhang Chunru told the publisher that they should call Newsweek and ask them what she should say to the reporters if the book digest was not published in the magazine published on the 17th or 24th, and if she should say that Newsweek was under some pressure? Zhang Chunru also demanded compensation according to the contract and agreed to allow her to be interviewed by reporters on the 17th, because she had already arranged a speech and interview plan, and it was not her fault that the book abstract could not be published as planned.

On November 12, the legal department of Holper Collins informed Zhang Chunru by email that they had just received confirmation from Newsweek that the Nanjing Massacre would be published in the December 1 issue of the magazine and would be released on November 24, and that Zhang's previous publicity for book sales would not affect the final publication of the book summary.

Zhang Chunru and the audience in front of the screen were slightly relieved after seeing the email. However, everyone's doubts have not been dispelled, and everyone believes that the right-wing wing will not give up, and unless they see the book digest on the market, no one can guarantee that the book digest will appear in the December 1 issue of Newsweek.

On November 24, Zhang Chunru did nothing, just sat in his room and waited for the latest issue of Newsweek. The whole person is like an ant on a hot pot, fidgeting, walking around the room. The heartstrings of the audience in front of the screen are also tense, and they don't know if the book excerpt will be published smoothly.

At 1 p.m., Ms. Zhang called the newsstand and asked if the Dec. 1 issue of Newsweek had been delivered. They told Zhang Chunru that the magazine hadn't come yet. Zhang Chunru asked when they would come, and they replied that it was difficult to say, sometimes it was delivered on Monday, sometimes it would be delivered on Tuesday, and even if it was today, it would be evening.

It didn't take long for Zhang Chunru to call the newsstand and ask if Newsweek had arrived. After that, Zhang Chunru called the newsstand several times. It wasn't until 5 p.m. that the newsstand told Zhang Chunru that Newsweek had arrived! Zhang Chunru immediately ran out and flipped through the magazine like crazy at the newsstand.

There was no information about the book excerpt on the cover of Newsweek, and when you opened the magazine, it was not in the "Recommended Issue" on the inside page of the magazine, but when the audience in front of the screen followed Zhang Chunru's gaze down the magazine's table of contents, they saw the headline "Exposing the Nanjing Massacre." Zhang Chunru breathed a long sigh of relief, and the stone in the audience's heart also fell to the ground.

Zhang Chunru stood in front of the newsstand, read the book excerpt from beginning to end twice, then bought five copies and flew home like a happy bird. Zhang Chunru called her husband, called her mother and friends, and told everyone the good news.

That night, Zhang Chunru opened Newsweek to Douglas, and there was not a single advertisement for Dongying Company in the entire magazine. They flipped through the previous Newsweek, and each issue would basically run four or five advertisements for Toei, including Sony, Toyota, Canon, Toshiba, and so on. In addition, there is no special title about book excerpts on the cover of this issue of Newsweek, and there is no introduction to book excerpts in the "Recommended Issue" section on the inside pages of the magazine. Obviously, Newsweek doesn't want to give too much prominence to this excerpt.

Although the Newsweek book excerpt did not appear on the cover headline of the current issue, and it was delayed by two weeks, missing the best time for book reviews, it still greatly helped the book increase its popularity.

With a quick cut, the most important newspapers in the United States began to publish book reviews about the Nanjing Massacre, including the Washington Post, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal. The Washington Post article was accompanied by a photo of an interview with "The Nanjing Massacre" in his hand, and many other newspapers published photos of the Nanjing Massacre, including one of which showed Dongying soldiers practicing assassination with Chinese, and another of Dongying soldiers holding their heads and smiling at the camera......

In Chinese media, North American Chinese-language newspapers reported on Zhang Chunru's new book. On the other side of the Pacific, in Chinese mainland, Xiangjiang and Taiwan, all newspapers also covered Zhang's books, including the most influential People's Daily.

The large-scale media coverage has caused Zhang Chunru's book to attract great attention in the United States. At the signing ceremony of Zhang Chunru's "Nanjing Massacre", people lined up in long lines, including Chinese, whites, and blacks. All the bookstores signed by Zhang Chunru were out of stock, and Luoyang paper was expensive for a while. In just two weeks, "The Nanjing Massacre" was reprinted five times.

On January 15, Zhang Chunru's "Nanjing Massacre" appeared on the New York Times bestseller list, ranking 15th!

In front of the screen, Zhang Chunru's parents wept as they recalled Zhang Chunru's efforts and sacrifices for the publication of the book, and the rest of the audience couldn't help but burst into tears. Soon after the Nanjing Massacre, the Dongying people tried to cover up the truth, and they almost really did this for decades, and the Nanjing Massacre was almost forgotten in the West! But Zhang Chunru tore through the dark curtain under heavy pressure and told the world the truth!

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