On August 9, 1925, Lin Zixuan came to the United States.

Standing on the deck, looking at the Statue of Liberty in the distance, he was a little nervous.

In fact, even if "The Man in the High Castle" is found out, it will be fine, as a writer, it is not illegal to write a science fiction novel, but his plan to change the world will fall through.

U.S. Customs separates U.S. and non-U.S. people into two lanes.

Lin Zixuan, who carried a suitcase full of clothes and two other bags containing film and books, was with Pearl Race, and he took out his passport issued by the U.S. Embassy in Shanghai and handed it to the inspectors.

This time, he applied to come to the United States as a businessman.

Under the influence of the Chinese Exclusion Act, it is not easy for Chinese to apply to travel to the United States, and they need to pass strict background checks.

In general, restrictions are less stringent for teachers, students, businessmen and tourists.

In particular, international students have a good chance of obtaining a visa as long as they have an identity certificate issued by a regular Chinese school, and the certificate issued by a church school has a higher gold content.

In terms of time limit, teachers and students can stay for more than half a year, and businessmen and tourists can stay for only three months.

If you want to continue to stay in the United States, you need to be approved by the local authorities in the United States, otherwise you will be considered an illegal immigrant.

Lin Zixuan didn't bring anything, and quickly walked out of the customs, he was waiting outside for the Pearl Race couple.

It was just that he waited for a long time to see them come out, which made Lin Zixuan worried.

When I asked, I realized that there was no problem with the book, and the problem was in the film film.

Before coming, the copies of the film were checked and labeled by staff at the U.S. Embassy in Shanghai. It proves that there is no problem with the content of the movie, but the above is the license issued to Lin Zixuan. And not the name of Pearl Sai.

Pearl said that he helped a friend bring it to the United States.

The two sides argued for a while, and finally the customs cleared it. What a false alarm.

Lin Zixuan thanked Mr. and Mrs. Booker and said goodbye to them.

Pearl Race was going to Cornell University in Ithaca to report, and Lin Zixuan was rushing to Columbia University in New York.

Anyway, they were both in New York State, and it wasn't that far away, so it was easy to want to meet.

He was familiar with the neighborhood of Columbia University, found a hotel to settle in, and went to the school to look for his sister.

Originally, as a cultural celebrity of Lin Zixuan, he could get a speech invitation from a foreign university and come to the United States in a more beautiful way. But he didn't want to be too ostentatious this time.

In addition, it is complicated to contact us in advance to get an invitation to speak.

Some scholars in China are proud to have been invited to speak at foreign universities, but they do not know that they were not invited by others, but they themselves applied for it through connections.

In this era, there is an inherent prejudice against Orientals in Western society.

Of course, a scholar of Tagore's level does not need to be like this.

There is a big gap between Lin Zixuan and Tagore, even as a traverser, he can cheat. But he still has a long way to go on the road of literature.

Lin Zixuan entered the campus of Columbia University and revisited the old place, which was quite emotional.

Five years have passed since he crossed over.

Think about those days when you just crossed over. Thinking that with his super memory, becoming a great writer is just around the corner, but it is too much to take it for granted. It's kind of childish and ridiculous.

The world is big and complicated. This era has many limitations, there are friends. There are also opponents.

The life of a traverser is not a game of hanging, abusing whoever you want, and doing whatever you want.

After all these years of ups and downs, Lin Zixuan understands that he is not a god, nor a superhero, he is just an ordinary person with a bit of adventure.

The most important thing is to live your own life, which is to be good to yourself, and then help the world when you have the ability.

He didn't tell Lin Xiaoling in advance that he was coming, he wanted to surprise his sister, and he didn't want his sister to be worried all the time.

When he came to the School of Journalism, he inquired.

There are not many Chinese students at Columbia University, and even fewer are women, and Lin Xiaoling may be the only Chinese student who chooses to major in journalism.

Generally speaking, most Chinese women study abroad to study literature and education, but there are also music or business majors.

For example, Lin Huiyin's choice of architecture major is relatively rare, and journalism majors are not interested in female students.

Lin Zixuan quickly locked the classroom where Lin Xiaoling was, and he waited quietly under the teaching building.

I haven't seen him for a year, and he doesn't know what changes have happened to this sister, whether her original stubborn temperament has been more restrained, whether she is really studying hard, or just caring about fun.

It's autumn in New York, and in the evening, the setting sun is slanting on the campus lawn.

Lin Zixuan leaned against a tree and looked in the direction of the classroom.

Not long after, the bell rang and the students poured out of the classroom, and he saw a girl with an oriental face holding a stack of books, walking and communicating with her classmates.

A smile appeared at the corner of her mouth, intellectual and confident, and her spirit was flying.

Lin Xiaoling inadvertently looked up and saw the familiar figure under the tree, and couldn't help but be stunned.

Although she writes every letter that she is doing well, after all, this is a foreign country, alone outside, and it is inevitable that there will be times when she is homesick, and she has dreamed of similar scenes many times.

It wasn't until she saw her brother waving to her that she realized it wasn't a dream.

When brother and sister meet, they naturally have to talk about it.

After reassuring Lin Xiaoling, Lin Zixuan went to see lawyer Peterson the next day.

His work in the United States is conducted through Peterson's lawyers, who are extremely important in the United States.

Today, Peterson has opened a law firm with five lawyers under his command, and he is no longer what he did alone, which is the result of Lin Zixuan's funding.

In order to give Star Pictures a better entry into the U.S. market, Peterson is a minority shareholder of Star Films.

It was through this legal way that Lin Zixuan funded Peterson lawyer and gained him a trustworthy partner in the United States, knowing that cooperation should not only rely on friendship, but also on profit.

After several years of cooperation, Mr. Peterson has earned at least $100,000 or more from Mr. Lin.

Such cooperation will only be strong if both sides have common interests.

He needed to hear from Peterson about his income in the United States, including book royalties and the film industry.

He also made a small investment in the United States through Lawyer Peterson, and even though he did not know much about the history of the United States during this time, he had heard of some large conglomerates and large enterprises in the United States in later generations.

A company that can hold on for more than 100 years without going out of business is definitely worth the investment.

However, due to U.S. restrictions on Chinese investment, he could only do so in the name of Peterson's lawyer.

In the casual conversation that followed, Peterson mentioned Zhang Kangren, a former lawyer who campaigned for the rights and interests of Chinese people in the United States, and said that Zhang Kangren's health was in trouble. (To be continued.) )