Chen Yanni's interview experience

After coming to the United States, Chen Yanni also experienced the economic difficulties when she first arrived in the United States. She once delivered a newspaper to an English newspaper. The whole delivery process took several hours. All the heavy newspapers are supported by two hands, shuttling back and forth in Manhattan building, and the salary is only 17 dollars. "At that time, if I had $20 in my hand, I would go to the bank to deposit it for fear of losing it. I often feel distressed that it costs a dollar to take the subway. " Chen Yanni's memories are very touching.

When she was a reporter, she was the only reporter in that weekly newspaper, and she wrote all the words on 16 pages. After the publication of her first book, Tell You A Real America, she moved to Los Angeles and started her own newspaper, American Literature Weekly.

Nowadays, American Literature Exchange Weekly is popular all over the United States, which can be said to be the favorite newspaper of Chinese immigrants in the United States. From the eastern part of the United States to the western part, from new york to Cincinnati, from Seattle to Houston to Chicago, Wen Hui Weekly can be found everywhere. Many supermarkets, bookstores, video stores and cultural institutions in China in these areas have a large number of American Wen Hui Weekly, and the thickness of 88 pages (too many advertisements) has to be bound with staples. Its readability has made countless people become his loyal readers.

A reporter from the mainland witnessed Chen Yanni's day's work: throughout the day, she always answered 33 phone calls, read 8 pages of manuscripts and arranged an interview with a business person. There are many TVs in her office, and each TV is on all day. In addition, she listens to two radio stations at the same time. On one side of her huge office, newspapers and magazines piled up like mountains. It should be said that Chen Yanni has been busy almost every day for more than ten years since he founded this newspaper.

"After going abroad, I really feel that it is difficult for people to choose their own environment. Therefore, I cherish today's hard-won environment. I am basically writing while others are sleeping. "

Chen Yanni said: "I think one of the most difficult jobs in the world is to let immigrants run newspapers and periodicals overseas. To tell the truth, non-mainstream media such as overseas Chinese actually live on the edge of society. On the one hand, it is the need of immigrants, on the other hand, it is not as powerful as the mainstream media. Therefore, domestic counterparts can't understand the bitterness of being a China media in the United States. From the management point of view, due to the expensive manpower and the soaring price of newsprint, the operation difficulty of immigrant newspaper is beyond the imagination of ordinary people. "

"Now all kinds of domestic media have entered the United States, and the competition for China's cultural carrier is fierce. For example, in Los Angeles, where I live, there are as many as 50 American Chinese print media headquartered in Los Angeles. Not to mention a large number of Chinese media such as Chinese radio stations, TV stations and websites, all of which add up to hundreds of media. "

In other words, today's Chen Yanni has long been like a duck to water in the United States. She now lives in a big house covering an area of 900 square meters designed and built by herself. The brown exterior wall and two layers of black wrought iron doors combine luxury and beauty. There are elevators in the three-story mansion. Ming-style furniture and carved patterns are comparable to leather sofas of top brands in Europe and America. The combination of Chinese and western furnishings gives the whole house a cultural atmosphere. As early as many years ago, Chen Yanni really couldn't let her husband send something for her wedding anniversary: "I have almost everything I want now!"