China Rich Girlfriend author Kevin Kwan. (Giancarlo Ciampini)
China Rich Girlfriend author Kevin Kwan. (Giancarlo Ciampini)
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- For your last book, you drew on your own upbringing when writing about Singapore’s wealthy. Did you have any personal reference points for your focus on mainland China?
- The book discusses extravagant displays of wealth in mainland China that are even more over-the-top than those in Singapore in Crazy Rich Asians. Were these based on reality?
- Your book references many trends that are actually going on in mainland China’s luxury industry, such as the popularity of fashion bloggers and skyrocketing prices of Chinese art. Did you follow these developments mainly for book research or were you familiar with them ahead of time?
- One of the main themes in the book is the fact that mainland China’s ultra-rich don’t seem to have a sense of “high society” in the way that Hong Kong and Singapore do. Would you say this is true in real life?
- China’s rich are all “new money” right now—what kind of changes will we see as they move toward becoming “old money”?
- The book features an “image consultant” character who helps mainland China’s nouveau riche learn to become more sophisticated. Is this based on anything real that you’ve come across?
- When we last checked in with you about Crazy Rich Asians, you had a film deal in the works. Can you give us any new details?
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