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Novel by Kevin Kwan

China Rich Girlfriend

Author	Kevin Kwan
Language	English
Genre	Novel
Publication date	June 2015
Media type	Print
ISBN	978-0-385-53908-one
Preceded by	Crazy Rich Asians
Followed by	Rich People Problems

China Rich Girlfriend is a satirical 2015 romantic comedy novel by Kevin Kwan. It is the sequel to Crazy Rich Asians, a novel about the wealthy Singapore elite. Kwan was urged to write the sequel by his publishers afterwards the initial success of Crazy Rich Asians.^[one] The title refers to a line in the novel in which Nick's mother, Eleanor, exclaims over the wealth of the "China rich" who are billionaires, "These people aren't merely everyday rich with a few hundred one thousand thousand. They are China rich!"^{[2] [three] [4]} The novel was followed past a sequel, Rich People Issues in 2017.

Plot [edit]

In 2013, two years later the events of Crazy Rich Asians, Eddie meets a wealthy client of his European bank, Bao Shaoyen, a distraught mother who is anxious to hear most her troubled son who was in a machine accident from racing an expensive car. He is undergoing serious surgery, while one of his two passengers becomes paralyzed and the other dies. She needs this incident to be discreetly addressed, and Eddie manages to blackmail Eleanor Young into helping the woman, who she learns is extremely wealthy and has a son named Carlton who strongly resembles Rachel.

In Manhattan, Nick has managed to repair his relationship with Rachel, and accept planned a wedding in California, near Rachel's relatives. Astrid is invited to the wedding ceremony, and later meets with Charlie Wu, her former fiancé. Michael has become extremely successful due to Charlie's secret investment, and his beliefs has get arrogant and hostile. Charlie is stuck in an unhappy marriage with Isabel, but does not permit Astrid know, and continues to help her with her troubled marital bug. Meanwhile, Kitty Pong, the former lather actress who managed to ally her way into the Singapore aristocracy, tries to purchase her way into the high society of Hong Kong by actualization in gossip magazines and ownership high-contour fine art. Nevertheless, she is socially clumsy and finds herself continually shunned; so she hires the services of Corinna Ko-Tung, a woman from a well-born family, who helps Kitty appear more sophisticated by trying to change her behavior and make meliorate social connections. Kitty acts well and manages to amend some of the damages she created.

Nick is still not on speaking terms with his mother or his grandmother, and he does not attend his grandmother'south Chinese New year's day consequence. While withal investigating Bao Shaoyen and her son, Eleanor learns of the upcoming wedding details from Astrid'southward son. Intruding upon Rachel and Nick's wedding rehearsal, she informs Rachel that she has located her long-lost father, and she reconnects him with Rachel and her female parent. Eleanor decides that she approves of Nick and Rachel's marriage, Nick is suspicious and asks her why she is reversing her position. She reveals information technology wasn't just because Rachel now associates with the wealthy aristocracy of Cathay, but likewise that Eleanor was trying to protect both him and Rachel from Su Yi'southward wrath. Years ago, she endured life as Su Yi's disapproved girl-in-constabulary due to Philip marrying her out of love. Rachel meets her begetter, Bao Gaoling, prior to the wedding ceremony, and is later invited to spend time with his entire family unit in Shanghai during her honeymoon. Bao Shaoyen is angered by this and demands Bao Gaoling continue her away from her house. He places her in a fancy hotel and stalls any coming together for over a calendar week, only Nick suspects mischief.

Carlton is as well banned from associating with her, but decides to see Rachel anyway, and quickly becomes close with her and Nick. He introduces her to his wealthy political party-time friend Colette Bing. The four of them somewhen travel to Paris for a shopping spree. At a party, Colette'due south boyfriend of 3 years, Richie Yang, proposes only she does not take. He gets angry at Carlton; and the ii begin a fight.

Rachel begins to feel upset she has merely met her father once since reuniting. Colette and Rachel try to finish Carlton from a drag race against Richie. In anger, he accidentally tells Rachel that Bao Shaoyen refuses to let her into her household. Bao Shaoyen is in fear of losing her husband'due south political advantages for having an illegitimate child, and wishes to prevent Rachel from receiving Carlton'south inheritance. Before leaving, Colette calls him a spoiled brat for pain Rachel and tells him to go through with the race with Richie. Upon learning nearly his previous accident, Rachel convinces Carlton not to race Richie. In turn, Carlton apologizes to Rachel for his behavior.

Rachel decides to leave China, but returns for a spa weekend with her friend Peik Lin. Still, at the spa, she becomes very ill and is placed nether medical watch after experiencing mysterious organ failures. Peik Lin and Nick receive a bouquet of flowers with a annotation, maxim that Rachel was poisoned as a alert. The poison is extremely rare, and Carlton realizes that his parents' pharmaceutical company may be involved. Believing Bao Shaoyen poisoned Rachel, he comes abode to confront her nigh it and she denies involvement in the poisoning. Refusing to believe his mother, Carlton then confesses to his male parent about how she bribed everyone to cover up the truth of his accident besides as the other daughter'due south expiry. Nonetheless, when Rachel discovered the truth nearly the crash, he claims Shaoyen intentionally poisoned her in gild to prevent her from causing a scandel. Carlton ends his confession stating that their family will face disgrace from the China Aristocracy, but not past Rachel and him, but when the constabulary come to arrest Shaoyen for his sister's poisoning. Now remorseful for how he'due south treated Rachel, Bao Gaoling visits her and Nick over in Hong Kong at Eddie's apartment. Apologizing, Gaoling confesses that Shaoyen has get cooperative with the police force. He invites Rachel into his home, where she is introduced to the rest of his family who are all touched by her story. Bao Shaoyen finally meets Rachel and discovers how similar she looks to her son. She realizes her fears were misplaced and apologizes to her. In doing and so, they get-go to get along.

The police force find that Colette'south assistant Roxanne was backside the poisoning, which was done in response to Colette's tearful concerns that her inheritance would exist reduced. Despite Colette's lack of knowledge to the situation, Carlton blames Colette and breaks up with her. Nick is hesitant, but Rachel agrees to meet with Colette and accepts her apology. Colette afterwards asks that Rachel help her and Carlton reconcile. Rachel does not want to become involved, and Colette becomes hysterical. She accuses Rachel of vindictively keeping them apart. She begins yelling at and berating her. Rachel responds past accusing Colette of being selfish. She points out that she learned to be content in having a loving supportive family and working difficult in the existent earth. Rachel claims that Colette never knew how to exist content. The argument ends when Rachel tells Colette to abound up. The incident is taped and becomes widely viewed on the net. Humiliated, Colette loses her sponsorship to a popular style designer label. This is made worse when she learns through the tabloids that her father, Jack, had been having an affair with Kitty behind her back.

Meanwhile, Astrid finds herself increasingly confiding in Charlie Wu later her husband becomes discrete and common cold. Michael gets interviewed by a magazine about his family, naming him Father of the Year subsequently bragging about his accomplishments and showcasing his luxury items. The magazine so does research into Astrid Leong and publishes information about her lineage and wealth. This angers her family unit and he is forced to meet with her male parent, who berates him in front of a man Michael is trying to impress. The magazines are recalled and retracted from distribution, and Michael begins to believe that his company's situation is the result of Astrid'south father's meddling. Astrid somewhen realizes that the company was bought at a loss by Charlie then that Michael would feel more than confident in the wedlock. Michael confronts Astrid about her human relationship with Charlie, revealing he has read her messages and threatening her with a weapon. Astrid takes command of the situation and escapes with her son. Later, it is revealed that Charlie Wu had divorced Isabel, and that he and Astrid have not left each other'due south sides all night.

Kitty Pong and Corinna Ko-Tung, her guild consultant, have a problem: no one has seen Kitty'south husband, Bernard Tai, in ages. There are rumors regarding his disappearance along with their daughter. Kitty reveals to Corinna where Bernard is hiding: in a minor firm in Los Angeles while undergoing reconstructive surgery. He has dramatically changed from beingness in California for so long, and their daughter is forced to engage in his new and unfamiliar lifestyle. Kitty kidnaps her daughter and they escape using the private plane of her lover Jack Bing. She returns to her lavish house in Singapore with her daughter and reconnects her mother-in-constabulary Ballad Tai with her granddaughter, while beginning her lawsuit with Bernard for full custody of Giselle.

Characters [edit]

• Rachel Young (née Chu): NYU professor who is engaged to and marries Nick Young. An American economist of Chinese descent who was raised past a single mother and had a humble upbringing. She is revealed to be the daughter of a prominent wealthy human being later on recently discovering that her biological dad is a Chinese billionaire.
• Kerry Chu: Rachel'south female parent who once had a romantic relationship with Bao Gaoliang.
• Eleanor Young: Nick'due south female parent who finally approves of Rachel after finding out that her father is a Chinese billionaire.
• Eddie Cheng: Nick'due south cousin who works in private banking, thanks to this he discovers Eleanor'southward secret account.
• Goh Peik Lin: Rachel'southward rich Singaporean best friend whose family unit owns a property evolution and construction visitor, Most West Organization.
• Nick Young: Rachel's husband and a member of the Singapore elite.
• Bao Gaoling/Kao Wei: Carlton and Rachel'southward biological male parent who is a acme Chinese political leader and as well a billionaire who owns a pharmaceutical company. Under his boyhood proper name, Kao Wei, he used to assist Kerry whenever her atrocious married man got very aroused in their apartment edifice and they somewhen fell for each other. Kerry never told him they had a child together.
• Bao Shaoyen: Carlton's mother who has a hard time accepting Rachel, only subsequently becomes a second mother to her. She has a gift room that consists of more than than i hundred Hermès numberless.
• Carlton Bao: The 23-year-old English educated son of Bao Shaoyen and Bao Gaoliang who lives a very wild lifestyle. He is Rachel's paternal half-brother who looks exactly like her.
• Colette Bing: A famous fashion blogger and the spoiled daughter of either the third or fifth (depending on who is doing the ranking) richest men in Red china. She is a control freak and is Carlton'southward on-once again, off-once again girlfriend.
• Mrs. Bing: Colette's germaphobic mother.
• Richie Yang: Son of a multi-billionaire father who's likewise one of the top richest men in China. He's one of Colette's suitors and also the one Colette's begetter wants her to ally.
• Jack Bing: Colette'south multi-billionaire begetter who insists her on marrying Richie, due to their equal multi-billionaire status. He is later revealed to have an affair with Kitty, whom Colette is humiliated by.
• Roxanne Ma: Colette'south personal banana who'due south very loyal to her. She was Colette's 18th birthday present from her male parent. She is subsequently revealed to accept poisoned Rachel.
• Michael Teo: Astrid's newly minted billionaire hubby whose first-upwards company brings a huge success, due to unknowingly bought by Charlie. His success makes him mean and terrible.
• Charlie Wu: Astrid'southward billionaire erstwhile fiancé who notwithstanding loves her, despite existence married to someone else.
• Astrid Teo (née Leong): Nick'due south fashionable cousin who is referred to as "the goddess" and is known for her impeccable fashion sense. She secretly notwithstanding loves Charlie and the feeling deepens even more than when Michael gets crueler due to his newfound success.
• Bernard Tai: Kitty's estranged billionaire married man who'southward been hiding in California due to a depression afterwards a mix-up on his plastic surgery. He engages Giselle (his daughter with Kitty) in his strange activities and doesn't desire Kitty involved in their lives, believing it's ameliorate she stays in Hong Kong. Bernard finds himself in a high-contour international custody boxing for full custody of Giselle from Kitty.
• Kitty Tai (née Pong): Bernard's wife who is a former soap-star turned social climber. She has a daughter named Giselle whom she's worried almost due to Bernard's strange raising and lack of having her involved in their family's life. With Corinna'due south help, she "kidnaps" their girl and escapes to a lavish domicile in Singapore. Revealing herself as the lover of Jack Bing, Kitty sues Bernard for full custody of Giselle.
• Corinna Ko-Tung: A woman coming from a well-bred family who helps Kitty in her social-climbing calendar. Upon learning Bernard's intentions to cut Kitty out of Giselle'south life, Corinna helps her "kidnap" her daughter and escape to a lavish home in Singapore.
• Datin Ballad Tai: A devout Christian who's besides the married woman of a corrupt billionaire, Dato' Tai Toh Lui. She is one of Eleanor's best friends. She has a granddaughter, Giselle, whom she reconnects with later Kitty returns to Singapore.

Reception [edit]

The novel received positive reviews^{[5] [six]} and was noted in The Washington Mail service as "the yr's all-time embankment reading," too as excerpted in Vanity Fair.^{[7] [8] [9] [10] [11]} Anne Kingston of Maclean's wrote of the novel, "Kevin Kwan'due south sequel to the bestselling Crazy Rich Asians is perhaps even more delicious than the offset."^[12]

Film adaptation [edit]

Fourth dimension reported on August 15, 2018 that Kwan has been tasked with developing the sequel to Crazy Rich Asians from his follow-up novel Cathay Rich Girlfriend.^[thirteen] The planning is still in pre-production as of Baronial 2018, with several of the key actors currently committed to other projects until 2020.^[14] Director Jon Chu was likewise already committed to shoot the film adaptation of In the Heights, which was scheduled for release in June 2021.^[15]

Awkwafina was interviewed in January 2019 and indicated that there were still no scripts for the sequel and that product filming had non started.^[xvi] According to Boondocks and Land magazine, the filming and premiere of the film is non scheduled to take identify until 2020.^[17] According to a Slash motion-picture show journal article, the two sequels, including Rich People Problems, will be shot dorsum-to-back in 2020 once the filming commences.^[18] Shooting is expected to be delayed until at least the end of 2020. Screenwriter Adele Lim declined to work on the sequels because of an equal-pay inequity dispute during negotiations in fall 2018.^[nineteen] Colour Strength had hired the experienced Peter Chiarelli to write the screenplay for the Crazy Rich Asians adaptation; when Chu joined the original production, he brought Lim on to add accurate details from Singapore and Malaysia.^[20] For the sequels, Warner Brothers had initially offered Lim a bacon approximately 1⁄8 th of Chiarelli's pay; although they later made an offer closer in parity to Chiarelli'due south, who had offered to split his fee with Lim, Lim declined.^[19]

On Apr 29, 2019, CNBC reported that Harry Shum Jr. is to be cast in the function of playing Astrid's previous boyfriend in the sequel to Crazy Rich Asians, stating, "Shum will play Charlie Wu, the former flame of Astrid Young Teo (played past Gemma Chan), cousin of atomic number 82 grapheme Nick Young, in China Rich Girlfriend, which is currently in pre-production."^[21] The sequel pic is expected to focus on the human relationship between Charlie and Astrid, the search for Rachel's begetter, and Kitty Pong.^[fifteen]

See also [edit]

• Chinese people in New York Urban center
• Overseas Chinese
• Chinese Singaporeans

References [edit]

1. ^ Baker, Jeanne. "'When they want something, they want the all-time': Kevin Kwan on his latest book, China Rich Girlfriend". Retrieved 2 November 2015.
2. ^ "'China Rich Girlfriend' by Kevin Kwan: EW review". Entertainment Weekly. June 11, 2015. Here, the focus shifts from Singapore to People's republic of china, an fifty-fifty more than opulent playground: "These people aren't just everyday rich with a few hundred 1000000," snobby matriarch Eleanor Immature breathlessly explains to her son Nick, the hero of both novels. "They are China rich!"
3. ^ "Prc Rich Girlfriend, Kevin Kwan". Literary Treats. 15 June 2015. There'south rich, then there'southward crazy rich. And and so in that location'south Cathay rich. As Eleanor Young explains to her son Nick, "Aiyah, these people aren't just everyday rich with a few hundred million. They are Red china rich! ..."
4. ^ "'Crazy Rich Asians' Author Kevin Kwan: "Why Does Hollywood Think Nosotros'd Want to Come across This Movie With White People?"". The Hollywood Reporter. June 26, 2015.
5. ^ Busis, Hillary. "Red china Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan: EW review". Retrieved 2 November 2015.
6. ^ Maslin, Janet. "Review: Kevin Kwan's 'Prc Rich Girlfriend' Skewers Vulgar Wealth in Asia". Retrieved 17 Apr 2016.
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9. ^ "The Maclean'south Bestsellers list: week of July fourteen". Retrieved 10 April 2016.
10. ^ Rosenberg, Alyssa. "In this year'south best beach reading, Jane Austen meets Singapore". Retrieved 10 April 2016.
11. ^ Kwan, Kevin. "Read an Excerpt from the Summer'southward Funniest Beach Read". Retrieved 10 Apr 2016.
12. ^ Kingston, Anne. "Jane Austen meets Hong Kong'due south nouveau riche". Retrieved x April 2016.
13. ^ Ho, Karen (August 15, 2018). "Crazy Rich Asians Is Going to Change Hollywood. Information technology's About Time". Fourth dimension. pp. 40–46. Retrieved 25 August 2018. (physically published in Baronial 27, 2018 issue; digitally published on August 15)
14. ^ Dumarog, Ana (August 28, 2018). "Crazy Rich Asians 2: Everything Nosotros Know About The Sequel'south Story". Screen Bluster ORIGINALS.
15. ^ ^{a b} Sunday, Rebecca; Ford, Rebecca (Baronial 22, 2018). "'Crazy Rich Asians' Sequel Moves Frontwards With Director Jon M. Chu (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 4 September 2019.
16. ^ Awkwafina Plays Coy About "Crazy Rich Asians" Sequel | Eastward! Carmine Carpet & Award Shows , retrieved 2019-08-22
17. ^ Hallemann, Caroline (2019-03-06). "Fans Will Have to Wait a While for the Crazy Rich Asians Sequel". Town & Country . Retrieved 2019-08-22 .
18. ^ Bui, Hoai-Tran (December 7, 2018). "Crazy Rich Asians Sequels to Shoot Back-to-Back". Slash films periodical.
19. ^ ^{a b} Sun, Rebecca (September 4, 2019). "'Crazy Rich Asians' Co-Author Exits Sequel Amid Pay Disparity (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 4 September 2019.
20. ^ Lord's day, Rebecca; Ford, Rebecca (August i, 2018). "The Stakes Are High for 'Crazy Rich Asians' — And That's the Point". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on August eighteen, 2018. Retrieved Baronial 19, 2018.
21. ^ Gilchrist, Karen (Apr 29, 2019). "Growing upwards different helped me practice my job better, says 'Crazy Rich Asians' star Harry Shum Jr". CNBC.

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