“I really love things that are frivolous and fun,” Chang explains. “I love Gossip Girl. I love pretty clothes. I love shiny things.” But more than merely appreciating the shiny, Wangs vs. the World is also about the value of shiny-ness. “The assignation of value is essentially subjective,” she explains. “That’s why I wanted to write about the art world, about finance. They are really similar. I wanted to write about people who were insiders in that world.”
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