Negotiation for Newspaper Space

A man urgently contacts Abe's girlfriend to convey a message that Sijers needs to talk to Abe about a CIA story, demanding seven or eight columns for the story. Despite a heated conversation and initial reluctance, Abe agrees to publish the story on an extra page in the next day's New York Times, appreciating the importance of the piece. The narrator admires Sijers for his fluctuating yet impactful career, likening him to the renowned athlete Reggie Jackson.