The £12 million prepaid manuscript fee shocked all editors, including Blair. What kind of works do you have to get this number these days?

According to the current exchange rate, this is $16 million!

The novel has not been officially released to the public, so the author has such a high royalty. Writers across the United States who can get this number can count it with both hands!

By comparing it horizontally, you will know that former US President Obama, who has received much attention, wrote his memoir after resigning. The first black US president received a prepaid manuscript fee of $20 million.

This is already the one who received the most royalties among all previous presidents. Bush Jr. had 12 million yuan and Clinton had 15 million yuan.

Why can the president’s memoir give such a high prepaid copyright fee?

Because they will disclose many unknown White House secrets, which can make readers willing to pay for books!

Booksellers are not fools. The prepaid manuscript fees they give are based on sales forecasts and will never lose money.

"The Da Vinci Code" contains elements that all bestsellers should have. Although it is a bit unexpected to get such a high prepaid manuscript fee, it is reasonable.

Daniel joked: "It is said that the assessors at the British headquarters love and hate it after reading the novel."

"I also feel this way. Even though I know that what Zhang Chu wrote is fictional, I still can't help but think deeply. What if this is true? After all, we all know that Jesus is not God, he is a person, and having descendants is actually very normal!" Blair said in agreement.

He loved the things in this novel to death. Existences like the Holy Grail, the Knights, and the Xunshan Cultivation Society were originally full of mystery and controversy. Zhang Chu chose some research to successfully wrap it in the robe of the thrilling novel.

Riddles are set one after another, and the English words are simple and straightforward, and will not cause too much burden to readers. Therefore, as long as people who can read and write normally, they will see it quickly, just like eating a hamburger and drinking a sip of Coke!

"A book involves so many imaginative things, and it's hard to sell well." After Daniel was promoted to vice president, he rarely read a book in detail, but "The Da Vinci Code" took all his free time.

Blair and Daniel were having a lot of chats, and the rest were completely confused.

Defuni, with a bitter face, whispered to Alice beside her: "Have you read this book? Why do I feel like I'm out of touch with the times?"

"The same is true for me. Since it is called Da Vinci's password, it should be about the content related to Da Vinci. Why did it involve Jesus?"

"Their statement is wrong." Richardson looked at the two people talking with a serious face, "Jesus is the Son of God, which is a blasphemy against him!"

At this time, Richardson didn't bother to contradict his boss. He raised his voice and said, "Jesus is our faith and should not be awakened to any degree of slander, even fictional works like novels."

Daniel looked at the black editor with some dissatisfaction, "Richardson, let it go, this is just a novel."

"No, I need to maintain the glory of the Lord. I strongly recommend disqualifying the main promotion of "Da Vinci Code"!"

Black + Christian, Richardson's identity is like a powder barrel.

Blair didn't know whether this guy was really speaking for his beliefs or just trying to use religion as an excuse to get rid of his competitors.

The biggest enemy and largest readership of "The Da Vinci Code" are all from the religious field, and the relationship must be handled well.

"Richardson, I respect your faith. But this is indeed a good book. You can wait until you finish reading it before you comment. Maybe you will be surprised by the content of the novel."

"I feel like I need to prepare a Bible next to me when reading this book, and it will obviously test my devout faith."

Daniel didn't want to continue talking to them, and waved his hand and said, "Things have settled. If you want to read this book in advance, let Blair send it to you."

After saying that, the busy man turned around and left, leaving the editors to stare in the conference room!

Blair also sorted out the things in front of him, took the coffee cup, and walked out the door.

"Wait a minute, can you briefly talk about Zhang Chu's book? I'm very interested in it." Alice called Blair. She was actually quite interested in Blair. Who doesn't like the handsome British guy? Unfortunately, others didn't call her at all.

"There is nothing to say. You can only know the content of this book after reading it. You can regard it as a test."

Blair paused and continued: "Does the Da Vinci Code still have the same faith in Jesus Christ after two thousand years of religious disputes?"

Richardson raised his hand quickly, "Send me a copy later, I want to see it!"

After walking out of the conference room, Blair relaxed a lot.

With such a high prepaid manuscript fee, he could see that Random Bookstore would definitely use the company's full efforts to promote this book and protect this book.

What he said to his colleagues just now was indeed what he thought. In the publicity, it would be obvious that it would not work to blindly portray "The Da Vinci Code" as a work that overturns Christian rule. This strategy can only attract attention in the early stages!

In the later period, we must change our strategies and describe this book as a whetstone. The work that tests whether the believers have a firm belief is conducive to seizing the huge Christian group.

Blair is really eager to see the scene of "The Da Vinci Code" by readers. The number of people who praise it will curse it. The scene must be very interesting!

This book is so popular that he also has light on his face as an editor, and even money in his purse.

"I didn't expect that after being an editor for so many years, the Money Tree will be a Chinese writer in the end, and things are unpredictable!"

After feeling a little emotional, Blair was about to inform Zhang Chu that perhaps the young Booker Prize winner would not have expected that one of his works would receive a prepaid £12 million.

What he has to consider now is how to retain Zhang Chu's works for a long time. This writer who can write "The Da Vinci Code" is only in his twenties and is still in college!

As long as he can keep writing in the future, in theory, there will be more than 40 years of golden period of creation, and people know how many works he can write.
Chapter completed!