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The £12 million upfront fee stunned all editors, including Blair, what kind of work does it have to be to get this figure?

At the current exchange rate, that's $16 million!

Before it was officially released to the public, the author was given such a high manuscript fee, and the writers in the United States who could get this number could count it on both hands!

A side-by-side comparison shows that former US President Barack Obama, who has attracted much attention, wrote his memoir after leaving office, and the first black president of the United States received an advance payment of $20 million.

This is already the one who has received the most manuscript fees among all presidents, with Bush Jr. receiving 12 million and Clinton 15 million.

Why does the president's memoir give such a high advance royalty?

Because they will reveal a lot of unknown White House secrets, so that readers will be willing to pay for the book!

Booksellers are not fools, and the advance fees they give are based on sales forecasts, and there is no way to lose money.

The Da Vinci Code contains all the elements that a bestseller should have, and it is a bit unexpected to get such a high upfront fee, but it is reasonable.

Daniel jokingly said, "It is said that the evaluators at the British headquarters love and hate it after reading it." ”

"I feel that way, too. I knew that everything Zhang Chu wrote was fictional, but I still couldn't help but think deeply, what if this was the case? After all, we all know that Jesus is not God, he is a human being, and it is actually a normal thing to have offspring!" Blair said approvingly.

He loved this thing to death, the existence of such as the Holy Grail, the Knights, and the Xunshan Hermitage was originally full of mystery and controversy, and Zhang Chu chose some research successes to carefully wrap them in a thrilling coat.

The riddles are one after another, and the English words are simple and straightforward, and they will not cause too much burden to the readers, so as long as anyone can read and write normally, they will read it quickly, just like eating a hamburger and drinking a coke in one gulp!

"It's hard to get a book that involves so many things that you can't sell. After Daniel was promoted to vice president, he rarely read a book specifically, but "The Da Vinci Code" took up all his free time.

Blair and Daniel chatted vigorously, and the rest of the monks were completely confused.

Devoni grimaced and whispered to Alice beside her, "Have you read this book? ”

"Me too. Since it's called the Da Vinci Code, it's supposed to be something related to Leonardo da Vinci, how did it get to Jesus?"

"Their claims are wrong. Richardson looked at the two of them with a solemn face, "Jesus is the Son of God, this is blasphemy against Him!"

At this time, Richardson didn't care about confronting his boss, he raised his voice and said: "Jesus is our faith, and it should not be smeared in any way, even if it is a fiction of this type. ”

Daniel glanced at the black editor with some dissatisfaction, "Richardson, take it easy, it's just that." ”

"No, I need to preserve the glory of the Lord. I highly recommend disqualifying The Da Vinci Code!"

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

Blair didn't know if he was really speaking up for his beliefs or just trying to use religion as an excuse to get rid of his rivals.

The Da Vinci Code's biggest enemy and readership are all from the realm of religion, and this relationship must be dealt with.

"Richardson, I respect your faith. But it's a good book, and you can wait until you've finished reading it to give your opinion, and maybe you'll be surprised by the content. ”

"I felt like I needed to have a Bible next to me while reading this book, and it was clear that it would test my devout faith. ”

Daniel didn't want to continue the conversation with them, waved his hand and said, "This is how it is settled, if you want to read this book in advance, let Blair send it to you." ”

With that, the busy man turned and left, leaving the editors staring at the conference room!

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

"Wait a minute, can you briefly talk about Zhang Chu's book? I'm very interested in it. Alice stopped Blair, she was actually quite interested in Blair, who doesn't like a handsome British guy, but it's a pity that other people's hints to her don't call at all.

"There's not much to say, you don't know the content of this book until you read it, and you can see it as a test. ”

Blair paused, and then said: "Christian believers who have gone through two thousand years of religious strife, after entering the third millennium, whether their faith in Jesus Christ is still the same, the Da Vinci Code can barely help with this. ”

Richardson quickly raised his hand, "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 House would definitely use the company's full efforts to promote and protect the book.

What he just said to his colleagues is indeed what he thinks in his heart, and it is obviously not possible to blindly portray "The Da Vinci Code" as a work that overthrows Christian rule in the propaganda, and this strategy can only have the effect of attracting attention in the early stage!

Later in the course of the year, it was certainly necessary to change tactics and describe the book as a whetstone, a work that tested the conviction of believers in order to capture the large community of Christian believers.

Blair really can't wait to see the scene where readers read "The Da Vinci Code", and as many people praise as many people curse, that scene must be very interesting!

The more popular the book became, the brighter his face was as an editor, and even there would be money in his purse.

"I didn't expect that after so many years of editing, the cash cow would be a Chinese writer in the end, and the world is unpredictable!"

After some emotion, Blair was ready to send a message to Zhang Chu, perhaps the young Booker Prize winner could not have imagined that one of his works would receive an advance payment of 12 million pounds.

Now what he has to think about is how to keep Zhang Chu's works for a long time, the 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, then theoretically there are more than 40 years of creative gold, and God knows how many works he can write.

Such efficient and high-quality writers are so rare that if they were poached by the rest of the publishing houses, Blair felt that he would regret jumping off the building.

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