Meizong Wealth Life

Chapter 65 Bestseller Booking

A day later, the Taosi couple returned to New York with their adopted son.

They were fully expecting to see the touching story of their family's adoption of Michael on TV and in newspapers. Unexpectedly, the first person waiting was a man who claimed to be Jamie's lawyer.

After calling Jamie to confirm the other party's identity, the Tausi couple invited the lawyer who claimed to be Jimmy into the house.

Jimmy took out a contract in front of the two of them. Under the confused eyes of the Taosi couple, he raised his hand to indicate that they should read it first before asking questions.

He himself picked up the coffee brought by Mrs. Tao Xi and drank it slowly.

The Tausi couple put their heads together to read the contract, then raised their heads and told Jimmy that they needed to discuss it alone.

Jimmy was about to get up and leave, but was stopped by Mrs. Taosi.

They left Jimmy in the living room and went upstairs to the bedroom to discuss it for more than half an hour.

After Jimmy finished drinking his coffee, the Taosi couple also discussed the results.

They tell Jimmy their decision when they get downstairs.

Jimmy nodded with satisfaction and stood up to leave.

Before going out, Jimmy told the Tausi couple that he would come to pick up the contract tomorrow.

After going out, Jimmy did not go back to the lawyer directly, but took a taxi to 455 Water Street, Brooklyn.

It was Dan who opened the door for Jimmy.

He didn't go to school today and was waiting for Jimmy at home.

The two parties have met before, so there is no need for more politeness.

Jimmy directly took out a contract and handed it to Dan, and asked if he needed to introduce a colleague to help Dan look at the contract.

Dan shook his head and turned directly to the last signature page of the contract.

After unscrewing the pen cover and preparing to sign on it, Dan suddenly raised his head and seriously suggested to Jimmy:

"Actually, you can tell me directly that there is no room for bargaining in this contract. There are only two choices I face, sign it or not sign it."

Jimmy shrugged and said bluntly:
"From a lawyer's perspective, I can only say that you are absolutely right."

After hearing this, Dan no longer hesitated, picked up the pen and signed his name on the contract.

That night, the Tausi couple took out the contract before dinner prayer and handed it to the elder Michael first.

After turning less than two pages, Big Michael was confused by the complicated contract clauses, let alone understand what each of them said.

Collins simply took the contract away from Big Michael.

On the one hand, she was really curious about what Jamie wanted to do, and on the other hand, she was doing this to help Big Michael.

At the dinner table, Collins patiently explained the terms of the contract to Michael one by one.

Big Michael could feel Collins' kindness in doing this, but after listening for a while, he frowned.

There were so many that he couldn't remember.

And it feels very dry and boring.

It was the same feeling as when he was listening to the teacher in class.

In desperation, Michael had no choice but to raise his head and look at Mrs. Taosi for help.

Mrs. Taosi stopped Collins' explanation and asked her daughter to continue reading the contract, leaving the explanation to her.

"Michael, Jamie is going to write a novel about our family and yours. The income from the novel will be equally divided, that is, the two authors will get 50%, and the remaining 50% will be given to our family." Mr. Taosi also interjected at this time. :

"I consulted a lawyer friend and he thought that this contract was very favorable to us, because the authors of biographical novels would only give a small portion of the money to the prototype of the story, unless the author is the prototype of the story himself."

Mrs. Taosi took over her husband's words and continued.

"According to the agreement in the contract, Sean (husband) and I will get 20%, Michael will get 20%, and Collins and Sean will each get 5%. We have no objection to this ratio, so what about you guys?"

As she said this, she looked at Big Michael.

After hesitating for a moment, the eldest Michael proposed that the family could divide the money equally, exactly 10% each, but was unanimously opposed by the Taosi family.

Mrs. Taosi told Big Michael that you are the protagonist of the story and you deserve more money.

Collins was more direct and asked Big Michael on the spot what he would like to do if he got the money.

Because according to the law, as the guardians of Big Michael, the Taosi couple can decide the use of the money for Big Michael, as long as they ensure that the money is spent on Big Michael.

Collins worried that his parents would prevent the older Michael from freely deciding what to do with the money, so he preempted the question.

Mr. Tao Xi originally wanted to say that there was no need to worry about it in advance, but Mrs. Tao Xi stopped him with her eyes.

She looked at Big Michael with encouraging eyes.

"It's okay, Michael, you can do whatever you want with the money, as long as there is a valid reason."

Collins secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.

It seems that the more than two hours of talking on the phone with my mother yesterday were not in vain.

Big Michael thought about it for five or six minutes before finally working up the courage to speak his mind.

He wanted to give the money to his addict mother.

This is a decision that is both surprising and not surprising at all.

After a quick eye-contact between the Tausi family, Collins was the first to speak out in support.

Mrs. Towsey agreed, but added one thing.

The money cannot be sent to the elder Michael's biological mother all at once, as that will only harm her. It is best to send her a sum of money every month that is enough to support living expenses and medical treatment.

Big Michael seriously agrees.

He also didn't want the money he sent to his mother to end up in the pockets of drug dealers.

The family happily reached a consensus and were about to start having dinner.

At this time, Mr. Tao Xi suddenly joked that it was as if their family had already acquiesced that the novel would be a big seller, and they couldn't wait to start discussing how to divide the money.

Collins asked his father on the spot, "Isn't it?"
With Jamie's reputation, coupled with the "deeply touching" and "incredibly correct" story of their family and Michael, and the media's fueling, this novel, which Jamie titled "The Weakness," was born with The potential for big sales.

The only question now is how long it will take to finish the novel.

As the second author and actual writer of the novel, Dan took a ten-day leave from school in order to finish the manuscript before the start of Ivy Week next month.

In order to obtain first-hand material, he flew directly to Memphis, Tennessee, and visited the community, school, and slum where the Taosi family used to live, as well as the slum where the elder Michael was born. He also found the mother of the elder Michael and conducted numerous interviews.

After returning to New York, I had no time to rest, so I interviewed the Taosi family non-stop for three consecutive days, and finally came up with an outline of the story before Jamie's weekend party.

At the same time, news that Jamie was preparing to publish a new book spread like wildfire.

Many people came to the door in advance "smell the smell".

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