Today, Bella Anderson came prepared, and since these people needed convincing reasons, she gave them enough reasons.

These reasons are not just that American Sniper can provide more employment opportunities.

In fact, most of the taxes and subsidies provided by the United States and even overseas countries fall on commercial films.

In order to win this preferential policy, she also looked at many cases and concluded a set of effective rhetoric.

Looking at a few people across the conference table, Bella Anderson added, "If the state government is subsidizing the funds, the source of the funds must come from California taxes, which are paid by the majority of taxpayers and subsidized by taxes. Something should also be representative of the needs of a broad range of taxpayers."

She didn't speak very fast, "And what about independent films and art films? Most of them are intuitive films from a very personal point of view, such as the "False Life", which tells the story of a person's struggle to death after falling into the water. In the process, these things belong to them only privately, and if they can find investors to shoot them, it is because they agree with the views of these projects, and from the audience’s point of view, these types of projects are always a niche among the niche, which proves that There are too few people who can resonate with it. So, if you subsidize a program like this with taxes paid by a wide range of taxpayers, isn’t that taking the money of the majority and serving the wishes of the very few?”

The four looked at each other, but still didn't make it clear.

The middle-aged man wearing glasses smiled, exchanged opinions with the person closest to him, and said, "Miss Anderson, come here today, we will give you a clear reply as soon as possible."

"OK."

Bella Anderson stood up and left.

Dealing with the state government is like this, the procedure is quite cumbersome, but it is very helpless.

This is to take money from them, and passiveness is inevitable.

Leaving Burbank and just returned to Century City, where the studio is located, Bella Anderson received a call from the middle-aged man with glasses. They had reached an agreement that American Sniper would definitely get one. The quota of preferential policies, but it will take about a week for approval at the earliest.

This news was passed on to Matthew, and after ten working days, the "American Sniper" crew received an official notice that this project will receive tax rebates and financial subsidies from California next year, among which tax rebates are preferential. The amount is $6.7 million, and the financial subsidy is much less at $2.3 million.

Compared with some projects in other states that invest more than $10 million, you can get more than $2 million in tax rebates. These seem to be ordinary, but Matthew is already satisfied.

The preparations for American Sniper are going well, and an extensive audition is about to begin to pick a suitable heroine for the film.

The character cannot be exactly the same as the original character, at least there must be a certain similarity.

Matthew has not dealt with Chris Kyle's wife Taya Kyle once or twice. Naturally, it can be seen that this is not the kind of tender woman. I don't know if she has been in Texas for too long. The relationship between her, she has a cowgirl-like shrewdness and wildness.

But the imperceptible wildness was almost completely obscured by the beautiful appearance.

Someone who doesn't deal with Taya Kyle a lot doesn't notice it at all.

Matthew communicated with Clint Eastwood about this, and the two quickly agreed that the sweetheart type of actor was not suitable for the role of Taya Kyle.

Because of the role setting, Matthew rejected many female stars who took the initiative to call him, including Lily Collins.

"Lily, you look too sweet."

In the office, facing Lily Collins, Matthew said directly, "This kind of character with a cowgirl in her bones is really not suitable for you."

I don't know if it's because of the makeup, but Lily Collins' eyes are very big. "But, Matthew..." She hesitated for a while, but still said, "I want to act with you. I've been looking forward to this day for a long time."

Knowing that Lily Collins had always admired himself, Matthew comforted, "There's still a chance in the future." He thought about it, and then said, "I'm planning a science fiction project about Mars rescue, in which there is a young female astronaut. , if you're interested, you can go to Bella Anderson for the original book and the original script."

"Okay." Lily Collins stood up, about to go to another office to find Bella Anderson, and asked again before leaving, "Do you have time tonight? Let's have dinner together."

Matthew also stood up, shook his head and said, "Another day, I have an appointment with Chris Kyle today." Seeing that Lily Collins was still looking at this side, he simply explained, "The appointment was made yesterday. , I have been under the guidance of Chris Kyle recently for professional sniper training, and this afternoon he also brought two veterans, I want to learn more about the Iraq war from them."

Lily Collins nodded, "I'll call you another day."

She left first, and Matthew then left the office, got into the latest Mercedes-Benz Grand G, and headed straight to Niebola's shooting club.

Since Chris Kyle's company in South Los Angeles is more of a service to the military, most of his sniper training is placed here.

However, meeting Chris Kyle today is more for the two veterans.

The two had spoken on the phone and, if appropriate, Matthew would hire them as consultants for the crew's war scenes.

When he came to the club, Niebola was not there. Matthew asked and learned that this guy went to Las Vegas, and it seemed that he wanted to spread his business there.

Matthew entered the indoor shooting range, probably on a working day. There were not many people in the shooting range, only four or five people. Chris Kyle was sitting alone in the lounge at the back of the shooting range, seemingly reading a newspaper.

This lounge is very big, there are more than a dozen round tables in it, and the chairs are also made of wood, which looks very beautiful, but it is not very comfortable to sit on.

The lounge is separated from the shooting range by a huge glass curtain wall to prevent the sound of shooting from disturbing the rest of the people in the lounge.

"This way, Matthew."

Seeing Matthew come in, Chris Kyle greeted, "I'm here."

Matthew went over to say hello to Chris Kyle, pulled out a chair and sat across from him, and Brown Williams, as before, sat at another nearby table.

Chris Kyle asked Matthew for a glass of water and said, "Those guys will be late."

Matthew knew that he was talking about the retired soldiers, and said, "Don't worry."

The two sides made an appointment at 3:30 in the afternoon, and it is only two o'clock now.

He picked up the water cup, took a sip, and then glanced at the white porcelain tea cup. It was not this kind of cup that he used last time, and it was estimated that he had just changed it.

This porcelain cup is a little heavy, but it feels very solid to the touch, and it also bears the mark of a British porcelain company.

Matthew remembered that he once heard Nebola mention that the fitness club and the shooting club had ordered a new batch of china from the UK, and the other party was an old company that provided equipment to the British royal family.

The two said a few words, and the topic quickly turned to the movie "American Sniper".

Chris Kyle still had some doubts about Clint Eastwood, worried that an old man like him would not be able to make this film, Matthew told him that the crew would take this subject very seriously and make every effort to tell the story. good story...

Chatting and chatting, the two talked about the two veterans who came over.

"A man named Chad Littlefield is one of the directors of the War Psychological Trauma Foundation I founded." Chris Kyle briefly explained the background of the two men, "He also participated in the Iraq War. , in some things, more experienced than I am."

Matthew nodded. Chris Kyle's foundation was established together with the military contracting company. It mainly provides physical rehabilitation, personal training, psychotherapy and other services for veterans who have been traumatized.

Chris Kyle added, "The other is Eddie Rouse, who was also involved in the Iraq war. His situation is a bit complicated. He has been unemployed for a long time after being discharged from the army, and he has a bit of traumatic stress syndrome."

Matthew thought about it and said, "If his professional quality and experience can help the filming crew, I will offer him a job as a filming consultant."

He is not a saint~lightnovelpub.net~ will not help people without reason. Since he is a soldier who has participated in the Iraq War, it should not be a problem to play his professional expertise in the filming of war scenes in the crew, right?

"I went back to Texas some time ago and met Eddie's mother, and she asked me for help." Chris Kyle sighed and said, "I couldn't refuse the same experience and brought him here in Los Angeles. Physiotherapy, a job helps with his recovery."

He said very solemnly, "Thank you, Matthew."

Matthew had never been a soldier, and didn't know much about the friendship between soldiers. He just nodded and didn't say much.

After chatting with Chris Kyle for a while, Matthew went to the shooting range, got the guns and magazines, came to the target, and practiced shooting.

He is also an old gunslinger. With a fixed target of ten meters, his ten-round burst is basically stable at around the 90th ring.

There were not many people on the shooting range, and the gunfire was sparse.

There was no one on the target positions on either side, and the nearest person was three targets away. It seemed to be a young woman wearing a cowboy hat, only a golden ponytail could be seen hanging from the back of the ball cap.

Matthew raised his gun to aim forward, pulled the trigger continuously, and the gunshots rang rhythmically.

Bang-bang-bang...

After ten rounds were fired, Matthew pulled out the magazine and put down the pistol. Before looking at the monitor next to him, a woman's voice exclaimed, "Wow, ninety-seven rings!"

Matthew turned his head to look over and said casually, "Good luck."

The woman in the cowboy hat just now had come to his target, and she was the one who made the sound.

"Hello, Matthew. I'm Margot Robbie." The woman raised her hat and stretched out her right hand. "Your marksmanship is very good."

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