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Three days later, Brown Williams gave Matthew a clear reply that he was willing to serve as his personal bodyguard and could stay in the Los Angeles company for a long time, instead of being sent around the world by security companies like before, which was a huge attraction to Brown Williams.

Of course, doubling your salary is a key factor.

After signing the bodyguard agreement with Brown Williams, Matthew and Helen Herman met Amanda who came all the way from New York, and the two sides talked for a full afternoon and basically finalized the cooperation.

Although Amanda's family is not among the top wealthy in New York, her father also owns a charitable foundation dedicated to tax avoidance, and Amanda has worked at the foundation for a long time after graduation and has some experience.

With Amanda joining, the preparation for the establishment of his two charitable foundations will also be accelerated, and Amanda has even planned to use a large-scale charity auction as the inauguration ceremony of the two foundations, which must be an instant hit.

The source of funds for charitable foundations like this is of course not out of Matthew's pocket, but mainly in the form of charity fundraising, and the remuneration of hiring professionals is expensive, even if there is no need to operate secretly, the charitable fund can also extract a considerable proportion of the funds raised for its own personnel employment and administrative office expenses and other management expenses.

The legislation on the supervision of non-profit organizations is relatively lenient, and each charitable organization will report to the IRS in detail every year on the sources and expenditures of the year's funds and the ins and outs of the funding for various activities, mainly to check whether the activities of the charitable organization are eligible for tax exemption.

However, there are no strict rules on how charitable organizations can use the donations they raise, and much depends on self-regulation.

And there is no law that sets a hard and fast rule on the proportion of expenditure.

Amanda told Matthew an example of the 1992 United Charitable Foundation scandal in which 70 percent of the money raised by the private charity was used to pay employees' salaries and expenses, while less than 4 percent was spent on charity, and the rest was missing.

However, there is no law to sanction them, and the United Charitable Foundation has only lost credibility and reputation.

Of course, Matthew will certainly not do this, and in the future, the vast majority of the money from the charitable foundation will be used for charity, except for its own expenses.

"Amanda has returned to New York. ”

In the office of Angel Agency, Helen Herman told Matthew about his recent work, "I guess I'll be back next week and I'll be involved in the establishment of a charitable foundation." ”

Matthew nodded and said, "That way, you can focus more on your job." ”

In fact, it is also good for him.

Helen Herman didn't talk much about this and changed the subject, "It's been half a month since the New Year, and last year's statistics in all aspects are basically out. ”

She shoved a document in front of Matthew.

Matthew sat back in his chair, looked lazy, and said, "Just tell me." ”

"Oh well. Helen Herman recalled a little and said, "Let's talk about endorsements first, the two major brands you endorse, the Mercedes-Benz G-Class off-road vehicle, has increased its global sales by 6.5 percent since it officially replaced your advertising in June last year." ”

"Sounds pretty good. Matthew said.

"It's impossible to break down how much of a role your endorsement has, though. Helen Herman continued, "But the increase in sales is a good thing for us. ”

She thought for a moment and said, "Among them, the sales increase in Greater China is the most obvious, reaching 10 percentage points. ”

Matthew remembers that there should be a lot of very wealthy people on the other side of the Pacific at this time, and it should be normal for the consumption of luxury cars or luxury goods to skyrocket there.

Helen Herman added, "According to Mercedes-Benz statistics, you have quite a lot of visibility and influence among the elite over there. ”

"Oh......" Matthew looked calm.

It's not surprising that the biggest influence of Hollywood movies over there are big-budget commercial films, and movie stars like him who specialize in business and action are often the most popular.

Moreover, in this era, the influence of foreign monks on the other side of the Pacific Ocean to chant scriptures was still widespread.

"Overall. Helen Herrmann concluded, "Mercedes-Benz is very satisfied with you as an image ambassador. ”

She went on to say, "In contrast, Rolex's performance has not grown significantly. Rolex's market share is already very high, and it is very difficult to grow rapidly, and in the short term, you will only serve as a graphic spokesperson for Rolex, and it is difficult to become an advertising spokesperson. ”

"It doesn't matter. Matthew is very open-minded, "At least there are free Rolex watches to bring with you." ”

Helen Herman glanced at him and continued, "I'm currently figuring out how to run an endorsement for you in terms of clothing, maybe a little longer. Also, after the release of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", some manufacturers have taken the initiative to find us, and I will pick out the high-end products that are really suitable for you. ”

Matthew had no opinion, "You can look at this aspect." ”

"Then there's the movie aspect. Helen Herman has clearly understood in detail, "The basic salary of the two "Pirates of the Caribbean" sequels has been fully paid, and according to the salary contract you signed with Disney Pictures, the basic salary in the early stage is a total of 19 million US dollars. ”

"That's a lot of money. Matthew sighed, thought for a moment, and said, "In this way, Helen, in addition to your agent's commission, you have withheld the expenses for the establishment of a charitable foundation." ”

The remaining money was enough to pay off the mortgage on Horner Manor, and he only made a down payment.

Helen Herman continued the topic of films, "You only have one movie "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" released this year, and at present, this film is temporarily ranked third in the North American box office list in 2005, but Disney Studios' "The Chronicles of Narnia" is still in theaters, and if nothing else, the North American box office will surpass "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", and "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" should be ranked fourth in last year's box office list. ”

Speaking of this, a rare smile appeared on her face, "Since 2003, you have continuously starred in movies that have ranked in the top ten of the North American box office annual list, which shows that you are a veritable first-line movie star." ”

Matthew thought for a while and said, "It is estimated that next year will not be an exception, next year there will be "Pirates of the Caribbean: Soul Coffin" released, and if the filming and production of "Spartan Three Hundred Warriors" goes well, it may also catch up with next year's schedule." ”

Helen Herman continued, "Warner Bros. is tentatively scheduled for early December next year, but it has not been fully confirmed, waiting for Jack and Zack Schneider to come up with a more detailed shooting plan." ”

Hearing this, Matthew couldn't help pinching the corners of his forehead, "Zack Schneider and Curt Johnstad haven't finished the script until now......"

"Curt Johnstad is a very serious and rigorous person. Helen Herman also has a bit of a headache, "There are currently some disagreements with Zach on the script, Zach thinks that the main plot is best restored to the comics, but Curt Johnstad insists that there must be a certain adaptation, and the two have different opinions, which is also the reason for the difficult birth of the script. ”

Matthew frowned slightly, "If you really can't do it, you can fire him." ”

Helen Herman shook her head, "It's a last resort, and it's normal for disagreements to arise during the screenplay. ”

Matthew spread his hands, "Then we can only wait?"

Helen Herman lifted her glasses, "As far as I know, the script is not finished yet, but it is also very fast. She added, "Once the first draft of the script is complete, David Ellison and Jack will be in your hands as soon as possible." ”

In fact, Matthew didn't wait long, and in late January, the bearded Jack and Zack Snyder called him successively, informing him that the first draft of the script for "The Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta" had been completed, and that Mathew had rushed back to Amanda in Los Angeles to deal with some affairs of the charitable foundation, and simply asked the two to send the script to Helen Herman.

Back in Los Angeles the next day, Matthew was in the archives of Angel Brokerage and saw a copy of the script.

Matthew read the script, and the main plot of the script is basically the same as the movie he has seen, and the description of the Spartans and the Battle of Thermopay Pass is as exaggerated.

Both the script and Frank Miller's cartoons are, of course, very different from what is recorded in historical documents.

In his free time to shoot "Pirates of the Caribbean" last year, Matthew looked up specific historical information and realized how exaggerated the illustrations were.

The Battle of Thermopylae in historical sources was fought by 300 Spartan warriors plus 6,400 Greek allies

Thermopylae Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, which is not conducive to the deployment of large troops, and the Persians' tactics are mainly lightly armed projection infantry, and they can only helplessly use refueling tactics to shake the heavily armed Spartan infantry.

Historically, the Spartans were not half-naked as illustrated, nor were they fully nude as Frank Miller said, they were basically heavily armored armor.

Zack Schneider said to Matthew that this illustration is just Frank Miller who wants to draw a passionate and wild magic muscle after looking at ancient Greek murals**, so of course neither the tone nor the content of the comic is too realistic......

In short, this film is definitely not a historical film, but a standard commercial entertainment film, and it will definitely not be based on real history, Matthew will treat it as a foreigner's "Romance of the Gods".

If nothing else, Xerxes in Frank Miller's comics is a bald head who likes to wear no clothes with gold chains all over his body, and Matthew once saw someone complain at the time that he has been bareheaded and does not wear a hat on the Iranian plateau, and his bald head will get sunburned......

Of course, movies are movies, and history is two different things.

Matthew doesn't have much to say about the script, script writing is a very professional thing, and he doesn't want to give too many opinions.

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