There were only five people in the spacious conference room, with Matthew, Helen Herman, and Chris Kyle sitting on the side, carefully looking at the not-so-thick script, while Clint Eastwood, who led the script, and Jason Dean Hall, who was the writer, waited patiently.

Matthew quickly flipped through the script and compared it with the original American Sniper as he read it.

The script is still very hard, and like the original, there is not much reflection and remorse or anything like that, but Clint Eastwood still removes some of the overly sensitive things in the original book.

Of course, the setting of the male protagonist is very similar to Chris Kyle's reality, and it is also very recognizable, which makes people know at a glance that this is a tough Texan.

As the second largest state in the United States after Alaska, Texas is so sparsely populated that the Kyle family has their own deer hunting farm, and it was here that Kyle got his own shotgun when he was seven or eight years old, and hunted all kinds of animals, including turkeys, pigeons, quails, and wild deer.

And then there's the rumored training of special forces.

According to the descriptions in general literary works or movies, these devil training must be full of secrets, and the trained soldier king alone can handle dozens or hundreds of people.

But Chris Kyle's description, no matter how good a soldier is, can't withstand the siege of a dozen people with basic military training.

For example, a sniper like him is relatively poor in hand-to-hand combat.

Clint Eastwood's script is exactly what Chris Kyle described in his autobiography, and there is no such thing as a secret or a training of the enemy.

Regarding the "devil training" in the early stage of the "Navy SEALs", it has been rumored to be miraculous in many film and television works, but whether it is Chris Kyle or Clint Eastwood, they all take an understated attitude towards it, push-ups while bearing the instructor's high-pressure water gun spray, taking an inflatable rubber boat out to sea and swimming back to the shore, lying on the icy beach to bear the baptism of the sea, these trainings may be difficult to experience, but not beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

In addition, the script takes a certain degree of flashbacks and interludes.

However, Matthew had communicated with Clint Eastwood before, and the narrative of the script was simple and straightforward, enough to ensure that the film was easy to understand.

It's not a narrative film, either.

Frankly speaking, Clint Eastwood is not the kind of director who likes to play tricks in Hollywood, and he makes films like his old cowboy personality, and he pays more attention to straightforwardness.

Otherwise, Matthew wouldn't have asked him to be a director.

At the end of the script, there is a sentence that is not in the original book, which should be the inner monologue of the male protagonist specially added by Clint Eastwood.

This monologue is very hard and very tough and very tough on the Texas cowboys.

"There are three kinds of people in this world, sheep, hungry wolves, and sheepdogs. There are those who naively believe that there is no devil in the world and are powerless to protect themselves when hatred comes to their doorstep, and these people are sheep. The opposing existence is the predator who uses violence, this part of the people believes in the law of the jungle, they are like hungry wolves, preying on the weak. In addition, there are those who are kind by nature but have a gift for hunting, and they guard the flock, and this small group of people is born to face the threat of jackals, that is, sheepdogs. I don't keep sheep in my house, and if anyone wants to be a hungry wolf, I will never allow it, we protect our families. ”

Matthew closed the script and didn't speak, patiently waiting for Chris Kyle to finish reading the script.

"Can you tell me what I think?" Chris Kyle deliberately didn't come over today without Taya Kyle, who had a tendency to cause trouble, so that she wouldn't be able to point fingers at the script, but he still had some opinions on one of the main plots of the script, and immediately said, "The terrorist I sniped at a long distance was not as described in the script, we didn't know his past, and we only knew that his name was Mustafa." ”

Clint Eastwood glanced at Chris Kyle and said, "The script should be more in line with the original film, as a sniper, you are very powerful, and no one on the battlefield may have posed a real threat to you, but in the film, as a heroic actor, you need to have a strong enemy worthy of you." ”

Matthew chimed in, "The plot of the film needs to twist and turn, and proper embellishment of your enemies can make the plot of the film more engaging." ”

In the script, a fictional terrorist sniper who works for the opposition, Chris Kyle's main antagonist is a sniper named Mustafa in the film.

Mustafa is mentioned in a passage in the original book "American Sniper," but the script portrays him as a medalist at the Syrian Olympics, a man who works for the Sunni insurgents in Fallujah and the Shia Machi army.

These are all for the needs of the plot.

It is not new for Hollywood movies to be adapted under the banner of real events, but to add material to the plot and characters, everything is for the sake of the attractiveness of the movie after it is completed.

After all, for Hollywood, movies are a business after all.

Chris Kyle still trusts Matthew very much, and when he said this, he didn't express any more opinions, and the main plot of the script was decided, and there were some details that could be slowly revised in the future.

Of course, as with all Hollywood biographical or autobiographical films, the Chris Kyle in the script is just very similar to the real-life Chris Kyle.

But few people who have watched more movies will think that the characters in Hollywood autobiographical movies are what they look like in reality.

Movies, especially autobiographical films, can always only express a certain aspect of a character.

Let's just say that Chris Kyle, in addition to being mixed with Matthew, is not only Texan, but also because the two have many similarities to a certain extent.

Once, Matthew said that he would donate all the profits from Fast and Furious 4 to charity, and he did the same, but the profits on the account were really limited.

Chris Kyle, in an interview with a talk show after the release of the book "American Sniper," said something similar — donating all profits from this autobiography to help a charity for veterans.

Then, he approached Matthew and asked if there was a suitable way to deal with it, and Matthew referred him to PricewaterhouseCoopers.

With reasonable and legal circumvention, Chris Kyle has only donated $52,000 so far, and has put the remaining $3 million into his own pocket.

Matthew has been associated with him for a while, and this American soldier may not have much social experience, but he has a bit of his demeanor, and he can find a fairly fair reason and excuse for everything.

For example, when he dealt with Harvey Weinstein, he gave himself a reason, which was to save the female compatriots of Hollywood from the shadow of the devil.

To keep yourself motivated, you must not only have enough desire, but also have a strong goal.

Whether this purpose is correct or not, as long as you think it is great enough, the whole person will be full of fighting spirit.

Chris Kyle, like him, is better at that.

Whether it's the description of his autobiography or his usual remarks, Chris Kyle claims to have retired from the army by claiming to have saved his marriage and reunited with his family.

Many Navy SEALs have been deployed overseas for a long time, dealing with high-intensity battles every day, and witnessing their comrades being injured, killed, or even injured themselves, for a long time, it is also a great psychological impact for anyone.

In addition, due to his long-term overseas deployment, the divorce rate of Navy SEALs is as high as 80 to 90 percent, which makes sense for him to choose to leave the military for the sake of his family.

And it is true that this aspect occupies the dominant factor.

But another noteworthy detail is that at this time, his contract with the US Navy has expired, and although he himself was born and died on the battlefield in Iraq, he can only be promoted to platoon commander.

Matthew doesn't know much about the situation in Texas, but after coming to Los Angeles, Matthew had a relationship with Chris Keldo, and Kyle did have that kind of discomfort with the peaceful environment after returning home, but it was far less serious, in fact, like many veterans of the Iraq War, he turned around and threw himself into the business of forming a private defense contractor (another way to write mercenary), which he opened with Matthew and Neborah.

Then, publishing his autobiography and participating in various reality TV shows were part of his commercial activities.

Chris Kyle was the first to say goodbye and leave, Helen Hull, who had been silent, did not make any suggestions, Matthew did not leave, and continued to communicate with Clint Eastwood about the film itself.

Neither has fought in Iraq, and in addition to Chris Kyle, a number of former Navy SEALs who fought in Iraq will be hired as temporary advisers.

Matthew had heard a lot of things about Brown-Williams in Iraq and knew that the battlefield was far more brutal than he thought.

In Iraq, it is dangerous to use mobile phones in close proximity to U.S. troops, and users are often targeted by U.S. snipers because they are often perceived as anti-American fighters who attempt to detonate suicide bombs with their phones.

In addition, passers-by who walk on highways often patrolled by U.S. forces with tools such as shovels are often killed by U.S. snipers because the tools in their hands are suspected to be used to bury roadside suicide bombs, and they may simply be farmers or construction workers.

Chris Kyle himself has admitted this.

As for whether he was a ghost under the gun, even he couldn't tell.

Matthew is not a saint, and he would not be so stupid as to speak from the position of Iraq in the movie, and Iraqis will not pay for his film.

As a high-investment film, it must first please the North American audience.