Producer [American Entertainment]

Facing the inaction of the two and one cat, MiG was not angry, he just said in a very calm tone: "The budget is burning. You know, there is only a little time to shoot every sunset."

william.Scrooge.Serus' heart twitched violently.

As if Miguel didn't think it was exciting enough, after talking about the budget, he whispered a strong dose of medicine next to William's ear: "You promised Ms. Field's agent that she will be released a week before the start of her next movie. , let her go to rest. Ms. Field doesn't mind delaying helping you, but her difficult agent will definitely sue you. Ticktock, do you hear the sound of time passing?!"

The actress Field, is a friend William met in the middle of the night at the In-N-Out fast food restaurant in Santa Monica.

This friendship is very magical. They rarely contact each other, but they know in their hearts that the other party is the kind of person who can call you when you are desperate and need help, and can help you without asking why.

Field is currently on vacation (more than a year), when William chatted with her about her movie, she said: "Why do you want your bodyguard Shirley to play the heroine? She is too young, too beautiful, there is no Not suitable for a heroine. We are talking about a history professor in a university. To be honest, you may have seen a hot female history professor in your life, but in the movie, it is absolutely impossible .Why? Because the inherent impression of the audience will feel that it is fake."

Bias is everywhere.

"I know. But the point is, besides Shirley, I don't know any actresses who can act. I mean, if there is no acting, why not choose a beautiful one? Fake, but at least good-looking."

William has known a lot of actors, including many male actors with acting skills, but he doesn't know how to do it. There is only one actress with great potential in the future, but she is only a few years old this year.

"Hey!" Field said she was greatly offended. "Need I remind you that I won an Oscar in 80?"

"I have no money to pay the actress."

"I'm just doing a friend a favor. Do you think I'm going to charge you even for a home video with my mom? Yeah, I know your movie is going to come out, but so what? Nobody says Sally Field makes a movie You have to collect money, right? Otherwise, just treat it as deferred payment. If the movie makes money, you can give me [-]% or [-]% of the salary; if the movie fails to be made for various reasons If it succeeds, or it cannot be screened...then at least you don't have to worry about the money you gave the heroine."

"Thank you." Apart from these words, William really didn't know what to say to Field.

"You don't need to say thank you to me, I still want to thank you. Remember when I accepted the award last year, I thanked you? Some time ago, during the Oscar promotion month, you suddenly became popular, and even I, who had been resting for a year, was also called Bringing it up again. Do you know how much an instant increase in my status is to have a place on your shiny resume, next to your cousin, Lennon and others?"

During William's month at the Oscars, he was really stripped clean, from Fielder's Oscar speech "I want to thank my friend William" to his cousin Sabatino, that is He saved Lennon...everything.

"I don't even have any privacy."

"Welcome to my world." Field said with a smile.As the second generation star, she has never had privacy since she was born.

Due to the inclusion of a big name like Field, the entire crew of Earthlings can be said to be following Field's schedule.When MiG mentioned Field, William could no longer watch the chef quarrel with peace of mind and do nothing.

Field's agent has never been too happy about the fact that "Field doesn't want money to participate in William's movie".

William asked Wendy to go to Wendy's mother (Mrs. White also volunteered to play the role of a middle-aged female professor in the movie) to save the scene, and he himself called Sabatino: "Brother, you Want to come to Pasadena for dinner tonight? There will be your favorite avocado on the dinner table~"

"I'm here," Sabatino said on the phone.

William and MiG turned their heads together and saw Sabatino getting out of the car not far away.He walked to William's side at a leisurely pace, stood between William and MiG calmly, and naturally separated the two who were so close to each other before.

William didn't find anything, but MiG looked at Sabatino thoughtfully.

Sabatino... In his eyes, there is no MiG.

Then, with the joint efforts of Sabatino and Mrs. White, the old butler and Mr. White reluctantly reached an understanding. They each have a kitchen and cook two meals in a buffet style. Everyone can eat what they like What.

"This world of local tyrants..." Neil sighed with emotion while holding a glass of red wine.

Neil's old partner raised his glass and answered, "No worries."

Two golden goblets filled with red wine collided and made a wonderful sound.

"Oh, God, take it easy! This cup belongs to the collection of the last Queen of France!" they cried together.

In the restaurant filled with countless famous paintings and the forest can be seen through the floor-to-ceiling windows, everyone had a delicious and tortured dinner.When they eat one chef's creation and forget to eat another chef's creation, that chef will start to emit waves of resentment.That was not a fun experience.

The only ones who are not affected are those who will not be shot, and those with thick skins.

That's Sabatino and Neil.

"The real one?" Neil asked while admiring an oil painting behind Sabatino.The veteran liar Neil's academic background is actually very good, especially in identifying the authenticity of antiques, he has the magical skills that he will never be fooled by fakes.

Sabatino nodded. For William's friends, he tried his best to show his kind side: "During World War II, my grandmother secretly transported them from Germany. No one knows how she did it."

"Speaking of which, in the huge oil painting hanging on the wall of the middle staircase on the first floor, does it depict your grandmother and her daughter? That little girl is so beautiful, is it you or William's mother?"

"Oh no, that was our grandmother and her mother, who lived in France for a while. Our great-grandmother, and Monet's second wife Alice, were very good friends, and that was Monet The family portraits drawn by our great-grandmother and grandmother when they were young are only the family portraits of the two of them."

Monet was a very important French painter in the last century, known as the father of Impressionism, who died on December 1926, 12.

"Then, that was painted by Monet?! I? Personally? When I had cataracts in my later years?!" Neil always thought that it was extravagant enough for the crew to use the authentic works of Van Gogh as props. Even asked Monet to paint portraits of them!

Monet's paintings in his later years are recognized as the most valuable of all his works. Even if he suffered from cataracts at that time, the artistry in the works is also his pinnacle.

In fact, Sabatino's family also has two of Monet's most important "Water Lilies" series in his later years, but one is already in an art gallery, and the other is in Italy. It is Sabatino's mother Elizabeth, and will never be published. The most precious collections on display.

"No wonder you don't look like William." Field nodded, "William must have inherited his great-grandmother from another generation."

"I always thought I looked like my father." William and the pretty father Edward were almost carved out of the same mold, so he never thought about whether he and his cousin looked like this, but now he thinks about it Apparently, they even have different hair and pupil colors, one dark and one light.

Sabatino clenched his hand under the table, and then let it go slowly, as if he changed the subject inadvertently.

The next morning, Sabatino reportedly drove to the company early, and the crew began a day of intense filming.During the day, the crew will not be without work. They will close the curtains, pretend to be late at night, and continue to film the later stage of the film. The professors have in-depth discussions.

William originally planned to continue to watch the filming with marshmallows in his arms.But after a phone call, he could only hold back his anger and drove to a non-profit charity in Los Angeles with four bodyguards (after the Lennon incident, they became the standard for William).

At the entrance of the company, William met the FBI agent, Mr. Peter.

"Good morning, sir, your FBI is really busy." William couldn't help but sarcastically.

"We're just doing what we're supposed to do." Peter was neither humble nor overbearing.

"Finding faults with an innocent citizen endlessly?" Since the bong, William also has an FBI tail who will watch him in shifts.

"Innocent or not, we'll discuss after the investigation is over." Peter's partner choked.

"Do you know that I can sue you for exceeding the law on behalf of my client because of this sentence, Mr. Detective?" Lowe and William arrived at the door of the company at about the same time.

In trouble, it was impossible for William not to call Lowe for help.

And the trouble this time started with the shooting of the Smoker Gun crew in New York, or even earlier, before they and the deputy producer who was irresponsible and suddenly led the entire team to resign before the filming started. .

Let’s talk about shooting in New York first.

At that time, the old Bernstein and William's aunt Elizabeth provided a batch of free props for the crew.Then, with Wheeler as the bridge, they carried out an unspoken rule activity called "tax-free sponsorship" that is done in the Hollywood industry.

The specific operation process is very simple:

Wheeler put William in touch with a non-profit that supports the film project, also known as a 501(c)3 organization, a Jewish film charity that Wheeler's friends have worked with for many years.

The organization reached a cooperation with William to "allow William to apply for accounting sponsorship services for the film".

Bernstein Sr. and Aunt Elizabeth donated all the things they provided for free (decorations and weapon props without bullets) to the organization through in-kind donations.Then, William sent a withdrawal application to the organization, and the price for successfully obtaining this batch of materials was only to pay a 5.00% commission to the organization.

"What's the point of this?" When doing these operations, Wendy was with William, because these are her future jobs, she was a little puzzled, "Why does it feel like we just paid more money to a strange organization?"

"It can avoid taxes reasonably," William said.

After accepting the donation from Bernstein Sr. and Elizabeth, the organization will report the deduction [equivalent value] or [ One-to-one matching donation (100 and 200)] taxes.

Just like Elizabeth's two antique guns, with the principle of increasing 100 minus 200, she reduced the business tax for almost half a year for her company in the United States in one go.

The commission paid by William is nothing compared to the tax relief.Not to mention, the commission was paid by Bernstein Sr. and Elizabeth themselves.

In this way, a magical door opened to William and Wendy.

And this unspoken rule is often the first step for many families to launder money through movies.

Of course, William and Bernstein Sr. did not take the following steps, they just wanted to avoid tax reasonably, and they did not need to launder money.Even if money laundering was really necessary, Bernstein Sr. and Elizabeth wouldn't take advantage of William's movies.

But the FBI didn't believe it.

After such a long time, after collecting a lot of evidence, they came aggressively.

The author has something to say: PS: Don’t ask the stupid author why he knows this unspoken rule for free. When he was in Secondary School, the stupid author was very curious about how Hei Shi laundered money through movies. I will just say this kind of Secondary School thing?Of course, the stupid author only found the ones in the United States, but I don’t know about the ones in my country ＿(:з)∠)＿

*501(c)3 is the meaning represented in the US tax law.

*William’s approach is reasonable tax avoidance, not real money laundering, and there is nothing wrong with him doing so; but there is nothing wrong with the FBI suspecting him, after all, such reasonable tax avoidance is very close to money laundering.The stupid author has no position, just wants to express "different positions, different views", and does not accept the so-called smearing of so-and-so.