What issues in Chapter 19 make Nick uneasy about agrees to a deal with Jeff Megall?

In Chapter 19, Jeff tells Nick that for both of the name stars to smoke overtly in the space picture, the studio will require twenty-five million. Nick is taken aback by the figure, and Jeff doesn't help with his next issue. The other major backer of the picture will be the Sultan of Glutan, a monarch decried in the media of late for slaughtering a large number of his native population.