The two chattered childishly. Eric watched Kate's small hands grabbing the armrest of the sofa as if he was going to get up and run away if there was any abnormality. He couldn't help but smiled and didn't continue. Start thinking about the next period of time.
After dealing with Buffett and Tom Murphy, plus other shareholders who have turned to their side, there will be no obstacles for Firefly to acquire ABC.
However, all this is actually just the beginning. Compared with Firefly's annexation of Disney, this time the acquisition of ABC is much more cumbersome. Back then, both Firefly and Disney were film companies. Although there were overlaps in departments and resources, Firefly was also very weak compared to Disney, and there was no need for major adjustments after the merger of the two companies.
This time the situation is different. Although abc and Firefly are two different companies, they both belong to the media industry, and both companies are giants in the industry. Once they merge, it will definitely take several months at least. It is a long adjustment of several years.
Moreover, these are all things after the merger is completed. Before that, in order to pay for the cash part of this acquisition, Firefly needs to issue long-term bonds of about 8 billion U.S. dollars in addition to its existing cash accumulation of more than 2 billion U.S. dollars. Such a huge amount of debt financing is definitely not something that can be achieved overnight.
Although the strong profitability shown by Firefly has proved that it has sufficient strength to repay its debts, it may still encounter various problems during the financing process.
Thinking of this, even though he knew it was impossible, Eric couldn't help but sigh in his heart, if only he could have another opportunity like the Gulf War.
A woman's mind is always elusive. Kate, who was sitting on the other side of the sofa, saw that Eric ignored her, hesitated for a moment, and took the initiative to sit over.
"Hey, what are you thinking?" Kate asked when she saw Eric frowning slightly, and at the same time, her heart skipped a few beats, and she couldn't help but think that this man's ecstasy was quite attractive.
Eric came back to his senses. Looking at Kate who was close to him, he smiled and said, "You won't be interested."
"How would you know I'm not interested if you don't tell me?" Kate curled her lips a little dissatisfied, then raised her head and asked, "Eric, are you really the richest man in America now?"
"If no one richer than me jumped out," Eric spread his hands and said with a smile, "then this person should be me."
Kate suddenly showed an eager look, and asked, "What does it feel like to be the richest man in the United States?"
Eric suddenly said quietly: "It's like a dream, I hope I never wake up."
"Ha..." Kate was taken aback by Eric's sudden depression. After a haha, the two were quiet for a while, and Kate suddenly asked in a gossipy whisper, "Why did you treat Charlie like that?"
Eric winked at Kate: "Guess?"
Kate suddenly felt that she didn't know when she was on Eric's body. The two looked at each other so close that she shrank her neck unconsciously, and then she pretended to be disdainful and said, "Anyway, you must be fine. thought."
Eric chased after Kate's backing little body until the distance between the two was less than ten centimeters before asking in a playful tone, "Then tell me, what do I think about you?"
Kate felt a buzzing in her head, as if she lost any ability to think for a moment, and put one hand on the leather sofa cushion behind her. Leaning back, she watched the handsome face not a few years older than herself approach her, until she felt her lips being pecked quickly, and then she woke up instantly, and moved to the other side in a panic, Looking at the guests in the hall in a daze, it was obvious that many people had noticed the scene just now, but when she glanced over, those people turned their heads nonchalantly.
Eric looked at Kate like a frightened little animal. He smiled and said, "See, one of the advantages of being the richest man in the United States is that others will obviously notice what you are doing, but they will consciously pretend not to see it."
After going through some little panic, little anger and little grievances. Kate suddenly felt that she couldn't just be kissed forcibly like this, and she didn't even feel... Bah, bah, bah, I don't want to feel anything.
Seeing Eric's 'hateful' smiling face, driven by unwilling emotions, Kate suddenly surprised all the guests who were secretly watching here and jumped on Eric. Two small hands held Eric's head and kissed it hard.
After some clumsy 'biting' on Eric's lips, Kate straightened up, raised her chin proudly with squinting eyes, and made an expression that was nothing more than that.
However, when Kate wanted to leave Eric, she felt a pair of big hands tightly around her waist.
Eric held Kate's slender waist and said with a smile: "I want to leave if I kiss you irresponsibly. There is no such thing as cheap."
Kate struggled a few times, felt the slight voice of discussion behind her, and immediately realized her gaffe. However, it was impossible to recover from the situation. Although she felt very regretful, Kate was still strong. Holding on to show a stubborn expression, he bargained: "You... what do you want?"
At this moment, she had completely forgotten that it was Eric who moved his hand first... oh, it was his mouth.
"There are a lot of people here, why don't we find a place to talk in detail?"
"Okay," Kate said, pretending that I'm not afraid of you, "then let me go first."
"Don't be so troublesome," Eric said, stood up from the sofa, changed his posture slightly, and hugged Kate in his arms, ignoring other people's eyes, and strode out.
Kate, who buried her face in front of Eric, wailed in her heart: It's over, how can these people see people.
…
Standing up from the large jacuzzi, Kate stood in front of the full-length mirror and wiped her body with a towel. Thinking of everything that had happened in the past few hours, she suddenly felt unreal. Although Eric's behavior was a bit domineering, she found that she didn't have any resentment in her heart, and instead took it for granted. Because Penelope occasionally revealed in casual chats that although Eric was gentle on the surface, he was actually a very domineering person in his bones.
Moreover, although she had never said anything on the surface, and was not easily seen by others from her expression like Charlize, it was impossible to say that she did not envy Penelope.
After dawdling for a while, she came out of the bathroom and saw Eric, who had already showered and changed into pajamas, was leaning on the big bed casually flipping through a magazine.
No matter what kind of character a woman is, in front of a man who has just had a relationship, she will often show a little bird-like demeanor.
Kate quietly stepped on the wooden floor of the bedroom with her bare feet, quietly walked to the edge of the bed and lay beside Eric, and suddenly said with a smile: "Now, Charlie feels even more uncomfortable."
Eric still kept his eyes on the magazine, and said casually: "I never thought you would still think of your good sister in this situation."
Kate also felt that her thoughts were jumping a little bit, she smiled, raised her face and asked, "You haven't told me yet, why did you deliberately snub Charlie?"
Eric pretended to think for a while, and then said: "I don't know, I want to do this for no reason. You know, a big man like me is always a little moody."
Kate slapped Eric and said, "You are really hateful."
Eric didn't dodge, and said with a smile: "You know, I usually listen to women who say things like this."
Kate also laughed a few times inexplicably, but soon fell silent again, and suddenly said: "Hey, will you buy a house to raise me like you did to Petunia?"
Eric put down the magazine in his hand and asked, "Do you want it?"
Kate didn't hide her true thoughts: "It would be great if I could only need a house. Penny's seaside villa is really beautiful."
Eric reached out and pinched the girl's fair chin, and said with a smile: "Oh, then you are greedy enough, you don't want to pay, but you only want to gain."
Kate also shrank her neck in embarrassment, but didn't bring up the topic again, and asked again: "Hey, there are so many women around you, do you really like them?"
"Don't you think this topic is very inappropriate?"
"Curious, tell me?"
"It doesn't matter whether you like it or not, I just want to possess it." Eric said, staring closely at Kate's eyes, and said: "So, from today on, be my woman obediently, and don't even think about running away."
Kate shrank her neck in dissatisfaction, and her tone trembled slightly, like a small animal trapped in a trap, weakly resisting: "You can't do this."
Eric reached out to turn off the desk lamp, pulled up the quilt and said to Kate beside him, "Okay, go to sleep."
The sudden darkness in the room made Kate inexplicably relieved. She felt that Eric might just be joking, so she felt more relaxed. After a while, Kate took off the bathrobe on her body, groped and leaned gently beside Eric.
I don't know how long it took, and Kate's voice came back in the bedroom: "Hey, are you asleep?"
"Hurry up, if you have any questions, I will ask them tomorrow. I suddenly found that you have a lot of questions."
Kate giggled, and said relentlessly, "One last question."
"explain."
"That." Although concealed by the darkness, Kate still seemed a little embarrassed: "How did you feel when you and Sister Petunia were together?"
"..."
After a brief silence, there was a slight rustling in the bedroom, and then Kate exclaimed softly: "Ah, why are you...again!"
"You asked for it!" (To be continued.)