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CHAPTER 51 - PREVENTING THE SALE ?

CHAPTER 51 – PREVENTING THE SALE ?

Posted on March 13, 2017 by Elawn

"What, the woman rejected us ? Didn't you tell me before that this was settled ?" In a villa in Malibu, Blount Cohen had just gotten up that his assistant had come in a hurry, bringing bad news.

"Mr. Cohen, it had been settled in the beginning, but last night when we contacted her, the woman suddenly changed her mind."

His day had barely begun that his mood was already down the dumps, Blount Cohen frowned: "If she thinks the money isn't enough, can't you just add more ?"

His assistant shook his head and said: "No, I thought so too and tried to incite her, but she bluntly refused. I think she might have come to a private agreement with Eric Williams."

The man handed a newspaper to Blount Cohen, and when the latter looked at it, he saw a picture of Drew Barrymore and her mother appearing at the door of Eric's mansion.

Blount Cohen didn't read the content, it was probably just some paparazzi nonsense anyway. He threw the newspaper on the table, thought for a moment, and said: "Is there anyway for the woman to know that we were behind this ?"

If Drew's mother and Eric had really come to an agreement, then the woman was likely to disclose all the information she had about the person who instigated her. Although Blount Cohen was petty and narrow-minded, he had learned the hard way that Eric Williams was not someone to belittle, who knew when the lad would create another storm. Cohen would not make the same mistake and treat Eric as an ordinary young man.

His assistant quickly shook his head: "Of course not, Mr. Cohen, I've never had any direct contact with her, nobody will know it was our doing."

"That's good." Blount Cohen was somewhat unwilling, he hesitated a moment before saying: "Let's temporarily leave it at that."

The assistant fawningly suggested: "Actually, Mr. Cohen, we could use another method, we don't necessarily have to go through Drew Barrymore's mother...."

Blount Cohen waved his hand: "I said we'll temporarily leave it at that."

Noticing his boss' unhappy look, the assistant readily shut his mouth.

If it was in the past, Blount Cohen would certainly not let the matter go, Eric had humiliated him big time, and if he didn't take revenge, then he'd probably blow up from the pent-up anger.

But now he had more important problems at hands.

After Japan's Sony consortium had acquired CBS Records, they started frequently contacting the Coca-Cola board in an attempt to snatch away Columbia Pictures from the Samsung Group.

As a result of the mediatic storm from before, Blount Cohen had used all he could to barely stabilize his position. So long as Columbia stayed in the hands of The Coca-Cola group, he just had to make use of his many years of connections and might just be able to keep his current position for a few more years, or better even, until his retirement.