"Got it."
"Oh, one more thing. I suspect you'll have some extra responsibilities as of tomorrow, Lee."
"Eh?"
"Your office will have one additional medium to deal with. Telefax. I'm buying Citizen and we're going to turn it into a pro-Popeek rag."
Percy's mouth dropped in astonishment; then he started to laugh. "You're a wonder, Roy. A genuine wonder."
Moments after Percy departed, Noel Hervey, the security and exchange slyster, called.
"Well?" Walton asked.
Hervey looked preoccupied. "I've successfully spent a couple of hundred million of Popeek's money in the last half-hour, Roy. You now own the single biggest block of Citizen stock there is."
"How much is that?"