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Houston, somewhere in a luxury estate.

This is the home of Enron founder and former chairman Kenneth Lay.

At this moment, the atmosphere in the living room of the manor is dignified, even if the surrounding furnishings are all high-end furniture, it cannot hide the dejected atmosphere in the manor.

Enron founder and former chairman: Kenneth Lay;

Enron's former CEO (CEO): Jeffrey Skilling;

Enron's current CFO (Chief Financial Officer): Andrew Fastow;

These three people are undoubtedly the helm of the huge ship of Enron Energy Company, and they are the core of the core. They single-handedly led the Enron incident with false financial statements, personal gain, insider trading, and lying to auditors...

The living room is full of the smell of cigars~

"Chairman, Mr Skilling, we are about to hide it."

Chief Financial Officer Andrew Fasto gritted his teeth, his face was full of grimness, but he still couldn't hide his panic.

Kenneth Lay was silent.

Jeffrey Skilling also did not say a word.

Today, Enron has been forced to admit that the company made false accounts.

The falsely reported profit is as high as 600 million US dollars.

Others can shirk this matter, for example, they say they don't know it at all, but... As CFO Andrew Fastow, how can he shirk?

Enron's accounts, the accounts of various subsidiaries of Enron, including the accounts of affiliated companies, can he, Andrew Fastow, know?

Even if he said he didn't know, would the investigation team believe it?

Financial Officer Andrew Fastow looked solemn and said again: "Fitz, Tony, Field, Motovis... have all been taken away by the investigation team, I guess they won't last long, tomorrow at the latest In the afternoon, I will definitely be summoned."

The voice fell.

Kenneth Lay and Geoffrey Skilling looked at each other, but still didn't say a word.

boom! ! !

Suddenly, the financial officer Andrew slammed the case and shouted in a low voice: "You two bastards, are you planning to make me a scapegoat?! Don't forget that we are grasshoppers on a rope,

If I'm finished, you don't even want to take responsibility for it. "

Kenneth Lay and Geoffrey Skilling looked in unison.

"Haha~"

Skilling smiled shyly and reassured: "Andrew, don't worry, you also said that we are grasshoppers on a rope, how could we make you a scapegoat?"

The big boss, Kenneth Lay, followed closely and said, "That's right, we won't leave it alone."

Hearing these words, the financial officer Andrew's face just got better.

"Then you say, what should I do now?"

Financial Officer Andrew said: "The severe situation of Enron now can be said to affect the whole body. The materials that have been exposed so far are enough to make us hurt. However, once more materials are exposed, then we will But I can't escape the fate of going to prison."

go to jail?

As soon as these words came out, Kenneth Lai, the big boss, was immediately angry.

"I would rather die than go to jail!"

That's Kenneth Lay's bottom line.

He is in his 60s this year. Once the Enron Company is thoroughly verified, he will definitely not be able to escape the fate of being tried. Coupled with his advanced age, it is foreseeable that he may die of old age in prison. How can Kenneth Lay, who is all-powerful in his life, accept this willingly?

From the perspective of Kenneth Lay's first half of his life, it can be described as "success and failure."

As the founder of Enron, he does not have any family background. He was born in a poor Michigan farm family since he was a child. His father opened a livestock feed store as a business.

Therefore, he can only conquer the world with his hands.

In 1960, Kenneth Lay was admitted to the University of Missouri, but he had no money to pay tuition. For this reason, he worked hard to make money, and finally managed to make up for the cost of going to college. After a lot of hard study, a few years later, he successfully Got an MBA degree and a PhD in Economics.

Later, he founded Enron;

For decades, he finally brought Enron to the top, making it the sixth largest energy company in the world.

Once brilliant, he has completely become a representative of the "American Dream".

"go to jail?"

"It's impossible..."

"I've been fighting for decades, will I end up in prison? No! I'd rather die than be someone else's joke after dinner!"

At this moment, as the big boss, Kenneth Lai has already made a decision in his heart.

"Andrew Fastow!"

Kenneth Lay looked at CFO Andrew and said solemnly: "I will contact the mayor of Houston and the governor of Texas to try to get at least three days..."

"Boss, is there only three days?"

CFO Andrew interrupted, looking ugly.

"Humph!"

Kenneth Lai snorted coldly and said, "What's the situation now, don't you know? It's a blessing to be able to buy three days. In these three days, you must deal with the tail, otherwise everyone will be finished together. ."

At this point, Andrew can only bite the bullet and nod.

He also knew that Kenneth Lay was really gone.

After some words, the huge, luxurious and extravagant hall fell into dead silence again.

Although they were reluctant to admit it, deep down they knew the fact that the giant ship Enron was about to sink.

The kind that no one can save!

......

the next day.

noon.

Enron's former CEO, Jeffrey Skilling, was subpoenaed by the investigation team.

The entire inquiry... um... or interrogation, which lasted for 4 hours, did he come out. Skilling, who just came out, is facing a large group of media reporters.

"Mr. Skilling, after yesterday's drop in Enron's stock price, when the U.S. stock market opened this morning, Enron's stock price fell sharply again. What do you think?"

A reporter from the New York Economic Times asked out loud.

At the moment, other media reporters are not to be outdone, and have sent inquiries one after another.

"Mr. Skilling, the Houston city government promised two months ago that it would lend more than $1 billion in cash to Enron in the form of an interest-free, low-interest loan. Have the funds arrived?"

"It is said that the investigation team has been integrating evidence and will prosecute yourself, including fraudulent loan, financial fraud, securities fraud, email fraud, planning and participating in money laundering, internal illegal transactions, etc. How do you defend yourself?"

"Up to now, there have been a large number of investors who hold Enron's stocks and bonds, and they have been in the Enron headquarters for several days..."

......

A large number of media reporters inquired, causing the scene at the scene to be chaotic for a time.

Geoffrey Skilling roared loudly in the face of numerous cameras: "You shouldn't ask me, I've resigned now, I'm just the former CEO of Enron."

The voice just fell.

When even a middle-aged reporter exclaimed: "When you left the position of CEO, did you deliberately shirk responsibility?!"

Geoffrey Skilling's face was extremely ugly.

The reporter was right, he was shirking the blame.

The broken ship of Enron showed problems as early as mid-2001. Kenneth Lai, the chairman and CEO, was a thief!

Dump the pot!

Kenneth Lay stepped down, successfully throwing the blame on then-Vice President Jeffrey Skilling. But...Jeffrey Skilling isn't a vegetarian either!

After only a few months in office, Geoffrey Skilling resorted to another way of throwing the blame - Lao Tzu resigned.

But all of this is nothing but self-deception.

Do you really think that resignation is the best thing to do?

" "The second is sent.