Houston, somewhere luxury estate.

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

At this moment, the atmosphere in the living room of the manor is solemn. Even if the furnishings around are all high-end furniture, they still fail to conceal the depressed atmosphere in the manor.

Founder of Enron and former chairman: Kenneth Lay;

Former CEO of Enron: Jeffrey Skiling;

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

These three people are undoubtedly the helmsman of the huge ship of Enron Energy, and are the core of the core. They have dominated the Enron incident's false reporting of financial purposes, seeking personal gain, internal transactions, and lying to auditors...

The living room is full of cigars~

"Chairman, Mr. Skilling, we are almost unable to hide it."

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

Kenneth Lay is silent.

Jeffrey Skilling also said nothing.

Today, An Ran has been forced to admit that the company has made fake accounts.

The profits reported by falsely reported were as high as US$600 million.

Others can shirk this matter, such as saying that they are completely unaware of it, but... As Chief Financial Officer Andrew Fasto, how can he shirk this?

Can Andrew Fasto not know about Enron's accounts, the accounts of various subsidiaries under Enron, including the accounts of affiliated companies?

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

Finance officer Andrew Fasto said again: "Fitz, Tony, Field, Motowes... have all been taken away by the investigation team. I guess they can't hold on for too long. I will definitely be summoned tomorrow afternoon at the latest."

The words fell.

Kenneth Lai and Jeffrey Skilling looked at each other and still said nothing.

Bang!!!

Suddenly, the financial officer Andrew slapped the table and shouted in a snarl: "Are you two bastards planning to make me a scapegoat?! Don't forget that we are grasshoppers on the same rope. If I am finished, you don't want to leave the responsibility."

Kenneth Lai and Jeffrey Skilling looked at each other.

“Haha~”

Skilling smiled embarrassedly and comforted: "Don't worry Andrew, you said, we are grasshoppers on a rope, how could we make you a scapegoat?"

The big boss Kenneth Lai followed and said, "That's right, we won't ignore it."

Hearing these words, the financial officer Andrew's face looked a little better.

"Then what should you do now?"

Finance officer Andrew said: "The current severe situation in Anran can be said to have a single blow. The materials currently exposed are enough to hurt us. However, once more materials are exposed, we will not be able to escape the fate of going to prison."

Going to jail?

As soon as these words were spoken, Kenneth Lay, the big boss, was immediately angry.

"I would rather die than go to jail!"

This is Kenneth Lai's bottom line.

He is over 60 years old this year. Once Enron Company is completely verified, he will definitely not be able to escape the fate of being tried. In addition, his age, it is foreseeable that he may die in prison in old age. How can Kenneth Lai, who has been dominating all his life, be willing to accept this?

Judging from the first half of Kenneth Lai's life, it can be said that "success and failure are safe."

As the founder of Anron, he has no family background. He was born in a poor Michigan farmhouse since childhood. His father owned a livestock feed shop.

Therefore, he could only conquer the world with both 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 raise enough money to go to college. After some hard study, he successfully obtained an MBA degree and a doctorate in economics.

Later, he founded Anron;

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

He was once glorious and completely became a representative figure of the "American Dream".

"Go to jail?"

“No way….”

"My decades of struggle have been going on for a long time. Is the final outcome of being sent to jail? Never! I would rather die than become a joke in others' mouth after dinner!"

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

"Andrew Fasto!"

Kenneth Lai looked at Chief Financial Officer Andrew and said in a deep voice: "I will contact the mayor of Houston and the governor of Texas, and try to get at least three days..."

"Boss, is there only three days?"

Chief Financial Officer Andrew interrupted, looking ugly.

"snort!"

Kenneth Lai snorted coldly and said, "Don't you know what the situation is now? It's a blessing to be able to fight for three days. During these three days, you must handle the tail, otherwise everyone will be done together."

Now that things have come to this point, Andrew can only nod.

He also knew that Kenneth Lai was really helpless.

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

Although they were unwilling to admit it, they also knew a fact deep in their hearts, that is, the giant ship Anran was about to sink.

The kind that is helpless!

.........

The next day.

At noon.

Jeffrey Skilling, former CEO of Enron, was summoned by the investigation team.

The whole inquiry...well...or interrogation, which took a total of 4 hours, was only released. Skilling, who had just come out, was facing a large group of media reporters' long spears and short cannons.

"Mr. Skilling, after yesterday's decline, Enron's stock price fell seriously once the U.S. stock price opened this morning. What do you think?"

A reporter from the New York Economic News asked loudly.

At present, other media reporters are not willing to be outdone and have asked questions one after another.

"Mr. Skilling, the Houston City Government promised two months ago that it would lend Enron more than $1 billion in cash in the form of interest-free and low-interest loans. Will the funds be received?"

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

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

......

A large number of media reporters asked, which made the scene at the scene chaotic for a while.

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

Just finished speaking.

Even a middle-aged reporter shouted: "Are you deliberately shirking responsibility if you leave the position of CEO?"

Jeffrey Skilling's face was extremely ugly.

The reporter was right, he was just shirking responsibility.

Anron's broken ship had a problem as early as mid-2001. Kenneth Lai, as chairman and CEO, was such a thief!

The way to turn the blame!

Kenneth Lai stepped down and successfully turned the blame to Jeffrey Skilling, who was then vice president. But... Jeffrey Skilling was not a vegetarian either!

After only a few months of office, Jeffrey Skilling used another method of slashing the blame - I resigned.

But all of this is nothing more than deceiving oneself.

Do you really think it's a good idea to quit?
Chapter completed!