Vol 2 Chapter 627: Shaking the pot

Houston, some luxury manor.

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

At this moment, the atmosphere in the manor’s living room was solemn, even if the surrounding furnishings were all high-end furniture, they could not conceal the decadence in the manor.

Founder and former chairman of Anran: Kenneth Lay;

Former CEO (CEO) of Enron: 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, the core of the core. They single-handedly led the Enron incident to falsely report financial gains, seek personal gain, internal transactions, and lie to auditors...

The living room is full of cigar smell~

"Chairman, Mr. Skilling, we can't help it."

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

Kenneth Lay was silent.

Jeffrey Skilling also said nothing.

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

The false profit was as high as $600 million.

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

The accounts of Enron, the accounts of Enron's various subsidiaries, including the accounts of affiliated companies, can he not know about Andrew Fastow?

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

The financial officer Andrew Fastow looked solemn and said again: "Fitz, Tony, Field, Motovis... have all been taken away by the investigation team. I don't think they will be able to hold on for long, at the latest tomorrow. In the afternoon, I must be summoned."

The voice fell.

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

boom! ! !

Suddenly, the financial officer Andrew slammed into the case and shouted in his throat: "You two bastards, are you planning to make me a scapegoat?! Don't forget that we are grasshoppers on a rope. If I'm done. , Don’t you guys want to dispense with responsibility."

Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling both looked together.

"Haha~"

Skilling smirked and calmed down: "Andrew don't worry, you also said, we are grasshoppers on a rope, how could we make you a scapegoat?"

Big boss Kenneth Lay said immediately: "That's right, we won't ignore it."

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

"Then you guys, what should we do now?"

The financial officer Andrew said: "The severe situation of Enron now can be described as affecting the whole body. The materials that have been exposed so far are enough to hurt us. However, once more materials are exposed, then we You can't escape the fate of going to jail."

go to jail?

As soon as this remark came out, as the big boss Kenneth Lay immediately became angry.

"I would rather die than go to jail!"

This is Kenneth Lay's bottom line.

He is over 60 years old this year. Once Enron is thoroughly verified, he will definitely not escape the fate of being tried. Coupled with his advanced age, it is foreseeable that he may die in prison. How can Kenneth Lay, who has spent his life, accept it willingly?

From the perspective of Kenneth Lay's first half of his life, it can be said that "the success is also safe, and the failure is also safe."

As the founder of Enron, he has no family background. He was born in a poor Michigan farm since he was a child, and his father started his business as a livestock feed store.

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

In 1960, Kenneth Lay was admitted to the University of Missouri, but suffered from no money to pay tuition. For this reason, he desperately made money and finally made up the cost of college. After a lot of hard work, he succeeded Received an MBA degree and a PhD in economics.

Later, he founded Anran;

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?"

"Absolutely impossible..."

"I have been struggling like a day for decades. Is it possible that the final end of the game is to go to jail? Never! I would rather die than be the joke of others after dinner!"

At this moment, Kenneth Lay, as the big boss, 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, and try to get at least three days..."

"Boss, is it only three days?"

CFO Andrew interrupted, looking ugly.

"Humph!"

Kenneth Lay snorted coldly and said, "Do you still know what the situation is now? It's a blessing to be able to fight for three days. In these three days, you must handle the tail well, otherwise everyone will die together." ."

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

He also knew that Kenneth Lay was really gone.

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

Although they didn't want to admit it, they also knew a fact deep in their hearts that the huge ship Enron was about to sink.

The kind that no one can save!

.......

The next day.

At noon.

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

The whole questioning...well...or it was an interrogation. It took 4 hours long before he came out. Skilling, who had just come out, faced a large group of media reporters.

"Mr. Skilling, after yesterday's decline in Enron's share price, as soon as the US stock market opened this morning, Enron's share price fell again severely. What do you think of it?"

A reporter from the New York Economic News asked loudly.

At the moment, other media reporters were unwilling to show weakness and sent out inquiries one after another.

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

"It is said that the investigation team is already consolidating evidence and will prosecute yourself, including loan fraud, financial fraud, securities fraud, email fraud, planning and participation in money laundering, internal transactions with violations, 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 at the headquarters of Enron for the past few days..."

......

A large number of media reporters inquired, causing the scene to be chaotic.

Jeffrey Skilling roared loudly in front of numerous camera shots: "You shouldn't ask me. I have resigned now. I am just the former CEO of Enron."

The voice just fell~www.wuxiaspot.com~ When even a middle-aged reporter shouted: "Did you leave the position of CEO deliberately shirk responsibility?!"

Jeffrey Skilling's complexion was extremely ugly.

The reporter was right, he was shirking responsibility.

This broken ship of Enron had problems as early as the middle of 2001. As chairman and CEO Kenneth Lay, he was a lot of chicken thieves!

Shaking the pot!

Kenneth Lay stepped down and successfully passed the pot to Jeffrey Skilling, the vice president at the time. But... Jeffrey Skilling is not a vegetarian either!

After only a few months in office, Jeffrey Skilling resorted to another trick-Lao Tzu resigned.

But all of this is nothing more than self-deception.

Really think that resignation is the best choice?

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