If it weren't for the fact that AOL Time Warner has a big business and a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, it's hard to say how much AOL Time Warner would have left, and Steve Case, the promoter and chairman of the merger, has always been at the center of the storm.

In this process, he was subjected to all kinds of pressures that were absolutely unimaginable to outsiders.

As the saying goes, power makes people young, so Hollywood's Lei Shidong and Murdoch are over 80 years old, and they still cling to power, "tap-dancing to work" every day.

But if the situation is reversed, power will also become a lethal poison, and the thrust of the smooth wind will all become the pressure of splitting the head and covering the face, and Steve Case's hair has turned gray a lot since Warner's problems in the AOL era.

After playing golf, Sid and Steve Case, and Carl Icahn came to the restaurant of the golf club to rest, at this time Steve Keys and Carl Icahn had completely relaxed, looking at Sid who was relaxing and drinking juice tea, Carl Icahn couldn't help but babble again.

"Sid, are you okay today, if it's all right, then I'll go first, and I'll make an appointment," Carl Icahn thought about oiling the soles ......of his feet.

Sid smiled and winked, "I don't have anything special, but I think you'll be interested in what's next." ”

As he spoke, Sid turned his head and nodded to one of the assistants who had been following him, who immediately handed over the briefcase in his hand. After Sid took it, he took out two heavy documents from it.

Then it was thrown on the table with a "pop".

"What is this?" Steve Keys looked at the document in front of him suspiciously, he didn't think Sid was deliberately pretending to be doing this to amuse him.

"Feel free to watch, it's just a copy. Sid said with a smile.

And Steve Keys picked it up and flipped through two pages, and then his face changed suddenly, his throat seemed to be choked, and he looked up at Sid with his eyes wide open, he was already a little nervous, and he felt like he was going crazy.

Seeing Steve Case's exaggerated reaction, Carl Icahn couldn't help but pay attention, he reached out to pick up another document, and seeing Carl Icahn's actions, Steve Icahn subconsciously reached out to stop him.

But Carl Icahn, though he was not young, was very nimble in his hands and feet, and he reached out and took the document in his hand, and then he opened it and looked at it, and the title on it immediately opened his eyes with astonishment.

Then he quickly flipped through the documents, and compared them with the data above, the more he looked at him, the more frightened he became, and the more he looked at it, the paler his face became, and Steve Keys was already restless and sweating.

Five minutes later, Carl Icahn slammed the document in his hand on the table, first glanced at Steve Keys, and then looked at Sid with a frown, "Sid, is this true?"

Sid glanced at the fidgeting Steve Keys and asked with a smile, "What do you think?"

Carl Icahn flipped open the cover of the document, revealing evidence of the title, "Financial Fraud During AOL's Merger with Time Warner."

This is a detailed financial and ledger record, as well as a flawed ledger that records evidence of financial fraud by AOL during the merger of Time Warner a few years ago!

You must know that the reason why AOL was able to acquire the huge Time Warner with a near-acquisition posture back then was based on their fast-growing Internet business.

That is, the so-called listing evaluation law that the market capitalization is twice as large as the profit, but if this profit evaluation basis is fake from the beginning, then the entire merger of AOL Time Warner will become the biggest business scam in history!

Steve Keys and a group of AOL executives, once investigated, may even be imprisoned.

Carl Icahn even began to wonder if he was being cheated by the combination of Keys and Sid, and when he saw this document, he quickly changed his mind and wanted to sell his AOL Time Warner stock and run away with the funds.

But Carl Icahn didn't dare bet!

Because after successfully selling Warner Records and making $3 billion, he quickly injected hundreds of millions of dollars into AOL Time Warner shares, which made his stock worth nearly $1.5 billion, 3.8% of the shares.

With such a large amount of stocks, it is impossible to withdraw at the moment.

And although he has a lot of money at his disposal, most of it is the funds of the Foundation's clients, that is, the money of the rich people on the East Coast.

Of course, they are happy when they make money, but once there is the slightest limelight of losing money, these people's ears and eyes are more intelligent than dogs. I'm afraid that before he finished selling the stock, those people called.

How do you want him to explain it?

I found out that AOL Time Warner is actually a big hole, and we are all pitted, so it is the right way to run away?

But more importantly, in this way, as soon as the news spreads, the FBI and the Federal Supreme Prosecutor's Office will definitely come to the door immediately, so Steve Case, who thinks of this layer, has been staring at Carl Icahn since he just started.

As long as he shows signs of flashing first, Carl Icahn has absolutely no doubt that the other party will pounce on him and tear people apart.

Although it was also interesting to watch Steve Keys and Carl Icahn tear by, Sid had more important things to do, so Sid interrupted the mutual suspicion between the two and said, "This ledger has not been passed into anyone's hands now, so you are still safe." ”

Hearing Sid's words, Steve Case and Carl Icanzie looked at each other, and Steve Keyes looked at Sid like a ghost: "How did you know about this!?"

"Serendipity. Sid didn't want to explain more, but looked at Steve Case: "As a business owner, it's a basic quality to be based on reality, so the question now is not how I know." ”

"It's how do you deal with it?"

Hearing Sid's words, Carl Icahn said unconvinced: "The key is not how we deal with it, it's how Sid deals with us." ”

"Dealing with you?" Sid smiled "surprised", "Why should I deal with you? I'm not a federal court, I'm not a shareholder of Time Warner, and I'm not obligated to 'deal with' you." ”

Then you collect AOld A financial fraud to do a god?!

Steve Keys on the other side couldn't help but complain in his heart, but of course he didn't dare to ask that, so he had to laugh too: "Then what do you do to Sid to act as if this incident didn't happen?"