more and more hopeless
Over the year 2001, Skilling became increasingly despondent.Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room · 2005 — 第 3 / 3 章 · 2'17" · C1
Skilling Loses It on the Call, Explained：losing it
An analyst on the April 2001 call asks why Enron cannot "produce a balance sheet or a cash flow statement with their earnings." The reply offers thanks, then snaps in public. Under that split, Enron is still called a super-star company, while someone who saw the numbers feels it crumbling away and says they are in a massive hole.
あらすじ
In April 2001, Skilling takes questions on a conference call with analysts. Midway through, someone asks why Enron, in effect a financial institution, cannot produce a balance sheet or cash flow statement with its earnings. The reply thanks the question, then a slur is clearly heard. Wall Street treats it as a Fortune 500 CEO losing it. Traders cheer and make a sign playing off "Ask Why."
注目の表現
crumbling awaywondering out loudwe appreciate itasshole
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このシーンの表現
losing it
to suddenly lose self-control
People across Wall Street reach for losing it to describe a Fortune 500 boss melting down in public.
The coach started losing it after the third bad call.
このシーンの他の表現
- crumbling away
falling apart piece by piece
- wondering out loud
saying a doubt so everyone hears
- we appreciate it
thanks used as a slap
- asshole
a vicious personal insult
- play off
a twist on a known line
このシーンのメモ一覧
30 行のセリフに 30 件のメモ
more and more explosive in mood
He'd always been a moody guy, but people who knew him said he became just increasingly volatile.relative clause: who knew him limits people to those who actually knew him.
He'd always been a moody guy, but people who knew him said he became just increasingly volatile.arrive and be present at work
Show up for work unshaven, looking blurry-eyed.ideas that do not fit together
And I think it was the battle of holding these two totally disjointed thoughts in his mind at...falling apart piece by piece
A narrator sets a star company beside the feeling that it is crumbling away, in a worried retrospective tone.
One is Enron a super-star company and the other of feeling like it was all crumbling away.the face shown to outsiders
The first cracks in Skilling's public image appeared in a conference call with analysts in April, 2001.around the halfway point
And about mid-way through the session...saying a doubt so everyone hears
Someone does not whisper the doubt; wondering out loud puts an aggressive question on the analyst call.
It was sort of aggressively wondering out loud why it was that Enron,cleft reason: The split pushes the reason onto Enron instead of a simple why.
It was sort of aggressively wondering out loud why it was that Enron,practically speaking
as a financial services company in effect,a statement of assets and debts
You're the only financial institution that can't produce a balance sheet or a cash flow statement with their earningsa report of cash in and out
You're the only financial institution that can't produce a balance sheet or a cash flow statement with their earningsrestrictive clause: The that-clause defines which institution is the only one.
You're the only financial institution that can't produce a balance sheet or a cash flow statement with their earningsSkim the final t in can't and slide to produce.
You're the only financial institution that can't produce a balance sheet or a cash flow statement with their earningsGlue thank you together and let much fall away.
Well, thank you very much. We appreciate it, asshole.a harsh insult — It picks a fight; do not use it where you need the relationship.
Well, thank you very much. We appreciate it, asshole.if my version is right
As I understand it, you called him an asshole.through that whole financial world
And this just caused unbelievable amounts of consternation all across Wall Street because people thought, 'A Fortune 500 CEO losing it like this,losing self-control — Fine when talking about a meltdown; too casual for a report.
And this just caused unbelievable amounts of consternation all across Wall Street because people thought, 'A Fortune 500 CEO losing it like this,modal perfect: would have used puts the regret in the past, and now marks the new view.
I would not now, have used the term that I used.push something underneath to hide it
And he just took the piece of paper and tucked it under the pile of papers on his desk.burst into loud cheering
And afterwards, Enron's traders who had erupted in cheers when Skilling called this guy an asshole made him a sign.a twist on a known line
Traders turn the Ask Why motto into a sign, a play off that ends in asshole, and the room treats it as a cheer.
It was a play off Enron's motto 'Ask Why' and the sign said 'ask why asshole.'stuck in a very deep mess
After the numbers, someone admits they are in a massive hole, quietly, away from the insult on the call.
and he knew that we were in a massive hole.the single occasion
It was the only time that I saw him truly, truly worried about keeping the stock price up.stop the share price from falling
It was the only time that I saw him truly, truly worried about keeping the stock price up.Plant both truly, with extra weight on the second.
It was the only time that I saw him truly, truly worried about keeping the stock price up.Let the shrink and leave the stress on hell.
And he just kept saying to me, 'I don't know what the hell I'm going to do.'an exasperated what — Save it for people you trust; drop it in a formal meeting.
And he just kept saying to me, 'I don't know what the hell I'm going to do.'「Skilling Loses It on the Call」を読み解く
What's really going on
The April 2001 call turns on one public question: why Enron cannot "produce a balance sheet or a cash flow statement with their earnings," as most financial institutions do. The reply does not answer. "Well, thank you very much. We appreciate it" holds the polite line, and the insult on the tape is what Wall Street hears: a Fortune 500 CEO "losing it" at an investor. A note goes up telling him to apologize. He tucks it under the papers. Traders who cheered make a sign playing off "Ask Why." What sits under the scene is stated earlier: two thoughts at once, Enron as "a super-star company" and the feeling it was "all crumbling away." Someone who saw the numbers calls it "the only time that I saw him truly, truly worried about keeping the stock price up," and reports the line "I don't know what the hell I'm going to do." Later comes the walk-back: "I would not now, have used the term that I used."
Theme
MoneySomeone says the numbers showed a massive hole, and that this was the only time he was truly worried about keeping the stock price up.
PrideOn the analyst call a Fortune 500 CEO is heard losing it at an investor, then tucks away the note that told him to apologize.
発音のポイント
- can't produce — Skim the final t in can't and slide to produce.
- thank you very much — Glue thank you together and let much fall away.
- truly, truly — Plant both truly, with extra weight on the second.
- what the hell — Let the shrink and leave the stress on hell.
You're the only financial institution that can't produce a balance sheet or a cash flow statement with their earningsOn the analyst call, this is the charge: Enron is being treated as a financial institution and still will not put a balance sheet or cash flow statement next to its earnings.
Well, thank you very much. We appreciate it, asshole.The polite thanks is only a frame. Here the last word is the real reply: the question is dismissed by insulting the person who asked.
I would not now, have used the term that I used.A later retreat from the insult. The speaker does not deny saying it; he says that, given another chance, he would not have used that term.
It was the only time that I saw him truly, truly worried about keeping the stock price up.A private measure of the numbers: not a general worry, but the only time the speaker saw him truly worried about the stock price.
And he just kept saying to me, 'I don't know what the hell I'm going to do.'Said to the speaker more than once. It is not a plan. In private he admits he has no idea what to do.
このシーンについての質問
Why were people across Wall Street so shaken by the call?
They heard a Fortune 500 CEO losing it and calling an investor an asshole in public. The narration says the reaction was unbelievable consternation all across Wall Street.
What did the analyst want released with the earnings?
A balance sheet or a cash flow statement. He calls Enron the only financial institution that cannot produce them with its earnings, and the narration says most financial institutions do release a balance sheet with the earning statement.
Did anyone get him to apologize on the call?
Mark Palmer, Enron's chief PR guy, ran a note up to Skilling telling him to apologize. He tucked the paper under the pile on his desk. A later line says, "I would not now, have used the term that I used." No apology is spoken on the call.
Why did the traders cheer and make a sign?
They erupted in cheers when Skilling called the man an asshole. Afterwards they made him a sign, a play off Enron's motto "Ask Why," and the sign said "ask why asshole."
What private worry is tied to the numbers?
Someone says Jeff looked at the numbers and knew they were in a massive hole. It was the only time that speaker saw him truly worried about keeping the stock price up. He kept saying, "I don't know what the hell I'm going to do."
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