Enron Regional Headquarters - Interior

This is the lobby of the building. A secretary greets visitors.  She was quite depressed after the bankruptcy because she lost her entire 401K savings.  However, it is beginning to grow quickly again based on "tips" from executives to invest in new startup companies like "Bricktorium," "Plasticorp," and "LegoMorph." On the left is a display cabinet housing "The first 100 dollars ever made by Enron."  Few people know that this money was made by stealing a half-empty gas truck and selling the fuel to passers-by.  The real coup of this event involved the way the Enron founder avoided penalties.  He claimed that someone told him that the left-over gas in the truck was "extra" and that he could "borrow" the truck and do with it as he pleased.  The founder was so persuasive that the police actually believed him and allowed him to keep his $100 profit. This $100 was parlayed into the massive, corrupt empire that is Enron.
Next to the lobby is the "Room of Pity."  Here, Enron executives meet with angry creditors who want their money back after the bankruptcy. The executives go through thick books of numbers that, they claim, show that all money is needed for operations and none can be spared to pay off creditors.  Of course, "careful" accounting keeps even the most intelligent creditors from figuring out that Enron actually has plenty of money.  Creditors are never allowed to leave with the accounting books as they are supposedly "confidential."  The strong flood-lights on the left keep the room hot and uncomfortable, giving creditors an increased urge to finish up quickly. Occasionally, it is necessary to provide some creditors with a "personal incentive" (i.e. a bribe) to get them to leave without full examination of the books.  The gentleman in the top-hat leaving the building (see first page) had to be suitably satisfied in this way.  Hopefully the meeting with this female creditor will go more smoothly.
This is the executive lounge. Here, the regional administrator meets with a form Enron VP, who's now serving time for his "optimistic accounting." Enron executives have negotiated a "work release" program so that they can continue to "contribute to society."  They must wear their jail attire, and must return to jail at the end of the day, but they can work freely during the day. This particular executive is an expert at money laundering.  After this meeting, he plans to go up to the computer room and get back to work fleecing the citizens of BrickTopia.
Nestled secretly above the first floor is the "Vault Room."  Here, a security officer overlooks the high-tech storage vaults used to store all the profits made in this Enron region. The bank is considered unacceptable because of the possibility that pesky government regulators might seize profits at any time. By keeping the profits private, executives can easily filter it back into their private mansions, jets, boats, and other necessities of life.
On the second floor is the main conference room. Here, Enron executives are meeting with Shell and Octan management. These executives are carefully planning to shut down plants for "maintenance" at the same time so that they can constrict the energy supply and drive up prices.  This was greatly successful during the "California" energy crisis and this technique has been sanctioned as "good business" by Enron management.
On the top floor is the computing facility. Here, friends from Arthur Anderson are hard at work manipulating the "books." Although the profits go to executives first, there is so much money available that even the greedy management team can't seem to spend it all.  So, the rest is siphoned into new "startup" companies with names like "Bricktorium," "Plasticorp," and "LegoMorph." These companies have no real source of income, but the money from Enron is veiled as "revenue" so it looks like these startups are growing by leaps and bounds.  With rapidly scaling "revenue," these new companies are brought public and, based on heavy stock ownership and subsequent sales, the Enron coffers grow even fatter.  Of course, this can be sustained only so long.  The accountants plan to pull the plug on the first set of startups next month, plunging them into a surprise bankruptcy.  Then, the money will be sent to a new set of companies to repeat the process.  Regular investors and any low-level Enron employees stupid enough not to sell off their stock in these startups will lose their shirts.  Oh well - not everybody can win!

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