The next morning, the vice president tells his father that the company's public affairs department has released the results of its investigation of the stock market. The vice president says that he has heard the news and is now in control of the situation. He asks his father if there is a need for formal meetings between the two men. His father replies that there is no need for such meetings, as they are just friends. He says that this time it is him who is responsible for the scandal, and that it is better to have distance from him than to be angry at him. He explains that he had people investigate the matter and found that the woman had been involved in some questionable transactions and had eaten with one of his employees. He does not know how to clean up the mess that has been made.