The next morning, the two men discuss the latest developments in the business world. The first is that the stock price of the company has dropped eight points in the last day. The second is that there is a rumor circulating that the company is involved in a plot to poison the ocean with radioactive iodine. The third is that a man has been killed by an old man who was gardening late at night. The two men decide to respond to the rumor anonymously.