Uploaded January 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
6) Fill in the blanks based on what you listen:
You don't get as far as Carlos Ghosn has come without thinking ‘outside the box.’
"It was a big risk that you took."
"I know, but it was a bigger risk to stay,"
A risk that would mean thinking ‘inside the box’.
And if they ever make Ghosn's escape into a Hollywood movie, they'll have to begin with the words: "Based on a True Story" to get audiences to believe the ______________.
The real story goes that the former Nissan CEO was under house arrest in Tokyo, and 24-hour surveillance, when he gave Japanese security services the ___________ on December 29.
He boarded a _____________ train, undetected, for a three-hour trip to Osaka airport. Here's where the mission began to look impossible.
Was there a point during at escape? You were thinking, “This is crazy, this could all go very wrong.”
"Oh, I knew that I was taking risk. I knew that, if I was putting people around me in the _______, not only they were taking the risk, but also the risk of any _________, any ___________, would be very high, and they would kill any project like this. So, I had to work by myself only with people who are going to operate, you know? There was nobody else. This was a condition. And the other condition is; you need to think fast, act fast, and make something simple – ________, but simple."
He doesn't dare sharing the details for fear of incriminating his coworkers. But it reportedly included a team of around 15 people, including a former U.S. Green Beret, and a price tag running into the millions. And a box - this box.
"Can we talk about the box?" "No, I'm not gonna talk about the box.”
"Everybody's talking about the box." "Well, good. Good for them. Good for them. Yeah, but I'm the only one who knows exactly what happens."
What investigators believe happened is that the industry giant __________ himself into a box for concert equipment, holes cut in the bottom so he could breathe,
Here's what it looked like when a Japanese news reporter tried to get into a box of the same size:
Ghosn was then spirited away on a private jet bound for Istanbul on route to Beirut, where he spoke this past Friday.
"Was there a moment in the box that you were thinking, 'what’s become of my life’?”
"You know, I'm a very realistic person. I know that, you know, success not last forever. Fortune don't last forever. There are ups and down in life. You have to confront tragedy as strongly as you confront success. And even though I’ve had a lot of _________________, this one was a big one, and it was a test for my resolve and for my character."
6) Fill in the blanks based on what you listen:
You don't get as far as Carlos Ghosn has come without thinking ‘outside the box.’
"It was a big risk that you took."
"I know, but it was a bigger risk to stay,"
A risk that would mean thinking ‘inside the box’.
And if they ever make Ghosn's escape into a Hollywood movie, they'll have to begin with the words: "Based on a True Story" to get audiences to believe the ______________.
The real story goes that the former Nissan CEO was under house arrest in Tokyo, and 24-hour surveillance, when he gave Japanese security services the ___________ on December 29.
He boarded a _____________ train, undetected, for a three-hour trip to Osaka airport. Here's where the mission began to look impossible.
Was there a point during at escape? You were thinking, “This is crazy, this could all go very wrong.”
"Oh, I knew that I was taking risk. I knew that, if I was putting people around me in the _______, not only they were taking the risk, but also the risk of any _________, any ___________, would be very high, and they would kill any project like this. So, I had to work by myself only with people who are going to operate, you know? There was nobody else. This was a condition. And the other condition is; you need to think fast, act fast, and make something simple – ________, but simple."
He doesn't dare sharing the details for fear of incriminating his coworkers. But it reportedly included a team of around 15 people, including a former U.S. Green Beret, and a price tag running into the millions. And a box - this box.
"Can we talk about the box?" "No, I'm not gonna talk about the box.”
"Everybody's talking about the box." "Well, good. Good for them. Good for them. Yeah, but I'm the only one who knows exactly what happens."
What investigators believe happened is that the industry giant __________ himself into a box for concert equipment, holes cut in the bottom so he could breathe,
Here's what it looked like when a Japanese news reporter tried to get into a box of the same size:
Ghosn was then spirited away on a private jet bound for Istanbul on route to Beirut, where he spoke this past Friday.
"Was there a moment in the box that you were thinking, 'what’s become of my life’?”
"You know, I'm a very realistic person. I know that, you know, success not last forever. Fortune don't last forever. There are ups and down in life. You have to confront tragedy as strongly as you confront success. And even though I’ve had a lot of _________________, this one was a big one, and it was a test for my resolve and for my character."
