¡°In April and May of last year, there had been so much tension over the merger,¡± said Carole Ghosn, wife of the indicted former auto magnate Carlos Ghosn, who had been pushing Renault and Nissan to merge. ¡°The Japanese were even approaching French government officials. And then in June, it stopped. We know now that it¡¯s because the Japanese had figured out Plan B.¡±

¡°What was Plan B?¡± I asked.

¡°To take Carlos down,¡± she said.