In the second week after the Christmas holiday, the little wizards saw a scene they had never seen before in Hogsmeade.
The original small and exquisite Hogsmeade village seemed to have been quietly cast an expansion spell. The number of shops and houses had all increased several times in size like screaming peas burrowing into the soil. In contrast,
Those strange foreign wizards wandering the streets.
American wizards, Russian wizards, French wizards...
There are even a few wizards from Romania, Africa, and Japan...
Even Diagon Alley in London may not be so lively.
And more importantly, judging from the conversation between them, this group of foreign wizards who suddenly appeared after Christmas will live here for a long time.
Distinct residential areas have appeared outside the village of Hogsmeade. Different from the house numbers of ordinary wizard families, there is a line of small characters next to their respective house numbers and surnames, indicating their nationality, magical organization, department, and position.
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After some back and forth negotiations, Cornelius Fudge made his bottom line clear and unmistakable.
Anyone who intends to participate in "sharing" the academic dividends of Hogwarts must pay a basic price recognized by everyone.
Among them, the number of resident wizards, material supplies, and the number of Muggle invitations are the "shareholding conditions" that everyone recognizes, or the benchmark for establishing the "Council" - if Albus Dumbledore is used
(played by Grindelwald): As a magical place that is not interfered by any country and can keep secrets, from this moment on, Hogwarts has become a holy place jointly guarded by magical civilizations.
As for those magical officials who are unwilling to send Aurors or participate in "inviting Muggles", they will naturally be replaced soon.
Hogwarts gave the first gift that was hard to refuse, the joint jurisdiction, distribution, pricing, and minting rights of "Magic Gold Galleons".
Gringotts Wizarding Bank was split from its original model and reduced to a single special authority with accounting rights.
The goblin voluntarily handed over the right to mint coins, which was the most surprising thing.
That is a racial obsession that they regard as life, rooted deep in their souls, and they are even willing to give up their lives for it.
Under this unexpected "Christmas gift", MACUSA agreed without hesitation to draw a clear line with the "goblin civil war". Compared with those greedy, cowardly, and cruel dependents, wizards believed more in the magic in their hands.
Power, there is no doubt about it.
Of course, the premise is that Gringotts Wizarding Bank really keeps its promise and completes the handover of "coin power" with the wizards.
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Gringotts Wizarding Bank.
The torches in the underground meeting hall were completely lit.
Gallywix led a small number of clerks above to keep the bank's business running.
Venture Capital Department, Capital Operations Department, International Business Department, General Business Department, Legal Department, Audit Department, Management Consulting Department... All senior leaders at the core of Gringotts Wizarding Bank received a notice from Douglas early in the morning and were temporarily placed on
For the work at hand, head to the meeting hall for the meeting.
Before noon, the Supreme Goblin Queen will return to her loyal Gringotts Wizarding Bank to issue important decisions.
As the chief financial director of Gringotts Wizarding Bank, Douglas arrived in the hall before the meeting started to ensure that today's meeting would go smoothly.
As time went by, senior heads of various departments arrived in the underground meeting hall one after another. Most of them brought their own confidants and walked into the hall in small groups. They sat in their respective positions with solemn expressions and lowered their voices from time to time to interact with the surrounding people.
The goblin chatted briefly.
During the thousands of years of goblin civilization, any event that opened the meeting hall was a major decision that affected the fate of the ethnic group.
If they remember correctly, counting at least three times from now, they are all the starting points of "Total Goblin War".
But soon, each senior person in charge received a thick document.
They immediately saw the black title written on the cover of the document: "Give up the single right to mint coins and monopolize the global accounting rights exclusively."
The agenda of today's meeting is clear at a glance. The Fairy Queen is ready to completely replace the bloodline of Gringotts Wizarding Bank and start a new era.
The senior person in charge of the Capital Operations Department subconsciously wanted to stand up and question him, but another goblin sitting next to him immediately hit the idiot on the head with his cane and pointed towards the guards standing on both sides, right in front of the meeting hall.
The crowd pointed.
Unlike the people in charge who were talking a lot behind the scenes, the reorganized group of goblin elders, honorary advisors, and senior vice presidents looked calm.
It is obvious that, at least in the highest-level secret meeting, everyone has reached a consensus.
If someone dares to cause trouble at this time, the surrounding guards will swarm in and deal with the problem person directly.
At the beginning of every new era, there will inevitably be conflicts of ideas. Those idiots who try to use violence to force others to make concessions will only usher in violence.
All they can do now is open the file, read it carefully, and carefully prepare for the Q&A session of Gringotts' "Supreme Council" that will be waiting for a while.
Originally, these agenda items were supposed to be negotiated by rounds of elders meetings, senior managers held meetings, and after multiple evaluations, a decision was made as to whether to open the discussion hall. However, due to the power of the Fairy Queen, the old diehards who opposed it again last time.
Almost everything has been cleared up, and since this change is of great importance, so many links have been omitted, and we have gone directly to the last step of the all-staff meeting.
This is different from previous relatively routine financial decisions, which may directly lead to division if they do not go through a large-scale discussion process.
In fact, even now, the atmosphere in the meeting hall is gradually beginning to become suffocating.
Elena stood behind Douglas and sighed softly.
"Gringotts' financial atmosphere is quite pure and beautiful..."
Douglas had just finished dealing with a goblin's question when a voice from behind startled him.
He subconsciously prepared to kneel down and salute, but Elena grabbed him - the fairies' too careful flattery would make her uncomfortable.
"Hug... I'm sorry..." The middle-aged elf bowed in a panic, "I didn't notice that you had arrived at the venue..."
"I just lifted the illusion," Elena waved her hand nonchalantly, "It looks like everyone is here?"
Douglas looked at the sign-in list in his hand and nodded seriously, with a bit of worry in his expression.
"In addition to the missing 'traitor', the senior risk specialist who cannot leave, the 'destined goblin' who maintains order in various places, all senior members of the core departments of Gringotts Wizarding Bank, honorary advisors, and the elders are all here.
, but in this case..."
"Thank you, Mr. Douglas, I know the hard work you have put in these days -"
Although Elena is not a "pure goblin", almost all future elites in the financial field will be "humanoid goblins" who play with people's hearts.
She still knew a little bit about certain management attempts in large companies. Although Douglas said it lightly, she knew very well that she had to gather all the executives of a very large financial company together and specially targeted them.
Conference, this is not something that is very easy to do and has the opportunity to be repeated many times at the same time - the fable of the boy who cried wolf is not just a warning to the non-magical world.
"I...I'm ashamed. I just did a small job."
Hearing Elena's compliments, Douglas had a complicated and ashamed expression on his face.
"Although I may have some expertise in persuading elders and communicating with various departments, I am in control of the overall situation and my perspective on grand plans is too shallow to truly share the pressure on your shoulders. As Gringotts Wizarding Bank
As the chief financial director, I have not even proposed a feasible financial project plan... Your sensitivity to money is dozens of times better than mine..."
"It's just a temporary confusion during the transition period. Once 'that door' is opened, you still have to follow up..."
Elena frowned, looking around the meeting hall that was gradually quieting down, thoughtfully.
She is very sure about the future financial situation and the pattern of the financial world in the next few decades, but all she can do is to open up the "capital world" first. As for how to survive in it, she has to rely on these immersions.
The goblins who have been in finance for decades.
In the economic field, the first-mover advantage only lasts for about three to five years at most, and after that there is a chaos of chaos.
If the Goblins of Gringotts can't get on their feet and absorb the latest market laws as quickly as possible, then she's cooking herself into a delicious meal.
"It seems that you have almost finished reading the document in your hands——"
Elena did not continue chatting. Under the eyes of the goblins with different expressions, she quickly walked to the center of the hall.
There is no bronze throne in the center of the semi-curved underground meeting hall, just a seemingly ordinary stone platform.
Unlike other places in Gringotts Wizarding Bank, in the ancient inheritance of the goblins, the underground meeting hall is not the place where the Goblin King issues orders, but the only person who is qualified to stand in the center of the stone platform is the Goblin King——
She must accept the doubts of everyone present, and on the stone platform where "she cannot deceive herself", she must face all the questions raised against her without any evasion or ambiguity.
In the battle for the Goblin King hundreds of years ago, this was the final test.
Of course, Elena didn't think this was a challenge from the beginning. After all, she got on the bus first and then paid for the ticket.
The more important point is that all capital behaviors are a continuation of war and politics - as the "devil king" of the new era, she is now qualified to decide when the war will start, and when and how the war will end.
“Time is money, my friends—let’s get right to it.”
"You should know what the agenda is. The title is clearly written, so..."
Elena stood on the stone platform, looking around at the fairies around her, and raised her eyebrows.