When Elena arrived, a discussion seemed to have just ended in the room.
She took off her Quidditch cloak and hung it on the wooden pole next to the Phoenix Bird Stand. She quickly looked around at the personnel sitting in the room - the two Gringotts goblins, Dumbledore,
Grindelwald...
The picture frames of previous principals hanging on the wall were now covered with a dark purple curtain, leaving no gaps.
"It seems like something big has happened?"
Elena walked to the small square table on the right side of the principal's office with familiarity, poured herself a cup of hot tea, then found a soft armchair and sat down, took a comfortable sip, and put down the teacup.
There is no doubt that from the moment she saw the Goblin of Gringotts, Elena knew that the harvest season was here.
Although strictly speaking, according to historical progress, the time when the bear suddenly died should be Christmas one month later, the collapse of a huge alliance could never happen overnight.
Judging from the wrinkled green faces of the two Gringotts goblins, Gringotts, who was well-informed, had obviously smelled something ominous.
However, compared to their sensitivity to news about industry and financial changes, the cunning and arrogant goblins have always been very bad at looking at people. Looking at the silver-haired little witch who walked into the room, the face of the old goblin Leos
A hint of shame emerged.
"This is what Professor Dumbledore said...the extremely important negotiator?"
"Yes, Miss Kaslana is the most important part of the entire cooperation, and she is also the main person responsible for discussions with Gringotts. Her opinions will have a vital impact on Hogwarts' position.
"
Dumbledore smiled and nodded, "So, please repeat to her what you just said."
The old goblin turned his head and glanced at the white-haired dumpling that was about the same height as him, and the wrinkles on his face twitched.
"Professor Dumbledore! You may not realize the seriousness of the matter!"
"In less than a week, Russia's Muggle leaders are about to issue a series of extremely stupid presidential decrees, leaving us little time to respond - if you want to refuse or negotiate later, you can say so.
, there’s no need to use a wizard cub who doesn’t know anything as a shield to fool us!”
...You know nothing, a wizard cub?
The corners of Elena's mouth twitched, but she was ignored.
But this is normal. In the eyes of most Gringotts goblins, they are just Dumbledore's agent.
Whether it is signing a contract or sending a message, the mastermind behind it will only be Albus Dumbledore, the top wizard in the magical world, not a weak, pitiful, helpless little guy like her——
This was also the light and dark strategy that she and Dumbledore had discussed before this.
Unfortunately……
The situation now is no longer the same.
"What a shame, Mr. Leos!"
Elena shook her head indifferently, looked at the old goblin not far away and said softly.
"After such a long time, it seems that Gringotts has not even figured out the real target of the negotiation - this makes me admire a little. It is incredible that the financial system of the wizarding world has not collapsed in your hands."
According to her agreement with Dumbledore, once the bear enters the countdown to collapse, all important decisions must be made through her judgment, and she will never be left alone and decisions made according to Dumbledore's own logic.
In the face of such major events that often involve billions of currencies and even human life, any wave from the outside may cause the unknown whirlpool of the world to completely collapse.
The most terrifying existence, it has the ability to drag the entire world to destruction.
Elena didn't want the fluttering of her butterfly wings to cause the originally "euthanasia" bear to suddenly take another uncontrollable path in its final moments, triggering an all-out war in which no one could be spared.
Fortunately, it is not difficult to explain this worry...
In this era, it may be difficult for people to imagine the unbreakable alliance disappearing overnight, but it is easy to imagine how bad the situation would be if World War III broke out with the United States and the Soviet Union as the protagonists.
"Huh? You...were you pretending before?!"
Goblin elder Leos turned his head and looked at Elena, who was completely different from before in terms of temperament and tone of voice. Then he looked at Dumbledore, who had a calm face, and his pupils suddenly shrank.
"I see, then why do you choose to show off your cards now - continue to hide behind the scenes, isn't it good..."
"Because it's no longer necessary."
Elena smiled slightly, picked up the teacup, took an elegant sip, and said unhurriedly.
"Time is money, my friend. Let's put these unimportant things aside for the moment... Let's talk about business first. How sincere are you, Gringotts, in exchange for Hogwarts' help?
?”
"Give... sincerity?!"
Leos narrowed his eyes, paused heavily on the floor with his stick, and said coldly.
"Miss, you may not understand the seriousness of the matter! This is normal, because you still don't know about the major changes that are about to happen in the east! According to reliable information from Gringotts..."
"Sorry, it's you who don't understand! It seems that I need to help you speed up the progress of the script a little bit."
Elena raised her hand and waved, interrupting the old goblin's performance impatiently, and raised a playful arc at the corner of her mouth.
Perhaps, she should help the old goblin understand his position more quickly instead of wasting time on meaningless lies and nonsense. After all, she is still waiting to go back to celebrate the victory with her wings.
"Let me guess... the news that prompted Gringotts to rush to Hogwarts and that you were about to tell me was about the dozens of presidential decrees that Russian leader Yeltsin will announce next week.
"
“The core content of these presidential decrees is nothing more than that Russia will take over a series of powers belonging to the central fiscal and financial departments of the Soviet Union, including the precious metal production sector, and that the Central Bank of Russia will take over the State Bank of the Soviet Union and the Foreign Economic Bank.
And control the monetary power of the alliance."
"Am I right? Judging from your expression, it seems that you have more detailed information than what Gringotts knows?"
The silver-haired little witch paused and looked at the sudden change in the face of the old goblin in front of her with interest. A strange question suddenly came to her mind - as magical creatures, goblins should not be prone to heart disease, right?
Hogwarts actually already knows all this?!
Even more detailed than their Gringotts counterparts, how is this possible?!
Leos was shocked and looked at the little witch in front of him in disbelief, with an unpredictable expression on his face.
Obviously, there were major flaws in the previous investigation by the Gringotts Goblin Council of Elders.
Perhaps as early as the moment the Hogwarts mortgage incident occurred, a long-planned network has enveloped the entire Gringotts Goblin Bank. This is by no means the analysis and intelligence that can be completed by one or two people.
Obtain.
In this era where it is extremely difficult to obtain information, even the Gringotts Goblins have to pay a huge price to barely maintain their global information lead, and the information lead is only the first step.
According to Leos' experience, if you want to find the most important one from the myriad of news and accurately analyze the subsequent impact, it requires hundreds of financial experts day and night.
Keep working hard - and in Gringotts' previous assessment of the magical world, the current magical world should not have this strength.
"Huh? Are you surprised...Then, let me continue."
Elena glanced at the old goblin whose mouth was comically open, like a big green toad, and said softly.
"If this decree is really implemented, the most direct result is that the credit guarantor of the ruble currency will change from the Soviet Union to Russia. The worst result, of course, is a large-scale devaluation... The premise is that no war can break out.
, otherwise it is not even as good as waste paper. Speaking of which, I heard that Gringotts seems to be hoarding a lot of rubles recently?"
"As for what you just said, we will suffer a crisis - it's a pity, you may have understood something wrong."
"From the beginning to the end, it was you who suffered the devastating disaster, not us."
"Now, let's go back to the original question..."
Elena licked her lips gently, crossed her legs, raised her right foot slightly, and showed a devilish smile on the corner of her mouth. (Picture.jpg)
"Gringotts Goblin Bank, have you made the appropriate trading decisions?"
"To... continue to live?"
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Gua~ There is only one chapter today, but it is a big one~
I sorted out the plot a little, and it’s not a big problem, because the outline and plot points of the ending plot of this volume have actually been written long ago. Now I just pull it out of the draft box to review it, and revise it by the way~
Well, Fat Chicken is a little worried that it might be a bit hard and difficult to understand, but I can only bite the bullet and write it~ I hope it can live up to everyone's expectations~ Bow down~ and show my little feet to apologize~