The first wave of waves came from the hands of a certain salesperson at Gringotts Wizarding Bank...
Gringotts Wizarding Bank is the only bank in the wizarding world. It has been run by goblins for thousands of years. It can save money, exchange currency, borrow money or rent a vault. It is known as the safest place in the world.
In the general impression of the magic world, every goblin must be a business wizard who is good at calculation. No matter how complicated financial knowledge is, it is a piece of cake for them. It is like people always think that Chinese people are all kung fu masters.
Like a master.
But in fact, just like any normal race, most goblins have more or less financial talents, but those who can truly enter the core of Gringotts and participate in economic activities still have to rely on those ancient people who support various business departments.
Gringotts Elite - Among them, Gringotts Venture Capital Department and the Council of Elders are undoubtedly the most important links.
Leos of the Gringotts Goblin Council of Elders is one of the most radical and dominating elders among the two-pole decision-making group that supports Gringotts Wizarding Bank. He just turned 249 last year.
On his birthday, he had contributed to some of the most cost-effective investments in Gringotts' history: especially the establishment of the First French Empire and the first industrial revolution in Britain.
On the one hand, those two attempts gave Gringotts a taste of the sweetness of capital in the non-magical world; on the other hand, they also established the title of Leos [The Fiery Dominator]. He was like a slightly stubborn wise man, guarding
Goblins and the Benefit of Gringotts.
Because of this, Leos has a very high decision-making power in Gringotts' high-level meetings. After all, the current prosperity of Gringotts is largely due to the huge amount of money he made against everyone's opinions.
war bonds.
As time goes by, Leos, who has entered his old age over the years, usually does not follow up on too many trivial financial activities. At most, he pays a little attention to Gringotts' development plan in the semi-annual report, and
When it comes to evaluating some very large investments, after all, the few goblin managers he single-handedly promoted are pretty good.
However, in recent months, the old goblin has become busy again.
As the most powerful elder in Gringotts, whether it is the Hogwarts mortgage contract, the bet between rubles and gold galleons, the drastic changes in Eastern Europe, the challenges from the goblins in the divided Americas... all kinds of complex situations,
In fact, he coordinates and manages everything.
As for the current layout of the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Douglas, who once had high hopes for his successor, obviously has problems with his ideological roots. Perhaps the smooth sailing over the years has made the young man forget the purpose of Gringotts, and actually fancifully thought that human wizards
The idea of a stake in Gringotts was something negotiable.
After getting the news, Leos convinced the Goblin Elders Council without hesitation, directly deprived Douglas of his position in less than half a day, took over Gringotts Wizarding Bank again, and became the helm of this financial giant.
people.
In fact, the position of head of Gringotts' venture capital department seems important, but even if such a person is missing, the operation of the entire Gringotts will not be affected at all. Those managers and employees who are originally responsible for their respective fields will still
Still supporting the entire system, all Leos needs to do is make some macro decisions.
As for the rest of the work, it was mainly carried out by the two deputy directors of the investment department who were originally under Douglas.
After all, on the one hand, Leos is no longer young and can no longer do everything as he once did. On the other hand, after being disappointed with Douglas, the old goblin also hopes that through this period of work, he can choose from the remaining two deputy supervisors.
Select a suitable candidate to be promoted to head of the investment department after the incident subsides.
Bao Ge is one of the deputy directors. Although he is not as outstanding as Douglas in terms of aggressiveness and vision, as a manager promoted from countless goblin elites, he also has his own uniqueness
Even Douglas often had to rely on him, at least in terms of his knowledge of business details and his diligence and prudence.
Ever since Douglas was suddenly dismissed from his post by Elder Leos and he was promoted from a deputy to a semi-formal supervisor at one time, Bao Ge has become more and more cautious and meticulous - facing this sudden opportunity, he is not like another
The deputy director was so overwhelmed with joy that he became more and more worried.
He understood very well that since Douglas, as the "rising star of Gringotts", would be beaten to the end, and the goblin elders who were more than 200 years old were reborn, it meant that the situation was definitely serious enough that it should not be underestimated.
Under such a situation, instead of rushing to take over the forces left by Douglas, it is better to follow the instructions of Elder Leos and find a way to smoothly help Gringotts overcome the current difficulties - as
At the core level of the investment department, Bao Ge vaguely heard some not-so-good rumors, as well as Douglas's "nonsense" in the dark room.
Perhaps it was because of this cautious character that one day in mid-January, he discovered some unusual clues for the first time in the complicated and vast sales reports.
"Elder Leos, there seems to be a problem with our plan to absorb rubles in the former Soviet Union. The investment from foreign banks was 14% higher than we expected, and the acquisition of vacant properties has also failed one after another...
"
At this week's regular meeting, Bao Ge held a pile of reports and said hesitantly.
Competition from non-magical banks and the investment of American fairies are all factors that have been considered before, but this deviation is already a bit dangerous; as for the recovery of bonds through loans and the failure of industries, although they have occasionally happened in the past
, but in the past few days, he has received several reports showing that the target property has been bought preemptively.
The financial war on this area is a major event in Gringotts recently. Leos is naturally particularly concerned about it. The old goblin took the document in Bao Ge's hand and scanned it roughly. He narrowed his eyes thoughtfully and tapped with his slender fingers.
Knock on the table.
"What about the non-magical world of the former Soviet Union? This is normal. After all, no one expected that it would suddenly collapse. All the forces are now eyeing this piece of fat. It is normal for more competitors to appear and buy those industries.
Is it... the American side?"
"No, we have checked and it is a seemingly ordinary Muggle company in Austria."
"Seems...ordinary?"
"Well, although most of the employees are ordinary Muggles living in the non-magical world, the information about the registrants is a bit strange. We have speculated through various signs and studied their capital inflows to determine the actual controller.
It's probably the alchemist who had business dealings with us and owned the Philosopher's Stone - Paracelsus."
"Is it a Muggle enterprise that wizards secretly invested money in... Then don't worry about it. After all, the old guy who has lived in seclusion for many years is probably just taking advantage of the chaos to collect some rare experimental materials. Money has no meaning to him... Of course.
It will not pose any threat to us, and the real focus must be on other forces."
Leos nodded slightly, he naturally knew the alchemist.
As a few wizards who own the Philosopher's Stone, Gringotts is very concerned about the movements of these "dangerous" guys - at the same time, they are also one of the few "Supreme Customers" with unlimited spending privileges, and can withdraw money from Gringotts at any time.
Thanks to various factors, Leos knew the character of Paracelsus very well. He was a guy who would rather stay single for hundreds of years because he was afraid of trouble. To put it simply, he was a super harmless otaku wizard.
If it weren't for his novel alchemical experiments, that wizard would never have appeared in the magical world.
"The market share is so huge, even if we entered the market a little late, but now that we have started, with the amount of capital Gringotts has, we can definitely occupy the largest piece of the cake - you don't have to worry too much about these little things.
."
Leos explained a few words to Bao Ge and immediately made a decision to continue to increase investment.
Not to mention that the bet with Hogwarts is not over yet, there has been little movement from the Ministry of Magic and Hogwarts recently.
Although Cornelius Fudge, as the minister, rejected the strategic cooperation contract with Gringotts, he failed to propose any effective response measures. He was like a fool watching the changes in the world without knowing how to benefit from it.
And if at the same time, Leos can still steal the meat from the mouths of American goblins in the bear meat market and inflict heavy losses on those traitors, then he will become the greatest goblin in the entire history of Gringotts.
It may even be possible to erect a solid gold statue of the same height in front of the bank gate.
After passing the judgment of [The Fiery Dominator], Bao Ge naturally suppressed the uneasiness in his heart for the time being and continued to repeat his daily investment work, trying to inject the capital controlled by Gringotts into the fragmented body of the furry bear.
, in order to achieve the market share of more than 30% set by Elder Leos as soon as possible.