"Then why did you call us here today?" Just as Ryan was thinking about these things, Hermione asked directly. "I believe you didn't just explain the current situation to us."
"Of course not, I have some things that I need to discuss with you." Professor Dumbledore paused here, and then said, "Can you lend me some funds? Not just galleons, I also have Muggle money.
Also needed.”
"What." Ryan, who was thinking about the question just now, opened his eyes wide. "Are you kidding? Such a big poisonous Hogwarts egg and Hogsmeade are placed here. How can it be possible that there is no money?"
"But this is indeed the case." Dumbledore seemed a little at a loss when he said this. Maybe for him this was the first time he borrowed money after becoming the greatest white wizard, so he was very uncomfortable with the current situation.
"The operation of Hogwarts mainly comes from funding from the Ministry of Magic and donations from wealthy school directors, but since the Ministry of Magic was controlled by Voldemort, all of these are now gone. And most of the people fled to Hogsmeade and lost it.
We have lost our jobs, and Gringotts is now full of Death Eaters, so we have no way to withdraw money."
"Didn't Gringotts say that you can send money directly to your door?" Ryan asked. "Why don't you ask the goblin to send the money directly to you?"
"They rejected me." Dumbledore spread his hands. "The goblin representative said that they cannot participate in the battles between wizards. There are a few goblins who are willing to provide me with loan business privately, but the interest rate is too high.
Already."
It shouldn't be a private loan business. Ryan doesn't believe that any goblin can bypass Gringotts's series of regulations and lend a large sum of money to Dumbledore. This can only be because the goblins want to make more money.
.
Ryan was not surprised why Dumbledore asked him to borrow money. As an alchemist who owned the Philosopher's Stone, he was not short of money in worldly finances. So he simply asked, "How much do you need?"
"The more, the better." After Professor Dumbledore finished speaking, he found that it was inappropriate to say this, so he added: "The main reason is that running a school requires too much money, and it costs 2,500 Galleons every day.
.I have given away my personal property, but it is not enough."
"I don't have many Galleons on hand." The light in Professor Dumbledore's eyes dimmed as soon as Ryan said these words, but the next words quickly cheered up Professor Dumbledore.
"But I have a lot of gold, gems and various magic herbs, which I think are needed for school operations." Ryan said.
"That's very good." Professor Dumbledore nodded. "In fact, most of the money in school operations is used to buy various supplies needed for life and teaching. With gold, those daily supplies and consumption
Products can be imported from China.
The wizards over there are willing to accept our credit for purchasing magic items, but daily supplies must be purchased with hard currency. Because they need to purchase those items from Muggles, they must use cash."
"Cash money? But I don't have RMB or British pounds here." Ryan scratched his head and said. "And it will be difficult to exchange these golds for the currency used by Muggles in a while."
"Ah, there is no need to worry about this." Dumbledore comforted, "The wizard sent by Heaven to hand over the items last time told me that the Muggles over there are willing to accept all hard currencies, including gold. As long as
There is gold, all kinds of food, clothing, and everything you need in daily life can be easily purchased.”
Speaking of this, Dumbledore even showed a slightly incredulous expression: "Did you know? The Chinese wizard told me that as long as they follow the traditional process and negotiate with the Muggle government, the gold will be replaced by the local government.
Money buys for us everything we need.”
"All the daily necessities required by our entire school and Hogsmeade below the castle can be prepared and shipped to us in a city in a very short time, and this kind of procurement will not have any impact on the lives of local Muggles.
Any repercussions. I'm really curious how they did it all without magic? At least I can't find anywhere in the UK other than London where I could scrape together so much at once."
That is the world factory of the future! It is not easy to produce goods for thousands of people to consume. Ryan thought that at this time, only the United States on the west side of the ocean could have similar production capabilities.
As for old Europe, it is already the mid-1990s, and the decline of old Europe has slowly begun to appear. To purchase materials for thousands of people, it is estimated that you have to travel to many cities to do it, and it will definitely be better than importing from China.
Much more expensive.
"Okay, this is the wealth I carry with me. Do you think it's enough? If not, I can raise more money within three days." Ryan said and took out a small space bag from his arms.
Given to Professor Dumbledore.
Dumbledore opened his pocket, which contained ten international standard 400-ounce gold bricks. In addition, there were three transparent boxes the size of an adult's fist, which contained cut natural rubies, sapphires and diamonds. Although the sizes were all small,
It’s not big, but it’s the best size on the market.
These things came from New York in the radiation world. After clearing out the local gangsters and gunmen, the underground vault of the Federal Reserve Bank on Wall Street became theirs. That time they obtained more than 7,000 tons of gold and a large number of various kinds of gold from it.
Jewelry, the gold that Ryan took out today belongs to that harvest.
"This wealth is completely enough to support the next round of taxes in Hogsmeade." Dumbledore looked relieved. The recent financial problems have indeed put him under tremendous pressure, especially a lot of money in Gringotts in London.
When it couldn't be taken out, I have to say that the trouble caused by Voldemort's immediate control of the bank was indeed big enough.
"When we have the money, we will definitely pay you back first," Dumbledore said. "But it's still a long time before we win. In addition, even after we win, we still need a lot of money.
Reconstruction. So the time for repayment—"
"You mean - it will be difficult for us to get this money back after we loan it out, right?" Hermione looked at Principal Dumbledore and asked. She knew that Ryan was not suitable to come out to defend the principal at this time, so she just
It's time for her to come out and make a fool of herself.
"That's true," said Professor Dumbledore, crossing his arms. "This sounds very bad, but I don't think I can lie to you about it."
At this point, Dumbledore straightened up and said, "But besides the long wait, I actually have another way to solve this problem, and that is that all the money will be counted as your donation."
At this point, he waved to Hermione who wanted to say something to calm down and listen to his detailed explanation. "Of course, I won't let your donation go in vain. Robbing wealth is what Voldemort and his group of Death Eaters did. I
Of course I won't do that. The reason why I suggest you donate is because I will give you corresponding compensation later."
"It's not the Order of Merlin, is it? I guess even the first level is useless." Hermione said. Her words seemed a bit harsh, but Dumbledore was not angry. In the Western world, the issue of private wealth is very important.
Important, so Hermione, as Ryan's fiancée, can completely question Dumbledore on behalf of Ryan.
"Of course not." Dumbledore shook his head. "And the Order of Merlin is issued by the Ministry of Magic, and I have no right to interfere. What I want to discuss with you is that I hope you will become the school governor of Hogwarts."