In the lounge upstairs of Weasley's Joke Shop, Ryan, Hermione, and two Pandaren were sitting on two large sofas. On the coffee table in front of the sofa were freshly brewed green tea and several plates of Chinese-style food.
Refreshments, these were all obtained from Uncle Jiu's before.
"This kind of traditional flavor is rare even in the wizarding world of China. Especially this lotus cake, it is not easy to make it fragrant but not greasy. After all, it needs to be fried during the production process. In the past, I only had
I ate it in a teahouse in my hometown of Shu." said the leading panda named Xiong Duosu.
"And the same is true for these Biluochun." Another panda, Xiong Guangcai, grabbed the small teacup with his paws and sipped the tea, and then praised. "I haven't drunk the top-notch Biluochun from Suzhou, Taihu, Dongting, Shanxi, etc."
A few times."
After tasting some tea and refreshments, the two pandas finally began to talk about the reason why they were looking for Ryan and the others today. "It's a pleasure to see you in the distant UK. We also heard about what you have done recently before we came here.
Especially you, Mr. Liang, your growth in strength has surprised us. This is why we came to you. We originally planned to send you owl letters after we came out of Hogwarts."
"Then what is the specific situation?" Hermione asked curiously. "Actually, after seeing you just now, we were very curious about why you appeared here. After all, this place is far away from your hometown, and it has never appeared before.
More than you, the Pixiu clan."
"Then I think you will see us many times in the future, because I have been promoted. Now I am the president of the Hogsmeade branch of the Tianchao Alchemist Bank." Xiong Duosu said with some pride after raising his head slightly.
"So, congratulations!" Ryan and Hermione clasped their hands at the same time to express congratulations, and then Ryan asked. "By the way, where is your bank now? Why haven't I seen it in Hogsmeade before?"
"The place is being renovated and hasn't opened yet." Xiong Duosu said in Pandaren's unique baby voice. "It's where the Fengya Wizard Clothing Store used to be, but we have some things to do before it opens."
After saying that, Xiong Duosu looked at Ryan and the others with a bright smile. After seeing this smile, Ryan immediately raised his vigilance. He still remembered that when he went to Heaven last time, the alchemists there warned him about Pixiu.
Although they are kind-hearted creatures, they have a strong obsession with money, so be careful with their sales pitches.
Although as a kind-hearted intelligent creature, the products sold by the Pandaren are genuine. However, they will try their best to empty your pockets and let you buy a lot of things you don't really need to take home.
Sure enough, Xiong Duosu came up with a very attractive investment project. "You know, we came here from China to open a bank to make money. And to make money, we need to have good relationships with local people. So we
China Alchemist Bank only holds 50% of the shares of China Alchemist Bank Hogsmeade Branch, and the rest will be distributed by you."
"During the negotiations in Hogwarts Castle just now, we reached an agreement with Principal Dumbledore and Minister Bones: the Ministry of Magic of Hogsmeade will occupy 22% of Hogsmeade in exchange for land, labor and a series of preferential policies.
shares, and Hogwarts also used gold and a series of other guarantees to occupy 22% of the shares. The remaining shares are open to public recruitment." Xiong Guangcai took out several contracts and showed them to Ryan.
"Then why did you come to me?" Ryan asked, "I know there is no bank here at all, and everyone needs banks very much. Under the current circumstances, you should open a bank here for countless people.
People are willing to invest. Why do they come to me specifically?"
"You are right, there are countless people who are willing to invest, but they are just willing." Xiong Duosu shrugged his shoulders and spread his paws. "But the problem is that now we choose to support Hogsmeade.
People basically don’t have much money to invest! And because of our internal ban, it’s impossible for me to go to London to raise funds.”
What Xiong Duosu is talking about is a very realistic situation. Although the British wizarding community is now divided into two factions and they are tied, both sides seem to be evenly matched. But it is undeniable that the wealth in the British wizarding community is mainly concentrated in those who support the Ministry of Magic in London.
In the hands of pure-blood families. Especially after the Ministry of Magic in London blocked Gringotts, Hogsmeade really didn't have much money.
If Ryan had not taken out a large sum of gold after becoming the director of Hogwarts, and then the principal used his channels to convert the gold into gold galleons and promote production by ordering to promote economic circulation, it is very likely that the economy here would
It has already collapsed.
From this point of view, there are not many people in this place who can produce a large amount of hard currency, so Xiong Duosu came to find Ryan probably because of Professor Dumbledore's guidance. After all, Dumbledore knew that Ryan had a large amount of hard currency.
At the same time, as an alchemist with a magic stone, it is impossible to be truly short of money.
In addition, there are two reasons why Xiong Duosu came to Ryan for financing. One of them is that as a new bank, it will inevitably be rejected by the old bank. As the only bank in the Western world, Gringotts
Even after several goblin rebellions, Gringotts in each country were forcibly split up by wizards and remained independent, but Gringotts in each country was not easy to deal with.
Fortunately, there is a basic principle in the wizarding world that strength is respected. Therefore, if the Celestial Warlock Bank wants to operate successfully in the UK, it must have sufficient backing. And Ryan, a wizard who can confront Voldemort head-on, is naturally their first choice.
.Just like the other partners they chose to cooperate with are Hogwarts School and Hogsmeade Ministry of Magic.
In Xiong Duosu's view, one Voldemort can silence the whole of Europe. So if there are two wizards of Voldemort's level behind your bank, then you don't have to worry about the unforeseen tricks of the Gringotts goblins who have damaged their interests.
.
The other reason is Lane himself. Of course, Celestial Alchemist Bank hopes that its collaborators will be kind to Celestial Sorcerers. And Lane can be regarded as a friendly person both in terms of his bloodline and his previous actions.
"So how many shares can you sell me?" Ryan asked the pandas in front of him. It was obvious that these pandas had already promoted their bank shares in other places before.
"If you have money, we can sell you up to 5% of the shares." Xiong Guangcai said a surprising number.
"5%!" Hermione's eyes widened in surprise. Because both her parents were dentists, Hermione had a certain understanding of economic things. She knew that as an individual shareholder, being able to hold 5% of such a bank was already very high.
High.
"Yes, 5%." Xiong Guangcai said helplessly. "Because in the previous fundraising, all wizards did not have much hard currency. We met with more than a dozen people to raise 1% of the shares."
"Then let's invest the remaining money." Ryan made a decision immediately after discussing with Hermione through the Phoenix Brand. Then he stood up and went out, went downstairs, and entered the Wanjie Grocery Store in a deserted place. After a few minutes,
Then he came out with a space bag.
"Do you think this money is enough?" After returning to the lounge, he handed the space bag to Xiong Duosu and asked. "If it's not enough, I can add more."
"This is not only enough, it's even more." Xiong Duosu stretched out his paw to open the mouth of the bag and looked at it carefully. Before that, Ryan put five cubic gold in it. In addition, he also used transparent
The plastic box contained hundreds of soybean-sized gemstones of various colors.
"It's okay. If we have more money, it can be counted as our savings." Ryan said, "Anyway, I'm not short of money now."