Hogwarts: The Wizarding World's First Capitalist

As soon as he finished speaking, a strong smell of old age almost filled the entire venue.

The expressions on everyone's faces changed from confusion to embarrassment. However, they all respected and trusted the old man in front of them.

No one interrupted. Everyone continued to stare at Mr. Strauss silently, waiting for his next speech.

As a result, they waited for a full minute. Just when everyone was puzzled and Carl was about to ask the other party why he didn't speak.

Mr. Strauss suddenly said with a lonely look on his face.

"I calculated that after I said this, I should get some good-natured ridicule, but it didn't happen. Why is that?"

Hearing this, everyone present couldn't help but gasp, and at the same time felt a deep admiration for the Germans' rich sense of humor.

But soon, everyone began to admire Mr. Strauss's work ethic even more.

The old man, who had a look of embarrassment and dejection a minute ago, turned back into his previous serious and professional self the moment he raised his head.

He continued expressionlessly.

"In the past nearly 80 years of my life, I have lived from the beginning of this century to the end of this century."

"When I was born, the Muggle ruler of that land was still the German Emperor Wilhelm II."

"And now, that country has just completed its unification. I have witnessed too many things on this continent."

"All kinds of historical events that are written into their textbooks, the First Industrial Revolution, the two world wars."

"I even have several books on quantum mechanics signed by Werner Heisenberg."

"Especially after 1945, with the defeat of my master, I began to hope more and more to find a new path from another world."

"But as time went by, I just felt more and more desperate."

As he spoke, the light screen projected in the center by Mr. Strauss began to change along with his words.

The content on the light screen, like a historical documentary, began to interpret everything that had happened on the European continent in the past 80 years.

With the invention and application of the steam engine, factories sprang up everywhere, railways crisscrossed the country, the urbanization process accelerated, and a large number of rural people flocked to cities in search of job opportunities.

During this period, chimneys stood tall and machines roared across the European continent, which was the most vivid portrayal of the industrialization process.

Then there was artillery fire and air bombs everywhere. The progress brought about by the Industrial Revolution began to be displayed before the public in the most cruel way.

Then came the establishment of the European Coal and Steel Community in 1951, marking the beginning of European integration. In the following decades, the European Economic Community and the European Atomic Energy Community were successively established.

Europe began to revive, and cities that had been razed to the ground by artillery fire began to bear bright and beautiful buildings again.

Finally, the focus was on a building where an ordinary white-collar worker was sitting in a narrow workstation.

He stared at the computer with lifeless eyes, tapping the keyboard mechanically to work.

Next to him is a picture of him as a child, running through farmland in France.

"Is this new era really good?" Mr. Strauss's tone at this moment was filled with a calm sense of death.

He looked up at the light screen in front of him with lifeless eyes, looking extremely lonely.

"Now everyone in the Muggle society is praising the greatness of the new era, saying that there will be no more wars in Europe."

"It's just nonsense to me that everyone can live a happy life."

"In my time, Muggle youths could run in vast fields and enjoy art in opera houses."

“Even if they had no money, jugglers on the streets could still provide enjoyable performances. Their material life might not be as good as it is now.”

"Many people have never even seen what farmland looks like, and even naively believe that food will automatically grow on supermarket shelves."

"They are imprisoned in those small compartments, repeating mechanical and simple tasks, in front of those glowing glass screens."

"Watch all sorts of meaningless, artless plays and then lie there laughing like an idiot."

"Their souls are being slowly devoured by their society. When their society slows down, all their problems will burst out."

"If they are given a chance to choose their lives again, when they see themselves in the mirror with lifeless eyes and no hope for the future."

“It seems that we are not necessarily willing to choose to live in the new era.”

"What the hell!" Carl couldn't hold it in any longer and uttered a Chinese quintessence directly in Chinese. He stared at the German old man in front of him in amazement.

Asked in a mysterious way.

"Do you have the magic to predict the future? If not, how did you come to these conclusions?"

Hearing this, Mr. Strauss was obviously stunned for a few seconds, then shook his head seriously.

"Of course not, my dear lady. Predicting the future through magic has always been an extraordinary ability possessed by your Grindelwald family."

"Apart from the great Grindelwald bloodline, I have never heard of anyone else in the wizarding world who can predict the future."

"We came to these conclusions simply through what we personally saw and heard, and the knowledge we have accumulated."

"In fact, I'm not afraid of being laughed at by many of you. During this process, I even consulted a lot of advice from Muggles."

"Haha!" Carl sneered. He actually didn't quite believe what the old man said.

He believed that the other party was intentionally concealing the truth about himself. In his opinion, these were the founding members of the Saints organization.

Although his attitude towards Muggles is not as perverted as Voldemort's, it is only slightly better.

It is simply a fantasy to ask them to put aside their pride and ask questions to Muggles.

Mr. Strauss also noticed this and looked at Carl with a serious expression.

"Dear young master, do you think I am lying to you in such a formal organizational meeting?"

"How could I possibly lie to the person I pledge allegiance to, if I did lie, the Slytherin gentleman behind you."

"You should have raised your wand and killed me long ago. You seem to have a very deep misunderstanding of what I just said."

Hearing this, Carl seemed even more confused, and he looked up at Kevin Lestrange in confusion.

As a result, this guy only looked at her for a second, then immediately turned his head away and spoke in a low voice.

"Mr. Strauss did not lie before your grandfather imprisoned himself in Nurmengard in 1945."

"I have personally assigned several senior members of the Saints, including Mr. Strauss."

"Go to the Muggle world and seek new development paths for the future. This requires doing so when necessary."

"They should ask the Muggles directly. Didn't your grandfather tell you about this?"