Hogwarts on the tip of the tongue

"Don't worry about short-term gains and losses, Douglas."

The goblin elder smiled enigmatically and picked at his fingers carelessly, "The eyes of short-lived species will become narrow due to the length of their lifespan, just like ants can never understand the power of fire dragons. Time and money are always on the side." We’re on the goblin side.”

Glancing at the thoughtful "young fairies" in front of him, Leos gently blew the dirt off his fingertips, shrugged and said easily, "Even if wizards are really beyond our imagination [Love Then give that castle back to them."

Andy Serkis, standing behind Douglas, boldly said, "But, they didn't pay?"

"We can lend it to them. Pay it in five-year installments and pay it back every year, up to 20 or even 30 years. They can do anything with the money during that time and ask us to pay it in any currency."

Leos grinned and narrowed his eyes maliciously, as if there was a man-eating beast hidden in his thin body.

"As for the price, it can be assets such as houses, shops, and forest farms, or it can be knowledge, inventions, spells, etc., or even the wizard himself. Anyway, we have enough magic contracts to guarantee all of this. Fairness. A long time will make all wizards bear debts and risks for us."

"Remember, as long as they are used properly, hope and time will be the most terrifying things in the world. Hope can continue people's suffering, while time can take away everything from people."

"Of course, there is no need to rush to announce this."

The elder goblin waved his hand, looked at the director of the venture capital department who was listening carefully to the memory, and said, a glimmer of light flashed in his cloudy eyes, "Have you ever heard of fishing? First put some bait to gather the greedy fish, and then Take the bait slowly. Douglas, you have to learn to give the wizards a little sweetness first. You have to remember that from ancient times to the present, our Gringotts Wizarding Bank has been the most trustworthy friend of human wizards. At least we need to let the wizards Believe in that.”

"Then, there is one last question. What if...I mean what if, the ruble continues to fall, or the Muggle country is destroyed by war? Once this Muggle currency becomes waste paper, all our blockades will be ineffective, right? ?" Douglas hesitated for a while and asked in a half-joking tone, but there was no relaxed look on his face.

"what?!"

As if he heard something funny, Leos waved his hand exaggeratedly.

"I don't believe in prophecies, I only believe in numbers and probabilities. Gringotts pays tens of thousands of money to scholars and analysts in the magical and non-magical circles around the world every year, but so far I The most pessimistic analysis I have ever seen tells me that the Soviet Union will continue to support it for at least ten more years."

"Do you know how powerful this Muggle country is? Look, this is the statistics we got with great difficulty. To be honest, those wizards really protect the Muggle leaders more strictly than they do their own daughters."

Snapped.

The old goblin casually took a document from the assistant behind him and threw it in front of Douglas.

"The total number of the army exceeds 500 million, and more than 1000 million people can be mobilized to participate in the war at any time. It has more than 2000 tanks that can easily crush half of the wizards. [-] tanks are much faster than the fastest Nimbus [-]. Combat aircraft, hundreds of thousands of artillery pieces, and most importantly..."

"Oh, hell!"

Leos, who had always had a calm expression, trembled, with a hint of uncomfortable anger on his face, and cursed in a low voice, "These damn human lunatics have hoarded more than 4 nuclear weapons! Even if it is only [-]% One is enough to drag the entire non-magical and magical world to hell."

Glancing at the shocked Douglas, Leos' expression softened, he rubbed his brow tiredly, and sighed, "Because of this, if a war really breaks out, whether it is in the non-magical world or the magical world, , everyone will do everything possible to protect and save these madmen to prevent them from doing anything crazy. Therefore, all bad news is only temporary, and the Soviet Union and the ruble will soon stabilize the situation, so don't worry."

"Okay, if there are no objections, let's inform the officials of the Ministry of Magic. The time has come to show sincerity. I think you don't need me to teach you the rest one by one, right? Remember one last thing, be careful. Bullido.”

Leos waved his hands a little tiredly. Saying so many words in one breath was a heavy load on his body.The old goblin now just hopes that he can persist for a while longer, so that he can pass on as much experience and wisdom as possible to the successors of Gringotts, ensuring that the future of Gringotts Wizarding Bank and the goblins will be smoother.

"Don't worry, respected Elder Leos. The Goblin Elder Council has laid all the foundations. If we don't know how to deal with this situation, then I might as well give up my position as the head of the venture capital department to the wizard. We’re here.”

Douglas nodded seriously, straightened his clothes, looked around and said in a deep voice, "Let's go, gentlemen, it's our turn to appear next."

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Gringotts VIP reception room.

More than half an hour passed, and even Dirk Cresway, who was full of confidence before, began to waver. On the contrary, Arthur Weasley, who listened to the analysis by professionals from the "Goblin Liaison Office", saw He seemed more optimistic, and was currently studying the ring bells used by goblins to serve distinguished guests with a curious look on his face.

"I'm sorry to keep you two waiting."

At this moment, the closed door of the room quietly opened, and a capable middle-aged elf in a suit and leather shoes walked in quickly, bowed politely, and introduced himself, "I am Gringotts Venture Capital. The person in charge, Douglas. In order to express my personal apology to you two, I specially prepared some insignificant small gifts for you two."

After saying that, the middle-aged goblin gently snapped her fingers, and a female goblin wearing gold triangular-rimmed glasses walked up to Arthur and Dirk carrying a tray. On the tray were two exquisitely packaged gem jewelry boxes.

Even if the two of them are not sensitive to the price of jewelry, it can be seen from the bright light alone that it is worth at least half a month's salary for the two of them.

"What do you mean? Mr. Douglas." Arthur Weasley frowned immediately and asked with some displeasure.

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Second update! rua~!

Today I want to be a fifth watch loli, no one can stop me, rua~!