Hearing Darren's words, Hermione relaxed a little at first, but then squeezed his hand, as if she had made a decision, "Well, besides, Neville, someone else invited me too." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"Oh, that's pretty much it, let's just say, how could my Hermione not be invited, who is it?"

"Krum, today he told me that he wanted me to be his dance partner," Hermione relaxed a lot and looked at Darren.

"Krum, he's the same as me, he's a warrior who can be recognized by the Goblet of Fire, and he has a good eye, but it's a pity," Darren smiled, "He's too late to have a chance!"

Darren was still very happy about what Hermione told him about Krum, because it showed that in her heart, she had recognized herself and would share what was in her heart with herself, what is this, this is trust!

As for whether Krum will have any impact, first of all, Darren is very confident in himself, he has studied and lived with Hermione for more than three years, has experienced so many things together, and even started a company in partnership, whether it is emotional, emotional, or even on a material basis, he has a deep foundation, if this is not as good as a person who has never met a few times, then what confidence is there at all, Darren is not such an inferior guy.

And Hermione, since Lockhart, she has matured a lot, at least she is no longer a member of the Appearance Association, and she is even more disdainful of the so-called fame, far less superficial than other girls, circling around Krum all day long, and Darren also believes that she will not be coaxed away casually, otherwise, he will not be so hard......

In addition, in Darren's view, feelings are mutual, and just because you like someone, you can't feel that the other party must also like you, everyone has their own independent way of thinking, although they come together, they are constantly coordinating with each other, but this coordination must be based on mutual recognition, otherwise, it is not good for others and themselves.

Of course, everything has to be specific, specific analysis, Darren's performance is definitely not liked by all girls, some people just want to see something, the other party is very nervous, and feel that this is "attention", that is, Hermione, an independent and intelligent girl, is more suitable, perhaps, this is also one of the reasons why she attracts Darren.

When Darren looked back from the conversation with Hermione, he found that Harry, Ron, and Ginny were not idle either, "...... I've promised Neville, and after Hermione turned him down, he invited me, I think...... Anyway...... Anyway, if I don't promise him, I won't be able to go, and I'm not in the fourth grade yet. ”

Ginny said the above with a dejected expression on her face, "I think I have to go to dinner." With that, she stood up and walked with her head down towards the hole behind the portrait, leaving Harry and Ron staring wide-eyed.

At this moment, Parvati and Lavender came in through the hole behind the portrait, "You wait here," Harry said to Ron with a resolute expression, and then he stood up and walked straight to Parvati, "Parvati, would you like to come with me to the ball?"

Parvati let out a string of giggles and looked at Harry for a moment, "Okay, okay. She finally spoke, blushing like she was dripping blood.

"Thank you. Harry said, finally relieved, "Lavender, would you like to go with Ron?"

"She's already promised Seamus. Parvati said, now she laughs with Lavender.

Harry looked like he sighed and whispered something to Parvati.

"How's Hermione Granger?" said Parvati.

"She's already promised someone else. ”

"Oh—who?"

"I don't know. ”

"Let me think about it......" Parvati said slowly, "my sister probably can...... Her name is Padma, you know...... In Ravenclaw, I'll ask her if you want. ”

"Okay, that's great," Harry said, "and let us know if there's news, okay?"

Harry then returned to Ron and sat down in his chair with him, not saying a word.

The next day, it was supposed to be Christmas break, but because of the Triwizard Tournament Santa Ball, it seemed that all the students above the fourth grade were going to stay, and Darren wanted to leave the school, but he was a Hogwarts warrior, so it couldn't be like that.

The people in the Gryffindor Tower were almost the same as they were before the holidays, and the tower seemed to have shrunk because the people who lived in it were much more noisy than usual, but it provided Darren with some cover to keep his attention from being focused on him.

As he left Hogwarts, Darren saw snow falling on the castle and grounds, Beauxbatons' light blue carriage looked like a big pumpkin in the winter, the gingerbread house next to it was Hagrid's cabin, and the Durmstrang ship had a layer of ice on its sides, which had become smooth and translucent, and the saillines were stained with hoarfrost.

At this time, his investment plan has entered the final countdown, because many signs indicate that the Mexican economy has gone terribly wrong, and since the beginning of December, Mexican stocks have fallen by 9%, and this continuous decline itself has provided huge benefits for Darren's financing behavior, making his "ammunition" more abundant, and the operators in charge of carrying out the plan more confident, of course, most of them are not aware of the whole plan except for the most core people......

In fact, Darren's plan is exactly the same as Soros's, to find out the countries with economic problems, judge the timing of the collapse of the other party's economy, and then profit through the financial market, but with the help of those operators he found, Darren has obtained great financial leverage through multiple operations in the United Kingdom, the United States and Mexico, which magnifies the benefits he can obtain!

Mexico has a peg to the United States dollar, with the exchange rate of the new peso against the United States dollar permanently limited to a narrow range of 3-3.5 pesos to 1 dollar, and the exchange rate fluctuations are made up of a fixed floor and a floating ceiling, which allows for an increase of 0.0004 new pesos per day. Due to the increasing pressure on the peso to depreciate due to international and domestic tensions in Mexico, the dollar exchange rate of the new peso has been close to the upper limit of government intervention in December, and the pressure on the peso to depreciate has gradually exceeded the government's ability to intervene......

On Monday, December 19, 1994, late at night, the Mexican government suddenly announced that the national currency, the peso, had depreciated by 15%, which became "the last straw that broke the camel's back"!