Diagon Alley, London, Gringotts Wizarding Bank.

Leos made his way through the crowded banking halls, clutched his cane, and walked briskly to the entrance to the underground.

Moments later, it appeared in a palatial underground structure.

Countless goblins were busy calculating in this space, each goblin with exhaustion and anxiety written on their faces.

Gringotts Wizarding Bank, Venture Capital Department.

This is the brain and heart of Gringotts, where more than 90% of Gringotts' decisions are discussed, calculated, and finally executed, and where the elves have mastered the core financial wisdom.

"Elder Leos, you're back, what's the result?"

Seeing the figure of the old elf elder appear at the entrance, the trainee elf assistant standing by the door bowed his head respectfully and asked softly in an expectant tone - all the elves knew what Leos's task was today.

"Oops, terrible!"

Leos looked up, glanced at the apprentice by the door, and threw out a pure gold fairy emblem.

"Tell everybody to stop what they're doing, and then, hold an all-executive meeting!"

A few minutes later, in the middle of a huge conference room.

Douglas, one of the directors of the venture capital department, tapped his fingers on the table and squinted at Leos beside him.

"So, what's going on, Elder Leos? So much so that you need to use your Elder Authority to temporarily freeze all business progress on the Soviet side - you know, because of your decisions, we're losing every minute!"

"We have been tricked by human wizards, this mortgage contract is meaningless!"

Leos the fairy took a deep breath, slammed the roll of parchment in his hand on the table, and said with a hideous face.

"From the beginning, they weren't going to pay back the loan! Slytherin's castle had long been leased to Hogwarts, a bronze nat, for a perpetual period of ...... Buying and selling does not break the lease, heh, use the laws made by human beings themselves to exploit the loopholes in this contract!"

"I don't understand, it's not a problem—as long as we have legal ownership of the land, we can get back the right to use it, even if we pay ten times the liquidated damages, or only ten copper coins. ”

Douglas raised an eyebrow, his face full of confusion and eccentricity.

Although he is a little older and hasn't been in contact with business on the front line for a long time, as a member of the Gringotts Elven Elders' Council, Elder Leos can't even think of this basic trading rule, right?

Unless......

Douglas's face changed, and the pipe in his hand trembled.

"Pay liquidated damages, take back the right to use, and don't forget that there is also that law!"

The old elven elder grinned, revealing sharp yellow teeth, and his wrinkled face was full of cruelty.

"Ever since we lost the Elven War hundreds of years ago, human wizards have forced Gringotts elves to sign the rules that goblins are not allowed to own their own real estate except for the Gringotts Wizards Bank, elves are not allowed to engage in any trade other than banking, and elves are forced to seize wizards' property and territory for any reason......"

Sure enough, the more powerful the wizard, the more skilled he is at using these rules.

Because these laws of inequality were signed by generations of human wizards and powerhouses in war, there is no reason why Albus Dumbledore, the patron saint of the wizarding world today, would forget those ancient victories.

"There is no doubt that Hogwarts' mortgage is undoubtedly an irretrievable loss. ”

After a moment of silence, Douglas looked around at the goblins who were still denouncing the treachery of human wizards, tapped the table with the pipe in his hand, turned his head to look at Leos, and asked in a deep voice.

"And what about the rest...... Did Dumbledore say what the price we need to pay to convince the wizarding world to come to the rescue and avoid Gringotts' second loss to a stupid Muggle leader?"

"Of course ......"

Leos sneered, a hideous look on his old face.

"The arrogant and arrogant human wizards have offered to take half of Gringotts' stake in them as a reward for interfering in the internal affairs of the non-magical world...... And there is no guarantee of success. It's simply ......"

"Is it just half of the shares? I think that's acceptable. ”

Before the old goblin could finish speaking, Douglas nodded thoughtfully, "Maybe we can talk about reducing the equity exchange ratio to about 30% by exchanging some other resources." ”

"Douglas, what do you mean by that?!"

Hearing the words of the middle-aged head of the venture capital department, Leos narrowed his eyes and asked gloomily.

"Are you trying to sell Gringotts in exchange for being a dog under a human wizard?, don't forget who you are, or do you want to be like the traitors in the Americas and become a puppet of the wizarding world?!"

At the same time, the entire conference room fell silent in an instant.

The goblins, who were still arguing and insulting, stopped talking and turned to look at the head of the investment department who was sitting at the head of the conference room, their eyes shining with wonder and annoyance.

"Sorry, it seems to me that this is precisely for the future of Gringotts and the elves. ”

Faced with the hostility that permeated the room, Douglas shrugged his shoulders and said unhurriedly.

"Over the past few months, I've re-analyzed the information that happened in both the non-magical and magical worlds, and it's clear that the likelihood of the collapse of the Soviet Union has risen from near zero to a non-negligible probability in my new model. ”

"There's no doubt that the goblins in the Americas are right! Once more than half of the capital from the non-magical world has been digested, they will continue to expand at a rate unimaginable to us, eventually up to the annexation of Gringotts. ”

"In order to prevent the elves from becoming a second house-elf, we must find a solution before we can do so—both to contain the traitors who have submitted to the Magical Congress of the United States, and to find a way to resist the wizards......"

"Hmph! let me guess ......"

The corners of Leos's mouth twitched, and his eyes became more and more indifferent.

"The solution that our clever Mr. Director has come up with is to surrender a little faster than those traitors?"

"It's not capitulation, it's cooperation. We need allies!"

Douglas shook his head and replied in a firm tone.

"The calculations and deductions of the past few months, as well as the information you have brought today, have strengthened my idea - only wizards can fight wizards, and pure goblins have no chance of winning against wizards. ”

After a slight pause, Douglas stood up and looked at Leos and the elven executives around him.

"If the wizards want equity, give it to them! Only by making their interests fully linked to ours will they be motivated to pay the price to help us...... I have analyzed, as soon as the USSR collapses, then we are quite ......"

"Shut up this traitor!"

Leos slapped the table hard and interrupted Douglas with a loud roar.

"Douglas, from now on, you are suspended! and your advisory group, all suspended! In the meantime, the Council of Elders of Gringotts will take over your previous work - the elves will never compromise with human wizards and traitors, and the war has begun!"

————

————

Today's chapter ~Good night goo~