"Don't care about short-term gains, Douglas. ”

The elven elder smiled incomprehensibly, grazing his fingers nonchalantly, "The gaze of the short-lived species will be narrowed by the length of their lifespan, just as the ants will never be able to comprehend the power of the fire dragon. Time and money will always be on our goblin side. ”

Glancing at the thoughtful "young elves" in front of him, Leos gently blew away the dirt from his fingertips, shrugged his shoulders and said lightly, "Even, if the wizards really [love] that castle beyond our imagination, then give it back to them." ”

Andy Serkis, who was standing behind Douglas, said boldly, "But, they didn't give the money?"

"We can lend them it. It is paid in five-year installments and then repaid annually, up to twenty or even thirty years. They can do anything with the money during this time and ask us to pay in any currency. ”

Leos grinned, narrowing his eyes maliciously, his thin body as if it were a devouring beast.

"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 more than enough magical contracts to make it all fair. For a long time, it will make all wizards take on debts and risks for us. ”

"Remember, if used properly, hope and time will be the most terrible things in the world, hope can perpetuate people's suffering, and time can take everything away from people. ”

"Of course, there is no need to rush to make this public. ”

The fairy elder waved his hand, looked at the head of the venture capital department who listened carefully to the memory, and said, a gleam flashed in his cloudy eyes, "Have you ever heard of fishing? Douglas, you have to learn to give the wizards a little sweetness first. It's important to remember that we at Gringotts Wizarding Bank have been the most trusted friends of human wizards since ancient times, and at least we need to convince them of that. ”

"Well, there's one last question. If...... I mean, what if, if the ruble continues to fall, or if that Muggle country is destroyed by war, and once this Muggle currency is reduced to waste, all our blockades will be broken, right?" Douglas hesitated for a moment, and asked in a half-joking tone, but there was no relief on his face.

"Huh?!"

As if hearing something funny, Leos waved his hand exaggeratedly.

"I don't believe in prophecy, I only believe in numbers and probability. Gringotts pays thousands of dollars each year to wizarding and non-wizarding scholars and analysts around the world, but the most pessimistic analysis I've seen so far tells me that the Soviet Union will continue to hold on for at least a decade or more. ”

"Do you know how powerful this Muggle nation is? look, it's a statistic we've come up with with a lot of difficulty. To be honest, the wizards were more protective of the Muggle leaders than they were of their own daughters. ”

Syllable.

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

"The total number of troops exceeds 5 million, and more than 10 million can be mobilized to fight at any time, with more than 70,000 tanks that can easily crush half of the wizards, 20,000 combat planes that are much faster than the fastest bashalo 2000 today, hundreds of thousands of artillery pieces, and most importantly, ......"

"Oh,!"

Leos, who had always had a calm expression, shook his body, and his face showed a touch of uncomfortable annoyance, and he cursed in a low voice, "These damn human lunatics have hoarded more than 40,000 nuclear weapons! Even just one percent is enough to drag the entire non-magical world and the magical world to hell together." ”

Glancing at Douglas, who was shocked, Leos's expression eased, he rubbed his brows tiredly, and sighed, "Because of this, if there is really a war, whether it is the non-magical world or the magical world, everyone will do everything to protect and save these crazy people from doing something crazy. So, all the bad news is only temporary, and the USSR and the ruble will soon re-stabilize the situation, don't worry. ”

"Alright, if there are no objections, go and inform the officials of the Ministry of Magic. It's time to show sincerity, and I don't think I need to teach you the rest of the things one by one, right? Finally, remember to be careful of Dumbledore. ”

Leos waved his hand a little tiredly, saying so many words in one breath was also a heavy load on its body. The old elf only wants to hold on for a while longer, so that it can pass on as much experience and wisdom as possible to Gringotts' successor, and ensure that the future of Gringotts Wizarding Bank and the elves will go smoothly.

"Rest assured, honorable Elder Leos. The Council of Elven Elders has laid all the groundwork, and 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 wizards. ”

Douglas nodded earnestly, straightened his shirt, looked around and said in a deep voice, "Let's go, gentlemen, it's our turn to play next." ”

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Gringotts VIP Reception Room.

More than half an hour passed, and even Dirk Chryswell, who was full of confidence before, began to waver gradually, but Arthur Weasley, who had listened to the analysis of the professionals of the "Goblin Liaison Office", looked more optimistic, and was studying the bell that the goblins used to serve VIPs with a curious 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 goblin in a suit and leather shoes walked in quickly, politely bowed, and introduced himself, "I'm the head of Gringotts Ventures, Douglas. In order to express my personal apologies to the two of you, I have prepared some small gifts for the two of you. ”

After speaking, the middle-aged goblin snapped his fingers lightly, and a female goblin wearing gold triangular glasses walked up to Arthur and Dirk with a tray on which were two delicately packaged boxes of gemstone jewelry.

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.

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

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