For some time now, Gringotts has been wrestling with certain invisible nightmares.

There is a lot of optimistic speculation about the identities of these rivals, from the elves of the Americas, from the non-magical world to the mystical probes, to the long-standing prying eyes and greed from the Ministry of Magic.

It wasn't until this morning's Gringotts high-level plenary meeting that the brutal truth that the goblins had been trying to avoid was finally settled - Hogwarts, which represents the top power in the wizarding world, was one of the figures who had been standing behind the fog and calculating Gringotts, and most importantly, Gringotts didn't even have the ability to flip the table.

And Douglas, who accompanied the "resurrection from the dead", appeared at the door of Gringotts, and the Fairy Elders, who personally gave the order to execute, finally reacted, and it turned out that the Thirteenth Elder Leos was the most hidden traitor.

There is no doubt that this is a great reshuffle of the Gringotts faction initiated from within.

The despicable and shameful Leos has once again recreated the investment it made hundreds of years ago, only this time it has chosen to collude with human wizards in a shameful exchange of interests to help it achieve its ambition to take control of the Gringotts wizarding bank.

At this time, apart from hastily ordering the guards to imprison Leos, the Gringotts Wizarding Bank has no other room for reaction, and they also need to deal with the "Mandate of Destiny CFO", whether the other party is preparing to carry out bloody revenge, or helping the wizard destroy Gringotts, in short, the nightmare has become a reality, and it will be faced after all.

It's just that in the expectations of Groin and the other goblins, it seems that the negotiation should not be like this.

The "reborn" Douglas looked unusually calm, neither the arrogance of the victors nor the pleasant bloodlust of the avengers, as if for him, it was just a vacation and then came back.

The middle-aged goblin just sat on the bank counter and asked quite seriously: Gringotts is now facing a run, is there a good way for everyone to let Gringotts Wizard Bank survive this crisis.

Although, this problem may be a little more difficult than before.

"Creating panic and driving a run...... Isn't that your plan......"

The elf elder took a deep breath, trying to control his emotions so that his voice would not tremble too visibly from anger, and his eyes stared fiercely at Douglas's face, and said slowly.

"As the former head of venture capital at Gringotts, you can't be unclear about what kind of impact these things will have on Gringotts, right?

If it weren't really out of the question, how could the arrogance of the Elven Council of Elders heed the demands of a traitor who had been secretly executed by them, and the entire staff moved from the Gringotts underground meeting room to the bank marble hall above for such a humiliating surrender negotiation.

With the breakage of the cash chain, all of Gringotts' properties have gradually begun to be paralyzed.

And their only hope now is that Hogwarts and the humans are willing to return the billions of gold gallons they plundered to the Gringotts Wizarding Bank, otherwise Gringotts and the elves will be completely reduced to the dust of history by next week.

None of this is unlike all the financial investments and games that Gringotts Wizarding Bank has experienced in the past thousand years.

There are no elaborate numbers games, no rhetorical contract explanations, and even the element of luck is just a contributing factor, which is a tower built up through one financial scam after another, and it is the goblins who think that the least likely problems are the simplest bank counter operations.

Therefore, in the face of the first major run in Gringotts' history, almost all the goblin executives and elders came to only one conclusion and one way to deal with it - to find as many gold gallons as possible to survive this run.

Although he was already mentally prepared to be blamed before coming up, with the middle-aged goblin's question, the sudden rise of humiliation and powerlessness still made it difficult for the goblins present to control their emotions.

It's just that the CFO of Destiny doesn't seem to be satisfied with this answer.

Douglas glanced at the desolate-looking goblins below, and tapped his fingers on the counter in front of him.

Is this a judgment from the Department of Venture Capital, or a conclusion from the Council of Elders?"

"This is a joint ...... of the Venture Capital Department, all the top management, and the Council of Elven Elders."

"Oh, it looks like Gringotts really lost this time. It never occurred to me that after stripping away what little adventure and wisdom I had left, the goblins had become so stupid and cowardly. ”

Without waiting for the goblins below to finish speaking, Douglas sighed in disappointment.

"You have to give up...... It's a little too early...... Why not try something else?"

In the marble hall, Douglas's sigh echoed, and the expression on the face of the middle-aged goblin was very serious, as if he was really concerned about and thinking about the future fate of Gringotts, but Groin and the other old goblins turned hideous in an instant.

Why not try something else? There has to be another way......

If anything......

The Chief Fairy Elder shuddered all over, turned his head to look at his colleagues around him, took a deep breath and laughed miserably, his voice sounding extremely permeable, as if it came from an ice cellar.

"Well, then, Dear Mr. Douglas, tell me...... What else can Gringotts do......"

"Actually, in my opinion, there are several ways, and it's not completely desperate. ”

Douglas rubbed his chin and leaned back in his chair, replying softly thoughtfully.

"For example, directly admitting to misappropriating the wizards' gold gallons, and at the same time disclosing the contents of the contract signed with Dumbledore, informing the wizards that their gold gallons are in Hogwarts Castle, although it is a fatal blow to the bank's reputation, but at least part of the risk is transferred, so that the attention of the wizarding world will not be all on Gringotts;

Or mobilize all the elders, high-ranking and even ordinary goblins to contribute their own gold and treasures to temporarily fill the deficit in Gringotts, as far as I know, you still have a lot of gold in your respective secret vaults, if you gather together and barely raise one or two hundred million, you should still be able to do it...... In this case, it can still be delayed for a long time. ”

Douglas shrugged, took the last cigar from his bosom, and played with it nonchalantly.

"There are many ways to deal with this kind of situation, which is nothing more than muddying the situation, sharing debts, mortgaging the future, making up for shortfalls, and shrinking the market...... As long as it can get more buffer time, Gringotts will be able to slow down after all. ”

As a huge financial institution that has been operating in the wizarding world for thousands of years, Gringotts Wizarding Bank has far more heritage than anyone imagined, and if the goblins can be ruthless and take the lead in eating all the losses, then over time, the gold coins that wizards have nowhere to store will slowly flow back into the bank's vault.

It's a pity that when this loss is no longer the main body of the macro bank, but falls on every goblin, this decision is not so easy to implement - the goblins who put interests first may break out before the outbreak of civil strife.

Of course, this is not completely impossible to suppress for the Council of Elven Elders and executives.

"These ways sound like good ......"

Groin was stunned, took a deep look at Douglas, who was sitting not far away, and said with a smile.

"As the 'Star of Hope' who used to be in charge of the venture capital department, he can find so many ways to break the game in just a few words. This is the means that you and Leos are preparing to turn the tide when they covet control of Gringotts, right......? Aren't you worried that Gringotts will find out about these methods and in turn cause trouble for the wizard master behind you?"

"Now that I've said it, it proves that these roads have been blocked. ”

Douglas shook his head and replied with a flat expression, not showing any expression of concern.

"Also, I didn't come up with these things, but the eldest lady prepared them in advance for me to communicate with you, so as not to unnecessarily deplete the assets and reputation of Gringotts Wizarding Bank...... The eldest lady originally reserved two hours for me to explain, but now it seems that she has overestimated Gringotts and us goblins. ”

"Miss, the little half-breed witch named Elena Kaslana?"

Faced with Douglas's explanation, Groin was stunned again, and then grinned dumbly.

"So, you want to say that you're just a mouthpiece, and that all the conspiracies have nothing to do with you?"

"In fact, so to speak......"

Douglas hesitated, spread his hand and smiled helplessly, and said in a calm tone.

"Since leaving Gringotts, most of the business we have been involved in has been staggered with Gringotts' field, and the details of Gringotts are entirely communicated by the eldest lady - apart from a brief accounting calculation, we elves spend more of our time studying and researching some financial books compiled by Muggles recommended by the eldest lady, so as to better understand the future of work. Of course, Albus Dumbledore was also learning. ”

"You, Dumbledore...... Learn Muggle finance?!"

Groin took a deep breath and his eyes widened, "So you don't mean to talk about these plans, not from that traitor of Leos?but the conspiracy of that lowly human wizard cub?that half-blood little thing called Elena?!"

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Chapter 1, Mom!!