The first ripples were in the hands of a salesman at Gringotts' Wizarding Bank......

Gringotts Wizarding Bank, the only bank in the wizarding world, has been run by goblins for thousands of years, where you can deposit money, exchange money, take out loans, or rent vaults, and are known as the safest place in the world.

In the general impression of the wizarding world, every goblin must be a calculating business wizard, and no matter how complex the financial knowledge is, it is a piece of cake for them, as if people always think that Chinese people are kung fu masters.

But in fact, like any normal race, most goblins have some financial talent, but the ones who can really enter the core of Gringotts and participate in economic activities still rely on the Gringotts elites who support the various business departments - and among them, the Gringotts Venture Capital Department and the Council of Elders are undoubtedly the most important links.

Leos of the Gringotts Elven Elders' Council, one of the most radical and dominant senators of the decision-making group that underpinned the two poles of the Gringotts Wizarding Bank, just celebrated his 249th birthday last year and was responsible for some of the most cost-effective investments Gringotts had ever made: the founding of the First French Empire and Britain's first industrial revolution.

Those two attempts gave Gringotts a taste of the non-magical capital, and on the other hand, it also established the title of Leos [Blazing Dominator], who was like a slightly stubborn wise man, guarding the interests of the elves and Gringotts.

Because of this, Leos has a fairly high degree of decision-making power in the high-level meetings of Gringotts, after all, the prosperity of the entire Gringotts today is largely due to the huge war bonds that he used to disagree with the public on several occasions.

With the passage of time, Leos, who has entered old age over the years, usually does not follow up too many trivial financial activities, at most he pays a little attention to Gringotts' development plan in his semi-annual report, and evaluates some super-large investment behaviors, after all, the few goblin directors he has raised are not bad.

However, in recent months, the old goblin has become busy again.

As the most powerful elder in Gringotts, whether it is the Hogwarts mortgage contract, the bet between the ruble and the Golden Galleon, the drastic layout harvest in Eastern Europe, and the challenge of the elves from the division of the Americas...... In fact, all kinds of complex situations are managed by him.

And the current layout in terms of the collapse of the Soviet Union, Douglas, the successor he once had high hopes for, obviously had a problem at the root of his thoughts, perhaps it was the smooth sailing of these years that made the young man forget the purpose of Gringotts, and actually whimsically felt that the idea of human wizards getting their hands on Gringotts shares was something that could be negotiated.

After getting the news, Leos did not hesitate to persuade the Council of Elders of the Goblins, and in less than half a day, he directly deprived Douglas of his position, took over the Gringotts Wizarding Bank again, and became the helmsman of this financial giant.

In fact, the position of head of Gringotts' venture capital department seems to be important, but even without such a person, the operation of the entire Gringotts will not be affected in the slightest, and the managers and employees who are already in charge of their respective fields are still supporting the whole system, and Leos only needs to make some macro decisions.

As for the rest, it is mainly carried out by the two deputy directors of the investment department who were originally under Douglas.

After all, on the one hand, Leos is no longer young and can no longer do everything as he used to, and on the other hand, after being disappointed in Douglas, the old goblin also hopes that through this period of work, he can select a suitable person among the remaining two deputy directors, so that after the incident subsides, he will be promoted to the head of the investment department.

Bogo is one of the deputy directors, and although he is not as enterprising and discerning as Douglas, he has his own unique characteristics as a manager who has been promoted from the elite of countless elves

At least for his knowledge of business details and diligence, even Douglas often relied on him.

Ever since Douglas was abruptly removed by Elder Leos, and he was promoted from a deputy to half a full-fledged supervisor, Bogo had become more and more cautious and meticulous—he had not been carried away by joy like another deputy director in the face of this sudden opportunity, but had become more and more worried.

He knew very well that since Douglas, who was the "Rising Star of Gringotts", would be swept to the end, and the elven elders who were more than two hundred years old had re-emerged from the mountain, it meant that the situation was definitely serious to the point where it could not be underestimated.

In such a situation, instead of rushing to take over the power left by Douglas, it is better to follow Elder Leos's instructions and find a way to help Gringotts through this difficult situation in a smooth and stable way - as the core of the investment department, Bogo vaguely heard some bad rumors, as well as Douglas's "nonsense" in the small dark room.

Perhaps it was precisely because of this cautious personality that one day in mid-January, he found some unusual clues for the first time in the complicated and vast salesman's report.

"Elder Leos, there seems to be a problem with our plan to absorb rubles in the former Soviet Union, foreign banks have invested 14% more than we expected, and the acquisition of vacant properties has also failed one after another......

At this week's regular meeting, Bogo held a pile of reports and said with some hesitation.

Competition from non-magical banks, as well as the investment of the American elves, are all factors that have been considered before, but this deviation is already a bit dangerous, and as for the recovery of bonds through borrowing and the failure of the industry, although it has occasionally happened in the past, he has received several reports in a row in the past few days that the target industry has been bought first.

The financial war about this area is a major event in Gringotts recently, and Leos is naturally particularly concerned, the old goblin took the document in Bogo's hand and scanned it roughly, squinted his eyes thoughtfully, and tapped his slender fingers on the table.

"On the side of the non-magical world in the former Soviet Union, this is normal, after all, no one expected it to collapse suddenly, all the forces are now eyeing this piece of fat, and it is normal for more competitors to appear, buy those industries...... Is it over there in the Americas?"

"No, we checked, it's an ordinary Muggle business in Austria. ”

"Seemingly...... Ordinary?"

"Well, while the vast majority of the employees are ordinary Muggles living in the non-wizarding world, the information about the registrants is a bit strange, and after speculating on various indications, and studying their inflows, we have determined that the actual owner is probably the alchemist with whom we used to do business and possessed the Philosopher's Stone, Paracelsus. ”

"Is it a Muggle business that wizards secretly funded...... Then don't worry about it, after all, the kind of old guy who has lived in seclusion for many years is probably just taking advantage of the chaos to loot some rare experimental materials, and money doesn't mean much to him...... Of course, it will not pose any threat to us, and the real focus will still be on other forces. ”

Leos nodded slightly, he naturally knew the alchemist.

As a few wizards who own the Philosopher's Stone, Gringotts is quite concerned about the movements of these "dangerous" creatures - they are also one of the few "Supreme Customers" with unlimited spending privileges, and they can withdraw money at Gringotts at any time.

Thanks to various factors, Leos knows the character of Paracelsus well, a guy who would rather be single for hundreds of years because he is afraid of trouble, and in short, a super harmless otaku wizard.

If it weren't for his novel alchemy experiments, the wizard would never have made an appearance in the wizarding world.

"The market share is so big, even if we enter the game a little late, but now that we have started to start, with the amount of capital in the Gringotts headquarters, we can definitely occupy the largest piece of the cake - these little things, don't worry too much. ”

Leos explained a few words to Bogo, and then made a quick decision to continue to invest more.

Not to mention that the bet with Hogwarts is not over yet, and there has been no movement from the Ministry of Magic and Hogwarts recently.

Connelly Fudge, as a minister, turned down a strategic contract with Gringotts, but failed to come up with any effective responses, watching the world change like a fool and not knowing how to benefit from it.

And if at the same time, Leos can still snatch the meat from the mouths of the American elves in the market for dividing the bear meat, and inflict heavy damage on those traitors, then he will become the greatest goblin in the entire history of Gringotts, and it may even be possible to erect a life-tall solid gold statue in front of the bank gate.

After the judgment of the [Blazing Dominator], Bogo naturally suppressed the uneasiness in his heart for the time being, and continued to repeat the daily investment work, trying to inject the capital controlled by Gringotts into the fragmented hairy bear body, so as to reach the market share of more than 30% set by Elder Leos as soon as possible.

Half a month later......