Chapter 487: Do You Want to Live?
Hogwarts, Headmaster's Office.
When Elena arrived, it seemed that a round of discussion had just ended in the room.
She unfastened her Quidditch cape, hung it on the wooden pole next to the Phoenix Fawkes bird stand, and quickly glanced around the people sitting in the room, the two Gringotts elves, Dumbledore, and Grindelwald......
The frames of the previous principals hanging on the walls were covered with a dark purple curtain at this time, leaving no gaps.
"Looks like something big has happened?"
Elena expertly walked over to the small square table to the right of the principal's office, poured herself a cup of hot tea, then found a soft armchair and sat down, took a comfortable sip, and put down the teaglass.
There is no doubt that from the moment she saw the Gringotts goblins, Elena knew that harvest season had arrived.
Although, strictly speaking, according to history, the sudden death of the hairy bear should be a month later on Christmas Day, the collapse of a huge alliance could never have happened overnight.
Judging by the wrinkled green faces of the two Gringotts goblins, the well-informed Gringotts had clearly smelled something ominous.
However, compared to the sensitivity to the news of financial changes in the industry, the cunning and arrogant goblins have always been very bad at looking at people, and looking at the silver-haired little witch who walked into the room, a trace of shame appeared on the face of the old goblin Leos.
"That's what you said, Professor Dumbledore...... Particularly important counselors?"
"Yes, Miss Caslana is the most important part of the whole collaboration, and she is also the main person responsible for the negotiations with Gringotts, and her opinion will have a crucial impact on the position of Hogwarts. ”
Dumbledore smiled and nodded, "So, please repeat to her what I just said." ”
The old elf turned his head and glanced at the white-haired balls that were about as tall as it, and the wrinkles on his face twitched.
"Professor Dumbledore, you may not realize the seriousness of the matter!"
"In less than a week, the Russian Muggle leaders are about to issue a series of extremely stupid presidential decrees, and there is not much time left for us to deal with it, if you want to refuse or talk about it later, you can say it clearly, there is no need to use a wizard cub who doesn't understand anything as a shield to fool us!"
...... Doesn't understand anything, wizard cub?
The corners of Elena's mouth twitched, and she was ignored.
However, this is also normal, in the eyes of most Gringotts elves, they are just Dumbledore's agents.
Whether it is signing a contract or passing the word, the mastermind behind it will only be Albus Dumbledore, the top wizard in the wizarding world, not a weak, poor, and helpless little guy like her, which is also the light and dark strategy she and Dumbledore discussed before this.
It's a pity......
The situation is no longer the same.
"What a pity, Mr. Leos!"
Elena shook her head disapprovingly, looked at the old goblin not far away, and said softly.
"It's been so long that Gringotts doesn't even seem to be able to figure out who the real person to negotiate with me can't help but be amazed, it's amazing that the financial system of the wizarding world hasn't collapsed at your hands. ”
According to her agreement with Dumbledore, once the hairy bear enters the countdown to collapse, all important decisions need to be judged by her, and she will never be left behind and made decisions according to Dumbledore's own logic.
In the face of such major events that often involve billions of currencies and even human life, any wave from the outside may completely disintegrate the unknown vortex of the world, and the woolly bear itself is the most terrifying existence, and it has the ability to drag the entire world to destruction.
Elena doesn't want to let the originally "euthanized" hairy bear suddenly go to another uncontrollable fork in the road in this last time because of her flapping butterfly wings, leading to an all-out war that no one can be spared.
Thankfully, it is not difficult to explain this concern......
In this day and age, it may be difficult to imagine an unbreakable alliance that would disappear overnight, but it is easy to imagine what a terrible situation would be if World War III, with the United States and the Soviet Union as the protagonists, broke out.
"Huh? You...... You pretended to be before?!"
Fairy Elder Leos turned his head, looked at Elena, who was completely different from before in terms of temperament and tone, and then looked at Dumbledore with a calm face, and his pupils suddenly contracted.
"I see, then why do you choose the showdown now to continue to hide behind the scenes, isn't it......"
"Because, it's no longer necessary. ”
Elena smiled slightly, took a sip of the teacup elegantly, and said unhurriedly.
"Time is money, my friend. These unimportant things are put aside for the time being...... Let's get down to business, what kind of sincerity are you Gringotts prepared to give in exchange for Hogwarts' help?"
"Pay...... Sincerity?!"
Leos narrowed his eyes, paused heavily on the floor with his cane, and said in a cold voice.
"This young lady, you may not understand the seriousness of the matter! This is also normal, because you are not yet aware of the major changes that are about to take place in the east! According to reliable sources from Gringotts......"
"I'm sorry, it's you who don't understand! Looks like I need to help you speed up the script a bit. ”
Elena raised her hand and waved, interrupting the old elf's performance with some impatience, the corners of her mouth raising a playful arc.
Perhaps, she should have helped the old elf figure out her place more quickly instead of wasting her time on pointless fooling and nonsense, after all, she was still waiting to go back and celebrate the victory with the wings.
"Let me guess...... Gringotts rushed to Hogwarts, and you were about to tell me that Russian leader Boris Yeltsin was about to announce dozens of presidential decrees next week. ”
The core of these presidential decrees is nothing more than that Russia will take over a series of powers belonging to the central financial sector of the Soviet Union, including the precious metal production sector, and that the Central Bank of Russia will take over the National Bank of the USSR and the Bank for Foreign Economic Affairs, and will hold the monetary power of the Union. ”
"I'm right, right? Your expression seems to be more detailed than what Gringotts knows?"
The silver-haired little witch paused, looked at the old elf in front of her with interest, and suddenly a strange question came to her mind, as a magical creature, goblins should not be prone to heart disease, right?
Hogwarts, who already knows all this?!
How is it possible that Gringotts is more detailed than they are?!
Leos was shocked in his heart, and looked at the little witch in front of him in disbelief, the expression on his face changed unpredictably.
Clearly, there had been a major flaw in the Gringotts Elven Elders' Council's previous investigation.
Perhaps as early as the moment of the Hogwarts mortgage incident, a large net that had been planned for a long time had shrouded the entire Gringotts Goblin Bank, and this was by no means an analysis and intelligence acquisition that could be done by one person or two people.
In this era when intelligence is extremely difficult to obtain, even the Gringotts elves have paid a huge price to barely maintain their global news lead, and news lead is only the first step.
In Leos's experience, it would take hundreds of financial experts to find the most important one from the thousands of pieces of information and accurately analyze the consequences of it, and it would take hundreds of financial experts to work day and night, and Gringotts' previous assessment of the wizarding world should not be able to do so today.
"Huh, surprised...... So, I'll move on. ”
Elena glanced at the old goblin, whose mouth was comically wide open, like a big green toad, and whispered.
"If this decree is really implemented, the most direct result will be that the credit guarantor of the ruble, the currency, will change from the Soviet Union to Russia, and the worst result will be, of course, a large-scale devaluation...... The premise is that there can be no war, otherwise it is not even as good as waste paper. Speaking of which, I heard that Gringotts seems to have been hoarding a lot of rubles lately?"
"As for what you just said that we are going to suffer a crisis, I am sorry, you may have misunderstood something. ”
"From beginning to end, it was you, not us, who suffered the devastating disaster. ”
"Now, let's get back to the original question......"
Elena licked her lips lightly, her legs folded and her right foot folded, revealing a demonic smile. (Fig.jpg)
"Gringotts Goblin Bank, have you done what you deserve?"
"For the sake of ...... Keep living?"
Goo~There's only one chapter today.,It's just a big chapter~.
After sorting out the plot a little, it's not a big problem, because the plot at the end of this volume has actually been written a long time ago, and now it's just a little bit of a review from the draft box, and by the way, modify and revise ~
Well, the fat chicken is a little worried that it may be a little hard and difficult to understand, but I can only write it head-on~ I hope it can live up to everyone's expectations~ bow and bow~ and apologize for showing my little feet~