Hogsmeade, December 7 (Xinhua) -- On December 7, 1997 local time, Zhao Hao, deputy director of the Central Advisory Committee, hosted a dinner in Hogsmeade and invited Rufus Scrimgeur, the British Minister for Magic.

In his speech, Zhao Hao reviewed the new progress made in cooperation between the two countries in various fields in recent years, highly praised Secretary Scrimgeur's contribution to promoting the development of bilateral relations, and hoped that the friendly cooperation between the two countries will continue to reach a new level.

Zhao Hao said that the two countries are both major economies in the world and important cooperative partners of each other. At the end of the month, our leader will pay a state visit to the United Kingdom. China is willing to work with the British side to take advantage of the momentum to plan and promote the development of bilateral relations, continue to develop bilateral relations on the basis of mutual respect, equality and cooperation, and better achieve mutual benefit and win-win results, which will not only benefit the two countries, Asia and Europe, but also benefit the world. China is ready to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with the UK in all fields and at all levels, including commercial exchanges, to consolidate the public opinion foundation for the development of bilateral relations and promote the sustained and healthy development of bilateral relations.

Zhao Hao pointed out that China is further expanding its opening up, and a series of new measures are being implemented one after another, and British commercial enterprises have become the first batch of beneficiaries. We welcome more British companies to invest in China, and we also hope that the UK will create a fair environment for Chinese companies to invest and operate in the UK. We are willing to expand people-to-people and cultural exchanges with the British side and consolidate the public opinion foundation for bilateral relations.

Zhao Hao stressed that the current international situation is undergoing complex and profound evolution. The two countries share the same or similar views on many issues, and the two sides should continue to strengthen bilateral and multilateral cooperation to inject more stability into the world while benefiting the two peoples.

Scrimgeour said that this visit has enabled me to further appreciate the profound friendship between the two countries and the increasingly close people-to-people exchanges between the two countries. Located at opposite ends of the Eurasian continent, the two countries are important strategic cooperative partners. Over the past few years, the UK has benefited from your country's openness and development, especially the economic and trade relations between the UK and China. The UK is willing to further expand the scale of bilateral trade, gradually open up your country's investment in the UK, strengthen bilateral dialogue, and work with you to safeguard free trade and the existing international order.

After the dinner, Zhao Hao and Scrimgeour held informal talks, which were beneficial, and the two sides fully exchanged views on issues of common concern and enhanced understanding.

Zhang Xu, Cultural Commissioner of the Chinese Embassy in the United Kingdom, and others participated in the above activities.

Hogsmeade, located in the north of Scotland, is the only village in England populated entirely by wizards, founded in the late 10th and early 11th centuries by Hanjis.

In a silent world

Flying down

Fluttering sprinkled all over the sky

It's so light

"What did you all talk about tonight?" Fleur asked Zhang Xu.

At this time, it was late at night, and it was already snowing outside the window.

The day's activities are over, and Zhang Xu is preparing to return to Hogwarts.

"One key word," Zhang Xu said after sitting on the edge of the bed and helping her cover the quilt, "that is 'trade'." ”

"When we went to the candy store this afternoon, didn't we see that the candy store was out of stock?"

"At the beginning of this month, various manufacturers in the UK suddenly collectively cut off supplies to Hogsmeade merchants, and they are now only supplying to merchants operating in Diagon Alley."

This afternoon, when Fleur was picking out candy for Gabrielle in the candy store, Zhang Xu heard the news from the boss and the proprietress of the shop.

This is not the only Duke of Honey candy store that has encountered this situation, except for the stores that sell imported goods and self-produced and sold in Hogmodri, all other merchants have been out of stock by their upstream manufacturers. Even self-produced and self-sold stores are facing the threat of running out of raw materials.

"So they want to buy goods from you?" Fleur reacted immediately.

Zhang Xu nodded.

There's no need to hide this from Fleur, as long as Scrimgeour isn't stupid, he won't put his eggs in one basket. Just now, when everyone had eaten enough and started to negotiate, Scrimgeour explicitly and implicitly said that he would greet the Europeans on the other side of the channel at the same time, so don't make too high an offer. In the face of such a huge cake in the British market, if the Ministry of Magic of France and other European countries does not send people in a few days, the name on his household registration book will be changed to Zhang Yiyi.

Zhang Xu pinched Furong's nose and said, "Okay, you sleep, I'll come over tomorrow." ”

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"You have to kiss it to be able to sleep."

The north wind swept the ground

Snowflakes are flying, flying all over the sky

The snow is getting heavier and heavier, and the wind is not willing to be lonely, and it is rampage with the snow in every corner of the land.

Zhang Xu, who returned to Hogwarts, was half-lying on the recliner on the balcony of the professor's dormitory, looking at the snowflakes under the candlelight outside the balcony, holding a thermos cup in his hand, slowly digesting what happened tonight.

Zhang Xu was not surprised by Scrimgeur's visit today, he had expected this for a long time. Behind this incident is not only that he and Fleur said that they want to do business, but also a series of recent events have happened, which has put a lot of pressure on Scrimgeur. It's just that he didn't expect that the last straw that broke the camel's back was the kidnapping of Mrs. Weasley.

Since the division of the British Ministry of Magic into a north and a south, both Ministries of Magic have been working to rebuild an orthodox Ministry of Magic.

However, on the crucial point of the Wizengamot's reconstruction, the Southern Ministry of Magic, with the efforts of Lucius Malfoy, who was good at dancing with long sleeves, had the support of nearly half of the original Wizengamot. If it weren't for the fact that more than half of the former Wizengamot members chose to stay on the sidelines, the Northern Ministry of Magic, which was supported by only a few former Wizengamot members, would have been defeated.

However, recent news suggests that after Malfoy received the support of various capital families, more and more former Wizengamot members began to look at the Southern Ministry of Magic.

In this way, Scrimgeour is under a lot of pressure.

In addition, the capital tycoons who supported Malfoy began to use the commercial weapons in their hands, and some of the merchants who escaped from Diagon Alley have been brought back. While manipulating Diagon Alley to give blood to the Southern Ministry of Magic, these bigwigs also cut off the blood supply to Hogsmeade and the Northern Ministry behind it.

Especially now that the Christmas shopping season has arrived, if Hogsmeade, which is the business card of the Northern Ministry of Magic, causes an economic depression due to the ongoing economic lockdown, it will be a serious blow to the prestige of the Northern Magic. At the same time, as economic activity picks up in Diagon Alley, so does the prestige of the Southern Ministry of Magic.

Under the disadvantage of the other, the grassroots wizards who were originally inclined to the Northern Ministry of Magic will lean towards the Southern Ministry of Magic.

If the grassroots wizards and capital tycoons are on the side of the Southern Ministry of Magic, then Scrimgeour has no choice but to tie Harry Potter to Diagon Alley and let him and Voldemort go head-to-head.

Therefore, Scrimgeour had to open the country to introduce foreign capital in a short period of time, intending to prosper the northern market in the shortest possible time, so as to have a big battle with Diagon Alley in the south.

The Wizarding World Market in the UK was originally a relatively closed market, and local protection prevailed. And the reason why Scrimgeour took such extreme measures to rudely open the country and let foreign capital come in and grab meat in the market was the failure of the rescue operation to rescue Mrs. Weasley last night.

The Weasleys are in a delicate position right now.

In addition to agriculture, Arthur Weasley has a good reputation in the Ministry of Magic, Bill and his twin brothers are thriving in industry and commerce, Harry's trio, who are highly respected among Hogwarts students, are close to the Weasleys, and Percy is quite prestigious among the Aurors at home and abroad. In the diplomatic realm, it is even more subtle, and this morning, Mrs. Weasley's American cousin, relatives in Russia and France, and the head of the second child's work unit approached Scrimgeour at the same time and expressed great concern about the matter.

At that time, Scrimgeour even had the heart to kidnap Malfoy's wife in exchange for hostages.

Therefore, Zhang Xu analyzed that in the face of the opponent's combination punch, Scrimgeour had to make the necessary compromises, first solve one of the problems and relieve part of the pressure.

It's just that Scrimgeour probably didn't expect that, despite being the same wizard, the group of people from the east had a different way of thinking than he did.

According to Scrimgeour's prediction, when he pulls in the European countries, this group of European compatriots, who have been jealous of the British market for many years, will inevitably raise their pig-killing knives and slash at them. So he brought in a certain country in the East in an attempt to use it as a bargaining price with his European compatriots. If the Europeans are asking too much, then I will work with my Asian friends.

It's just that some people who like to go other people's way with the price of cabbage, and finally make people have no way out, after receiving a phone call early in the morning, they don't even have time to eat breakfast and rush to the nearest airport with flights to the UK.

Thinking of this, Zhang Xu drank the hot water in the thermos cup in one gulp, stretched his waist and went back to sleep in the bed, and he had to be busy in the next few days.

In the past few years, he has finally opened a breakthrough in the market of the British magical society. Next, it was time for some of the men behind him to rush towards the breach with the Charge.