Chapter 607: Unexpected Situation
Nothing was said all night.
When he went to work at the Ministry of Magic the next morning, Lao Ma considered whether to add some wolfberry and red dates and longan to his coffee. As a post-50s generation, the body is no longer than when it was younger.
In Hogsmeade, thousands of miles away from the Ministry of Magic in London, Zhang Xu, who had just gotten up, sat at the dining table and flipped through the newspaper while eating breakfast. Last night he proved to Fleur that he couldn't have something strange with his four big sisters in such a short period of time, so he woke up a little late this morning.
Today's Daily Prophet is still full of all kinds of commercial advertorials.
Zhang Xu noticed that in an inconspicuous corner of the newspaper, there was a small piece of report about the recent suspected run on Gringotts. Rita Skeeter, who changed into a vest, added a few words at the end of the report, which was enough for a wizard with a flexible brain to turn a "suspected run" into a real run. But these wizards only have this daylight hour.
It seems that the Daily Prophet is not in the habit of invoking foreign news, especially from the French press, or that it is not in time, and there is not a single report written by a well-known Hogsmeade correspondent in the newspapers of the past few days.
After eating breakfast, Zhang Xu packed up the tableware, put down the newspaper, and came to the living room.
Tonight is Christmas Eve, and there is a Christmas tree in the corner of the living room that almost reaches the roof, this Christmas tree was cut by Zhang Xu in the forbidden forest after dinner last night. Gabrielle, who had already eaten breakfast, stood under the Christmas tree, pouting and hanging various decorations on the tree.
(‵▽′)☞( *˘ ³˘)
Zhang Xu poked Gabrielle's angry little face, but Gabrielle turned her head away and ignored him.
(๑`ε´๑)☜(^ω^)
Switching sides and poking again, Gabrielle continued to ignore him.
(*'へ'*)٩(^▽^)
"Alright, I'll be back soon tonight." Zhang Xu stroked Gabrielle's head and comforted.
Gabrielle, who was angry, continued to ignore Zhang Xu, Zhang Xu had no choice but to scratch the back of his head and go back to the upstairs room.
In the room, Fleur arranges a dark evening dress in front of a hanger.
"When are you leaving?" Fleur, who was scrutinizing the evening dress for wrinkles, asked.
"I'm going to London at noon." Zhang Xu replied.
"Don't go past the fireplace until you get your clothes dirty." Fleur said with satisfaction looking at the evening dress that had been prepared.
"I'll use the portkey." Zhang Xu replied.
Fleur didn't say anything like "come back early tonight" to Zhang Xu, because she knew that Zhang Xu would definitely do it.
In today's matter, Zhang Xu is also complaining about the arrangement of the two countries, how can it be so coincidental that the time for the elderly to visit the UK is scheduled at this time. Then Lafayette set up a state banquet at Buckingham Palace to welcome it on Christmas Eve, and Zhang entered the dinner list as a representative of local students.
However, when Zhang saw that there were wizards such as Scrimgeour, Professor McGonagall, and Rodney Sr. on the list, he was relieved.
And, most importantly, Voldemort and the others are going to do something in London tonight! If there is really an accident at that time, he Zhang will be an important channel of communication between the two parties.
Just as Zhang Xu put on this evening dress with the help of Furong, his mobile phone rang.
In the venue of the exhibition, compared to the previous time, there were very few visitors.
The staff at each booth gathered nearby, munching melon seeds, eating snacks, and chatting about interesting things encountered during this time with the tacit approval of the boss.
A group of bosses also gathered in the big conference room, saying that they were having a meeting, but in fact, they drank tea and chatted, discussing that since there are not many people today, we should close the stalls in advance at noon, and then make a big dinner party in the afternoon, and then each family will have a show in the evening, and hold a gala party on the stage outside, so everyone will entertain themselves. It's been so long, and it's not bad to let everyone relax today.
After all, the situation in China is similar, and in another month, the country will be stuck in a similar situation where factories are closed, shops are closed, and the stock market cannot be traded.
At this moment, a young girl hurriedly pushed open the door of the conference room, and then looked around anxiously, as if she was looking for someone.
"Boss Huang, your sister-in-law is looking for you!"
A boss who recognized the person called out to Boss Huang, who was concentrating on talking to others in the corner of the conference room.
In the conference room, there were several bosses surnamed Huang, but only the tannery came with his sister-in-law.
"Why are you here?" Boss Huang, who walked to the door, asked.
The sister-in-law took his hand and walked out, and said, "Brother-in-law, come quickly, there are many people at the booth suddenly!" ”
The bosses who were drinking tea and chatting in the conference room looked at each other, and the number of guests who came to patronize this morning barely exceeded double digits, why did their house suddenly become lively?
"There must be something strange about this!" The bosses in the conference room thought at the same time.
So a group of bosses decided to step out of the conference room and watch the excitement.
Sure enough, the tannery's booth was buzzing with people, and the bags that had expanded the interior with spells became sought-after.
One by one, customers walked in briskly – even trotting – from the front of the gate, and then came to the tannery's booth, bought one or a few bags at a price, and then left in a hurry when they were finished, without looking at the goods on the other booths.
The staff in the venue were confused, and they gathered on the roadside from the gate to the tannery stall to watch the excitement.
Just as everyone was talking, a new situation emerged, this time with a large number of customers flocking to the booth selling safes and security doors.
At this time, an exhibition staff member and Zhang Xu in formal clothes walked over.
"Everyone come to the conference room and have an emergency meeting." The staff member said to the bosses who were watching the excitement.
When they walked to the conference room, Zhang Xu's parents found Zhang Xu.
"What's going on, something is wrong?" Zhang Xu's father asked his son.
Zhang Xu nodded, and then said: "Dad, Mom, wait a minute, I will announce at the venue that I will mortgage my shares in the pharmaceutical factory, please support this matter." ”
In the conference room, the staff of the exhibition said to the bosses: "The goblins from Gringotts came to us just now, hoping to exchange a small amount of pounds and a large amount of dollars for the gold coins in everyone's hands. ”
Then the bosses present looked at Zhang Xu, and when they were undecided, they needed the advice of him, the head snake.
Zhang Xu cleared his throat and said, "I just received the latest news that Gringotts was hit by a large-scale run by depositors an hour ago. ”