Ukraine, Kiev, Presidential Administration.

Kravchuk, the owner of the mansion, sat behind his desk, exchanged a look with his newly appointed finance minister, Grigory Piatalenko, without leaving a trace, took a deep breath and looked solemnly at the old gentleman sitting on the sofa.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Apokalis. Regarding the purchase of Ulyanovsk steel, we are already negotiating with a company from the United States, and the quotation provided by your company does not meet our expectations. ”

The newly appointed Mr. President, exuded a strange sense of confusion throughout his body, as if he had not rested well, with a faint sleepy look in the center of his slightly chubby face, and even spoke a little slowly.

But even so, his answer is still very clear, and there is not much room for divergence and negotiation.

In the face of the Ukrainian president's refusal, the old gentleman in a well-made suit did not have the slightest frustration on his face, and casually played with a small wooden stick in his hand, shaking his head and sighing.

"It's a pity, I thought you would think that a mixed contract with a potato import quota would be more sincere than a simple monetary payment, after all, we all know that this year's grain situation is more serious, who knows......"

"Ukraine is the richest agricultural country in the whole of Europe, and in today's international situation, we generally believe that the dollar has a stronger trade value and ability to pay than a single year's grain imports. Moreover, Ukraine is a credible government, even if the other party is only a private enterprise, we will not easily break the contract. ”

Finance Minister Pyatalenko smiled slightly, flipped through the folder in his hand, and handed it forward.

"Perhaps, we can talk about another deal for the Varyag or other military steel...... If you are in urgent need of special steel for this, Ukraine is not only about warships, we also have a lot of equipment from the former Soviet Union. ”

"No need, the Destiny Group is only interested in the Ulyanovsk for the time being. ”

At this moment, the little silver-haired girl who was sitting next to the old gentleman and was as well-behaved as a little granddaughter suddenly spoke.

"It's really chilling and regretful...... Alas, I understand how to communicate with you. ”

The girl stood up, walked to Kravchuk's desk with a big grin, pulled the letter of intent from the man's hand, and looked at it roughly, gesturing her fingers on it.

Here, the form of mixed payment for grain imports is deleted and replaced with pure dollar settlement...... In addition to the contract deposit, 20% of the total amount will be paid directly in the following month after the contract is signed...... That should be fine, right?"

Kravchuk frowned, looked at the little girl in front of him, and shook his head with a dumb smile.

"Of course, if your grandfather had proposed this plan from the beginning, we might have really been tempted - unfortunately the business negotiations of adults are not so simple, and this requires a new contract. ”

"Oh, I'm sorry, I'm not talking to you. ”

Elena raised her head and glanced at the white-haired old man in front of her, her lake-blue eyes full of contempt.

"Grandpa, please, help me revise the little troubles I just said. ”

"Understood. ”

Grindelwald shook his head helplessly, looked at the contract handed to the girl in front of him, and the wand in his hand tapped lightly, and the handwriting on the contract twisted and began to be typeset and written again, and after a few seconds, a new content was formed.

If he remembered correctly, the contract had expanded from two pages to a dozen pages.

Immediately afterward, the old man sighed, looked at the two Muggle politicians in the office who were rubbing their eyes, and nodded gracefully with the same contemptuous sneer on his face as Elena's face.

"Unfortunately, we didn't bother the two of you because we weren't very prepared. See you soon!"

"Forget it!"

Suddenly, Kravchuk and Pyatalenko's eyes became glazed, their brows loosened, and their faces showed a trance-like and indifferent expression - this was a little after-effect of the Oblivion Charm.

Grindelwald smiled politely as he put the changed contract back in his hand to the Ukrainian president.

"Hello, let me introduce myself, I am Otto Apocalis, President of Destiny Group......"

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Half an hour later......

"Happy cooperation, beautiful and hospitable Ukraine, always welcome all of you of Destiny!"

"So...... About the personnel stationed at the dismantling site, as well as bank loans......"

"Don't worry, Mr. Apokalis! This aspect will be properly arranged within this week! Destiny will soon find that the enthusiasm and efficiency of the Ukrainian people are definitely the most trustworthy in all of Europe. ”

"That's good, thank you Mr. President and Mr. Minister for your reception, then I won't bother you both. ”

Grindelwald nodded, put on his bowler, and took Elena's hand and walked out the door.

If it weren't for Elena's fear of the hidden dangers in the future, according to his character, he would have gone under a Imperius curse a long time ago, where would he have the heart to waste so much time on these stupid and greedy Muggles.

Fortunately, after constantly resetting memories and revising negotiations, they finally achieved the results they wanted.

After leaving the presidential palace, Elena glanced at the signed letter of intent in her hand, pursed her lips disapprovingly, folded it a few times and put it in her arms, turned her head to look at Grindelwald and asked softly.

"You're sure you won't leave any traces of magic, right?"

"Of course, unlike memory tampering, the Amnesia Charm is the most difficult spell to detect—especially the one that immediately erases the events that have just occurred, and no one will be able to detect that they have been enchanted for a few more days. ”

"And the wizard who is guarding them, will there be a problem?"

Elena frowned and asked with some concern.

"Just a crappy second-rate wizard, and he's not going to be around those two Muggle politicians for a few days. By the time he returned to his post, all traces had dissipated, and not even Albus could find a clue. After all, all this is the result of their subjective consciousness, without any coercion and tampering. ”

Grindelwald grinned and replied confidently.

"And in the past few days, we will also have two personnel watching the Ukrainian presidential palace all the time, protecting those two fools from encountering wizards from other countries - Dumbledore's side will also keep an eye on foreign wizards who apply to enter the country, which is not many at the moment. ”

"It seems that the situation is more optimistic than I thought, and I don't need to think about facing the Magical Congress of America for the time being......"

Elena let out a soft "um" and involuntarily breathed a sigh of relief.

"So for now, we just need to make sure that we don't show any signs of wizarding involvement, and that everything looks like it's limited to the distribution of interests in the non-wizarding world, and the International Secrets Act is an interesting double-edged sword. ”

"Interesting, if only I could have thought of that. ”

Grindelwald chuckled and glanced meaningfully at the white-haired dumplings beside him.

"So my dear little Teresa, do you want to go back to school for rest now, or do you want to go see your big ship first?"

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