Chapter 34: I'll make a offer he can't refuse
Calvin happily responded, "Hello, Mr. Diggory, may I ask ...... Cedric Diggory"
"Cedric, my son." Amos raised his head proudly, "Mr. Capet, do you know my son?" ”
Calvin nodded: "Actually, I'm actually working as a professor in the Magical Beasts Protection class at Hogwarts, and your son took my class, and I'm very impressed with him. ”
"Yes, yes, Syd is a good little wizard," Amos began to gush at the mention of his son, "he was always first in their grade, and he also played on the Hufflepuff Quidditch team as a Seeker. If you want me to say, in the future, whether it is the Ministry of Magic or the national team, he will choose. This kid is a little shy. ”
"Yes, yes," Calvin nodded in response, "Cedric is really good, he helps me take care of the animals in my spare time, and I teach him some magic drawing." ”
Finally, Newt interrupted Amos's endless boasting of his son, and Amos led the two into his office.
Amos made tea for the two of them, looked at Calvin and asked, "So is Mr. Capet going to register the magical beasts he raised?" Don't worry, I'll open a fast track for you, and you can do it today. ”
"Uh, Mr. Diggory," Calvin said, placing the teacup back on the table, "I'm here today to convince the Ministry of Magic to establish a large magical beast sanctuary. ”
Hearing this, Amos smiled awkwardly: "Mr. Capet, in fact, according to the "Prohibition of Breeding Magical Beasts for Experiments", the British wizarding world is not allowed to establish a magical beast sanctuary. Didn't Mr. Scamander tell you? This bill is what he is promoting. ”
"That's why I'm here today, I think it's time for something to change in the magical beasts realm of British magic. The issue of this bill, I went to Wizengamot to solve. Newt began.
"If Mr. Scamander had been willing to contribute, I think there would have been a lot less resistance, but Mr. Capet, you just said, uh, to build a large sanctuary?"
Calvin nodded first, then shook his head: "It's not large, it's the largest magical beast sanctuary in the world." ”
Amos gasped and said tactfully, "Mr. Capet, I'm afraid Minister Fudge won't agree to this, in fact, the ministry doesn't have much money to maintain a magical beast sanctuary, let alone you said you want to build the world's largest." ”
"I don't have to pay for it from the Ministry of Magic, a Fantastic Beast Sanctuary that runs successfully is actually even profitable." Calvin said confidently.
"Profitable?" Amos and Newt were both taken aback, Amos took out a stack of parchment pressed at the bottom from the table and spread it out in front of the two: "Impossible, this is the operation of the Romanian Dragon Sanctuary, the Arizona Fantastic Beast Sanctuary in the United States, and the Brazilian Amazon Sanctuary." Without the support of the local Ministry of Magic, it would not have been possible. ”
"Well," Calvin looked at with relish, as he took three earnings reports, "well, these people don't have any business acumen, not even as good as my two students." ”
Newt sternly warned Calvin: "Calvin, you'd better be cautious and don't let yourself go bankrupt." If you don't have the money to run it, the Ministry of Magic won't allocate funds, I know Fudge. ”
Calvin didn't talk nonsense, and took out a roll of parchment from his sleeve that he had prepared a long time ago: "Look at this, the business model of the Fuji Reserve in the Far Eastern island country. ”
After reading it, Newt said with a strange face: "They make money with fantastic beasts? Do you still want a face? Don't take good care of magical beasts, and even use magical beasts to raise them? ”
Calvin's face was a little uncomfortable, and he explained: "Newt, it's not as serious as you said, it's just to let the civet cat accompany the guests to drink coffee." Actually, my civet cat Amor worked in it. ”
"What about this? They used Fuji Firefox to solicit customers, and after paying the money, Firefox would climb up the man's neck and put on a scarf to take pictures. And this Black and White Bear from the Far East, a 4X-level magical beast that was introduced from the Far East, will someone look at it every day when it lies down. Native raccoon dogs and shamans collaborate on a show. ”
"Isn't this pure crushing magical beasts?" Newt said angrily.
"It's just an idea." Calvin pale argued that for the first time, he found an angry Hufflepuff so difficult to deal with.
Fortunately, Amos helped him out in time: "Mr. Cape, I am afraid that it will be difficult to convince Cornelius Fudge with this alone, he is not as friendly as you think." Newt agrees with Amos.
Calvinmo rubbed his chin and didn't take this fudge seriously: "I don't need this minister to pay for it, I don't need this minister to send people, I just need him to give me authorization." ”
Amos shook his head: "Mr. Capet, you better be prepared for failure. Fudge seems to be a kind and generous man, but at heart he is obsessed with money, status, and power. ”
"And he's said to be faithful to the pure-blood theory, I remember you were Muggle-born, Calvin." Newt added.
"It's not that Fudge is said to have gotten close to several pure-blood families and received large donations from them. Fudge publicized this as his political achievement, and under his influence, several laws were introduced in favor of pure-blood families. ”
"Yes, a true believer in the pure-blood theory?" Calvin picked up the teacup, crossed Erlang's legs, gently blew open the tea leaves floating on the water, and took a sip of tea, "Then I will give him a condition that he can't refuse." ”
Calvin put the teacup back on the table, a faint sneer flowed from the corner of his mouth, and Amos shuddered when he looked at it: "Two gentlemen, when will I meet this British Minister of Magic, I am very interested in him now." ”
Amos was now a little confused about the Fantastic Beasts master, and he glanced at Newt. Newt nodded to him, and Amos hesitated for a moment before deciding, "I'll contact Minister Fudge." ”
With that, he took a piece of parchment, wrote the reason, folded it into a paper airplane and flew out.
Newt pretended to be relaxed and said: "In the past, owls were used to transmit information, but then everyone couldn't stand tons of owl droppings and bad smells, so they switched to paper airplanes to deliver messages. ”
Calvin regained his gentle gentlemanly demeanor just now, and smiled: "Very clever approach, but if it were handed over to me, I would choose to use alchemy items to complete the delivery of the message." ”
Soon, a paper airplane flew back. Amos unfolded the parchment, glanced at it quickly, and said, "Let's go, the Assistant Senior Minister of the Ministry of Magic wants to see us." ”