Chapter 219: The Magician's Invitation, the World Needs Change

"Distribution?"

Fairy is obviously more sensitive to the latter word than management.

"That's right, Mr. Lampring."

Townsend grabbed a handful of gold galleons and said, "I want anyone to be able to claim the wealth that belongs to me." ”

"This-" Lampring's face showed a look of extreme confusion, "anyone? Guest, what does this mean? ”

"Literally."

Townsend said calmly, "I hope that anyone who is eligible can withdraw a portion of the gold galleons from the vault. ”

He paused for a moment and said, "One hundred gold gallons should be a proper number." ”

The lantern ring opened his mouth wide, stunned for a long time, and held back a sentence: "The guests are so generous, I mean. Can I take it too? ”

Tang Sen glanced at him and said, "If you meet the conditions, of course you can." ”

"On what terms?" The light ring asked impatiently.

Tang Sen shook his head: "You'll find out soon." ”

"And you or Gringotts don't need to covet the little sum of a hundred Galleons."

"One hundred gold gallons is not a small amount of money," the light ring whispered, and then his eyes lit up, and he looked at Tang Sen expectantly.

Instead of selling it, Townsend said, "Since I entrusted this business to Gringotts, Gringotts can naturally get a fee from it, I mean, every time someone comes to collect the gold Galleons, Gringotts can take a portion of it himself-"

He asked, "How much does Gringotts charge for withdrawals?" ”

"If it's a guest's own vault, Gringotts doesn't charge a fee, we only charge maintenance fees and the like." "But if it's money deposited in the Gringotts public vault, it's free to deposit, but it costs 1/1000 to 1/1000 to take it out, which is a necessary fee. ”

Tang Sen nodded and said, "It's reasonable, and it's too cheap." ”

He threw the gold gallon in his hand on the ground and said, "Then calculate it according to one percent of the top grid." ”

The lantern ring became excited, and he snapped his fingers and said quickly: "In other words, as long as one person takes out a hundred gold galleons from the guest's vault from Gringotts, we can get an additional one gold galleon for the fee?" ”

"That's right." Tang Sen nodded and said, "Wouldn't this be a little less?" ”

The lantern ring jumped up and was about to speak, but Townsend had already continued: "Well, based on the peculiarities of this business, I think it is reasonable to give Gringotts another five percent reward, that is, for every hundred gold gallons taken, Gringotts can get six gold galleons."

He hesitated and frowned.

"I hate the number six, forget it, just make it a whole number, it's ten gold Galleons."

He looked at the light ring that was completely stunned and couldn't make any reaction on his face, stretched out his hand and waved it in front of him, and said, "You don't seem to be very excited, is this business embarrassing you?" ”

"No, no, it's embarrassing." The light ring woke up suddenly, and the elf's keen talent for money made him react instantly, and screamed, "That is, I can own a tenth of the wealth in this vault?" ”

"Eleventh to be exact." Townsend corrected, "Moreover, it's not you, it's the whole Gringotts. ”

"I'm the personal manager in charge of this vault!" The light ring shouted reflexively.

"Yes, of course you are." "Just a suggestion, you may not be able to afford the risk of this business alone. ”

"Risk?" Without hesitation, the lantern ring said, "Gringotts is not afraid of risks!" ”

As long as the stakes are big enough.

The light ring didn't say this, but both of them knew it.

"Good." Townsend didn't say much, "So, happy to work together?" ”

"Seeing you today is really the best day of the Lantern Ring's life!" The lantern ring stretched out his hand and said, "I don't know your name yet." ”

Townsend had no intention of shaking hands with him, but said, "You don't need to know. ”

"But. . . We also need to sign various documents. This includes a purchase contract for a private vault, a consignment contract for the distribution of gold coins, and of course, most importantly, a commission for fees."

"No, neither."

Townsend strode towards the outside of the vault.

"This-" The light ring looked back at the suitcase that had been placed in the vault, at the mountains of gold gallons, and then at Townsen, who didn't care about these and walked directly to the vehicle, with an incomprehensible expression that he didn't know how many times today.

"Guests. I don't understand. ”

He stood still, unable to take a step.

"If it weren't for those contractsβ€”"

"You're saying that if I don't sign those things, I won't be able to protect the rights and interests of my wealth, right?" Tang Sen said calmly: "It's strange, I'm not worried, what are you worried about?" ”

"But, in that case, the money."

"It's not just contracts that can bind others in this world, Mr. Ringlights." Townsend got into the vehicle and said, "Money is just a number for me, I don't care about it, but this money is an incomparably huge risk for you. ”

"So, I'm sure Gringotts will do my business with me and take care of my wealth."

"As long as you have a little brain, and are not blinded by greed, then you will soon know."

He lowered the brim of his hat, his eyes in the shadows looking at the ring of lights.

"Gringotts can't afford the consequences of default."

The goblins of Gringotts soon learned the meaning of what the mysterious guest was saying.

The news spread quickly later in the day, first in Diagon Alley, then throughout London, and by the next morning, almost every wizard in the British wizarding world was discussing it, and even the other countries across the Channel had heard about it.

"On the morning of the second Monday in February, at Stonehenge in Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, I invite anyone who has received the news to join me for my meeting, whatever your purpose, whatever your status, friend or foe, Auror or Dark Wizard."

"In order not to cause trouble to everyone, every guest who comes can receive a hundred gold Galleons at Gringotts to reimburse the travel expenses."

"The world needs to change, all for a brighter civilization."

The words were carved into the bar of the Leaky Cauldron Bar, where the magician once stood, and no one could see when or who did it, and the owner of the Leaky Cauldron, Mr. Tom, claimed that he had never seen anything suspicious, as if they appeared out of thin air.

The Ministry of Magic immediately erased the writings, declaring that it was a shameful lie, a trap set by someone with ulterior motives pretending to be a magician, in order to lure people to Salisbury Plains in order to achieve some untold secrets.

However, those who are interested have discovered that the Ministry of Magic, in cooperation with the relevant departments of Muggle society, has blocked the radius around Stonehenge for dozens of miles, expelled all Muggles, and a large number of Aurors have been transferred to Wiltshire.

Some people noticed that the handwriting left on the bar was exactly the same as the handwriting on the wall of the burned villa on the outskirts of the city, where Lucius Malfoy died.

The most important evidence is that at a later date, the goblins of Gringotts personally admitted that an unknown person had bought a vault at Gringotts and stored a huge amount of gold Galleons, and according to the agreement agreed in advance, the goblins would appoint several commissioners to Stonehenge to record all the wizards present, and they all had the right to withdraw a hundred gold Galleons from the vault after the meeting.

By all indications, this is indeed an invitation from a magician.

One hundred gold galleons is not a small amount for most wizards, it is enough to buy more than a dozen brand new wands, enough to travel the whole world on a knight's bus, and enough to consume the needs of a normal wizard family for a few months.

And to earn that money, you only need to go to Salisbury Plains.

London is quite far from Salisbury Plains, but the distance is not difficult for wizards, whether it is apparition, Floo net, or even riding a flying broom, wizards can get there without hindrance.

It is foreseeable how much shock it will be in the entire wizarding world after this news spread, and those wizards who originally admired the idea of magicians and wanted to see this mysterious figure with their own eyes naturally rejoiced, while those wizards who were not interested in the first place, and even those who opposed the ideas of magicians, couldn't help but be moved.

The Ministry of Magic is apparently aware of this, and they are finally willing to mention the magician's name again in the Daily Prophet, stating harshly that the magician is an extremely dangerous criminal, and anyone who comes into contact with the magician, or even helps him, will be breaking the law.

Moreover, the other party paid such a big price to lure the wizards to the Salisbury Plains, it will never be out of good intentions, the Ministry of Magic firmly believes that the other party is planning an extremely bad conspiracy, and it may even be in order to murder and kill the wizards, for the safety of their own lives, the Ministry of Magic advises wizards not to be greedy, because of small losses, not only lose their lives, but also may hinder the Ministry of Magic's law enforcement of magicians.

They shut down all access to the Floo network to Wiltshire, advised wizards to stay at home, and the Ministry of Magic would announce the capture and trial of magicians.

To this end, they also announced that a live draw would be held in Diagon Alley on the same day, and the top prize would be a thousand gold Galleons.

It's not clear whether this series of countermeasures will be useful for the time being, but any wizard can feel the importance that the Ministry of Magic attaches to magicians.

Some people even ridiculed that if the Ministry of Magic had taken this attitude against the mystery man earlier, maybe everyone would not have to worry about the future of the wizarding world. Of course, in response to this kind of rhetoric, the Ministry of Magic has been as tough as ever saying that there is no resurrection of the mysterious man, and everything is a Harry Potter lie.

In short, in such an atmosphere, the appointed day has finally come.

(End of chapter)