Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 631 Meeting
At 2 pm, accompanied by Franklin and Arthur, Mike arrived at the Ministry of Magic of England on time to attend this multi-department meeting.

Penelope also wanted to come originally, after all, the current situation was what she had worked hard for.

But given her poor physical condition, Mike forced her to stay at home and rest.

As long as Mike is around, Penelope doesn't have to worry. As for the grievances Penelope suffered this time, Mike will naturally find a way to get them back for her afterwards.

"Dangdang!"

As Mike pushed open the door of the conference room, the originally noisy conference room suddenly became quiet.

Everyone was staring at Mike and his group with various looks.

Mike was also looking at them. After looking around, he found that all the members of the Ministry of Magic who were participating in the war, including Picquarie, had arrived.

Seeing this, Mike and others had different expressions.

Mike nodded with satisfaction, but Franklin was a little disappointed.

The warning letter that Penelope gave to Picquery clearly stated that if anyone did not come to this multi-department meeting, or was late, then he would become an enemy of the Ministry of Magic of England.

Franklin really wanted to find a stupid guy to let him vent his anger for being beaten before.

It’s a pity that the other party did not give him this opportunity.

After a quick glance at everyone, Mike took Arthur and Franklin to the head seat at the conference table.

As soon as he took a step forward, the French Minister of Magic, who was sitting on the right hand side of the first seat, suddenly stood up.

He dragged his fat body and swiftly opened the seat for Mike. Then he pointed his fat face full of flattery at Mike and kept nodding and bowing, acting like Mike's senior lackey.

His strange behavior attracted Mike's attention. Mike's eyes were fixed on his face until cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and then he finally sat down.

At the same time, Arthur and Franklin also stood behind Mike's seat, temporarily acting as Mike's guards.

Seeing this, the French Minister of Magic wiped the sweat from his forehead and took small steps back to his seat.

After further observing these negotiating parties, Mike, who was in the first position, discovered something very interesting.

At this moment, the conference table in front of him was like a dividing line. Piquili and his gang sitting on his left all looked unhappy and sad.

The French Minister of Magic and his gang to his right were just the opposite.

They all had smiles on their faces, and when they looked at Mike they showed obvious flattery and fawning.

The corners of Mike's mouth rose slightly. He knew what was going on at a glance.

It seems that not all the people from the Ministry of Magic who participated in this war are tough.

There are still many fence-sitters among them.

Judging from the current situation, these fence-sitters should have split up, with the French Minister of Magic, who launched the first sneak attack, as the representative and leader.

But this is definitely a good thing for Mike. After all, if they unite, the compensation issue will not be so easy to discuss later.

'This is really both magical and realistic.'

Looking at the French Minister of Magic showing off in front of other Ministers of Magic, Mike couldn't help but think.

The French Minister of Magic seemed to have noticed Mike's gaze. He turned his head to look at Mike, and his expression changed 180 degrees, from majestic to flattering. He rubbed his hands and said:
"Lord Tang Li, now that everyone is here, do you think we can..."

Mike nodded, crossed his legs and said:

"Then let the meeting begin."

After saying this, everyone's expressions became serious, whether they were from the defection faction or the Piquili faction.

Because they know very well that the next negotiations will involve huge interests.

The first topic of the meeting and also the most important issue of this meeting was compensation for this war.

As the defeated country, all the Ministries of Magic on the scene need to give a large amount of supplies to the Ministry of Magic of Ying Country as compensation.

This is a point that everyone agrees on. After all, you can't just pretend nothing happened when you lose a fight. That would be too ridiculous.

The only question now is how much to give, which is also the real purpose of everyone gathering here.

But when it comes to supplies, Mike is very generous.

Although the list of materials he proposed was huge in quantity, it was still within an acceptable range for each Ministry of Magic.

Even though some small magic ministries could not come up with so many things at once, Galleon Mike was very considerate and came up with an agreement for payment in installments, which was extremely considerate.

At this time, everyone regarded Mike as a fool. The defectors on the French Minister of Magic's side could not help but start to flatter Mike's wisdom. Even the Ministers of Magic on Picquarie's side looked much better.

But at this moment, Mike finally showed his fangs.

The reason he made concessions in terms of materials and money was because he wanted more!

First of all! The first requirement Mike put forward was that all the magic ministries present needed to hand over the mysterious objects they had collected to the Ministry of Magic of the United Kingdom.

The reason Mike gave was also very reasonable, that is, the task of containing mysterious objects was too much for some small magic ministries.

This requires a lot of manpower and resources with no reward, and the mysterious object may even get out of control and bite back at its owner.

These reasons are all facts.

In fact, when Mike announced the news, all the small Ministers of Magic present almost cheered out loud.

But the ministers of large magical ministries like the MACUSA were not so happy.

Mysterious objects may be just a burden to a small Ministry of Magic, but they are an indispensable strategic resource for a large Ministry of Magic.

Therefore, the expressions of Picquili and the others were so gloomy that water could almost be squeezed out of them.

But so what?

Among the magic ministries present, there were only a few so-called large magic ministries, some of which had already defected to the French Minister of Magic. The shelter plan proposed by Mike was particularly in line with the interests of these small magic ministries. Under such circumstances, the Magical Congress of the United States and other magic ministries had no choice but to refuse.

Because this meeting was originally based on a voting system, if they refused, those who chose to support Mike Townley would definitely attack them, or even... start a war again!
This is not what they want to see.

Therefore, although they were very unhappy, Picquery and others still agreed to Mike's request.

Mike almost laughed out loud when he saw this.

But he quickly adjusted his mood, stood up and said to everyone:

"Everyone, I don't know if you have ever thought about this question, that is, why did a war break out between us?"

After saying that, Mike looked around at everyone, as if waiting for their answers.

The Minister of Magic hesitated, then raised his hand quickly and said:
"Because we overestimated our own capabilities! We dared to challenge the great Mr. Mike Townley!"

He looked very serious when he spoke, without any embarrassment at all, which made Picquili and others laugh disdainfully, and even the guys next to him couldn't help but move their chairs away.

Mike ignored him and continued to talk to everyone:

"Because we don't understand each other! It's because we don't understand each other that we fight!"

"For this reason, I have decided to strongly support a series of sports events such as the Quidditch World Cup. In the future, these sports will also create international events and refer to the Quidditch World Cup method to change the host country every year!
In addition, Hogwarts will also open 20 places for international students every year. Other magic schools must select some third-year students every year for the Hogwarts principal to select. After passing the review, they will spend the rest of their student life in Hogwarts.

Finally, and most importantly, I hope that you can open your doors to the world and create an open and fair international business environment!

I feel this a lot, because I am the chairman of Los Santos Corporation. I have found many problems in my previous business, such as the Swedish Ministry of Magic, where wizards are so xenophobic that I have never seen before. They actually refuse any foreign companies to enter.

Of course, there is also the United States. They are open, but their so-called openness is shady. They have no sense of shame and no so-called credibility. Any foreign companies that harm their interests will be directly destroyed by them regardless of international law, and those foreign companies that meet their interests will be taken away by them by various means!
This is not true! It is these actions that led to the war between us. And it has kept some of us in the Ministry of Magic poor forever! So I think you know what to do now?"

After these words were spoken, everyone in the conference room fell silent again.

Because Mike's idea of ​​relying on business to deprive other countries of their resources is so obvious that it can be described as undisguised.

You know, not all Ministers of Magic are stupid enough to think that Muggles are useless creatures.

Some Ministers of Magic have done some research on Muggle history and culture.

Anyone who has done a little research on this will find that what Mike is doing now is basically no different from what the Muggle powers did to the weak countries in the past.

This is pure bloody exploitation, and it is also a more covert, gentle and more complicated war.

Using this method, the Ministry of Magic of Britain could even take over the entire world without bloodshed one day in the future.

Those small ministries of magic are better off. After all, they themselves know very well that the injection of foreign capital will not only seize their resources but also quickly drive the development of various industries in their own country. It is not a loss to exchange these things with resources that are not used temporarily.

But it was different with those big Ministries of Magic. They were almost driven crazy by anger.

In the past, they were the ones who took advantage of others, but now someone wants to take advantage of them?!

This is simply too much!
Among these Ministers of Magic, Picquarie's expression could be said to be the worst.

Because she was different from other Ministers of Magic, she saw through Mike's true intentions.

That’s talent grab!
The most valuable resources in the wizarding world are population and talent!

Compared with people, other resources are not worth mentioning.

Because without people, all those resources are just dead things!
The student study abroad programs and business opening programs that Mike is currently promoting are intended to make the Ministry of Magic in England the most developed region while also allowing wizards under the jurisdiction of other ministries of magic to see the benefits of immigrating to the Ministry of Magic in England!
This will be a long-term plan, but it will bring huge and continuous benefits.

If Mike succeeds, the Ministry of Magic of Britain will gradually become the place where wizards most want to live in the future.

There is a developed economy that allows people to earn more money and enjoy a more luxurious life.

There are the best colleges and hospitals where people can enjoy the highest education and medical care.

There is a more equal environment there, where people are no longer discriminated against because of their ancestry and identity!
This is a slow death for the Ministry of Magic where Piquerry and others belong!
As the wizarding population is gradually plundered, they will eventually become so weak that they are useless, and then the Ministry of Magic will dominate the world.

Then why does Picquarie know it so clearly?
The answer is also very simple.

Because this was their plan.

Over the past few decades they have been building an international image of themselves as an open environment and a prosperous economy.

This move also achieved very good results. For example, when Voldemort was rampant, the United States became the biggest winner.

At that time, the first choice of escape destination for most Yingguo wizards was the United States, which also further strengthened their economy.

And now, everything they have done in the past will vanish into thin air, because Mike Townley, with his own powerful strength, has directly opened up several of the most critical nodes in this plan, making the progress of the Ministry of Magic of the United States on this plan directly surpass that of the Magical Congress of the United States by a large margin!

Seeing that decades of efforts of the United States Magical Congress had come to naught, Piqueri's teeth were almost broken.

But so what? Just like the previous Mysterious Object Containment Project, this project is also beneficial to those small magical ministries.

In this situation, she still had no choice but to agree to this option!

At the same time, Mike was secretly observing the reactions of the people at the scene, and he naturally noticed Picqueri's expression.

Seeing this, Mike's smile became even wider.

Of course he knew why Picquery had that expression.

He also knew that what Picquery had to face at this moment was not only the external threat of the Ministry of Magic of England, but also the internal threat of Kled.

Yes, that's right.

Kled is back in the US!
According to him, he just loves places with violence and turmoil. The reason why he was not sure about staying in Yingguo and chose to wander outside was because Yingguo was too peaceful.

After wandering for a long time, he finally returned to the United States.

Because he discovered that there is no place in the world more chaotic and violent than the United States!
I believe that with the existence of Kled, the Magical Congress of the United States will not be peaceful for a long time in the future.

(End of this chapter)