Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 638 Everything is going in the right direction
An hour later, Mike finally ended the video conversation with the Prime Minister of Ying Country. He smiled, nodded, and leaned back in his chair.

In this conversation, Mike has reached a preliminary cooperation with the Prime Minister of England on behalf of the Ministry of Magic of England and most of the Ministries of Magic in Europe.

And as Mike said at the beginning, these collaborations are multifaceted.

The most important point is the exchange of materials and the granting of personnel privileges.

Simply put, their cooperation this time still follows the principles of their previous cooperation, that is, Mike gives the Prime Minister of Ying Country certain supernatural items, and the Prime Minister of Ying also needs to give some supplies unique to Muggles and ensure that the staff of the Ministry of Magic of Ying Country have super high privileges within the territory of Ying Country.

Among the supplies provided by the Muggles, Mike pointed out that a large amount of medicines and high-tech products were needed.

Of course, Mike knew very well that Prime Minister Ying, the old fox, would never really get any high-tech as agreed.

I guess he'd just make some random radio and typewriter crap to fool himself.

But Mike didn't care much about this, after all, he was also planning to do so.

And even though they are just some technological garbage, Mike still believes that with the blessing of magic they can still provide considerable help to the development of the wizarding society.

The same thing may not happen to the Prime Minister of the United States. What wizards need to learn and understand technology is comprehension and learning ability, but for Muggles to learn magic, it requires talent!
Mike estimated that the supernatural items exchanged were at best consumables in the hands of Prime Minister Ying, not to mention some magic books, even if Muggles understood them, they could not cast magic.

In addition, in the details of the transaction in which the British Prime Minister granted privileges to the staff of the British Ministry of Magic, Mike also secured the privilege of establishing a separate shell department composed entirely of wizards within the British Muggle government system.

Although this department is destined not to have much power, it also represents the official entry of wizards into the Muggle upper echelons.

Another difference from the last collaboration is that this time Mike is on the side of the Ministry of Magic, so he put forward quite strict conditions regarding confidentiality.

If Prime Minister Ying violates relevant regulations and causes the transaction between them to be leaked, the Ministry of Magic will intervene to resolve the issue, but Prime Minister Ying will also need to pay huge compensation.

In general, Prime Minister Ying made a profit in this deal. After all, if Mike needed various Muggle supplies, he could just use money to buy them on the market. Even if some controlled items could not be bought with money, there were still other channels to obtain them.

For Prime Minister Ying, this is his only chance to obtain supernatural items.

Therefore, when closing the video, Prime Minister Ying couldn't stop laughing.

But Mike didn't feel like he was at a disadvantage. On the contrary, he felt like he had made a lot of money.

The reason why he wanted to cooperate with Prime Minister Ying was not just for the so-called materials. Compared with the materials, he valued the Ministry of Magic of Ying Country being able to set up an independent department within the Ying government.

Because this means that the staff of the Ministry of Magic of the United Kingdom have a title that allows them to move around in various departments and come into contact with various officials.

Mike had thought deeply about the future of wizards and Muggles before, and finally he found that there were only two ways to solve this problem, one was peace, and the other was fighting.

The reason for this is very easy to understand. That is, when the power of Muggles had not yet completely surpassed that of wizards, wizards gradually opened up the Statute of Secrecy and gradually integrated into Muggle society.

The advantage of doing this is that since the wizards have already integrated into the Muggle society, there is generally no need to worry about all wizards becoming Muggle slaves if the war fails, especially the high-ranking wizards, who can still enjoy the same luxurious life as before.

This can be said to be the safest way, but Mike does not intend to do so because it is too cowardly.

Then the only choice before Mike is to play this one.

And this beating is not random.

In Mike's opinion, the war has already started now.

This time, the personnel he sent out to set up an independent department in the government will be the strongest and most loyal elite wizards in the Los Santos Group.

After arriving at the office, these people will start working and set up an intelligence agency directly under Mike.

The task Mike gave them was very simple, which was to use all possible means to infiltrate the top echelons of the government, gather information and control high-level officials.

These tasks seem difficult, but Mike believes that his men can complete them successfully.

Because wizards have such an advantage over Muggles in this kind of espionage work.

Disillusionment Curse, Silencing Curse, Imperius Curse, Polyjuice Potion...

With so many potions and spells, even a young wizard who has not yet graduated from Hogwarts can easily sneak into the Pentagon, let alone the elite men under Mike.

Mike had reason to believe that within five years, the entire Muggle government would fall completely into his hands.

When that time comes, he can start to use Ying State as the core and gradually corrode the surrounding countries using the same method.

If the plan goes well, the war between wizards and Muggles that Mike envisions in the future will never happen, because by the time the Muggles' technology explodes, they will have already been kept in captivity by wizards.

Of course, this is just an ideal situation.

To be on the safe side, Mike also needs to prepare some other backup plans in case the Muggles take desperate measures.

One of them is to let Victor study mysterious objects and Muggle technological creations.

Thinking of this, Mike sat up again.

He first glanced at the clock hanging on the wall, then pressed another switch on the table.

As the switch was pressed, the magic screen, which had originally dimmed, lit up with brilliant light again. These lights intertwined and twisted together, and soon formed two figures, a man and a woman.

The man among them had white hair and beard and wore a green Taoist robe. His white hair was tied up and fixed with a wooden hairpin. Behind him, there was a cloud of mist and the sound of cranes could be heard from time to time, making it seem like a fairyland.

The woman was dressed like a traditional Japanese shrine maiden, she looked young and pretty, but she exuded a sense of vicissitudes and deepness, making people doubt her real age.

These two are the ministers of the two major magic ministries in Asia.

"Good morning, Taoist Qingfeng, and Maiden Kikyo."

Mike said with a smile. Although he was speaking in English, the communicator he was using at the moment also had a built-in real-time translation function, so the two people in the video nodded. "You too, little Tangli."

Taoist Qingfeng said this expressionlessly. Mike's facial muscles twitched when he heard it. He knew that there was probably something wrong with the translation machine. The Taoist Qingfeng on the other side of the screen should have said something like "little friend", which does not exist in English, so it was directly translated into "little friend".

Resisting the urge to smash the machine over right now, Mike smiled and nodded at Taoist Qingfeng.

When they finished, Kikyo Miko slowly bowed and said in a cold tone:
"Hello, Mr. Mike Townley."

Compared to Taoist Qingfeng's noble but somewhat casual movements, Kikyo Miko's attitude was obviously more respectful. Hearing this, Mike smiled and nodded at her.
"I believe both of you should know that as the Minister of Magic of Ying Country, in addition to the rights I enjoy in Ying Country, I also have the rights to represent many other European magical ministries. These were all won through a war that just ended."

Mike paused before continuing:

"War is cruel. This war has caused us heavy losses, but it has also taught us a lesson. That is, mutual understanding and communication are the best solutions to problems.

So in order to prevent the war from happening again, we have formed a trade organization among the various magical ministries in Europe. I firmly believe that this organization will allow us to better understand each other, and will also allow us to benefit and help each other and recover from the pain caused by the war as soon as possible.

However, the size of this organization is still too small, and its influence is limited to Europe and America.

So... I now sincerely invite the CN Ministry of Magic and the JP Ministry of Magic to join this trade organization! And contribute some intelligence to a certain extent, so that we can create a better tomorrow!"

After saying that, Mike clenched his fists and looked at the two people on the screen nervously.

This matter is related to Mike's plan of global deployment and global interconnection. If the two people in front of him refuse, then Mike will be completely blind in Asia.

In fact, compared to the Kikyo priestess, Mike was more worried about the Qingfeng Taoist.

You know, although the Kikyo priestess didn't show much enthusiasm, the Ministry of Magic they belonged to actually communicated with other Ministry of Magic very frequently and in a friendly manner, and Mike also preferred to communicate with the Kikyo priestess.

Of course, this is not because Kikyo Miko is a nobody, but because due to the excessive Westernization of Japan in recent years, their thoughts have become more in line with each other.

At least the Japanese spoken by Kikyo Miko, which was mixed with a lot of foreign words, could be understood by the translation machine at Mike's side.

Moreover, Neon's supplies were originally very scarce, so joining the trade organization would solve many problems for the Ministry of Magic where Kikyo the Miko was located, and she had no reason not to agree.

But things are not easy for Taoist Qingfeng.

The Ministry of Magic of CN and those wizards who call themselves cultivators are a special case in the world. They are powerful and proud, and their personalities are somewhat similar to those of the wizards of Goose Country, but they are more noble than them.

Their strength enabled them to occupy almost all of Asia. In addition, due to their different cultures and thoughts, European wizards seldom dared to negotiate with these cultivators, and seldom dared to cause trouble in Asia.

This can be seen from Grindelwald's actions. You have to know that his activities back then caused a cloud of terror to sweep across Europe and America. According to his global thinking, he should have been involved in Asia as well.

But in fact, Grindelwald never dared to go to Asia to cause trouble from the beginning to the end, and he didn't even dare to send anyone to negotiate.

So for such a group of powerful people, there is no need to join Mike's so-called trade organization unless Mike can offer enough benefits.

Mike has prepared himself mentally for this. As long as the other party agrees, he doesn't mind bleeding heavily.

Just as Mike was thinking, time passed by little by little. Finally, as he expected, Kikyo Miko finally agreed to Mike's invitation, became a member of the trade organization, and agreed to share some information.

As for Taoist Qingfeng, he did not react too much to the decision of the Kikyo priestess, and it seemed that he had expected it.

When Mike cast an inquiring gaze at him, Taoist Qingfeng grinned and said:

"Mike, it's not impossible for us to join the trade organization you mentioned, including the intelligence sharing organization. However, I think we still need to discuss the corresponding tax rates and market share ratios. What do you think?"

To be honest, Mike did feel a little uncomfortable when he heard such an old man with a sage-like appearance as Qingfeng Taoist say two professional terms like tax rate and market share ratio.

After all, given his image, it is more appropriate for him to talk about all sorts of things.

But this did not affect Mike's decision. He paused for a moment and said:
"Of course, we do need to have a good talk."

As soon as these words were spoken, Taoist Qingfeng and Mike smiled at each other and began to discuss the detailed distribution of benefits.

During this period, Taoist Qingfeng did not point out the need for Priestess Kikyo to step aside. Strictly speaking, this was somewhat wrong. After all, the rules Mike gave to Taoist Qingfeng must be better than those given to Priestess Kikyo. But since Taoist Qingfeng did not mention it, Mike naturally did not hang up the call.

Half an hour later, Mike finally hung up the conversation with Taoist Qingfeng and Priestess Kikyo.

But compared to his cheerful face at the beginning, Mike's expression looked a little gloomy at this moment.

There was no way around it. Although the final result of this negotiation was good and he successfully persuaded Taoist Qingfeng to join the trade organization and intelligence sharing mechanism, Taoist Qingfeng's negotiation ability was really amazing.

He accurately found Mike's bottom line and extorted an astonishing amount of benefits.

This made Mike very distressed.

With a long sigh, feeling the dryness in his throat, Mike reached out and touched the water glass on the table.

But this hard work was finally done.

That's enough.

As he was thinking this, Mike suddenly found a steaming cup of coffee stuffed into his outstretched hand.

When he looked up, he found that Penelope, who was originally lying on the bed, was now wearing a silk nightgown, standing opposite him and looking at him with a smile.

Seeing this, the corners of Mike's mouth curled up. He raised the cup and took a sip, feeling warm in his heart.

Anyway, everything is moving in the right direction.

This is great news.

(End of this chapter)