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The initial ripples emanated from a clerk at Gringotts Wizarding Bank...

Gringotts Wizarding Bank, the only bank in the magical world, has been run by goblins for centuries. It offers services such as depositing money, exchanging currency, providing loans, and renting vaults, and it is known as the safest place in the world.

In the common perception of the magical world, every goblin is inherently a financial genius, and no matter how complex the financial knowledge is, it's a piece of cake for them, just like people always think that Chinese people are Kung Fu masters.

But in reality, just like any normal race, most goblins have more or less some financial talent, but to really enter the core of Gringotts and participate in economic activities, it is still necessary to rely on the Gringotts elites who support various business departments—and among them, the Gringotts Venture Capital Department and the Council of Elders are undoubtedly the most important links.

Leos of the Gringotts Goblin Council of Elders, as one of the most radical and possessive veterans in the decision-making group that supports the two poles of Gringotts Wizarding Bank, just celebrated his two hundred and forty-ninth birthday last year. He once facilitated several of the most cost-effective investments in Gringotts history: especially the establishment of the First French Empire and the first Industrial Revolution in Britain.

Those two attempts, on the one hand, made Gringotts taste the sweetness of capital in the non-magical world, and on the other hand, also laid the foundation for Leos's title of [Fervent Dominator]. He is like a slightly stubborn wise man, guarding the interests of goblins and Gringotts.

Because of this, Leos has considerable decision-making power at Gringotts' high-level meetings. After all, the current prosperity of the entire Gringotts largely comes from his massive war bonds that defied public opinion back then.

As time goes by, Leos, who has entered old age in recent years, usually doesn't follow up on too many trivial financial activities. At most, he pays a little attention to Gringotts' development plan in the semi-annual annual report, as well as the assessment of some ultra-large investments, after all, the several goblin executives he personally promoted are still pretty good.

However, in the past few months, the old goblin has become busy again.

As the most powerful elder in Gringotts, whether it is the Hogwarts mortgage contract, the bet between the Ruble and the Galleon, the layout and harvesting of the Eastern European changes, or the challenges from the splitting goblins in the Americas... all kinds of complex situations are actually managed by him.

And at the moment, in the layout of the disintegration of the Soviet Union, his successor Douglas, whom he had high hopes for, obviously had problems in the roots of his thinking. Perhaps these years of smooth sailing made the young man forget the purpose of Gringotts, and even fantasized that the idea of human wizards meddling in Gringotts' shares was something that could be negotiated.

After receiving the news, Leos did not hesitate to persuade the Goblin Council of Elders, and within half a day directly deprived Douglas of his position, and once again fully took over Gringotts Wizarding Bank, becoming the helmsman of this financial giant ship.

In fact, the position of head of the Gringotts Venture Capital Department seems important, but even without such a person, the operation of the entire Gringotts will not be affected in the slightest. Those managers and employees who are originally responsible for their respective fields are still supporting the entire system, and all Leos needs to do is make decisions on some macro aspects.

As for the rest of the matter, it is mainly executed by the two deputy directors of the Investment Department who were originally under Douglas.

After all, on the one hand, Leos is no longer young, and can no longer do everything himself as he used to, and on the other hand, after being disappointed with Douglas, the old goblin also hopes to select a suitable candidate from the remaining two deputy directors through this period of work, so that after the incident subsides, he can be promoted to director of the Investment Department.

Boggo is one of the deputy directors. Although he is not as outstanding as Douglas in terms of enterprising spirit and vision, as a manager promoted from countless goblin elites, he also has his own unique features.

At least in terms of exploring business details and being diligent and cautious, even Douglas often needs to rely on him.

Since Douglas was suddenly removed from his post by Elder Leos, and he was promoted from an assistant to half a formal director in one fell swoop, Boggo has become more and more cautious and meticulous—facing this sudden opportunity, he was not overwhelmed by joy like another deputy director, but became more and more worried.

He understands very well that since Douglas, who is known as the "Rising Star of Gringotts," can be completely overthrown, and the two-hundred-year-old goblin elders are making a comeback, then it shows that the situation has definitely become serious to an extent that cannot be underestimated.

In such a situation, instead of rushing to take over the forces left by Douglas, it is better to follow Elder Leos's instructions and try to help Gringotts get through the current difficulty steadily—as the core of the Investment Department, Boggo vaguely heard some bad rumors, as well as Douglas's "nonsense" in the small dark room.

Perhaps it is precisely because of this cautious character that one day in mid-January, he first discovered some unusual clues in the complicated and vast reports of the clerks.

"Elder Leos, our plan to absorb Rubles in the former Soviet Union seems to have encountered a little problem. The investment of foreign banks is 14% higher than we expected, and the acquisition of vacant properties has also repeatedly failed..."

At this week's regular meeting, Boggo held a pile of reports and said hesitantly.

Competition from non-magical banks and investment from American goblins were all factors that had been considered before, but this deviation value is already a bit dangerous; as for the failure to recover bonds and properties through loans, although it has occasionally happened in the past, he has received several reports in the past few days showing that the target property has been bought first.

This financial war is a major event for Gringotts recently, and Leos naturally pays special attention to it. The old goblin took the documents in Boggo's hand and glanced at them roughly, narrowing his eyes thoughtfully, and tapping the table with his slender fingers.

"The non-magical world in the former Soviet Union? This is normal, after all, no one expected it to disintegrate suddenly. All forces are now eyeing this piece of fat, and it is normal for more competitors to appear. The ones who bought those properties... are they from the Americas?"

"No, we have checked, it is an apparently ordinary Muggle company in Austria."

"Apparently...ordinary?"

"Yes, although most of the employees are ordinary Muggles living in the non-magical world, the information of the registrants is a bit strange. After various signs and studying the flow of their funds, we judge that the actual controller is likely to be the alchemist with whom we once had business dealings and who owns the Philosopher's Stone—Paracelsus."

"A Muggle company secretly funded by a wizard... then don't worry about it. After all, that old guy who has lived in seclusion for many years probably just wants to scavenge some rare experimental materials in the chaos. Money has no meaning for him... Naturally, it won't pose any threat to us. The real focus should still be on other forces."

Leos nodded lightly. He naturally knew that alchemist.

As one of the few wizards who own the Philosopher's Stone, Gringotts pays considerable attention to the movements of these "dangerous" guys—at the same time, they are also a few "supreme customers" with unlimited spending privileges who can withdraw money from Gringotts at any time.

Thanks to various factors, Leos knows Paracelsus's personality very well. He is a guy who would rather be single for hundreds of years because he is afraid of trouble. Simply put, he is a super harmless otaku wizard.

If it weren't for some new alchemy experiments, that wizard would never show up in the magical world.

"The market share is so large, even if we enter the game a little late, but since we have started, with the capital volume of Gringotts headquarters, we will definitely be able to occupy the largest piece of the cake—these little things, don't pay too much attention to them."

Leos explained a few words to Boggo, and then made a decision to continue to increase investment.

Not to mention that the bet with Hogwarts has not ended, and the Ministry of Magic and Hogwarts have not had any movement recently.

Although Minister Cornelius Fudge rejected the strategic cooperation contract with Gringotts, he failed to propose any effective response measures, and watched the changing world situation like a fool, but did not know how to seek benefits from it.

And if at the same time, Leos can also grab the meat from the mouths of the American goblins in the bear meat market and give those traitors a heavy blow, then he will become the greatest goblin in the entire history of Gringotts, and it may even be possible to erect a life-size pure gold statue in front of the bank gate.

After the judgment of the [Fervent Dominator], Boggo naturally temporarily suppressed the unease in his heart and continued to repeat his daily investment work, striving to inject the capital controlled by Gringotts into the shattered carcass of the hairy bear as soon as possible, so as to reach the market share of more than 30% set by Elder Leos.

Half a month later...

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