Hogwarts: I am Voldemort - Chapter 516

c516 Restoration of order

Bella and Neville’s speeches and departure brought the discussion to a brief pause.

Both parties went to a small conference room to rest. While adjusting their strategies, they also relaxed the tension just now.

“Knock knock knock.”

There was a knock on the door at the Ministry of Magic, and Percy shouted in confusion to come in.

The door opened, and surprisingly, it was England’s Chancellor of the Exchequer who walked in.

“Is the meeting going to start again?” Percy asked doubtfully.

He couldn’t help but wonder, even if the meeting resumed, there would be no need for someone with such a high status to call them.

“No, not really, just some personal issues.”

The fat Chancellor of Finance narrowed his eyes and asked with a smile on his face.

Not wanting to hit the smiling man, Percy couldn’t directly drive him away when facing the finance minister whose face turned into a smile.

“What’s the problem?” Percy asked in a strange atmosphere.

“That’s right, uh… what Ms. Bella just said, about the Dark Lord’s revenge, uh… can’t be true, right?”

The finance minister hesitated and asked about the purpose of his trip.

Sure enough, rich people are afraid of death. The finance minister explained this sentence vividly.

“It’s hard to say. You know, the Dark Lord’s will often overrides the Ministry of Magic.” Percy did not give a definite answer, but he also did not give a negative answer.

This wasn’t because he was a thief, but because he really didn’t know what the Dark Lord would do.

“But… that was done by MI7, so… you also know that we can’t control them, so… isn’t it…”

The finance minister hesitated several times, but finally did not go too far.

After all, if this matter spreads, it will be good or bad.

But he was really a little scared, not only him, but also several other ministers.

That was the Dark Lord, the being who plowed a restricted area of ​​life in the British Isles.

If he is resurrected and comes straight here, these ministers don’t think they can handle it.

“Well…it’s indeed an issue with MI7, but you have to know that the Dark Lord’s revenge is never reciprocal. Generally speaking, he likes to charge more interest,” Percy said.

“Interest?” The finance minister widened his eyes, “You can’t use it on us…hey…are there any similar examples? You know we don’t know that much about the Dark Lord.”

Percy thought for a moment and said, “When the Dark Lord’s mother was in decline, she was defrauded of an ancestral item by a pure-blood family that had been doing business for generations. In the end, that family became an affiliated family of the Dark Lord, which was better than slaves, but It’s also limited.”

“The Dark Lord… Your Majesty, how many affiliated families does he have?” the finance minister asked hesitantly.

“On this one, Your Majesty doesn’t seem to like to restrain others.” After Percy finished speaking, he added after a moment’s pause, “Of course, there are exceptions if there is a grudge.”

The finance minister opened his mouth, but nothing came out.

Finally, he took a long breath, forced a smile, and left dejectedly.

“Do you think he will resign?”

After the door closed, Percy looked at Hermione and asked.

“Probably not. If you resign at this time, your political career will be completely over.” Hermione said thoughtfully.

“If you don’t resign, you may really die.” Percy shook his head and said.

“The Dark Lord is really planning to attack here?” Hermione asked with her eyes widened in surprise.

“His Majesty?”

Percy looked at Hermione in confusion, and then realized that the other party had misunderstood what he meant, so he quickly explained, “No, it’s not His Majesty who wants to attack, but me.”

His explanation surprised Hermione even more than his direct statement that Voldemort was going to attack.

“You were not involved in the battle to protect the Ministry of Magic Building, Hermione. You have no idea what we lost then.”

After Percy finished speaking, he waved his hand to indicate that he didn’t want to discuss this topic anymore.

Hermione nodded to indicate that she really didn’t want to discuss this topic anymore.

There was silence in the conference room for a while, and everyone began to discuss the details of the terms again to prepare for the next negotiation.

Not long after, someone knocked on their door again, this time finally asking them to continue the meeting.

Because of the previous episode, the British government made some compromises.

Among these compromises, the most important was the choice of address, and they finally stopped playing tricks on it.

Because of these compromises, the exchanges between the two parties became more and more friendly, but in the end, there were still two issues on which consensus could not be reached.

One is the issue of management personnel, and the other is the issue of taxation.

In terms of management personnel, wizards insist on being managed by people from the wizarding world, because most of the shops here must be opened by wizards.

Prime Minister Blair has a different view on this. He believes that wizards will also like Muggle gadgets.

As for the tax issue, the British government insists that the amount and attribution must be determined.

The wizards didn’t want to get entangled in this matter, but the problem was that if they compromised, it would probably make the other party gain more ground, so they had no choice but to persist.

These two issues have stuck both parties here.

Meetings were held for several days. The British media and the wizarding media were all paying attention nervously, but the results were still not available.

In the end, the Queen appeared in person, and regarding the management staff, wizards and Muggles jointly managed the place, and the specific management methods were negotiated.

As for tax issues, the Queen has resorted to a drag-and-drop tactic.

There are tax provisions, but the specific content will be discussed by the two kings after the Dark Lord is resurrected.

This is a result that neither party is too satisfied with, but both can accept.

At this point, the Mawu Special Zone proposal has been officially passed, and then comes the specific implementation.

But that was already a side detail. The moment the proposal was passed, major media began to report on it.

Reuters claimed: This will be another way for Ma and Wu to get along with each other besides war.

The News Agency claimed: Order is being reestablished, and the wizarding world will return to the human world.

AFX News Generation: A shot in the arm in a weak economy, and the global economy has it to thank.

Several major media outlets in the UK are doing mostly positive reports.

After all, it is a newly approved proposal by the country, and it is a very positive proposal. There is no reason to deny it as soon as it comes up.

However, a tabloid like The Sun published a scary headline:

Call me a muggle – the government of England has crowned wizards.

This kind of headline naturally made the Sun a lot of money once again, and there was nothing the British government could do about it.

Freedom of speech is there, and all they can do is let the media in a few countries speak out.

But the public obviously prefers [The Sun]’s argument, which is enough to attract attention at least when bragging and discussing it with friends.

It was just a piece of chicken feathers left to the British government, but it was not their business.

Compared with the chaos on the Muggle side, the opinions of the wizarding world are surprisingly unified.

Whether they are pure blood or mixed blood, they all think this is a good thing.

The former can get a share of the special zone, while the latter can see the dawn of peace.

Therefore, Percy, the Minister of Magic, has gained the favor of everyone in the wizarding world.

Some people even say that this is the best minister that has appeared in the Ministry of Magic in the past hundred years.

Faced with this argument, Percy did not get carried away. He still carefully implemented everything in the special zone.

The title of the most workaholic in the Ministry of Magic still belongs to him.