Chapter 631 Meeting
At 2 pm, accompanied by Franklin and Arthur, Mike arrived at the Ministry of Magic of Ying Country on time to attend the multi-ministry meeting.
Originally, Penelope also wanted to come, after all, the current situation was what she worked hard for.
But in view of her poor physical condition, Mike still forced her to rest at home.
As long as he, Mike, was there, Penelope didn't have to worry about it. As for the grievances Penelope suffered this time, Mike would naturally find a way to get it back for her afterwards.
"Bang!"
As Mike pushed open the door of the meeting, the originally noisy meeting room suddenly became quiet.
Everyone was staring at Mike and his group with all kinds of eyes.
Mike was also looking at them. After looking around, Mike realized that all the participating magic ministries, including Picquery, had arrived.
Seeing this, Mike and others had different expressions.
Mike nodded with satisfaction, but Franklin was a little disappointed.
Penelope's warning letter to Picqueri clearly stated that if anyone did not come to this multi-ministry meeting, or was late, he would become an enemy of the Ministry of Magic of Yingguo.
Franklin really wanted to let him vent his anger for being suppressed and beaten before.
Unfortunately, the other party did not give him this opportunity.
After a rough look at everyone, Mike took Arthur and Franklin to the first seat at the conference table.
As soon as he took a step, the French Minister of Magic, who was sitting on the right side of the first seat, suddenly stood up.
He dragged his fat body and quickly helped Mike open the seat, then pointed his fat face full of flattery at Mike and nodded and bowed non-stop, looking like Mike's senior lackey.
His strange behavior attracted Mike's attention, and Mike's eyes were focused on his face until he finally sat down when cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
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 walked back to his seat in small steps.
Mike, who was sitting at the first position, found something very interesting after further observing these negotiating parties.
At this moment, the conference table in front of him was like a dividing line. The group of Piqueri sitting on his left all looked unhappy and sad.
The group of the French Minister of Magic on his right was just the opposite.
They all had smiles on their faces, and when they looked at Mike, they showed obvious flattery and flattery.
Mike's mouth corners slightly raised, and he knew what was going on at a glance.
It seems that not all the magic ministries participating in this war are hard-core.
There are still many fence-sitters among them.
Judging from the current situation, these fence-sitters should be split apart, with the French Minister of Magic who attacked first as the representative and leader.
But this is definitely a good thing for Mike. After all, if they are united, the compensation issue will not be so easy to discuss later.
'This is really magical and realistic. '
Looking at the French Minister of Magic who was showing off in front of other Ministers of Magic, Mike couldn't help thinking.
The French Minister of Magic seemed to have noticed Mike's gaze. He turned his head and looked at Mike. His expression changed 180 degrees. He suddenly changed from majestic to flattering. He rubbed his hands and said:
"Lord Townley, since everyone is here, then you think it's okay..."
Mike nodded, crossed his legs and said:
"Then let's start the meeting."
After that, whether it was the defection faction or the Picquery faction, everyone's expression became serious.
Because they knew very well that the content of the next negotiation would involve huge interests.
The first topic of the meeting and the most important thing of this meeting was the compensation for this war.
As the defeated country, all the magic ministries on the scene needed to give a large amount of materials to the Ministry of Magic of Yingguo as compensation.
This was recognized by everyone. After all, you can't just pretend that nothing happened after you lost the fight. That would be too much.
Now the only question is how much to give, which is also the real purpose of everyone gathering here.
In terms of materials, Mike seemed very generous.
Although the list of materials he proposed was huge in quantity, it was still within the acceptable range for each Ministry of Magic.
Even if some small Ministry of Magic could not provide so many things and gold galleons at once, Mike was very considerate and came up with an agreement for installment payment, which was extremely considerate.
At this time, everyone had already regarded Mike as a fool. The defectors on the side of the French Minister of Magic could not help but flatter Mike's wisdom, and even the Ministers of Magic on Picquery's side looked much better.
But at this time, Mike finally showed his fangs.
The reason why he made concessions in materials and money was because he wanted more!
First of all! The first requirement Mike put forward was that all the Ministry of Magic present needed to hand over the mysterious objects they received to the Ministry of Magic of Yingguo.
The reason Mike gave was also very high-sounding, that is, the work of receiving mysterious objects was too strenuous for some small Ministry of Magic.
This requires a lot of manpower and material resources, and there is no reward, and even the mysterious objects will get out of control and bite back their masters.
These reasons are all facts.
In fact, when Mike announced the news, all the ministers of small magic ministries cheered.
But the ministers of large magic ministries like the Magical Congress of the United States were not so happy.
Mysterious objects may be just a burden for small magic ministries, but they are indispensable strategic resources for large magic ministries.
Therefore, the expressions of Picquery and others are so gloomy that they are almost squeezed out of water.
But what can be done?
Among the magic ministries present, there were only a few so-called large magic ministries, and some of them had already defected to the camp of the French Minister of Magic.
The containment plan proposed by Mike was particularly in line with the interests of these small magic ministries. In this case, the Magical Congress of the United States and other magic ministries had no choice to refuse.
Because this meeting was originally a voting system, if they refused, then those who chose to support Mike Townley would definitely attack them, or even... start a war again!
This was not what they wanted to see.
Therefore, although they were very unhappy, Picquery and others still agreed to Mike's request.
Seeing this, Mike almost laughed out loud.
But soon he adjusted his mood, stood up and said to everyone:
"Everyone, I don't know if you have ever thought about a question, that is, why did a war break out between us?"
After speaking, Mike looked around at everyone, as if waiting for their answer.
The Minister of Magic hesitated for a moment, then quickly raised his hand and said,
"Because we overestimated our own capabilities! We dared to challenge the great Mr. Mike Townley!"
He spoke with a serious face, not embarrassed at all, which made Picquery 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 say to everyone,
"Because we don't understand each other! It is because we don't understand each other that we are fighting!"
"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 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.
And finally, and most importantly, I hope that everyone can open their doors to the world and create an open and fair international business atmosphere!
I feel a lot about this because I am the top chairman of the Los Santos Group. In my previous business process, I have found many problems. For example, the Swedish Ministry of Magic is the most xenophobic of wizards I have ever seen in my life. They actually refuse to allow 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 company that harms 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 him by various means!
These are incorrect! It is these behaviors that led to the war between us. It also made some of our magic departments always poor! So I think you should know what to do? "
After these words came out, everyone in the conference room fell silent again.
Because Mike's idea of relying on business to deprive various countries of their resources is so obvious that it can be described as undisguised.
You must know that not all Ministers of Magic are stupid enough to think that Muggles are useless creatures.
Some Ministers of Magic have still done some research on the history and humanities of Muggles.
Anyone who has done some research on this will find that what Mike is doing now is basically the same as what the Muggle powers did to the weak countries in the past.
This is completely bloody exploitation, and it is also a more hidden, gentle, and more complicated war.
With this method, the Ministry of Magic of the United States can even take over the entire world without bloodshed one day in the future.
Those small magic ministries are better. After all, they themselves know that the injection of foreign capital will not only seize their resources, but also quickly drive the development of all walks of life in their own country. It is not a loss to exchange these things with resources that are not used temporarily.
But the big magic ministries are different. They are almost mad.
In the past, they have always been the ones who cut other people's leeks, but now someone wants to cut them? !
This is too much!
Among these ministers of magic, Picquery's face can be said to be the worst.
Because she is different from other ministers of magic, she sees Mike's real intention hidden in the dark.
That is talent plunder!
The most valuable resources in the wizarding world are population and talent!
Compared with people, other resources are not worth mentioning.
Because if there is no one, all those resources are just dead things!
The purpose of these overseas student programs and business opening programs that Mike is promoting now is to make the Ministry of Magic of Yingguo the most developed area, and at the same time, let the wizards under the jurisdiction of other magic ministries see the benefits of immigrating to the Ministry of Magic of Yingguo!
This will be a long-term plan, but it can bring a continuous stream of huge benefits.
Once Mike succeeds, the Ministry of Magic of Yingguo will gradually become the place where wizards most want to live in the future.
There is a developed economy that allows people to make more money and enjoy a more luxurious life.
There are the best colleges and hospitals that allow people to enjoy the highest education and medical care.
There is also an equal environment, so that people are no longer discriminated against because of their blood and identity!
This is a slow death for the Ministry of Magic where Piquli and others belong!
With the gradual plunder of the wizard population, one day they will eventually become weak to the point of being useless, and then the Ministry of Magic of Yingguo will dominate the world.
So why does Piquli know so clearly?
The answer is also very simple.
Because this was originally their plan.
In the past few decades, they have been building their international image of an open environment and a prosperous economy.
This move has also achieved very good results. For example, during the period when Voldemort was rampant, the United States became the biggest winner.
At that time, the first choice for most wizards in Yingguo was the United States, which also further strengthened their economy.
Now, everything they have done in the past will disappear, because Mike Townley has directly opened up several key nodes in this plan with his own powerful strength, making the progress of the Ministry of Magic of Yingguo 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 Magical Congress of the United States had gone to waste, Piqueri's teeth were almost broken by her.
But what can she do? Just like the previous mysterious object containment plan, this plan is also beneficial to those small magic ministries.
In this case, she still had no choice but to agree to this only option! At
the same time, Mike was also secretly observing the reactions of the people on the scene, and he naturally saw Piqueri's expression.
Seeing this, the smile on Mike's face became even stronger.
He certainly knew why Piqueri had this expression now.
He also knew that at this moment, Piqueri had to face not only the external worry of the Ministry of Magic of Yingguo, but also the internal trouble of Kled.
Yes, that's right.
Kled is back to the United States again!
According to him, he just loves places with violence and turmoil. The reason why he was not sure to live in Yingguo but chose to wander outside was because Yingguo was too peaceful.
After wandering outside for a long time, he finally returned to the United States.
Because he found that there is no place in the world that is 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.