Chapter 714 Let the World Feel the Pain
August 31, 1992.
The cloudless sky above St. Petersburg was so clear that it was almost unreal.
People walked out of their houses one after another and walked through the slightly cooler streets. It has been almost eight months since the disintegration of the Soviet Union. The bright red hammer and sickle flag has long since become history. The enemy of life has left no one with time to stop. Looking back.
Fortunately, the depreciation of the ruble was not as rapid as people imagined.
With the entry of [Destiny Group] and some scattered foreign banks and enterprises, these kind-hearted international friends from foreign countries accepted and acquired a large number of rubles and light and heavy industries. Among them, those at the bottom of the financial transaction chain The grain trade has extremely powerfully supported the crumbling ruble system, allowing it to still be called currency.
On the other hand, Bank of America's high interest commitments and unbelievably generous financial returns have allowed most people in the former Soviet Union to enjoy the "sweetness of free capital", and everything seems to be getting better.
only……
No one has ever thought about why in a free trading market, there would be a wonderful situation of everyone's assets skyrocketing at the same time. In other words, even if there are people who are worried, they are mostly covered up by the unimpeachable reason of the disintegration of the Soviet Union.
Under the almost crazy spending of funds by Gringotts and the Destiny Group, all the non-magical currencies in the wizarding world for nearly a thousand years have now turned into the front wave of the economic bubble in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and other CIS countries. With the continuous With price increases, auctions and interest rate wars, the American fairies and financial hot money led by the United States also had to bite the bullet and follow suit.
Compared with the big data economic era decades later, this is the last financial dark forest period.
Each capital force is a hunter with a gun, sneaking in the forest like a ghost, gently pushing aside the branches blocking the road, trying not to make a sound with their footsteps, and even breathing must be careful: they must be careful, because in the forest There are hunters stalking like them everywhere - the only difference is that they don't have too many worries about the future at this time.
Although the entire figure cannot be seen, in this dark forest, there is always a reckless and huge mysterious beast that is shuttling and stirring in the forest. The moment it can't help but rush out to hunt, it is the moment when everyone grabs the button. The moment to pull the trigger.
An exhausted giant beast cannot protect its prey at all, and may even become the prey itself.
unless--
At the same time, thousands of meters above the spire of the Central Cathedral of St. Petersburg.
With the assistance of Arthur Weasley, the stratospheric optical invisibility on the surface of the Hyperion's hull was quite stable, and the unplottable magic perfectly made the metal behemoth disappear into anything that could be plotted by radar. on the interface.
"The time has come - are you ready? Everyone."
Elena stood by the window of the Hyperion bridge with her hands folded, looking past the thin clouds towards the city below.
Behind her, Kurt Meyer, Gilderoy Lockhart, Frank, Goblin Douglas, Goblin Leos...these core executives from Destiny Group, Saints, and Gringotts Wizarding Bank stood quietly. next to.
"Your Majesty the Queen, everything has been arranged."
Goblin Douglas said respectfully, with a bloodthirsty look in his eyes, "Gringotts Russian branch, Belarusian branch, Ukrainian branch... all protections have been removed, and the explosive magic traps are ready..."
"Miss Theresa, all members of the Tianming Group are ready for evacuation and combat work."
Kurt Meier hammered his right chest hard and said with a grin.
"All the Hyperion's weapons are ready for use, and a total of twenty-one reactors have been opened. If someone attempts to attack the mothership at this time, even if the opponent is Albus Dumbledore, he will not be able to survive. retreat."
"The men in black team is all in place. We can support any floo network under attack at any time."
Gilderoy Lockhart swung his wand nimbly with his slender fingers and grinned confidently, revealing his bright and sunny smile that helped him win the most charming smile in "Wizard Weekly" eleven times in a row.
"As long as all operations are completed within half a day, even Professor Dumbledore will not find any clues."
As the top war fortress of human civilization today, the mobilization of the Hyperion requires a reasonable excuse, and using the Hyperion's jump and floo network erection capabilities to conduct "special recruitment of outstanding students" is obviously a logical reason.
You know, Dumbledore has never been a rigid guardian of the law.
Especially when this matter came from Newt Scamander's request and involved dozens of wizarding families and several underage wizards with great potential, Dumbledore would not be held responsible for any legal deficiencies. And retreat.
Not to mention, the Hyperion's officially registered purpose was originally to serve as a means of transportation for Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
"Miss Theresa, I still have a confusion..."
Frank looked at the wizards and goblins around him, bit his lower lip hard, and mustered up the courage to speak.
"Those other wizards who still live in this land, I mean those respectable wizard families, why don't you consider trying to contact them and let them participate in the whole plan - I'm worried..."
"Hmm? That's a good question, Mr. Frank. But not a smart one."
Elena raised her head and glanced at the stunned young wizard behind her through the reflection of the window.
According to Frank's level, he was not qualified to directly join today's meeting. However, because the reputation of Mr. Alexei, whom he was responsible for maintaining, was more important in the follow-up actions, he was allowed to board the bridge as an exception. .
In fact, the appearance of this stupid young man is what she hopes to see.
In this regard, Elena actually has a lot of similarities with Grindelwald. She needs a righteous partner who is willing to think proactively and has the courage to express his or her own thoughts, rather than an unstable element who is frightened by authority and obeys the secret.
"I think you may have confused two issues, Mr. Frank... First of all, it is always an individual who deserves respect, not his family, team, or his children. In my opinion, those who have suffered unfair treatment The descendants of those 'respectable people' may be even more dangerous after experiencing the dark hardships of society."
"Secondly, no matter what you have seen or learned from the elders, I need to remind you one thing..."
Elena paused, glanced indifferently at the town below, and said in a complicated tone.
"The name of the city under our feet is now St. Petersburg, not Leningrad - most of the 'opponents' with respectable beliefs back then are no longer there. Those who remain in this land today are either those who were there back then. "Smart people" who choose to protect themselves wisely in the face of drastic changes, or "cowards" who are ostracized but unable to change the reality."
"Only those who have the awareness to step into the darkness but yearn for the light are qualified to set foot on the Hyperion."
"Listen, I don't want to bet everyone's fate and future on the fragile beauty of human nature because of a little bit of pity and possibility - in addition to that other guy, there are hundreds of non-magical scholars, Dozens of wizards under house arrest and thousands of tons of equipment are waiting for our signal to escape from this land of withered ideals."
"Do you have any other questions?"
Elena glanced at Frank, who had returned to the queue, and nodded with satisfaction.
"very good……"
Grindelwald couldn't help her delay for too long. She needed to return to London as soon as possible as agreed, and then like a competent and considerate senior sister or acting professor, help those children who had not yet entered school purchase supplies.
There is only one opportunity for such a large-scale smuggling of people and equipment back and forth.
After Albus Dumbledore reacts, this large-scale transportation of manpower and combat power will definitely be included in the highest-level realm by the old man. Elena has no doubt about this.
"So……
The girl raised her right hand casually, spread her fingers as if to grasp the land in sight, and slowly pressed down.
"Let's get started, everyone...save as many people as possible who are worth saving - as for the remaining capitalists who are full of copper odor and selfish traitors - as agreed before, send them to hell. !”
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Phew~ It’s finally the end of this plot~
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