Chapter 288 Big Plan

Sean saw the look of thieves and expectancy in his father's eyes. Although it was rude to say so, he had to admit that his father now looked like a greedy old fox.

"As I said at the beginning, it is too dangerous for me, your father, an ordinary person to use the primitive financial system of the wizarding world to make things happen, because the uncertainties are too high and we cannot directly get involved... ..." Allen narrowed his eyes, "But what if we don't cause trouble?"

"Not causing trouble?"

"That's right, we don't even have to show up."

"Not coming forward?" Sean pondered, and after a moment he had another question, "If I want to gain a certain voice in the wizarding world without being noticeable, then the first choice is definitely not to come forward. This is my original intention. .”

"No, no, no, my child, you are too obsessed with hiding on the surface. Based on the current situation, try to dig deeper." Allen was tempting.

"Dig deep..." Sean held up his chin.

Logically speaking, even if his father obtained information about the wizarding world through informal channels, the information was only relatively valuable. In Sean's case, he knew far more information than his father. However, his father obviously only obtained certain levels that he had never thought deeply about from newspapers, weekly magazines and books that every wizard could buy.

Sean's index and middle fingers tapped rhythmically on his father's expensive wooden desk. He tried to think about the problem from the perspective of his father, a private hospital owner and a relatively conscientious capitalist.

Combined with the current situation... The principal of Nurmengard has been replaced, and the investigation team is still in the school. There must be a mess there... And the British Ministry of Magic is preparing for the ministerial election. The political situation is heating up, and several candidates are doing their best to win votes... …The president of the International Federation of Wizards will also face a change, and the situation is equally anxious.

The Wallop family wants to get some say in this, and its only advantage lies in Allen's capital flow. But just like what his father said, their family couldn't get involved in the financial system of the wizarding world in a big way. They didn't have a truly powerful and reliable wizarding backing, and they couldn't bear the price of the wizard overturning the table.

Digging deeper... Sean frowned and thought for a long time, but still couldn't find a suitable entry point.

He finally chose to look at Mr. Wallop for help.

Allen smiled and shook his head: "Child, we need to understand where the danger comes from?"

"Where? No matter how we operate or choose our side, it will certainly come from the party whose interests are harmed by us." Sean replied.

"Yes, we want the right to speak. The right to speak is profit. If we get it, someone will inevitably lose. Obviously, I am an ordinary person and you are only in the third grade of school. We can't deal with it... But if we are Do we want to have a new say? Do we want to open up a new field?"

"new area?"

"Think about it, my child, with the current political situation so anxious, those wizarding politicians - yes, they are manipulating politics just like our stupid cabinet. They want to win votes, they want the hearts of the people, However, the entire wizarding world is in a lot of trouble."

Allen sat next to Sean and put his arm around his shoulders: "It's the same word, benefit. Sean, you have fallen into a misunderstanding. You are too eager to think about how to grab benefits safely and without risk, which is the word you want. Right. What you think about is how to obtain greater benefits through less effort. Of course, this is correct, and this is what we have to do. But you also find that no matter what you do, there will be people whose interests are harmed. Generate hostility.”

Sean nodded: "That's it."

"Let's change our thinking..." Allen laughed, "What are our, Wallops' advantages?"

"Well, the respected Mr. Wallop is quite rich, but you can't get involved in the financial system..." Halfway through, Sean suddenly froze.

He thought of the key point, which was what he had been ignoring.

Allen saw his son's dazed look and patted him on the shoulder with satisfaction: "It seems you found it."

Sean looked at Allen with wide eyes: "We give money?!"

"That's right, Sean." Allen smiled.

He continued: “We don’t go looking for anyone’s trouble, we go solve their trouble.”

Allen picked up a copy of the Daily Prophet and flipped through it: "Look, Mrs. Hailey, who lives in Bellingham, fell down while taking care of her potion ingredients, and she couldn't even afford St. Mungo's medical care. fee."

"And this Mr. Dodd, he has published information on renting a house several times in the smallest slot of the Daily Prophet - he has been driven crazy by the noisy machine in the neighbor's Muggle house recently. I guess his friends Maybe bought a new lawn mower?”

"This is even just a small problem. There are too many such problems, such as the upbringing and schooling of orphans, the work problems of out-of-school students, the care of lonely old wizards, the high cost of wizard treatment..."

Allen spoke eloquently: "The entire wizarding society has almost no welfare system, such as orphans. I only read in one book that the Ministry of Magic will fund part of the tuition fees, and then it will be gone."

"And what is the current situation? The political system of the Ministry of Magic is so similar to that of ordinary people. They want to get the votes of wizards, but they are unable to actually propose policies that benefit wizards. To be honest, I don't even understand how this group of people want to get votes. How do people get votes? Although they are as empty-headed as those idiots in the cabinet, the cabinet at least knows that lying favors the people. Didn’t those people in the Ministry of Magic do nothing?"

Sean was dumbfounded, this is indeed the current situation of the Ministry of Magic.

Mr. Wallop became more and more enthusiastic as he spoke: "Then what we are going to do is very simple. Help the Ministry of Magic improve social welfare!"

"Orphans? Very good, we provide scholarship funds. Is it difficult to rent a house? We provide intermediary help - or the kind without intermediary fees. It is easier to be alone and helpless. We will launch a support plan for the elderly and widows, and we will visit you from time to time. It’s easier to visit, and the staff is simpler. Aren’t there still people who can’t find jobs? We can even encourage those kind and caring people to help. Instead of letting them do it for free, we pay the salary. Medical treatment is expensive, my God. , just improve our hospital’s medical insurance and copy it.”

Mr. Wallop stood up, took out a new cigar from the drawer and took a deep drag, with a satisfied look on his face: "Sean, whose interests do you think we will harm?"

Of course, giving away money will not harm the interests of others... and after that, a new welfare insurance system will slowly take shape...

"A completely different line of thinking..." Sean muttered.

Allen smiled proudly: "After this, it won't take many years for you to have enough say. Even if you are strong enough, as long as you are willing, I will gather a team for you and short the entire British Wizarding World? Easily."

Sean shook his head in admiration, and then asked a question: "This trick is indeed very useful, but the cost must be taken into consideration. The number of people in the British wizarding world is not too large, but if we keep these people almost in vain, with our The family’s assets don’t seem to last long – by the way, Dad, how are your assets now?”

Allen patted his growing belly and smiled: "Assets, so-so. Of course, it is a lot of pressure to support so many people for nothing, and the hospital's cash flow cannot support such costs, but we You can ask others to pay for it."

"other people?"

"I have read in books that the only people in the wizarding world who have the right to mint coins are the goblins in Gringotts, and the Ministry of Magic's fiscal revenue, which collects almost no taxes, comes from the seigniorage tax, which is as high as one-third. This What a huge exploitable flaw.”

"But aren't we going to solve the problem?"

"Yeah, so just a small arbitrage is enough, one gold Galleons is exchanged for seventeen silver Sickles, and the casting fee ratio of silver and gold nuggets in Gringotts is the same, although I don't know why gold and silver It's called a metal that can possess magic power, but I know one thing, the gold and silver used by wizards is the same as ours." Allen hit Sean's head with a cigar.

"Yeah..." Sean's eyes lit up.

In the wizarding world, the gold and silver exchange ratio is always constant, but in London, the UK, and the entire world, this ratio is always floating. What's more, compared to Gringotts, the gold and silver exchange ratio on the exchange It's too different.

Mr. Wallop said leisurely: "It doesn't take much for a simple arbitrage transaction. Our costs will be borne by the entire Gringotts and the entire Ministry of Magic. Obviously, we have spent thousands of years under this economic system. The wizards will only be confused and not think about the crux of the problem - it will not even have a big impact on the economy. After all, an institution like Gringotts is not called a bank at all, it is basically a depository."

"Of course, let's not go too far. The generous Wallop family is also willing to bear part of the expenses of the wizarding world's welfare system."

"You've already thought about it, dad?" Sean smiled.

"It's not difficult to think of it, but, with all due respect, wizards are too proud." Wallop straightened his collar.

Sean then raised doubts: "But there is another point. When our system becomes bigger, no matter which faction it is, they will definitely want this support as a political bargaining chip. They want our welfare system to become their political achievement. Whether it’s coercion or inducement, when the time comes, we may be targeted by two or even more factions, right?”

"Yes, but we can raise a big flag~" Mr. Wallop smiled like an old fox.

Sean understood immediately, and then showed a little fox smile: "Professor Dumbledore..."

"Yes, he has a transcendent status but has no real power. This kind of thing is essentially beneficial to the entire wizarding society. I don't believe that this person who has been praised in all the books I have read will object. There is a high probability that he will. Default. Hmm, our signature is this respectable old gentleman. Do those people from the Ministry of Magic have a way to take action?"

That's right, according to Sean's understanding of Dumbledore, the other party will definitely acquiesce. There is a high probability that he will talk to Sean to stop him from going astray - isn't this what Sean wants? I'm worried that I can't find this old man.

At this time, Sean was completely convinced. He looked at his father and praised: "As expected of you, Mr. Wallop."

"The praise from my son, please make me proud for a while." Allen said with a smile.

The two discussed again for a while the general direction of the entire plan, such as looking for opportunities to join the school board of Hogwarts or even Nurmengard in the future. After a night of talking, Sean really learned a lot from his father. thing.

The conversation didn't come to an end until Mrs. Wallop softly called to the two of them to rest.

"Good night, Dad, thank you for your teaching."

"You're welcome, son. Good night."

When Sean walked to the door of the study, Mr. Wallop called him from behind again.

Sean turned around and saw his father's doting and gentle expression: "There are still some words."

"Um, Dad?"

"Sean, we talk a lot, because you have been so smart since you were a kid, and you never let us down, so even at this age, I support you in doing what you want to do, and I want you to know , your parents, your family have been supporting you behind you."

Sean's heart felt warm, and he nodded solemnly: "I know, thank you, Dad."

"No," Allen shook his head, "You're welcome, I want to add something to my previous long speech."

Sean said nothing and looked at his father quietly.

Mr. Wallop, who was somewhat fat, came over and hugged Sean. His voice was strong but gentle: "We talked about interests before, but I must correct one thing. There is one kind of behavior that does not need to be driven by interests, and that is love. "

He straightened up, with soft love on his face, and his eyes were full of pride: "I, your mother, your sister Ella, we all love you deeply. I am not emphasizing this to you, but Express – no matter what, we are your strongest arms.”

Sean looked at his father blankly, and a power and emotion that was usually subtle seemed to surge up all of a sudden. He hugged his father hard with his backhand, his voice was low and powerful.

"I know, I know, Dad."

The father and son hugged for a while, and then Alan patted his son on the shoulder hard: "Safety first, then let go and do it. I am proud of you."

…

The all-night conversation with his father directly gave Sean a clear idea. Not only that, he felt more confident when doing things. The next morning, he began to think about candidates.

Yes, the right people to run this welfare system.

Mr. Wallop will be responsible for recruiting a group of professionals to make suggestions. Of course, the other parties do not know that this is the current situation in the wizarding world. Allen found a reason: his precious son wanted to write a book - one with a detailed setting. This made many people marvel at Mr. Wallop's doting on children.

How much money is thrown in just for a child's hobby?

Of course, Sean is not writing, he is looking for the right person.

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I don’t know if it’s because of my wps problem or because I just had a seizure. I copied a lot of duplicate content. Sorry everyone, it has been modified. Just reload the chapter.

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