Chapter 1120 People Cannot See the Abyss (Sincere Thanks to the Leader of the Alliance, Immortal Qitian)
A short song used as a transition break was quickly sung, and a short elf waiter wearing a black tuxedo walked through the middle hall, carefully paying attention to the tray he was holding to avoid being stepped on by the drunken wizards—— Before the goblins even served the grog drinks ordered by Leonard and the other three, the host re-entered the stage amidst sparse applause. After telling a few short jokes mocking foreign wizards, he Noticed Graves who had come to the audience.
"Well, let me stop disturbing your ears with my jokes for a while. Let's welcome the next speaker. Many of you here should recognize the gentleman who is about to appear - many people, including myself, caused trouble due to drunkenness. He has been arrested several times..." The host's words once again made many people in the bar chuckle, "Yes, he comes from Graves, one of the twelve Aurors originally recruited by MACUSA. Family, currently serving in the Major Crimes Investigation Department of the Magic Congress, let us welcome the Strong Fuji III of the Graves family!!!"
Graves' supporters responded with much warmer applause than they had just given to the host, but some people who believed in appeasement deliberately raised their voices to sneer at this extremist, which later attracted his supporters who were prone to anger. They glared sideways and even cursed.
After some wizard newspaper reporters blew out some smoke and took a few photos of the reaction of Graves and the audience, they took out banknotes and prepared to take notes.
Although the British wizarding TV station has become popular in the wizarding circles of various countries, most countries have not yet developed their own TV industry. After all, it is the umbrella Harris family that holds the patent rights. Although they have not prevented other countries from establishing their own TV station, but the patent fees charged were enough to discourage wizard businessmen who wanted to make money from it. Only a few ambitious magical governments began to try to form this new media for wizards - but for these governments controlled by ancient pure bloods , without the Muggle information and concepts provided by Allen, it will take time to officially become formal, and this kind of tavern-level discussion will not attract the attention of any TV stations.
Immediately, Graves stepped onto the podium with slow steps.
After the lights in the bar that were usually used to illuminate the band singers focused on this strong, tall young wizard who seemed a little lonely, the bar became somewhat quiet. However, just like the radicals during Chamberlain's speech before, those who were more isolationist The appeasement faction began to focus on the people around them and began to communicate in low voices.
"When we were children, we all heard a lot of stories about our ancestors coming to the United States from Europe, on the Mayflower, which sailed the Muggles..." Graves's voice was not loud in his opening remarks, and his black hair was illuminated by the light. His eyes looked particularly bright, and his expression looked a little melancholy, "I know the story of Aesop Seer, the founder of our alma mater, Ilvermorny."
"Louder!" The wizard who had political disagreements seemed to have drunk too much and shouted rudely.
"Actually, we in the United States also have a great history of magic. Ilvermorny Magic School is also recognized by the world's magic community as the most democratic, most educated and great magic school. American graduates, according to previous data, we There was a time when he was better at using magic wands than graduates from some schools in Europe..." Graves ignored the impolite guy. His expression was full of regret and worry, "Yes, we are now back in a backward situation. In European magic, Under the leadership of the British, the world began to try to reorganize their Aurors and turn spies into troops. When we were isolated overseas...our Aurors were in dilapidated condition compared to those armed Aurors. Our best Little wizards are currently trapped in a traditional and backward education system, and in the future after today, our economy will also be threatened and damaged... However, this cannot be blamed on the UK or other countries. This is a problem caused by ourselves... "
"Huha! Uh...sorry..."
There was a sudden high-pitched laugh from the audience, interrupting Graves's speech. There was a wizard at the table of Wizard Chamberlain who had previously given a speech. He was a little less sincere. This was exactly the effect of the grog, and this was also elicited jeers from those in opposition.
Graves did not continue. He stood straight on the podium with his hands behind his back, just looking at the audience in his own silent silence.
The atmosphere in the entire bar became a little strange, and many wizards who had not paid attention to the speech began to stop their conversations, as if they were afraid that people would think that they were responsible for the current atmosphere.
"Ian, was he interrupted and forgot his words, or is this part of his speech?" Jessica asked in her seat, lowering her usual loud voice.
Ian also looked at the new friend on the stage who had drank many times with a blank look on his face. He also realized that he didn’t know much about him. He noticed that the host in the audience seemed to be He was signaling to him, as if he was holding a sign with some lines written on it to get Graves to respond, as if he also thought the other party had forgotten his lines.
The rigid Fuji III on the stage just nodded to him, then patted the non-existent dust on his belly robe with his hand, and then took off the wine bottle tied to his belt and drank it for himself in full view of the public. One mouthful.
This made everyone in the originally lively bar uneasy. Graves's leisurely and contented demeanor made the opposition wizards who were ready to coax him to step down couldn't help but shut their mouths. The wizard Chamberlain's table had been drunk because of drinking. A cold sweat began to form on the wizard's forehead when the sound interrupted his speech.
"Ian, Jessica, this is the power of silence." Leonard looked at the glass of liquor that had just been held in his hand, shook his head and smiled and put it on the table, then looked at his two handles The junior who focused on himself said, "Don't be afraid of it, Ian. It seems that your new friend will definitely embarrass the last Chamberlain who took the stage."
As if he had received an order from Leonard, as soon as he finished speaking, Graves on the stage took a deep breath into his lungs, letting his voice burst out in silence: "Very good, I think now Everyone is willing to listen.”
The sudden loud voice startled the wizards present, but Graves, who had already spoken again, had no intention of stopping.
"As I just said, this is a problem of our own making. This is not a problem that is new now, is it? But no one cares... Has no one in the American wizarding community considered that we are facing extinction?" Graves shook his head on the stage, and smoothed his split hair with his hands again, "Self-esteem... Self-esteem is a weapon that each of us should master, rather than cheating with it. It represents strength. We ourselves are much stronger..." Graves pointed at the host in the audience, "The host just tried to help me. He seemed to think that I forgot my words and wanted to help me with his jokes. To be precise, they were about foreign countries. People’s jokes…”
The host in the audience seemed much more embarrassed when he was being watched off the stage than when he was being watched on the stage. He forced a smile and failed to understand Graves' intention.
"But why do we laugh at foreigners? If I lag behind other countries, why do we laugh at countries that are ahead of us? If we regard a country as an enemy, it is like facing a wild beast in the forest. If we have rats, we don’t need any jokes. Instead of finding ourselves a talk show star, we should either raise our own magic wand or find a hunter wizard. As for rats, we should buy some rat poison..."
Graves' rhetorical question actually made the other wizards, except for the more embarrassed host, relax a little. Many of the wizards who were familiar with Graves and the radicals who supported him, like Ian, couldn't help but smiled.
"The wizard TV in this tavern is only so thin, and it is much better than those No-Maj... No-Maj products." Graves gestured with a hint of elegance as if twisting a piece of paper with his fingers, "I don't think we need to do it first. Let’s talk about the things about floating cities and nuclear energy that everyone has heard too much about today. This is television and a miracle of wizards’ creativity...” Graves put down his gesticulation hand and said in a heavy tone, “But what’s on TV? What are the programs showing? Just rubbish... I know that the entire wizarding world has not had a good time in recent years due to the Dark Lord and the British affairs, and the public also needs this kind of entertainment, and I understand this."
There was another moment of silence, and Graves lowered his head as if to give the wizards time to understand.
"But how spiritually empty do we American wizards have to be to be interested in the spiritually devoid of garbage broadcast on television?! What kind of magical country do we live in? The birth rate in most of the world's wizarding world is as low as ever. ! It’s not surprising that the wizard would want his child to be born in such a country that has gradually lost its competitiveness?” Graves lowered his head and made a complaining tone. He waved his hand unconsciously to the audience, “In Before the floating city flew into the sky of Scotland today, before we felt threatened and had a sense of crisis today, we had already stopped in front of the abyss! But we couldn't see that it was an abyss! Because on Wizarding TV..." Gray Weiss put his finger on the top of his head, UU reading www.uukanshu.netｔ "People can't see the abyss, what they see are fictional movies made by No-Majs, and trivial things like a college-level Quidditch match." The news was about the cooking show of Hufflepuff House in Hogwarts, England... The wizards... especially the wizards focused on the breasts of the French Veela female host. Three drops of water and one hook. superior!"
This made many wizards in the audience burst into laughter.
"People can't see the abyss..." Graves didn't smile, he said loudly with a determined expression, "I will continue to fight, not only until we American wizards can see the abyss, but until we cross it!"
In the bar, the old supporters of Graves and the new supporters who had just changed their identities clapped vigorously. Graves walked to the stage and picked up the supporter's wine glass and drank another sip for himself before returning to the stage.
After a few dozen seconds and the applause gradually died down, Graves opened his mouth and continued to speak. Chamberlain in the audience saw that the other party was much more popular than he had been before, so he couldn't help but ask.
"It's very exciting, Fuji Fuji, but can you explain your specific plans? How do you plan to implement it?"
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