Hermione stood up. Her brown and fluffy hair was coiled behind her head with the help of a few tubes of softener. In order to cover up her haggard face due to her illness a few days ago, she deliberately asked the wizard who usually did not like to use the Umbrella to make her look clean and professional with magic.
"Currently, even though the Ministry of Magic has decided to develop in these ungoverned places, the output that the resources in these places can provide is definitely not enough to support the full recovery of the entire British magic circle. However, it should still be enough to maintain the basic needs of the wizards in our country …" Hermione's words poured a wave of cold water on many people. Then, she changed the topic, "However, we've considered the interests of many workshop owners, so the Ministry of Magic and the Umbrella have jointly formulated a series of revival plans. We've temporarily named it the 'March Plan'. The goal is to complete the initial transformation of the economy of our British magic circle within three months …"
Bostel, who was sweating and frowning, whispered to the silent Alfred beside him, "Since this muddy thing told us so bluntly, it means that she's very confident in Umbrella's follow-up measures. Alfred … The situation doesn't look good."
After a while, Alfred whispered back, "Let's listen first. Harris's approach today has exceeded our expectations. Don't be in a hurry to express your opposition …"
"The most important step of the March Plan is that Minister Owen of the British magic circle has reached a new agreement with the British Muggle government …" Hermione's gaze swept across the shocked wizards below the stage, "In the new agreement with the Muggle government, the Umbrella will set up a branch in the Muggle World under the name of the Muggle as the endorsement hub … Our duty is to obtain orders from the Muggle so that we British wizards can use the magic that we're good at but the Muggle doesn't have to help the Muggle create things that are difficult for them to create with their own technology … You know, a lot of things for us wizards are just waving our wands … Our first step will be mainly involved in metallurgy, construction, and transportation projects …" Hermione's eyes shone brightly, "Of course, we won't exchange the Muggle money. That's useless to us. We'll use it to exchange for the common materials in the Muggle World … Then, our wizard world can use these materials to transform production … I'll explain the details later …"
"I'm sorry, Miss Granger. You're committing a crime! This is against the law! How can you cooperate with the Muggle World on a large scale? This will expose the existence of the Muggle World and cause panic among the Muggle World! If a war breaks out between the Magic World and the Muggle World, who's going to be responsible? Can Harris bear this responsibility? " Ben Bost understood Harris's plan. He ignored the Bork family's butler's advice and interrupted Hermione's introduction in exasperation with his sweaty and greasy double chin trembling.
The wizards in the audience were also stunned by Hermione's idea. For them who lived in the Magic World all year round, although the Muggle World seemed to be close, as long as they did not have the background of a Muggle, they would not have any interaction with it. After all, many mixed-bloods were eager to get rid of their connection with the Muggle World to prove that they were powerful enough to use magic.
"Mr. Bostel, I have to remind you, the wizards who are watching the scene or sitting behind the TV, and even the foreign wizards who have doubts about this … I have to emphasize that the people who cooperated with us and reached an agreement with us are the core members of the Muggle government. They are the Muggles who already know about the existence of the Ministry of Magic … They are also the people who helped us to implement the Secret Law so smoothly …" Owen stood up again and said to everyone, "Also, I want to emphasize and guarantee that the business involved in this cooperation will be strictly supervised by the new director of the Magical Law Enforcement Department, Mr. John Bartha. He will ensure that the British Magic World will not leak any magical items to the Muggle World. Also, the Office of the Prohibition of Muggle Items under the Magical Law Enforcement Office will also ensure that no Muggle items will flow into the Magic World without being modified into a Muggle … This will eliminate the risk of them being used by the Muggle World again."
"This … This …" Ben Bostel could not find any words to refute Owen's words. He was pulled by the Bostel family's butler and began to gasp for breath.
"Please don't continue to argue with Harris … They are prepared," Alfred said with a gloomy expression. "This is Allen Harris's doing. Although he didn't appear at the scene, their response today is exactly the same as when we tried to force him to leave the Hogwarts … As expected of the Ravenclaw Goddess Ravenclaw … As expected of the greedy plunderer …" Alfred looked at Bostel's blank face and sighed, "Do you still not understand? Mr. Bostel … When we forced Allen Harris to leave, he tried to toy with us. He deliberately mocked us and said that he would build a new school. He made the encirclement we created by using our status as school directors meaningless … He has already taught us this lesson … Now, he has directly jumped out of the encirclement created by the other Mages … "
After listening to Hermione and Owen's words carefully, many of the wizards relaxed a lot. Some of them had already started to discuss with the wizards beside them. Although they did not understand a lot of things, and the wizards who were arrogant in front of Muggle were a little resistant to doing business with them, they subconsciously felt that the Muggle did not deserve to be served by the wizards … But now that they had received the promise from the Ministry of Magic and the Umbrella, they knew that doing this would improve their lives … This made them feel conflicted and hopeful.
Owen's aide, John Bartha, could not help but glance at Hermione. In order to reach this agreement with the Muggle, Owen's original plan was to directly order the Muggles to achieve his goal, just like what the Ministry of Magic usually did. But this time, in order to take care of Miss Granger's feelings and to show respect, he chose to do it in a peaceful way. He also reached these conditions with the Muggle Prime Minister and the Muggle Royal Family in private. However, some of the ideas exceeded his original expectations. The Muggle sincerely provided more than he originally expected.
In addition to the Muggle Prime Minister's request for more convenience in business, the Muggle Royal Family was much more shrewd than Bartha thought. Compared to the Prime Minister, the Royal Family used to have a deep connection with the magic world in ancient times and had a deep understanding of what wizards could do. For this reason, Harris met some of the Royal Family's medical requirements, and his young master, Allen, even took the initiative to provide the Royal Family with life-prolonging services. For the magic world, compared to the benefits, these were small things. This was also to take care of their feelings, so that the Muggle would not feel oppressed and offended …
In the end, everyone was happy. It seemed that only Prince Muggle, who was not young anymore, was a little unhappy. He tried to secretly remind his mother that before the Secret Act, his mother's namesake, Elizabeth I, was cursed by Lucius Malfoy because she did not agree to the courtship of Lucius Malfoy the First. He tried to doubt Allen's intentions, but his mother did not agree.
"It seems that everyone has some understanding of this, so there's no objection? Before I return the podium to Miss Granger to introduce the measures … I'd like to say one last thing … "Owen looked serious, and his hands behind his back were tapping." As a wizard, I know and understand that this will be difficult for many of my compatriots to accept, but if I'm talking about the behavior of our native purebloods against the British magic world … "Owen stared at Bostel and paused before changing his words insincerely." I'm sorry, I'd like to say that I've learned some lessons from those foreign purebloods who inexplicably targeted our British magic world and created economic difficulties for us … "Owen raised his voice." All of this is to make our British magic world self-reliant. I believe that our British wizards can burst out with power in the face of such oppression and make the British magic world great again! "
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