Connor's Hogwarts

"This is unreasonable! How dare that old bastard Crouch!!?"

Lake Manor.

With such a big thing happening, the Lake family naturally had to hold a family meeting, and their second aunt Elena, who was busy arranging the Monster Cup competition, had also rushed back.

All the main members of the Lake family have arrived, except Charles and Blanche.

This time, Ivan was also allowed to attend.

As for Connor, he didn't pay much attention to these things before. In fact, he is not very interested now, because... he knows that this is actually not a big deal.

Ivan looked impassioned. Connor felt that he didn't understand the situation at all, but his brother seemed to be very concerned about this matter.

"I was negligent. No one could have imagined that Crouch would suddenly make such a move..." Old Devine said with a wry smile. Today's incident really caught him off guard.

"Why? Why would Barty Crouch do such a stupid thing? Our family has never offended him before, right? What does this guy want to do when he suddenly comes out to make people disgusting?" Elena said angrily.

Flora said in a low voice: "Maybe it was under someone's instruction. I guess it's those guys from the Rolle family or the Parkinson's family who are doing this."

"Huh? What do you say?"

"Crouch will be the Director of the Department of International Magical Cooperation next month, which means that he will not be able to sit in the position of Director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement for long. He must have received someone's favor before leaving office. Make a fortune."

Flora was so angry that her teeth itched: "The key is that we really have nothing to do with him, we can only suffer the loss of being dumb."

"Haha, the dignified No. 3 person under the Minister of Magic personally went out to restrict a small factory. He really spent a lot of money! Which old bastard did it?" Elena's face was gloomy. This incident caused such a fuss. It's really frustrating. After all, others followed legal procedures, and there is no room to reason about this matter.

Flora knocked on the table and said: "I have heard that the Rolle family and the Parkinson family are preparing to build a factory before. It must be those guys who are responsible for it. Even if it is not them, I believe that the guy behind the scenes will soon do something. One step taken”

After clarifying the ins and outs of this matter, it is actually not complicated. What caused this dispute was Connor's magic card, because the interests represented by this thing were so great that some people could not control themselves. …

Today was supposed to be the shipping day for the first batch of magic cards. The Lake family's plan was to use the influence of the Monster Cup to launch an epoch-making new product, Magic Cards, when the Monster Cup was held in August.

But now, this deployment has been interrupted by this sudden attack. This batch of magic cards are not allowed to leave the factory and must re-apply for a permission order. Considering that Crouch is currently the director of the Legal Enforcement Department, this process It's definitely not going to go well.

What's even more disgusting is that in order to make this matter bigger, the "mastermind behind the scenes" also informed reporters. Now the matter of the Lake family's magic cards will definitely not be hidden.

This move was very destructive and made the matter bigger. The wizards focused their attention on this matter. I believe that soon the news about the magic scroll product developed by the Lake family will be known to the world.

However, under this "highly anticipated" situation, the Lake family cannot produce "goods". And if a new magic scroll product appears at this time, you can figure out what will happen with your buttocks.

Although Connor saved this batch of cards from being destroyed, it is actually much more time-consuming to modify the magic models than to re-produce them. Therefore, if the Lake family wants to re-produce a batch of magic cards, it will inevitably consume a lot of time, and here During a period of time, the guy who set a trap for the Lake family must have started selling the "magic scrolls" they produced.

Therefore, their purpose is obvious, which is to slow down the pace of the Lake family and buy time for themselves to seize the market.

Connor, who had figured out the whole thing, was so angry that he laughed. These old guys were really good at playing the power game. I have to say that this dumb guy really had to suffer the consequences of the Lake family.

"No one thought that Crouch would suddenly get involved in this matter. No one even reacted to his direct order..."

"And it's probably not easy to explain to the families we're cooperating with now. If this matter gets too big, there's a big chance that those wallflowers will turn their backs on the situation."

"Our journey has been so smooth. Those guys must have been extremely jealous for a long time. It's not too surprising that they waited until now to take action."

"Haha, in the final analysis, our Lake family is still not strong enough. Anyone really thinks they can step on us."

Flora and Elena each said angrily words that were not nutritious. Old Devin listened on the side and felt very complicated. He knew very well how much his two daughters weighed, and Shoucheng's words were more than enough. , but for the Lake family, which is currently on the rise, their abilities seem a bit insufficient.

Fortunately, this matter is still within the scope of "keeping the status quo"... It's a pity that the smartest third daughter went to fool around somewhere, otherwise

Old Devin rubbed his aching forehead, turned to look at his two grandsons, and asked, "Connor, Evan, what do you think about this matter?"

"I don't have any opinion. In fact, it's expected that there will be opponents, right? It's just that what happened today really made me uncomfortable." Connor lowered his eyes, curled his lips, and said lightly .

Although Connor was not too concerned about the Lake family's bullshit in the shopping mall politics, he still had a good idea of ​​his family's true strength.

Even though the Lake family is engaged in monster cards and Facebook, it seems that the whole world is revolving around the Lake family, and the Lake family is already invincible.

In fact, no, the Lake family has always been an ordinary business family before Connor established the Lake chain store. The Lake family has never been involved in the political struggles of the Ministry of Magic. At the beginning, Flora also worked in the relatively neutral Department of International Magical Cooperation. In fact, the Ministry of Magic has never had much say.

The cakes made by the Lake family have become so big in recent years, and there are many jealous families. The reason why no one dared to touch the Lake family in the past is not only that the Lake family has been bringing people on board to make cakes, but also because of Dumbledore. The reason behind supporting the Lake family.

So as far as Connor knows, the real power of the Lake family now includes: the relationship network that Old Devin has been running for many years; the support behind Dumbledore's family; the new people who have joined the Lake family's "big ship" in recent years. partners; coupled with the unnamed power that Connor gained after receiving Grindelwald's "approval" not long ago.

The Lake family has indeed laid out a very large net, but these are just allies, not your real brothers. They will favor the Lake family to a certain extent, but it is impossible for the Lake family to follow their lead.

Today's incident is a sudden surprise for the Lake family, but the mastermind behind the scenes must have been prepared, and it seems that they are very confident to deal with the Lake family's subsequent counterattack, so this is definitely not just a wizard from one family or two. If the family dares to do something, they must form a strong offensive and defensive alliance, and a family that has the ability to do such a thing

"Grandpa, does anyone want to compete with our family for the magic card market?" Ivan's face was full of seriousness.

The grandfather glanced at Ivan in surprise. Although he knew that his little grandson was very good at communication, he did not expect that this boy could really understand the current situation. Did he pay too little attention to this child in the past? Maybe Xiao Yiwen is a talent?

Old Devine nodded and said, "Yes, you can see that, that's great."

"Then we don't need to worry too much?" Ivan looked at several elders carefully and expressed his opinion: "Our family has a Lake chain store. In the international market, no matter who the opponents are, they should not be as good as our family. The ability to challenge the competition, right? After all, only our family can sell products further, right?"

Lao Diwen's expression was somewhat gratified. He smiled and said: "Ivan, it's good that you can set your sights on the global market, but you haven't thought carefully enough. Today's matter will really not hurt us. It shakes our muscles and bones, but it also really disrupts our rhythm."

"Next week is the Monster Cup final, and the wizarding world's attention will be focused on the English arena. This was originally our best opportunity to promote the magic cards, but when this happened today, the magic cards will definitely be too late to be shipped. , we will miss the best opportunity to capture the market..."

"And our opponents will definitely take the opportunity to launch similar products to seize the British market. Ambitious families in other countries will definitely see this and may follow suit. After all, Connor has disclosed the spell model and they want to imitate it. In fact, it’s not troublesome, and by the time our cards are re-produced and released, we will probably be far behind others.”

Ivan finally understood the current situation of his family, and his face became ugly: "Is there no other way?"

Lao Diwen smiled bitterly and shook his head: "There is no way, we will definitely suffer this loss, but this can also be regarded as a wake-up call for us. Our family's political power is indeed too weak. This time we will treat it as spending money." Learn a lesson."

Ivan gritted his teeth: "Is this thing just over? Wouldn't that make others look down on our Lake family?!"

Connor smiled and patted Ivan's head and said with a smile: "Are you kidding me? You don't think it's okay if they touch our Lake family, do you?"

A cruel smile appeared on the corner of Lao Diwen's mouth: "Yes, although our family has suffered this loss, they can't even think about it. They will regret the decision they made today."

Connor stretched and said, "We just have to crush any enemy that stands in our way. They know nothing about the true power of the Lake family. Since they dare to show their swords to us, they must have The awareness to take consequences.”

Flora shook her head and said: "Connor is right. The matter is over. There is no point in dwelling on what has happened. What is important is our next response. We want the entire wizarding world to know that the Lake family will not tolerate it. A slight insult.”

Ivan scratched his head and said, "So...actually, there is nothing to worry about at all?"

Connor laughed: "There is really nothing to worry about. If you are dismissed, we will give you back double the reward. Those stupid old guys have been immersed in the past world for too long. Times have changed. Let us, the Lake family, come and give it to them." Learn this lesson well."

Yes, in fact, a few people were not worried about the situation of the Lake family at all, they were just angry that they had been cheated inexplicably. Their opponents thought they had made a good move, but they did not know that they had chosen their opponents from the perspective of It was already wrong in a moment.

The Lake family has been dormant for too long, and it's time to show its minions to the world.

Elena breathed out: "In the final analysis, this kind of thing should never have happened. I don't know how many people have laughed at it now."

Old Devin snorted coldly and said: "Don't think that our allies can deliver with peace of mind. Think about how the magic card incident was exposed? There are so many people who want to see the jokes of our Lake family."

Connor felt that the news must have spread from his fraternity. After all, just because his son entered the fraternity, it did not mean that his father could also join the fraternity. There must be an insider. There was no doubt about this, although Connor had thought about this possibility. , but still a little unhappy.

"Although after the establishment of the Lake chain store and the connection between our Lake family and the Magic Transportation Department, we have truly grasped some of our own political power." Elena said with a straight face: "But now it seems that our family I still don’t have enough influence in the Ministry of Magic.”

Flora smiled helplessly: "After all, we never thought that we could make the business so big before. This is usually the case."

Flora looked at her two sons, smiled and shook her head: "We should start the marriage between politics and business."

As soon as she mentioned this, Elena became excited: "Yes, yes! Connor Ivan, do you have any girls from any family you like? Based on the strength of our family, whoever you like, my second aunt will be sure to give you Marry him back!"

"." Connor yawned and said listlessly: "Boring or not, our family doesn't need to do this kind of thing."

Ivan's eyes wandered and he murmured in a low voice: "Really...can anyone do it?"

Old Devin also showed a smile at this time: "Hahaha, Connor Ivan, you don't know, there is a long queue of families who want to marry us. After all, this is a matter of mutual benefit, but it still depends on I won’t force your opinions on you.”

Although the Lake family is an old family, they are not very interested in marriages between magic families. The main reason is that all three of Old Devin's daughters ran away from home.

Ahem, Old Devin has already mastered this aspect. Anyway, the Lake family does not need to ask anyone now. He is not in a hurry about the marriage. Of course it would be best if he has it, but it is not a big problem if he doesn't.

If the two grandsons were forced to run away from home because of this bullshit relationship between a man and a woman, then old Devin would have nowhere to cry.

Old Devin, who has had enough experience and lessons, will no longer force his children's emotional problems, but some other means are still used. The Lake family really needs the support of a firm political force. Old Devin and his two daughters look at each other. , they all understood the meaning in each other's eyes and already had an idea.