You call this the mastermind?

"Tell me, did the president convince Iger?"

Looking out the window, the old president entered the carriage and rushed towards Chelsea Manor.

Vice President Victor worriedly said to the old assessor Von Delian not far away: "I really can't think of how he can persuade Egg to stay."

"Maybe the president won't persuade me at all."

The old assessor was reading a book at his desk. Hearing this, he said without raising his head: "It's not like you don't know that the president values ​​collective strength more than individual genius."

"Without the leadership of outstanding individuals, the collective is just a bunch of headless flies, or it can be called a mob."

The bald Victor denied: "I don't believe the president doesn't understand this."

"But if there is really no qualification to retain people, the president will certainly not waste his efforts."

The old assessor said: "For example, the girl named Fiona two years ago. Although her wizarding talent is not as good as Egger's, she is still a rare genius, and her understanding of potions is even more amazing. She was killed by the Modan family During the recruitment process, did you meet with the president to persuade him to stay?"

"And who was there earlier..."

He cited several examples in a row, and he remembered their names very clearly, which showed that these people were not ordinary people.

In fact, although mixed-race wizards generally have poor qualifications, universality does not mean that they are all.

The base is large, and there will always be a few outstanding talents being discovered every year.

Although it is not as good as the top talent of "Eiger", it is still good enough.

Unfortunately, once these people are exposed, they will basically be recruited by pure-blood families, and it will be difficult for the association itself to retain these geniuses.

That's why the old assessor would hide "Eiger's" talent from others before.

But now, because of what happened last night, this talent has been exposed, so he feels that according to the usual practice, this talent is probably gone.

You can't keep him, so instead of trying to force him to stay, it's better to be a favor and support his choice, so that you can still have a favor.

"But I always feel that the president will change his mind this time." The bald Victor had different opinions on this.

"Besides, Iger has very strong financial luck. I think if he is here, the association's luck in this regard will become particularly good."

"What fortune?"

The old assessor laughed when he heard this and said, "That's the hard-earned reward that Iger risked his life. It's not like he really blackmailed it from Kevin."

"Besides, if the president is really the kind of person who cares about money, our association will not have established a product research and development department for so many years... Look at the Meteorological Association, it has developed a profitable magic pocket watch just a few years after its establishment. , is it possible that the people in our association are worse than them?”

This seems to be the truth...

Victor felt quite depressed when he heard this, but he thought of the president's look when he looked at Egg in the living room.

He unconsciously felt a sense of hope.

"A person who can divide a fortune of 500,000 yuan and give 300,000 yuan to his friends is much more worth retaining than those before."

He said: "The president was surprised when he heard about this before. I think he took this very seriously."

Of course, Victor didn't know that the 300,000 that Mellen gave to Arthur was obtained by blackmail last night. He thought that Mellen was "resting on his laurels" and simply using most of his hard-earned assets to do good deeds.

Therefore, in the eyes of him and others, this matter seemed very unusual.

"But there are some things that cannot be paid attention to by the president -"

The old examiner stopped abruptly before he finished speaking.

Just because he heard a burst of noise coming from the lobby on the first floor outside.

The young wizards in the hall had been discussing what happened last night, and among them the short pure-blood wizard had the loudest voice.

But now, they suddenly let out a burst of cheers, and then the noise seemed a bit chaotic.

Apparently, a certain party in question had walked out of the living room and was discovered.

However, not long after, all the noise outside suddenly subsided, as if something had caused the enthusiasm of the group of young wizards outside to disappear in an instant.

"What, am I wrong? If you don't think about where to go now, when will you wait?"

The short pureblood's voice made the two middle-aged and elderly people in the office instantly understand. They looked at each other with different expressions.

"The chat with our group of children was lively just a moment ago, but now the prototype has been revealed."

Victor was very angry about this, "Look, this is how pure blood behaves, arrogance reaches the limit!"

…

Many purebloods came to visit today, but most of them just left their invitations and left after hearing that Iger hadn't woken up yet.

The few who stayed and waited were not many in number. After all, the mixed-blood association is very different from the banquet venue last night. The latter is basically pure-blooded, while the former is full of mixed-bloods.

Being stared at by this group of "inferior people", even though the pureblood who came to visit was very curious about Melen, he had to consider his own appearance issues and unconsciously put on airs.

Therefore, those who were in the hall before were mainly young mixed-bloods in the association, supplemented by a few pure-bloods who did not care about "respectability".

However, now, a certain pure-blood, regardless of the existence of a large number of mixed-bloods, openly publicized the fact that "Iger is about to abandon them"...

Of course, this is actually something that is about to happen, and many people have thought of it, but thinking of it is one thing, and saying it bluntly is another.

In short, the short pure-blood who had been bragging about Egg's loyalty before did not take the half-bloods of the same age who were listening to him into consideration, so that now he did not care about their feelings at all.

"This is indeed very arrogant."

The old examiner also shook his head, "But isn't this the reality of the wizarding world-"

A burst of cheers that was even more enthusiastic than before interrupted his words, and the two of them were stunned.

These voices were obviously made by the half-bloods, as if they heard something happy, and there were even a few shouts of relief.

"It seems that your judgment is wrong."

After listening for a while, the bald Victor winked at the old examiner.

"The president did retain, and Egg chose to stay."

"I am very relieved that my judgment was wrong."

It was a bit unexpected, but the old examiner also showed a smile on his face.

"But in that case, I don't have time to chat with you next."

"Why, does the president have other arrangements?"

"The president plans to ask Egg to pass on his memory so that he can catch up with the start of the school year this year. Of course, I need to prepare the relevant ceremony."

"Pass on the memory?"

Victor frowned when he heard this, "Is it to be teleported to that weird ruined library to trade?"

"That's right."

The old examiner nodded, "In this way, Egg can quickly acquire some basic knowledge without spending time studying."

"I always feel that that place is not normal."

Victor frowned and said, "Using wealth to exchange for knowledge, using knowledge to exchange for wealth... This is very much like the devil's trick."

"You think too much, the devil has disappeared for hundreds of years, how can it be related to them."

The old examiner waved his hand and said, "Even if there is a connection, it can't be hidden from the president's eyes. You know that he is a master in the field of weird things and hell studies."

Victor opened his mouth when he heard this, and wanted to say something, but then he had a thought and hushed to signal silence.

"...What's wrong with you?"

Seeing him eavesdropping and not speaking for a long time, the old examiner felt a little puzzled.

"What happened outside again?"

He was old and a little deaf.

"It seems that two intern reporters from the Wizard Education Newspaper came to interview Egg."

Saying this, Victor moved his feet and walked out of the office.

"No, I have to keep an eye on it. Pure-blood reporters love to belittle us half-bloods. Who knows how those two guys will change Egg's words next."

...

Things did not go as he expected.

Because Victor didn't know, Mellen was not unfamiliar with reporters and interviews at all.

He had been writing books since he was a child, and he was even good at using this kind of interview to establish his persona in front of the public and even create "hot spots".

At the same time, one of the people who came to interview Mellen was actually Mellen's "acquaintance"-

the ghost mask girl who came to the banquet with Alyssa last night, and she also cursed for him with a loud voice.

And the other reporter was not a complete stranger.

He was the girl's fiancé.