Connor's Hogwarts

Chapter 365 When the family meeting is in progress...

Chapter 365 When the family meeting is in progress...

"It's unreasonable! How dare that old bastard Crouch!!?"

Lake Manor.

After such a big event happened, the Lake family naturally had to hold a family meeting, and the second aunt Elena, who was busy arranging the Monster Cup competition, had already rushed back.

The main members of the Lake family are all here, oh, except Shire and Blanche.

Yiwen was also allowed to attend this time.

As for Connor, he didn't pay much attention to these things before, and in fact he doesn't pay much attention to them now, because...he knows it's not really 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.

"It was my negligence. No one would have thought that Crouch would suddenly make such a move..." Old Diwen smiled wryly. Today's incident really caught him by surprise.

"Why? Why would Barty Crouch do such a stupid thing? Our family hasn't offended him before, right? What's this guy trying to do when he suddenly ran out to be disgusting?" Elena said indignantly.

Flora said in a muffled voice: "Probably at the instigation of someone, I guess those guys from the Roll family or the Parkinson family are playing tricks."

"Huh? How do you say it?"

"Crouch will take up the post of Director of the Department of International Magical Cooperation next month, which means that he won't be able to sit in the position of Director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement for long. He must have taken advantage of someone before leaving office. Get some money."

Flora gritted her teeth with anger: "The key is that we really have nothing to do with him, we can only suffer from being dumb."

"Hehe, the No. [-] person under the majestic Minister of Magic, actually dispatched himself to restrict a small factory. It really cost a lot of money! Which old bastard did it?" Elena's face was gloomy. It's really frustrating. After all, others followed the legal procedure, so there's no reason for this matter.

Flora knocked on the table and said: "I've heard that both the Roller family and the Parkinson family are preparing factories. It must be the ghosts of those guys. One step forward"

After sorting out the ins and outs of this matter, it is actually not complicated. It is Connor's magic card that caused this dispute, because the interests represented by this thing are so great that some people can't control themselves …

Today was originally the shipping day for the first batch of magic cards. The plan of the Lakers was to use the influence of the Monster Cup to launch a new epoch-making product called magic cards when the Monster Cup was held in August.

But now, this deployment was interrupted by this sudden attack. This batch of magic cards is not allowed to leave the factory, and a permit must be applied for again. Considering that Crouch is currently the director of the Law Enforcement Department, this process It will definitely not go well.

And what's even more disgusting is that in order to make this matter bigger, the "behind the scenes" also notified the reporter, and now the matter of the Lake family's magic card must not be hidden.

This trick was very sinister, and it made things worse, and all the wizards focused their attention on this matter. I believe that the news that the Lake family has developed a magic scroll product will soon be known all over the world.

But in this "highly anticipated" situation, the Lake family can't produce "goods", and if there is a new magic scroll product at this time, what will happen, you can figure out with your butt.

Although Connor kept this batch of cards from being destroyed, modifying the magic model is actually more time-consuming than reproducing it. Therefore, if the Lake family wants to remake a batch of magic cards, it will inevitably take a lot of time. For a while, the guy who set up the Lake family must have started selling the "magic scrolls" they produced.

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

Connor, who figured out the whole thing, laughed angrily. These old guys are really good at playing power games. I have to say that this dumb guy really has to eat it.

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

"And now it's probably not easy to explain to the few families that we cooperate with. This matter has become a big deal, and it is possible that the group of grasshoppers who see the wind will turn against each other."

"We've been going so smoothly along the way. Those guys have been jealous for a long time. It's not too surprising that we dragged our hands until now."

"Hehe, in the final analysis, our Lake family is still not strong enough. No one really thinks that we can step on our heads."

Flora and Elena spoke to each other, and they said unnutritive angry words. Old Diwen listened to it, and his mood was very complicated. He knew very well how much his two daughters weighed, and there was more than enough for conservative words. , but for the Lake family that is currently on the rise, their abilities seem a bit insufficient.

Fortunately, this matter is still within the scope of "conservative"... It's a pity that the smartest third daughter has gone to fooling around somewhere, otherwise

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

"I don't have any opinion. In fact, it's expected that there will be an opponent, isn't it? It's just that the whole show today really made me uncomfortable." Connor lowered his eyes, curled his lips, and said lightly .

Although Connor didn't care too much about the bullshit of the Lake family in the political arena of the shopping mall, he still had confidence in his family's true strength.

Don't look at the Lake family's 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, it is not. Before Connor established the Lake chain store, the Lake family has always been an ordinary merchant family. The Lake family has never been involved in the political struggle of the Ministry of Magic. Back then, Flora also worked in the relatively neutral International Magic Cooperation Department. In fact, the Ministry of Magic has always had little say.

And the Lake family has made such a big cake in the past few years, and there are not a few families who are jealous. The reason why no one dared to touch the Lake family before, except that the Lake family has been pulling people on board to make cakes, is also because of Dumbledore. Tie is the reason behind supporting the Lake family.

So as far as Connor knows, the current real power of the Lake family includes: the relationship network run by old Divin for many years; the support behind Dumbledore's family; partners; plus Connor's unnamed power after he received Grindelwald's "approval" not long ago.

The Lake family has indeed laid out a big net, but these are all allies, not your own brothers. They will be biased towards the Lake family to a certain extent, but it is impossible for the Lake family to follow the lead.

Today's incident was considered a sudden accident for the Lake family, but the mastermind behind the scenes must have been prepared, and it seems that they are very confident in dealing with the next counterattack of the Lake family, so this must not be just a family of wizards What the family dares to do, they must form an offensive and defensive alliance that is not weak, and the family that is capable of doing such a thing

"Grandfather, is there someone who wants to compete with our family for the magic card market?" Ivan's face was full of seriousness.

The grandfather glanced at Yiwen unexpectedly. Although he knew that his little grandson was good at communication, he never thought that this kid could really understand the current situation. Did he pay too little attention to this child before?Maybe Little Ivan is a man to be made?

Old Diwen nodded and said: "Yes, you can see this, very good."

"Then don't we need to worry too much?" Ivan carefully glanced at several elders, and expressed his opinion: "Our family has a Lake chain store, and in the international market, no matter who the opponent is, they should not have a relationship with our family. The ability to challenge the board? After all, only our family can sell products farther, right?"

Old Diwen's expression was a little relieved, he smiled and said: "Ivan, you can set your sights on the global market. It's muscle-building, but it's also really disrupting our rhythm."

". Next week is the final of the Goblin Cup. Immediately, the eyes of the wizarding world will be focused on the England arena. This was originally our best opportunity to promote the magic card, but today's incident happened, and the magic card must not be shipped in time. , we will miss our best chance to capture the market..."

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

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

Old Diwen smiled wryly and shook his head: "No way, we are bound to suffer from this loss, but this can be regarded as a wake-up call for us. Our family's political power is indeed too weak. This time, it is a waste of money. Bought a lesson."

Ivan gritted his teeth: "Could it be that this matter is over? Wouldn't that make others look down on our Lake family?!"

Connor patted Ivan on the head with a smile, and said with a smile: "Are you kidding, you don't think they moved our Lake's house, so there's nothing wrong with it?"

A cruel smile appeared on the corner of Old Diwen's mouth: "That's right, although our family has suffered this loss, they don't have to think about it. They will regret the decision they made today."

Connor stretched his waist and said: "Any enemy that stands in our way, just crush them. They don't know the true strength of the Lake family. Since they dare to show their swords against us, they must Awareness of the consequences."

Flora shook her head and said: "Connor is right, the matter has come to an end, it is meaningless to dwell on what has happened, the important thing is our next response, we must let the entire wizarding community know that the Lake family will not tolerate humiliation."

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

Connor laughed: "It's really nothing to worry about. We've been dismissed, and we'll give it back twice as much. Those stupid old guys have been immersed in the past world for too long. Times have changed. Let us let the Lake family give them back Take this lesson well."

That's right, in fact, the few people were not worried about the situation of the Lake family at all, they were just angry that they were tricked inexplicably. It was wrong for a moment.

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

Elena let out a breath: "In the end, this kind of thing shouldn't have happened in the first place. I don't know how many people have seen it as a joke."

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

Connor felt that the news must have come from his fraternity. After all, just because his son joined the fraternity does not mean that his father can also join the fraternity. There must be an insider. There is no doubt about it, although Connor had thought about this possibility , but still a little upset.

"Although after the establishment of the Lake chain store and the connection between our Lake family and the Department of Magical Transportation, we have truly grasped a part of our own political power." Elena said with her face propped up: "But now it seems that our family The influence in the Ministry of Magic is still not enough."

Flora smiled helplessly: "After all, we never thought that we could make such a big business before, and this is usually the case."

Flora looked at her two sons, smiled and shook her head: "It's time to start a political and business marriage."

As soon as this was mentioned, Elena became excited: "Extremely extreme! Connor Yiwen, do you have a crush on any girl? With the strength of our family, the second aunt can tell you who you like. Marry back!"

"." Connor yawned, and said listlessly: "Is it boring? Our family doesn't need to engage in such things."

Yiwen's eyes wandered, and he muttered in a low voice: "Really anyone...anyone can?"

Old Diwen also showed a smile at this time: "Hehehe, Connor Ivan, you don't know that the families who want to marry us have lined up for a long time. After all, this is a matter of mutual benefit, but it still depends. I won't force your opinion on you."

Although the Lake family is an established family, they are not very interested in the marriage between magic families. The main reason is the sequelae of old Diwen's three daughters running away from home.

Ahem, old Diwen has already learned this well. Anyway, the Lake family doesn't need to ask anyone now. He is not in a hurry at all about the marriage.

If the two grandsons were forced to run away from home because of this shitty relationship between men and women, then old Diwen would have nowhere to cry.

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

(End of this chapter)