thefictionvixens Chapter 267 The New Wizard Bank is Under Construction
Chapter 267 The New Wizard Bank is Under Construction
Chapter 267 The New Wizard Bank is Under Construction
"I don't know why this happened! Vio, George, and Fred must have known! But they didn't mention it to me!"
Ryan discovered that there were treacherous ministers around him who ignored this "illegal flattery" and did nothing to stop it, and even told him the truth.
Vio, George, Fred. I heard from Penelope that these are all members of the Adventurers' Club, all outstanding young talents. I wonder when Ryan started the Adventurers' Club selection this year... Fleur also asked Ryan, and Ryan's answer was "in the last two days".
She said, "Perhaps Vio and the others don't think this is harmful, so they let these comments fester here."
How could it be harmless! I'm about to dig out a Hogwarts castle... Ryan secretly cast a spell on himself, forcing himself to calm down and stop thinking about how many similar things the Squibs had made up for him, and he didn't dare to think about how many scriptures these words borrowed from.
He pointed to the ruins of Gringotts, which were cordoned off, and changed the subject, saying, "The goblins' Gringotts have completely faded from history. From now on, wizards' wealth will be kept by the wizards themselves."
"Fairies... their fate is truly tragic. But I also agree that wizards should keep their wealth in their own hands."
"The wizard's bank you mentioned, could it be the building under construction over there?" Fleur pointed to another side, where there was a crooked sign that read "Under Construction, Do Not Approach." Behind the sign was a construction site where workers were working hard.
Unexpectedly, the Ministry of Magic was surprisingly efficient in this aspect—Ryan nodded: "Perhaps this is proof that wizards all over the world have suffered from goblins for too long. It's truly remarkable that the bureaucrats of the Ministry of Magic were able to set up a bank for wizards so quickly."
"Have the supporting institutions been established?" Fleur asked, because Madame Maxime had previously written to her saying that Gringotts in France had suffered heavy losses and a large number of wizards had lost everything.
So she became very interested in banking and wanted to see what good methods were available in England, so she introduced these methods to France.
The most crucial aspects of a bank, besides storage and security, are oversight. Gringotts has accumulated a reputation for its goblins over the years, and everyone knows that while goblins are greedy, they abide by their contracts.
Wizard banks today need entirely new regulatory measures to convince people to deposit their money there.
"Senior Lawen said that the result of their meeting was that a separate Wizard Banking Regulatory Association would be established under the Department of Law Enforcement, composed of members of the Council of Ministers, representatives of Wizengamo, Aurors, fairies, and wizards. Every day and every week, they would need to compile and summarize the bank's transaction records and post them on the bulletin board at the bank's entrance."
The original agreement was that the final item, the compilation and summary of bank statements, would not be included. However, after learning of the meeting's outcome, Larvin immediately objected, demanding that the total bank statements be made public without infringing on personal information privacy, in order to prevent collusion and theft.
According to him, "Since it is a wizard's bank, containing the savings of all wizards, then every wizard has the right to view the transaction reports and the right to supervise the bank."
Given the power of Dumbledore and Lane, the other council members struggled only briefly before giving up their resistance to Raven's proposal, resulting in a final policy that seemed too good to be true for the Ministry of Magic.
Hibiscus clapped her hands and cheered: "This is indeed more reassuring. And people's resistance is not so great, because those fairies were originally impervious to reason. No matter how noble the family or how high the status, they could not reach Gringotts. If fairies could do it before, then the wizards will naturally not allow these bad apples to abuse their power and act recklessly."
She planned to tell Maxim all of this, although she was certain that the French Wizarding Bank could not possibly be so impartial, since the only person there with such prestige to command the entire Ministry of Magic had long since retired from public life.
It was only in the last two years that Nicolas Flamel became active, and this activity did not include establishing ties with the Ministry of Magic. This made it impossible for the French Ministry of Magic to use Nicolas Flamel's name, and they could only watch as their "brother Ministry of Magic" next door used Dumbledore's name to conduct "magical deterrence."
"There's another question. Is there something wrong with your Professor Lockhart? I feel like you specifically dragged him along today?" She asked the question that had been on her mind all along. The biggest reason for her doubt was that Lockhart's abilities were too weak; he didn't seem to have any professorial qualities at all.
"We could deduce from his behavior that he had a big problem, but we couldn't find any evidence. Even when Hermione pretended to be a die-hard fan of his, she couldn't get any more useful information. She later told me that in her interactions with Lockhart, she was 100% certain that Lockhart's works were not based on his personal experiences."
Ryan said that he had previously asked Hermione, who initially idolized Lockhart, to approach the investigation, because Hermione already had a fascination with Lockhart, so it wouldn't seem out of place.
However, for some reason, even when faced with a little witch who didn't need to be on his list of cautions, Lockhart always dodged the question about the ambiguity in his work, as if he had a strong awareness of anti-fraud and anti-cliché.
"Aren't we going to take any action?" Furong wondered. Since they had already confirmed that there was a problem, why not do what they were doing now: first take the person in charge down, and then look for evidence, or find someone to demand an explanation?
As the two were talking, the other Beauxbatons students carrying Rita and Aslot arrived and all saw the Daily Prophet headquarters not far away.
Ryan walked toward the Daily Prophet headquarters, saying casually, "Even with the biggest problems, at Hogwarts, a little Lockhart can't cause any trouble."
Fleur couldn't get enough of Ryan's confidence and asked with a smile, "In the wizarding world?"
"In the wizarding world? Let alone a little Lockhart, how much trouble can this Daily Prophet even cause?" the boy in front said. "Last year I told Aslot that when he was making things up, he should be glad he was in Hogwarts."
Ryan waved his hand, and a surge of magical power crushed the doors of the Daily Prophet, throwing the two guards far away.
Seeing blood at school would offend a well-known good person and frighten many young wizards, so it shouldn't be done from any perspective.
But what if we're outside of school? I can only say, I'm not exactly a universally acknowledged good guy... He walked into the Daily Prophet headquarters, followed by a large group of excited students.