Chapter 69 Balance
December 12th is about to usher in a new year.
Still Malfoy Manor, still the living room,
At nine o'clock in the morning, Raven appeared on time in the chair where he had sat yesterday, even if Lucius secretly changed the anti-disapparation spell.
Today there is an extra Sirius Black in the living room compared to yesterday.
He knew about the Fang Wizard Home Aircraft Company, and many pure-blood families had shares in it.
He also knew about Raven Weasley. Dumbledore had hinted that this Raven Weasley had helped the Arthur children a lot when he was released from prison.
But he didn't expect that he would discuss the Fang Company with Raven.
Sirius and Lucius were once on opposing sides,
If Lucius hadn't made it clear that it was Raven who invited him to discuss matters, he would never have accepted his cousin-in-law's invitation.
Since he had just been released from prison, he not only had to face reporters, but also had to take over the family properties again.
Recently, he had to communicate with the Wizengamot. The 1991 Sir Merlin Medal was about to be awarded, and he couldn't refuse.
Sirius has been so busy lately that he hasn't even been able to celebrate Christmas, let alone spend it with Harry.
Harry is a sensible child and does not blame his incompetent godfather. He will make it up to him.
It's really a sign of sincerity for Sirius to take the time to accept Raven's invitation.
Raven knew this too, so he smiled and nodded to Sirius.
Unlike Malfoy, this Black is closer to Weasley, which is why Raven wants to win over him. Fang needs to be balanced, so naturally it should accept more factions.
With Sirius here, the pure-blood families who had gathered under Dumbledore would naturally move closer to him, even if they originally followed the Malfoy family.
"Ali Bashir, the supplier of fangs, unfortunately died. We need a new strong supplier, so I asked Mr. Malfoy to come forward and invite you here."
Raven got straight to the point, but the news revealed in her words was shocking enough.
Even if Lucius knew about this in advance, he never expected that Raven would take down Ali Bashir in such a short time.
"Dobby!? Dobby!? Bring today's Daily Prophet."
Lucius shouted,
With a clatter, a volume of the Daily Prophet that had just been delivered landed on the coffee table.
The Daily Prophet is delivered at nine o'clock every day. Raven arrived with the newspaper before Lucius could open it.
The headline on the front page is,
[Suddenly, Ali Bashir, shareholder and supplier of Fang Company, died tragically in the manor]
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[Ali Bashir, the new richest man in the British transportation industry]
[Died tragically in the manor, body was torn into countless pieces]
[This big businessman likes to eat biting cabbage and has a lot of biting cabbage at home]
[A goblin insider contacted the reporter and was willing to provide information]
[The insider died tragically, and the manner of death was exactly the same as that of Ali Bashir]
[The insider is probably a cabbage fan of a big businessman, and they all like to eat cabbage]
[The family of the insider refused to meet with reporters]
A strange way to die, but I seem to have heard it somewhere, Lucius thought.
Speaking of goblins, Lucius had to thank them.
When these idiots from the pure-blood family heard the news of the death of the major shareholder, they gathered together and asked Lucius to test Raven as the successor.
Lucius is a Malfoy. Those people want him to be a spearman, but he is not that easy to take the bait.
So he wanted to encourage the goblins to give it a try, and the goblins were also shareholders of Fangs.
Everyone knows the greed of goblins. If there is an opportunity to grab some profits from major shareholders, they will not refuse it.
But the goblin's reaction was beyond Lucius's expectation. They not only refused,
After hearing Lucius's intention, they directly asked Lucius to be sent out of Gringotts.
He completely ignored the matter, as if he didn't want to get any information at all.
Sensing something fishy, Lucius immediately became alert.
Just when he was thinking about how to fool those pure-blood idiots, an even more idiotic guy jumped out, Ali Bashir.
Sure enough, this idiot was pressed to death, and they, the pure-blood faction, had to face Raven's beating.
Yes, Lucius knew that Raven would beat them. After all, in this matter, their pure-blood faction stayed out of the matter and did not show their loyalty.
If it were his previous boss, he would have randomly selected the lucky ones among them and sent Avada Kedavra to die.
No, the beating is coming.
"Me? Supplier?" Faced with Raven's invitation, Sirius was very confused.
"Our Black family has some alchemy workshops, but supplying flying carpets to the fangs is still a bit stressful, right?"
It happened that he took over the family property some time ago, so Sirius knew very well how productive his family was, and there was no way he could supply flying carpets for Sharptooth as Raven said.
Raven explained.
"It's not just your family, you have friends, the Potters, the Longbottoms, etc...
These ancient families all have their own alchemy workshops.
I hope you will come forward to integrate the resources of these families,
Don’t worry about technology, I will take care of the technical issues for you. "
Upon hearing these surnames, Sirius understood that although he had been in prison for more than ten years, it did not mean that he had forgotten all the methods of pure-blood families that he had learned before.
Malfoy, Goyle, Greengrass, Parkinson. Which of Malfoy's friends doesn't have a few alchemy workshops?
Why did he need to do this? Isn't it because these people have lost Raven's favor?
Will he refuse? of course not!
Harry is the only one left in the Potter family,
The Longbottom family only has an old lady and a little grandson who is not very bright. The couple still live in St. Mungo's. They have been crazy for more than ten years.
His good brother, Lupin, is still in self-imposed exile.
The industries these old guys originally owned were only very low-end shampoos and the like.
Now having their workshop produce flying carpets is naturally a good thing for them.
Lupine was unwilling to accept his Sirius' "charity";
But if he was working for Fang, he could hire Lupine as the manager of the workshop. He knew Lupine's abilities very well.
So after thinking for a while, Sirius agreed. There was no reason not to agree.
Raven is also very satisfied. Beating the pure-blood faction is secondary, it is just a group of weak people.
Raven is more satisfied with the expansion of his influence, so that he can use more chess pieces. This is very convenient, isn't it?
Lucius didn't have any objections. The pure-blood faction didn't lose any interests. What they lost was Ali Bashir, a dead man.
I don't think those idiots would object to such a result.
Lucius reminded him thoughtfully.
"Would you like to ask the fairies for their opinion?"
"No, just pretend that the goblins don't exist. If you don't care about them, they will still thank you."
A verbal agreement was reached, and the rest could be left to Lucius. This was what Raven was most satisfied with.
After saying these words, Raven stood up, apparated again, and returned to Hogwarts.
