Chapter 171 Ten Thousand Pages of Accounts

Looking at the poor performance of the fat man sitting at the chief seat, Lucius just felt like laughing.

He understood why the other party pushed the matter to old Crouch. It was just to show that although he had spent a lot of money to win over a group of centrist officials in the Ministry of Magic.

But although those officials held positions, their political reputation was far from enough, and a faction needed to be formed.

After all, a leader is needed, and old Crouch has been very active recently, whether as the head of the delegation entering Hogwarts.

Or he could arrest Carl himself. Even if his position did not change, in the hearts of the officials of the Ministry of Magic and a crowd of onlookers.

The other party has already shown signs of becoming the second-in-command of the Ministry of Magic, so it is time to let him lead this investigation.

It can not only show that he has completely taken control of the British Ministry of Magic, but also show it to himself in disguise.

All my previous attempts to win over the people are no longer effective. The people behind the scenes have already turned against me, so I'd better surrender as soon as possible.

But what Lucius couldn't say was that old Crouch had never been his backer, his backer had always been Carl.

The other party's background is beyond anyone's imagination, that is Dumbledore who has been missing for many days.

There was no change in his expression. He just listened quietly as old Crouch recited the meeting's investigation requirements as if he were reading from a script.

"Mr. Malfoy, the main purpose of this meeting is to ask you to explain the accounting problems of the First Savings Bank in the Wizarding World."

"As well as the operating conditions of the relevant companies in the British wizarding world, and whether there is any tax evasion."

"That's the main content. Of course, we also want to know some information about Mr. Hohenzollern."

"After all, he and you have close contacts. I hope you can answer the questions truthfully."

Lucius sneered without leaving a trace and thought, what a bullshit accounting problem and tax evasion.

However, the bugs present did not get the share they wanted. After all, they still wanted money. As for the so-called issue of Mr. Hohenzollern.

He just wanted to find a breakthrough from me, or to submit a letter of surrender.

So he slowly raised his head, stared at Cornelius Fudge, and said indifferently.

"Before answering this question, I want to make it clear what the principles of this meeting are."

"Let's do it according to the old rules, or according to legal procedures, if we want to do it according to the old rules."

"I'm sorry, I'm not the CEO of the First Savings Bank of the Wizarding World. I'm just a shareholder and I don't have that much money to share with everyone here."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Cornelius Fudge was stunned for a second, then immediately said anxiously.

"There are no old rules or money sharing. We have never done anything like that."

He was really panicking at this moment. Even before coming to this meeting room, he had already imagined countless situations in his mind.

But he had never imagined that the other party would reply like this. It was just like playing cards, where you just played the smallest card to test the other party's bottom line.

As a result, the opponent directly threw a "trump card", which meant that it was a fight to the death as soon as they met.

Cornelius Fudge's face was covered with cold sweat. Old Crouch looked at him with disdain in his heart but his expression was still serious.

"Mr. Malfoy, I don't care how you behaved when dealing with other officials in the Ministry of Magic before."

"But at least today, on this matter, I can assure you on behalf of the British Ministry of Magic."

"There is only one principle for all actions in this case, and that is to act in full accordance with the written law."

"No one will bend the law for personal gain. We will not wrongly accuse a good person, and we will never let any bad thing go."

Having said that, old Crouch still took Cornelius Fudge's face into consideration, turned to look at him and asked with a smile.

"Mr. Minister, I seem to have overstepped my authority just now. This kind of question should be answered by you yourself."

Cornelius Fudge composed himself and forced a smile at old Crouch that was uglier than crying.

He nodded quickly and said.

"That's nature, that's nature."

After perfunctorily dealing with old Crouch, he looked at Lucius and said rather unhappily.

"Mr. Malfoy, everything is as Mr. Barty Crouch said. The whole matter will only be handled in accordance with the legal documents of the Ministry of Magic."

"Rules are above everything else. There is absolutely no such dirty behavior as you mentioned."

Hearing this, Lucius immediately clapped his hands, unable to hide the playful expression on his face.

After applauding, he picked up the bottle of red wine beside him and drank the last bit of the wine in it in one gulp.

After moistening his throat, he began his performance.

He first reviewed the details on the legal document and then spoke.

"According to the British Ministry of Magic's regulations on the management and financial affairs of the British wizarding community, Chapter 1, Section 3."

"All organizations involved in tax evasion, false accounting, and a series of other financial problems will be notified."

"All details of the accounts within the specified time period, including the original copies of the accounts, must be provided within 7 working days."

"Send it to the institution designated by the British Ministry of Magic for examination, am I right?"

Lucius's words made the high-ranking officials of the Ministry of Magic present there so exhausted that their brains were about to smoke.

There are many officials working in the financial sector among them, but over the years, they have been taking bribes and extortion.

They had never done anything serious. Those were legal clauses and regulations, and they had long forgotten them.

When I heard this, my brain was really confused for a moment.

At this moment, old Crouch came out to save the situation and said.

"That's right, so please provide all the account details and originals of the Wizarding World's First Savings Bank for the past six months."

"Send it to the British Ministry of Magic. We will review and verify it according to the law you just mentioned, Section 4."

"Before the trial begins, we have to check all the accounts frame by frame, and all the details must be sorted out before we can issue a formal trial order."

"I am right, Mr. Malfoy."

Lucius nodded immediately and complimented.

"Mr. Batty is worthy of being the former director of the Law Enforcement Department. His understanding of legal documents is indeed detailed enough."

"But please rest assured that all the accounting documents are detailed and original, including the four copies required."

"I will immediately send someone to the British Ministry of Magic in three days."

"Why does it take three days?" Cornelius Fudge jumped out again. The meeting had been going on from the beginning to now.

The one who has always been in the spotlight is Crouch Sr. As the leader of the entire meeting, he seems more like a supporting role.

Seeing the loophole in the other party's words, he couldn't wait to question.

"Are you planning to do something? You must hand over all the accounts immediately."

"I'd like to, but the bills are a bit too much." Lucius pretended to be embarrassed.

Cornelius Fudge didn't realize the trap set by the other party's words at all and dived right into it.

Said disdainfully.

"No matter how much more it can be, don't quibble anymore. I want to see the accounts today. The Ministry of Magic will be responsible for solving the problem of photocopying."

Seeing the other party fall into the pit, Lucius was too lazy to talk nonsense with him. He slowly leaned back in the seat and spoke softly.

"Not much, only 1,367 million pages. It's impossible to deliver them all by owl. I specially ordered two trucks from the Muggle world for this purpose."

"Since the Minister is so anxious, I will have someone bring the accounts over tomorrow."