Chapter 217 Expanding Power

After exchanging gifts, everyone started talking about Levin's establishment of the "Erudition Society" in school.

"Speaking of which, there are indeed a few outstanding seventh-year graduates in the Erudite Society. Many of them plan to work in the Ministry of Magic after graduation," Levin said to Jaina. "If you are willing, I can recommend you to them. .”

"So, you plan to use the [Erudition Society] to select the team at Hogwarts so that they can be used by us as soon as they graduate, right?" Jaina nodded, "This is indeed a great method, equivalent to the entire The best talents in the Yin Kingdom are all under our control. Even the so-called Dark Lord couldn't do this."

"Because he can't provide as much advanced magical knowledge as I can." Levin said confidently, "The little black magic he masters is not enough."

"What's more, he doesn't have many sisters who are high-ranking officials in the Ministry of Magic!" Levin continued.

When Tonks heard this, she couldn't help but puff up her chest, feeling proud to be able to help Levin.

"In that case, Tonks, I will arrange for you to be responsible for the recruitment of the Auror Office next year." Jaina made a decision immediately, "Let them follow you then."

"no problem!"

Tonks nodded seriously.

"And I and I," when talking about this, Oni 697 Keshiya also volunteered, "I also need some helpers in the Department of Management and Control of Magical Creatures [Remember to recommend a few talented young people in this area." Wizard to me.

"Of course, how could we forget our Miss Katlana?"

Levin stroked the black cat's head.

Onyxia shook her cat ears impatiently and continued: "Also, my gold is not enough recently, you have to give me another batch."

"Didn't I just give you 5 kilograms of gold last month? Why is it not enough? What kind of expensive antiques did you buy?" Levin couldn't help complaining after hearing this.

"If we follow the previous progress, that little gold will certainly be enough." Onyxia said matter-of-factly, "But it's different now. You are establishing the [Erudition Society]

He is recommending graduates again. He is obviously planning to do something big, expand his power everywhere in the Ministry of Magic, and place his own people there. Doesn't that cost a lot of money? After all, if graduates follow us, we must give them a good future. This requires us to exchange the money for certain key positions, or simply use it as a subsidy for them. "

Levin heard what Onyxia said and felt that Onyxia's words were reasonable, so he approved her payment.

He knew very well that if he wanted to quickly expand his influence in the Ministry of Magic and the wizarding world, he couldn't be stingy with money.

With the Philosopher's Stone, there is absolutely no need for him to guard useless treasures like a dragon - not even the real dragon Onyxia herself does this.

Only by converting wealth into corresponding status, influence and power is the best way to deal with it.

After all, wealth is the primary and greatest power that a wizard can control besides personal strength.

This is not just for Muggles, it also applies to wizards.

"In addition to expanding our power within the Ministry of Magic, we also need to start in other places. For example, we need to find ways to control speech!" When talking about expanding her power, Onyxia became a little excited and no longer bothered to cover up her darkness. Faced with this, he began to make suggestions for Levin.

"Unfortunately, the most influential Daily Prophet is controlled by the Ministry of Magic." Jaina said to the Black Dragon Princess. She did not think the other party's idea was too radical. "In my capacity, I want to maintain good relations with them." It is not difficult to establish relationships and even penetrate some influence, but to completely bribe and control it requires..."

Levin instantly remembered Rita Skeeter, the chief reporter of the Daily Prophet, who he had worked with before.

I still have the handle that he is an illegal Animagus. Maybe I can continue to cooperate with her if I have the opportunity in the future.

With her style, it is difficult to use it to flatter one's own people, but if it is used to deal with other people, it can also be called a good knife.

The Daily Prophet is a key cooperation partner of the Ministry of Magic, and it is indeed difficult to control.

But it's still possible to control just one Rita Skeeter.

"Otherwise, how about we start a new media ourselves?" Tonks (ajaa) suggested, "Anyway, we have enough money and just recruit a few more suitable practitioners.

"No, setting up a new media that is completely geared towards us is too conspicuous." Onyxia rejected her idea. The Black Dragon Princess knew nothing about manipulating public opinion, otherwise she wouldn't have done it. It will be done to the point that public opinion alone has divided the upper and lower classes of Stormwind City, and even prompted the stonemasons to kill the Queen of Stormwind City in the conflict.

"I think it is best for us to acquire a well-known newspaper and magazine that has been established for many years." This is Onyxia's opinion.

Levin suddenly thought that the invitation attached to Luna's Christmas card might be an opportunity.

"When it comes to newspapers that have been established for many years and are somewhat famous, I have a choice here." Levin suddenly said, "A friend of mine in Ravenclaw——Luna Lovegood, her father Xenophilius Mr. Lovegood is the editor-in-chief of The Quibbler. Maybe we can make this magazine work for us.

"You're so lucky, Levin." Onyxia's eyes lit up. "Since we have such a good relationship with friends, everything will be easy to operate. With this relationship, we can completely collect it without leaving any trace." Under my command, it will be better if we don’t let it see any close relationship with us, so as to influence public opinion.”

Gianna recalled the information about "The Quibbler" and nodded, "I think I've heard of this magazine. The content of that magazine seemed to mainly describe some non-existent creatures and some strange stories. At the time, I thought I thought about searching for some information about visitors from Otherworld through this magazine, but later I realized that most of the things described in it were baseless and it was just a waste of time to read it."

After recounting her experience of being cheated, Gianna commented: "The Quibbler's reputation among mainstream readers is only average, but it also has a considerable number of loyal readers, which is indeed convenient for us to cooperate with."

For the next period of time, several people have been talking about how to use the advantages of the [Erudition Society] to maximize their impact on the entire magical world.

Gianna proposed that she could sponsor some outstanding graduates to start their own businesses and control more resources in business, but Levin rejected this plan.

"It's not the right time yet," Levin said. "The current magical world is still too stable, and all walks of life are developing very smoothly. If you end up at this time, if you want to make a difference, the price you have to pay will be very high."

"The opportunity will come next year or the year after that. At that time, the Dark Lord will revive and the entire Yin Kingdom magic world will fall into chaos. That will be the best time to buy at the bottom.

"Yes, that's it."

Levin didn't notice that the black cat in his arms was looking at him complicatedly again.

"It's this kind of confidence, this certainty about the future and his strategic strategy that makes everyone willing to listen to him, even that Jaina is no exception.

"The little guy in this state is indeed very charming."

Onyxia, a patient with Stockholm Syndrome, did not notice that her eyes were already a little moist at this time. .