Connor's Hogwarts

Chapter 374 Before the Opening Ceremony

Although the monster card is a new entertainment activity, because of its wide audience, high popularity and great influence, it has already attracted the attention of the wizarding world.

The Goblin Cup was originally a private competition, but because of its great influence (too many tickets were sold), it has been upgraded to an international exchange event. Even if the British Ministry of Magic does not want to intervene, it must intervene, tens of thousands The entry of wizards in China is no small event.

In view of the fact that the nature of the Goblin Cup itself has risen from a private competition to an international competition, for tonight's opening ceremony, various big names in the British magic world have received invitations from the Lake family, and there are indeed many big names who came to enjoy the face.

Directly opposite Box 1A10 is the exclusive box for these so-called big shots—Box 1A01.

"Dumbledore, I don't believe in such absurd things. That person won't come back, not now, and never in the future." On the edge of the stands in Box 1A01, a stocky man in a striped suit and a red tie The man is talking loudly.

Cornelius Fudge, who defeated Barty Crouch, the director of the Law Enforcement Department who was "defective of personal morality" two years ago, and Dumbledore, who had no intention of running for the Minister of Magic, successfully became the Minister of Magic.

His road to office can be said to be very smooth, because his opponents all abstained automatically before the election.

Fortunately, Minister Fudge couldn't wait to prove his ability to the wizarding world, but at this moment, Dumbledore suddenly told him that Voldemort was back, and he was unwilling to believe such a thing.

"I think you have seen the video I gave you? Even so, are you still unwilling to believe it?" Dumbledore glanced at Fudge. There was a video of Harry fighting the unlucky Quirrell, and he had already saved it. This important video was given to Fudge.

"No! I don't believe it! It might just be some other dark wizard! No one can prove it's You-Know-Who! You can't even prove the authenticity of that video!" You can never wake up a person who is pretending to be asleep, Fudge's The meaning is very clear, I don't believe what you say, and I don't listen to it.

"That's really a pity." Dumbledore shrugged and didn't say anything more. He had expected Fudge's reaction, and he was even a little happy with what he didn't trust and didn't respond to, because Dumbledore Knowing that even if Fudge wants to do something, he can't actually do it. There is no conclusive evidence, and what the puppet Fudge wants to do in the Ministry of Magic has almost no chance of success. Dumbledore doesn't expect Fudge to be of any help at all.

"." Snape, who was standing not far from Dumbledore, remained silent. In fact, it is very simple to prove that Voldemort has returned, because Quirrell is on his body now, bah, it is Quirrell The painting is in his pocket.

Dumbledore collected Quirrell's soul before, and Connor drew a painting for Quirrell, and this painting is now kept by Snape. As Dumbledore's "tool man No. [-]", Snape With a high trust level, he is qualified to use this new type of magic equipment. It has to be said that Quirrell, who became a "stand-in messenger" after death, is still very useful. In various senses
At this time, there was a sudden commotion behind the few people, and when they looked back, it turned out that it was the real host tonight, Divin Lake, who had walked into the box.

At this time, old Divin was surrounded by a large group of people, and the Lake family alone borne all the expenses required for the holding of this Monster Cup. The Ministry of Magic was only responsible for maintaining order. Now everyone knows how rich the Lake family is, so no matter Whether it is useful or not, there is almost nothing wrong with it.

After a while, Divin and another old man with a big beard came to Dumbledore's side.

"Mr. Dumbledore, Mr. Fudge, are you satisfied with the arrangement of the Goblin Cup?" Diwen walked over with a smile, and there was a hint of complacency in his tone.

"Divin, your Lake family is in the limelight now! You are indeed the [leader] of our British magic world!" Fudge immediately put on a smiling expression. A pair of pants, but it is still a powerful family worth fighting for, after all, their family is too rich
"Mr. Minister is joking. Our Lake family is only doing some small business, so we shouldn't boast about it. After all, there are many businessmen like our family, aren't there?" Di Wen said with a smile on his face. Most people can see a negative sabotage situation. Fortunately, the Lake family is well prepared. Otherwise, it is still unknown whether the Monster Cup can go smoothly.
"Hahaha, William, you are here too. It seems that the negotiation over there is going well." Fudge turned to look at the bearded man beside Diwen, and said with a big laugh.

William Wallace is currently the director of the International Department of Magical Cooperation, but he will retire in a few months, and Barty Crouch will take over his position.

Fudge brought the topic to this person, the meaning is obvious, he is reminding Di Wen, I am not in charge of your monster cup, I am just a poor Minister of Magic, someone else is responsible for your family, don't do it Wrong target.

Wallace, with a big beard and looking like a sleepy old man, yelled, "Fudge, what are you talking about?! It's so loud in here, I can't hear you!!"

Old Diwen said cheerfully: "The opening ceremony will begin soon, and I hope that everyone can come back with a good time tonight."

"Is it a childish card game? I haven't played it, and I'm really not interested." A cold voice broke the relatively harmonious atmosphere, and Barty Crouch intervened in the conversation of several people: "I only know Mr. Devon's Goblin Cup has brought a lot of troublesome and unnecessary work to our Ministry of Magic, and we should all be enjoying our vacation at home at this time."

In fact, Crouch’s words are correct. The Monster Cup this time is regarded as overtime for the Aurors, and it’s still the kind of overtime without salary. There must be many people who are dissatisfied with this. What's up?

Old Diwen smiled slightly: "Then Mr. Crouch has to watch the game seriously this time, maybe if he awakens a new interest."

Dumbledore stroked his beard and smiled, "I still like monster cards very much. I hope tonight's game won't disappoint me."

Generally speaking, the atmosphere in the stands was quite harmonious-at least there was no fight.

As the time came to [-]:[-] p.m., all the lights in the venue were turned off instantly. The opening ceremony started at [-]:[-] p.m., and now it is officially entering the warm-up stage.

Because monster cards are not included in the scope of sports, the host will naturally not be Ludo Bagman, the director of the sports department, but Andy Hall, a well-known radio commentator hired by the Lake family with a lot of money.

Before the Lake family developed the magic TV, radio culture was popular in the wizarding world for a period of time. Well, it was a radio station only for wizards, and the magic channel was received by Muggle radios. Andy Hall was the most famous radio station. The anchor, after Magic TV came out, he has changed his career as a card game host, and he is a "famous mouth" in the magic world.

Andy rode a broom and appeared under the spotlight. The audience could see the zoomed-in close-up in the auditorium opposite. Andy was a nice person, and he spoke nicely. He blew a bunch of welcome words in Barabara After Lake's house, he began to introduce the big shots who will be present tonight.

The spotlight was on box 1A01, and a large close-up also appeared in the auditorium. The audience also found that the big figures from all over the world were present, and cheers burst from time to time in the auditorium.

The Lake family did not mention such an incident before, some people were unprepared, and when they were hit by the spotlight, they could only smile and greet the audience with a frozen face. The text is a joy to read.

Dumbledore clapped and asked, "This is Connor's idea. Why don't you bring him here? It's time for him to get in touch with these things."

Old Diwen shook his head with a smile: "That kid doesn't like this kind of occasion. If he doesn't like it, I can't call him, and he has more important tasks tonight."

"Oh? What do you mean?"

At this time, the introduction of the boss was over, the lights dimmed again, and the opening ceremony officially began.

"Look." Old Diwen smiled and pointed to the arena below, and said, "He's out."

Dumbledore looked down, and saw a small silver fox in the middle of a pitch-black field
"That's... the Patronus?"

(There's another big chapter tonight...probably)
　Ah, I already have 100 million words before I know it. I didn’t expect that I could write so much_(:з」∠)_
　　
　
(End of this chapter)