Connor's Hogwarts

Chapter 379 Destined to be an extraordinary night
"The much-anticipated first Monster Cup showdown is about to begin!"

"The two sides in this match are Dio Joestar from Lake Flagship Store in Diagon Alley, England vs. Giorno Bugarradi from Italy's Gold Pavilion!"

"Who will win the first game tonight!? Let's wait and see!!!"

The Monster Cup competition finally officially started. The players from both sides sat on the small part in the center of the field (that is, where Connor was originally standing), and then the chessboard slowly rose in the air.

"After the random board decides the game map, both players will have 10 minutes to decide their own deck... Now we can see that the random board for the first game is - Mermaid Island! It is a map that is biased towards ocean attributes"

The host worked hard to explain, and at the same time, the huge chessboard below completed the map conversion in an instant, and a beach appeared that seemed to come to the real ocean.
"Players play chess on the chessboard in the closed space above, and the corresponding, enlarged version of the duel scene will appear simultaneously on the large chessboard below." Connor was introducing the various arrangements of the Monster Cup to the people around him.

"Enclosed space? What do you mean?" Alice, the small pendant, asked with starry eyes. She has been in this state since Connor returned to the box.

"It's that we can see what's going on inside, but they can't see the auditorium." Connor pointed to the two contestants who were highly anticipated in the air, and said, "Because we have to ensure their duel environment so that they won't be affected. "

On the other side of Connor was Blanche, next to him was Penello, and beside Alice was the Greengrass sisters. As for Fred and the others, Connor was cruelly thrown aside as soon as the game started, Don't play with him anymore.
"It's so thoughtful! Did you design these, Connor?" Alice looked up at Connor with admiration in her eyes.

"Ahem, I just gave a direction." Connor said modestly with a serious face, but in fact he was very happy in his heart.

It is normal to feel complacent when one's "work" is praised.

In this opening ceremony, Connor used almost all the "inventions" of his life, which can be regarded as a grand exhibition of lake props.

Monster Cards, Two-way Mirror, Music Box, Global Facebook Broadcast, Magic Cards, Philosopher's Stone, Artoria and Angel.

It is difficult for Connor alone to successfully complete such a huge task, but Angel is also helping Connor in the dark, checking for omissions and filling in vacancies.

Angel has a near-perfect control over magic power, and her way of thinking is very close to Connor's. In every sense, she and Connor are very in tune. The performance can be performed perfectly, thanks to Angel.

As for where Angel went after the game... Ahem, although Connor is hugging left and right in the eyes of everyone, in fact, he still has one on his back.
"This talent is a passive skill. You have to find a way to turn it off." Connor thought while watching the game...

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"The winner of the first competition is - Dio Joestar!"

There was thunderous applause from the auditorium. The first game was over, and there would be two monster card games tonight. The next two weeks would be like this.

The organizer will announce the daily game information, and then let others choose to buy tickets for the game they want to watch.
After a few days like this, the money wasted on magic cards tonight can almost be earned back by selling tickets.
On the other side, in Box 1A01, Dumbledore was still watching the game from the stands, but Old Diwen was no longer here.

Fudge's face was very complicated: "Dumbledore, can you help the Ministry of Magic? We also want to see Mr. Nicole Flamel."

Dumbledore said with a smile: "Niko doesn't like to see me, and I don't know where he is, he has always been erratic."

"." Fudge's face became ugly, don't you know?You don't know how that kid from Lake's family could see Flamel?Sure enough, you people.
"Actually, I'm not the only one who can contact Nico. Many people have his contact information. Maybe you can try your luck with someone else." Dumbledore shrugged and enthusiastically gave Fudge an idea.

"...The power of the Philosopher's Stone should be in the hands of the Ministry of Magic, and it should belong to the management of the Department of Mysteries." Mr. Barty Crouch's face was not very good, he regretted that he had previously accepted the attack on the Lake family. I lived, but now it's too late to regret...

"You're right, Borg."

Borg is from the Department of Mysteries, and those who are still standing in the stands are basically officials from the Ministry of Magic.

Borg glanced at Crouch lightly, but said nothing.

The Department of Mysteries can't control Nicole May.

Dumbledore smiled slightly, and continued to watch the game seriously.
The atmosphere in the stands was awkward, but the atmosphere in the box was very warm.

Box 1A01 not only has a ballroom, but also a meeting room that was prepared early in the morning. At this time, Old Diwen was sitting on the main seat with a smile on his face. and spokesperson.
After watching the opening ceremony, they came here for an "emergency meeting". All the families present here are families who intend to deepen cooperation with the Lake family.

After all, the Lake family has demonstrated their strength and sincerity, and no one wants to miss this opportunity tonight. Many people are secretly glad that they accepted the invitation from the Lake family and came to the scene.
"Misters." Old Diwen said, and everyone listened to him quietly, "The Lake family intends to establish a commercial organization of equal exchanges, cooperation and mutual assistance."

"Since the opening of the Lake experience store, I have intended to establish such an organization to make the business exchanges between our countries closer, but due to various reasons, this plan did not go smoothly, and in the end I had to let it go. But I Think, now is the time to bring this plan back on the agenda.”

The Lake family originally wanted to use the Lake experience store as a platform to sell magic items from various countries and communicate with each other. At that time, many families responded, but in the end, there were not many products that were successfully placed on the "shelves" of the Lake experience store.

Most of the products have been blocked by the Ministry of Magic of each country for the same reason as the magic carpet. As long as there are products sold by the family in the country, it is impossible for you, a product from other countries, to seize the market.

So in the end, in the Lake experience store, only those products that basically have no conflict of interest can be successfully put on the shelves, but the number is really very small.

Old Diwen continued: "I hope that all the families that have signed contracts with the Lake family can bring their products to the Lake store. This requires our joint efforts."

All the people sitting here are human beings. Of course, they understood what Old Diwen meant. As long as all the families give up boycotting "foreign" products and are willing to accept market competition, the families of each country will jointly influence the product review process of the Ministry of Magic of each country. became very smooth.

It may be necessary to explain here. In fact, the Ministry of Magic of each country was renamed from the International Federation of Wizards. To a certain extent, it can be regarded as the same organization. A lot of "autonomy".

This is also a manifestation of the voice of the magic family in the Ministry of Magic of various countries.

Still using the magic carpet as an example, since Egyptian magic carpets cannot be sold in the UK, correspondingly, brooms produced in the UK must not be sold in Egypt.

"Since you won't let me sell things, then I won't let you have a good time either."

It is such a simple reason that has caused communication barriers between magical products from various countries.

What are the consequences of this?

The products of all countries are self-produced and sold. After so many years of operation, a family basically has no competitors in their respective countries. Without competitors, there will be no competition. Without competition, no one wants to make progress, and there is no progress...

It can be said that the slow development of the magic world is largely caused by the "consensus" of "closed countries" among countries.

Now the only magic product in the magic world that can be updated fairly quickly is the magic broom that has a market in the entire magic world...

But now, if you want to break this situation, then the Lake family, which has developed through Pokemon and established an international "floo network network", will be a very good entry point
"Our Lake family only provides a platform, and we will not deliberately suppress other products. If you also want to sell magic scrolls, our Lake family will not stop them. We will guarantee the most basic...fairness."

As soon as Old Diwen finished speaking, the atmosphere in the conference room changed again. The Lake family would not sell magic scrolls?Are you really that sincere?

"The Lake family won't stop us from selling magic scrolls, which are similar to monster cards?" I don't know who said that.

Old Diwen chuckled and said: "Isn't there a similar product in the US? If their families are willing to join our cooperative organization, there will be room for their cards on the shelves of the Lake store. "

Old Diwen's tone was full of confidence, and the Lake family was not afraid of competition.

"What about the magic scroll of Luo Er's family?" Someone asked abruptly.

Old Diwen grinned lightly: "Have you seen any representatives from Luo Er's family in our meeting room?"

Everyone was moved, so if you don't seize the opportunity to get in the car now, you will be excluded! ?

Then, Old Diwen pressed the last straw: "Only by joining our family will you have the opportunity to buy the first batch of new Sorcerer's Stones."

"Our family is willing to join!"

"I would like to join!"

"I'll join!"

For a while, the meeting room was raging.

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[On the evening of August 1992, 8, the International Chamber of Magic, led by the Lake family who held the Goblin Cup, announced its establishment in Hogsmeade, England.

——"Modern World History of Magic"]

(End of this chapter)