This Hogwarts is not normal

This time the trial was rather lengthy.

The whole morning passed, and there was no evidence against the gentlemen.

During the intermission, Snape stared at Vincent the entire time.

Go to the toilet to stare, drink water to stare, and eat to stare.

Even if he wasn't intimidated at all, he stared at it as the trial continued in the afternoon.

"Ahem——" Dumbledore, who was caught in the middle, reminded to pay attention to the influence, which was a little restrained.

"Witnesses please stand."

Rita closed the small notebook in her hand and stood up very ladylike.

Several enlarged newspapers floated in the courtroom, which were the original editions exposing the wizard card scam.

"Witness, Ms. Rita Skeeter, on what grounds do you conclude that this is a hoax?"

"Based on the two pieces of evidence I presented."

Burns' expression instantly became unnatural.

If it was two months, even a month ago, those two Muggle books would not be considered evidence at all.

But if you don't admit it now, it is completely politically incorrect.

The evidence was not presented, but the words appeared in the air in the form of magic projection.

One is "The King of Scams: The Autobiography of Charles Ponzi" and the other is "The Intelligent Investor".

Rita exchanged a very cryptic look with Vincent.

She cleared her throat, "Men of the jury, after receiving an anonymous report, I found these two Muggle books.

A notorious new scam emerged in Muggle society at the turn of the century, and has evolved over the decades into countless variants. "

Charles Ponzi is different from the scammers who get a fortune and run away. He is a more courageous and courageous "King of Scams".

At the beginning, it claimed to buy some kind of postal bill in Europe, and then sell it to the United States to earn the difference.

Even Muggles with a little financial knowledge knew that this was a scam, but later Ponzi concocted a century-old scam that attracted countless financial elites to "voluntarily get involved".

As long as you put money in, you can get a 90% return within 40 days.

When the initial batch of investors got the promised returns, those who joined later chose to follow up in large numbers.

Poor people who don't understand dream of making a fortune, and rich people who understand it feel that they will exit safely.

The first batch, the second batch, the third batch...

People call Ponzi one of the three greatest Italians who are as famous as Columbus and Marconi.

But behind the madness, there are more and more investors, and the newly added funds can no longer be filled into "returns".

Ponzi eventually went bankrupt and was sentenced to 5 years in prison.

After he was released from prison, he still returned to his old job, but he was never able to live the luxurious life he once had.

In 1949, the inventor of the "Ponzi scheme" died in a charity hall in Brazil.

Ironically, he died penniless.

In the same year, "Godfather of Wall Street" Benjamin Graham published "The Intelligent Investor".

"Investment is based on keen quantitative analysis." Accompanied by Rita's words, the text of this paragraph is enlarged,

"Speculation is based on sudden thoughts or speculations. The key difference between the two lies in the different views on the stock price."... Substitute the value of the wizard card into the stock price, and then the customers who draw the card and the card Businessmen as "investors".

"Nonsense!" old Flint yelled at Rita in the dock:

"The value is not decided by us, why do you think this is a scam!"

"Quiet." Burns glanced at him, then motioned for Rita to continue.

Rita forced a smile and seemed hesitant.

If it continues, the gentlemen will be offended to death.

Carefully looking at the auditorium, Vincent smiled and met her gaze.

There is a price behind fame.

And he was already on the witness stand, standing on the opposite side of the gentlemen.

"The wizard card is very similar to Ponzi's stamp." She raised her trademark bright smile again,

"I'm pretty sure it's a hoax because of the collector's edition."

From single card sales to card drawing, to the final guarantee and official high price recovery.

The cost of the wizard card is high, and the profit is not high.

"What are they trying to do? Do they do charity?"

Not only the auditorium, but also the jury chuckled a few times.

The faces of the men in the dock were very ugly.

"Quiet!" Burns yelled several times,

"Witness, do you have anything to add?"

"No more." Rita sat down quickly.

There was a moment of real panic just now.

But it's really cool to say it.

A brave and well-known reporter stepped forward to confront the six wealthy and powerful wizard families.

Not long ago, the reputation that fell to the bottom due to "fabricating lies" is afraid that it will bottom out and rebound.

"Six defendants, do you have any objection to the witness's statement just now?"

"Yes!" Mrs. Zabini stood up gracefully, and swept through the witness stand, jury, and auditorium one by one.

She glanced at Vincent, bit her lower lip lightly, "We are innocent, we were framed."

The jury immediately chattered.

"Mrs. Lucretia Zabini, the defendant, do you have any evidence that you were framed?"

Mrs. Zabini was silent for a moment, then shook her head slightly,

"I haven't, but as long as you catch Yamamoto 99, you will be able to find out who framed us."

Following her eyes full of resentment, it turned out to be the founder of the wizard card, Vincent Wayne, as a colleague.

Now it's interesting.

Strictly speaking, the wizard card has copied the idea of ​​Gwent card since its birth.

Whether it's a card that can transform, or a battle method that is close to [-]% similar, or it's a card pool that Jin Gallon randomly draws out.

Either way, they are victims.

It is true that the Wizard card has fallen, and the most profitable one can only be the Gwent card.

But what Mrs. Zabini wants to express is the absurd "victim guilt theory" to the extreme.

Retaliation for being plagiarized?

Lucius rubbed his heart lightly.

Can such a superior idea be put on the table?

It has been many years since Voldemort fell, and the powerful and powerful in the wizarding world have been liquidated to the point where there are not many left.

What if the Ministry of Magic is cruel and puts a hat on the Zabini family?

What if we were more cruel and took them all together?

Before the dark-faced Burns could speak, he quickly turned his head and stared at him.

However, Mrs. Zabini remained unmoved, "Everyone on the jury, I hope you can focus on investigating—"

"Shut up!" Lucius got up and stood in front of her in a rather glum manner,

"I'm very sorry, her point of view has nothing to do with us, she can only represent her own."

The entire courtroom suddenly became eerily quiet.

Malfoy was still Malfoy.

They can maintain their prosperity for thousands of years because they know when to make which choices.

Mrs. Zabini made absurd remarks, of course, she had to draw a line immediately.

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Qingmo Daxian reminds you: remember to collect after reading