Hogwarts: The Wizarding World's First Capitalist

After saying that, Mr. Zachary Ward stood up and left the VIP room, not forgetting to close the door before leaving.

After he left, Lucius Malfoy was the only one left in the room, sitting on the sofa blankly, feeling a little overwhelmed.

His intuition told him that there must be something wrong with the way the other party spoke just now, but what he saw today.

This noble from the magical world began to feel curious about everything about Muggles, so before long, he picked up the newspaper beside him and started reading.

As a result, he couldn't stop reading. The eye-catching title, large-scale illustrations, and sharp and humorous writing style deeply attracted the wizard.

After all, compared with the reporters of the Daily Mail and the Times, the level of the Daily Prophet may not even be that of an elementary school student.

As the British Empire, whose reputation is known to everyone from Ireland to East Siberia, its level of gossiping and hyping up public opinion can be said to be a true example of democratic skills.

But for Lucius, the most attractive thing is the cover page of The Sun. After all, which middle-aged man doesn’t like that kind of photo?

As he read more, he also discovered the divisions hidden in these newspaper reports. Each newspaper seemed to have its own tendencies.

He suddenly remembered that Mr. Hohenzollern had asked all the key members of the organization to watch a TV series called "Yes! Prime Minister" together.

The protagonists in the film have made very sharp comments on the mainstream newspapers in the UK.

When he watched the TV series before, he was more immersed in the funny plot, but now when he really came into contact with all of this.

Sometimes the perception is completely different.

“The readers of the Daily Mirror are the people who think they are running the country;”

“The Guardian’s readers are the people who think they should run the country;”

“The readers of The Times are the people who actually run the country;”

"The readers of the Daily Mail are the wives of those who govern the country;"

"The readers of the Financial Times are the people who hold the country in their hands."

“The readers of the Morning Star are those who want to hand over the country to someone else to govern;”

"Daily Telegraph readers believe the country is being run by someone else."

The value of these lines is still increasing. Now that I look closely, they are really accurate to the last detail. The only one worthy of comment is The Sun.

After all, the editors of The Sun are capable enough to have an extra page to publish articles about sexy girls. You can accuse them of not understanding journalism.

But the other party may just laugh and retort that you don’t understand our readers at all.

But after looking around, Lucius's attention was finally attracted by the Financial Times, a newspaper in the past month.

Three special issues and two additional special editions were published in succession, and the word "MAT" was repeated in all the additional newspapers.

I often follow the abbreviation of this tech company with a slew of adjectives and extremely exaggerated charts.

“The greatest, the best in history, the leader of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the great company that will determine Western leadership for the next century.”

"It's up more than 50% that day. How to go from homeless to a millionaire in one month. All you need is one stock in this company."

Beneath countless such exaggerated headlines are stories that seem even more magical and exaggerated, as one reporter wrote.

“If you walk into a Las Vegas casino with a dollar and win 21 times in a row at the big and small tables, your assets will be greater than the entire casino.”

"This is a very simple math problem, but from a probability perspective, this possibility is simply impossible without cheating."

"But sometimes, science is the logical side, and reality is often more magical and illogical."

"The John family, who lived in Gr. Pearl St. in London, was facing a difficult financial situation as the husband of the family lost his job."

"As a result, after a drunken stint, John used the family's savings of £3 to buy shares of the company 'MAT' which had fallen to its lowest point at a coincidental time."

"His wife divorced him and took all the rest of his property, but within a week his shares were worth more than £300 million."

"And what's very coincidental is that John didn't sell his stocks immediately like other lucky people did."

"Because of the blow of divorce, I spent more than two months in a daze next to the bar where my former family worked."

"As a result, because of the two months of waiting, the value of the stock in his hands has reached a staggering 1.2 million pounds."

"An unemployed, alcoholic, laid-off worker, just because of a stroke of luck, just because of this great technology company, instantly became a billionaire from nothing."

"I don't know if his wife feels regretful. Now John has decided to give £600 million to the bar owner who has been taking him in for the past two months."

"He spent 170 million pounds to buy back the bankrupt brewery in his hometown, announced that he would brew beer again, and find jobs for all the unemployed brothers."

"And the local beer workers' association was preparing to nominate John to run for the local House of Commons. A single stock brought about a complete change of fate."

"This is the charm of finance. It's really an interesting financial story. Please continue to pay attention to my column."

After reading this short story, even Lucius, who was born into a noble family, had to admit that he felt a little emotional.

Moreover, this writing style that focuses on small people also attracted his attention and made him interested in finance, an industry created by Muggles that is similar to legal gambling.

He developed a strong interest, and as he read more and more newspapers, his inner restlessness became more and more difficult to control.

Especially those articles written by financial column experts, the more you read them, the more they make sense to you.

“If wealth is piled up in one place without being used, it is just a number in a bank account. The biggest difference between capital and wealth is that.”

“It is because capital can bring additional benefits, such as higher growth, strong self-reproduction ability, and the process of converting money into power.”

“Any amount of wealth that reaches a certain level, if it cannot be converted into long-term growth capital, is essentially a serious loss state.”

When he saw this passage, Lucius suddenly felt as if his heart was broken by a knife. He suddenly realized everything he had done in the past few decades.

It's all in vain, whether it's that loser Cornelius Fudge or that lunatic Voldemort.

Whether you compromise with them or pledge allegiance to them, it is essentially for the pursuit of the growth of the Malfoy family's wealth.

But those two guys were of no use at all except for reducing their family's wealth.

But now it’s different, I seem to have finally found the right path.