HP's Platinum Temptation

In Malfoy Manor late at night, only the study belonging to the patriarch was still lit.

The patriarch Malfoy, who has been keeping a low profile for the past two years, lives in seclusion, as if to convince everyone that he gave up his high-profile new image to the end, and he rarely even travels with Narcissa.

However, staying at home does not mean blocking news.

The so-called power not only represents the level of control, but also represents information that is one step ahead.

Everyone only knew that the Malfoy family was very lucky to have survived many catastrophes, but few people paid attention to the painstaking efforts of the Malfoy patriarchs.

Although Malfoy's image in the past is usually strong and domineering, he will never show mercy and tolerance when facing enemies.Suppressing the possibility of any rebound with the momentum of thunder is the usual method of the Malfoys.

Because of this, almost no one realized that what Malfoy was better at was mobilizing the least amount of resources to achieve the greatest benefit.

One might think that Malfoy's survivability is largely due to luck, which is not bad.But in fact, Malfoy just thinks more and goes further than ordinary people.

Lucius didn't move towards the three documents placed on the desk in front of him, but his thinking speed continued to increase.

The first document was only a thin page, and there were very few words on it.

"Draco, Light Wheel limited edition children's broom, limited reservation, price unknown, estimated to be between 300 and 500 Galleons; Lucius, new wizard robe set, origin unknown, value unknown; Narcissa, new witch A suit of robes, origin unknown, value unknown; suspected to be a special custom-made non-circulation version."

The three lines written side by side are all in Lucius' own handwriting.

The gifts sent out in mid-November did not receive any response.Exceeded expectations, did not achieve the desired effect.

He imagined several possible responses from the Lambert family, such as refusing the gift, asking for a letter, or even requesting a meeting through Terrence, the only person who had contact with him.Either way, Lucius wouldn't care.As long as there is feedback, intelligence itself is obtained by analytical ability.

However, no response!

Like nothing, the Lambert family didn't even reply to a text message to say thank you.It was as if they had never received this gift at all.

Even Lucius, who has always disliked being controlled by his emotions, couldn't help frowning frequently.

As a pure-blood family with a history, even Weasley of Gryffindor would not do such a rather rude thing.It can be said to be hypocritical, or it can be said to be traditional.

There was no response, which meant more than just being slighted by the Malfoys.Although Lucius wasn't worried about that.Because unnecessary social respect has no valence.

But what he cares about is the information that may be behind this move.

No response, not ready to respond, or is this the response?

At least Lucius can be sure that Dalton saw the scene where the other party accepted the gift, excluding the possibility of the gift being lost.

For things that cannot be figured out, the Malfoy patriarch usually chooses to shelve them.Anxiety does not solve problems.Time is actually very good at driving the emergence of answers.

Therefore, when Lambert's signature appeared among the Christmas presents that the house elves had sorted out, Lucius was not too surprised except that he felt a little relieved.Despite the long intervals, the timing of the return gift arrived was indeed quite ingenious.

Then things finally turned out to be beyond his expectations.

Under the Christmas tree, there are three gifts from the Lambert family.

As a gift that could be given by Chief Malfoy, the violet brooch must not be an ordinary item, but it is also not very expensive.

In contrast, the return gift from the Lambert family was a bit too much.

After all, Lucius gave a gift to the youngest son of the Lambert family, and it was reasonable for the Lambert family to give Draco a gift back.

But what came back was three gifts, and there was just too much to convey.

First of all, the most basic information, the financial resources of the Lambert family exceeded Lucius' expectations, a lot.

Furthermore, the tone of the blessing card attached to the gift was exactly the same as when Lucius gave the gift back then, indicating that the other party did not intend to ask Lucius why he gave the gift at all.Conclusion: Confidence.

In the end, it was a reason that Narcissa was very concerned about.

Two-year-olds were already entering a very active period, and like most energetic little wizards, Draco had a passion for broomstick fun.If the Lamberts had hit it off by mistake, it would have made sense to happen to cater to Draco's preferences.But if it is not a coincidence, Narcissa's concern about the safety of children's information is very necessary.

It is Lucius' usual method to induce the opponent's psychological defense to waver due to hesitation through false temptations.

Could the same be a coincidence?

The second information was just summarized this afternoon.Compared to the other two servings, it's very substantial.

Because the tentative response not only did not solve Lucius' doubts, but made the things he cared about more complicated.At the end of January, when the Medici invited various pure-blood families to gather again because of the business alliance, Lucius chose to attend with his own doubts.

Medici, who used to show an ambivalent attitude towards Lucius' attendance, had no extra energy to devote to him this time.

On New Year's Day 1983, the second act of the Business Alliance was very high-profile, after Clarence Lambert received a large number of birthday gifts.

The business alliance formed by [-] small and medium-sized families led by the Lambert family started a week of high-intensity media promotion on the "Daily Prophet" and the wizarding radio network simultaneously starting from New Year's Day.

The information placed on the two platforms is consistent and concise: the business alliance publicly stated that the stores under the names of all family members of the alliance will be jointly operated. From then on, they will follow the command of the leader of the alliance, the Lambert family, and implement a unified price standard.And, in order to celebrate the official establishment of the alliance, during the whole January, all the catering stores affiliated to the alliance will carry out a half-price promotion at the same price.As long as it is within the event time, there will be no restrictions on the sales volume of discounted products.

Previously, the controllers of the catering industry known to the public were the Medici family, which did not have a good attitude towards ordinary people.After the commercial alliance's announcement, people suddenly found that the market share of the commercial alliance in the food industry is almost the same as that of the Medici, approaching 40.00%.

If we say that the benefits of this business alliance are tangible benefits for ordinary people.Then, for the Medici family, which is a competitor in the same industry, it is the naked declaration of attack.

In the first week of the event, all food industries of the Medici family were directly and greatly impacted.The intensity was so great that it almost caused the instant collapse of the Medici family and its related friendly forces.You should know that in daily consumption, the storage cycle of food is the shortest.The inventory of the next day can be directly equated to the loss.

In this way, it is no wonder that Medici fell into a state of desperation that could not breathe, and had no time to take care of Lucius' problems.

Such an offensive method is simple and direct, with no aesthetic feeling at all.But for the fields that wizards consume daily, it has to be said that this is also the most direct and effective.

The shadow of the Dark Lord's era is only partly dissipated, and the vast majority of ordinary wizards are still very conservative in their consumption concepts.The most obvious feature is that, compared with the most prosperous era of the wizarding world, the vast majority of ordinary people's Galleon spending is concentrated in the basic areas of life.

Since the influence of the Dark Lord has lasted for quite a long time, people probably can't remember when the last time the wizarding world was prosperous economically.

Occupying the market for daily necessities is exactly the means used by the Medici family, but now they have become victims of the same means.

However, Medici's long-term activity was not for nothing.

When everyone agreed that the Lambert family was the only leader of the business alliance, the Medici learned a shocking news through his own intelligence channels.

The Lambert family is actually just the agent of the core decision-making layer of the business alliance. It is the five core families with the same status that can really influence the direction of the business alliance.Although the identities of two of them are unknown due to strict secrecy.However, the identities of the other three cores are public.

Lambert, Lister and Collins.

Coincidentally, among the three families, only the Collins family is actually based on the food industry.Lambert specializes in non-edible consumables, such as stationery and groceries, while Riester focuses on clothing.

In other words, it was only Collins who really made a large profit in the event.If Collins' supply channel can be temporarily choked, the plan of the business alliance will be self-defeating.

With the Medici promising huge profits, the family that controls the upper-end food resources has basically agreed to cooperate with the Medici family to limit the rising enemy of the business alliance.

The third piece of information is nothing new. It was a letter from Dalton after he learned of Clarence's birthday.The letter didn't last long, but the corners of the paper were slightly curled.Obviously, the person who received the letter has studied the letter many times.

At this time, the area where Lucius' eyes were fixed was all the information about Clarence Lambert in the letter.

"Clarence Lambert, on September [-] this year, was sorted into Slytherin House. In the second week of school, he replaced Medici as the new leader of the first year. Diqi's counterattack was isolated, but the status of the current grade leader has been re-established."

"In the first week of school, Charms class, course content, fluorescent flashes. Lambert failed to cast a spell, and only formed a thin layer of light on the tip of the rod, and was ridiculed by the Medici without any annoyance. In the same week, after Transfiguration class, Medici caused the first group fight between Slytherin and the first year of Gryffindor College. In the first round of attacks in Gryffindor, four people were knocked down, including Medici. Before the second round of attack, Lambert released an extremely dazzling fluorescent flash, and while everyone was temporarily blind, he eliminated the threat of the five Gryffindor students through pure fighting."

"In the second week, Lambert changed his low-key performance in the first week and achieved outstanding results in all subjects. He won all aspects of the confrontation with Medici and became the new leader of the first grade."

"The exclusion led by the Medici did not receive a positive response from Lambert, and then the two Mr. Lambert joined forces with Rist and two other Ravenclaw girls to form the Violet Society. They also held open grammar classes for the whole school. The following week, Medici's strategy of crowding out completely failed."

In his letter, the elder Dalton commented on the method used by the youngest son of the Lambert family to break through the predicament set by the young Medici: "Turning the few into the crowd is simple, direct and efficient."

There are not many words, but it is a very high evaluation.

Three pieces of information in different fields around the keyword 'Lambert' made Lucius frown.

It seems that different subjects and different behaviors are equally simple and effective, and from the perspective of thinking, they are surprisingly similar.

Is it a coincidence again?

The person who made the plan for the business alliance, the person who decided to return the gift, and the person who taught Mr. Lambert how to deal with it, the aura revealed by the three is too similar.

Like a cat playing with a mouse, easy and easy to catch.

Lucius suddenly realized that maybe he met a very clever opponent this time.And it is very likely that the comer is not good.

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