Chapter 448 King versus King

Two days later, Mike took Franklin and Benjamin to a retro villa on the Thames River in London.

This is the meeting place agreed between Mike and the Muggle Prime Minister of the United States, where the two will have their first contact later.

In fact, the Muggle Prime Minister originally planned to have a video call with Mike, after all, this way his own safety could be fully guaranteed.

But he was rejected mercilessly by Mike on the grounds that it was insincere and an insult to him.

After another round of discussions, the Muggle Prime Minister finally decided to meet in this retro villa.

There is no doubt that this is the territory of the Muggle Prime Minister, and through magic perception, Mike discovered the security personnel hiding around and inside the villa as soon as he arrived here.

These people were all armed with guns and ammunition, almost to the teeth, and their number reached three digits.

Mike guessed that this was the reason why the Muggle Prime Minister agreed to meet here. These security guards gave him a sense of security.

He probably thought that with so many security personnel, even wizards could be easily killed, but in fact, these people could hardly stand a single look in front of Mike.

From the perspective of Mike and Benjamin, the Muggle Prime Minister's sense of security is nothing more than self-comfort.

After understanding the general situation at the scene, Mike and the other three unhesitatingly lifted the Disguise Curse and revealed their bodies.

The security guard standing at the door was obviously startled by the sudden appearance of the three people, and almost reflexively put his hands on his waist.

But at the next moment, he immediately realized that the three teleporting people in front of him were the Prime Minister's guests today.

Taking a deep breath, the sturdy security guard asked tentatively:

"Is it Mr. Townley?"

"That's right." Mike nodded and said with a smile, "the two people behind me are my friends."

The security guard stared at Mike and the others for a while, then put on a smile that was uglier than crying, and welcomed Mike and Benjamin in.

This surprised Mike a little, because according to the original agreement, Mike was supposed to come alone.

Mike thought these people would try to stop him, but he didn't expect that the security personnel in front of him not only refused his request to bring more people, they didn't even conduct a body search that is common in movies!

"Please go straight forward, the Prime Minister is waiting for you in the reception room."

The sturdy security guard pointed the direction for Mike respectfully, and Mike looked at him with a strange expression on his face for a while.

He originally planned to find an excuse to teach the janitor a lesson in order to give the Muggle Prime Minister a blow, but he didn't expect that the security guard would be so polite.

"What a lucky guy."

Mike muttered and entered the villa, while the security guard looking at the door looked confused.

The interior space of this retro villa was very large. Mike and Benjamin walked forward for a long time without seeing the living room that the security guard mentioned.

But Mike and others were not alone along the way, because there were many security personnel hiding beside the various decorations placed on both sides.

It must be said that their hiding ability is very high. Even Mike can't tell the difference between them and the surrounding scenery with the naked eye.

But all this is too obvious in the eyes of Mike and others.

Franklin even took it as fun to expose the disguise of the security personnel, which made all the security personnel frightened.

After a lot of fuss, Mike and others finally arrived at the living room.

In this spacious and bright living room, the tall and fat Muggle Prime Minister was standing alone in front of the window.

The footsteps of Mike's arrival obviously startled him, and he suddenly turned around to face Mike. The muscles on his face quickly began to twist and deform, and he squeezed out a bright smile. At the same time, he opened his arms and walked towards Mike. come over.

"Oh! Mr. Townley, I finally see you!" the Muggle Prime Minister said as he walked away, "You are so young, so young and promising!"

"It's an honor to meet you too, Mr. Prime Minister."

Mike said with a smile, dodged the Muggle Prime Minister's hug, and stretched out his right hand.

The Muggle Prime Minister's face was a little embarrassed after being avoided from hugging him, but he quickly readjusted his expression, took Mike's outstretched right hand and swung it up and down with both hands.

At the same time, he was also constantly looking at the legends of Mike and others. When he saw Mike and Benjamin all wearing thin black suits, a trace of surprise flashed in the Muggle Prime Minister's eyes.

He originally thought that Mike would come here wearing wizards' iconic fancy clothes, just like the Minister of Magic named Scrimgeour. Although that guy was quite formally dressed, he was not a normal person. It was so hot in the summer. Wearing a thick suit and woolen coat when going out to meet guests is really crazy.

But this is also a good thing. After all, the more normal Mike and the others behave, the more consistent their views and common sense are, and the smoother the chat will be.

Thinking of this, the smile on the Muggle Prime Minister's face became even brighter. He gently held Mike's right hand, shook it twice before letting it go, and said softly:

"Come on, my friends, let's sit down and talk. I specially asked someone to prepare the best black tea. You must try it."

Mike and the other three sat down unceremoniously, but none of them touched the steaming so-called high-end black tea on the table. Instead, the Muggle Prime Minister was diligently arranging refreshments for the three of them, and said some important words without Yin nutrition. The three of them chatted with Mike until dark.

Mike shook his head impatiently. He was quite satisfied with Muggle's arrangement today, and he could see that the other party was sincere, so he didn't intend to continue arguing with the other party, and said directly:

"Mr. Prime Minister, the small talk is over here. It's better for us to get to the point directly. Do you have any business with us?"

"Um, okay then." Hearing this, the Muggle Prime Minister was stunned for a moment, then rubbed his hands and said nervously, "First of all, I want to thank you for helping the people of our country. Secondly, I just want to talk to you. You maintain a good relationship. After all, there are not many wizards who are willing to help us ordinary people and maintain goodwill with us."

"Do you want to gain our friendship?" Mike asked with a smile, "Then should you show some substantial sincerity?"

"Substantial sincerity? Sorry, did you mean pounds? But according to the information I learned, it seems that wizards are not very short of money."

"Don't pretend to be confused, Mr. Prime Minister." Mike shook his head and said, "You know very well what we want. Privileges, intelligence, materials, and military help, we want all these things, and as a return gift between friends, We will give you some magic props, such as potions and so on."

As soon as these words came out, both the Muggle Prime Minister and Benjamin looked shocked.

The former was shocked that Mike actually revealed all their original goals in one breath.

But Mike didn't think it was a big deal. After all, he would eventually tell the other party about his conditions. It didn't make any difference if he told them sooner or later. At most, he would lose some trivial benefits.

The latter was simply shocked by the generous conditions provided by Mike!

You know, due to the International Wizarding Secrecy Law, there are very few magic items on the market, and most of them have negative effects.

"This...this...aren't you afraid of the secrecy law?" The Muggle Prime Minister wiped the sweat from his forehead and said this, but as soon as he said the words, he realized that he had made a fool. The other party was willing to sit here After negotiating with an ordinary person like me, why should I care about confidentiality laws? "I'm sorry, I was wrong. Can you tell me specifically what level of support you need and what level of magic items you can provide?"

"Okay, then I'll get it straight. I think you all know that the wizarding world of China is currently in a state of civil strife. Another wizard with terrifying power has resurrected and is trying to rule the wizarding world again. Even to eliminate all wizards with impure blood, and even you ordinary people without magic power, so we rose up to resist.

There is no doubt that this will be a protracted and terrifying war. I need to win over all the friends I can win over. I think that in this battle, you should give us unconditional support in any aspect, including military aspects.

And I will also give you appropriate help according to your needs. For example, give you some invisibility cloaks, or potions that can make people luckier, or potions that can extend life. "

Every time Mike said another word, the Muggle Prime Minister's breathing became more rapid.

The Muggle Prime Minister could swear that Mike was definitely not a leader who was good at negotiating, nor was he a qualified politician, but what the other party had to offer was so good that he almost wanted to agree without hesitation. , you must know that it is the extraordinary power that you have dreamed of!

But in the end, the Muggle Prime Minister still endured his desire. He knew very well that Mike was not here to do charity. While the other party gave him such generous conditions, he would definitely ask for a lot of things, so he had to be careful. OK.

Ever since, a very tangled negotiation began.

At this time, the Muggle Prime Minister, who was blinded by interests, had completely forgotten the identities of the three wizards Mike, and began to fight for his own interests based on reason.

It's a pity that Mike didn't have any intention of bargaining with him. After he agreed on the terms, he was unwilling to let go.

Finally, after two hours of back and forth, the Muggle Prime Minister and Mike finally held hands together again.

The agreement between the two did not change much, but there were great restrictions on the details.

For example, when it comes to granting military assistance, the other party has made it clear that it will not use weapons of mass destruction for Mike. It will dispatch a maximum of 50 special forces with a small number of helicopters and rocket launcher-level assistance, and every time it dispatches assistance Mike must bear all costs and can use magic items to offset the price.

In this regard, Muggles first appeared to be extremely stingy, but they gave the Freemasons maximum support in terms of information and privileges.

All Freemasons will be registered in a special department called the 'Homeland Security Bureau' and can be mobilized to local authorities.

This means that every Freemason has become a privileged class in this country, and it is also the highest level.

As long as they don't go too far, the country of Yu will come forward to wipe their butts.

In addition, the national information database also opens the door to the Freemasons. As long as Mike wants, he can investigate any information about any citizen, including real-time monitoring and mobile phone location.

But in exchange, Mike must hand over to the country no less than 3,000 gold galleons of magic items every month. The categories are limited to potions and magic items with special strategic effects.

This condition is already quite generous. It is basically equivalent to Mike spending money to become a super member of the Muggle community in South Korea, and the membership fee is extremely low.

Mike guessed that the reason why the Muggle Prime Minister gave such generous conditions was because he wanted to use the potions and magic props given by Mike to deduce the production methods of these things, so as to analyze the mysteries of magic.

But Mike is not optimistic about this.

The two worlds of wizards and Muggles are so different that simply using existing products to push back is simply a fantasy. Just like Benjamin, a master of potions, there is no way to reproduce Gleevec, which is used to treat leukemia. Likewise, it is estimated that Muggle chemists can only be blind when faced with those potions.

In the end, Mike signed a magical contract with the Muggle Prime Minister, as well as a paper contract common in the Muggle world.

The duration of both contracts is one year. Mike originally wanted to sign it for ten years. After all, neither the magic contract nor the ordinary contract has any binding force on him. The magic contract can even be said to be unilateral. After all, there is nothing that can be done about the backlash of the Muggle Prime Minister's magical contract, but Mike can perfectly avoid the damage of this thing.

It's just that the Muggle Prime Minister is not a fool. He refused Mike's request to sign a long-term contract because his term was about to expire, and the new Prime Minister may not necessarily agree to the contract.

Mike didn't have anything to say about this, after all, the other party's reasons were too good.

"Then, wish us happy cooperation, Mr. Prime Minister."

"It's a pleasure to work with you, Mr. Townley, and thank you again for your outstanding contributions to the people of China."

After doing all this, Mike and the Muggle Prime Minister stood up together again to shake hands.

Mike originally planned to leave directly, but he suddenly stopped after hearing what the other party said.

"By the way, Mr. Prime Minister, there is another problem that has been bothering me." Mike asked, "What we did in the country previously caused a huge storm of public opinion, so big that the Ministry of Magic couldn't solve it at all. , I can only turn to you for help. But you calmed it down easily, how did you do it?"

Hearing this, the Muggle Prime Minister's expression was stunned at first, but then he laughed and said:

"Oh! my friend! That was so easy. In fact I did nothing."

"Did nothing?"

"Yes! No one knows these people better than me. Their enthusiasm for things will always be three minutes. As long as you don't pay attention to them, over time their attention will be distracted by other things, such as singer gossip. They are attracted away." The Muggle Prime Minister said proudly, "So, to deal with these selfish fools, you just have to fool around."