"Who here doesn't want to swallow up Umbrella? But we all know that can't be done," said the American wizard. "Still, Umbrella Corporation is a multinational enterprise, unimaginably vast. Even if it were divided into a hundred portions, each one would be enough to fill every person sitting here."
"The reason Murphy got into trouble was because he kept everything for himself. But I'm not greedy. Once we take Murphy down together, I only want my own one percent."
The wizards were tempted. In truth, they bore Murphy no grudge, nor did they particularly care about the Statute of Secrecy being broken. They had gathered here for no reason other than the enormous profits that would be left behind after Murphy fell.
"But the entire British Ministry of Magic is under his control now. What do you intend to do?" someone asked.
"British Ministry of Magic—how many people does it have?" said the American wizard. "We people here come from every country. If we persuade the Ministries of Magic in our respective nations and organize a force to punish him, how many people would that be?"
"Are you really planning to start a war?"
"We wouldn't need to fight personally," said the American wizard. "Besides, war isn't our only option. We could contact resistance groups within Britain. There must be plenty of them. I hear Murphy has nearly filled Azkaban to capacity. Perhaps we could even plan a prison break. In short, we can cause him enough trouble that he has no time to care about his Muggle businesses."
"And while that happens, we can take the opportunity to make certain business arrangements."
"Just as Mr. Gaston is doing," said the American wizard. "I imagine everyone here has some small businesses and channels of their own."
"Perhaps each of us