Bide Group

Diagon Alley, bathed in sunshine, was bustling with people as usual.

In just a few months, Diagon Alley its former prosperity, showing no signs of having been subjected to a terrorist attack by the Soviet Union.

Bang!

With a loud crash, the luxurious glass of the Nimbus Flying Broom Shop was smashed open, and several figures were sent flying out.

One of the middle-aged men in a fine robe, his face filled with grief and indignation, shouted at the shop in the street, "Have you no law? This is Nimbus Company shop!"

"Help! Help! There's looting and vandalism going on in Diagon Alley!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a group of people surrounded him, pointing and whispering about him.

"This is going too far! Does it even have Auror tubes? This shop is doing really well."

"Could it be that the Soviet Union are back again? Oh my god."

Seeing that more and more people were gathering, the shop manager immediately put on a dramatic act, shouting, "Look! Is there no law anymore? I was just sitting in the shop peacefully when these thugs barged in and beat us all out! Everyone, come and see!"

The onlookers, always eager for drama, readily voiced their support for the unfortunate store manager.

Some, with their more volatile tempers, saw that everyone around them was condemning the bully and decided to show off in front of everyone.

Ron Weasley's father, Arthur Weasley Weasley, straightened his collar, coughed twice, and stepped out. "I am Arthur Weasley Weasley. Friends inside, your actions are far too domineering."

Ron Weasley's father happened to be passing by and witnessed the incident. Overwhelmed by his sense of justice, he naturally couldn't stand idly by.

A moment later, Sang Biao emerged from the shop with several henchmen, glancing at Arthur Weasley Weasley.

When Sang Biao came out, Arthur Weasley had a bad feeling.

"Oh no!" Alarm bells rang in Arthur Weasley's mind. He seemed to have seen that burly man leading the group at the train station; he was Lester's bodyguard.

Sang Biao, accompanied by his henchmen, swaggered up to Arthur Weasley and sneered, "What, you have a problem with that?!"

Arthur Weasley broke out in a cold sweat. These ruthless people dared to kidnap even the Chief of Staff's son. Although he had Dumbledore's backing, Dumbledore hadn't shown any favor to the Weasley family in all these years. He didn't know if the friendship from ten years ago would still be effective.

Fine, for the sake of his family, Arthur Weasley decided to endure it!

"You have a problem with that? Of course I have a problem with that!" Arthur Weasley said firmly, pointing at the wailing men, "These people have gone too far! They have the front door but insist on coming out through the window. What if the glass breaks a child? I have to condemn them!"

"Pah, scum!" Arthur Weasley walked up to the shopkeeper who was still wailing and spat a mouthful of phlegm into the shopkeeper's mouth.

"Ah!" The male shopkeeper's voice stopped abruptly; he had choked on Arthur Weasley's thick phlegm!

Arthur Weasley scoffed and snapped, "This is a lesson for you. Don't do it again!"

After saying that, Arthur Weasley smiled twice at Sang Biao, then left with a very nonchalant air.

Sang Biao: "..."

Watching Arthur Weasley's departing figure, Sang Biao was speechless. Damn, that fat guy is really something!

Ignoring the fleeing Arthur Weasley, Sang Biao looked at the disgruntled crowd around him.

"Don't be fooled by these people!" Shaking his head, Sang Biao held up the land deed in his hand and shouted, "This is the land deed for the shop, so this shop should belong to our Bide Group."

"Nimbus Company hasn't paid us rent for three months, so it's perfectly reasonable and legal for our Bide Group to forcibly take back the store!"

As luck would have it, just as Sang Biao produced the land deed, three high-ranking officials from the Ministry of Magic immediately sprang out from the corner.

The officials glanced at the land deed briefly, then immediately declared loudly, "This gentleman's land deed is genuine. As the owner of the land, he has the right to reclaim his shop."

"Furthermore, after our thorough investigation, it is entirely true that Nimbus Company has not paid rent for three months. According to the laws of the Ministry of Magic, Nimbus Company is required to return the shop immediately and pay three times the rent, which is 10,000 Galleon!"

"My God, ten thousand Galleon!"

"Ten thousand Galleon, enough to last a lifetime!"

All the passersby were astonished. The Ministry of Magic still held considerable authority; basically, whatever the officials said, the people of the Ministry of Magic believed.

Once several officials confirmed the legality of the land deed, the onlookers immediately switched sides.

At this moment, the male shop owner who had been screaming in agony just moments before had shut up. He wasn't stupid; the reason he could become the owner of the Nimbus Company's flagship store as Muggle-born was because he had good judgment.

Actually, he had wanted to pay the rent when Sang Biao and the others came to collect it before, but the company boss's eldest son took the rent away and said that Sang Biao and the others were small fry and not worth paying attention to.

Now it seems, how could Sang Biao and his group be insignificant? They just showed the land deed, and a high-ranking official from the Ministry of Magic came to endorse it. These are hardly insignificant figures!

He became a shop owner simply to survive in the Wizarding World, not because he wanted to work for the Nimbus Company.

"Resign!" The male shop owner made up his mind. It was clearly only one month of missed rent, but the official had managed to turn it into three months and even demand triple the compensation. This wasn't just about connections in the Ministry of Magic; it was about having connections everywhere.

This powerful background is no less impressive than that of Nimbus Company, so if he, a nobody, can't afford to offend them, can't he just resign?

The male shop owner immediately stood up, dusted himself off, and fawned over Sang Biao, "Brother, it's all a misunderstanding!"

"The rent was entirely decided by the eldest young master; it has nothing to do with us subordinates."

"But don't worry, brother. Nimbus Company will definitely compensate you for three months' rent plus triple compensation. I'm willing to be your witness!"

Sang Biao: "..."

Patting the male shop owner on the shoulder, Sang Biao said with a complicated expression, "Okay, you'll thank yourself for your choice today."

The other shop assistants who had been beaten out immediately stood up when they saw that the shop owner had surrendered, and they all fawned over Sang Biao.

Seeing the shop assistants all expressing their willingness to cooperate, testify on his behalf, and demand their rent back, Sang Biao fell silent. After a long while, he shook his head towards a corner and mouthed, "The plan is canceled. Don't try to find out their home addresses."

Seeing that there was no more excitement to be seen, the wizards who had been watching the spectacle left one after another, Diagon Alley returned to its tranquility.

And so, the Nimbus Broom Shop of yesteryear disappeared from Diagon Alley, Nimbus broom a business group called Bide took its place, quietly appearing in Diagon Alley.