A day at Hogwarts

The second Hogsmeade weekend in September came. The students were not as excited as the last time, but they still walked to the village happily.

Seamus, Neville and Dean were walking together, and as they walked they noticed that someone was missing.

"Where's Charles?" Dean looked around, "He was clearly still there just now."

Neville said mysteriously: "He went to prepare a surprise for everyone."

Seamus and Dean immediately asked what was going on.

There is no doubt about Charles' ability to get things done, and the surprises he creates will certainly not disappoint.

Neville said with an enigmatic look: "You and I will find out later."

Seamus and Dean asked again and again, but he wouldn't say even half a letter.

They quickly walked to the end of the village and found many people gathered in front of the bulletin board.

Black's wanted poster on the bulletin board was covered with a large advertisement, surrounded by a lace of various cakes, breads, candies and desserts, which were flying around the map of Hogsmeade.

There are only main streets and surrounding shops on the map. There are two red dots on it. The bottom is the location here, and the other is at the top. From that red dot, food flies out from time to time and joins the surrounding lace.

Seamus reacted immediately: "A restaurant owned by Charles?"

He had heard from Charles about the restaurant, and Charles had promised to give him a VIP card.

Dean asked in confusion: "What restaurant?"

Neville said to him: "Charles opened a restaurant in Hogsmeade. He asked me to write to my father to help contact Mr. Scrimgeour. It seems that Aurors have exclusive VIP cards."

"I heard that the restaurant hasn't been decorated yet, and it's still busy. They say it will open on Halloween."

"Let's go there quickly, there are activities today."

He took Seamus and Dean there, and there were many students rushing towards the same destination along the way.

Now the entire restaurant is surrounded by colorful strips, and there is a big countdown on the wall at the entrance.

There is a long table in front of the restaurant with several red wooden boxes on it. The billboard next to it says that there are blind boxes of snacks inside, and everyone can draw one.

Among the people queuing up were not only students who came out to play, but also wizards from other places.

Dumbledore is indispensable in any place with desserts. Joining him in line to chat is Ollivander, the master wand maker.

Seamus and others lined up behind them, and heard Ollivander say that he had helped Charles collect recipes from many places during the recent period.

Harry and Ron walked over, and Seamus asked quickly: "What did you draw?"

Ron showed him the snack in his hand with a puzzled look on his face: "It's a fish."

What he drew was a taiyaki, which looked very alive, with its mouth opening and closing, and struggling from time to time.

Harry drew a penguin-shaped mochi ball and stood in his palm, shaking his head.

At this time, Professor McGonagall also came over with a strange expression. Dumbledore immediately asked: "Minerva, what did you get?"

Professor McGonagall reluctantly handed over the snack on her palm. There was a pudding on the paper tray.

To be precise, it's cat paw pudding. The bottom is white cat paw-shaped milk pudding, and the pink QQ candy is made into meat pads on top. It looks very cute.

Dumbledore suddenly laughed and said seriously: "Well, it looks like it suits you very well."

"ah!"

A scream came from the front, attracting everyone's attention.

Malfoy quickly pulled his hand out of the box. A book-sized mousetrap was clamped in his hand. The front ends of his fingers were pinched and looked very painful.

Someone next to me said coldly: "Everyone can only have one. Being greedy will not end well."

Malfoy's face turned even paler. Scrimgeour, the head of the Auror Office, concluded that he could not regain his position.

There were many Aurors lining up in that team. They had been searching for Black nearby recently. They worked the night shift last night and came over to join in the fun after work.

The Aurors quickly finished drawing the prizes and went to the restaurant to have breakfast through the small door on the colorful cloth.

Soon it was Seamus and his friends, who each drew a box.

The box was about the size of a Chocolate Frog box and contained a dessert, an advertisement and a menu.

In a house not far away, Charles was looking at the list of supplies for the horsemen. Eleanor was studying the menu of the restaurant. There was a high-precision resistance tester using batteries on the table.

In the hands of Charles, the Centaur Liaison Office is half-official and half-private, reselling potion raw materials around the world. Lupine was originally doing this, but now it is Eleanor.

Eleanor's daily job is to fish in the office and visit other offices to chat from time to time.

But when she first went to work, she sorted out the trading network left by Lu Ping and found a few temporary workers to work outside. What she wanted to do on the surface was to hold weekly meetings to solve problems and give Penny the money to make purchases. Supplies to the horse people, and delivery.

There is much more to be done in secret.

Eleanor said to Charles while looking at the menu: "The money is in Fudge's hands. It's clean and looks good."

When it comes to giving money to officials, the difference between Lucius Malfoy and Eleanor and the others is the difference between a first-year kid at Hogwarts and Dumbledore.

The Centaur Liaison Office's reselling of supplies cannot be hidden from other people, so the Minister of Magic has a filial piety. Now Eleanor will have some foreign snacks when she goes to visit other people's offices. After getting familiar with them, she will have small gifts.

Charles's money was not given to Fudge, but to the Minister of Magic, who gave it to whoever was the Minister.

Now the restaurant needs to find a backer, so it is not open to the public now, but Scrimgeour and the others can go in for a working meal, and the bill will be discounted and sent to the Auror office.

At the same time, every Auror has a special VIP card, from the new ones who joined this year to retired Aurors like Moody.

The VIP cards launched by Charles come with different discounts at different levels.

The Star Card is only a discount and can be obtained by spending points.

Some high-end moon cards have rare dishes and drinks, which can be upgraded by spending on star cards. Auror-specific VIP cards and the upcoming St. Mungo's Hospital therapist VIP card are also of this level.

More advanced Sun Cards can be charged and free of box fees. More advanced ones can jump in the queue when booking a box. In addition to consumption upgrades, they will also be given to directors of various departments of the Ministry of Magic, members of the Wizengamot, directors of the Auror Office, and Saints. Dean of Mungo Hospital, recipient of the Order of Merlin, and Ollivander and other well-known wizards in society.

The most advanced diamond cards are given to top people such as the Minister of Magic, the Principal of Hogwarts, Grindelwald and Voldemort, and basically will not collect money.

The most advanced thing is that there is no need for a card. Professor McGonagall can go to her own box by swiping her face, and the bill will be sent to Jack.

According to Charles' plan, this restaurant will be built into a high-end consumption place and can also host various group dinners. Voldemort can also come here when he holds a Death Eater dinner.

As long as they paid, it was not impossible for the Death Eaters and the Order of the Phoenix to hold meetings at the same time in the next box.

Eleanor was very interested in this restaurant. After reading the menu, she asked Charles: "Who manages this restaurant?"

Charles said calmly: "It's not you anyway."

"Okay." Eleanor was mentally prepared for the answer, "leave me a position as a cleaning lady."

Charles gave her a roll of his eyes.

"Alas..." Eleanor sighed deeply, "Now that I have severed ties with my family, I can only rely on myself in the future."

Charles was not surprised. After her grandfather passed away, the family was in chaos over the inheritance, but the relationship with a certain capitalist group was still there.

Charles took out a document and gave it to her and said, "See if you can use it to make money. I'll give you a 5% commission."

Eleanor took the document and looked at it, surprised: "Is there really an oil field next to London?!"

Charles nodded. He still knew about the Majiagang Oil Field from a novel about aiding the Communist Party in a cafeteria on a certain forum, but now the economic significance of the oil field is not that great.

"I want to exchange it for a quick buck and then have a plan where you can work there later if you want," he said.