Harry Potter: Charlie and the Candy Factory

Sitting back on his seat, Charlie also suddenly entered the state again.

Instead of wasting any more words, he began to briefly describe his decisions and plans to the remaining six house elves who were talking and doing them.

After all, time waits for no one, and Christmas, when the Snow Lemon and Wind-Sniffing Violet Candies were originally scheduled to be released, is only a few months away.

Although it may not sound obvious, if you break it down into details, considering the advance publicity, the process of recruiting new employees, and the subsequent training, these few months have become insufficient.

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Therefore, he had no choice but to compress time as soon as possible and complete the next preparations in a quick way, so as to ensure that he could free up more time later to make more stable arrangements.

The meeting went very smoothly. During Charlie's speech, everyone couldn't help but sit upright. Even Duru, who had been squinting his eyes as if he was about to fall asleep at any moment, had a vague look in his eyes from time to time. His brows were slightly raised.

Wrinkled, it looks like he is thinking about something.

It didn't take long for Charlie to instill what he said in Fudge's office into the six elves below, after some expansion and more detailed changes.

After he finished speaking, he picked up a freshly poured glass of water on his desk, took a sip, then looked around at everyone and asked

"How's it going? What do you think? Let's talk about it. Speak freely."

As soon as these words came out, Chafucha and others below immediately fell into a discussion. They looked at the people around them, talked in a hurry, widened their eyes, and danced for a while.

The expressions could be worried, surprised, or thinking, but none of them were as categorically angry as Duru thought at the door, and argued fiercely with Charlie.

It only took Charlie less than ten minutes to describe his thoughts. The discussion between them, just by constantly exchanging opinions, lasted for more than half an hour, and it seemed that they had no intention of stopping.

However, Charlie was not anxious about this, nor did he interrupt them.

He rested his elbows on the tabletop of his desk, intertwined his fingers, and leaned gently beside his chin. In his eyes, he stared at a few people calmly, silently waiting for the final result.

In fact, Charlie couldn't be more satisfied with the reactions of Russell, Chavcha and others. As excellent subordinates, what they had to do was not really raise their own questions after Charlie finished his proposal.

Instead, after everyone discussed and brainstormed with each other, they deleted the useless branches and leaves in the communication, pointed to the remaining most important and core issues, and finally sent it to Charlie.

You must know that a qualified and outstanding subordinate is a kind of talent that can be encountered but cannot be sought. This is like Zhuge Liang to Liu Bei and Xun Yu to Cao Cao.

He can often help his boss deal with most of the useless things and save scattered working time, thereby quickly improving the efficiency of the entire team and enabling it to grow by leaps and bounds.

And in this factory, Charlie has six characters like this!

They cooperate with each other and are interlocked, and every detail can be handled perfectly without Charlie having to waste any extra thought on it.

This is why Charlie can be so leisurely every day. In addition to dealing with some important documents, he can go out for more than ten days from time to time without having to worry at all.

With this in his mind, looking at his six former confidants and now his right-hand men, he couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing a smile of relief and emotion.

Unfortunately, the six people below did not notice this scene.

Their minds were still completely focused on the heated discussion between each other, and they were never distracted in the slightest.

The pen in Russell's hand was almost out of shape, and while he was quickly writing down notes in his notebook, he would say a few words from time to time to express his opinions.

Dulu's eyes opened, and his words were as unhurried as usual, but every word often got to the point. After hearing other people's opinions, they all drooped their eyelids and subconsciously picked up the words.

He reached out and stroked the smooth cane, and after a long time, he gave his own evaluation and opinion.

Although Peng Peng's name sounds harmless to humans and animals, he has the hottest temper among all the elves. As he spoke, he couldn't help but raise his voice and stood up from his seat. But as the head of the technical department

, his thoughts are often the fastest among the six, and from time to time he can make surprising remarks and open up a new concept to think about certain issues.

Chafucha is a sensible person and doesn't like to talk much. After experiencing the accident of his own child, he has become less talkative since then.

However, in this discussion meeting, he rarely participated in it. Under the established conditions proposed by Charlie, he did not let himself subjectively affect the current issue because of Dabu's matter...

As for Kobe and Fudo, one has an out-of-touch yet calm personality, and the other is proud yet measured.

In this way, six guys with distinct personalities and completely different personalities are paired together. Even in the Ministry of Magic, it may not be possible to find a more harmonious combination than them...

Finally, just when the minute hand of the office clock slowly moved across the dial and was about to complete a full circle, the six people finally completed the final agreement and gradually became quiet.

Russell, who had not stopped writing since the beginning, finally quietly put it back into his pocket at this moment and breathed a deep sigh of relief.

"How, so what do you think is..."

Seeing that everything was over, Charlie raised his elbows from the desk again and asked in a deep voice.

"Mr. Black."

Chavcha spoke.

He stood up, took two steps forward from his seat, came to the front of the desk, and said slowly

"First of all, we naturally agree with your decision to expand the scale of the factory and recruit squibs or Muggles related to the wizarding world."

"But after agreeing, everyone has some small requirements to ensure that the lives and work of factory employees will not be harmed by the problems caused by it."

After saying that, he turned back, starting with Russell, and looking around at the other elves still sitting in their seats, until Peng Peng finished.

Every elf nodded to express everyone's common thoughts.

"Of course...it should be like this." Charlie nodded without any surprise, then made a "please" gesture forward, asking Chafucha to continue speaking.

Chafucha took a deep breath and said slowly

"First of all, I raised the issue about salaries... Due to the recent increase in business at the factory, more money has been taken from the books for research and development, purchasing materials or adding equipment... and the salaries of new employees

The problem is that it is a big expense. My suggestion is to reduce the salary of new employees by about 20% in the first three months, which is about 40 galleons a month. After working for three months,

As they become more technically proficient, their treatment will be raised to the same level as that of older employees."

Charlie rubbed the ring, listened carefully to Chafucha's words, and finally nodded.

"Okay...continue."

"Second, Grandpa Dulu believes that before new employees enter the factory, they must popularize the most basic rules and regulations in the factory, as well as the racial habits of elves to these Muggles. To prevent some misunderstandings and accidents.

occur."

After finishing speaking, Chafucha raised his head and glanced at Charlie. Seeing that Charlie nodded slightly and said nothing more, he understood what he meant and continued to speak the rest of the content in one breath.

"Kobe's idea is that the new employees will not be allowed to have access to the living areas of the factory for the time being..."

"Peng Peng believes that a period of training is needed. After they are all familiar with it, they will be allowed to formally set foot on the job and use the machines in the factory. In addition, the construction of a new factory building and the preparation of the machines will cost a lot of money.

I have time..."

"Fodor feels that the newly recruited employees in the factory can be separated from each other. Not only the production line, but also the sales department, some Muggles with such experience are also needed to provide new ideas."

"As for Russell...well, Russell said it's fine. He doesn't have any objections."

After taking a breath and finishing everything he needed to say, Chavcha closed his mouth and began to wait for Mr. Black's final decision.

In his mind, Charlie's thoughts were flowing, and he considered every proposal one by one.

Obviously, he had to admit that each of the suggestions they made was quite in line with his intentions, and there were even many hidden contents that he had not thought of.

In this regard, Charlie naturally had no reason to refuse.

The smile on his lips became more obvious and he nodded.

"Okay, then let's do it."

After hearing Charlie's answer, not only Chavcha, who was standing facing him, breathed a sigh of relief, but behind Chavcha, both Fudo and Pengpeng looked vaguely relaxed.

They laughed in the same tacit understanding, and the atmosphere between one person and six elves suddenly became happy.

"Okay, if that's the case, then the next step is the specific implementation."

Charlie suddenly turned his head, took his attention away from Chafucha, and looked at Russell.

"Wait a minute, Russell, you write a recruitment notice, and write it based on these notes. After you finish writing, go to the Finance Department to get some money from Chafu Cha, and go for a trip. Send the recruitment notice to the newspaper..."

When Russell heard Charlie's instructions, he was stunned for a moment. After hesitating for a moment, he nodded and responded.

"Okay, I understand, Mr. Charlie!"

"Look, isn't this great...everything is not as difficult as imagined."

When everything was discussed, the atmosphere gradually relaxed, and people started talking and laughing, a rare smile of relief appeared on Dulu's old face.

He looked at Charlie first, then at the junior next to him, and said softly.

"Since we decided to get rid of our past identity from the beginning, we should work tirelessly for it. The comfort zone should not always be warm... We don't want to be isolated from the world. What we need is to be recognized and become a person.

A race that is dependent on humans but has its own independence. What we want is respect... In order to achieve this goal, sooner or later we must try to contact humans again.

And this time, didn't Charlie just provide us with such an opportunity? But...even if Charlie has done so much for us, if we ourselves don't want to move forward, then no matter how much we talk, it will be of no use."

Dulu said slowly, with a slightly hoarse voice that sounded gentle and pronounced every word clearly.

"Actually, ever since that battle against Voldemort, I have been able to feel that my life is passing faster and faster.

I am old, I have lived for more than 190 years, and I have seen almost the whole world... For me, the rest of my life is just a series of numbers that I don’t know when to stop. I have long been gone.

other concerns.

Only this... has always supported me and become my desire to continue living. I want to watch the elves get rid of slavery and become a real magical race with my own eyes."

The expressions of every elf present became serious, they suppressed their smiles, faced Duru, and listened to his teachings without saying a word.

"I don't know if I can see this scene before I leave this world, but because of Charlie, I always believe and have never doubted that this thing will eventually come true..."

Dulu didn't preach too much. After saying this, he paused and seemed to remember something, and the original smile on his face became a bit wider.

"Fortunately, we still have little Dabu... He is an amazing child, and everything he does makes me feel gratified. Even if I leave, he will help me see this scene."

“…”

For a moment, the office was enveloped in a different kind of sadness. It was also because of Drew's words that Charlie's heart became heavy again.

Charlie let out a breath, slowly stood up from his seat, walked out from behind the desk, and knelt down in front of Drew.

He put his hands on the other person's thin shoulders, and there was a hint of light in his eyes.

"Don't worry, Dulu. Live well. Believe me, that day is not far away. It won't take a few years before the scene you are looking forward to will come... When the time comes, you won't be able to close your eyes again.

Too late, right?"

"Hahahaha..." Dulu laughed, as if he only thought that the other party was comforting him... However, when he saw the look in Charlie's eyes that had never changed from before, he was still moved by it.

Stunned.

"Well...I'm looking forward to this day, and I believe in you, Charlie."