Harry Potter: Charlie and the Candy Factory

"Dear Mr. Barnabas Guffey... Listen, Rita, Mr. Black calls me 'Dear' Mr. Barnabas Guffey."

In the editor-in-chief's office, the tall Guffey suddenly stood up from the boss's chair behind his desk. While reading the letter in his hand, he raised his head and was surprised to see a man on the sofa nearby who was applying nail polish meticulously.

Rita Skeeter said.

"Yes, yes...I just heard the editor-in-chief."

Rita Skeeter dealt with it without raising her head, still focusing on her delicately maintained nails, and continued to paint them a eye-catching and exaggerated pink color.

Seeing that his capable subordinate was not interested in this, Gu Fei did not dissipate his high enthusiasm. Instead, he walked slowly in the office. As he walked, he quietly raised his chest a little and continued to speak loudly.

Read the Tao

"Please allow me to send you a belated Merry Christmas. I am extremely surprised and happy about the Christmas gift you gave me..."

"...Since the last brief exchange in Minister Fudge's office, I have been looking for an opportunity to chat with you alone..."

"I just took advantage of this opportunity. If possible, in your free time, I hope we can have a drink together and make friends. What do you think?... Regards, Charlie Black."

The light in Gu Fei's eyes became brighter and brighter. When he read the last name signed by Charlie, he even smacked his mouth with some unfinished content. His fingers couldn't help but grind the material and writing on the surface of the paper, as if he was at this moment.

Their minds have received some kind of different improvement.

"Rita..."

He called out to his right-hand subordinate who was sitting on the sofa again.

By coincidence, Rita Skeeter had just finished painting all ten nails. After admiring her "beautiful" look, she finally raised her head and continued to praise her immediate boss, Editor-in-Chief Gufei.

responded

"Yes, editor-in-chief, I am..."

But there was still an unavoidable perfunctory and helpless tone in his voice.

However, Guffey, who was immersed in his own world and fantasized about having dinner with the top rich man, pure-blood aristocrat and legendary figure Charlie Black in the wizarding world in the near future, obviously did not recognize Rita Skeeter.

There was something wrong with his tone, so he continued to speak excitedly

"Look...what am I talking about? A smart person like Mr. Black will definitely see the Christmas gift I gave him right away."

After saying that, he symbolically waved the letter in his hand at Rita, which again provoked a silent eye roll from the other party.

"Facts have proved that I was right!" Seeing the roll of her eyes, Guffey not only was not angry, but also raised his head proudly and smiled slightly, taking it as a sign that Rita Skeeter had given in.

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He carefully folded the letter in his hand and placed it on his desk. Then he felt something was wrong, so he quickly reopened the envelope with the Black family crest and put the letter inside intact.

After all this was done, Gu Fei finally stopped in the middle of the office, took a deep breath of cool air, then straightened his chest, even his waist was straight, and then he sighed with emotion.

“Sometimes you really have to believe in a saying, that is, seeing is believing and hearing is believing.

Before I had any contact with Mr. Black, I always heard rumors about him. It was said that he was a weird guy, that he had a cold and impersonal personality, that he did not care about his status as a noble and was willing to associate with elves...

………

At that time, I chose to believe these unfounded rumors even though I had never met Mr. Black. But what was the result? Through my last meeting with Mr. Black, I knew that he was an elegant and perfect aristocratic gentleman.

Through this letter, I can also confirm that he is a humane, gentle and good old man!"

After saying that, he hummed contentedly, then raised his hand and took out a Marlboro cigarette that was only sold in the Muggle world. After holding it in his mouth and lighting it with magic, Gu Fei felt deeply

He took a deep breath.

After the white smoke slowly came out of his mouth, he continued

"Someone like me, who has only met Mr. Black twice, can see things that those who wantonly spread rumors have no idea at all.

It can be seen that those people who make wild claims have actually never even met Mr. Black. Or...in other words, they are not qualified to meet such a top figure in the British wizarding world."

As he finished speaking, he seemed to be thinking of himself. He grinned, showing his brilliant white teeth, then tugged on both sides of his windbreaker and said calmly.

"It's actually understandable. After all, not everyone is like me and gets a personal letter from Mr. Black and has the opportunity to be invited to have dinner with him."

After hearing this, Rita Skeeter, who had been watching Guffey incessantly without saying a word, finally couldn't hold it in any longer. Just when she opened her mouth and was about to stand up and pour cold water on him,

Gu Fei seemed to suddenly remember something, and hurried back to his seat, rummaged through the letter paper, and while muttering to himself, he picked up a pen and started writing on it.

"Yes! I almost forgot, I should reply to Mr. Black first! Mr. Black is a busy man, and I can't keep him waiting for too long."

"...Editor-in-Chief, actually..."

Rita Skeeter pushed up the weird glasses on her face and was about to say something hesitantly, but was interrupted again.

"What are you still doing, Rita? Shouldn't you be out looking for news at this time? Quickly, quickly, get moving!"

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After walking out of Guffey's office, Rita couldn't help but twitch the corners of her mouth, showing an expression that was half a smile.

As a reporter who was responsible for interviewing Charlie Black in the early days, she thought she had collected enough information about that gentleman. She had already researched him from top to bottom.

As the kind of top rich man who doesn't even dare to offend Fudge, how could he personally write a reply because of one of your articles? Moreover, if Guffey was not carried away by the excitement, as the editor-in-chief of a well-known newspaper, he should

It can still be seen that although the handwriting of the main text of the letter and the signature at the end are very similar, if you look closely, there are still some differences.

If Rita guessed correctly, this was probably written by Mr. Black's elf assistant, Mr. Russell.

Of course, seeing her boss's unprecedented excitement, Rita did not choose to tell him about the incident in the end.

"After all, that's not my life."

(End of chapter)