Harry Potter: Charlie and the Candy Factory

The crackling sound lasted for a long time...

As for how long, Fudge didn't know.

Anyway, when he came back to his senses, his ankles had been completely buried by the gold galleons on the ground...

He tried to lift his feet, trying to pull them out of the gold galleons. However, he didn't know whether it was because his legs were weak or because the gold galleons were piled too solidly. Anyway, he tried several times.

He was unsuccessful.

I only felt the heavy, slightly cool gold coins running across my calf.

For a moment, when the sweet voice disappeared, the entire office became completely quiet, and there was no more sound.

It was as if everything had stopped, and at this moment, only him, Charlie, and those Galleons were enough for him to swim in.

"...Huchi...Huchi..."

Fudge's breathing became heavier, and he was faintly trembling. His already rosy face began to become visibly redder, like a bomb that was about to explode.

Finally, Charlie spoke up to break the unreasonable silence.

"The total is fifty thousand Galleons. You can find a few more people to count with you."

Charlie said with a smile. As he spoke, he waved his hand and pinched the last gold Galleons stuck in the ring between his index finger and thumb as if by magic.

"Fifty thousand gold galleons!?!?!?"

Fudge's body trembled violently. As if he heard an evil omen that he shouldn't have heard, he suddenly jumped up from the sofa and looked at Charlie in disbelief.

"Yes... yes... yes"

He opened his mouth and tried to say something in a hoarse voice, but there was nothing that came out of his mouth except a recurring "but".

Charlie's face was indifferent, and the smile on his face at this moment no longer had the carelessness it had at the beginning. It seemed that only the muscles on both sides of his cheeks were still mechanically supporting this expression, and nothing else.

"Buzz..."

Charlie held the gold coin, stretched out his other hand and flicked it gently.

Suddenly, a vague whine sounded.

The voice was pitifully small, even from a distance of two or three steps. If you didn't listen carefully, you wouldn't notice it at all.

However, just such a weak sound made Fudge, who had been wanting to say something, become completely mute.

Fudge slowly closed his eyes, his eyelashes trembling slightly, as if he was quietly feeling the sound from coming out to entering his ears.

Charlie still didn't say anything, he just stretched out his hand, took his slightly fat palm, and then slowly spread it out.

Fudge felt a chill in the palm of his hand. He opened his eyes and subconsciously looked at the palm of his hand... The golden galleons that Charlie had just held on his fingertips were now in his hands.

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In the hall of the Ministry of Magic, Russell, who had been invited out to drink tea by Fudge, was leaning against a wall leisurely, holding a disposable water cup in his hand, with steam still coming out of the cup.

But Umbridge, who came out with him, was nowhere to be seen.

Russell didn't pay attention to the strange looks cast by the people who hurried past him. He just drank the hot water from the paper cup quietly and glanced at the elevator that opened the door from time to time. Other than that, there was nothing else.

Finally, just when he was about to finish his glass of hot water, the elevator door opened again. Charlie walked out.

Gu Ming

"Owner!"

Russell's eyes suddenly lit up, he threw the water glass in his hand into the trash can, and then hurried to Charlie's side.

"Master, have you finished talking to Minister Fudge?"

He blinked his eyes and looked around first. When he saw that no one was paying attention, he asked in a low voice.

"Hmm..." Charlie hesitated for a moment, but nodded and replied with a smile, "That's right..."

After saying this, Charlie's expression suddenly became serious again.

He slowly leaned down, his eyes were aligned with Russell's, and he slowly said

"I'm probably going to be out for a while..."

When Russell heard this, he was slightly stunned and blurted out, "Master is going out again?!"

"Yeah" Charlie nodded and said nothing else.

"Then...where is the master going this time??" Russell reacted, and his brows furrowed for a moment. Although he asked, he vaguely guessed something.

"USA."

Sure enough, Charlie's answer was just as he expected. Although it was not unexpected, Russell's heart still jumped sharply.

However, just as Russell watched Charlie helplessly and didn't know what to say, Charlie straightened up, patted his back with his hand, and continued talking on his own.

"I will go with Andre then and let him take me there. It will probably take longer than before."

Charlie paused, lowered his head, glanced at Russell, who was frowning and looking worried, and continued.

"Before I leave, I will ask Ryan to come over and he will temporarily take my place. If there is really something that needs a wizard to solve, just ask him to go."

After hearing this, Russell's frowned brows tightened even more.

Russell is naturally very clear about the name Ryan. He is the general distributor of Charlie brand candy in Muggle areas. He is mainly responsible for developing product sales in other Muggle areas and has great autonomy.

At the same time, he is also one of the few humans who can enter the candy factory. However, he does not show up very often. Except when picking up goods, he never comes over at all, which makes people feel very mysterious...

Although Russell understood that the guy who could be worthy of Charlie's trust could never be an ordinary person, he still couldn't help but have doubts in his heart.

Let someone who is not Charlie's master temporarily take his place...Does that guy really have the qualifications??

Russell didn't say anything, because after Charlie finished saying this, he pushed it towards the elevator.

It staggered to follow Charlie's steps, raised its head and glanced at its master, hesitated again and again, and chose to bury the problem in its heart again.

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A few days later, Charlie left and set foot on the road to the American wizarding world with Andre, who was about to return home. He didn't bring anything else, but just put a few changes of clothes in the ring.

Russell stood at the gate of the candy factory and watched the car carrying the two people drive out.

Behind Russell, a man with long black curly hair crossed his arms, narrowed his eyes, and watched silently.