Harry Potter: Charlie and the Candy Factory

After Charlie left and the door of the candy factory was closed again, the man with black hair finally put down his hands that were originally clasped in front of his chest.

"So...what do I need to do next?"

He looked at Russell, who was still waving his arms at the leaving vehicle, paused, and asked

There was an inexplicable laziness in his voice, as if he was not interested in anything.

In fact, he himself is usually like this. This time he came here just because Charlie summoned him, otherwise he would never show up...

"Nothing needs to be done."

Russell lowered his arms but did not turn around.

His back was still turned to Ryan, and his tone was completely different from when he was getting along with Charlie.

"Since Master Charlie believes that you are qualified to temporarily take his place, as the most loyal servant of the master, I will naturally support his idea without a doubt."

Russell's calm voice sounded polite but distant, and he did not deliberately hide this.

"It's just that I hope you can understand that managing a factory is completely different from being a dealer, especially since this factory is mainly composed of elves."

Ryan just raised his eyebrows and looked at the elf in front of him with some surprise, but didn't say anything.

"The truth is...not everyone is Master Charlie."

Russell slowly turned around, raised his head and looked at the man named Ryan, and continued

"Master Charlie is a great and amazing being. He is the belief and pillar of all elves, and he is also the core of this factory..."

"Although I can unconditionally support the orders issued by Master Charlie, I do not agree with his words - because he has always been irreplaceable... Do you understand what I mean?"

Ryan listened quietly to Russell's words. It wasn't until the last syllable fell from Russell's mouth that his expression finally changed.

The corners of Ryan's mouth raised slightly, revealing a smile that was not very bright but made Russell feel inexplicably familiar.

He reached out his hand and scratched his long curly black hair, and then answered slowly

"It seems that there are some misunderstandings between us...but it actually doesn't matter, because I agree with what you said.

Charlie is a great man and a unique guy. There is no wizard in the world who can do what he has done, and there is no wizard who dares to do what he wants to do."

Speaking of this, Ryan's eyes flashed with some inexplicable sadness and reminiscence that Russell couldn't understand. But it quickly disappeared, as if it had never appeared, and turned back into that everlasting laziness.

.

Even Russell was not sure if he had seen something wrong...

"Don't worry." Before Ryan could finish his words, he continued to speak in that lazy tone.

"My admiration for Charlie is no less than yours, and I also have a very clear self-positioning of myself."

Ryan paused.

"Perhaps you can prepare a room for me so I can have a good sleep and eat something."

"Then we stayed together like this, happily waiting for Charlie's return... Anyway, with Charlie's name here, I guess there won't be any trouble in the past few days, right?"

Ryan's answer was obviously something Russell had not expected... For a moment, he spent all his energy thinking about how to warn the other party, but all of them were useless.

Russell was slightly startled, and the original indifference and distance in his eyes suddenly reduced a lot.

Gu Xuan

Only then did he try to take a closer look at the guy in front of him...

He had to admit that he felt that he liked this boy named Ryan a little bit - at least from his words, Russell could feel that the other party's respect for Master Charlie was really as he said, without any falsehood.

"right!"

Finally, Russell nodded, with a smile on his face.

"There will be no trouble, everything will be the same as before, let us wait quietly for the return of Master Charlie!"

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While Ryan and Russell were talking, Andre was sitting in the passenger seat of the car that had just driven away from the factory. He couldn't help but widen his eyes, looking up and down, left and right, at everything inside the car.

"It's amazing..."

He smacked his lips enviously, and then looked at Charlie who was driving next to him again, and praised him sincerely.

"I really hope that the U.S. Congress is as open-minded as the British Ministry of Magic... In the United States, you will never have such a beautiful magic car!!!"

"Forehead……"

Listening to Andre's words, Charlie who was driving subconsciously glanced aside and hesitated for a while, but in the end he did not tell the other person that in fact, in the UK, it is not illegal to modify such a Muggle car.

What a lot of things to advocate.

It's just that a legal loophole was exploited with the help of a kind person working for the Ministry of Magic.

"Hasn't the American wizarding world become more open in recent years?"

Charlie smiled and turned the topic to somewhere else.

"Hmm...actually I don't have much feeling about this."

Sure enough, after listening to Charlie's words, Andre was naturally diverted from the topic and began to talk about recent events in the American wizarding world.

"Actually, you know..."

He spread his hands and shrugged.

"The so-called openness is just relative to the past. In fact, even in recent years, the Magic Congress has been committed to combating a series of unstable factors such as the Purifiers and Second Salem, but that kind of thing is like

It is rooted in the flesh of the American wizarding world, and the roots can never be removed... The only thing that can be done is to cut off the exposed parts of it again and again, so that it will not grow wantonly and keep you outside.

decency in front of others.”

Charlie couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, and there was a bit of surprise in his eyes. He really didn't expect that the other party had such a high opinion.

But when I think about it carefully, I think it's normal. After all, being sent to the UK to talk to Charlie head-on, I think I should be somewhat capable.

"So...if I want to go to the United States, will it be troublesome?"

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Charlie asked

"Um..." Andre pondered for a while, seeming to be thinking about something.

"I think there may be some trouble... but it will be much easier than those wizards who go to the United States alone. After all, you are going in the name of business cooperation this time, and you are with me, so you won't waste too much on the review.

time."

Andre said, seeming to think of something, and quickly added

"It's just that the step of registering the wand is probably unavoidable."