Hermione, Be the Minister of Magic with Me!

Lockhart swept around and found that as expected, the little wizards basically carried snacks and drinks in their hands, and some even held toys bought from the Joko Joke Shop.

Very good, brainwashing... ahem, education should start with children.

Like The Sound of Music, The Wizard of Oz got the response it deserved.

After all, it is an award-winning work, the story is naturally not mentioned, and it is also a work that proves its strength with the box office.

Its plot is also not complicated. A kind and brave little girl was blown to the magic country by a tornado, and she met three partners on her way home: she finally defeated the evil witch and successfully returned home.

But aside from the story itself, this book is viewed from a wizarding and Muggle perspective.

The movie feels different.

For example, the "dwarf kingdom", "flying ruby ​​shoes" and "evil witch" that Muggles think are magical are very normal things on the wizard side, so the "fantasy" component is undoubtedly reduced a lot.

For wizards, The Wizard of Oz is more of a fable.

Whether it is a lion looking for guts, a scarecrow looking for a brain, or a tin man looking for a heart, they all have their own images. If you add the kind-hearted Dorothy, then these four characters inadvertently coincide with Huo Huo. Gwartz's four colleges.

Gryffindor in search of courage, Ravenclaw in search of wisdom, Slytherin in ambition, and Hufflepuff in tenacity and honesty.

So by mistake, students from wizarding families understood the theme of the film as "the four academies go hand in hand to fulfill their dreams", which was an unexpected gain for Lockhart.

Especially when, in the end, Dorothy found out that the so-called "magic wizard" was just a Muggle who fooled everyone with tornadoes and various "high-tech" things that he carried with him. The wizards were amazed.

In the end, technology is no different from magic, which is very much in line with what Lockhart wants to instill.

Although the effect is not obvious at present, and some things still need to be understood by the little wizards, the age of 11-17 is indeed an important period for the formation of a person's worldview and values. If the influence continues, I believe that there will be more or less influence in the future.

So Lockhart has been observing the reactions of the little wizards, and found that except for the fact that the evil witch who ruled the kingdom was beaten down in a comical way, the rest was pretty good, and the little wizards basically accepted the film. settings in .

The film was undoubtedly a success - it was a huge hit with the students, and they said they had one more regular project ever since they came back to Hogsmeade.

In addition to these potential gains, Lockhart has some material gains.

In just one afternoon session, Lockhart earned 10 Galleons for the second project of the Ministry of Magic. At this rate, his original estimate of the cost recovery time was too conservative. He didn't have to wait too long. You can go to the "collection" of new and old film stock.

More importantly, the income of Honeyduke, Three Broomsticks and Joko is estimated to be no less than his: the consumption power brought by the movie is enough to benefit the whole village.

"A lot of senior students didn't come today, I guess it's because they're tired of coming and think there won't be anything new here... Talk to them well, and let them regret it!" Lockhart told TODAY Shouting from the students who came to watch the movie

Although Lockhart is no longer coaching, the popularity he has accumulated before is still there, so his words even caused a roar from the little wizards in the audience.

"No problem, Professor! Let them regret it!" shouted Fred and George ll

Lockhart's remarks undoubtedly inspired a group of makeup dealers. "Eddie from Ravenclaw came to Lockhart alone after the movie and asked if he could sell him some Uganda tickets."

"I have inquired about it. The villagers usually only need 2 xicos to watch a night, but we need 3 ... If you trust me, you can give me some of the tickets to sell, and I will sell 2 xicos for one. Zhang, there will be more people coming this weekend, what do you think?"

"How much commission do you want?" Lockhart asked.

"half.

Lockhart rejected him without hesitation: "Don't think about it, with such a large space, I've extended the return time several times."

Eddie, who was dismantled, was not embarrassed at all. It is a common rule in the world that you can't be embarrassed if you want money.

"Then it's half a siko, or 10 nuts will do. I'm also responsible for publicity and development of offline. It's really impossible to do less than this number!" He begged for mercy with a hippie smile.

What do you want this business to do? Lockhart was puzzled. "The school is so small with a few hundred students. With 10 nuts, even if you can sell 200 tickets a week, you will only earn 5 Galleons, and you will need several people to share. It's not as profitable as your binoculars... I see, your fair-trade binoculars are on the Hogwarts student teaching supplies list this year. "

Eddie seemed serious: "How many things we can sell is second. The key point of the professor is that we must let the students only buy things from us, so no matter what they want, we must have them."

Good guy, this is even aiming at pricing power, and Lockhart suddenly looks at it.

Chapter 184 clues

When Hermione and Ron went to Hogsmeade, Harry Potter, who was left alone in the castle, was a little upset.

Originally, according to regulations, Hogwarts students could only travel to Hogsmeade during festive holidays. But for some unknown reason, Dumbledore suddenly announced that everyone would be free to go every weekend in the future.

The students were naturally happy, but Harry was even more melancholy.

Originally he thought he could spend the whole day training Quidditch today, so even if he couldn't go to Hogsmeade, it would be no big deal, but he didn't expect Oliver Wood to suddenly become very enlightened. After the holiday, let the players go to Hogsmeade to relax.

If I have eight hours to chop wood, I'll use two of those hours to sharpen the axe\' - this is my family motto. ' Wood said to Harry.

"Grinding what?" Harry asked dryly.

"I mean, it's also important to go to the store and get some goggles, or have a professional take care of your broom and do some maintenance, and I suggest you buy some Honey Duke's fly toffees and chocolate **** to eat before your flight. Two, the high-altitude air is not so cold anymore, I see you trembling every time you get off your broom...

"Thank you, Wood."

Harry stopped Wood from talking and didn't tell him he couldn't go to Hogsmeade.

He couldn't tell everyone that he couldn't go to Hogsmeade, could he? Otherwise, Malfoy will die of laughter.

Can't train Quidditch, and Harry really doesn't want to do homework today, so

He went to the dueling club, wanting to vent his grievances that he couldn't go to Hogsmeade in the duel.

It's a pity that most of the students in the same grade went to Hogsmeade, and the dueling club left all the senior students who were tired of it, and the kid Harry of the lower grade didn't bother to bully, so he could only challenge by leapfrog.

However, after this challenge, he realized that there were too many senior students left behind.

Cedric Diggory saw Harry early and greeted him.

"Hey, Harry! I don't remember you turning 16 yet? Why are you here? Not going to Hogsmeade?" he asked.

Harry felt a little puzzled: "When did the dueling club start to restrict the age?"

Hearing him ask this, Cedric knew that Harry had just come here by accident.

"It's nothing... I thought you heard about that too, so I came to prepare."

Harry was a little sensitive: "What preparation?"

Cedric said vaguely: "I can't say what it is about a game, but we have family members in the Ministry of Magic who should have heard of it, so everyone wants to come here in advance to find out the status, in case they are selected... "

"Competition? Duel competition?"

"…Well, no, but it's about the same, but I heard that you have to be 17 to participate, so everyone who turned 16 this year is here, you see..."

Harry swept around and found that most of the people who remained were seniors, and most of them were Slytherins, and the rest were mostly from wizard families in the dueling club.

Good luck! "Harry blessed Cedric with emotional intelligence.

In any case, he can't make himself 17 years old before next year. Since he can't participate, he might as well bless the people he has a good relationship with - as long as Slytherin does not win.

"Thank you." Cedric replied politely.

After forcing himself to duel a few times with the seniors, Harry returned to the Gryffindor lounge with two wins and four losses, more depressed.

And the return of Ron and Hermione made his bad mood worse - they talked to Harry about Hogsmeade, which made Harry's heart itch.

What a Honey Duke candy store, what Devis-Bances for brooms, an elegant wizard clothing store selling strange costumes, and a Joko joke shop…

This feeling is like "Others are sitting, you are standing. Others are eating, you are watching",

\"...Even Fred and George said that this year's Hogsmeade is very different from previous years, the village has just had running water, and there is a movie, it looks like...like something big is going to happen ." Hermione recalled.

"Maybe it's because of the school's competition next year!" Harry replied listlessly.

"What game?" Hermione was curious.

"I don't know, it might have something to do with the duel." Harry sighed, "Digory said he had to be 17 to participate."

"Then we won't catch up unless we start drinking age-enhancing agents from today." Ron thought thoughtfully, "Wait... Having said that, I suddenly remembered that Dad had accidentally brought this up, but I I thought he was talking about the Quidditch World Cup."

"The Quidditch World Cup?" Harry heard a new term. "Is there a World Cup in this one too."

"Yeah." Ron put the Hogsmeade thing behind him in a blink of an eye, "It's just that the English team's results are not very good, especially England, although I didn't have any expectations for it, but the group stage actually Losing to Transylvania 10:390, it was too bad."

"It's tragic," Harry agreed. "I didn't expect the difference to be so big."

\"It's normal." Hermione shrugged,\"England is mostly big cities, so there are very few wizards living there, and it's very difficult for them to put together a team.

"And what about Scotland? There must be a lot of wizards here, right?" Harry asked again.

"Scotland lost to Luxembourg in a shock last month, they were the runners-up in the last World Cup!" Ron looked like the end of the world, "Don't make me recall this, Harry, you don't see everyone is very good Didn't you talk about it tacitly?"

Harry quickly apologized: "Oh, I'm sorry... It looks like we can only count on Wales, don't we?"

"It's alright, you just don't know...Wales are really promising, they're up against Uganda, next month, Merlin bless, I doubt the Africans don't even know what Quidditch is..."

"Ron!"

Hermione was originally writing something, and after hearing Ron's remarks, she quickly corrected it: "I can see from the Quidditch source that the only wizarding school in Africa, Wagado, is in Uganda, and they have been in Uganda since 10 years ago. The youth training has begun. If nothing else, Uganda should welcome the first batch of players of the right age this year, I hope Wales will not be careless.”

"So what, Wales can't lose." Ron looked confident, "Besides, there is also the Irish team."

"What. Ireland? Didn't Ireland break up. They're back to the devil too.

Ministry of Justice? "Harry was a little surprised.

"Don't use the nationality of the Muggle side for us wizards, Harry." Ron laughed. "We wizards are much more united than Muggles."

\"Wish I could go watch the game too." Harry said expectantly.

Ron thought for a moment: "...Who said no? I'll let my dad figure out a way to get two more finals tickets."

"Really?" Harry exclaimed, "How much is a ticket? I'll buy it!"

"No, he has a way to get internal tickets. Besides, Dad has made a lot of extra money this year, and he is worrying about how to tell his mother. If he buys two more tickets, he will only be relieved."

\"Two? Me too?" Hermione raised her head from the state of writing.

"certainly."

Ron was extraordinarily generous at times like this not often.

Harry laughed and guessed where Mr. Weasley made his extra money.

He was about to stand up from the table, only to find that his legs were sinking again.

"Crookshanes... when did he lay on my lap again?" Harry was puzzled.

\"Probably while you're doing your astronomy homework." Ron looked disgusted, "Wait until the cat's fur is all shed and then go upstairs, Banban will be startled when he smells it... Hermione, your Isn't the homework finished?"

Hermione was still writing: "I'm writing the S.P.E.W charter, and I'm going to release 20 house-elves within this year."

Harry and Ron shrugged in unison.

Chapter 185 The Old Wand

After the weekend, Lockhart took stock of the movie theater's income over the past few days, and found that his plan to make money back was halfway through.

In other words, if the end of the month is like this, then the 300 Galleons allocated to him by the Ministry of Magic will not only be used up, but there may even be more.

This is not a good thing - if you let your superiors know that your "department" still has spare money, then the next time you send a budget, you will only send less money, and you will be stretched when you really need the money.

If saving money can speed up one’s promotion, that’s all, but since ancient times, I have never heard of an official who has succeeded in reducing the administrative cost of the department, so there is no civil servant who saves money for the country in this world. Everyone It’s all about spending as much as you have in your budget, and even calling yourself poor every year.

Obviously saving money for the country is a "credit", but why should my own department be punished for this? It's not fair!

So Lockhart has to figure out a way to use up the money by the end of the month, and better still owe a little money to let the Ministry of Magic worry about it.

But spending money is also a science, and it's not an easy task to spend cleanly and "cleanly" while leaving room for the future.

Fortunately, Lockhart is familiar with this.

Generally speaking, if an administrative department wants to withhold the budget, or build a "small treasury", there are actually many methods, but they are also divided into those who are afraid of investigation, and those who are investigated but have problems but will not hurt their muscles and bones. Yes, there are also these types that are not afraid of checking at all.

Of course, the ones who are afraid of investigation are the release of public funds from private stocks, the use of asset leasing to obtain income, and the false listing of expenses. This is not only a matter of fines, but also a responsibility

The chances of people being locked up are quite large.

Although Lockhart feels that wizards are still immature in this area, he still does not intend to challenge this bottom line, especially when Fudge's gang is still eyeing him, Lockhart is not willing to pay for this little money. ruined his future.

But there are still some means, such as operating income such as the establishment of movie theaters to collect tickets, some securities, off-book assets such as cryptocurrencies, and pending payments to third-party companies. It was nothing more than a fine of three drinks, a disciplinary action that was not recorded in the file, and then confiscated.

As for others, such as "surplus", "emergency funds", and fines obtained by various units through administrative means, even if the superiors knew about it, they would not want to investigate, because everyone is doing this. Therefore, these things are like "fire consumption", which has become the additional income of civil servants acquiesced by the central government of various countries.

Otherwise, where does the head of the U.S. European Command come from the mistress of the wallet, and where does the garrison get the money to use the official card to spend 600 money to the strip club.

Another example is the several times when the U.S. government was shut down. If it were not for the “small treasury” that various departments kept in operation at ordinary times, the functions of the entire system would have collapsed long ago. As for the Japanese side, it relied on the "Xiaguan buried gold" to spend the unbearable two or three years, and successfully survived until the time when Ambe was unable to enter the third stage, the "small treasury" that the department kept privately can be described as Undoubtedly.

Civil servants all over the world belong to one family, and Lockhart is naturally clear in such a small trick, and he is also very happy to have the opportunity to save a small treasury for his department. As for what the money will be used for in the future , he hasn't thought about it yet

Anyway, it won't be used for personal enjoyment, because the money is not more than one percent of Lockhart's current net worth.

In any case, if you want to set up a small treasury, of course, you must first set up a project. Lockhart said nothing, took the initiative to do it without anyone's supervision.