Hermione, join me as Minister of Magic!

Seeing Harry instead of that swearing-in frame, I'm guessing it's a good idea?/p>

If the people who defeated the Dark Lord were defeated by the Mudblood, it would cause great mental damage to them who once believed in Voldemort.

Harry certainly didn't know about the mental activities of the Slytherins, and if he had, he would probably have made a fuss about it.

Gryffindor was jubilant up and down—they both belonged to the Lion Court anyway, as long as the duel was good and the spirit of Gryffindor was good.

The performance of Harry and Hermione can be said to have exceeded everyone's expectations, so that they had some higher hopes for Harry.

For example, the champion who defeated the third graders.

But Harry touched his purple shoulder and felt that this matter had to be reconsidered.

When the referee asked the first-year Mason if he wanted to challenge Harry, Dumbledore was already surrounded by four or five people.

"We agree to sponsor this duel, Headmaster. But we also hope that Hogwarts students should not only watch the duel process. Even adult wizards should benefit from watching these duels."

Dumbledore seemed to understand their thoughts very well: "Then what do you mean... reporters should be allowed in?"

He meant something, because among the few people surrounding him was Zamila Gooch, a columnist for several newspapers.

Unlike Grisel Hotz, who is keen on emotional gossip, Gucci herself is an academic writer, and she is also the author of "Practical Household Magic".

Sure enough, she spoke up.

"Actually, Gilderoy wrote me last week, saying that I haven't published a new book in a long time, and I think he's right, people always have to find something to do for themselves... I hope you can put the content of the student duel I will also do magic analysis, which will eventually be published in the "Sunday Prophet Weekly."

Although Witches Weekly has had some decent momentum since then, it has always

It is a publication that focuses on gossip, food, and women's issues. When it comes to serious matters such as duels, everyone's first reaction is the Prophet Weekly, not other publications.

Dumbledore nodded slightly: "Of course, but what else do you need from us?"

"There is no need to provide anything. If possible, I hope to find a house to live in Hogsmeade and come to watch the game on weekends." She said.

Dumbledore happily expressed his willingness to relieve her of this trouble: "Don't be so troublesome, Hogwarts is still very empty. If you want, I can reserve a place for you for dinner."

A little convenience can buy a perennial live ad for the Dueling Club

, Dumbledore would be a fool if he would refuse.

Not to mention that these "sponsors" must see the effect. They will only invest in it if they confirm that the duel will be exposed all year round.

When Dumbledore was negotiating with Gucci, the other sponsors had been listening carefully. After seeing that they had indeed reached a cooperation, they put forward their own conditions.

For example, the broom manufacturer Mr. Fleet, his company launched the Twig 1990 in 90, which was very popular for a while, and there was a tendency to replace the Nimbus 1700 at one point, but it was replaced by Devlin a year later. o Whitehorn's new Nimbus 2000 was defeated.

He has been thinking about what kind of broom his company should produce in order to survive when the Quidditch game is divided by Nimbus, Sweep, and Comet.

Either learn from Little Spadmore, give full play to the craftsman spirit, do whatever it takes to create a high-quality product, and even cooperate with goblins, sharpen their swords in ten years, and bet all their belongings on the Firebolt that will be launched next year.

But this risk is too great, even if the old Spadmore is skilled,

Successful brooms such as the Silver Arrow, Tinder Arrow, and Speedy have been produced, but the success of the Firebolt is still unknown.

In addition, many iron parts of the Firebolt are highly dependent on the supply of goblins, which also means that the goblins can manipulate them at any time. Even if the Firebolt is successful, this model is not worth learning.

But if it doesn't, Fleet will have to transition in time to make household broomsticks

However, the sales volume of household flying broomsticks has been very small in this year, mainly because the appearance of Floo powder has made transportation in the wizarding world no longer difficult.

If Fleet chooses to transform to do this, he may not be starved to death.

However, the appearance of the Dueling Club made him see a prospect—since the Twigg series brooms have a unique patent on the anti-spell varnish, why can't they bypass the Big Three and use their brains on safety protection and maneuverability, What about producing a broom for dueling?

This idea took root as soon as it passed through his mind. Compared with the fate of being forced to sell the patent of anti-spell varnish to Sweeping Company, and then walk away in desperation, at least there is still a possibility of struggle.

"Night Wheel 2000 is not suitable for collisions, and neither is 2001." Fleet said bluntly to Dumbledore, "The Light Wheel series sacrificed a lot of safety for the balance and speed of manipulation, especially the pedals and grips. The handlebars are oversimplified, the protection of the rider itself is terrible, you need a new broom."

Chapter 120 IX The Price Offered by the Pure-Blood Family

Although the duel had just started not long ago, the hearts of the guests had not stopped on the field, even though they were still applauding.

Compared with these hesitant people, the daring ones have already started to cooperate with Dumbledore, such as Wiserek and Flett, they have already obtained the exclusive "closed beta" rights, which means that it cannot but make people The rest are anxious.

After observing this phenomenon, Draco Malfoy was also a little uneasy.

"Dad, are we..."

"Don't be impatient, Draco, you have to learn to be calm." Lucius still showed no expression of emotion or anger.

"yes papa c"

At.1-1Jy

Although little Malfoy was persuaded, the doubts in his heart did not diminish at all, because he saw several elders who were usually familiar with his family were about to move.

Seeing him like this, Lucius gave him a rare instruction.

"The key now is who can offer better terms. Our Malfoy family property is here, just wait for those cats and dogs to make an offer first."

Seeing that his father was so sure, Draco was relieved a lot.

"Also, remember to invite Lockhart over for dinner after Defense class.

"Huh?" Draco was taken aback again.

"Of course, invite in private, don't let others see, understand?" Lucius added.

"yes papa c"

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Although I don't understand what my father means, I just do it.

People off the court have different aspirations, but those on the court are much simpler.

After deliberation, Samuel Mason decided to challenge the second-year champion even though he thought the odds of winning were not high.

-On the one hand, he thought that after the dean of the college and Professor Lockhart had said those words, if he still surrendered directly, it would be too disrespectful to those two people.On the contrary, as long as you can play your due level, I believe that Professor Flitwick will not blame himself.

The second aspect is that because the opponent is Harry Potter, the legendary savior has a very easy-going personality, and he doesn't worry about being insulted after losing the duel.

The third... They are all children, how could he give up easily.

Sure enough, after hearing his decision, Professor Flitwick and the other students stood up and applauded him together, although Professor Flitwick was not much different from standing up or not.

But even though he has decided to initiate a challenge, the duel can only start after the champions of the third and fourth grade groups are also decided.

Taking advantage of this time, Mason took the initiative to step forward and extended his hand to Harry Potter.

"Hello! Nice to meet again!"

Harry still has some impressions of Mason, because if it weren't for Mason's parents, he would have been imprisoned by Dursley for two months last summer.

"Hello." Harry replied a little stiffly.

"Do you have any plans for this summer vacation? My mother wrote to me and asked, saying that since wizards are real, some of those fairy tales should be true, so our family wants to go to Denmark this year, hoping to see Mermaid." Mason started with this.

Hehe, if Dursley doesn't kill me, he will be successful.Harry thought.

He didn't say it outright, but changed it to a high emotional intelligence statement: "

I'm going to make up lessons this summer. "

"Remedial lessons, tutor?" Mason opened his mouth wide.

"I guess." Harry sighed.

Although he didn't know what that "occlusion technique" was, it seemed very important. Dumbledore asked him to learn it as soon as possible, and also asked Lockhart to go to his house during the summer vacation.

Harry didn't mind people coming to visit, but he was very worried about what the Dursleys would do to him if a wizard suddenly came to the house.

However, this was not what Mason was thinking about. The moment he heard "tutor", the scene of himself sitting in front of the piano appeared in his mind, and beside the piano was a staid old gentleman who was frowning and knocking. Holding the pointer, still shouting "play double notes with your fingers, not your wrists"

Thinking of this, he looked at Harry with pity: "Good luck."

Harry thought it might not be me who needed luck, but Lockhart, otherwise he wouldn't be able to attend the class even if he wanted to.

He couldn't help but glance over at the Hogwarts professor, only to find that Lockhart wasn't there at all.

The competition for the third grade hasn't started yet, where is Professor Lockhart?

And the person Harry thought needed good luck was "teaching lessons" to several members of pure-blood families

The content of his class is also very simple and rude, which is the most concerned issue of these families - how to make the family wealth continue to increase in value.

There is never an impenetrable wall in this world, especially when the news involves money, not to mention that Lockhart has been deliberately spreading it all the time.

The news that Lockhart and Gringotts made a lot of money from Muggles together is almost

It spread throughout the "upper class" of wizards within a month, and Lockhart thought it was too slow.

Everyone wanted to know how Lockhart had earned the money, and what he and the Malfoys were planning to invest in it.

Of course, the most important point is whether they can still participate.

They said they came to see the duel" and "cared about the children", but in fact they wanted to take this opportunity to talk to Lockhart.

For these self-proclaimed ancient and pure families, nothing is more important than "inheritance", and apart from education, the most important thing that allows them to continue the family glory is - family property.

Although it sounds a bit stinky to say, the amount of money a family can control directly determines how much the family can do.Although the integrity of the Malfoy family is well known, everyone looks down on them to some extent, but because of his family's wealth, everyone has to respect him as the current leader of the Snake Sect even if they hold their noses.

They didn't want their family to become like the Gaunts, down to one cottage and no house-elves to serve them.

Therefore, after learning that there is a way to make money, even if they feel that there is little hope, they must come to Lockhart to ask for clarification.

As for the Malfoy family, they didn't think that Lucius would tell them everything. For so many years, the Malfoy family had kept their investment channels secret. If they could find out, they would have already found out.

As for the price for Lockhart to speak, they have already figured it out.

"We can take the family tree of the Shafiq family and prove that there was a Squib who changed his surname to Lockhart three generations ago, plus his mother's side is also considered pure blood for four generations. In this way, he is also pure blood I'm a wizard, and I'll make him a marriage with a pure-blood wizard in the future...he won't refuse."

Chapter 130

When the pure-blood wizards were ready to be slaughtered, they were surprised to find that Lockhart seemed to have no intention of hiding it.

He ushered the distinguished guests into his increasingly luxurious office, seated them on the velvet upholstered sofa in front of the fireplace, and called Dobby the house-elf to pour them a nightcap.

Judging from the entertainment alone, this set has the meaning of an ancient family, although most of the cards are supported by Dobby.

"What Gringotts and I are investing in is oil and the financial business derived from oil." He summoned a small blackboard out of thin air, and then began to explain, "Although the oil fields in the Middle East are good, they are Arab The site of the magician, so we chose the location in Nigeria, Africa."

The pure-blood wizards present looked at each other, obviously they didn't understand what Lockhart was saying.

They turned their attention to Mr. Farley, the most experienced among them, hoping that he could stand up and make an idea.

"Nigeria, I know, but what is oil?" Mr. Farley opened his mouth and asked

Lockhart didn't look down on Mr. Farley because he didn't know this. In fact, he admired Mr. Farley because he asked when he didn't understand.

If you want face now, reality will not give you face sooner or later.

"Good question—what is oil? I am afraid that even the high-level officials in many Muggle countries cannot fully explain this question, even if they talk about it every day.

Lockhart first gave these "pure blood" a step down, and then started

own agitation.

"Although Muggles don't know magic, the reason why they can still enjoy so many good things without magic power is their unlimited demands from nature.

They drive vehicles, drive machines, and build factories, and their motivation for building these things is not magic, but those things that can burn in nature, such as wood, charcoal burned from wood, coal buried in the ground, and oil .Among these combustible things, oil currently has the best combination of efficiency, wide use and economic benefits.

Many of the automobiles, airplanes, and ships that Muggles rely on for travel, as well as tractors for farming and generators for power generation, all need various types of oil after petroleum processing to drive them, while the plastics, paints, and asphalt they use Even the raw material of many medicines for curing diseases is petroleum.

In other words, Muggles' dependence on oil is similar to our dependence on magic wands. Although we can still cast spells without it, the efficiency of life and work will be reduced to a heinous level. "

Next, Lockhart took the 1973 oil crisis as an example, and told the audience about the impact of oil on the Muggle economy.

Io Those countries in the Middle East did not monopolize oil, they just limited production and raised prices. The economy of the Muggle world fell sharply because of this, and the high-speed development period of several countries ended because of this. After gold is bound, it is bound to oil instead. "

His lengthy introduction finally gave these wizards some idea of ​​oil.

"That is to say, it is a good thing to sell, but the price is high or low?" Mr. Farley concluded.

You are right.

"And as long as we control a considerable portion of oil production, we can control the Muggle world?" Mr. Farley immediately asked again.

Lockhart's expression froze for a moment: In theory, this is the case, but it is almost impossible, because in terms of value, all the wealth of our British wizarding world can only control three or five medium-sized oil fields, and their Not enough to affect Muggles as a whole

"But we don't have to use money to control oil fields. With all the wizards in the world, it shouldn't be a problem to control tens of thousands of oil fields, right?" Someone asked immediately.

Lockhart decided to dismiss the group's unrealistic ideas.

"In that case, we will directly declare war on the Muggle world. Are you ready?" Lockhart asked back.