Hermione, join me as Minister of Magic!

But he was wrong, and very wrong.

"Harry-Potter!"

When his name was called, Vernon even broke his voice: "Come down immediately, you are responsible for receiving the distinguished guests!"

Harry wondered in his heart—who the hell is it that needs him to receive him?He dawdled down the ladder and slipped down the attic.

When he came to the living room, he found an exquisite gift box on the table in the center of the living room. Inside the box lay an ebony pipe with a gold rim on the mouthpiece.

However, neither he nor Vernon's attention stayed on this gadget for too long. They were more concerned about the letter on the box lid.

Gilderoy Lockhart - have you heard of this man? ’ Vernon asked Harry

Harry nodded immediately: "Of course."

"Is he famous over there—you know where I'm talking about?" Vernon asked again.

Harry recalled the scene where Lockhart was "asking questions" surrounded by a group of girls, and answered him without thinking: "Very famous."

"Rich?" There was a hint of greed in Dursley's expression.

Despite the revulsion welling up inside Harry, he told the truth.

"Yes, very rich."

None of the furnishings in Lockhart's office seemed cheap, and the headmaster's office was probably the only place Harry had ever seen a richer collection than that.

"Great." Vernon Dursley was satisfied, "He said he would buy a large number of construction drilling rigs and hydraulic exploration drilling rigs for his oil company, and here is my chance

"Oil company?"

Harry thought he heard it wrong, because he had been in the wizarding world for more than two years, and he had never heard of wizards needing oil.

Vernon misunderstood Harry's meaning: "Yeah, you guys definitely can't produce such a high-tech thing, I can set a price at will... Boy, write a letter quickly, and use "your way" to reply to that Lomatt, Let's just say we welcome him at any time. "

Harry felt that he should secretly remind Lockhart in the letter anyway, in case he was really tricked by his uncle.

Chapter 150 Two Did You Misunderstand Something

After receiving the letter from Harry's owl, Lockhart couldn't help but glance at the date on the reply letter, and he was relieved when he found that there was no delay.

As one of the former civil servants, he was really not at ease with the British postal system.

In order to send this small pipe, Lockhart deliberately chose express mail that required a signature, and requested that it be delivered before 9:17 on Saturday morning. For this reason, he added 3 pounds to the [-] pounds.

I hope that after paying such a high price, the postman can do his best.

Vernon Dursley was a man with a lot of vanity, and he wasn't very angry when the wizards accused him of being inhuman, but he had quite a problem with them calling him "Harry Potter's relative".

For this kind of person, he allows you to be hostile to him, but he can't stand you ignoring him, and he can't tolerate others treating themselves as another person's pendant.

Therefore, Lockhart's trip must be to "visit Mr. Dursley", "by the way" to help Harry Potter make up his get out of class, and warn him to be careful, because a notorious murderer is looking for him.

Of course, Lockhart was not worried at all that Harry would be killed by Sirius, but he had to bring this word.

As Lockhart had guessed, Vernon Dursley, with all the bourgeois beaming, considered himself honored to have received him at home.

In the project that Lockhart cooperated with Gringotts and the pure-blood wizards, the engineering project has actually been roughly determined, and the drilling rig is only used as construction equipment, and the performance parameters are determined by the engineering design institute.

As for which brand of equipment to order, it is actually determined by the owner, the design institute, the construction party, and the technical personnel of the equipment manufacturer. After giving reference opinions, the final decision will be made by the owner who pays.

Lockhart, as the "business representative" and "technical director" recommended by the pure-blood family and Gringotts, actually only has the right to make the final decision. If the equipment of Dursley's company cannot meet the needs of the construction party and the design party The technical indicators, Lockhart can only say sorry.

So, Harry Potter's worries don't actually exist.

But Dursley seems to regard Lockhart as a "babe". Although he is polite and enthusiastic on the face, he seems to hope that Lockhart will sign an intention contract with him immediately, which is really not to him. I can see it.

Lockhart had to interrupt Dursley's rant:

"...Sorry to interrupt, you have already emphasized to me for the third time that your company is "reliable". If it does have relevant qualifications, then it should have been registered with Ai Ming Company long ago. "

Vernon Dursley couldn't help blurting out a familiar term when he heard it.

"Amec-PLC? Is there a company called Aiming in your area?"

Lockhart looked at him amusedly: "Of course not, I'm talking about the Aiming company—British Aiming (a world-renowned engineering construction company and the second largest oil and gas engineering group)"

Dursley gasped: "You actually entrusted Ai Ming with the project?"

"Yes, after all, there are not many companies with relevant overseas construction experience, especially in the UK, we can rest assured."

Looking at Dursley's dumbfounded expression, Lockhart felt a little amused. It seemed that this person really regarded himself as someone who didn't understand anything.

Dursley was stunned for a while before he remembered that he should make amends.

"Uh, what I mean is, I thought you would, like...the legend, a castle rises from the ground with a wave of your hand..." He danced and gestured in the air.

"If that's the case, why do we buy drilling rigs?" Lockhart asked rhetorically.

"Oh, yes, I'm confused, hahaha..."

To hide his embarrassment, Dursley laughed exaggeratedly, but he didn't need anyone to remind him how fake he was.

Although he didn't know why after Lockhart said the name of the company, most of his uncle's anger disappeared, but Harry could instinctively detect that Lockhart had taken advantage of the confrontation just now.

It seemed that he was worrying for nothing, and Harry breathed a sigh of relief.

Dursley is now a little frowning: as the so-called customers bully the store, with a design institute and a petroleum engineering group like Aiming's company in charge, it is almost impossible for him to sell the equipment at a premium. Some "doorways" that can be deducted - such as bearings, gears, seals and other spare parts, I have no way to cheat. Generally speaking, the commission I can get will be much less because of this.

But on the bright side, at least customers of this level will not maliciously default on the payment, and their reputation is also guaranteed. If the volume is large enough, they can still make money.

"How many rigs are you going to buy?" he finally asked for details.

"According to the preliminary plan given by the design institute, about 16 drilling rigs of various types may be needed, and two super-large oil drilling rigs are required. These two drilling rigs cannot be entrusted to you, but you should have relevant information on the rest. The qualifications are right."

While talking, he took out a list of equipment given to him by the design institute.

Dursley brought it over, and took out the glasses from his jacket pocket,

Take a closer look at the above parameters.

What Lockhart said is indeed true, professional oil drilling equipment cannot be produced with the qualifications of his company, but the rest can be contended for.

However, if there is no premium for these 14 drilling rigs, the final price is estimated to be hundreds of thousands of pounds, and the commission he can get will not be too much, only tens of thousands of pounds, which may be enough to buy another Privet A house like No. [-] Road.

Although this is not a small amount, it is much worse than what Vernon expected at the beginning.

If he wants to move to West London and live the life of the "upper middle class" there, or the "life of the Piggy Page family" as British Prime Minister Johnson later said, then this amount of money is still not enough.

小猪佩奇一家在伦敦西区的房子，如果放到2021年的话，大概市值400万英镑，而英国伦敦的房地产价格从1990年到2020年的30年中大约翻了7倍的价格。

In other words, the house that Dursley was eager to buy would cost about 60 pounds, which was probably far beyond what he could afford.

In addition, those "senior middle-class families" spend more than 600 pounds a month on food and clothing, and the tuition fees of private middle schools for 6 years total more than 15 pounds. Learning violin or piano costs [-] to [-] pounds a year. The dresses he wore were not cheap, and the cost of traveling abroad every year was not a small figure. Putting it all together, Dursley definitely couldn't afford it.

Therefore, the "life of Peppa Pig's family" mentioned by Johnson is probably to the British, just like the life of Xia Donghai's family in "Family with Children" is to the Chinese. It belongs to a standard middle-class dream. There are not many people who can achieve their dreams.

Just when Dursley was a little discouraged, Lockhart added another sentence.

"This is only the first phase of the project. When the oil is successfully extracted, it will be listed in the futures market."

After hedging on the field, we will continue to build the second and third phases. At that time, in order to avoid trouble, we will probably directly use the same plan as the first phase... You know, we hate trouble, and we hate too much trouble. Deal with people here frequently. When Dursley heard this, hope was rekindled in his eyes.

"Of course, you will make a lot of money!" He stood up and shook hands with Lockhart, "We will definitely supervise the gang of slackers in the factory" even if it means working overtime and whipping them , we will also let them produce the best quality products for you. If anyone dares to make a scene with the trade union, we will hang him! "

"That's not necessary, just deliver on time."

Lockhart withdrew his hand, put it in his pocket, wiped vigorously on the handkerchief inside, and then turned to Harry Potter.

"Then, it's time for us to talk about our affairs... Sorry, Mr. Dursley, Mr. Potter needs to make up lessons now..."

Chapter 150 The Failure of Subjective Consciousness Decision

Hearing the word "remedial lessons", Harry was shocked immediately, and then quickly turned to Dudley Dursley who was listening, hoping that he didn't hear anything.

It's a pity that it was too late, his cousin's expression became extremely exciting as if he had heard some strange news.

"Remedial lessons?" Dudley yelled. "Listen, Mom, Harry needs remedial lessons! I don't even need remedial lessons!"

Also couldn't help but Vernon Dursley, and Harry's aunt Petunia

"It seems that we, as elders, are right not to ask about Harry's final exam results, so as to avoid damage to the child's self-esteem." Vernon said mockingly.

Harry closed his eyes in pain - he couldn't really look up now.

Realizing that he had made a mistake, Lockhart hurriedly tried to make amends.

"The main reason is that Harry is relatively talented in Defense Against the Dark Arts, so we need to strengthen some content that will not be easily learned in class..."

"We understand, Professor." Dudley grinned. "We will never laugh at him."

But Harry didn't want to say anything, because from the look on Dudley's face, he felt that Dudley would talk about it until he was 80 years old.

Because he couldn't cast spells publicly in front of Muggles, Lockhart drove Harry to his house temporarily, and asked Dobby to take care of the savior.

Dobby happily accepted the task, and Harry also felt that his hard work was not in vain after seeing Dobby in a decent pocket butler outfit.

After Dobby brought snacks and drinks, also in the basement, Lockhart

Officially began to make up lessons for Harry.

"You can eat some chocolate first to let the dopamine brought by the sugar and caffeine ferment." Lockhart reminded, "Because this class is definitely not a happy experience for the client."

Harry nervously took two pieces of Belgian conch chocolate and ate them obediently.

Not to mention, it tastes good, it reminds Harry of Hogwarts clubs, and they don't give themselves candy at Uncle's house.

"Okay, let's get down to business. The so-called Occlumency, to put it bluntly, is to allow you to face dark wizards who use "Legiliency" to spy on your thoughts, or use "Evil Possession" to try to control you. Find ways to be defensive, or to only express what you want the other person to know."

"Legiliency? Mind reading?" Harry asked sensitively.

"Strictly speaking no, Legilimency can read people's 'memory', 'feeling' and "momentary thoughts": but stomach flexion, "values" and "thoughts" can't... oh, me" I see you're confused..."

Harry smiled awkwardly, he really didn't understand.

"It doesn't matter, different types of students have to be taught in different ways, this is the responsibility of the teacher, not the student... If this confuses you, you might as well interpret it roughly as "mind reading" first, and then take it slowly understand. "Lockhart relieved

"In other words, this class is to prevent my memory from being snooped by dark wizards." Harry concluded.

"You could say that." Lockhart nodded.

The biggest difficulty in teaching Occlumency to the Savior was not the specific technical details, but that Harry himself had to take the initiative to accept Occlumency and reduce his aversion to the course, and his own willingness was the most critical.

Harry in the fifth grade couldn't learn this, probably more because the teacher was Snape.Moreover, after resonating with Voldemort's thoughts and emotions through the soul many times, and saving several people, Harry himself actually refused to close his brain, which made Snape's work more difficult.

As for Professor Snape's Occlumency, the biggest requirement is to avoid emotional infiltration and allow rational thinking to wander in all parts of the brain, which is really too difficult for Gryffindor.

On the other hand, Draco Malfoy, he learned Occlumency in an instant. It can be seen that the noble upbringing made him understand this aspect instinctively.

But anyway, Snape had taught Harry the theory of closed minds, and had prompted him to resist twice.And Harry didn't really learn to close his brain until he was an adult, running around against Voldemort.

So, with Gryffindors, you can't do the same with Ravenclaws and Slytherins.

When Lockhart himself was studying Occlumency, he found that he was quite handy with it, because not only had he already learned how to hide emotions, but he even learned how to simulate "angry", "sad", and "happy" It's easy to do, and it's no more difficult than speaking in public.

Maybe this is called Chengfu (double-faced faction).

After hearing Lockhart's words, Harry felt a little at a loss: "But, sir.oo I don't understand, this kind of spying is..."

"Oh, I almost forgot, I should first demonstrate to you what the so-called spying is all about... Are you ready?"

"Ready for what?" Harry asked nervously.

"I'm going to enter your memory...Of course, the dark wizard won't be so polite to you, and I have to make a notice before doing it—Legiliency!"

Before dinner, harry potter was dazed back at number four privet drive

Truth be told, being prying into someone's brain is never a comfortable thing, and neither is Harry.

With Lockhart's "help", he recalled many things he didn't want to think about, such as being bullied by Dudley, being chased by a dog to climb up a stool, and——

There is also the man's roar, the woman's pleading, and the last fierce green light

Harry, who was spied on for the first time, was almost helpless, and this was also discovered by Lockhart.

Especially when he was shown the memories of his parents when he was a child, not only did Harry not try to close his brain, he even expressed the idea of ​​wanting to watch it for a while, which made him completely powerless.