Hermione, join me as Minister of Magic!

He worked overtime in his hut to come up with a set of "Hogsmeade One Year Plan", and added a lot of new projects to it.

Of course, whether one-third of these projects can be implemented in the end is a question mark, but this does not prevent Lockhart from using this to increase the budget and come up with a thicker list of budget applications.

The ticket income of the movie theater is temporarily stored in a "temporary insurance account" (that is, the left drawer of his desk) by Lockhart under the name of "not yet counted", and it will not be included in the budget. Hart will spend the money legally and distribute it to his own stakeholders in the name of "building an indoor movie theater."

In addition, such as the construction and maintenance of water supply facilities, the expansion of the Three Broomsticks guest room, and the "advance payment" of various projects that are still planned, jointly divided up the budget for the whole year of 1993.

Of course, Lockhart felt that it would not be enough if he just spent the money on paper, and he would use this opportunity to expand his staff.

So besides writing his work report, he also filled out an application form to increase his office staff.

It can be said that he has to be confident in asking for new staff, because he has only been in Hogsmeade for a little over a month, and he has completed two "big projects". There is probably no way for the Ministry to deny his statement.

After writing these things, Lockhart called Dobby.

"Dobby! I'm going to report to the Ministry of Magic. I won't be in the Shrieking Shack for two days. You and the briquettes should take good care of the house."

"Yes, master." Dobby quickly agreed.

"Of course, you don't have to stay here all day. Anyway, there is nothing to steal in my office, just lock it well. After you get paid, you can go to the Fengya Wizard Dress Shop to buy something you like. If you like, You can also walk around here

Go shopping... By the way, this is for you. "

Dobby looked at a wand handed over by Lockhart, and his brain couldn't react.

"Master, this is..."

"My old wand, but after I came back from a trip and my personality changed, this wand didn't suit me so well, so I got a new one. You can use this wand."

Dobby was taken aback. "Wand, for me? Seriously? It's a wand!"

"Who told you to give it to you?" Lockhart asked back, "I just lent it to you temporarily to protect the Ministry of Magic and my own property...I think you are stupid and like to wear fancy clothes, It's very similar to me before, maybe it can be used

"Master, you are so kind to Dobby." Dobby cried with joy, "Dobby is probably the first elf ever to use a magic wand!"

"Huh?" Lockhart thought for a moment uncertainly, "The first one?"

"Absolutely!" Dobby looked at the wand, his eyes full of desire, "Oh, no, no, Dobby can't..."

He suddenly hit the wall with his head without any order from Lockhart.

"No! House-elves are not supposed to touch wands!"

He yelled hoarse, his head hit the shed

"Stop!" Lockhart hastily stopped its masochistic behavior, "Aren't you a free house elf? I allow you to use your wand if necessary

Dobby shook his head again and again: "But wizards' magic is very different from that of house elves.

,Although Dobby can use one or two wizards' magic, they are all secretly imitated and learned in the past... In short, the wand is not very useful in the hands of our house elves.And because of the ancient magic in our blood, we can't directly cast spells on the wizard. "

"Can't you?" Lockhart asked in surprise. "Can't make any attacks? Not even your master's enemies?"

"It's okay to attack the master's enemies, but you can't directly cast spells on the wizard."

"But I remember Harry said that you used magic on Malfoy."

"That's Dobby's surreptitious exchange... What Dobby attacked was something in the hands of the former owner.

, and that thing would hurt him..."

For some reason, when it came to this, Dobby's face, which resembled that of Emperor Pu, showed a hint of cunning.

It was only then that Lockhart understood why the house elves, who knew magic, attacked the Death Eaters with pots, pans, knives and forks during the Battle of Hogwarts.

"So that's it, then you can put it in the right drawer, anyway, I won't need it for the time being, of course, you can use it to cast some housework spells."

"Okay, master."

Although Dobby agreed, judging by the expression on his hands holding the wand as if looking at a sacred object, he probably won't be using it in a short time.

—The big black dog, who was pretending to be asleep, moved its ears, and then let out a very false snoring sound.

Chapter 180 Six Debriefing

As the first job report after going out on business, Lockhart's report card is not bad, even if the budget of 300 Galleons was completely spent on paper.

Barty Crouch's stern face also loosened: "Good job, but I remember that Ms. Lutkin should have told you to save you some money."

Don't be kidding, there are no civil servants who save money in this world.Lockhart says

"All our money is taken from the people, and of course we must return it to the people as soon as possible." Lockhart said it was extremely great, honorable and correct, "And I spend very little on official expenses, and these funds basically become It has become the property of the Ministry of Magic, and I don't think anyone will gossip about it."

"Indeed." Mr. Crouch confirmed his statement.

In fact, Mr. Crouch did not criticize Lockhart precisely because of this, because he knew that Lockhart chose the Screaming Shack as an office in order to "save money", which was shabby enough, let alone used Blocking Yoyo's mouth, even his political opponents couldn't say anything.

But he still had to knock on Lockhart, lest he get carried away and forget the fact that he still needed support.

"I'll tell you something, Rita Skeeter has said strange things in the newspaper again, you have to be careful." Crouch reminded him.

"Oh? What did Ms. Skeeter say?" Lockhart asked, pretending to be very interested.

Zhuang also said in the newspaper that you have done everything you can to win people's attention, and that the biggest contribution you have made since you took office for more than a month is "destroying the history of Hogsmeade."

The long-standing village style' and "poisoning the simple villagers with the spirit of hedonism"

"My God," Lockhart sighed, "I wish more people would come and poison me in the same way... Didn't she mention the dementor's influence on the villagers?

■

"Probably mentioned a few words." Crouch glanced at the newspaper next to him: "Oh.oo this is a "necessary price""

"I knew it." Lockhart pouted.

Seeing that the beating was almost done, Crouch talked about the business.

Ur said, "What does 'a person's too busy' mean? Is there so much to do?" he asked.

"Of course, if we want to hold an unprecedented grand event." Lockhart snapped his fingers and counted Crouch one by one:

"It took me a month to show the sincerity of the Ministry of Magic to the villagers, and then I will do a large-scale civil renovation of Hogsmeade, and then use these renovations to show my ambition to those sponsors, and wait until next year , I also need to deal with those international friends who come to investigate, and I have to be very busy with this part alone... But I also need a special clerk and negotiator to help me ask for sponsorship fees from those companies. Although the matter is not complicated , but it also requires people with certain qualities to handle it.”

After hearing this, Crouch felt that Lockhart's request was reasonable: "In other words, you need someone from a pure-blood family to help you?"

Lockhart spread his hands: "Why must it be from a pure-blood family?"

"Don't be stupid, you can only get the price if they come forward. Otherwise, no matter which company you negotiate with, their shareholders will make you overwhelmed." Crouch put on a stiff face, and explained to him a most cruel Reality.

Io looks like I have no choice, are you going to give me a hand? " Lockhart asked deliberately.

Although the Crouch family is sparsely populated, they are at least one of the 28 pure bloods.

If Rauch is willing to come forward, he should be able to help him get one or two pure-blood wizards.And to put it bluntly, it wasn't Crouch who came forward. With Lockhart's identity as a half-blood, he would never be able to command a pure-blood.

Crouch obviously also thought of this, so he proposed a plan.

"Since this is the case, I think you should take responsibility and accept one or two interns who have just graduated from school. Although you have only worked for a short time, I think your quality is comparable to some old fritters... I mean old staff , It is enough to train newcomers.

"Training newcomers?" Lockhart repeated.

"Yes, for the talent pool of the Ministry of Magic...you know."

Of course Lockhart understood what he meant—an intern would never steal his political achievements.

"Thank you very much, Director!"

Lockhart's thanks are sincere this time. Not only did Crouch not create trouble for him, but he also took whatever he wanted in his application, and even took the initiative to check for gaps in his plan. There are not many such good bosses. see you.

"You don't need to thank me, just concentrate on doing your job well." Crouch's expression still didn't change much.

That night, Lockhart invited a few people who were compatible with the Ministry of Magic to have a drink together to connect with his colleagues.

Of course, in his words, "study the possibility of cross-departmental cooperation".

The people he invited included his boss, Mr. Crouch, Peasegood, who had just been promoted to the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, his friendly colleague, Mr. Weasley, the second in command of the Auror office, Robards, and the Experimental Spell Committee. gilbert whymple and the miraculous

Amos Diggory, Animal Control Division.

Although Mr. Crouch made a toast to everyone, he also noticed that all the people who came except him were under 40 years old, and none of them had higher official positions than him.

Therefore, Lockhart should have invited him only out of respect for him, representing his relationship with his boss without defense, not that this reception was prepared for him.

Crouch knew it too, so after drinking a glass of wine, he said goodbye on the grounds that he had something to do, leaving the group of young people to go crazy by themselves.

Sure enough, when Crouch left, the atmosphere at the scene became active.

"It seems that you have been doing well recently, and even your boss has come to support you." Peasegood congratulated Lockhart with a sour tone.

5 There, I am just a fledgling. "Lockhart said modestly, "If you still stay in the Department of Magic and Disasters, you might already be the deputy director. "

"It's useless to be a deputy director in that place, there will only be more things to be busy." Pisgood sighed.

"Whatever, I'll be busy everywhere anyway, the key is "is this enough..." Lockhart made a "money" gesture, "If this is enough, I'd rather be busy every day."

"If I had your money, I'd quit," said Pisgood half-truthfully.

"Just kidding, what's the point of being alive like that." Lockhart raised the wine glass in his hand: "Just find another reason?"

Pisgood did not refuse.

No matter whether they are proud or frustrated, everyone is now a colleague of the Ministry of Magic, and there is not too much difference in identity and age between them, so it is the time when they have the most common topics.

And this "common topic" is nothing more than some parents' short stories and promotion,

As for more in-depth topics, I'm afraid we have to wait for everyone to get better at it.

After everyone had drunk enough, Lockhart finally revealed the true meaning of his treat.

"There are too few people drinking, so it's boring...I want to invite a few more people to the next reception."

Everyone didn't take it seriously at first, only Weasley asked casually who he planned to invite.

"The manager of Nimbus, Comet, Sweeping, the British president of Fengya wizard clothing store: the editor-in-chief of the "Daily Prophet", the president of the Extraordinary Apothecary Society, and the director of St. Mungo's Hospital." Lockhart said solemnly replied.

Now there is no way for everyone to continue drinking.

I knew that it would never be okay for this kid to invite everyone to drink, he is really good at making troubles.

Although the wizarding world lags behind Muggles in most fields, bureaucrats all over the world are self-taught when it comes to the transfer of benefits, such as this kind of "elite club" that invites celebrities to join, is everywhere.

"Wait, we all know what you've been doing recently, but everything else is easy to understand. Why is the dean of St. Mungo invited?" Mr. Weasley asked everyone's concern.

Lockhart opened his mouth and came: "Because this project requires everyone to cooperate, but our current authority is insufficient..."

"Stop! We haven't promised you yet!" Others interrupted him hastily.

Chapter 180 VII Interdepartmental Joint Law Enforcement

To put it bluntly, Lockhart's idea was not complicated, it could even be said to be simple and rude.

But the only problem is that Lockhart doesn't have that much power right now, so many ideas can only stay on paper.

But if he can get enough allies in the Ministry of Magic, then things are another matter.

"The Triwizard Tournament will be held perfectly, I am confident in that." Lockhart expressed confidence.

"We all know your ability, but then?" Everyone didn't understand why he said that suddenly.

"The villagers asked me a question, saying that after the end of the Triwizard Tournament, the facilities Hogsmeade built to receive tourists were abolished. It's strange, and they asked us what we plan to do." Loha Special said.

As soon as everyone heard what he said, they knew that he already had an idea in mind, and the reason why he came to everyone must be because he had a plan in mind before he came to "announce" to everyone.

"Just tell me, what do you think? And what does it matter to us?" Pisgood asked.

Lockhart pretended to think for a while: "My thought is that they are right to be worried. We worked hard and spent a lot of money to hold a grand event, but the facilities that were built in the end were scrapped after only half a year , This is a pity. It is better to continue to play their role and create value for the magic world."

After drinking, people will always become more outspoken. Seeing that Lockhart is still keeping secrets, some people are already impatient: "How to do it? And you still haven't told us what we can do."

"I want to turn Hogsmeade into a resort: a nursing home for the elderly: what do you think?" Lockhart asked.

He could clearly see that after hearing his words, several people showed narrow expressions.

That expression seemed to say "So you also have childish moments".

But Mr. Weasley was a kind man, and he saved Lockhart before his colleagues laughed at him: "... Gilderoy, I think we have to discuss this matter again."

"Is there a question, Arthur?" Lockhart asked pleasantly.

"It's like this... As far as I know, when Grindelwald was raging decades ago, many people from the European continent took refuge with us, but after the war ended, they all returned home, and some people also proposed to do it. This kind of resort, but the result...