Hermione, join me as Minister of Magic!

According to the "comparative advantage theory", although Muggles are less efficient in farming and doing housework than wizards, if wizards are allowed to do these things, the opportunity cost of wasting is higher, so overall it is very bad.

To give a simple example, a 25-year-old college-educated dentist wants to shovel the snow outside his door, and his neighbor's kid is 10 years old.

It stands to reason that whether it is work or shoveling snow, the adult has an advantage over the child.But this doctor earns 30 pounds an hour, but the child only needs 5 pounds pocket money for snow shoveling.

So the best thing for this grown-up would be to go to work and hire the neighborhood kid for £5 to shovel the snow.The neighborhood kids can only earn £2 selling lemonade or reselling biscuits, so naturally they are also willing to shovel snow.

The current situation in the wizarding world is that this high-income dentist has to shovel snow himself because of the "Secrecy Act", the child also lost his job, and the entire macro-society lost 30 pounds of GDP.

Therefore, so far, Lockhart has not tried to develop those "labor-intensive" industries in the wizarding world, even oil wells, water supply projects, etc., he would rather hire people from the Muggle side or directly use Muggle tools to complete .

But one by one, if you want to give full play to your comparative advantages, you must first realize free trade

That's right!

Similarly, according to macroeconomic theory, under the previous fixed exchange rate system, the central bank of the wizarding world, that is, Gringotts, which is qualified to issue currency, cannot effectively promote national output through monetary policy.

Only when the exchange rate is allowed to fluctuate, the imbalance of import and export caused by policy adjustment will not cause the adjustment of money supply and quantity demanded.

If wizards and Muggles are regarded as two different "countries", then the current situation is that wizards need to "import" things from Muggles, but Muggles know nothing about the wizarding world, so naturally Ask for nothing.

Last year, Lockhart finally figured out a way to make Gringotts understand the importance of floating exchange rates while making profits by operating binary options transactions. The problem of one-way exits.

It is not enough to just develop oil wells for this, because this will only benefit the upper echelons of the wizarding world: that is, the pure-blood families with capital. This will certainly keep these people away from the lunatic Voldemort, but... If the strength of the people has skyrocketed but the common people have not changed, until the power of the two sides is completely out of balance, what does the pure-blood family need the Ministry of Magic to do?In that case, what difference does it make if there is Voldemort or not?

He must find a way to balance it so that the common people in the wizarding world can also benefit from the trade with Muggles, so that the economy and politics can continue to develop healthily.

For this reason, he must develop this resort project, so that when the pure-blood family eats meat, they also give some meat to the residents of Hogsmeade, instead of letting them only drink soup or swallow.

As a civil servant, Lockhart understood the proportions very well. He even felt that he knew balance better than that idiot Fudge.

Well, I'm so worried about this family--Lockhart with a rather

Complacent dreaming.

Chapter 190 Six Empty Alley

field?

prison,

When /wy,

When Lockhart finished the association in his mind, he found that Gemma in front of him also seemed to be a little hesitant, as if he was distressed about what decision to make.

"What's the matter? Are there any questions?" Lockhart asked pleasantly.

Gemma bit her lower lip, as if she had finally made up her mind.

"It's like this... Although I have heard of it before, I have never experienced such things as movies. I don't know if you would like to take me... er... watch a

Seeing that Lockhart's expression seemed to have changed, Gemma quickly added another sentence: "When this is to enhance the intuitive experience of the project, I am obliged to describe the most realistic experience to the sponsors..."

The more she spoke, the more urgent her tone became, until in the end she didn't know what she was talking about.

Lockhart thought that it would be better if the sponsor directly watched a movie by himself.

It must be so troublesome, and this reason is really too far-fetched.

But then he thought that since his subordinates were willing to experience it in depth, it would be a good way to enhance the friendship of colleagues by accompanying him.

Just like the boss in Lockhart's previous life, who usually likes to take his subordinates to the racetrack, having common interests can indeed enhance the relationship between people.

So he agreed: "Okay, let me see tonight's schedule, the trailer was released the day before yesterday... It's "Roman Holiday", oh, that's a good movie, I'll watch it again after decades , it is still a very good love movie

Gemma didn't expect that she won a big prize by accident.

"Then tonight!" she said hastily, "It's not good to take up too much time.

, resolve this matter as soon as possible.

Lockhart was a little unhappy because he had planned to spend the night with the Three Broomsticks

"In that case, my itinerary will have to be changed." He smacked his lips, "I'll ask that friend if it's okay to temporarily change the plan."

Tell me who that man is, and I'll make him change his mind—Gemma nearly blurted out.

"Of course, if there is an appointment, the appointment should come first. After all, movies can be watched every day." Gemma said against her will.

Without further ado, Lockhart went to Three Broomsticks after the office meeting, and told Rosmerta about it, hoping that she would stand up and speak out.

But Rosmerta politely turned him down.

"I'm sorry, but I have a principle that I never destroy someone's family," she said.

"Family? I don't have a family yet?" Lockhart was puzzled.

Rosmerta chuckled: "The way of life of the Three Broomsticks is to never offend anyone, especially women, I am a woman myself, so I know that women's revenge is not only extremely strong, but also often irrational. If I ignore the feelings of the woman in order to gain the favor of the man, then the three broomsticks must not be able to drive long.

Lockhart became more and more confused: "But I just asked you to help me find an excuse. But Rosmerta was relentless, and even added a knife: "From today

, you don't come here again at night, because I feel it will be very dangerous. "

"Danger?"

"Goodbye, now you can go to the movies, to be honest, I'm actually quite

I want to watch it, so from today onwards, the drinks in the tavern will be served directly at the cinema at night. "

"Also, remember, you came to me today to talk about this matter." Rosmerta warned Lockhart again: "I don't want to hear other people gossip." Even if Lockhart is a fool, at this time I also recalled it: "You don't mean to say.

oo that girl oo"

"Thank you for claiming to be a smart person." Rosmerta threw him out.

Like the previous two films, "Roman Holiday" once again caused a grand occasion of "empty people" in Hogsmeade.

Although in terms of connotation, "Roman Holiday" is not a film with profound thoughts, but for women, its content is far more enjoyable than "The Wizard of Oz" and "The Sound of Music".

Because it is a pure love film, and it also tells the dewy love story between a princess and a poor reporter, which is naturally eye-catching.

Love is probably a topic that has been talked about for a long time since human beings had written words, and it is also a true o hot spot that has supported many literati.

From Greek mythology to "Book of Songs", from Shakespeare to Cao Xueqin, to Thomas Hardy and Eileen Chang, many classic works were born because of love, running through the whole history of mankind.

Even Hedgehog Cat, isn't there a group of readers who clamor every day "don't watch dramas without emotions".

In short, in terms of pursuing love, there is no barrier between wizards and Muggles, everyone is a slut.

In addition, the heroes and heroines of "Roman Holiday" are Gregory Peck and

When Audrey Hepburn was at the peak of her beauty, even a wizard couldn't help being tempted by it.

Sure enough, when watching the movie, Lockhart noticed that the wizards were all amazed by Hepburn, while the witches obviously cared more about the plot itself.

But what Lockhart wants them to notice is not these, but the busy streets, rows of cars and tall and beautiful buildings in the Muggle world in the movie. As long as it impresses the wizard.

And this is a mid-20th-century movie, and the Muggle world is only going to be more prosperous now than it was back then—that's what Lockhart wants to subtly instill.

It is precisely because he has seen it many times that Lockhart not only did not indulge in it, but even started a desertion:

I don't know how Hermione's progress is, whether she can persuade her partner to officially take the first step in politics.

Hermione, study hard!That's how adults wield social influence, he thought.

It's just that Lockhart didn't notice, and the people around him were a little disappointed when they noticed that he was a little absent-minded.

When the end credits of the movie started to play, even in this open-air theater with only 200 people, the applause never stopped.

"Hey, Gilderoy, when will this movie be shown again?" Mrs. Puddiffe asked eagerly, "Is it possible on the weekend morning? I would like you to put that machine in my teahouse."

Because the teahouse run by Mrs. Puddife is mainly for couples, she suddenly realized after watching this movie that her teahouse has a demand for love movies.

It’s true that the young lovers of Hogwarts often come and go to her teahouse, but the time they stay is often very limited. Sometimes a young couple just met because both of them are relatively clumsy, so they don’t have much to say for a long time In other words, Madam Puddife was even more anxious than they were.

But when she was watching the movie just now, the reactions of the village couples in the dark made her suddenly realize that movies can also adjust the atmosphere of couples, at least it won't make people feel embarrassed and have nothing to say.

However, in her opinion, such powerful equipment must be very expensive, so she decided to rent it from Lockhart, but she didn't know that the price of this thing was likely to be less than half a month's income of hers.

Lockhart wanted to have a deep talk with Mrs. Puddife, but he immediately found that the people around him seemed a little unhappy.

"Let's talk at your teahouse," he said to Madame Puddieff.

Then he turned around and greeted Gemma: "Just in time, let's have a little supper together."

The eldest lady's mood suddenly turned from cloudy to sunny.

"Although I rarely eat at night, I can make an exception today," she said. "Of course, because this is the first project I have actually participated in..."

Chapter 190 Seven Motorcycles

In a gentlemanly manner, Lockhart made a deliberate circle after finishing the negotiation and sent Miss Farley back before returning to the Shrieking Shack.

After returning to the Shrieking Shack, Lockhart couldn't help feeling that he was not taking a newcomer on a business trip, but serving a potential boss who couldn't afford to offend.

He suddenly remembered an old joke in the British civil service class. A baroness invited her husband's subordinates' wives to dinner for her birthday, but the person who came was a countess. Sitting in the main seat, and the countess's husband had to apologize to his boss the next day.

Now his situation is so similar to that joke, and this one is even more ridiculous, because Lockhart found this "organization" himself.

At this moment, he suddenly vaguely hoped that Voldemort could be revived quickly, so that the wizarding world could shuffle the cards again, otherwise this situation would be really hopeless.

In any case, Lockhart's work was finally on the right track. After the eldest lady of the Farley family came forward, he finally dared to discuss sponsorship fees with people from the "Daily Prophet" and the Comet Company.

...Maybe they wanted to leave this credit to her.Lockhart thought rather darkly.

With this in mind, Lockhart got into bed, ready to have a good night's sleep, and then go to the bathroom tomorrow.

As Lockhart's "dog", Sirius also went to see the movie.

But for him, love and the like are naturally non-existent things, and there is nothing to see.As for the streets of Muggles, he had seen and played, and it was not very rare.

Just when the residents are talking about the light motorcycle that appeared in "Roman Holiday"

Towing the car, when he wanted to find out where that thing was sold, Sirius curled his lips secretly.

Of course motorcycles are good things. When he just graduated from Hogwarts, even though the relationship with his family was very tense, he was still very rich. He bought a big seat from Muggles at that time. two-seater motorcycle, and enchanted it with flying magic.

Recalling the feeling of driving that motorcycle, Sirius still vaguely remembered it—it was very enjoyable, and it was even better than riding a broom or flying carpet.

Although the flying carpet is comfortable to ride, simply sitting on it doesn't give him a sense of control, and because of the center of gravity, the braking of the flying carpet will be much slower than that of the broom. Sirius doesn't like this thing.

Although the broom has a sense of control and good braking, even with the addition of a cushion spell and pedals, the comfort is far inferior to that of a motorcycle, not to mention that it does not block the wind at all.

It's a pity that he didn't drive that motorcycle for long before he heard the bad news of the death of the Potters. Disappointed, he gave the flying motorcycle to Hagrid, and he didn't know if Hagrid was still using it now. , really want to ask him.

...Forget it, if he appeared in front of Hagrid now, he would probably rush forward without any explanation, and beat his chest with his fist.

If you are still alive after killing Peter, then buy another motorcycle and go wandering around the world.

Even though Blake wasn't initially interested in the movie, he watched several episodes in a row because he told himself he needed to find out when it would run.

He noticed that every time a movie was played, the residents of Hogsmeade would put down their work and other entertainment activities and come to watch the movie together in the open air, and at this time the village was almost empty.

And Lockhart usually has to stay in the open-air theater or its surroundings during this period of time to maintain order, lest those dementors be attracted by "delicious", hold back

Can't stop, come uninvited.

In other words, during this period of time, no matter what small movements he made, he was very safe, and no one would pay attention to where a dog went.

He counted the time and found that among the several movies that are currently playing, including the 10-minute intermission at halftime, it takes at least two hours before and after, while a movie like "The Wizard of Oz" takes a full three hours. hours to finish.

Two or three hours unnoticed—what a chance!Sirius murmured to himself.

Now at Hogwarts, he has both internal support and a relaxed external environment and conditions for committing crimes. All he lacks is a chance to enter the common room

He could hardly restrain his desire for revenge to kill that mouse.

But he still has some brains, knowing that if he rashly appears in Hogwarts again, Dumbledore will know that he has a secret passage that Filch doesn't know about, and maybe after careful inspection, there will be found.

That's why he chose a relatively "obvious" secret path for his escape last time, and his escape from that secret path should have been discovered, otherwise the Ministry of Magic staff wouldn't have said "searched all over the lake".

So the next shot must be a fatal blow, and they should not be given a chance to react, otherwise, even if the school didn't find him, Peter Pettigrew would definitely run away.

Next, he only needs to take advantage of the movie time to go to the secret passage every day, make sure that the secret passage he knows has not been discovered, wait for Crookshanks to find a way to get the password, and then wait for a time when Dumbledore leaves school Just do it.

Seeing that revenge was close at hand, Sirius calmed himself down instead.

Anyway, after so many years, it's not too late.

Now Sirius’s life is extremely regular: he is “walked the dog” every morning, catches up on sleep at noon, eats and drinks around after waking up in the afternoon, watches movies at night,

Sneaking up and scouting around Hogwarts—if not for revenge, this kind of life is really good.

He may not even realize that under such a quiet but silent "corrosion", his desire for "life" began to rekindle in his heart.