Harry Potter: Charlie's Candy Factory

Chapter 130 Expansion of the Factory

During the award ceremony, the rest of the time belonged to the long-awaited reporters in the audience... The Aurors who were originally standing between them withdrew their barriers and quietly retreated to the rear.

A group of old wizards from the Wizengamot also left the venue first, leaving it to Charlie Black, who is the protagonist.

When Dumbledore was about to leave the venue, his footsteps suddenly paused, he turned his head, and his eyes interacted with Charlie who was looking in his direction.

The corners of their mouths lifted into smiles at the same time.Without saying anything, Dumbledore nodded to Charlie, turned and walked out the door.

"Mr. Black! As the new recipient of the Order of Merlin, do you have anything to say?"

"Mr. Black! What do you think of Gilderoy Lockhart, who also received the third-class Order of Merlin before you? He mentioned you in an interview with "Wizard Weekly" not long ago. And Said that you were almost able to beat him to win the most beautiful and charming smile award! What do you think of this, can you answer it?"

"Some people say that you got the third class Merlin Medal this time by using the same method as your grandfather. Do you have anything to say about that?"

"Mr. Black! My name is Xenophilius Lovegood, editor of The Quibbler. What do you think of the Horned Snork..."

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The wizarding media is, in a sense, more eccentric and abstract than the Muggle journalists.

Questions that were intricate, tricky, and even completely irrelevant to this award ceremony were thrown out one after another, and they hit Charlie directly in the face.

He didn't even have a chance to speak for a while, and he was often interrupted by another question as soon as he wanted to answer a question.

Even Charlie, who has been interviewed by various newspapers and periodicals many times, can't help but feel a little headache from this battle.

Finally, with the help of Fudge and the Aurors, the scene was finally controlled and the most basic order was restored.

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After a long time, Charlie, who spent a lot of effort to escape from the reporters, came to his office with Fudge.

"I originally thought that the award ceremony should be a very easy thing..."

He closed his eyes, couldn't help pinching his temples, and sighed sincerely.

"I didn't expect the most tired one to be in the back."

Charlie was still sitting on the sofa in the minister's office.And Fudge returned to his seat behind his desk... It seemed that he was deliberately keeping a distance from the other party.

"I thought you would take this opportunity to let me fulfill another promise I owe you."

Fudge listened to Charlie's words and nodded.At the same time, he smiled stiffly, took off the top hat on his head, and put it on the side of the desk.

At this moment, he is not much more comfortable than Charlie. On his forehead, drops of sweat have faintly ooze, and the originally meticulously combed hairstyle is a bit messier than before.

"This is not in a hurry..."

Charlie opened his eyes again, looked at the "old friend" in front of him, showed a familiar smile, and said unhurriedly
"Actually, compared to this matter, I have one more thing that needs your help, Minister Fudge..."

For some reason, Fudge's heart skipped a beat when he heard this sentence.

Looking at the smile on Charlie's face, Fudge felt his mouth dry.On the fat neck, the Adam's apple moved.

"It's... what's the matter?"

He took a deep breath, hesitated for a moment, and finally opened his mouth to follow Charlie's words and continue to ask.

"I'm going to expand the Charlie's Candy Factory."

Charlie didn't make any more circles with Fudge, and spoke directly.

The tone was also unintentional as usual, as if he was talking about something too small, light and light, and even made Fudge feel that he had heard it wrong.

Fudge couldn't help but widen his eyes, looking at Charlie in disbelief, caught off guard, and even faintly stammered when speaking.

"You... what did you just say!? Charlie's Candy Factory is going to expand?? I think I heard it right!"

The expansion of Charlie's candy factory is undoubtedly a great thing for him, and it can even be called a political achievement.Because the expansion of the scale represents more jobs, and the increase of jobs also represents the improvement of social satisfaction...

Regardless of whether it is a Muggle government or a wizard government, in this regard, the issues that need to be considered are the same, nothing less than these few situations.

Originally, Fudge had also considered this issue and persuaded Charlie Black to increase his size.But in the end, it was a pity to give up because of the particularity of Charlie Factory.

However, I didn't expect that this time Charlie actually proposed this suggestion in front of his own face. How could he not be surprised for a while?
"You heard me right."

As if he had expected Fudge's state, Charlie's smile remained unchanged, and he nodded calmly.

"That's a big deal! . . . What would you like me to do? Or, how can I help you?"

Seeing Charlie nod and reaffirm, Fudge's heart beat even harder.His eyes shone with light, and even his original stiff smile became friendly again, and he hurriedly continued to ask.

However, in the face of Fudge's friendly attitude, Charlie did not immediately make his request with the other party, but changed the subject and started talking about another matter that sounded unrelated.

"When I was in the American wizarding world, I met an amazing guy... His name is Old Muller, and he is one of my partners."

Hearing Charlie's words, Fudge couldn't help being stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but feel a little inexplicable, but thinking about what the other party just said to him, he continued to listen patiently.

"Old Muller is a very remarkable person. He is not a wizard. To be precise, he is a squib living in the wizarding world. However, with his own efforts, he has accomplished many things that wizards cannot accomplish...his experience It told me one thing: even in the world of wizards, there are many things that not only wizards can do."

Having said that, Fudge's gaze towards Charlie changed again, and the eagerness in his expression gradually disappeared.His brows were slightly frowned, as if he had a bad premonition.

Sure enough, the next moment, Charlie revealed his true intentions.

"This time the expansion of the scale, I will not recruit wizards into my factory. Instead, those Muggles who have a close relationship with the wizarding world... and squibs."

(End of this chapter)