Harry Potter: Charlie's Candy Factory

Chapter 133 Five Departments
After the Ministry of Magic received Fudge's "consent", he bid farewell to Dumbledore, and without any further hesitation, Charlie returned to his factory non-stop and began to prepare specific matters related to recruitment.

"Russell!"

The moment Charlie stepped into the factory, Russell, who was somewhere unknown, had already heard the news and suddenly appeared in front of him.

After appearing in an instant, Russell didn't say anything else, and then he couldn't wait to look at the extra shiny medal on his master's chest.

There was light in his eyes, and for a moment a feeling of poise surged in Russell's chest, making him stand upright, and then he quickly looked away and put it back again. on the body of his master Charlie.He raised his head and looked at the other party, and greeted him with more spirit and enthusiasm than usual.
"Welcome back, Master!"

After the greeting, without waiting for Charlie to respond, he went on talking on his own
"Congratulations! My great master. To be honest, you look amazing with this medal, as if exuding some kind of dazzling sun-like light from the inside out! Uh, of course, you are usually It's so dazzling, but it's a lot more intense today..."

I don't have time to listen to Russell's rambling anymore. Seeing that the other party likes the medal of the Knights of Merlin so much, Charlie didn't bother to say anything. He reached out his hand to stop Russell from expressing his unfinished emotions, and casually took the medal off his chest. , with light movements, as if throwing some garbage, he took it out of his hand, drew a round arc in midair, and flew straight to Russell.

"Send it to you."

However, compared to Charlie's indifference, Russell was already startled by this action, and quickly closed his half-open mouth, which was about to continue to say something, and hurriedly stretched out his hands subconsciously, holding the Merlin Knights. The third-class medal was firmly placed in his arms.

"Master, don't you want it?"

Holding the solid medal in his hand, he quickly wiped it carefully twice and then observed it left and right. Seeing that the other party had not suffered any damage, Russell finally let out a sigh of relief. Then he raised his head in confusion, and Looking at Charlie with a bewildered face, he asked cautiously.

Charlie took big strides, walked towards the inside of the factory, shook his head, and said indifferently in a tired voice, "I have already got something of real value. Compared with the real benefits, this kind of Doesn't the honor that can be bought with money just seem too tasteless?"

Russell didn't understand what the so-called "chicken ribs" in his master's mouth meant, but based on the analysis of the context before and after, he could understand most of them.

So, it held the medal in both hands, and looked at the background of Charlie walking towards the distance. It was stunned for a moment, but soon, it suddenly understood what was going on. He put the medal in his pocket first, and asked while chasing after Charlie.

"Master, is it the problem we discussed? You have discussed the solution with Minister Fudge?"

"Yes, it has been resolved."

Listening to this question, Charlie couldn't help but relax a little between his brows, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

However, before Russell could make any huge reaction, the expression on his face had just brightened, but Charlie's next words made him turn pale with shock.

"We're going to scale up and hire people! Wait a minute, you're going to call all the department heads to the office. We're going to have a meeting to discuss these issues as early as possible. Try to start investing the next day after the discussion is over. The plan is to send out the recruitment leaflets within a week."

"hiring?!"

Russell felt his heart beating a little more violently due to excitement, and subconsciously shouted directly.

Regardless of other things, he took three steps and made two steps at the same time, which made his speed a little faster, and he chased Charlie straight.
"My great and wise master... Although as your loyal servant, I can understand the embarrassment that the factory is facing today, but... Is it too fast to do this? Please forgive your stupid servant's reckless advice, However, I think the other companions in the factory don't seem to have much affection for humans other than you... Especially after the shocking incident like Dab happened recently, making such a decision at this point in time ...Russell thinks it's not a ... particularly wise idea."

Hearing Russell's words, he glanced at the other party's appearance of being so anxious that he was already sweating, but still resisting his temper, beating around the bush, trying his best to give him face and express his own thoughts. Charlie couldn't help it. It's really embarrassing for him to smile.

Instead of embarrassing him any longer, Charlie shook his head, and followed up on what he said just now, explaining what he meant in detail.

"It's not wizards... The people we're going to recruit this time are Squibs and Muggles!"

"Muggle... Muggle?!"

Russell's eyes widened, and he repeated Charlie's words in a murmur. After twists and turns in his heart, he felt an unspeakable weirdness.

Even if he is not a wizard, he still knows the rules of the wizarding world.

If it was the day before, when he just woke up Master Charlie from his sleep, and the master said such a thing to himself, he would only think that his master was in a daze.

But now, he had just returned from the Ministry of Magic and participated in the award ceremony of the Third Class Merlin Medal.It seems that even Fudge and Fudge have successfully reached a certain condition, without the slightest hint of joking.

This is enough to cause Russell's brain to temporarily shut down. At this moment, it can't help but start to doubt itself. Could it be that his family has stayed in the factory for too long?Didn't pay attention to the news from the outside world, what major changes happened to the outside world, and I didn't notice it? ? ?But, it shouldn't be. . .

While thinking about it, he opened his mouth and was about to ask something again, but what Charlie said next made him swallow all the questions that hadn't been uttered yet.

just listen to him say so

"I know, you must have a lot of questions...but it's not too late. If you want to know, the rest of the guys must also want to know. I plan to wait until you call them all over, then Telling you will save me from repeating it over and over again.”

After the voice fell, Charlie continued to walk forward without stopping from beginning to end.

"Okay! Got it, master, I'm going to call them all to your office!"

Russell, who was full of doubts, nodded, and after he finished speaking, he disappeared impatiently, and began to search for the locations of the other supervisors in the factory.

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Not long after, outside Charlie's office, besides Russell, the remaining supervisors in charge of various aspects of the factory also came in droves, and it was rare that all of them gathered here.

"Hasn't Charlie told you anything, Russell?"

The first one to speak was a stooped, old house elf, whose thick snow-white beard was combed meticulously by him, to the point that it was about to droop on the ground.

While squinting his eyes, he seemed to be supporting a wooden crutch that had been covered with pulp, and asked softly

"No, no."

Russell shook his head hastily, and respectfully leaned forward slightly to the old elf in front of him, expressing his respect. , so continue to say.

"The master said that we will talk about this matter after we all come over, Grandpa Du Lu..."

"That's it..." The old elf named Dulu nodded, his narrowed eyes opened a little bit, his attention moved away from Russell, and he slowly looked around for a week.

"I know that you may have disagreements with Charlie's decision... If you have disagreements, you can say that, after all, Charlie called you guys over here to discuss issues... But, in order to prevent any problems when you go in later, I I still hope that I can tell you a few words: Whether it is a human or an elf, you should be content and grateful. Charlie saved us, and we can remember his kindness for the rest of our lives. If the time comes, who will fight? Seeing that this child is kind-hearted, slapping the table in front of him, acting recklessly and without rules, then don't blame me for being rude..."

He spoke these words slowly, really like an ordinary old man who was going to die, and it didn't sound like any threat at all.

However, none of the other people who heard these words thought that the other party was just talking casually...

Because the man standing in front of them was Duru—the house-elf who had actually stood before Voldemort, had fought him one-on-one, but hadn't died yet.

And now, as the director of the security department of the factory.In charge of the only team of [security guards] in the factory.

Although he doesn't often go outside because of his age, his reputation during the war is still remembered by everyone.

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"Don't worry, Grandpa Dulu. We will never forget Mr. Black's kindness to us."

After a moment of silence, Chavcha spoke first, nodded, and said calmly

"That's right..."

"Even now, I'm still willing to give up my life as a shield for Mr. Black, and fight those bastards again!"

"Don't worry, Fudo has never been an ungrateful elf. Although I don't regard Mr. Black as my master like Russell, my loyalty is not much lower than his."

Following Chavcha's words, the elves in charge of the other departments also expressed their opinions.

Hearing their words, Du Lu nodded his head inaudibly twice, his eyes that had just opened a little bit narrowed again, calm as if he had fallen into a deep sleep standing up.

"Okay, why are you talking so much? It's all a fateful friendship. I have never felt worried about your master...Grandpa Dulu just ordered a few words to relax..."

It seemed that the scene was a little stiff, Russell stood up, patted the shoulders of Chavcha and another elf with a hideous face full of scars, and said with a smile.

"Okay, since that's the case, let's go in!"

After confirming that everything was ready, Russell didn't wait any longer, and finally knocked on the door of the office.

"Master, it's me, Russell!" Russell shouted into the gate.

"And I, Mr. Black, Chief of Finance, Chavcha."

"Head of Technical Section, Peng Peng sends his greetings to you, Mr. Black!"

"Security Director Duru."

"Fudo, the director of the sales department."

"Hey, and the supervisor of the production department, Kobe, Mr. Black."

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After everyone's voice came in one by one, the door slowly opened.

Although it is not the first time to enter Mr. Black's office, even for most people, they are already very familiar with it.

But when they thought about the issues they were going to discuss after entering, all the elves couldn't help but faintly raise their hearts.

The light leaked out from the crack of the door, and slowly shone on them, and became brighter with the opening and closing angle of the door.

"They're all here...Come on, come in quickly, I'll prepare seats for you right now."

Charlie's gentle voice slowly reached everyone's ears.

At this moment, he just got up and stood up from his office chair.Holding his wand in his hand, with the tip of the wand pointing down, he gently tapped it against the ground.

The originally flat carpet began to twist suddenly, undulating up and down, floating like a liquid surface... Finally, after a series of stretching, stretching, and deformation, it turned into six sofa chairs facing each other in two rows.

After everyone walked in and the door was slowly closed, Charlie's gaze suddenly turned to the trembling Dulu who was leaning on a cane at the end.

So, he quickly stepped forward and bent down, gently supporting the other party.

"What's the matter with Russell, even you were called over."

While helping Du Lu to the sofa chair, Charlie complained softly, and glanced at Russell with some dissatisfaction.

Just when Russell hurriedly opened his mouth to explain something, Du Lu shook his head with a smile and made an excuse for him.

"I wanted to come here... I was resting in my room, and felt that Russell had been scurrying back and forth in the office of these boys in the factory. I guessed that it must be you who had something to do, so I stopped him and asked I understand."

With that said, Du Lu also sat down safely, leaned his crutches to the side, leaned his back back, and leisurely collapsed his body.

After everyone was seated, Charlie also returned to the desk and sat down here.

Looking around for a week, his eyes slowly passed over every face he was very familiar with.

"In this case, then, let me tell you about the plan for this time."

(End of this chapter)