Hermione, join me as Minister of Magic!

Of course it will, not only Americans will raise doubts, even the Ministry of Magic will attack the Association of Extraordinary Pharmacists on the grounds of "selling magical products to Muggles at will".

However, Lockhart didn't know whether the power of this kind of questioning could be compared with the weekly income of 5 Galleons, and he was also very interested in it.

Chapter 280

When I went to the clothes, I learned the name and the name.

With a hopeful attitude, Lockhart divided the first sum of money with the Extraordinary Apothecaries Association, and returned to Hogsmeade on the pretext of organizing a competition, leaving a group of noisy potion masters behind. To discuss countermeasures, and the nickname is "not interfering with any decisions you make independently"

Mr. Granger and the others are not stupid. They know that after their business is completed, the Ministry of Magic will not be able to ignore these things.Even if the Ministry of Magic doesn't care, people who are jealous of their business will also care, and they can't hide this matter if they want to.

As the saying goes, villains are hard to guard against. If people who have not benefited from them are stuck with raw materials, it will be fine to raise prices or something. It's not just a matter of buying and selling being confiscated

So under the pressure, two factions immediately appeared within this loose pharmacist association.

The first faction is a typical "grab and go" thinking.

They believe that the future is too uncertain, and they are also exploiting loopholes in the law, and transactions may go wrong at any time.

But at the same time, what they are earning now is real money, so the top priority now is to recruit a group of short-term workers, quickly produce some potions and sell them quickly, and sell as many as possible before the law amendment is passed.

The second faction is more serious and belongs to the "struggle faction"

These people argued that if they could earn 5 Galleons a week, that would be 270 million Galleons a year. With this amount of money, what officials of the Ministry of Magic could they not bribe?

Even further, as long as there is enough money, if they want to influence the law, they can

It's not difficult, just like what Malfoy did to previous ministers, so you don't actually have to worry about people from the Ministry of Magic confiscating your business.

Apart from these two factions, there are still some wizards who did not express their opinions. These people are mainly academic talents. It is true that they feel happy to get a lot of money, but if they can't make so much money in the future, they The days are still the same, quite Buddhist.

These people calmly pointed out to the two factions that the Pharmacist Association, which lacks the protection of power, is not considered a local tyrant at all in the eyes of those pure bloods, but just a piece of fat.As long as the wizards objected, it would be useless for them to have more money, because it was very likely that it was not just about money.

These words reminded Mr. Granger—the current organization of the Extraordinary Pharmacist Association is too loose.

In the past, these potion masters could not do any great things together.In addition to formulating potion standards and discussing drug pricing, they usually help each other with some work.

For example, if someone is short of materials recently, borrow some dragon claw powder or African wood vs. snake skin from each other. The best thing is to see if the peers have developed any new potion formulas recently, and learn about the "frontier trends" in this industry.

Such an association is not so much a guild as an industry exchange meeting.Although it has a political component, the focus has not been on politics because the members lack too many relationships of common interests.

The money from the sale of the Tomato-Spirit was a windfall. While it brought hope to the people of the Pharmacists Association, it also forced these people into a position where they had to care about politics.

But now it seems that these wizards are not ready for this.

It seems that if we want to solve this problem, we need to find a professional, Granger thought.

So after the meeting adjourned, Mr. Granger went to Hogsmeade without thinking long

, and found Lockhart who was processing foreign tourist visas there.

"Give us an idea, Gilderoy, and you don't want this deal to be stopped, do you? That's a lot of money," he said.

In this internal exchange meeting, the only consensus reached by all the potion pharmacists was that they should not take the initiative to stop the delivery." Even if they were forcibly blocked in the end, they would never voluntarily give up the transaction. But other than that, they haven't reached any resolutions.

It's not that they don't know how to do the best, but that they don't have a unified decision-making mechanism internally, and they don't have a set of rules and procedures to restrict what everyone should not do, and they don't have a responsibility mechanism, so no one is willing to do it. head.

It can be said that all of this was within Lockhart's expectations.

But at this time, he had to pretend to be confused and wait for Granger to propose before he could tell his true purpose.

"We can buy our own staff in the Ministry of Magic like the Malfoys did," Lockhart said.

Granger said he had no opinion: "We have considered this, and everyone thinks it is a good idea, but no one is willing to take special responsibility."

Lockhart raised the wine glass in his hand and toasted each other: "Since this is the case, then I have another way - we can recruit more apprentices, it is best to choose people from middle-class families, so that we I have won many allies. And these people are not recruited in vain, in addition to hair growth spirit, I plan to sell other potions in the future."

To Lockhart's toast, Granger seemed a little absent-minded: "We have also considered this. If we want to expand production and develop new drugs, we need to recruit at least 50 more people."

"In that case, what else do you have to worry about?" Lockhart asked back.

Granger sighed: "It's just a matter of gain and loss. If we never had this money, we can continue to live in the past, but... this money is really

now is too much

After all, he poured a strong drink into his mouth.

As a master of potions, Granger seldom drinks this kind of drink that affects the accuracy of his thinking and actions, but he has drank a lot in the past two days, which shows that he is under a lot of pressure

"Don't worry, you don't have to worry about the jealousy of the pure-blood family." Lockhart comforted him, "Don't think that you will earn more than 20 yuan because of the hair growth spirit, but compared with the oil business that is about to generate income, your little sale Drug income is nothing to mention."

"Oil? You mean the deal you did with the purebloods?" Granger was a little curious. "I've only heard about it before...how much does it make?"

"Lupin said that the combined output of several oil fields can reach 30 barrels of oil per day. Now the price of a barrel of oil is 20 US dollars, which means that the daily income is about 43 Galleons... Of course, all costs must be thrown away, and we It is also impossible to mine at full capacity every day, and the income may not be that much in the end." Lockhart said lightly what Mr. Granger could not calm down.

"40 per day?" He asked in disbelief.

"Yes, if you consider that the current price of oil is at a low point in 20 years, you can earn more in the future... Well, now you don't have to worry about pure blood jealousy, right?" Lockhart asked with a smile.

Granger nodded again and again: "Yeah, don't worry

Chapter 280 Profit Driven

Although he was no longer worried that the purebloods would be jealous, Granger's problem was still unresolved. He still needed to find a way to ensure the safety of his transaction, and he also needed to find a way to settle it within the association.

"Let me give you an idea." Lockhart said to him, "Now is a good opportunity for you to use this coming dividend income to build your own organization within the Pharmacists' Association."

"How?" Granger asked sensitively.

To be honest, Granger didn't have much desire for power, but after yesterday's meeting he realized one thing, that is, as long as a person wants to make a difference, he can't get around politics.

So now Granger can't help but have the idea of ​​completely controlling the association, instead of just being a nominal president like now, no matter what reasonable suggestions he puts forward, no one can implement them

But he didn't know what to do.

The Pharmacists Association is not a bureaucratic organization, so there are no so-called superiors and subordinates, and personnel rights are equivalent to non-existence.

And what about property rights?Neither did he.

Because everyone is a "technical shareholder", which is considered a "joint venture", and the pre-negotiated share agreement is also there; Granger can't suddenly go back and say that the price of the agreed deal will not be given to others, so he can't control the internal personnel.

But Lockhart seemed to disagree.

"Actually, you have a big advantage now." Lockhart said to him, "It just depends on whether you are willing to do it."

Granger didn't think that he had any advantages, he thought about it before trying

Then he asked, "Because I handled this matter from the beginning to the end."

"No." Lockhart denied his idea: "Your greatest advantage is 'no position'"

Granger frowned, because that didn't sound like a good word to Lockhart.

"The people on both sides are my friends, and I have to be responsible for everyone. Besides, everyone is out to make money, so there are actually not so many conflicts." Granger defended himself.

"Yes: But if the stalemate continues, you don't even want to make any decisions." Lockhart shook the cup in his hand easily, with a playful expression on his face, "Besides, the reason why you came to me is not because Have you found yourself unable to cover yourself?"

Granger had nothing to say, so he kept silent.

Seeing him like this, Lockhart is not easy to force him, after all, his purpose is to add an ally, not an enemy.

'Come on,' no position' isn't necessarily a bad thing when it comes to leadership. He comforted the other party and said, "Let me confirm first, members of the Association of Extraordinary Pharmacists, there should be no objection to making money, right?" "

"Of course not. I haven't met anyone in this world who doesn't like money." Granger complained.

"That's good... Look, isn't there a chance here?" Lockhart lowered his voice.

— Two days later, Granger returned to the Association of Pharmacists, and issued several new decisions in front of all members:

From now on, the Association of Extraordinary Pharmacists has changed to a membership invitation system, that is, two full members must be invited and guaranteed before joining the membership and becoming an associate member. Associate members do not have the right to invite.

After becoming an associate member, the member must pay 1.5% of the monthly income as a membership fee

However, if he has made "outstanding contributions" to the association, or after paying membership dues for 20 consecutive years, he can become a full member.

In addition, the association plans to set up several branches, including the "Applicable Muggle Drug Research Committee", "Potion Standards Development Committee", "Quality Inspection Committee"

"Botanical Medicinal Materials Management Committee"

"Miraculous Biological Medicinal Materials Management Committee

"Commercial Sponsorship Committee" and "Policy Research Committee", etc., these committees

Members of the committee can only be full members

According to Granger, the restructuring of the association is to improve the potion market and improve the overall quality of potions, and at the same time provide high-quality services and life guarantees for members who are interested in researching and producing potions.

Regarding the restructuring proposed by him, the original members of the association had mixed opinions.

One of the biggest controversies is the "membership fee", which is completely out of line with the tradition of the Society of Extraordinary Pharmacists.It's not that everyone is short of this little money, but no one likes to hand over the money they earn for no reason, even for paying taxes, let alone membership fees.

Everyone is not a fool, Granger obviously did this not only for the "healthy market" in his mouth, but to control the potion market and increase his personal power in the association.

Although everyone understands, none of them can deny the reason Granger said

"We must unite, otherwise you all know how many people will be jealous and slandered by this money.

We need allies, we need to lobby the Ministry of Magic, we need to use our social influence to let all wizards know that we are working for the well-being of all wizards, only in this way can we survive. "

According to Granger's plan, if the Association of Extraordinary Pharmacists wants to securely obtain this income, they must make more than half of the wizarding society think that their actions are beneficial, and everyone agrees on this point.

In addition, the members of the pharmacists' association have another worry in their hearts—that is, the threshold for creating a living spirit is too low, so low that even a wizard can do it.

What if a wizard sees that the hair spirit is making money, and then sets up a workshop privately to steal their business?

Compared with lobbying the wizarding world, they were more worried that others would rob them of their business, so the "Potions Standards Committee" and "Quality Management Committee" proposed by Granger immediately became the focus of everyone's attention.

That's right, if the Association of Extraordinary Pharmacists can be turned into the only legal "exporter" through the management of "standards" and "quality", wouldn't it mean that the money can only be earned by these people.

Out of this thought, they decided to compromise with Granger, even if they had to pay some dues.

"How are you going to get stewardship of standards and quality?" they began asking.

Granger has long been prepared: "I want to set up several non-profit organizations in the name of the Association of Extraordinary Apothecaries, such as "Retired Auror Nursing Home", "Potions Charity Aid Society: and "Hogwarts Potions Committee Peisheng Scholarship Program' to enable our association to provide more social benefits;

Next, we must have a good talk with the suppliers of medicinal materials, and try to come up with several framework agreements. On the basis of increasing the purchase price of medicinal materials by 50%, we require them to strictly guarantee the supply of quality and quantity. Sooner or later, these people will become our steadfast allies.

In addition, I am also planning to acquire the magazine "Frontiers of Pharmacy", and at the same time invest in the purchase of 5% of the shares in "Daily Prophet", so as to publicize our concept of serving the society in magazines and newspapers;

Considering the popularity of Quidditch, I also plan to sponsor a Quidditch team in the name of the association, such as the Tuthill Tornado team..."

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Following this roar, another wizard at the round table stood up angrily.

"Why sponsor the Tornados? They're rich enough! Don't you know that my favorite team, the Falmouth Falcons, have been financially strapped for a long time?"

Granger, who was reciting the manuscript, was suddenly interrupted, and his mind hadn't turned around for a while, so he stayed where he was.

Fortunately, no one cared about his expression at this time, another wizard also stood up

, and roared at the wizard who stood up earlier:

"I object! Since we want to sponsor, of course we must sponsor the best and most famous team. Besides, we are fucking rich, can you control it?"

Obviously, this is also a Tornado fan.

It's a pity that the debate between the two did not arouse the agreement of the rest of the people. On the issue of Quidditch, everyone has their own ideas.

"I propose the "Holyhead Harpies", as we all know, it is a team where all members are witches, and the effect of attracting attention is definitely better than that of the Tornado team.

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"I would suggest Puddlemere United, they have used their team song to raise charitable funds for St. Mungo's Hospital, which is very much in line with the purpose of our association..."

Listening to the cheerful discussions of these wizards, the corners of Granger's eyes, who were sitting on the main seat, couldn't help twitching.

These bastards totally miss the point...

Chapter 280 Small Actions

After seeing the restructuring statement issued by the Association of Extraordinary Pharmacists in the newspaper, Lockhart knew that he had another solid ally in his future political career.

After reaching this point, it is impossible for the Extraordinary Pharmacist Association to stay out of the matter, unless they don't want that continuous and stable income.

As long as they're in: the breeders and magizoologists who grow herbs can no longer remain silent, since the Apothecaries' Guild is their biggest client.

In other words, Professor Sprout and Newt Scamander's neutrals will also become a political force to support themselves. There is nothing more perfect than this.

When he was in a good mood, Lockhart even wrote a lot more elegantly, and the cursive characters in his signature had several bends.

Until he received the paper airplane from Hessica Jones.