Hermione, join me as Minister of Magic!

She hadn't been sure what it was she wanted, and even after she saw the house-elves and decided to help them, she still wasn't sure what it was she wanted.

It wasn't until she read the book Lockhart recommended her that she realized that the so-called "social activist" was a false proposition.

Just as "philanthropist" is not a profession, neither is "social activist".Unless you are the kind of "activist" who specializes in taking money to do things for others, you must first have money yourself before you can become a "social activist".

Different from the enthusiasm at the beginning, after a period of study and training, she gradually discovered more things and thought more.

And she recorded all these thoughts, and wrote down the questions in the letter, and handed them to Lockhart.

Lockhart did not let her down either, no matter how busy he was at work, he still found time to reply to letters.

He didn't like to directly output his opinions to Hermione, but told her where to get related issues, and put several opinions on her

Let her think for herself.Only when her thinking is stuck in a dead end, he will give a few words of enlightenment.

Lockhart had already made up his mind that if Hermione really had this talent, then let her develop it on her own. In terms of his own moral level, he was really not suitable to be a teacher.

But regarding Gemma Farley's training, Lockhart unscrupulously expressed his views to her.Not only output opinions, but also use various words and means to subtly influence the other party's thinking.

He probably didn't realize the difference between the two attitudes himself, but when he found out, some things were hard to say.

Because Harry was surrounded by more and more people, which disturbed Hermione's thinking state of mind, so on the first weekend after the arrival of October, Hermione chose to go to Hogsmeade alone. Please ask for some advice.

It so happened that Lockhart was very busy at this time, and not only was he very busy, but the entire Department of International Magic Affairs and Cooperation was also very busy.

Because the authority of the Ministry of Magic is unclear, in theory, as long as Lockhart is willing, many jobs can have a relationship with him.

But in other words, as long as Lockhart doesn't want to have anything to do with those things, they can be lazy and kick the ball to other departments.

For example, the work of receiving foreign guests and dignitaries, Lockhart generously gave it to Minister Fudge himself, and the other party was also happy.

The job of security is naturally also handled by the people from the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, and there is no need for Lockhart to worry about it for the time being.

As for the preparation and organization of the game itself, there is now a more responsible sports director. If Lockhart continues to intervene, not only will he not be pleased, he may be complained about controlling too much.

Therefore, it is better to say that the Department of International Affairs and Cooperation is not so much in the 5-member class.

Most of the time is fishing.Their only job is to go to the newly opened foreign trade market in Hogsmeade, do research on foreign tourists, and ask them what kind of goods they want, and this kind of work is enough for 2 hours a day.

So almost everyone in the Affairs Department believed that Lockhart was looking for an excuse to give them a vacation.As the new boss, Lockhart undoubtedly liked his subordinates very much.

But they didn't know that there was absolutely no way for Lockhart to do so.

In the traditional diplomatic work, in addition to foreign economic and trade affairs that Lockhart has already grasped, such activities as cultural exchanges, military assignments, overseas Chinese business, international education, scientific and technological cooperation, and foreign publicity are all the same in the current International Affairs Department. can not do this.

It's not that these jobs say they can't do it, but that there is really no need to do these things among a mere 10 people, and they only have a dozen people.

Instead of spending a lot of effort to create some foreign representatives, it is better to let everyone take a break, and get in touch with foreigners in Hogsmeade, maybe you can encounter some new opportunities

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And Lockhart himself sat on the roof of the "Jack Pea" hotel with his subordinates, drinking tea to connect with his subordinates, and at the same time condescendingly observing the situation of tourists entering and leaving the market.

Lockhart attaches great importance to this "import and export commodity fair".The first batch of Muggle industrial products processed by the Weizeac brothers and Devis-Bance had been sent to Hogsmeade after the first project of the Tournament.

These products include everything from motorcycles to telescopes to metal pots cast by Muggles, all of which have been enchanted by these magic utensil manufacturers and then put on this market for trial sale.

Many foreign tourists who come to Hogsmeade are very interested in this, but the quantity sold is not very large, which shows that everyone still has some doubts about Muggle products.

And after the market has been in operation for a week, the largest order is only from the Bohemia Pharmacists Association in Czech Republic. They want to order 50 graphite t-Gambols developed by the Extraordinary Pharmacists Association.

The graphite obtained from Muggles has good thermal conductivity, and the material is homogeneous and stable: when heated, it can carburize the medicine stably. Wizards themselves cannot produce graphite materials with such a high purity, so Extraordinary Pharmacist simply violated the law. Feeling lazy, I bought a lot of graphite±W directly from the Muggle steel factory, and after I got it back, I modified it myself.

Unexpectedly, their potion failed to sell much, but Huo, who produced the potion, was the first to be recognized by his European counterparts.

Although these industrial machinery products did not sell much, but such as various new seasonings invented by Muggles, deep-sea fish, various puffed snacks, and some leather varnishes, rubber, cosmetics, perfumes, etc. Things, sales have exceeded Lockhart's expectations.

And these things have one feature, that is, they are cheap.

Only then did Lockhart realize that wizards probably didn't want to try those Muggle mechanical products, but because they had no money.

In addition to these Muggle industrial products, the "Golden Hand" organization of the five pure-blood families who supported Lockhart's reforms also sent a large number of things, mainly potions, medicinal materials and biological materials produced in the UK. Help this market fill up the scene, and these things are still selling well.

In addition, there were many vendors who came to sell souvenirs and snacks spontaneously in this market, and Lockhart didn't bother to care about these people.

In short, in this import and export commodity market, Lockhart finally discovered a fact—that is, not only commoner wizards in the UK are generally a bit poor, but wizards abroad are also not very rich, even if they have money to watch the game the same.

It seems that we have to discuss with the French.

Chapter 310 Two Looking From Afar

Taking advantage of the weekend's free time, Lockhart held an alumni association event in Hogsmeade before the start of the second project.

Lockhart invited a lot of people, including not only several deans, but also many professors and outstanding students of various courses.

The reason why the deans are also willing to come is because the name of Lockhart's alumni association this time is "to find a good job for the students in advance", and he has invited many wizards who have made a name for themselves in the society. If the students can If you have a good relationship with them, you will be able to find a job and join the society immediately after graduation.

Although there is only one magic school in the UK, the Ministry of Magic has no requirements on the employment rate of Hogwarts, but as professors, they have to care about whether their students can be successfully employed, so they cannot refuse Loha special invitation

Besides, the more job recommendation resources in the hands of professors, the better, right?

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Of course, Hermione Granger was also invited, because almost all the professors recommended her to the wizarding enterprise, saying that she was the most outstanding student they had taught in the past ten years.

Because of this, she was able to be a fourth-year student, and got 7 jobs in a row, many of which came from top jobs such as the Department of Mysteries of the Ministry of Magic, Gringotts Actuary, and Magic Item Spellcaster.

Especially Mr. Granger from the Extraordinary Apothecary Association, after knowing that Hermione actually had the same surname as himself, he almost concluded with certainty that the two families had the same ancestor four generations ago, and recognized her as a distant relative on the spot Niece, trying to launch a "family affection" offensive.

If it's waiting for the new year, these fateful cows will definitely not do it again.

The graduating students went to war, but this year was a little different.

Because most of last year's graduates, except those who entered the Ministry of Magic, were recruited by the potion-related industries headed by the Extraordinary Pharmacists Association, resulting in a labor shortage.

If they don't start early and get the talents they want under their banner, they will soon have no one to squeeze... I mean, there will be no new blood injection.

Seeing that she was so popular, Hermione had to explain to them that she was only in the fourth grade under the envious eyes of the senior students, and she still had three years to think about it, so she temporarily declined their invitation.

Only she knows what she wants.

What she wants is not to study knowledge in the ivory tower, nor to gain some fame through her talent, let alone wealth.

What she wants is that everyone and all creatures in sight can live well.

From this point of view, she is indeed a Gryffindor, and she is the kind of person who will never give up her ideals easily.

In the original book, the reason why Lockhart, a glamorous liar, can lie to her for so long is not because Lockhart has never revealed himself.

On the contrary, Lockhart revealed too much stuff, not to mention Hermione, even Harry and Ron discovered something wrong early on, but she kept defending Lockhart.

This is not only because Hermione has a tendency to choose to "believe in printed words", but more importantly, Hermione is unwilling to puncture the "idol template" in her heart in terms of her personal feelings.

When reading Lockhart's books, she lacked a clear goal and naturally took "Lockhart's ideal" as her own.

Lockhart brags in the book that his ambition is to destroy evil, and Hermione also believes that

up.Lockhart said in the book that his most wanted birthday gift is the harmonious coexistence of all magical and non-magical people, and Hermione also regards it as a standard.

Lockhart happened to appear in front of the girl when she needed an idol and a goal the most, and quickly became a synonym for her ideal symbol.She is not so much defending Lockhart as she is safeguarding her own ideals. Even if this idol collapses in the end, she still retains a fantasy for it.

But what's interesting now is that not only has this idol not collapsed, but it has added some other colors, and even the connotation has become deeper and richer.Because that idol not only showed Hermione the "ambition" he wrote in the book, but even revealed to her how he would achieve it.

Although Hermione said that she still had to "think about it for a few more years", in fact, she had already thought about what she would do in the future.

Whenever she watched Lockhart talk to professors, senior students, and distinguished guests: an impulse would arise in her heart-she wanted to stand beside that person.

She also doesn't know when she realized this idea:

Maybe it was when thinking about what Lockhart would do if he was here after encountering a problem;

Perhaps when wandering around Hogsmeade, listening to the villagers talking about "Lockhart's New Deal";

Or in the dueling club, watching the little ghosts use their wands to fight blindly, but I recalled the time when I held a wand in the blue ring of fire and stood in front of hundreds of wizards alone.

It can be said that a Gryffindor, a rationalist, and a young girl, the most perfect idol that can be imagined in her mind, is in front of her eyes, which makes her like a moth in the night, When I saw the light, I wanted to jump over it.

But now there is someone beside that person...

For today's alumni association, Gemma dressed up beautifully.

When Lockhart chatted with various guests, she was always beside him holding his arm, and even helped to receive the female guests brought by the other party, just like a hostess.

And her appearance also made Hermione feel somewhat inferior.

In the values ​​of Western or European and American student culture, children who study hard but have little social interaction are "not in the upper class of the student class (SchL Hierarchy), and such children are usually regarded as "nerds (Nerd)", while "Nerdy" is also a very undesirable trait.

Just like Ross in Friends, there are such good conditions, but "how can a nerd match a courtesan" is the unanimous evaluation of him by the outside world, and he is the one who is not worthy.

Compared to Gemma, who was dressed in a lady's gown, and her hair, jewelry, and nails were well-dressed, Hermione swept her messy hair and front teeth that hadn't been corrected so far. It was inevitable that she would feel ashamed.

So Hermione didn't go up to say hello to Lockhart after hesitating again and again.

Keeping this distance should be enough... she said to herself.

Chapter 310 Look good, this is how the cake is drawn

Lockhart didn't notice Hermione's small thoughts, because he was really busy at the moment, with people in front of him and behind him.

He was worried that the trade market and alumni job fair he held would not have many people to support him, but he did not expect that many wizards were very interested in it, and supported him with practical actions, allowing him to be in front of the student union. Save face.

Of course, this is mainly because he has spent all his energy on the hegemony competition these days, and has little time to care about the wizard market.

The two big deals that Lockhart has done so far, that is, oil and medicine, although the total trade volume is huge, the number of people who have benefited is not too many.

Not to mention oil, only pure blood benefits.Among the potion-related industries, only those traditional herbal medicine growers and farms were able to rapidly increase production and meet the output of the Pharmacists Association.

As a result of the huge amount of money pouring into these industries, the prices of items related to these industries have risen all the way. According to what Lockhart learned from Professor Sprout, even the price of gardener's scissors has doubled.

Just as in the Muggle world, inflation will always only make some people get rich first, so in today's wizarding world, the people who can get rich first are those who did business with Lockhart.

Under such circumstances, Lockhart has become a kind of housing market similar to the flood period. Everyone knows that if they want to make money, they have to invest in this project.

Although Lockhart himself still doesn't like the trade volume of this market that has just opened for a week, many wizards or "retail practitioners" who do small businesses do, and they still look up to it.

So there are so many people who come to join us, it makes sense on page II—even if everyone doesn’t

They don't think this import and export trade market can make much money, but they also want to take the opportunity to get closer to Lockhart, so as to know where the next big profitable project is.

And just as they expected, Lockhart didn't hide his secrets at all, even though he didn't know that he had vaguely been regarded as a lucky cat among wizards.

"It's not that I don't want to tell everyone. In fact, there are many ways to make money without exposing magic." Lockhart talked to them, "Compared to Muggles, we still have a lot of work. It’s just that there are some industries where we can make money, but it’s really meaningless to do it.”

Hearing that Lockhart actually wanted to pick and choose, some impatient people couldn't help it anymore: "Let's talk about it first, we can think about it if we can do it."

Hearing what he said, Lockhart knew that these wizards had indeed fallen into a frenzy for wealth, so he didn't keep it a secret.

"Well...Muggle economists divide all profitable industries into three, namely agriculture, animal husbandry and forestry, industry and service industries.

However, if we classify according to our wizard system, we don't need to divide it so finely, because all industries are service industries for us. The so-called agriculture serves our belly for us, and industry is for us. Serving our needs for items.

Our land can surpass Muggles in terms of yield, and we can do housework faster than Muggles. If we set up an agricultural company or open a domestic service company, we can immediately make more money than Muggles , but oo this is really a waste of our "opportunity cost", I hope you can understand."

"What is 'opportunity cost'?" The person who asked the question seemed a little confused.

"Quite simply, the biggest opportunity we've lost.

For example, if a wizard takes 10 orders to clean a large house on the phone - a tool Muggles use to communicate - all morning, and finishes them all in the afternoon with the 'clean up' spell , then he will get one hundred

Garen's income, and three or four Muggles busy all afternoon carrying boxes and cabinets together, maybe they can only finish two or three orders.

I know a hundred Galleons sounds like a lot, many wizards don't earn half of that amount in a month now, and what he pays is the "clean up" spell that a second grader can learn.

But have you ever thought that if he goes to the hospital to serve Muggles, he can earn at least five thousand Galleons a week just by using the Gut Ejection Curse, the Healing Curse and the Bone Health Potion?

This is not the end, if they serve Muggle football, basketball, baseball and other sports stars, and perform calf fracture, knee meniscus, waist, arm ligament healing surgery for them, maybe he can recover in one operation. The operation fee is tens of thousands of Galleons - not an exaggeration, believe me, those sports stars are willing to exchange half of their net worth for their own health.

So, compared with the tens of thousands of galleons he received for a surgery, did he gain or lose by spending one afternoon doing housekeeping services for one hundred Galleons? "

The example given by Lockhart is easy to understand, and everyone can understand what he means without thinking carefully

"Of course it's a loss, he could have earned more." Someone replied immediately.

"Yes." Lockhart spread out his hands, "so we earn the most if we want."

Everyone nodded, expressing that they understood what Lockhart meant.

"So, which industries do you think are more worthy of our money? Other than medical services and mineral mining assistance?" they asked.

Lockhart obviously thought it through: "Industrial services, specifically the processing of special-shaped parts-at least until the Muggles reduce the cost of 3D printing technology to a profit, we can all earn money." Big profits.

There is also the repair and maintenance of high-end mechanical equipment, we can also try to take over, but the premise is that we must learn. .

However, if we want to solve the employment problem of our wizards in large quantities, then I personally recommend the logistics industry. "

"logistics?"