Hermione, join me as Minister of Magic!

Harry is also worthy of being a good-looking dog. The only criterion for picking a girlfriend is "pretty and cute". After seeing Fleur, his heart was still fluttering, and Ron was even more unbearable.

From this, it can be imagined that Fleur Delacour's ability to crush all male creatures, even if Gemma is equally arrogant, must admit that this French woman is an out-and-out strong enemy, and it can even be said "Public Enemy of Women"

"Gidero is very busy, I'm afraid we won't be able to stay at the ball for long." Gemma declared her sovereignty with a domineering look, "Hogsmeade will hold a lantern festival this year, and the Sniff Drilling Company's shareholder meeting It will also be held before the New Year...Of course, as a guest, if you want to participate, I will remind the butler to send you an invitation."

Seeing her like this, how could Fu Rong not know that the Lord is here?

But she ignored Gemma and looked at Lockhart instead.

Lockhart nodded politely, then shook his head in Gemma's direction, signaling that she was telling the truth.

"As far as I know, Roger Davies, the prefect of our Ravenclaw house, should not have a dancing partner yet." He found Fleur a step down.

Fu Rong didn't say much anymore, but left after thanking her.

She is also a very proud mixed veela, she is not willing to humiliate herself.

Although Lockhart is the best prey she can see so far, Veela's survival principle is to flee immediately after the "hunt" fails, so as not to be stewed into a pot of black chicken soup by the furious tigress, so although Furong is depressed , but it didn't show much on the surface.

Fleur's arrival and Lockhart's refusal are not the end, but just a prelude

Because of the prom, in the next few days, there will be an endless stream of women who will invite Lockhart to be a dance partner. Even though Lockhart has clearly stated that "this matter can be closed", there are still people who are not afraid of Gemma's threats. The people behind her went on and on, which made her very annoyed.

"They're all Gryffindor girls." The eldest lady of the Farley family complained impatiently, "They're the only ones who pick flowers in other people's gardens every day, and don't know how to water their own vegetable fields."

Lockhart knew that the reason why she said this was completely out of prejudice, because not only Gryffindor, not even Hogwarts, but even girls from other schools had come to Lockhart.

After all, he is an internationally renowned wizard!Lockhart thought rather complacently.

"They invited me just to make themselves face, don't be too disgusting

Excited. advised Lockhart. "Funga Wizards has sponsored gowns for warriors, and we need to get everyone excited about going to the ball." "

"But there are obviously a lot of bulls in heat in the school."

Although Gemma still made a sarcasm, she didn't continue nagging, after all, she also knew the nature of the dance.

Although the Five Powers Tournament has become a commercial competition under Lockhart's operation, for the five magic schools themselves, this is an out-and-out large-scale networking event, plus a large-scale joint enrollment publicity event .

According to Lockhart's knowledge, Dumbledore has even proposed with the principals of several other schools to conduct a "joint examination of all schools", on the premise of mutual recognition of each other's academic qualifications, to carry out the flow of wizard students between senior grades.

Although the Big Five Tournament only took place twice, the differences in teaching between the schools were gradually revealed.And each has its strengths.

It's embarrassing to say that although Hogwarts is known as the best school of magic in the world, except for Transfiguration, there are not many other subjects that are good.

Herbalism is stronger than Castroshe, alchemy and divination are far inferior to Beauxbatons, black magic is inferior to Durmstrang and Ilvermorny, and even potions and magical biology are only It can be said to be "distinctive", but not the strongest.Although astronomy is not satisfactory, Hogwarts is undoubtedly inferior to traditional European and South American strong schools.

Dumbledore believed that if some students did have enough talent in a subject, but he himself had to stay in the country of his birth to receive a mediocre education because of his nationality, then it would undoubtedly be a crime for educators like them.

Several other school spokespersons agreed.

The so-called "strength" of a school, in the final analysis, actually lies in the professors, that is, the strength of the faculty.A bad school is bad in a subject because of a good teacher

It is very normal to advance by leaps and bounds in science and technology, and it is very likely that a traditionally advantageous subject will fall from the altar overnight because of a bad professor.

Rather than saying that they are exchanging students, it is better to say that they are sharing professor resources. This is by no means a bad thing for wizards who are short on manpower.

Because of the empathy, everyone quickly reached a consensus on the issue of academic exchange students, but they still need to teach their own humanities courses such as History of Magic and Muggle Studies, because there are still some differences in ideology after all.

If possible, when a Hogwarts student ends his fifth grade in a few years, he can choose to go to another school to study NEWTsT

This Christmas ball is undoubtedly a good opportunity for students from several schools to communicate and enhance mutual understanding.

Especially for fourth graders and fifth graders, they may soon be able to enjoy the benefits of studying abroad for the remaining two years of their studies. It is also a good thing to say hello to future classmates in advance and get acquainted with each other.

Chapter 330: Lupine Returns

Although everyone knew the significance of this Yule Ball exchange, Lockhart still received a lot of indiscriminate bombardment in the next few days.

In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, for example, this matter may affect his political future in the future, Lockhart had to issue a statement, saying that he refused the invitation of the "children" who were still studying.

"The relationship between students and professors is not equal. A child whose mind is still growing can easily feel admiration and gratitude for the professor who gave him/her educational behavior, and it is easy to get lost in the aura created by idols. , and some even try to get a sense of security from the teacher when their parents are far away and leave their homes. If you let go of the so-called "freedom of love", then there will definitely be unequal emotional exploitation. This is not love..."

On the Muggle side, the legal concept of prohibiting teacher-student romance has been very mature, but it needs to be re-interpreted on the wizard side.The wizarding world is not only lagging behind in science and engineering, but also lagging behind Muggles a lot in humanities. This is not something that can be solved in the short term.

Lockhart was thinking that if he became the Minister of Magic, he would definitely introduce a bill to encourage graduates of magic schools to go to Muggle universities after graduation. A 17-year-old wizard is still far from being "usable". distance.

Or he could set up a student foundation in the name of the Sniffing Drilling Company and the Extraordinary Pharmacy Company, and make donations to Muggle universities?

This has to be noted.

After Lockhart issued this statement, the professors in Hogwarts also promulgated similar school regulations, which also prohibited students from developing relationships with professors.

But to be honest, this problem did not exist in the past, because Hogwarts

Although the professors have their own charms for a long time, it is difficult for the students to develop romantic feelings.

But this kind of thing has to be guarded against. In addition to Lockhart, if Hogwarts needs to hire younger professors in the future, then similar things will happen sooner or later. It is also good to promulgate the school regulations in advance.

Gemma is relieved - now she can continue to visit the clothing store and order her own dress this year.

It's just that not everyone agrees with Lockhart's choice," even if he agrees with Lockhart's philosophy.

While drinking, Sirius gave his own advice in front of Lockhart: "Although I understand what you mean, I have to say that the girl you're looking at is probably not a good girl, a good girl who really suits you Still in school."

"What?" Lockhart asked back.

"I mean, the young lady of the Farley family is not suitable for you." Sirius bluntly said, "She is exactly like my mother, arrogant, sophisticated, and self-centered. It can be seen that I know too well what these people think. "

Lockhart was not impressed by this: "No one is perfect in this world, Sirius

, being a good person in most respects is not bad. "

This is what Sirius can say, and Lockhart knows he doesn't care.If it was anyone else, Lockhart would have suspected that he was up to something.

Don't you hear that "Sparse and inseparable"?

Sure enough, Sirius simply felt sorry.

"I just feel that there are better choices in front of you, why do you insist on choosing one that you don't even like? Isn't this tiring? I found out when I was sleeping in the office before, you Every time I face Miss Farley, I'm "acting". "

Lockhart almost forgot that "Ball" had been with him for more than half a year, and he was often able to notice his small movements inadvertently.

"Life is like a play, it all depends on acting skills. Anyway, no matter what the relationship is, you need someone to maintain it...Wife also needs coaxing, doesn't it?"

Sirius smiled: "It's two different things... Forget it, I really feel worthless for that girl, and fell in love with such a boring guy like you."

"Who?"

"Hermione, don't tell me you didn't notice."

Lockhart couldn't help laughing: "If it's only to that extent, then it's not a "love" child always..."

F can be. "Sirius said no more.

He was born in the Black family known as "forever pure", but in the end he became a person who betrayed his class out of rebellion and humanity.

So Sirius looks down on women like Narcissa who are hypocritical, essentially utilitarian, and cowardly. In his opinion, he will only boast when a person has nothing to boast about. own lineage.

Sirius likes children like Hermione. She is similar to his cousin Andromeda Tonks. She is strong in her bones but humble, and the most important thing is her true temperament.

But Gemma Farley is the complete opposite. Even he has to admit that this woman is indeed very smart, but her personality is wrong, and the smarter she is, the more she hates her.

But now it seems that Lockhart will not consider Hermione for a while, he doesn't even regard her as an object of serious consideration, he can only say that good luck tricks people, Sirius is not good for his godson as his sister People can play with each other casually.

A few days later, in order to participate in the Order of the Phoenix's Christmas "training camp", Lupine also returned home from Nigeria.

As the only remaining friend from school, and because he is now an employee of the company he owns shares in, Sirius found a big room in the Three Broomsticks, invited Lupine to dinner, and called Lockhart over by the way.

"Our business is doing well," reported Lupine beamingly, "but there are many problems."

"Of course," Lockhart replied. "If there weren't enough questions, BP and Shell wouldn't want to give up there."

Lu Ping looked strange: "Actually, the main problem is caused by those two companies."

Lockhart was a little surprised: "The people from BP told me that there are more than 100 local militant organizations, large and small, and those black people are lazy and greedy. It seems that all of them are destined to eat foreign companies like them, They often kidnap their employees, steal their oil, and even order them to stop production...they lied to me?"

"It's not deceiving, but I'm afraid it's a bit inaccurate." Lupine sighed, "But it's also true. No one likes to reflect on their own mistakes. It's much easier to blame the cause on the outside."

Don't talk about Lockhart, even Sirius understands:''That is to say, those gangsters are shirking their responsibilities. "

Lupine hadn't heard Sirius swear for a long time, and after listening to it, there was a feeling called "kindness" for a while.

"Yes, it was raised by my cousin."

Lupine actually agreed with him, and it seemed that he also hated what those companies did.

Chapter 330 IX Lu Ping's Debriefing

It is said that social experience will make a person grow faster, and Lupine is like this.Unlike Lupine before he came to Hogwarts to teach, after a year of successful teaching and a year and a half of hard work, the current Lupine is obviously more confident when he speaks, and he begins to exude a sense of fame. For the breath of "successful people".

However, it took Lockhart 10 minutes to confirm that he was indeed the same as before, the "robber"

In Lupin's description, whether it is BP or Shell, their local actions can be described as "difficult to describe" or "too many to write".

"...The people from the Muggle Stone Company don't care about the life and death of the local people at all, and they don't pay attention to protecting the local environment when they exploit oil. The local water and land have been greatly polluted, and soon there will be no crops in the local area. , but the Muggle government collected money from foreigners and did not allow them to make further claims, so most of these resistance organizations were forced out by these oil companies."

Hearing this, Sirius interjected: "I remember that Muggles have environmental protection organizations? They don't care?"

"There are indeed appeals from environmental protection organizations." Lupine said cautiously, "But those "non-profit organizations" called NG by Muggles don't know magic, they can't make food, and naturally they have to eat, so they All I can do is call

Sirius was shocked: "Then what do they do?"

Lupine said of this: "They would rather deal with the Japanese whaling and the Norwegian tuna farming, because the Americans paid them to destroy the farming industries in these countries so that no one could compete with the Americans." Alright...Although what they do is indeed "environmental protection", they will only do it if it is profitable

For example, manufacturers of artificial meat and recycled paper pay for it..."

Lockhart smiled wryly. As a former civil servant, he probably knew better than Lupine about this kind of thing, and he didn't need to investigate in detail. He knew that what Lupine said was right based on common sense.

Lupine continued to talk, as if he wanted to vent all the stagnation in his heart:

In short, there is a mess of bad debts in the future...Shell Oil deliberately provoked it, so it paid some of the rebel organizations indemnity, and those rebel organizations were divided and often fought on their own.And because the money comes in so fast, many people concentrate on collecting claims, and no one cares about improving the environment.Instead, this gave BP and Shell an excuse, saying that the locals just wanted to extort money and refused to work hard, and the rebel organization and the Nigerian government also fell out.

What's more nonsense is that because the local environment has been destroyed, the local Muggles can't farm the land, so many people have to join resistance organizations or work in foreign oil companies in order to make a living.

Oil companies find that more employees apply for jobs, and they can pay lower wages, so they don't care about the local environmental protection.And those rebel organizations also found that no one can eat so they can get more soldiers, so they challenge the government and the British and Dutch companies, so they don't want to clean up the oil pollution... Sigh. "

/J Sirius sneered, and then took a big gulp of wine: "It seems to be the same everywhere, the bad guys among Muggles are not kinder than Voldemort."

"Yes, so after I arrived in Nigeria, I spent three months to figure out the situation, and then together with more than 2 local wizards, I purified part of the land along the Niger River..."

With a "poof", the wine in Sirius' mouth sprayed out.

"Wait, twenty thousand wizards?!" Sirius asked in disbelief.

"It's not all wizards," Lupine explained, "but the locals call him

They are wizards, because many Muggles are members of the Voodoo cult, and they persecute many Muggle children and women as wizards, I don't think I can leave them alone..."

"My God, you are a saint." Sirius sighed.

"It's nothing, really, it's nothing."

Lupine lowered his head to drink, but found that his glass was empty, so Lockhart hurriedly ordered another glass for several people.

"In other words, the reason why you didn't see any benefits after going for almost a year is because you arranged for local people?" Lockhart understood.

"Well... we cleared a piece of land, let Muggles grow food, and then arranged jobs for the local wizards... Thanks to the gang of black-hearted oil companies that made the local food prices soar, the things we planted have already Earned all the money spent.

Then one day, some leaders of the rebel army found us and wanted to ask us for money, but they happened to meet their mothers in our camp. After being scolded, they never talked about it again... Ha ha! "

Although Lupine said it lightly, Lockhart knew that things might not be as easy as he said.

Sure enough, people are still exercising outside. 1

^It's really hard work for you, compared to you, those purebloods don't have to do anything, but they can get so much money...Isn't it, Sirius? " Lockhart pointed

Sirius almost jumped up: "Don't get me involved, I didn't vote too much

"Hehe." Lockhart didn't comment on this.

Although I drank some wine in the afternoon, it did not affect the decision between Lockhart and Lupine.

Bucket.

As Madam Pomfrey said in the original book, "We finally have a qualified Defense Against the Dark Arts professor", Remus Lupine should not be weak

After all, he knows the Patronus, can deal with Sao Ling and Zombies, and has a wealth of knowledge about magical creatures.

In comparison, Snape may be better than Lupine in terms of potions and black magic, but his knowledge of magical creatures and common sense of Muggleology is a mess. For example, Snape believes that the number of Kappa is the largest in the desert steppe country Mongolia.If it was a Muggle, Snape was definitely the one who built a navy for the Mongols.

However, Lupine's fighting ability made Lockhart a little disappointed-because he was even more impatient than Sirius.

If Sirius can still put some pressure on Lockhart in terms of speed, then Lupine is a "flesh" feeling. Although it seems to last longer, he did not let Lockhart from the beginning to the end. Feel tricky too.