From Azkaban

"It's a pity. The Malfoy family's business in the Muggle world is not that big. Even if they develop at full speed in the future, they probably won't be able to take much before the bear is completely torn apart."

Just as Locke was thinking, a figure appeared in the space. It was Lucius who quickly came online after receiving Locke's message.

"grown ups"

As soon as Lucius came online, he saw Locke standing not far ahead, and immediately walked up to him and bowed.

"Lucius"

Stopping his thoughts, Locke looked at Lucius and asked, "How is the promotion of the magic network going?"

Eat one bite at a time and do one thing at a time. Although the situation on the Russian side is urgent, it cannot affect the main business.

"Please rest assured, sir. The promotion of the magic network is going smoothly. With the increase in the number of users, the spread of the magic network is also accelerating every day."

As he spoke, Lucius kept talking, explaining in detail to Locke the various arrangements and preparations he and the pure-blood families had made.

First, after controlling public opinion and information channels, they began to guide the direction of the entire British magical community to help the magic network spread better.

Secondly, they also found Gilderoy Lockhart, the star writer.

Lockhart has not been exposed yet and is still the popular star, so Lucius is happy to pay for his influence and let him endorse the magic network.

"Through the control of public opinion and Gilderoy Lockhart's promotion, the Magic Network has gradually become the most fashionable product in the current wizarding world, and is being sought after and supported by more and more wizards."

"According to the current trend, it won't be long before the Magic Network's user base will cover all wizards in the entire British wizarding world."

"At the same time, we are also negotiating cooperation with some traditional companies, striving to connect the magic network with all walks of life in the magic world."

Lucius described the recent situation in an orderly manner, and Locke became more and more satisfied as he listened.

He originally thought that it was already very good that Lucius could initially spread out the magic net. As for what happened next, he just needed to leave it to the magic net itself and let it spread on its own.

But who would have thought that Lucius actually knew how to manipulate public opinion to promote the Magic Network, and even knew how to find celebrities to endorse it. In the end, he was even making preliminary arrangements for the follow-up of the Magic Network, laying the groundwork for further enhancing its influence in the future.

"Lucius, you did a great job. It seems I didn't make a mistake in choosing you."

Locke praised Lucius generously, and Lucius was very excited to receive Locke's praise, thinking that the knowledge he learned from Muggle books was not in vain and was indeed useful.

When Lucius had followed Locke's instructions to find some books on financial management from the Muggle world, he still felt that Muggle knowledge must be extremely superficial.

But as he read more and more deeply, Lucius gradually changed his contemptuous attitude and began to take it seriously.

In the end, Lucius put the knowledge he learned from the book into practice and achieved very good results. Now he has won Locke's praise.

"You are too kind, sir. I was able to do all this according to your guidance. Now that I can get your praise, it proves that I am on the right path. This way, I can continue to move forward with greater determination."

Lucius, who had just straightened his back, bent slightly again and spoke with a humble look on his face.

Volume 1: Chapter 133 Questions

After a simple wave of business flattery, the report on the Demon Network came to an end. Lucius then continued to report on the latest situation in Knockturn Alley.

The flow of people to Knockturn Alley is increasing every day, and new shops are also opening up every day.

Among them, the proportion of local and foreign wizarding communities in the UK has also changed from the initial more than nine to a few tenths of a level to the current seven to a few thirty.

Although the British wizarding community still accounts for a large proportion of locals, it is foreseeable that this situation will change quickly in the future.

The increase in the flow of people and shops naturally means an increase in income. Now Knockturn Alley has completely achieved its initial goal and has become a huge money bag.

Thanks to the knowledge he learned from Muggle books, Lucius became more and more adept at managing Knockturn Alley.

Compared to the beginning when he had to stay in Knockturn Alley every day to handle affairs, Lucius can now go home every day.

Of course, there are also those ordinary members who have just joined Knockturn Alley.

Lucius has never stopped recruiting ordinary members, but as Knockturn Alley began to operate steadily, he also began to improve and modify the standards for recruiting ordinary members.

Previously, because Knockturn Alley was in urgent need of manpower to run its operations, Lucius did not ask for too much. He only required the candidate to have a clean background, not have other purposes, and truly want to join the Round Table.

It’s different now. If you want to join the Round Table Council, in addition to the original requirements, you also need certain standards of personal abilities.

As for what the entire standard would be, Lucius did not make a decision on his own, but asked Locke to make the decision after reporting the situation.

"Personal ability..."

After hearing Lucius' words, Locke began to think. Suddenly, he remembered what he had just talked about with Grindelwald, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly.

"Just the Iron Armor Spell. Just duel. Those who can use the Iron Armor Spell stably and skillfully in battle will meet the standard."

Locke did not set any standards for theoretical knowledge, which belongs to the elites and bigwigs in the magic world. For the general wizards, the use of magic is the core. No one will study theory unless they reach a certain level.

Just like the theories and books I read when I was cramming for my previous life, no matter how thoroughly those big guys wrote them, I still couldn't understand them at all.

"Iron Armor Curse? I see."

Lucius had no objection to Locke's arrangement. Rather, he thought Locke's arrangement was very reasonable.

He was well aware of the current situation in the wizarding world. Not every wizard could cast the Armor Curse, let alone be able to use it stably and skillfully in battle.

Anyone who can reach this standard can try to participate in the Auror selection, unless they are extremely biased and only know the Shield Charm. Therefore, Lucius thinks there is no problem with this standard at all.

After the situation and problems in Knockturn Alley were reported and resolved, the affairs of the British wizarding world came to a temporary end. The next step was to understand the progress of the Muggle world and the arrangements of the Russian side.

Locke first inquired about the acquisition of the company where Vernon Dursley worked. As an old man who had joined the company since its inception, with the support of Lucius and the Round Table, it was not difficult for him to acquire the Granning Company.

"Grunning Company has completed the acquisition. Vernon Dursley is now the sole shareholder of the company and holds 100% of the entire company."

Just as Locke had expected, Granning's company was not large, so the acquisition was not difficult.

"According to your instructions, I will send members of the parliament to provide assistance to Vernon Dursley as appropriate during the next expansion process to ensure that the Grunning Company can expand steadily."

You don't have to be a fool if you have magic. Apart from anything else, Harry Potter's magic system is first-class in terms of secret influence.

Various consciousness spells are simply the best choice for doing this kind of thing. There is no need to worry about exposure at all. A series of spells such as the Confusion Spell, the Forgetting Spell, the Memory Compilation Spell, the Expulsion Spell, etc. are enough to solve all problems.

"Okay, after you solve the problem with Granning Company, you should also deal with the Muggle industry in your hands as soon as possible. Remember to clear all traces of dealings with Granning Company and deal with subsequent issues."

"Please rest assured, I have already taken care of this matter. The Muggle leaders will not find any problems."

Lucius's Muggle industry is not suitable for Locke's subsequent layout in the Muggle world. After all, as a wizard with connections with the British high-level officials, the Muggle industry he runs is bound to attract attention.

This is not alarmist, but a fact. In the process of dealing with the affairs of the Granning Company alone, Lucius has already found out more than a dozen Muggle personnel who are responsible for monitoring his industry.

But again, Harry Potter's magic is first-rate in terms of secrecy and confidentiality, so this problem is not a difficult one.

Later, Lucius even used those dozen people to trace back to all the monitors in his industry.

Lucius did not harm these monitors, but instead modified the memories of all of them to cooperate with his own plan.

After making sure that there was no problem with the progress in the Muggle world, Locke told the story of the woolly bear.

As for the Russian bear, what Locke cares most about is naturally the magic world there. However, due to the geographical conditions there, it is very difficult to find a magic school there, so Locke did not force Lucius, but just told him to do his best.

Locke will subsequently notify the core members who are now scattered in various countries to provide assistance to Lucius to increase the success rate.

As for the arrangements in the Muggle world, Locke actually didn't know much about this, so the advice he could give Lucius was to find someone.

As the saying goes, professional things should be done by professionals. Compared with the wizards in the magical world, the various experts and talents in the Muggle world must know better how to bite off a piece of meat from the wooly bear.

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It was a new day and classes were still in the morning. Locke came to the classroom early with his suitcase and started the second class in his professorial career.

Like the first-grade courses, the second-grade courses are also cognitive, except that the second-grade courses have a little more practical content.

This is also the adjustment Locke made for each grade. The higher the grade, the more practical content there is.

This adjustment can effectively ensure the young wizards' interest in the course of magical science, and at the same time, relying on their expectations for practical content, it can allow first-year wizards to persist in pure theoretical learning.

Soon, the second-grade courses ended, and the young wizards left get out of class and began to spread the interesting practices learned in class around the campus. Locke went to the magic network development office as soon as possible to start preparing for the magic network development in the afternoon.

The development time of Magic Network is three days a week, Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday afternoons. This is the most reasonable time after the adjustment, which can not only ensure the courses, but also give professors time to digest the new progress.

Volume 1: Chapter 134: Love and Hate

When Locke arrived at the office, all the other professors were already there, including Dumbledore and Grindelwald, who was using the alias Grindelwald.

Grindelwald had already read the information and data about the Magic Network, and had already registered a Magic Network account. When Locke arrived at the office, Grindelwald was still immersed in the Magic Network.

"Professors, let's get started. This time we need to solve the problem of the stable independence of a large number of independent consciousnesses when they interact in the same space. At the same time, we will continue to study the optimization of accelerated protection."

Locke walked to the main seat, put the suitcase on the table and opened it. Files flew out of it and landed in front of everyone present.

"Professor Kazir, this is what happened. I found a new idea after I went back last time. After many calculations, I think it is feasible. Here are the detailed information. Please take a look."

Professor Flitwick took out a stack of parchment from his pocket and, with an expectant look on his face, used a spell to send it to Locke.

"Oh!"

Locke didn't expect Professor Flitwick to be so helpful. It was only the beginning, but he was already able to develop independently and apply what he had learned.

"Please wait a moment. Let me take a closer look."

Reaching out to grab the document, Locke quickly opened the parchment opposite him and began to read it carefully.

"........."

There was silence in the office. Everyone was looking at Locke, waiting for him to finish reading the information and give an answer.

After Locke read the information on the parchment carefully and quickly, he closed his eyes and tried to put it into his mind for calculation, and finally found that Professor Flitwick's idea was feasible.

"It works! Professor Flitwick's idea is more appropriate than our previous one. Following your idea, we can save a lot of time!"

Locke really opened his eyes, looked at Professor Flitwick and gave an affirmative answer.

"Great!"

"what!"

Hearing Locke's answer, all the professors present clenched their fists happily. Professor Flitwick even jumped up, waving his wand, and cheered while standing on his chair.

"Everyone, take a look at this. Our next steps will follow Professor Flitwick's advice."

The stack of parchment in Locke's hand quickly copied and split into the corresponding number, flying in front of each person.

After that, relying on the new ideas found by Professor Flitwick, everyone began to quickly advance the development of the magic network. In just one afternoon, the first phase of the entire second-generation magic network development plan was advanced by 70%.

Of course, such great progress is not only due to Professor Flitwick’s new ideas, but also the addition of the legendary wizard Mr. Grindelwald.

The development of the magic network went very smoothly. With the joint efforts of three legendary wizards and a group of top wizards, there were basically no stumbling blocks.

The only limitation is time, but that is also a necessary interval. Not everyone is at the level of Locke and the other two, and professors need time to digest new knowledge.

For this reason, Grindelwald came to Locke and suggested to Locke that if possible, he could find more qualified talents to participate in the development of the magic network.

And unlike the professors, the people he found could work on the development of the magic network without rest.

Faced with this tempting proposal, Locke rejected it without hesitation. Allowing him to join was already the limit. What's more, he would not take any risks until he understood Grindelwald.

Time passed by like this, and soon, another five days passed. The iterative development of the second-generation magic network entered the second stage, and Locke also completely screened the seven ages.

Unfortunately, there were not many students who initially met Locke's requirements. Including Hermione and Harry's group of five, only eleven people were selected from seven grades.

That is to say, among the seven grades outside the first grade, Locke only found five students who met the initial standards. This ratio can be said to be very low.

However, Locke was not disappointed. This situation was within his expectations, and Locke's gains in these seven days were not limited to this.

Through these seven days of teaching, Locke initially made all the students at Hogwarts aware of magical science, and made many students develop a strong interest in magical science, and began to initially recognize Locke's ideas.

So far, Locke's reputation among students is half good and half bad. The good part is because of himself, and the bad part is because of the anti-addiction settings of the magic network.

There is no need to say much about Locke's appearance. Coupled with his gentle and humorous way of treating people and interesting classroom teaching, basically all students who have taken his classes have a good impression and evaluation of him.

But on the other hand, the students liked the magic net more than Locke. Seven days were enough for the students to become completely familiar with the magic net.

For the magic world with a lack of entertainment, the emergence of the magic network is undoubtedly a dimensionality reduction attack. After all, the function of the magic network would be absolutely unmatched even if it was brought to the modern times of Locke's previous life.

Therefore, all the little wizards in the seven grades of the school now have to spend their days carefully planning their Internet use.

This has even trained the self-control ability of a large number of students to a certain extent, after all, they are constantly experiencing the feeling of stopping every day.

Although it was only a short period of nine days, the young wizards could already be said to have been addicted to it for a long time.

It is also because of this situation that Locke, as the designer of the magic network and the creator of the anti-addiction system, is naturally the hatred of every young wizard addicted to the Internet, which leads to his mixed reputation in Hogwarts.

However, this result is exactly what Locke wanted to see. Now the magic network and magical technology have undoubtedly become the enduring topic of Hogwarts.

In such an atmosphere, many of the little wizards' daily activities and conversations revolve around the magic network and magical technology. Over time, these two things will subtly leave a deep impact on them.

Hogwarts is now like an incubator, and the concept of magic and technology is being nurtured and grown little by little on campus.

While the entire Hogwarts was striding forward in full swing, in a corner of Hogwarts, a thin figure was cleaning diligently with tools. This person was Filch.

He was seen wiping the wall with a rag while quietly eavesdropping on the conversation of the little wizards next to him centered on the magic web.

Filch was naturally curious about the magic network, but he was just curious because it, like magic, was something of wizards and could only be used by people with magical talents.