A certain Hogwarts rune professor

Chapter 407 The New Face of the Company

Felix watched as Ginny and Luna left the classroom holding the replica of the Goblet of Fire. To be honest, it was not light, but he wisely did not suggest that they use magic.

They're all very smart, maybe they just don't want to, not really don't realize that they can use the Levitation Charm to reduce weight... right?

……

The next morning, it was the weekend again, he appeased the sleepy Nixiu, walked through the office fireplace to Diagon Alley.

Felix walks down a long cobbled road lined with restaurants and shops, some of which are lined with giant parasols and the sign of Florin's Ice Cream Shop in warm yellow light sparkling with light.

Even with his intuitive eyes, he can tell that the company 'Future World' is developing very well - along the way, he can often see magic lamps, big and small, through the shop windows along the way, like a drop of water, blending into the The center of London's wizarding world.

At the entrance of the future world company headquarters, he unexpectedly saw a large group of people crowded at the entrance, noisy and lively.At the same time, some people came out talking and laughing.

Two staff members at the door were sweating profusely to appease the crowd, "Ladies and gentlemen, don't be crowded, everyone will have their turn." He let in one or two people from time to time.

How is this going?

Felix stood aside and stared for a moment, then walked forward, the crowd separated automatically, "Wait a minute, this gentleman...you are Mr. Haipu?" The staff who stopped in front said in surprise, and then worshiped Looking at him with eyes, he led him into the vertical castle building.

"Mr. Haipu, please come in, I have to maintain order." The staff said respectfully.

Felix nodded, went up the stairs, and had a panoramic view of the scene in the hall.

This place has completely changed.

He still remembered that the place was originally empty with dark floors. Looking straight up from the center of the hall, he could directly see the chandelier on the top. layers are connected.

What impressed Felix the most was that he, Snape, and Lupine had fought here, and then sat together to discuss the company's development plan.

But the hall in front of him looked like a magnificent museum, full of people.

The young witches pointed at more than a dozen display cabinets, which should be newly developed products by the company's researchers, and a few staff members in uniform clothes were busy next to them.

"Professor Hype," said a girl with long curly hair.

"Clivet," Felix said to the people next to him, "the company has changed so much that I can't even recognize it."

"This is the result of everyone's hard work." Penello said with a smile. At this time, they walked along the spiral stairs to the second floor.She introduced as she walked: "Opening the lobby on the first floor is Keremy's proposal. We put some of the products that are not fully finalized outside, regularly invite outsiders to visit and try them out, and pick out useful suggestions for revision."

"I see, you are doing a good job." Felix nodded slightly, and said with emotion: "Maybe I should give you a raise."

He stood at the railing on the second floor, looking down from above.

With the help of the staff, a young witch put on an emerald crown, and then the crowd burst into exclamation. Her whole body shone with a crimson light, and her hair turned a light hoarfrost color. The magic radiance intertwined and extended down her neck. Under everyone's envious eyes, she put on a light concubine-colored princess dress, and gorgeous flowers bloomed on the edge of the skirt.

"How much is this! I want this!" cried the Witch.She looks like a princess now, every inch of her skin is shining with dazzling luster.

"This is not for sale, we are still in the experimental stage..." The staff had to explain with difficulty.

Twenty or thirty feet away, a curly-haired little boy with purple hair blew out a sea-blue bubble, wrapping his younger brother who had just turned one year old inside. feet in height.Sitting in the bubble, the baby stretched out his chubby little hand to a budding Clivia, but was blocked by the bubble.When the sea-blue bubbles land on the buds of Clivia, the petals bloom little by little, and a thumb-sized flower fairy is projected from the bright yellow stamens, flashing around the baby quickly, causing a burst of "giggle" laughter .

Their parents carefully accompanied them, repeatedly confirming that there was no problem...

Felix continued upstairs, and he asked, "How is Percy's work at the Ministry of Magic?"

"Him?" Penello sighed, "He is too busy and wants to make some achievements, and just in time for his boss, Mr. Crouch, to take a long vacation, so he can only issue instructions through owls, which leaves him a lot of trouble. With full autonomy, many small things can be decided by himself...he is addicted to it..."

She said with some dissatisfaction: "He told me that he wanted to live in the ministry, but I stopped him."

Felix paused. His impression of Percy was hard work in his studies and rigidity in his daily life, with a profound lack of sense of humor.Although he didn't like to tell jokes himself, at least he could hear them and was willing to applaud them, but these behaviors were not seen in Percy.

According to Mrs. Weasley's original words, "Ten cows can't bring back the decision he made."

Felix looked at Penello thoughtfully.

"Can you convince him?"

"Usually... yes." Penello was a little strange, but still replied.

"Yeah." Felix nodded.

They came to the third floor and pushed open a solid wooden door. Inside was a spacious room. Lupine and several people stood together and had a serious conversation.

In the center of the room stands a huge wormwood-colored canvas that looks like a portrait, with moving images on it——

Two delicate magic puppets are engaged in a duel, with blue lightning and orange flames intersecting each other.The puppets are obviously controlled by people, and they often use the terrain to avoid attacks when there is no time, and their movements are natural and smooth.The researchers below watched the canvas intently, exclaiming from time to time, or gasping in unison because of the intense action scene.

Felix is ​​acutely aware that this is not an enchanted painting, but a live broadcast of some sort, as he sees Creme Vera and Arik McKee surrounded by crowds - they are on the canvas At the bottom of the screen is the commanding puppet, a huge thing like a camera is facing the 'battlefield' between them.

Seeing Felix approaching, Lupine hurried over.He complained, "If owls hadn't been sending letters, I would have thought you were missing."

"Didn't I come here before?" Felix said with some embarrassment.

"Indeed," Lupine nodded, teasingly, "let me think about when, if my memory hadn't been altered, I saw you last week, no, it was through the sound mirror, yes Last week? That's your patron saint——sent over two alchemy material recipes. Or last week? I misremembered, it was actually Dobby..."

"Ahem!" Felix rolled his eyes quickly, and changed the subject, "That's the space capsule I told you about? It's so interesting..."

They stared at the other side of the spacious room together. A young researcher took out a capsule from a flat metal box, threw it on the ground, and exploded a cloud of white smoke with a "bang", throwing various miscellaneous substances from it. Things, canvas bags, kettles, clothes, and even some firewood...

The researcher groaned in disappointment, "Oh~ it still doesn't work..."

When it came to business, Lupine became serious.He looked away, and said to Felix, "The Ministry of Magic still refuses to let go. You know, they are very strict about the Untraceable Stretching Curse."

"You don't have to worry about obstruction from the Ministry," said Felix.

Lupine stared at him. "That's not what the Magic Items Control said."

"Don't worry, Remus." Felix comforted him, "As long as they allow magic items carrying the Untraceable Stretching Charm to be sold publicly, whether it's tents or anything... Even if there is only one kind, Future World Corporation can Get qualified."

"The only thing we need to pay attention to is to do a good job in the anti-tampering part. The use of the product must not be changed." Felix stared at the young wizard who was experimenting in the distance and said: "It is not allowed to bring living things, especially people." He thought Liao wanted to add: "It's best to urge the Ministry of Magic to improve this part of the law, and make clear regulations on the size of the space that is allowed to expand..."

"You speak as if the Ministry of Magic is run by your family. I'm not as confident as you are." Lupine muttered, but Felix pretended not to hear clearly.He put his arm around Lupine's shoulders and led him to a large workbench with various odds and ends.

Constant temperature lockets, magic lamps, sound transmission mirrors, emerald crowns...there are so many things that make people dazzled.

"Okay, can you give me an introduction, what are the new products, and how is the company's recent development?"

"Currently we have seventeen products, but twelve are still in development, including the ones in the lobby... the remaining five, plus the couple mirrors for the Weasley twins - which we sell outside as the Legendary The sound mirror, because it can’t transmit images over long distances—it’s already on sale in seven stores.”

"Not counting foreign orders..."

Lupine showed an appreciative expression, "The Quidditch World Cup light show was very successful. We have received a large number of orders one after another, and we are completely short of manpower. We have to cooperate with the Owl Post Office."

While talking, a tawny owl flew in through the castle window.Circle around Lupine for two weeks and drop a letter.

He hastily opened the letter for a glance, and explained as he read it, "It's about the product's launch date. Your strategy is very effective. When we sent out the magic lamp product, we also included a list of products to be launched... Many people wrote to ask."

He finally said: "Counting those overseas, the 'Future World' company has more than one hundred employees. Even the "Daily Prophet" does not have so many people."

Felix didn't think it was enough, "Continue to expand. Insufficient manpower and continue to recruit."

Lupine looked at him hesitantly, "It's barely enough for now. Although it's busy recently, it's because the company is still in the development stage. When it runs smoothly in the future, it won't need so many people."

The number of companies in the magic world is actually quite small.The main reason is that there are only [-] to [-] wizards in the whole of the UK. Coupled with the convenience of magic, only a few skilled employees are enough.

And this kind of small company often becomes the industry of a certain family, and it only recruits people every ten years.To some extent, his "Future World" company is an alternative—if the current momentum continues, if the brakes are not stepped on, it may only take two or three years to surpass the Ministry of Magic in terms of number.

Felix looked at Lupine, his light blue eyes met his, and he said calmly:
"For a long time to come, I hope that the company will be in the development period. As for the smooth operation...maybe it will wait until you retire."

(End of this chapter)