The Mightiest Badger at Hogwarts

Just as Link and Emily were hiding in the Room of Requirement for a secret conversation, the opening ceremony of the 'Public Factory' also entered the final stage of preparations.

This time, the opening ceremony of the factory was decided to take place in the corridor that ran through the entire 'factory' after Cedric's selection.

A huge wooden platform was still placed in the center of the corridor, waiting for the main people in charge of the 'factory' to come on stage to hold a ceremony.

Also waiting are the crowds who have already gathered in the audience.

Of course, since the opening ceremony was deliberately scheduled to coincide with the first class in the afternoon, many students did not have time to attend. As a result, although the crowd in the corridor seemed large, it was not dense enough. degree.

"John, it's almost time, are you ready?"

Cedric pushed open the door of an office not far from the crowd and said to John inside.

For today's opening ceremony, John specially brought a new set of robes, borrowed hair oil from someone, and combed his hair into an adult look.

It's a pity that such clothing and hairstyle bonuses didn't give him much confidence. When Cedric suddenly opened the door and asked, John was startled at first, and then said weakly:

"Yeah, I'm ready, I guess..."

Cedric frowned upon hearing this.

The tension on John's body was already visible to the naked eye.

Cedric could understand John's feelings at this moment very well. He was in the same state when he first became a prefect and guided the new students.

Therefore, he also knew very well that what John needed most at this moment was not comfort, but someone who could stand up and help him sort out his confused thoughts.

Cedric closed the door quietly, walked up to John and held his shoulders and said:

"Have you memorized the speech I gave you?"

John, who was held down by Cedric, felt a little relieved for no reason. He nodded to John, then shook his head and said:

"I know it by heart, but I'm worried..."

"It doesn't matter if you don't recite it, or if something unexpected happens then. You just need to remember the three core purposes of our opening ceremony." Cedric interrupted, holding out three fingers. First, publicize the existence of our factory to everyone in Hogwarts. Second, take this opportunity to start recruiting on the spot. What you must pay attention to at this point is the number of people. In order to speed up the transformation of the factory, we Many jobs have been promised to Hufflepuff students before. In addition, we must reserve some positions for mobile use. In other words, the maximum number of workers you can sign on site this time is no more than 50. It's the limit.

Third, that was the plan against Umbridge.In fact, this is the most important thing!What Link handed down must be completed. This is not only related to whether the students of Hogwarts can get more opportunities to make money, but also related to Link's subsequent key plans.

Listen, John.

Although this factory was founded by Link and the student union.But in essence, the student union can only play a supervisory role, so I can't go up and host the ceremony for you.

But it’s not really a big deal.

The so-called speech draft is nothing more than a formality.As long as you keep these three core points in mind, it doesn't matter whether you follow the script or not. Do you understand? "

"I understand the truth," John wanted to scratch his head out of habit, but as soon as he stretched out his hand, he remembered his oily hair style, so he could only put down his hand and said with great irritation, "But Umbridge hasn't appeared yet. Ah, do you think she will really come?"

"Of course she will come!" Cedric said decisively, "Didn't you notice that many people who were supposed to go to the NWET Defense Against the Dark Arts class this afternoon were already waiting outside for the opening ceremony? With so many people, there are always They can't all be skipping classes, right? This means that Umbridge has canceled today's class. And since she has already done so, what reason does she have for not coming?"

Hearing this, John finally relaxed a little, took a deep breath and said:

"I understand, she deliberately wanted to be there for the finale to show her presence."

"As long as you understand." Cedric looked up at the clock on the wall, patted Cedric hard and said, "The time is up, it's your turn to play!"

John nodded firmly, stood up and walked out of the office.

Unlike the quiet office, the corridor seemed extremely lively at this moment.

The students who had been waiting for a long time gathered together and chattered to each other. Their individual voices may not be loud, but when combined, they were as shocking as thunder.

And with the appearance of the two leaders, John and Cedric, the crowd burst into deafening cheers.

I don’t know if it was a welcome to the two of them, or a celebration that the long wait was about to end.

But no matter what, their sudden cheer was like an invisible sledgehammer, hitting John's heart hard, directly destroying the little confidence he had barely built up with Cedric's help. It was shattered.

He lowered his head instinctively and silently followed Cedric.

This situation became even more obvious after getting on the wooden platform.

John's heart was beating violently due to nervousness.

However, the high-intensity exercise of the heart did not seem to be able to pump enough oxygen into the blood. John only felt that his chest was extremely tight, and his eyesight became black.

Fortunately, he still had Cedric by his side.

'If Cedric hadn't been here, I would have fainted by now. '

John thought as he looked at Cedric's profile.

But not long after this idea arose, Cedric's pupils shrank as if he had discovered something, and then he spoke to John very fast:

"Umbridge is here, I'll go greet her, and you can continue to host the opening ceremony."

After saying that, Cedric got off the wooden platform without looking back.

John instinctively stretched out his hand to grab Cedric, but he missed it. Looking back, he saw that the crowd in the audience was getting more and more angry because of Cedric's sudden departure and his delay in starting to speak. It became noisy.

Uh--

Looking at the hundreds of pairs of eyes with different expressions, John made a slight strange sound in his throat.

Huge pressure poured directly onto him like a tidal wave. His mind went blank under the pressure, and he couldn't even remember the speech he had memorized by heart.

At this moment, only the three core purposes that Cedric mentioned to him before were still vaguely flashing in his mind.

After taking two deep breaths, John finally took out his wand and put the tip of the wand against his throat.

"The voice is loud."

As the spell was used, Link's slightly heavy breathing was directly amplified and reached the ears of everyone present.

Perhaps out of politeness, most people in the audience cooperated and kept quiet.

And John finally spoke:

"I am the person in charge of the 'Hogwarts Link Foley Joint Public Factory'. Today, we opened for business. In a while, we will be recruiting workers. We will hire 50 people first. The hourly wage will start from 5 Silver Sickles per hour. You can be promoted according to level when you reach 10 Yinxi. Well, that’s it.”

As soon as the words fell, the corridor where there were still some whispers became completely quiet.

In this strange silence, John felt that his heart was sinking, sinking...

He felt like he had messed everything up.

But this really cannot be blamed on the students present.

John's speech, or rather the way he spoke, was something they had never seen in their lives.

Not only were these words dry and emotionless, but the tone was also very strange, and they were surprisingly short!

However, just like what Cedric said to John before.

The so-called opening ceremony speech is just a formality.

Just as John and Cedric had three core purposes for holding the opening ceremony, these students in the audience also had their own core purpose for coming to watch the opening ceremony during school hours on this weekday.

That is to get first-hand information about the factory.

Let's see if the actual situation is as good as the rumors say.

Although John's speech was short and strange, he told all the students in the audience what they wanted to know.

That's enough.

Another more important point is that the treatment provided by the public factory far exceeded the expectations of all students present.

As a result, the weird silence only lasted for a few moments, and what followed was a roar of screams and cheers like a mountain roar and a tsunami.

John, who was overwhelmed by all kinds of praises, was immediately confused.

His heart, which originally fell into the bottomless abyss, was instantly thrown to heaven. This huge sense of gap made him feel a little overwhelmed for a moment.

Suddenly, John caught sight of Cedric in the corner.

He had taken Umbridge to a step on the side of the platform where other students could not see, and was waving to John.

Seeing what he didn't understand, John put the tip of his staff against his neck again and said:

"Next, I would like to invite Professor Umbridge, the management professor of the Hogwarts Link Foley Joint Factory, to speak!"

Cedric had already noticed John's embarrassment and hurriedly led Umbridge onto the platform.

When passing by John, he leaned close to him and encouraged him softly:

"You did a great job!"

Hearing this, John breathed a sigh of relief and woke up from his light trance. Only then did he realize that the shirt he was wearing had been soaked with sweat. It was actually very cold when the cold wind blew at this moment.

However, John did not dare to react too much at this time. He could only stand beside Umbridge with a fake smile along with Cedric.

Their performance was all noticed by Umbridge.

She first gave John and Cedric a weird smile, and then turned to look at the students in the audience.

"uh-huh!"

A slight cough, amplified by the Loud Voice Curse, came from Umbridge's mouth and resounded throughout the corridor.

This made the crowd that was originally excited and noisy because of John's speech slightly quieter.

Although they disliked Umbridge very much, they were still curious about what Umbridge would say next, and looked forward to hearing more good news.

Unfortunately, they were destined to be disappointed.

Under the gaze of everyone, Umbridge said in an awkward girlish voice:

"Good afternoon, lovely students, I am very happy to be able to attend the opening ceremony of the factory as a management professor of the 'Hogwarts Link Foley Joint Factory' and attend the speech. I am also very happy to watch It is undoubtedly great that a student can stand up and start such a factory that is beneficial to students, Hogwarts and even the Ministry of Magic. I think all of us here must thank the hard-working prefects of the Student Union. We would also like to thank Mr. Link Foley for his efforts. Without them, we..."

Umbridge's speech was still that emphatic. At first glance, it sounded gorgeous and profound, but upon closer inspection, the content turned out to be miraculous, with no substantive content at all.

The most terrible thing is that her speech is too long!

This was in stark contrast to John's previous speech.

After only a short while of listening, the students in the audience were already getting impatient.

If John hadn't said before that there would be recruitment later, and the wages for all positions in the factory were not low, these people would have dispersed long ago.

Of course, there are some people who just turn around and leave.

These people are not so rich that they don't care about the next recruitment, but they are very confident that even after they come back from a trip, Umbridge's speech will not end.

And it turns out, they were right.

Just as the atmosphere in the corridor became increasingly irritable, John and Cedric, who were hiding behind Umbridge, continued to communicate softly.

different from others.

They were very interested in the content of Umbridge's speech.

So far, most of Umbridge's series of speeches have been praising Link and the factory.

This is extremely abnormal for a person who had just been humiliated by Link not long ago.

Judging from John and Cedric's understanding of Umbridge, the other party is not someone who can calm down just by showing up at a pressure point.

And just as they thought, after a long 'warm-up', the main event of Umbridge's trip finally came.

"...It is true that Mr. Link Foley has made so many contributions to Hogwarts, but I still have to say that he did something wrong in opening the factory this time."

Umbridge said in a deep voice, "The first thing is the name. Although there is nothing wrong with the name 'Hogwarts Link Foley Joint Public Factory' at first glance, it is too complicated and difficult to remember. The most important thing is The existence of the Ministry of Magic is ignored. You must know that the management rights of production units such as factories belong to the Ministry of Magic.

It was the Ministry of Magic that took into account the actual needs of the students and opened up the factories in Hogwarts and delegated the relevant management powers to me, a management professor.

And I think we cannot forget this kindness from the Ministry of Magic.

Therefore, the specific name of this factory should be changed to "factory".That is the English abbreviation of Ministry of Magic, Hogwarts and Link.

In addition, further discussion is needed on the issues of personnel control and treatment in the factory.Fully eliminate the emergence of corruption problems and strive for greater benefits for students.

I will discuss the specific implementation with Mr. Link Foley in person after the ceremony to ensure fairness and justice! "