[HP] Illusion

Harry was running the job as Edward Prince, and the fact that he was a big hit in the Daily Prophet earlier made him want to

The quality of potion will be affected by various factors. A good potionist can strictly control the quality of the product and ensure its effective range, but not all potionists can do this.

In other words, anyone can make potions, but not everyone can do them well, a typical example of being easy to learn but difficult to master.

And there are even fewer potion masters who can make advanced potions. Once these potion masters who are said to be able to "improve prestige, brew honor, and even prevent death" appear, everyone will chase after them and be crazy about them.

There are very few such people in today's magic world, and because of the certain effects of these potions, users will not even let them surface, so few people can get in touch with these people.

Harry's Potions Workshop was a special case because he picked the "right guy" from the start, someone who was in constant contact with people who weren't short of money and needed these special "high-end potions", and his production It has long been circulated among these people.So when he set up a studio and revealed his face to these people, the advantages were quite obvious.

The word-of-mouth of Harry's studio is based on the accumulation of customers. Of course, these potions will not allow you to get what you want at once, so Harry has no shortage of customers.

Obviously, there were more people who needed these shady potions than Harry had imagined, especially after his products were transferred from family to family, more and more people came to Harry.

Even because of the quality of the potions, after one or two business dealings, these people not only asked for these so-called high-end potions, but also some orders for ordinary potions, and Harry readily accepted them all. .These people are not fools. The quality of a bottle of potion may save your life, especially in the current situation where the war will break out at any time. If one day the entire magic world is involved into a war, then they would have an advantage over those without these medicines.

Harry found that the current situation has become more and more tense recently, which is also reflected in the fact that more and more people came to place orders, and everyone will ask him to keep it secret. In fact, they don't need to say this, Harry will follow suit, he Even in the orders of these people, a lot of information about their actions can be obtained.

In fact, because of the rumors that Edward Prince once kissed Slytherin at Hogwarts, and the fact that the "Prince family" is a well-known potion family in the industry, many people think that Edward Prince It's one of them - there won't be too many people to check, once they confirm that Harry's production is of the best quality, such an idea will be ingrained in these people's minds, there is no need for Harry Deliberately promote it.

In fact, in terms of publicity methods, Harry's semi-stocking and rough methods are obviously very different from traditional publicity, and even any publicity staff would not be optimistic about it, but Harry used such a method and excellent quality to quickly Build word of mouth in the industry without even taking a breather.

Harry's quick reputation in the industry is also related to the tense current situation. The recent frequent attacks and shocking activities in various places have increased people's demand for potions.

Establishing a good cooperative relationship with these families is only the first step. Harry's goal is also very clear. Several families have been included in his target range from the very beginning, such as the Lestrange and Malfoy families. It is not an easy task. These families are rich and powerful, and they themselves have their own stable sources of potions. From a common sense point of view, unless Harry can make potions that no one else can make and that suits the appetite of these big families, otherwise No matter how good Harry's potions were, they wouldn't let them leave their own potion partners.

But Harry has an advantage that no one else has. Before he took these high-profile businesses, he had already attracted Voldemort's attention, and these families themselves had close ties with Voldemort, so Harry believed that even if he didn't take these businesses Potions are sent directly to these big families, and people will come to them.

Harry was right, the first of these big families to come to him was Malfoy, which was obviously a signal.

——Business is obviously not the focus, dealing with them is Harry's purpose.

The Malfoy family itself has been separated from not bad money by several grades. The platinum family's attitude of spending money like water seems to be not much different from the local tyrants. Vocabulary is a bit far off.

Malfoy placed a large order for him. If it can be completed in the end, it will be one-third of the sum of the orders placed by other customers before. This amount also made Harry and his studio invisible at first. The little friends were all stunned, but fortunately the deadline given by Malfoy was not too tight, so Harry accepted the order after measuring his ability.

At this time, it was only a month and a half since Harry's studio began to operate, but Harry's studio had grown rapidly at a speed invisible to the naked eye and became an open secret in the noble circle.

Harry has been relying on these orders to study their uses before, and just a little tracking of the whereabouts and recent actions of these family members, the information he can get is already shocking, not to mention that Harry's advantage is unprecedentedly obvious .

After learning the information, if no measures are taken, then the information is obviously of no value.

During the war, when he, Ron, and Hermione fled, the three of them were constantly analyzing the information they had. Under Hermione's guidance, he and Ron's The ability to analyze intelligence has improved qualitatively. Fleeing is the most difficult day for them but also the day they learn the most—they have been in this state for almost half a year.

After Harry made a judgment on the information, he gave up some of it directly, and secretly passed some of it to Dumbledore. He didn't know whether Dumbledore would believe it, nor did he know whether Dumbledore would know that The information leaked to him was himself, anyway, at this stage, this was all he could do.

Halloween is actually a particularly sensitive time. On Halloween last year, Death Eaters planned a large-scale attack on a Muggle parade. This year, Malfoy's order is also approaching this time, which makes Harry feel uncomfortable. Great premonition.

This made Harry spend more time than usual analyzing all the possible events behind Malfoy's order while he was working on the order.

Originally, he had enough time to sleep, but because of this incident, he turned day and night upside down for several days, not to mention eating and sleeping well, and his physical condition began to deteriorate. His potions didn't improve much, but he was not so sleepy but it helped him a lot. At least he could stay awake in action without having to use refreshers and vitality supplements too frequently.

It's just that after doing this for several days, Harry didn't get the information he expected. He couldn't figure out what the Malfoy family was doing, so his efficiency was very low.

And it was at this time that Voldemort came to the door himself.

— This was something Harry hadn't expected, either.

At this time, only a small part of Malfoy's order could be completed. It only took two days for him to deliver all the potions to Malfoy. Harry was caught off guard by Voldemort's arrival.

That day Harry was sorting potions in the reception room in front of the studio when a tall, thin man in a cloak walked in slowly without even knocking on the door.

Harry didn't even respond to the uninvited guests, and he only looked up after finishing tidying up.

The moment he looked up, he fell into a pair of snake-like eyes, and the flash of red light was quite frightening. Harry tried his best to keep himself calm, and he also tried his best to show a natural expression on the corners of his mouth. Smile.

"Welcome. If you need to place an order, please tell me your request and deadline, and we will arrange it for you as soon as possible." Harry pointed to the quill and parchment on the table.

"I just came to confirm the completion of my order."

It was only then that Harry realized that Malfoy was just a middleman, and the person in front of him was the one who really needed the batch of potions behind the scenes.

"As I said, we will meet soon." Voldemort's smile looked seductive, and people would be attracted to him unconsciously, and they would be overwhelmed by his graceful demeanor, especially in Voldemort's eyes. Without disfigurement.

But Harry was obviously not among them, but now he had to make such a move in order to lower Voldemort's vigilance.

"Soon?" Harry said after staring at Voldemort for a long time before regaining his senses, "I remember you, you appeared in Bokin's shop, I remember you once said..."

"Maybe we'll be friends." Voldemort nodded with a chuckle. "It looks like you do remember me."

"A person like Your Excellency is indeed not easy to be forgotten." Harry made a gesture of invitation, and then conjured up a teacup and tea and put it on the coffee table, "Please sit down, Your Excellency said just now to take a look at your The degree of completion of the order? But I'm not sure which one you are talking about, I think apart from the fact that we met once in Bojin's store a few months ago, we don't seem to have any other anxiety."

Voldemort explained calmly: "A few days ago, I asked my friend to place a large order with you. I was worried about the progress, so I decided to make a trip myself."

This man smiled harmlessly, if it weren't for the incomprehensible red eyes in his eyes, or Harry never knew him, or would be really bewitched by him - Voldemort's charm is indeed It's something that others don't have. He is good at demagoguery and manipulating people. Harry also felt this.

"A large amount?" Harry looked at Voldemort pretending to be surprised, "I have indeed completed a large deal recently..." He paused, and said in a tone of sudden realization: "So the owner of that order is not Malfoy. , but you, Your Excellency? I don’t know what your name is, Your Excellency?"

"I think you know who I am," Voldemort admitted.

Harry shuddered, but he dared not show it.After a while, Harry said in a slightly excited tone: "I just didn't expect that it was really Your Excellency, let alone that Your Excellency would visit my studio, which really makes my place flourish." No wonder.

"So now can you tell me the progress of the completion?" Voldemort casually picked up the teacup and took a sip.

"It will be finished in two days and delivered to..." Harry originally wanted to say Malfoy Manor, but now Voldemort claimed to be the seller of the potion.

"You delivered the original site as planned, and now that you say that, I feel relieved," Voldemort raised his teacup and made a gesture of toasting tea, "I now understand why your studio has only been established for two short years. In just a few months, you have already become famous, because you really have something extraordinary."

"Thanks to everyone." Harry also picked up the teacup and made a return gift, "especially everyone's trust in me, which makes me a little flattered."

"You are too modest." Voldemort put down the teacup, and Harry found that the tea in it was hardly moving. "Actually, I am curious. You once told Borgin not to reveal your whereabouts, but why did you change your mind and open the door?" this studio."

"I'm not obliged to answer your question, am I?" Harry asked back with a smile.

Voldemort paused, but did not show his anger. Instead, he continued to ask: "This is really a bit surprising. At that time, you were so firm in admonishing Bokin, but now you have done the opposite. I feel very curious."

"If you were just taking potions as a hobby and you had a full-time job, I think you would have done the same, especially when the potions you made couldn't be sold through formal channels in the market. Harry said slowly and steadily, "At that time, I didn't expect that my little hobby would bring me unexpected gains."

"That doesn't sound like the whole story," said Voldemort softly.

"Of course not," Harry looked up at Voldemort, "but the rest are personal reasons, so I don't want to reveal too much."

"Because of pressure?" Voldemort tried to guide, "I remember that there was a time when your name was all over the newspapers, and many people wanted you to resign. Is it because of this reason?"

After listening to Voldemort's words, Harry responded directly with silence.

"Now that you have left that job, if you have any dissatisfaction and unhappiness, you should vent it."

"I will never vent to my guests at any time." Harry said that sentence lightly.

And this sentence is enough to show his default attitude, he drank the water in the cup, and then put the cup back on the tea table.

"Now I can earn enough Galleons to live a life I never imagined before," Harry slowly smiled, "That's the most important thing, isn't it? Turning hobbies into Your career can also lead you to earn a lot of money, which is what many people dream of, at least I have achieved it now, and I am very satisfied."

"You seem quite content."

Harry shrugged, "Whatever you say."

Voldemort didn't speak at this time, and there seemed to be a trace of scrutiny in his eyes when he looked at Harry.

"Did you come today to confirm the completion progress? Or is there something else, if nothing else, I think I need to continue to complete your order, and you also hope that I can deliver the finished product to you as usual, yes Right?" Harry stood up.

Voldemort stood up slowly, "I hope we will have the opportunity to cooperate in the future, Mr. Prince."

"I believe there will be, Your Excellency." Harry said neither humble nor overbearing, "I am very confident in my production, which is why I have established such a good reputation in such a short period of time. I believe that no one has the quality and quantity can be better than me."

After Voldemort left, Harry was tense for 10 minutes, but when no one came again, he completely relaxed.

Confronting Voldemort was not an easy task, and he was not sure that his reaction just now was the best, but obviously Voldemort didn't have any big reaction to him.

He was a little unclear about the purpose of Voldemort's coming here this time. Was it to see the completion progress of the potion as he said, or to ask him those words, or was there some other purpose?Harry couldn't figure it out after thinking about it for a long time, but if Voldemort had no other purpose, no matter how much he thought about it, it would just be a waste of brainpower.

Harry thought about it for a while before giving up, locked the door directly, and ran to the back studio to do the finishing work. Anyway, the order was given, and he would collect the money. After the order was completed, he continued to check the recent Death Eaters. If it is really certain that something will happen on Halloween, he has to remind Dumbledore in advance to prevent things from getting worse.But logically speaking, why Voldemort always picks Halloween for two consecutive years is a bit strange.

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The order was successfully completed that day, and Harry came to Malfoy Manor with the completed order. To Harry's surprise, not only Lucius Malfoy was there, but even Voldemort appeared in the living room.

When Harry took out the finished product from the interspatial pocket, the two stayed silently aside until Harry took out all the potions.

"Do you need to check and accept?" Harry took out one of the bottles of potion, opened the lid and handed it directly to the two of them, "This is the first time we do business, thank you for your trust and giving me so many orders, and now I I will repay you with the best quality."

"I've heard of the good reputation you have accumulated in the industry," Malfoy sniffed lightly, as if he had confirmed something, and then respectfully handed it to Voldemort next to him, "Obviously your products are as good as yours. I am very happy that our cooperation this time is so pleasant, if I need anything in the future, I will definitely give priority to Mr. Prince."

Voldemort didn't comment on the potion in his hand, but handed the potion back to Harry after roughly confirming it, "The quality is quite good. Sure enough, we didn't find the wrong person."

"Then Mr. Malfoy, since I have delivered everything and you have confirmed it, can we settle the bill now according to the contract?"

Malfoy laughed almost instantly, with some kind of disdain in his smile, but obviously because of Voldemort's presence, he didn't dare to show it completely, "Of course, please follow my secretary, I've already arranged."

Harry saluted the two of them, and walked away almost without looking back.

Malfoy asked the house elf to put away all the potions, and after Harry's back disappeared into the living room, he lowered his eyebrows and said to Voldemort, "Master, this Prince looks like... ..."

"He seems very sensible." Voldemort didn't look at the direction Harry was leaving, but casually grabbed the wine glass in front of him and began to observe the wine inside.

"But he seems to only recognize money." Malfoy looked towards the door. "He is different from most of us. Can Master really be trusted?"

"We need more time, but obviously what he can offer is good stuff, which we can't deny. So it's better to win him over than let him go." From the very beginning, he was optimistic about this person, so he started using Public opinion used such a gentle method to coerce this person to leave Hogwarts, but what he didn't expect was that Dumbledore would save this person with all his strength, but now that this person appeared here, it also proved Voldemort's failure in disguise .

"I will find out his background for Master as soon as possible," Malfoy said humbly, "Master, please rest assured."

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Halloween is coming soon, and Harry still hasn't been able to find out what Voldemort wants to do. He can only find some clues and a few clues, but not enough to link them together.

Harry changed his mind. If the matter is really bigger than he imagined, then Voldemort cannot only be handed over to the Malfoy family. I am afraid that people from all major families will participate, so Harry observed several other families, and finally in One of them has a scoop out of their body where they might move.

Hogsmeade.

There is almost no distance between this place and Hogwarts.

If Voldemort really intends to commit crimes here, then it makes sense that no news has been revealed before, because such a place obviously needs to be more careful.

The question is, does Dumbledore know?

There was another big problem, wouldn't this be Voldemort testing him?Harry thought it was impossible, because he thought he could hide his whereabouts. If he didn't want others to find out, others would have no way to find out that he was there.

Just when Harry was extremely anxious, he got a piece of news.

On the eve of Halloween, Dumbledore left Hogwarts after receiving an invitation from the Ministry of Magic.

The author has something to say: omg really broke his promise (┳_┳)...

It's hard to write recently, because I have to start with some sensitive plots...

To be honest, Harry's Potions Studio's propaganda method is not my nonsense, but what I have seen with my own eyes in the past two years. People nowadays are not short of money, so as long as the quality can make people Don’t worry, the product is guaranteed and clean. Many people will think it doesn’t matter if it’s more expensive. At such a time when low-quality counterfeit products and food safety problems frequently occur, corporate conscience will make people suddenly increase their impression points to unprecedented heights → _→ Finally their reputation seems to be established in a very short time.

Here I have borrowed such a simple and crude propaganda technique, ahem

Thanks to Aliceの娃娃 and Xinxinmao for mine =3=