It's just that anger doesn't make him have better self-control. The result of desperately moving forward is that he is seized by the senior students who are more and more proficient in dueling, and then defeated, making Harry more and more difficult. Comfortable.

Just when Ron and Hermione were secretly worried that he would get out of control, a mysterious package rescued Harry and the two little friends.

Inside the package is a broom that all Quidditch players dream of - a Firebolt.

So shocked that Harry for a moment even forgot that he was still being hunted by his enemies.

Even though he thought it was incredible, Harry did once again implement the tradition he created - that is, he never bought a broom since he was a child, it was all given by others, and one was more expensive than the other.

It makes sense for Harry to temporarily forget about hatred, because the Firebolt is so amazing.

After a simple comparison, everyone will understand that an ordinary broom is equivalent to about 00,000 BYD yuan, the new Sweep and Comet models are equivalent to about 400,000 NIO ES6, and Nimbus 2001 and Star Whisker 0 can be compared to 800,000 yuan. Alfa or Tesla left and right.

and then? Sirius Black bought Harry a fifteen million Aspark owl.

Yes, the difference is probably that big.

The top of the sweep series, sweep 0, is only 70 mph in 10 seconds, but the Firebolt is 150. If it is only accelerated in a straight line, after the Firebolt circles the earth and returns to the United Kingdom, it is estimated that the sweep 0 is still in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

In the original book, Harry started to change direction and speed up when he finished helping his own score and found that Draco Malfoy almost caught the Snitch.

But even so, the Firebolt still crushed the Nimbus 200= and let Harry get the Snitch first—their performance gap is self-evident.

Not only that, the Firebolt has also introduced three versions of the original ebony, the birch branch with sufficient lift, and the hazel branch with agile manipulation by changing the handle material. As a human being, I vow to crush the posture of all my peers.

Fortunately, its production is low, otherwise the broom merchants all over Europe would have united to kill the Badmore family.

That's why Ron said "it's more expensive than all the brooms in Slytherin put together", and why Lucius Malfoy wouldn't buy Draco a Firebolt - because he couldn't afford to spend that much.

Because Sirius pays easily, the Firebolt package sent to Harry this time also comes with three broom handle accessories, which he can replace at will.

I change the grip to a feeling and one's state

Harry knew very well that as long as he sat on this broom, then with his skills, he would never let anyone else take the Snitch away.

The happiness of the rich is so unpretentious, and this feeling of crushing opponents with equipment, Harry can now experience it.

Just when he couldn't wait to hold it and wanted to go to the court to train (Hyun) to practice (Yao), Hermione brought Professor McGonagall suddenly in front of him and stopped him.

"It's very likely that Black gave it to you, and I'm going to confiscate it and go over it with Professor Flitwick... maybe more than once."

Professor McGonagall's words were like a thunderbolt to Harry—just got it—the joy of a supercar vanished before he could immerse himself in it for a while. People with such big ups and downs, and those with a little less mental endurance might directly suffer a heart attack. .

Hermione's "whistleblower" behavior had cost her dearly - now Harry and Ron ignored her.

The former is because of the Firebolt, the latter because Scabbers' hair has gone bald again - Ron says it's because he was terrified by Crookshanks

So on the morning after Christmas, Hermione ran to Hogsmeade alone, crying and crying to Lockhart about what happened to her.

Despite the absence of divination and Muggle studies, Hermione's homework in general has not been reduced much, and even the politics classwork assigned by Lockhart has been added.

In addition, she had to prepare legal affairs for Hagrid and Buckbeak, because Hagrid knew nothing about it and was too careless.

Hagrid thought Lockhart had done everything for him, plus Dumbledore was back, and the trial was almost certain, so he wasn't prepared at all.

But Hermione knew the truth that "if you want to be saved by God, you must first save yourself", so

She didn't dare to be careless in this regard.

Heavy homework and study pressure, complicated legal and political studies, as well as incomprehension and censure from friends, Hermione has endured too many things in a short period of time that her age group should not bear, and she still has not collapsed. She can only be considered strong-willed.

It's obvious that Harry is the savior, but why should I have to bear this? ' she cried to Lockhart.

Lockhart sighed, even though he knew that the last three would definitely reconcile, but now he couldn't give Hermione any solution.

It's not that he can't solve it with ingenuity, but that ingenuity will be harmful to these children.

With a little bit of psychological and verbal tricks, he could easily make Harry and Ron realize their own problems, and even sympathize with Hermione, but doing so would not be good for the friendship between the three of them in the long run.

People have to be in conflict and critical moments to really understand each other, and the watery relationship can only be seen on the surface.

It seems that people often say indignantly, "It's really wrong to see him. I haven't seen him for so many years, but he is such a person", but think about it carefully, after all these years of getting along, has he really understood others? The middle school, college classmates who have been with you for at least three or four years, and even the same dormitory, how much do you know about him?

Without this kind of violent conflict and big events, it is very difficult for you to really understand a person.

Chapter 215 Emotions are also a good helper for politicians

From the corner of the three brooms, Gemma Farley stared at the scene of Lockhart comforting Hermione, looking a little impatient.

Because the Triwizard Tournament became the semifinals tournament, the influence of the tournament was greatly increased, but the signed contracts could not be changed, so the sponsors who had previously promised to sponsor all "earned" a lot of money.

For example, Oletown Jr., the business representative of "Sweep", was praised by his family for his decisive actions, because he saved the family a lot of money.

The rest of the companies, while annoyed that they did not start earlier, also sent letters to the Ministry of Magic asking if there was any possibility of further expansion of the competition for the Big Four.

Seeing this situation, even a fool like Fudge knows what to do

"...I can't rule out the possibility of further expanding the participating teams." He said to the pure-bloods who came to inquire about the information, "After all, there are so many magic schools in the world, and there are 0 magic schools with a registered history of more than 30 years. Gadu, Beauxbatons and Durmstrang, Castrobusher and Ilvermorny have expressed the same interest...

Although somewhat guessing that Fudge was talking nonsense, the merchants were still in a panic of "loss", so they swarmed and surrounded the screaming shack.

In addition to signing a sponsorship contract, Lockhart and Gemma Farley also had to deal with various personal requests from sponsors, such as expanding the scale of the game, increasing the number of games, and a variety of activities.

There were some requests, like having the players play a game of twelve-pin and Quidditch from an eel farm, because it was so ridiculous that Lockhart had to give it to him.

to refuse.

But since he rejected others in this regard, he must make concessions elsewhere.

To this end, Lockhart had to lower the asking price for selling reporting rights in exchange for more investment in publicity resources from foreign media in covering the Triwizard Tournament, otherwise the sponsoring company would quit.

Gemma Farley didn't quite understand why Lockhart still devotes his energy to taking care of a little girl's emotions when she is so busy. In her opinion, this is a complete waste of time.

Especially when she saw Hermione throw herself into Lockhart's arms and cry, she was even more annoyed. She recited "be disciplined" a hundred times in her heart, but in the end she "missed" and threw her special teacup.

"Restored as before." She took out her wand and chanted the mantra loudly on purpose.

Of course Lockhart felt this hostility, which made him once again determined to correct some people's eldest temperament.

Even if it's not for work or for his own freedom, he can't continue to tolerate it.

"In the face of time, storms are always short-lived, and everything will pass, as long as we believe that we are right." Lockhart said to Hermione, "Be gentle, but not to compromise unreasonable, as rationalists, We have to learn to be strong in a quiet, unhurried manner."

Gemma heard this and almost went crazy with anger.

Because how much she wished Lockhart had said it to her, not to a stupid girl who had been ranting about suffering for an hour after arguing with a friend.

Take this rat tonic as an apology to Ron. And about Harry's broom, I'm going to help the professors too: it's my job to get the broom back to him before the game... God, that's a big sacrifice, they're going to pay for the next game

It's us Ravenclaw, I hope Roger won't blame me. "

After persuading Hermione, Lockhart returned to the Screaming Shack and resumed receiving the visiting guests.

"At times like this, we should hang up these sponsors." He explained his actions to Gemma, "Now the initiative is in our hands, and we are not short of money. The more urgent they are, the more we will The more relaxed you have to be, the more you can charge a higher price... The impatient expression you have now is very good, and it is very suitable for facing our guests."

Only then did Gemma realize that she accidentally revealed her true emotions.

"I'm sorry, I lost control." She apologized.

Although she felt deep down that Lockhart should understand why she was out of control, she was reluctant to express her thoughts through words.

Unfortunately, Lockhart did understand, but he wasn't going to get used to her.

"Why apologize?" Lockhart asked rhetorically. "Whether it's expressing ourselves or doing work, we all need to express our emotions."

"...I remember someone said that a person should try not to let others guess what he thinks." Gemma looked a little confused.

"The person who told you this must have cared about you." Lockhart laughed inwardly, "but you must be doing something wrong, Miss Farley, I mean, it's also a matter of showing your emotions in conversations with others. A very necessary act, even if it's fake."

"why?"

"For example, on the Muggle side... Dukakis and Bush had a debate on the topic of 'whether the United States should abolish the death penalty' in their televised speeches for the presidency. Dukakis thought it should, Bush On the contrary.

The polls were close, but then Bush asked Dukakis - if your wife was raped and killed, would you still support her?

Abolition of the death penalty?

As a result, Dukakis answered Bush's question very calmly and methodically, saying that even if the prisoner is killed, his wife still cannot be resurrected, and various data also prove that the death penalty has no effect on the social crime rate... Guess what? ? "

Gemma frowned: "I guess those who support the abolition of the death penalty support him even more, and those who do not support the abolition of the death penalty are firmly opposed?"

"No, everyone has become unsupportive of him, even those who originally supported the abolition of the death penalty." Lockhart said the answer.

Gemma was more confused, but good upbringing made her wait patiently, knowing that Lockhart would explain herself.

Sure enough, Lockhart told her why.

Living in Yu is - Dukakis is too calm. Because in everyone's eyes, a good man should feel intense pain because a loved one is hurt, but Dukakis faced it with a detached attitude. So even though he was logical, clear, and natural, and there was nothing wrong with the way he answered, it caused his approval rating to plummet because everyone who watched the televised debate thought he was not a human being. "

"This...but what they're debating is whether the death penalty should be abolished." Gemma tried to explain the matter in her own understanding, "and the Muggle who supported the abolition didn't say anything wrong."

Lockhart reserves his opinion on whether the death penalty should be abolished - although he privately believes that keeping the death penalty can directly avoid a lot of trouble, but the magic world seems to have abolished the death penalty in advance under the intervention of God Rowling, so as a "Public Tool", he had to accept the status quo, even if he felt that the Dementor's kiss would not be much better

"So, the way of expression is often more important than the content of expression." Lockhart

Te shrugged, "Because we are all sentient beings.

Gemma wasn't stupid, and after a little thought she understood what Lockhart was really trying to advise her.

"That is to say, even if you think you have the truth, you can't persuade others with cynicism, condescension or impatience, otherwise the effect will be counterproductive, because the object of persuasion often pays more attention to attitude than logic." Gemma herself said Says what Lockhart wanted to say.

Lockhart Gemma applauded: "Yeah, if you understood this, many people wouldn't be at a loss in trying to persuade their parents not to buy TV products, or to persuade relatives not to participate in illegal investments—because they The way of expressing it is really inappropriate.”

Gemma sighed—because that wasn't what she wanted to hear.

Rather than being taught how to control her emotions, she wished Lockhart could understand the reasons for her emotional changes.

She wanted so badly to prove herself, in every way.

Of course, if you can learn to show the right emotion at the right time, the office won't have to worry about everything, and we can use the time we save to do more meaningful things. ' Lockhart wasted no time in delivering a sweet date.

"us?"

"Yes, us. It's always lonely to climb a mountain by yourself, but it's not so tiring if you have a companion by your side to encourage each other," Lockhart said seemingly casually.

Gemma felt like something suddenly wanted to jump out of her heart.

"I think I can try it, after all my father sent me to the Ministry of Magic and definitely didn't want me to be an office 'tea princess'. "

Chapter two hundred and sixteen step by step

After the new year, as the preparations for the Final Four are on track and the construction of Hogsmeade is gradually taking shape, the Ministry of Magic originally wanted to keep the news of the Final Four under wraps, but the sponsors and the media seem to have finally endured. to the limit.

They started putting pressure on the Ministry of Magic, saying that it was unreasonable not to publicize events like this one and a half years in advance, and asked the Ministry of Magic to make it public as soon as possible.

Seeing that Fudge could not drag on, and his family had almost made some preparations, he had to announce to the public through the Daily Prophet that the upcoming multinational school of magic was about to start a historic fraternity match.

Naturally, the French Ministry of Magic and the Norwegian Ministry of Magic were furious and had made an appointment to make a fortune, but the British suddenly sold them. The degree of their anger can be imagined.

As the Minister of Magic, Fudge had to bite the bullet and negotiate with the other party. Not only did he agree to share some benefits to appease the other party's anger, but he also expressed his willingness to share the experience of holding the tournament with them, so that they can learn from it when they host the tournament in a few years.

Fudge's concession was not a big deal, but for Lockhart it meant a fresh start.

Under the circumstance that major international and domestic sponsors with relationships and channels have basically divided 80% of the interests of the tournament, those retail investors can only compete for the remaining 20%.

Although the total amount of this 20% is not large, Lockhart still needs to negotiate with sponsors one by one. The sponsorship fee is limited, but the things that need to be done are more and more complicated than before. He and Gemma Farley are both very busy.

Lockhart deliberately gave Gemma a bunch of chores to do, and wrote down everything she did. When he went to drink on Three Broomsticks after get off work, he would list all the things she did and tell her where Well done, there is something wrong with it.

Gemma Farley just thought that this was a small stove that Lockhart opened for him. Although he didn't say it on the face, he was happy in his heart.

Especially when Lockhart asked what personal rewards she wanted, Gemma actually thought about it seriously - it seems that after this period of authoritative "domestication", she seems to have psychologically Hart was regarded as a superior, otherwise she would not have considered Lockhart to have the authority to "reward" herself.

"A movie? That's not a reward, we watch it a lot anyway." Gemma's eyes flashed inexplicably, "I'm thinking... The environment of Three Brooms is really too noisy. From tomorrow, we will go to Paddyff How about the work review at Madam Teahouse?"

"Is this what you want?" Lockhart said helplessly.

"Yes, that's it." Gemma blushed a little.

Madam Padiff Teahouse is an intimate clubhouse for couples, and her intentions are self-evident.

"Have you made up your mind?" Lockhart couldn't help asking. "You also know that once it gets out, the nature of things will change, and at least one of us will have limited development."

The reason why office romances are not tolerated is, of course, because their relationship will be criticized by colleagues and leaders; secondly, both parties will be regarded as a community by others, so it is easy to cause a loss-to-win situation; thirdly It is easy to separate public and private, and the possibility of corruption is brewing.

Therefore, it is not without reason that the administrative department will break up couples in an office, at least they must be transferred to different departments. If it was in an earlier era, young people in the same unit had to be approved by the leadership when they got married. This is not something similar. a coincidence

"I don't care," Gemma said, "the big deal is that I'll go back to the family land.

Well, the willfulness of the eldest lady.

Lockhart wasn't sure if he would fall in love with a girl 10 years his junior, in fact, after so long, he had become more and more difficult to distinguish between "love" and "lust", especially in wizards. When there is such a thing as a love potion here, he even began to doubt whether that thing really existed.