"There are so many things that can be done...such as physical and psychological related medical services, such as automobiles, airplanes, industrial products processing, and mine prospecting and military services..."

"Wait?" someone interrupted him. "We can understand everything else. Like the Hogwarts flea market, Muggles do have some things that work well... but you were talking about military?"

Lockhart affirmed his doubts: "Yes, military cooperation. The Muggle world is not a monolith, and they may not even handle domestic security issues well... Now there is a very good opportunity, if I I'm going to give it a try if I can keep my position at the Ministry of Magic."

Everyone seemed a little hesitant when they heard the words. If it was just a business, control the scale. The pure-blood family is still the most profitable group, but military cooperation...

"I feel like this needs to be considered long term...does it need to be so urgent?" someone asked.

Damn, the sooner the better, because all Muggle phones can send text messages. "Lockhart meant a lot.

p.so Happy New Year, I wish you all a happy and comfortable life.

There are only 28 days in February, but the author still has to complete 30 days of work. To write 150,000 words, he has to write 5,000 5_(:3Jz)_ every day. Anyway, the author will not be able to celebrate the new year.

Chapter 242 Muggle Prime Minister

It wasn't clear if Lockhart had a sense of urgency in the pureblood family, but he had a strong sense of urgency now.

Although some films were banned from distribution by the Ministry of Magic, the people present were all "the ruling class", so Lockhart told the truth.

For example, the upcoming information technology revolution in the Muggle world—from the Internet to mobile communications, and even to digitization, automation, and intelligence. As long as this is done, the wizard's magic will no longer have the advantage it has today.

Because of his mixed-race status, the people present did not doubt his words, and all accepted his point of view—that is, the wizarding world will not be able to change without change.

But their only requirement is to be "controllable", which means that no matter what Lockhart intends to do, the pureblood family must know.

If this was before Lockhart 5, even if he agreed, he would secretly bury some secret hands or simply put cleverness on the bright side.

But now he needs to get Fudge to throw his arms around, so he has to compromise

Only in this way can he make the pure-blood family feel that he is "easy to use" and refuse to change people easily to avoid risks. On the one hand, he has to help Dumbledore complete the reforms he wants, and on the other hand, he has to let the pure blood family see the benefits. Only in this way can he prevent Fudge from stirring his mind.

Don't look at the Ministry of Magic, there are only a few hundred people, but the demons have always been small temples, and the kings are often shallow pools. With these few hundred people, the internal doorway is probably not less than that of Whitehall. .

- After the reception, the delegates dispersed with a hint of drunkenness, and they

Before leaving, he also made a hint that the policy and team left by Bartty Crouch did not want to change.

With their words, Lockhart was relieved that with Fudge's indecisive temperament, he would never dare to go against the opinions of Dumbledore, pureblood and goblin at the same time.

Lockhart's self-rescue action is not without effort, and God finally did not become blind this time, and did not cause any trouble to Lockhart.

No one at the Ministry of Magic was surprised by the news that Barty Crouch Sr. had been ousted.

But when Fudge announced that "the rest of the staff will not be transferred, and Gilderoy Lockhart will temporarily act as the director of the International Cooperation Department", the other Ministry of Magic employees were still somewhat stunned.

Even if it is promotion, there is no such speed of promotion? It's been less than a year!

Although this is just an "acting" director, who doesn't know that Lockhart's position will become unshakable after the Quidditch World Cup and the Big Five Championships are held?

Fudge's response was surprising, and Lockhart's response was even more surprising.

He immediately publicly stated that despite some accidents at the Ministry of Magic recently, the progress of the work already in preparation will not be interrupted, and the great situation since Minister Fudge took office will definitely not change the trend because of one or two accidents.

Speaking of which, anyone with a little brain can't know that there must be some tacit agreement between Fudge and Lockhart, otherwise they will not be so harmonious.

Those who were originally going to do some small actions, or simply take the opportunity to stir up trouble, consciously died at this time and no longer mentioned this matter.

People who are in the political arena, you don't need to know power and tricks, but you must understand the direction of the wind, otherwise you will be unstable.

As a result, Lockhart easily took over half of the affairs of the Department of International Affairs.

Not only did the power not decrease, but it also expanded a lot.

The reason why it is only half is because he generously handed over the part of the company that he had not been involved in to his original colleagues.

It's cool to take powers that don't belong to him, but because he doesn't understand relevant affairs, it's easy to make a fool of himself if he just takes it all, so it's better to give them to the original people generously.

For example, the exchange of international magic languages, the standards of international trade items, and spellcasting tools, etc., Lockhart is completely unfamiliar with this, and these powers are useless.

As long as these people are knowledgeable enough, they will definitely come to welcome Lockhart, the new boss. Coupled with the old Barty Crouch blowing the wind, Lockhart's position will be as stable as Ben Nevis.

As the so-called three fires for new officials, Lockhart's first fire was the reception of tourists at the Hogsmeade Resort.

Brother-in-law William has been interacting with people in the oil futures investment circle during this period of time, and has already met many people with high morals in the industry.

Although Sniff Drilling Company is a rising star in the oil market, it has just discovered a large oil field soon after its establishment, and has also been recognized by the Nigerian government. This is not something that ordinary small companies can do.

Therefore, as the company's face-to-face leader, William still has a lot of face. He just said the invitation to these people to "recuperate", and these people happily agreed.

In their opinion, the sniffing and drilling company must want to take advantage of them, so they will be the first to win over them. This kind of benefit is not taken for nothing.

After confirming the itinerary of these people, Lockhart was relieved for the most part and started his second big move.

He had approached Fudge for permission to ask for a portrait of the Muggle Prime Minister's Office - which was not

It was an idle move, and Fudge obviously didn't realize how important this thing was.

In 1994, the British Prime Minister was named John Major.

For the British Prime Minister, I am afraid many people have little impression.

Whether it was Margaret Thatcher before or Blair after that, he was more famous than him when he was prime minister. And to outsiders, apart from knowing that Britain experienced the collapse of the pound when he was in power, it's hard to remember what he has done, so the average person really can't remember his name.

But Lockhart was not among them.

Lockhart knew a lot about this man because he had been under him "before" and had read some biographies of him.

When this buddy graduated from school, he only passed three of the six graduation exams, and the other three were taken many years later without knowing how to make up the exam. Therefore, cabinet secretaries usually do not consider it when they need to make rational decisions. his opinion.

And this Prime Minister's arithmetic skills are also commendable. When he was doing his first job as a bus conductor, he was fired by the bus company because of the frequent miscalculation of the change.

It was precisely because Major had such an excellent level of mathematics that he naturally entered the banking system.

After a brief exodus, Major was eventually accepted at Standard Chartered Bank, where he became a director, and later a member of the British Bankers' Guild.

Of course, academic level and governance ability are usually not related. We should understand this. As a prime minister of a country, the more important quality is whether he can be calm in times of crisis and stand up to encourage everyone. Keep fighting.

However, on "Black Wednesday", Major hid in the closet and cried bitterly because of a nervous breakdown, which really made the Great Empire too worthy of its name, so since then, many British people have He had an opinion.

But civil servants like the prime minister very much, because such a prime minister basically does not interfere with the "normal operation" of the civil service system.

In short, Lockhart felt that the Prime Minister must be a very good person.

And the Prime Minister, who was being locked by Lockhart, was lying on his desk and frowning.

1994 wasn't a good year for Major, mainly for him personally.

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After the collapse of the pound sterling, although the UK did experience some turmoil, the lowered exchange rate also increased the UK's exports, and after the Gulf War, the UK's international discourse power has increased, so the British economy has a faint positive trend.

It's a pity that these did not bring any benefits to Major. His "Return to the People's Livelihood" policy achieved little results, and the "war on the street scoundrels" was not resolved because of the increase in unemployment, and his cabinet and the party Several members of the group broke out in scandals one after another, which made his approval rating among the public reach a freezing point.

Although Major won the favor of the British royal family of German descent with his statement of "joining Europe", he was not able to tell Her Majesty the truth that "the reason why we are pro-Europe and join Europe is to divide Europe", so in In the future, I am afraid that I will still suffer from splint gas.

And just a few days earlier, Major had faced retaliation for his tough stance on the IRA, even though he had been secretly negotiating with the Irish.

The IRA orchestrated a prison break and freed six IRA prisoners from what the British called a "prison within a prison".

What is even more embarrassing for the British is that the six fugitives still pass through to prison.

Guns were smuggled in the prison and escaped by intimidating the guards with guns.

You know, in order to save money, the British did not equip the prison guards with guns, but a baton, so when they saw the guns in the hands of the fugitives, they had to catch them

Although the British, who lost face, tried to make amends and mobilized a helicopter in time to search for the fugitives, in the end, only 4 people were caught, and the other two people did not know where to escape.

As soon as this happened, the face of the British government could be said to have been wiped clean, and as Prime Minister Major, no matter what, he was to blame, even if he felt that he should not bear the responsibility.

But the opposition party will not care so much. They will claim that it is because of Major's request to cut administrative expenses, so the prison guards lack weapons, and the poor management of the prison is naturally his responsibility.

The last time Major asked for a vote of confidence in himself in the party, although it was passed in the end, the leading vote was only more than 20 votes, which was completely within the margin of error. It was already very dangerous. I'm afraid I can't even sit still.

Just when Major was downcast, the portrait in his office who had been dozing all the time suddenly opened his eyes.

"Your Excellency the Prime Minister, Gilderoy Lockhart, Director of the Department of International Affairs and Cooperation at the Ministry of Magic, asks to see you."

Major was taken aback - he thought there was no one in his office. Although he immediately realized that it was the portrait talking, he did not feel relieved.

Because according to past experience, every time he sees the man named "Fudge", there is nothing good about it. Basically, he tells him that there is something wrong with the magical world, which affects the rule of "Muggles", so he asks the Prime Minister to help Fudge. Wipe your ass.

Heaven and earth conscience, he has a lot of troubles himself, but why always

Help others solve problems?

For example, a year ago, the "Sirius Black escape" thing gave Major a headache, but in the end he called the police and issued a warrant for the wizards

As a result, Fudge suddenly came to inform him again, saying that the wanted man did not commit a crime, and now the wanted man has been cancelled.

If it weren't for the fact that he didn't know the depth of Fudge, I was afraid that Major would have picked up the ink bottle on the desk on the spot and splashed the contents on Fudge's face.

How can anyone play like that?

Now this "Ministry of Magic" "International Cooperation Division" is looking for him, needless to say, it must be some kind of diplomatic nonsense.

"Could it be the tauren from Greece who wanted to enter the UK?" Major asked mockingly at the portrait.

The portrait paused, apparently not expecting that the Prime Minister would actually ask him questions, and he also asked about the idea.

But when someone asked, the portrait had to answer.

There are tauren, but there are dragons, sphinxes, and mermen to enter, as well as veelas and leprechauns, maybe there will be ptarmigans in the United States in the future, and there may be horned beasts in Africa..."

John Major felt like he was going to faint.

Chapter two hundred and forty-three special treatment

When Lockhart knocked on the door of the Prime Minister's Office, John Major had a serious face and was fully prepared to fight with the opponent.

\"Come in!\" he called to the door.

However, Mei Jie had just shouted out the words, but he found out that something was wrong—that gang of guys who called themselves wizards, who always came uninvited without saying hello, when did they learn to knock on the door?

A slit in the door and the young man who entered sideways undoubtedly further proved his conjecture: whether it was a meticulously groomed mid-cut hairstyle or a perfectly ironed suit, it was revealing to Major an obvious concept—that this person should not be a wizard.

"Oh, which department are you from? What's the matter?" Major asked subconsciously.

Lockhart raised his eyebrows: "Ministry of Magic, Department of International Affairs and Cooperation... I thought I had reported it, Your Excellency Major."

At this moment, John Major almost burst into tears.

You wizards are what I call my name!

He still remembered that fat, domineering, domineering man named Fudge who appeared out of nowhere in his office when he didn't agree with a word, and then said something like "murderer", "dangerous creature", "giant", etc. bad news, and then ask yourself to cooperate.

If a minister in his government dared to speak to him like that, Major vowed to transfer him to Northern Ireland to use the toilet the next day.

I really don't know who is the Prime Minister!

Ministry of Magic? ' repeated Major.

Lockhart's playful: Dike's, Prime Minister!

Although he didn't know why the "Ministry of Magic" employee was at odds with his cabinet secretaries, Major felt relieved for a while.

In all fairness, Major didn't like the way the civil servants spoke to him in a tone of voice, but at least this style of doing things was familiar to him, and the wizard's previous style really made him feel a little unacceptable.

"Okay, Lockhart... Director, what's the matter with you?"

Major put down the document he had been pretending to be looking at, then pointed to the chair in front of the desk and motioned to Lockhart to sit down.

Although he didn't know what this inexplicable Ministry of Magic was all about until now, it didn't prevent him from doing things according to his own habits.

Lockhart sat down unceremoniously: "Thank you...I'm here today, mainly because I have four things to report to you...Oh, you don't have to be so frowning, it's all good news."

"Great, I just want to hear the good news now, I've heard enough bad news." Major said mockingly.

Lockhart pretended not to hear Major's chatter, and began to get down to business: "The first thing, I think you've probably heard... the Quidditch World Cup - a kind of ball in the wizarding world. A sports competition - about to be held in England, the Irish team has entered the finals, there may be about 10,000 foreign wizards entering the country, and the venue is here..."

Lockhart took out a map and pointed out to Prime Minister Major a location—a barren hill in England that had no use other than camping.

While we've cast spells to block non-magical people, if something unusual happens that catches the attention of ordinary people, I hope we'll be on the same page - a bunch of drunk hippies driving in the wild party, okay? "

Major stared at the dead fish, but his eyes were not on the map.

"I remember... you said it was good news?" he demanded.

"Isn't it?" Lockhart pretended to be confused.

Except for the trouble, I don't see anything in this news that can be called "good"." Major complained, "It's a big event again, we try to cover it up, but we can't talk about it. People explain why..."

"But the Irish team is very likely to win!" Lockhart exaggeratedly said.