The only problem is that the gold mine is in Northern Ireland...

It seems necessary to soften his stance on Sinn Fein a little, muses Major.

Seeing that Major had taken the bait, Lockhart was not in a hurry, but first took the invitation to the opening ceremony of the Big Five Tournament and invited him to come to give a speech.

If it wasn't for Lockhart's reminder, Major would have almost forgotten the code, but after Lockhart's reminder, he also remembered another important thing, but it's hard to say it publicly.

He glanced at the portrait in the office subconsciously, and after realizing that the wizard in the painting was not in the frame, he lowered his voice and whispered to Lockhart:

"By the way...I just remembered that those who went to your village last time brought back a potion for long hair...Is that true?"

Hearing him ask, Lockhart naturally put his eyes on the Prime Minister's head.

Major noticed his action and quickly clarified loudly: "It's not me! My hair is very good, I asked for someone else."

Lockhart twitched the corner of his mouth: "Of course, I believe you are also inquiring about others... As for the effect of that potion, I believe you have heard of it from people who have "rehabilitated". "

Of course, Major knew exactly where those people went to "recuperate".

"So, that long-hair potion actually works? And there are no side effects

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"Overdose can have side effects like loss of appetite...and by overdose I mean 5 bottles at a time."

Seeing that Major wanted to ask questions, Lockhart hurriedly added.

Hearing that the side effects were so minimal, Major disagreed: "It's no big deal, I can... I mean, do you still have that thing? I'm going to give it away."

Lockhart thought to himself that it wasn't a drowsiness that came to give a pillow, and he was about to slowly talk about it to the Muggle Prime Minister, but instead they brought it up first.

He pretended to be difficult: "To whom? According to our wizard's Secrecy Act, the use of magical products is not allowed in principle unless it is a Muggle closely related to wizards."

\"Not allowed? But those who go to the resort..."

"They said good things about the company formed by our dignitaries and attracted investment, so of course it is \"close relationship\'"

Lockhart blinked, as if he meant something.

Major, as an old political fritter, of course understood such obvious hints. He gave a knowing smile, just like when he and the rest of the ministers fooled the backbenchers.

"I see... I probably understand the standards of your wizards... Don't worry, the client I want to introduce is definitely \"closely related to the wizarding world\'. "

After saying that, he also winked at Lockhart.

Seeing that the Prime Minister understood what he meant, then there was no need for Lockhart to pretend: "Really? Maybe you can talk to me and let me know how close they are to the wizard."

"Very close, because that is our common beloved royal, the common queen of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, and her sons and daughters.

Lockhart understood in seconds: "Could it be that His Royal Highness Charles and His Royal Highness William..."

embankment. "Major cut him off. "Do you think it's okay?" "It's not only possible, that's quite possible," Lockhart said. The British have a very high rate of baldness, and as their national symbol, the British royal family naturally inherited the great tradition of the British - baldness before they get old. Whether it is the Queen's husband Prince Philip, or their children and grandchildren, they will basically start the journey of baldness after the age of 25.

The only one whose hair is still lush is Prince Harry. The British thought he would become a fig leaf for the balding phenomenon of the royal family. Like his brother, it can only be said that the power of genetics is too powerful.

Judging from the fact that they asked Mei Jie to help find medicine, although the members of the royal family didn't say it, they were actually quite concerned about it!

Lockhart was shouting "great" in his heart, but he still looked embarrassed.

He pretended to think for a long time before speaking again: "That's it... If it's only used by a small group of people, then it's not a big deal. But the problem is that they are all royal families, and they need to be exposed all day long. People under the media, once their baldness is cured, the media will soon find out, so aren’t we wizards exposed as well?”

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Major seemed to have only thought of this question, and was a little stunned by Lockhart's words.

"You're right, last time His Majesty's housekeeper was still complaining to me that she just changed a hat, and the media was going to put it on the front page, which made His Majesty very unpleasant, because she felt as if she had become The monkeys on display at the zoo... oops, that's a real problem!"

The relationship between Major and the royal family is really good, and Lockhart captures the key

"In that case, could you please do me a favor and get the

Someone gave us a license plate. "Lockhart came up with an idea, ^ If we dilute the hair growth potion and sell it as an ordinary special medicine, and then invite a few His Royal Highnesses to endorse this hair growth medicine and sell it to the public, I believe the public will never again. There will be no doubt."

"Good idea! I owe you another favor, Lockhart!" The Prime Minister looked very tall

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"Of course, friends just want to help each other." Lockhart agreed.

Chapter 277 Design

Although Lockhart has been reminding himself not to work too hard, he has been working every day since he joined the Ministry of Magic.

"Work makes me happy," as Dobby likes to say, is the same for Lockhart now.

Due to his status in his previous life, Lockhart rarely saw big people. Occasionally having a drink with a few ministers, or as one of the escorts of several ministers - attending some international occasions, is already the limit of what he can achieve.

But now he can not only have a face-to-face conversation with the British Prime Minister, but at the same time, the top political leaders in the magical world still have a lot to rely on him. If this kind of thing was put in the past, Lockhart could not even imagine it at all.

These days are getting more and more promising, and of course he is more and more motivated to work. If Fudge hadn't volunteered to take over most of the Big Five, he might even have been so busy that he'd be forced to cross again.

To be honest, what Fudge did is actually very inauthentic. After Lockhart worked hard for more than a year, he came over and wanted to pick peaches. Although this complied with the rules on the surface, it did not meet the unspoken rules within the civil service.

But Lockhart thought about it carefully. The preparations for the competition were basically completed. All that was left to do was to accompany foreign guests, give speeches everywhere to build a sense of presence, and attend various promotional activities.

To show your face in this way is to show, but it is worthless.

Because spectators always watch the game to see the performance of the players on the field, almost no one cares about the stinky and long speech of the leader, and no one cares about what the organizers of the game have done or what they have done. how hard.

Of course, this does not include the Tokyo Olympics. Everyone doesn't watch the Tokyo Olympics very much.

Instead of watching the game, I am more concerned about what kind of underworld work the organizers have done.

In short, Lockhart does not think that doing these superficial articles can bring him anything, and doing those things is neither free nor practical. On the contrary, doing services for sponsors can bring him closer to power.

So he readily gave Fudge the work of showing his face in meetings and receiving foreign guests, and then, in his overjoyed hope, took over the work of connecting with sponsors, publicizing and serving foreign tourists and guests.

After all, many sponsors are foreign, and it is justifiable to hand over these tasks to the International Division.

As for the operation of the tournament, the sports department is naturally responsible, and the acting director of Xinyiren, Hai Sijia o Jones, is also a member of the Order of the Phoenix, and Lockhart is not very worried that she will make trouble there.

In this way, Lockhart, whose workload has been greatly reduced, has room to fish. He can take the opportunity to devote his energy to dealing with the affairs of the Muggles, and at the same time, he can secretly watch the security work of the Big Five Tournament. .

Although Barty Crouch Jr can no longer sneak into Hogwarts disguised as Moody, and Lockhart doesn't quite know how he will resurrect Voldemort. But what Lockhart can be sure of is that if Voldemort wants to be resurrected, he will definitely use Harry Potter's blood.

From God's point of view, Voldemort's resurrection with Harry's blood is undoubtedly digging a hole for himself, but Voldemort himself really wants the protective magic that his mother left him in Harry's blood.

On Voldemort's path to black magic, he has experienced many dangerous transformations, and the reason why he is willing to risk it is to obtain more powerful magic, and the magic of love in Harry O Potter is his never got.

On the principle of "what you can't get is good", it's only natural that Voldemort would covet this kind of magic.

It is precisely because he knew that Voldemort would dig a huge hole for him, so Lockhart did not go to old Riddle's tomb, and burned his bones to ashes in advance.

After all, there are so many types of black magic, even if Voldemort didn't use the Philosopher's Stone or "Father's Bone", he probably could find a way to get a new body. But without Harry's blood contamination at that time, whether Harry can successfully let Voldemort remove the piece of soul from his body becomes unknown.

However, since Voldemort paid the price of a loyal servant for Harry's blood in the original book, Lockhart couldn't let little Crouch continue to live, because from his point of view, little Crouch's threat was even more greater than Voldemort himself.

Now that little Crouch doesn't have Pettigrew to cooperate, and can't disguise as Moody to infiltrate Hogwarts, how are you going to catch Harry?

Lockhart made a declaration of war to little Crouch in his heart. He was not only going to kill this guy, but also to use the hands of little Crouch to complete his reverse osmosis of the Death Eaters and even Voldemort.

This was no joke, because he knew that Voldemort wouldn't trust little Crouch 100%, even if he was already the most trusted Death Eater.

Because little Crouch wanted to get a "reward" from Voldemort, and the reward he wanted was something that Voldemort would never give him.

And the reward that Voldemort will never give is eternal life.

For little Crouch, who was born in the Holy Twenty-Eight Pure Blood, and whose father almost became the real Minister of Magic, whether it was money, beauty or power, these things were at his fingertips. But because of the environment in which he grew up, Crouch Jr didn't find those things very appealing.

The reason why he admires Voldemort and is willing to advise him is that he wants only two things - "the power to legally torture others", and the other

is "the power not to be dominated by anything"

And this "anything", of course, includes "death"

The word Death Eater (De3th_E3te's) originally has the meaning of "conquering death". Voldemort Merchant Death Eaters promised that as long as they were loyal to themselves, sooner or later he would give them "eternal life" as a reward.

The reason why little Crouch tried his best to advise and work hard for Voldemort, in addition to the elements of "worship" and "self-imprinting", is nothing more than immortality. The phrase "I'll be rewarded more than any wizard can dream of" when he's being poured in Veritaserum expresses his greatest desire for Voldemort.

But Lockhart knew that Voldemort could never grant immortality to others. When he killed Snape, Voldemort blurted out the phrase "No one can live forever but me" is probably what he really thought deep in his heart.

- On the one hand, little Crouch also wants immortality, but on the other hand, Voldemort will never give him. There is this fundamental contradiction between the master and the servant, but little Crouch has not realized it yet.

As long as there are contradictions, Barty Crouch Jr is no longer a "perfect dog leg", and there must be a strategy that suits him best, and Lockhart firmly believes in this.

In addition, although Lockhart didn't know how Voldemort planned to get Harry's blood this time, he understood one thing one by one that no matter what Voldemort planned, there was a key part of the plan that could not be omitted. , which is Harry Potter himself.

More intelligence and the careful thinking of the civil servants made Lockhart quickly smooth out the current situation. As long as he knew the fundamental contradiction between the enemy and ourselves, he would be able to deal with it.

Now that Fudge is going to take over his job, Lockhart doesn't mind playing a new game with Lord Voldemort.

He let Crouch win the first game, but he didn't intend to lose the second,

Don't even consider a draw.

So he handed over his compiled schedule to Dumbledore for review, and then waited for him to give him his opinion.

Dumbledore looked at it seriously for a long time before finally remembering to ask him if he had spoken to the Director of Sports about the matter.

Lockhart has always been very well-behaved in front of Dumbledore: "Not yet, I want to discuss it after you read it."

Dumbledore gave Lockhart back the schedule he had compiled, and then gave his permission.

"I don't have any opinion. You and Hai Sijia have discussed it. As a criterion for judging warriors, I think this is very good."

Of course it's nice, because it's done exactly to your standards. Lockhart said heartily.

In order to prove to the wizarding world that his line was right, Lockhart introduced business to the Tournament, but with business alone, he could not satisfy Dumbledore.

So as a first-rate marketing guru, he had to add "symbolism" to the hegemony—that is, the kinds of items used to test the warriors' character. It's as if some writers just want to add philosophical and literary qualities to the story in order to forcefully sublimate the theme.

Don't tell me, Dumbledore really eats this.

Chapter two hundred and seventy-eight people who buy advertisements

After getting Dumbledore's permission, Lockhart went to discuss with Hessian Jones about the organization of the tournament.

Because of Ludo Bagman's poor governance, the Sports Department had not been able to do anything in the previous year. The only Quidditch World Cup that was still outstanding had a vicious case. The Sports Department is now holding a sigh of relief: Want to prove it.

Although Lockhart came to the Department of Sports after consulting with Dumbledore, it does not conform to the "rules", but I believe that Jones, as a member of the Order of the Phoenix, will definitely give Dumbledore more face.

After watching the projects that Lockhart planned to invest in the competition, Hassica-Jones was a little stunned.

"Do we have that much money?" was her first reaction.

However, when Lockhart told her about the funds raised in the past six months, Jones suddenly found out that he actually did it when everyone thought Lockhart was "distributed". so many things.

If you only look at the money from sponsors and the media, the budget and revenue of this "strong school union" has exceeded the Quidditch World Cup.

o To sum up, as long as we don’t spend money indiscriminately, or if there are major accidents in a row, then our budget is more than enough, and the newly built tourist facilities and trading market in Hogsmeade Village can also bring us benefits. But these are variable income and we can't count on it too much... What's the matter? "

Lockhart finished his idea in detail, only to find Jones looking at him with a very strange look.

Probably also found that his reaction was not right, Jones quickly explained: "Don't get me wrong, I just suddenly felt... You turned out to be a good fit for the Ministry of Magic."

Lockhart opened his hands exaggeratedly and made an unbelievable look:

"Otherwise, what do you think I'm here for? Pension?"

Jones said bluntly: "I thought you were tired of the risky life and were about to enter the Law Enforcement Division and train a group of Aurors."

Lockhart puzzled: "What gave you this outrageous delusion."

"Everyone said that." Hassica o Jones shrugged, "This is the opinion of readers according to the statistics of "Witch Weekly". The one I just said has the most votes."

"Ha, then should I be glad that you didn't believe the words on The Quibbler?" Lockhart laughed, "I remember that it said that I found Fudge in the Department of Mysteries secretly researching world-destroying black magic, He is preparing to destroy his conspiracy with one hand."

Hai Sijia blurted out: "That's not so, besides, the Department of Mysteries is a bunch of Ravenclaw pedants... Oh, I almost forgot, you are also Ravenclaw.

"Thank you for remembering." Lockhart tossed the project preparation materials on her desk.

In his plan, in order to include those projects with a strong commercial flavor, he had to separate many projects from the top five competition. Various ceremonies and social occasions were also designed by Lockhart, while the main competition was As a "main course", it is interspersed in various commercial projects.

The Triwizard Tournament mode in the original book was not considered by Lockhart. On the one hand, it was too uncommercial, and on the other hand, it did not take care of the audience.

In the original, the two major competitions are held at the end of October, and the opening game is at the end of October. The second event will run to the end of February of the following year, and the third event will be held in June. Aside from a Christmas ball, there are hardly any extra items.