Of course, not only Americans will raise doubts, but even the Ministry of Magic will attack the Society of Extraordinary Apothecaries on the grounds of "selling magical products to Muggles at will".

But Lockhart doesn't know whether the power of this question can be compared with the income of 50,000 Galleons per week, and he is also very interested in it.

Chapter 280 Economic Seeks Politics

When the matter is over, the clothes are gone, and the merit and fame are deeply hidden.

With the attitude of watching a good show, Lockhart divided the first money with the Extraordinary Apothecary Association, and returned to Hogsmeade on the grounds of organizing the game, leaving behind a group of noisy potion masters themselves. to discuss countermeasures, and in the name of "not interfering with you to make any decisions independently"

Mr. Granger and the others are not stupid. They know that when their deal is done, it is impossible for the Ministry of Magic to ignore these things. Even if the Ministry of Magic doesn't care, people who are jealous of their business will care, and they can't hide it if they want to.

As the saying goes, villains are hard to guard. If people who don't get benefits get stuck with them on raw materials, it's okay to raise prices or something, but if they start directly from the source and accuse them of violating confidentiality laws, then they can It's not just a matter of sales being confiscated

So under the pressure, two factions immediately emerged within this loose pharmacist association.

The first group is the typical "catch a hand and go" thought.

They believe that the uncertainty of the future is too great, and they are also drilling loopholes in the law, and transactions may be smashed at any time.

But at the same time, what they are earning now is real money, so the top priority now is to recruit a group of temporary workers, quickly produce some potions and sell them quickly, and sell as many as possible before the amendment to the law is passed.

The second faction is more serious and belongs to the "struggle faction"

These people argue that if they can make 50,000 Galleons a week, that's 2.7 million a year, and with that money, what Ministry of Magic officials can't they buy?

Going even further, as long as there is enough money, if they want to influence the law

It's not difficult, just like what Malfoy has done to previous ministers, so you don't really have to worry about the Ministry of Magic's people confiscating your business.

In addition to these two groups, there are some wizards who have not expressed their opinions. These people are mainly academic talents. Although they feel happy to get a lot of money, if they can't make so much money in the future, they will The days are still the same, quite Buddhist.

These people calmly pointed out to the two factions that the Pharmacist Association, which lacks power to protect, is not a tyrant at all in the eyes of those pure blood, but just a piece of fat. As long as the wizards are against it, it doesn't matter how much money they have, because there's a good chance it's not just about money.

These words reminded Mr. Granger that the Extraordinary Apothecary Guild is too loosely organized.

In the past, these potions could not do much when they got together. In addition to formulating potion standards and negotiating drug pricing, they usually just help each other with some work.

For example, who is short of materials recently, borrowing a little dragon claw powder or African wood to snake skin, etc., that is to see if the peers have recently developed any new potion formula, and understand the "frontier dynamics" of this industry.

Such an association is not so much a guild as it is an industry exchange meeting. Although it has a political component, the focus has not been on politics because of the lack of too many common interests among its members.

The money from the sale of germinal hair was a complete windfall, and while it brought hope to the people of the Pharmacists' Association, it also pushed them into a position where they had to care about politics.

But now it seems that these wizards are not ready for this.

It seems that the solution to this problem will require a professional, Granger thought.

So after the meeting, Mr. Granger went to Hogsmeade without thinking for a long time.

, and found Lockhart there, who was processing visas for foreign tourists.

"Give us an idea, Gilderoy, you don't want this deal to be stopped, do you? That's a lot of money," he said.

At this internal exchange meeting, the only consensus among the potions and pharmacists was that they would not take the initiative to give up their hands." Even if they were forcibly blocked in the end, they would never voluntarily give up the deal. But other than that, they didn't reach any resolution.

It's not that they don't know how to do it best, but they don't have a set of unified decision-making mechanism, nor a set of rules and procedures to constrain what everyone should not do, and there is no accountability mechanism, so no one is willing to take it. head.

It can be said that all of this is within Lockhart's expectations.

But at this time, he had to pretend to be confused and wait until Granger took the initiative to reveal his true purpose.

"We can buy our staff at the Ministry like the Malfoys did," Lockhart said.

Granger said he had no opinion: "We have considered this, everyone thinks it is a good idea, but no one is willing to take responsibility."

Lockhart raised the wine glass in his hand and toasted the other party: "If that's the case, then I have another way - we can also recruit more apprentices, preferably from middle-class families, this can help us Win a lot of alliances. And these people are not in vain. In addition to hair growth, I plan to sell other potions in the future."

Granger seemed a little absent-minded to Lockhart's toast: "We have also considered this. If we want to expand production and develop new drugs, we need to recruit at least 50 more people."

"In that case, what else do you have to worry about?" Lockhart asked rhetorically.

Granger sighed: "It's just a matter of gain and loss. If the money never existed, we could have continued with the old days, but... the money is real.

is too much

After all, he poured a heavy sip of strong wine into his mouth.

As a potion master, Granger rarely drinks this kind of drink that affects the accuracy of his thinking and actions, but he has been drinking a lot in the past two days, which shows that he is under great pressure.

"Don't worry, you don't have to worry about the pure-blooded family being jealous." Lockhart comforted him, "Don't look at the fact that you have to pay more than 200,000 because of the hair growth, but compared with the oil business that is about to generate income, you sell this little bit. Drug revenue is simply not worth mentioning.”

"Petroleum? You mean the deal you did with the purebloods?" Granger was a little curious. "I only heard a little about it before... How much does it make?"

"Lupin said that the combined production of several oil fields can reach 300,000 barrels of oil per day. Now the price of a barrel of oil is 20 US dollars, which means that the daily income is about 430,000 Galleons... Of course, various costs must be thrown away, and we It is impossible to mine at full capacity every day, and the final profit may not be so much." Lockhart said something that made Mr. Granger unable to calm down.

"400,000 a day?" he asked in disbelief.

"Yes, if you consider that the oil price is the lowest in 20 years now, you can make more money in the future... Well, now you don't have to worry about the pure bloods getting jealous, right?" Lockhart asked with a smile.

Granger nodded again and again: "Yeah, don't worry about it.

Chapter 281 Benefit-driven

Although he is no longer worried that the pure bloods will be jealous, Granger's problem is still unresolved. He still needs to find a way to ensure the safety of his transaction, and he also needs to find a way to settle it within the association.

"I'll give you an idea." Lockhart said to him, \"Now is a good opportunity for you to use this upcoming dividend income to structure your own organization within the Pharmacists Association."

"How?" Granger asked sensitively.

To be honest, Granger has no desire for power, but after yesterday's meeting, he realized that as long as a person wants to make a difference, he will never get around politics.

So now Granger can't help but have the idea of ​​​​to completely control the association, instead of being a nominal president, no matter what reasonable suggestions are put forward, no one can implement it.

But he didn't know what to do.

The Pharmacists Association is not a bureaucratic organization, so there is no so-called superior and inferior, and the personnel authority is equivalent to non-existence.

And what about financial rights? Neither did he.

Because everyone is a "technical shareholder", it is considered a "joint venture", and the sharing agreement that has been negotiated in advance is also there; Granger can't suddenly go back and say that the agreed price will not be given to others, so he can't control the internal personnel.

But Lockhart seems to have a different opinion.

"Actually, you have a big advantage now," Lockhart told him. "It just depends on whether you're willing to do it."

Granger didn't think that he had any advantages, he thought about it before trying

He asked, "Because this matter was handled by me from beginning to end."

"No." Lockhart dismissed the idea: "Your greatest advantage is 'no position'"

Granger frowned, because that didn't sound like a good word for Lockhart.

"The people on both sides are my friends. I have to be responsible for everyone. Besides, everyone is for making money, so there are actually not so many contradictions." Granger defended himself.

\"Yes: But if you continue to stalemate, you don't want to make any decisions." Lockhart shook the cup in his hand easily, with a playful look on his face, "Besides, the reason why you came to me is not because Because you found yourself unable to cover it?"

Granger had nothing to say, but remained silent.

Seeing him like this, Lockhart is not good at forcing him, after all, his purpose is to add an ally, not an enemy.

"Don't be like this, \"No position\' is not necessarily a bad thing when you are a leader. "He comforted the other party and said, \"Let me confirm first, members of your Extraordinary Pharmacist Association, should there be no objection to making money? "

"Of course not, I haven't seen anyone in the world who doesn't like money." Granger complained.

"That's good... Look, isn't this an opportunity?" Lockhart lowered his voice.

- A day later, Granger returned to the Apothecary Society and issued several new decisions in front of all members:

From now on, the Extraordinary Pharmacists Association has changed to a member invitation system, that is, two full members must be invited and guaranteed before they can join the association and become associate members. Associate members have no right to invite.

After becoming an associate member, the member must pay 1.5% of monthly income as a membership fee

However, if he has made an \"outstanding contribution\" to the association, or has paid membership dues for 20 consecutive years, he can become a full member.

In addition, the association plans to set up several branches, including the "Muggle Applicable Drug Research Committee", "Magic Medicine Standard Setting Committee", "Quality Inspection Committee"

"Botanical Medicinal Materials Management Committee"

"Management Committee of Magical Biological Medicinal Materials

"Commercial Sponsorship Committee" and "Policy Research Committee", etc., these committees

Membership of the membership can only be held by full members

According to Granger, the restructuring of the association is to improve the potion market and improve the overall quality of potions, and at the same time provide high-quality services and life guarantees for the majority of members who are interested in potion research and development and production.

The original members of the association had mixed praise and criticism for the restructuring he proposed.

One of the biggest disputes is the "membership fee", which is completely inconsistent with the tradition of the Extraordinary Pharmacists Association. It's not that everyone is short of this money, but no one likes to hand over the money they earn for no reason, even if it is paying taxes, let alone membership fees.

Everyone is not a fool, and Granger is obviously doing this not only for the "sound market" in his mouth, but to control the potion market and increase his personal power in the association.

Although everyone understands, they can't deny Granger's reason

"We have to be united or you all know how much jealousy and slander this money will cause.

We need allies, we need to lobby the Ministry of Magic, we need to exert our social influence and let all wizards know that we are doing it for the benefit of all wizards, and only then can we survive. "

According to Granger's plan, if the Extraordinary Apothecary Association wants to get this income safely, they must make more than half of the people in the wizarding society think that their actions are beneficial, and everyone agrees.

In addition, the members of these pharmacists have another worry in their hearts - that is, the threshold for hair growth is too low, so low that it is almost a wizard.

What if there are wizards who see Germinal making money, and then set up a workshop on their own to steal their business?

Compared with lobbying the wizarding world, they are more worried that others will rob their business, so Granger's "Magic Medicine Standards Committee" and "Quality Management Committee" immediately became the focus of everyone's concern.

That's right, if the Extraordinary Pharmacists Association can be turned into the only legitimate "exporter" through the management of "standards" and "quality", doesn't that mean that the money can only be earned by these people.

With this in mind, they decided to compromise with Granger, even if they had to pay some dues.

"How are you going to gain stewardship of standards and quality?" they began to ask.

Granger has long been prepared: "I want to set up several public welfare organizations in the name of the Extraordinary Apothecary Association, such as \"Retired Auror Nursing Home\', \"Potion Charity Aid Society: and \"Hogwarts The Potions Committee's Pearson Scholarship Program\' enables our association to provide more social well-being;

Next, we must have a good talk with the suppliers of medicinal materials, and strive to come up with several framework agreements. On the basis of raising the purchase price of medicinal materials by 50%, we will require them to strictly guarantee the supply of quality and quantity. These people will become our firm sooner or later. ally.

In addition, I also plan to acquire the magazine "Frontiers of Pharmacy", and at the same time invest 5% of the shares of "Daily Prophet", to promote our concept of serving the society in magazines and newspapers;

Considering the popularity of Quidditch, I'm also going to sponsor a Quidditch team in the name of the association, such as the Tatterhill Tornadoes..."

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With this angry shout, another wizard in front of the round table stood up angrily.

"Why sponsor the Tornados? They're already rich enough! Don't you know that my favorite Falmouth Falcons have been financially tight for a long time?"

Granger, who was reciting the manuscript, was suddenly interrupted, and his mind hadn't turned around for a while, so he stayed where he was.

Fortunately, no one cared about his expression at this time, and another wizard also stood up

, roared at the wizard who stood up earlier:

"I object! Since we want to sponsor, of course we have to sponsor the best and most famous team. Besides, we are **** rich, can you control it?"

Obviously, this is also a Tornado fan.

It's a pity that the argument between the two did not cause the others to agree. On the question of Quidditch, everyone has their own ideas.

"I propose \"Hollyhead Harpies\', as everyone knows, it is a team with all witches, and the eye-catching effect is definitely stronger than the Tornado team.

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"I would recommend Puddlemere United, who used the song to raise charitable funds for St Mungo's Hospital, which is very much in line with the purpose of our association..."

Hearing these wizards' gleeful discussions, Granger's eyes twitched involuntarily while sitting in the main seat.

These **** got the point completely wrong...

Chapter 282 Little Action

After seeing the restructuring statement issued by the Extraordinary Pharmacists Association in the newspaper, Lockhart knew that he had another solid ally in his future political career.

After reaching this point, the Extraordinary Apothecary Association would no longer be able to stay out of the matter, unless they did not want that continuous and stable income.

As long as they are in the game: breeders and magical zoologists who grow herbs can no longer remain silent, because the Apothecary Society is their biggest client.

That said, the centrists of Professor Sprout and Newt Scamander will also be their own political force, and nothing is more perfect.

As soon as he was in a good mood, Lockhart even wrote a lot more elegantly, and the squiggles when he signed were made several more bends.

Until he received the paper airplane from Hessian o Jones.