See Harry instead of that oath ellipse framed by a slap in the face.

If those who once defeated the Dark Lord were defeated by the Mudbloods, it would cause great mental damage to them who once believed in Voldemort.

Harry certainly didn't know the minds of the Slytherins, and if he did, he might have thrown a punch.

Gryffindor was jubilant up and down—they were both from the Lion House anyway, as long as the duel was good, and the spirit of Gryffindor was displayed.

And Harry and Hermione's performance can be said to exceed everyone's expectations, so that they have some higher hopes for Harry.

For example, beating the champion of the third grader.

But Harry touched his bruised shoulder and felt that this matter had to be reconsidered.

Just when the referee asked the first-year Mason if he wanted to challenge Harry, Dumbledore was surrounded by four or five people.

"We agree to sponsor this duel, Headmaster. But we also hope that duels shouldn't just be watched by Hogwarts students. Even adult wizards should benefit from watching these duels."

Dumbledore seemed to know what they were thinking: "Then you mean... should journalists be allowed in?"

He meant something, because among the people around him were several newspaper columnists, Zamira Gucci.

Unlike Grisel Hotz, who is keen on emotional gossip, Gucci herself is an academic writer, and she is also the author of "Practical Family Magic".

Sure enough, she stood up and spoke.

"Actually, Gilderoy wrote to me last week, saying that I haven't published a new book in a long time, and I think he's right, people always have to find something for themselves...I hope you can put the content of the students duel I will do all the magic analysis, which will eventually be published in the Weekly Sunday Prophet."

While Witch Weekly has had good momentum over this period, it has always

It is a publication that focuses on gossip, food, and women's issues. When encountering serious matters such as duels, everyone's first reaction is Prophet Weekly, not other publications.

Dumbledore nodded slightly: "Of course, but what else do you need from us?"

"Nothing to offer, if I could, I would like to be able to find a house in Hogsmeade and watch the games on the weekends," she said.

Dumbledore happily expressed his willingness to relieve her of this trouble: "Don't be so troublesome, Hogwarts is still very empty, if you want, I can reserve a place for you for dinner."

With a little convenience, you can buy a perennial live advertisement for the dueling club.

, Dumbledore would be a fool if he would refuse.

Not to mention that these "sponsors" have to see the effect. They will only invest in the duel if they confirm that it will be exposed all year round.

When Dumbledore and Gucci were negotiating, several other sponsors had been listening carefully, and only after seeing that they had indeed reached a cooperation, did they put forward their own conditions.

For example, Mr. Fleet, a broom manufacturer, launched the Twigg 90 in 1990. At that time, it was very popular for a while. At one time, there was a trend to replace the Nimbus 1700, but it was replaced by Devlin a year later. o Whitehorn's new Nimbus 2000 was crushed.

He has been thinking about what kind of broom his company should produce in order to survive when the Quidditch match is dominated by Nimbus, swept, and Comet.

Either learn from Little Spadmore, give full play to the spirit of craftsmanship, do whatever it takes to create a high-quality product, and even cooperate with goblins, sharpen a sword in ten years, and bet all of your fortune on the Firebolt launched next year.

But this risk is too great, even if the old Spadmore is skilled,

Successful broom products such as the Silver Arrow, Tinder Arrow and Swifter have been produced, but the success of the Firebolt is still unknown.

In addition, many iron parts of the Firebolt are highly dependent on the supply of goblins, which means that the goblins can take hold of them at any time. Even if the Firebolt is successful, Fleet thinks that this model is not worth learning.

But if it doesn't do that, Fleet will have to transition in time to produce household brooms

But the sales of household broomsticks have been very small these days, mainly because the appearance of Floo powder has made transportation in the magical world no longer difficult, but it is easy to be found by Muggles when flying around.

If Fleet chooses to transform to do this, I am afraid that he will not be starved to death.

However, the appearance of the dueling club made him see a prospect - since the Twigg series brooms have a unique patent in anti-curse varnish, why can't they bypass the three giants and use their brains on safety protection and maneuverability, What about specializing in the production of a dueling broom?

The idea took root as soon as it passed through his mind. Compared to being forced to sell the patent for anti-evil varnish to Sweep, and then scuttling away himself, there was at least the possibility of struggling.

"The Nimbus 2000 is not suitable for ramming, and neither is the 2001." Flett bluntly told Dumbledore, "The Nimbus series sacrificed a lot of safety for the balance and speed of the handling, especially the pedals and grips. It's oversimplified, the protection of the occupants themselves is terrible, and you need a new broom."

Chapter 129: The Price Offered by the Pureblood Family

Although the duel competition has just started, the hearts of the guests have not stopped on the field for a long time, even if they are still applauding.

Compared with these hesitant people, the daring ones have already begun to cooperate with Dumbledore, such as Weizeac and Fleet, they have already obtained the exclusive "internal beta" rights, which means that it is impossible not to make The rest are anxious.

After observing this phenomenon, Draco Malfoy was also a little disturbed.

\"Dad, are we..."

"Don't be impatient, Draco, you have to learn to be calm." Lucius still showed his emotions and anger.

"yes dad c"

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Although little Malfoy was persuaded, his doubts remained undiminished, because he saw that several elders who were familiar with his family were making a move.

Seeing him like this, Lucius gave him a rare few words.

"The key now is who can offer better conditions. Our Malfoy family's family business is here, wait for those cats and dogs to make an offer first."

Seeing that his father was so determined, Draco was relieved a lot.

"Also, remember to invite Lockhart to dinner after the defense class.

"Huh?" Draco was stunned again.

"Of course, I have to invite it in private, and don't let others see it, understand?" Lucius added.

"yes dad c"

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Although he didn't understand what his father meant, he just did it.

The people off the field have different aspirations, while the people on the field are much simpler.

After considering it, Samuel Mason decided to challenge the second-year champion even though he thought the odds were not high.

- On the one hand, he thought that after the dean of the academy and Professor Lockhart had both said that, if he surrendered directly, it would be a disgrace to those two people. On the contrary, as long as he plays his due level, I believe that Professor Flitwick will not blame himself.

The second aspect is that because the opponent is Harry Potter, the legendary savior has a very easy-going personality, and he does not worry about being insulted after losing a duel.

Thirdly... they are all children, how could he easily admit defeat.

Sure enough, after hearing his decision, Professor Flitwick and the rest of the class all stood up and applauded for him, even though Professor Flitwick wasn't much different from standing up or not.

However, although he has already decided to challenge, it will not start the duel until the champions of the third and fourth grade groups also duel.

Taking advantage of this time, Mason took the initiative to step forward and extended his hand to Harry Potter.

"Hello! Nice to meet again!"

Harry still had some impressions of Mason, because if it weren't for Mason's parents, he would have been locked up by Dursley for two months last summer.

\"Hello." Harry returned the salute somewhat cautiously.

"Do you have any plans for this summer vacation? My mother wrote to me and asked, saying that since the wizards are real, some of those fairy tales should be true, so our family wants to go to Denmark this year, hoping to see Mermaid." Mason opened it up with that.

Hehe, if Dursley didn't kill me, it would be a success. Harry said heartily.

Instead of saying this outright, he put it in a more emotionally intelligent way: "

I'm going to make up lessons this summer. "

"Make-up lessons, tutors?" Mason opened his mouth wide.

"That's right." Harry sighed.

Although he didn't know what "Occlumency" was, but it seemed to be very important, Dumbledore asked him to learn it as soon as possible, and also let Lockhart go to his house during the summer vacation.

Harry didn't mind being visited, but he was worried about what the Dursleys would do to him if a wizard came to the house rashly.

However, this was not what Mason had in mind. The moment he heard the "tutor", the scene in his mind was actually sitting in front of the piano, and there was an old-fashioned old gentleman beside the piano. He was frowning and knocking While holding the pointer, he shouted, "Play double tones with your fingers, not your wrists"

Thinking of this, he gave Harry a pitying look: "Good luck."

Harry thought it might not be me but Lockhart who needed luck, or else he wouldn't be able to go to class even if he wanted to.

He couldn't help but glance over to the professor at Hogwarts, only to find that Lockhart wasn't there at all.

The third-year game has not yet started. Where is Professor Lockhart?

And the person who Harry thinks needs good luck is giving a "class" to several members of the pure blood family at this time

The content of his class is also very simple and crude, and that is the most concerned issue of these families - how to continue to increase the family wealth.

There's never been an airtight wall in this world, especially when the news involves money, not to mention that Lockhart has been spreading it on purpose.

The news that Lockhart and Gringotts have made a fortune from Muggles together is almost

It spread throughout the wizarding "upper class" within a month, and Lockhart thought it was too slow.

Everyone wanted to know how Lockhart made the money, and what he and the Malfoys were going to invest in.

Of course, the most important point is whether they can still participate.

They said they were here to see a duel" and "caring about children", but in fact they wanted to take this opportunity to talk to Lockhart.

For these self-proclaimed ancient and pure families, nothing is more important than "inheritance", and besides education, the most important thing that allows them to continue the family's glory is the family property.

Although it sounds a bit coppery, the amount of money a family can control directly determines how much this family can do. Although the integrity of the Malfoy family is well known, and everyone despises them in their hearts, but because of his wealthy family, everyone must respect him as the current leader of the Snake Sect even if they pinch their noses.

They didn't want the family to become like the Gaunt family, so poor that they only had a small house, and they didn't even have a house-elves to serve them.

Therefore, after learning that there is a way to make money, even if they feel that there is little hope, they must come to Lockhart to ask.

As for the Malfoy family, they didn't think Lucius would tell them all about it. For so many years before, the Malfoy family had been secretive about their investment channels. If they could find out, they would have already found out.

As for the price for Lockhart to speak, they have already thought about it.

\"We can take the Shafiq family tree and prove that there was a Squib who changed his surname to Lockhart three generations ago, and his mother's side is considered pure blood for four generations. In this way, he is also pure blood. Blood wizard, promise him a pure blood wizard marriage in the future... He will not refuse."

Chapter 130 Who is the lesson for?

When the pure-blood wizards were ready to be slaughtered, they were surprised to find that Lockhart didn't seem to have any intention of hiding it.

He took the dignitaries into his increasingly luxurious office, invited them to sit down on the velvet-cushioned sofa in front of the fireplace, and called out Dobby the house-elf to pour everyone a nightcap.

From the perspective of hospitality alone, this set has the meaning of an ancient family, although most of the cards are supported by Dobby.

"What Gringotts and I are investing in is oil and oil-derived financial business." He summoned a small blackboard out of thin air, and then began to explain, "Although the oil fields in the Middle East are good, there are Arabs. The magician's territory, so we chose the location in Nigeria, Africa."

The pure-blood wizards in the room looked at each other, they obviously didn't understand what Lockhart was saying.

They turned their attention to Mr. Farley, the most experienced among them, hoping that he would come forward and come up with an idea.

"Nigeria I know, but what is oil?" Mr. Farley opened his mouth to ask

Lockhart didn't look down on Mr. Farley because he didn't know this, in fact he admired Mr. Farley quite a bit because he didn't know and asked.

If you want face now, reality will give you face sooner or later.

"Good question - what is oil? I am afraid that even the high-level people in many Muggle countries can't fully explain it, even if they are in every day.

Lockhart first gave these "pure bloods" a step down, and then started

his own agitation.

"Although Muggles don't know magic, the reason why they can enjoy so many good things without magic is because of their infinite demands from nature.

They drive vehicles, start machines, build factories, and they build these things not by magic, but by things that can burn in nature, such as wood, wood-fired carbon, buried coal, and oil. . Among these combustible things, oil currently has the best combination of efficiency, widespread use and economic benefits.

Many of the cars, planes, ships, and even tractors used for farming and generators for power generation that Muggles now rely on to travel require various types of oil after oil processing to drive them, and they use plastics, paints, asphalt. Even many medicines for treating diseases are made of petroleum.

In other words, Muggles are as dependent on oil as we are on a magic wand, although we can still cast spells without it, but life and work efficiency will be reduced to an outrageous level. "

Next, Lockhart took the 1973 oil crisis as an example, and told the audience about the impact of oil on the Muggle economy.

Io Those countries in the Middle East did not have a monopoly on oil, they just restricted production and raised prices. The economy of the Muggle world suffered a severe setback, and the high-speed development period of several countries also ended. The United States is even more concerned about the dollar solution After binding gold, bind oil instead. "

His lengthy introduction finally gave these wizards some idea of ​​oil.

"That is, it's a no-brainer to sell, it's just a matter of price?" Mr. Farley concluded.

You are right.

"And we can control the Muggle world as long as we have a fair share of oil production?" asked Mr Farley immediately.

Lockhart's expression froze for a moment: in terms of housing, it is almost impossible, because in terms of value, all the wealth of our British wizarding world can only control three or five medium-sized oil fields, and their Not enough to affect Muggles as a whole

"But we don't have to use money to control oil fields. With all the wizards in the world combined, it shouldn't be a problem to control tens of thousands of oil fields, right?" Someone immediately asked.

Lockhart decided to dispel the gang's unrealistic ideas.

"In that case, we are directly declaring war with the Muggle world. Are you ready?" Lockhart asked back.