Working overtime in his own cabin, he came up with a set of "Hogsmeade One Year Plan", and added a lot of new projects to it.

Of course, there is a question mark on whether one-third of these projects can be implemented in the end, but this does not prevent Lockhart from increasing the budget and creating a thicker list of budget applications.

The ticket revenue of the movie theater was temporarily stored in a "temporary insurance account" (that is, the left drawer of his desk) by Lockhart in the name of "not yet counted", and it was not included in the budget. Hart will spend the money legally and distribute it among his stakeholders under the name of "building an indoor movie theater."

In addition, such as the construction and maintenance of the water supply facilities, the expansion of the Three Broom guest room, and the "advance payment" of various projects still in the plan, they shared the budget for the whole year of 1993.

Of course, if he just spent the money on paper, Lockhart felt that it was not enough, and he had to take this opportunity to expand his staff.

So in addition to writing the debriefing report, he also filled out an application form to increase his office staff.

It can be said that he needs to be confident in the establishment of new employees, because he has just come to Hogsmeade for a little more than a month, and he has completed two "big projects". There is no way the ministry could deny his claim.

After writing these things, Lockhart called Dobby.

"Dobby! I'm going to the Ministry of Magic to debrief. I've been away from Screaming Shack these two days. You and Briquettes should stay home."

"Yes, Master." Dobby agreed quickly.

"Of course, you don't have to stay here all day, anyway, there's nothing to steal in my office, just lock it up. After you get your wages, you can go to Fengya Brand Wizard's Dress Shop to buy something you like, if you like it, You can also walk around here

Wander... By the way, this is for you. "

Dobby looked at a wand that Lockhart handed over, his brain a little unable to react.

\"Master, this is...\"

"My old wand, but my personality changed after I came back from a trip, and this wand didn't fit me so well, so I got a new one. You can use this wand."

Dobby was taken aback: "Wand, for me? Seriously? It's a wand!

"Who told you?" Lockhart asked back, "It's just a temporary loan to you, to protect the Ministry of Magic and my own property... I think you're a stupid guy, and you like to wear fancy clothes, It's very similar to me before, maybe I can use it

"Master, you are so kind to Dobby." Dobby cried with joy, "Dobby is probably the first elf ever to use a wand!"

"Huh?" Lockhart thought uncertainly. "The first one?"

"Absolutely!" Dobby looked at the wand with longing in his eyes. "Oh, no, no, Dobby can't…"

I saw that he suddenly hit the wall with his head without any orders from Lockhart.

\"No! House-elves shouldn't touch wands!"

He shouted hoarsely, his head in the shack

"Stop!" Lockhart hurriedly stopped his self-inflicted behavior, "Aren't you a free house-elf? I allow you to use your wand if necessary.

Dobby shook his head again and again: "But the magic of wizards is very different from that of house-elves.

, Although Dobby will use one or two wizards' magic, but it was learned from secret imitation before... In short, the magic wand is not very useful in the hands of our house elf. And because of the ancient magic in our blood, we can't directly cast spells on wizards. "

"Can't you?" Lockhart asked in surprise. "No attack? Not even your master's enemy?"

\"The enemy who attacked the master can, but cannot directly recite the spell on the wizard."

"But I remember Harry saying that you used magic on Malfoy."

"That's Dobby stealing... Dobby is attacking something in the hands of the previous owner

, and that thing would hurt him..."

I don't know why, when talking about this, Dobby's face that resembled Emperor Pu showed a hint of cunning.

Only then did Lockhart understand why the house-elves were obviously capable of magic, but they attacked the Death Eaters with various pots and pans, knives and forks during the Battle of Hogwarts.

"That's it, then you can put it in the drawer on the right. I won't be able to use it for the time being anyway. Of course, you can use it to cast some housework spells."

"Okay, master."

Although Dobby agreed, judging from the expression on his wand in both hands, as if he was looking at the holy relic, he probably wouldn't use it in a short time.

- The **** dog who was pretending to be asleep moved his ears, and then made a very false snoring sound.

Chapter 186 Debriefing

As the first report after going out on business, Lockhart's report card is not bad, even if the budget of 300 Galleons was spent on paper.

Barty Crouch's stern face also loosened: "Good job, but I remember Ms. Rutkin should have told you to save some money."

Don't be kidding, there is no civil servant in this world who saves money. Lockhart Heart says

"All our money is taken from the people, and of course we must return it to the people as soon as possible." Lockhart said extremely great, honorable and correct, "and I spend very little on official expenses, and these funds have basically changed. It has become an asset of the Ministry of Magic, and I don't think anyone will gossip."

\"Indeed." Mr. Crouch affirmed his statement.

In fact, Mr. Crouch did not criticize Lockhart for this very reason, knowing that Lockhart had chosen the Shrieking Shack as his office in order to "save money", which was shabby enough, let alone used Blocking the crowd, even his political enemies couldn't say anything.

But he still had to bang Lockhart, lest he get carried away and forget the fact that he still needs a backer.

"Tell you one thing, Rita Skeeter is saying something weird in the paper again, you have to be careful," Crouch reminded him.

"Oh? What did Ms. Skeeter say?" Lockhart asked, feigning great interest.

Zhuang also said in the newspaper that you do everything you can to win people's attention, and since taking office for more than a month, the biggest contribution you have made is to destroy the history of Hogsmeade

The long-standing village style\'and\"poison the simple villagers with the spirit of hedonism\'

"God," Lockhart sighed, "I wish more people would poison me in the same way... Didn't she mention the dementors' influence on the villagers?

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"Probably mentioned two sentences." Crouch glanced at the newspaper next to him: "Oh.oo this is \"necessary price\'"

"I knew it." Lockhart pouted.

Seeing that the beating was almost done, Crouch began to talk about business.

Ur said \"What does it mean to be too busy alone\'? Is there so much to do?" he asked.

"Of course, if we want to hold an unprecedented event." Lockhart stretched his fingers and counted Crouch one by one:

"It took me a month to show the villagers the sincerity of the Ministry of Magic, and then I'm going to do a major civil transformation of Hogsmeade, and then use those transformations to show those sponsors the ambition, until next year , I also have to deal with those international friends who come to inspect. I have to be very busy with this part alone... But I also need a special clerk and negotiation expert to help me ask for sponsorship fees from those companies. Although things are not complicated , but it also requires people with certain qualities to handle it.”

After listening to Crouch, he felt that Lockhart's request was reasonable: "That is to say, you need someone from a pure blood family to help you?"

Lockhart spread his hands: \"Why does it have to be a pure blood family?"

"Don't be stupid, you can get the price only if they come forward. Otherwise, no matter which company you negotiate with, their shareholders will make you overwhelmed." Crouch sullenly explained to him a cruelty. Reality.

Io looks like I have no choice, are you going to help me? ' Lockhart asked deliberately.

Although the Crouch family is thin, it is at least one of the twenty-eight pure bloods.

If Rauch is willing to come forward, he should be able to help him get one or two pure-blood wizards over. And what's not good is that it wasn't Crouch who came forward and absolutely commanded the pure blood as a mixed-race Lockhart. Maybe his achievements might even be picked by peaches.

Crouch obviously thought of this too, so he came up with a plan.

"In this case, I think you should take responsibility and accept one or two interns who have just graduated from school. Although you have only been working for a while, I think your quality is comparable to some old fritters... I mean old staff , it is enough to train new people.

\"Training new people?" Lockhart repeated.

\"Yes, for the Ministry of Magic's talent pool...you know."

Of course Lockhart knew what he meant—the intern would never rob him of his career.

\"Thank you very much, Director!\"

Lockhart's gratitude this time is sincere. Crouch not only did not block him, but also asked for his application, and even took the initiative to check and fill vacancies for his plan. There are not many good bosses like this. See you.

"You don't have to thank me, just concentrate on your business." Crouch's expression still didn't change.

That night, Lockhart invited a few good people whom the Ministry of Magic knew to have a drink together and connect with colleagues.

Of course, in his words, "research the possibility of cross-departmental cooperation."

He hired Mr. Crouch, his boss, Peacegood, who had just been promoted to the Division of Magical Law Enforcement, Mr. Weasley, his friendly colleague, Robards, the second-in-command of the Auror Office, and the Experimental Spells Committee. Gilbert O. Wimple and the Fantastic

Amos Diggory, Division of Animal Management.

Although Mr. Crouch toasted everyone, he also noticed that all the people who came except him were under 40 years old, and none of them were as high as him.

Therefore, Lockhart should have only invited him out of respect for him, and represented his personal relationship with his superiors. It did not mean that this reception was prepared for him.

Crouch was also interested, so after a glass of wine, he said goodbye on the grounds that something was wrong, leaving the group of young people to go crazy.

Sure enough, when Crouch left, the atmosphere at the scene became active.

"It seems that you have been doing well recently, and even your boss has come to cheer." Peasgood congratulated Lockhart in a pantheon.

5 There, I was just a fledgling. " Lockhart said modestly, "If you still stay in the Department of Magical Disasters, you might have become the deputy director. "

"It's useless to be a deputy director in that place, there will only be more things to do." Pisgood sighed.

"Never mind, you have to be busy wherever you are, the key is "Is this enough..." Lockhart made a "money" gesture, "If this is enough, I'd rather be busy every day.

\"If I had as much money as you, I would have quit my job long ago." Peacegood said half-truth.

"Just kidding, what's the point of living like that." Lockhart raised the wine glass in his hand: "Just find a reason for another drink?"

Peacegood did not refuse.

Whether proud or disappointed, everyone is now a colleague7 of the Ministry of Magic, and the identities and age gaps between each other are not too big, so it is the time when there is the most common topic.

And this "common topic" is nothing more than the shortcoming and promotion of some parents.

As for more in-depth topics, I am afraid we have to wait until everyone is more familiar with it.

After everyone had finished drinking, Lockhart finally revealed the true meaning of his treat.

"There are really too few people drinking, so it's boring... I want to invite a few more people to the next wine party."

Everyone didn't take it seriously at first, only Weasley casually asked who he planned to invite.

"The manager of Nimbus, Comet, Sweep, the British president of Fengya Wizard's Clothing Store: the editor-in-chief of the Daily Prophet, the president of the Extraordinary Apothecary Society, and the president of St. Mungo's Hospital." Lockhart solemnly replied.

Now there is no way for everyone to continue drinking.

Just know that this kid will never be fine if he invites everyone to drink, he is really good at messing things up.

Although the wizarding world lags behind Muggles in most fields, bureaucrats around the world are self-taught when it comes to this kind of transfer of benefits, like this "elite club" that invites celebrities to join, Everywhere.

"Wait, we all know what you've been doing recently, but everything else is easy to understand. Why is the dean of St. Mungo's invited?" Mr. Weasley asked a question that everyone cared about.

Lockhart opened his mouth and said, "Because this project requires everyone's full cooperation, but our current authority is insufficient..."

"Stop! We haven't promised you yet!" Others interrupted him quickly.

Chapter 187 Interdepartmental Joint Law Enforcement

Lockhart's idea is not complicated to put it bluntly, and it can even be said to be simple and crude.

The only problem is that Lockhart doesn't have that much power right now, so a lot of ideas are on paper.

But if he can get enough allies within the Ministry of Magic, then that's another story.

\"The Triwizard Tournament will be held perfectly, I am confident about this." Lockhart expressed confidence.

"We all know what you're capable of, but then what?" No one understood why he suddenly said that.

"The villagers asked me a question, saying that after the Triwizard Tournament ended, the facilities built by Hogsmeade to receive tourists would be scrapped. It's absurd, and they asked what we were going to do." Loja Te said.

When everyone heard him say this, they knew that he already had an idea in his heart, and the reason why he would come to everyone must be because he had a plan in his mind before he came to "announce" everyone.

"Just tell me, what are your thoughts? And what does this have to do with us?" Peacegood asked.

Lockhart pretended to think for a moment: "My idea is that they are very worried about it. We worked hard and spent a lot of money to hold a grand event, but in the end, these facilities were built in only half a year. , it's a pity. It's better to continue to play their role and create value for the wizarding world."

After drinking, people will always become more outspoken. Seeing that Lockhart is still selling out, some people are impatient: "How to do it? And you still haven't told us what we can do."

\"I want to turn Hogsmeade into a resort: a nursing home for the elderly: what do you think?" Lockhart asked.

He could clearly see that after hearing his words, several people showed narrow expressions on their faces.

That expression seems to be saying \"So you also have a childish time".

But Mr. Weasley was a kind man, and he helped Lockhart out of the siege before his colleagues laughed: "... Gilderoy, I think we have to discuss this matter."

"Is there a problem, Arthur?" Lockhart asked pleasantly.

"That's it... As far as I know, when Grindelwald was raging a few decades ago, many people on the European continent took refuge here, but after the war ended, everyone returned to China, and some people also proposed to do it. This kind of resort, but the result...