Chapter 405： The new look of the company

Felix watched Ginny and Luna leave the classroom holding the replica of the goblet of fire together. To be honest, this thing is not light, but he also wisely did not recommend them to use magic.

They are very smart, they should just not want to, rather than not realizing that they can use the Levitation Charm to reduce weight... right?

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The next morning, when it came the weekend, he calmed down the sniff of the bed and walked through the office fireplace to Diagon Alley.

Felix walked on a long cobbled road with crowded restaurants and shops on either side. Huge umbrellas lay in front of some shops, and the sign of Florin ice cream shop was in warm yellow light. twinkling.

Even if he intuitively feels it with his eyes, he can judge that the "Future World" company is developing very well. Along the way, he can often see through the shop windows and see magic lights, large and small, like a drop of water, integrated The center of the magical world of London.

At the entrance of the headquarters of Future World Corporation, he unexpectedly saw a large crowd of people crowded in the doorway, noisy and lively. At the same time, some people came out with a smile.

Two staff members at the door calmed the crowd, "Ladies and gentlemen, don't be crowded, everyone can take their turn." He put in one or two people from time to time.

How is this going?

Felix stood by and stared for a moment, stepped forward, and the crowd separated automatically, "Wait, this gentleman... are you, Mr. Haipu?" The staff who stopped in front said in surprise, and immediately used worship. Looking at him, he led him into the vertical castle building.

"Mr. Haipu, please come in, I want to maintain order." The staff member said respectfully.

Felix nodded, stepped up, tightening the sight of the hall.

This place has completely changed its appearance.

He still remembered that it was originally empty and covered with a dark floor. Looking straight up from the center of the hall, he could directly see the top chandelier. Connect the layers.

What impressed Felix most was that he, Snape and Lupin had a fight here, and then discussed the company's development plan together.

But the hall in front of him looked like a magnificent museum, filled with crowds.

The young witches pointed to more than a dozen showcases, which should be the products newly developed by the company's researchers, and the staff in uniforms next to them were busy.

"Professor Haipu," said a girl with long curly hair.

"Crivat," Felix said to the person next to him, "The company has changed so much, I don't even recognize it anymore."

"This is the result of everyone's hard work." Penello said with a smile. At this time, they walked up the spiral staircase to the second floor. She introduced as she walked: "Opening up the lobby on the first floor is Kremy's proposal. We put some of the products that have not been completely finalized outside, regularly invite outsiders to visit and try them, and pick out useful suggestions for modification."

"I see, you are doing well." Felix nodded slightly and said with emotion: "Maybe I should give you a salary increase."

He stood at the railing on the second floor, looking down from above.

A young witch put on an emerald crown with the help of the staff, and then there was an exclamation in the crowd. Her whole body was shining with a crimson light, and her hair turned into a pale hoarfrost. The magical brilliance was intertwined and stretched down her neck. In the eyes of everyone's envy, she put on a light princess dress, and flowers bloomed on the edge of the skirt.

"How much is this! I want this!" the witch shouted. She looked like a princess now, and every inch of her skin shone with a dazzling luster.

"This is not for sale, and we are still experimenting with the effect..." The staff had no choice but to explain.

Twenty or thirty feet away, a little curly-haired boy with purple hair blows out a sea-blue bubble, wrapping his younger brother in it. The bubble looks very tough and floats with the baby inside. Feet in height. The baby sits in the bubble and stretches out his chubby hand towards a budding Clivia, but is blocked by the bubble. When the sea blue bubbles fell on the buds of Clivia, the petals bloomed little by little, and a thumb-sized flower fairy was projected from the bright yellow stamens, flashing quickly around the baby, causing a burst of "chuckling" laughter.

Their parents carefully accompany each other, repeatedly confirming if there are any problems...

Felix continued upstairs and asked, "How is Percy's job at the Ministry of Magic?"

"He?" Penello sighed. "He is too busy, especially wanting to make some achievements, and just in time for his boss, Mr. Crouch, to take a long vacation. He can only give instructions through the owl, which leaves him with With full autonomy, many small things can be decided by himself... he is addicted to it..."

She said with some dissatisfaction: "He told me he thought about living in the ministry, but I stopped him."

Felix stopped, his impression of Percy came from hard work in study and rigid stubbornness in daily life, and an extreme lack of humor. Although he himself doesn't like to tell jokes, at least he can hear it and is willing to applaud, but these behaviors are invisible to Percy.

According to Mrs. Weasley's original words, "The decision he made, ten cows can't be brought back."

Felix looked at Penello thoughtfully.

"Can you convince him?"

"Usually...Yes." Penello was a little strange, but he still replied.

"Yeah." Felix nodded.

They came to the third floor and pushed open a solid wood door. Inside was a spacious room. Lupin and a few people stood together and talked seriously.

In the center of the room stood a huge wormwood-colored canvas like a portrait, on which were moving images—

Two delicate magic puppets were in a duel, and blue lightning and orange flames intertwined with each other. Puppets are obviously controlled by people, and they often use terrain to avoid attacks when they are not allowed to happen, and their actions are natural and smooth. Several researchers underneath watched intently, exclaiming from time to time, or inhaling due to the intense action scenes.

Felix was keenly aware that this was not a magical painting with spells, but some kind of live broadcast, because he saw Kremy Vera and Arik McGee surrounded by people—they were on the canvas screen The command puppet below, a huge camera-like thing facing the'battlefield' between them.

Seeing Felix coming, Lupin came quickly. He complained and said: "If it hadn't been for letters from owls all the time, I would have thought you were missing."

"Didn't I be here before?" Felix said awkwardly.

"Indeed," Lupin nodded and said softly, "Let me think about when, if my memory hasn't been revised, I saw you last week, no, it was through the sound mirror, yes Last week? That was your patron saint—two recipes for alchemy materials. Or last week? I remembered it wrong, but it was Dobby..."

"Ahem!" Felix turned his eyes quickly and said, "Is that the space capsule I told you about? It's really interesting..."

They stared together at the other side of the spacious room. A young researcher took out a capsule from the flat metal box, threw it on the ground, and "banged" a cloud of white smoke, throwing all kinds of impurities from it. Objects, canvas pieces, kettle, clothes, and even a few pieces of firewood...

The researcher groaned disappointedly, "Oh~ it still doesn't work..."

When talking about business, Lupin became serious. He retracted his gaze and said to Felix: "The Ministry of Magic still refuses to let go. You know, they control the Wuhen Stretching Curse very strictly."

"You don't have to worry about obstacles from the Ministry of Magic," Felix said.

Lupin stared at him. "The people at the Magical Items Control Bureau don't say that."

"Don't worry, Remus." Felix comforted him: "As long as they allow magical items carrying the non-marking stretching curse to be sold publicly, whether it is a tent or something... Even if there is only one, Future World Corporation can take it. To permission."

"The only thing to pay attention to is to do the tamper-proof part. The use of the product must not be changed." Felix stared at the young wizard who was experimenting in the distance and said: "It is not allowed to carry living things, especially people." He thought I wanted to add: "It's best to urge the Ministry of Magic to improve this part of the law and make clear regulations on the amount of space allowed for expansion..."

"What you said is as if the Ministry of Magic was run by your house, I'm not as confident as you." Lupin mumbled, but Felix pretended not to hear it clearly. He took Lupin's shoulders and led him to a huge workbench with various scattered objects on the table.

Constant temperature locket, magic lamp, sound-transmitting mirror, jade crown...there is a dazzling array of people.

"Well, you can give me an introduction, what new products are there, and how is the company's recent development?"

"Currently we have 17 products, but 12 are still in the process of improvement, including those in the hall... there are five remaining, plus the couple mirrors of the Weasley twins—we changed the name to Transonics when we sold it. , Because it can’t deliver images over long distances — it’s already sold in seven branches.”

"Not counting foreign orders..."

Lupin showed an expression of admiration, "The Quidditch World Cup light show was very successful. We have received a large number of orders one after another, and the manpower is not enough, so we have to cooperate with the Owl Post Office."

While talking, a tawny owl flew in along the castle window. Circling around Lupin for two weeks, drop a letter.

He hurriedly opened the letter and took a look, then explained: "It is asking about when the product will be launched. Your strategy is very effective. When we send out the magic lamp products, we also include a list of products to be launched...No Few people write to ask."

He finally said: "Counting those overseas, the "Future World" company already has more than one hundred employees. Even the Daily Prophet does not have that many people."

Felix didn't think it was enough, UU read www.uukānshu. com "Continue to expand. There is not enough manpower to continue recruiting."

Lupin looked at him hesitantly, "It's barely enough at the moment. Although it has been busy recently, this is because the company is still in the development period. When it runs smoothly in the future, there will be no need for so many people."

The number of companies in the magic world is actually quite small. Mainly because there are only 20,000 or 30,000 wizards in the entire UK, plus the convenience of magic, only a few skilled employees are needed.

And this kind of small company often becomes the industry of a certain family, and only recruits people every ten years. To some extent, his ‘Future World’ company is an alternative—according to the current momentum, if it does not step on the brakes, it may only take two or three years to surpass the Ministry of Magic in terms of numbers.

Felix looked at Lupin, staring at him with light blue eyes, and said calmly:

"For a long time to come, I hope that the company is in a development period. As for the smooth operation...maybe after you retire."

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