Days wandering around Hogwarts

Chapter 360 The company is now open

After the Dementors returned to Azkaban, business at the Three Broomsticks became prosperous again, with local and out-of-town guests filling the bar.

The core members of Phoenix Logistics also came to Hogsmeade after Christmas and held their first formal meeting.

The night before the meeting, everyone gathered at the Three Broomsticks Bar to get to know the new colleagues.

Axe Prewett looked a little nervous. He couldn't remember when he last came here when he was eight or nine years old.

The same goes for Chris Hemsworth, who just had plastic surgery yesterday and relied on a magic potion to heal his wounds quickly. Now he is a little afraid of being recognized by people he used to know.

For example, there was an Auror at a table not far away who had provided him with information in the past.

Everyone thought they were new here, so they didn't pay much attention.

Ruby and Gabrielle also joined in the fun, and the two sat together, forming a juice-drinking trio with Charles.

Mos Jeff said somewhat depressedly: "The matter of Blake is really dramatic. I even brought an American-specific magic wand to deal with him."

He said as he pulled out a black wand from his pocket.

"Can I see it?" Gabrielle was very interested in the Colt Python wand.

Charles said hurriedly: "No, children can't play with this."

Kitov was just as depressed as Moss. He also took out the things he had prepared and said, "I applied for it with great difficulty and it was just approved yesterday. It seems that I can't use it now."

Their Orthodox Christmas is on January 1th, and the holiday is later than in Western Europe.

Gabrielle's big watery eyes sparkled, and she seemed very interested in the RPG-7 wand.

Charles didn't want to talk anymore.

Fleur, who was sitting on the other side of him, asked Louis Manz, "Did you bring that with you?"

Louis nodded and took out an arm-long...flying fish from his pocket.

I don’t know what this flying fish is made of, but it looks exactly like a real fish. The head, scales, and fins are lifelike, and the eyes are even more lively, as if they were alive.

Louis explained that this was a popular weapon in Beauxbatons in recent years.

Charles finally sees that each of you is a talent.

Black was chatting with Harry and the others at the table next to him, with cold sweat on his forehead, feeling lucky that he was no longer a wanted criminal.

Blake was found not guilty, the real criminal got the punishment he deserved, and the one who was most unhappy was Moss.

Moss said depressedly: "Before, everyone was afraid that Blake would break into their homes, so they placed many orders for alarm systems, but now that it is safe, many people have cancelled their orders."

He was so busy recently that he couldn't stop. Although he was a little tired, he felt a sense of accomplishment.

After returning to my hometown for the holidays, I suddenly have nothing to do and I’m a little uncomfortable.

Kitov shrugged and said, "It can't be helped. We can't just find a robber to scare people."

Louis thought for a moment and said, "You can try going to Germany. Things are not peaceful there recently."

Furong also said: "There is a robber in Germany who often steals and robs."

Gabrielle said excitedly: "Let's go and catch that robber!"

Charles blinked. A group of British, Americans, French and Soviets went to Germany to cause trouble. What a classic reproduction.

He gave Gabriel a piece of cream cake and said, "Louis' suggestion is good. Safety protection is not a consumable product. It can expand the market."

Kitov continued, "We can make the field of vision wider, not only to prevent robbers and thieves, but also wild animals and even mosquitoes." "Yes!" Moss patted the table excitedly, "Wild boars often run into my girlfriend's farm. Many farms have this problem. This is a big business!"

“We can go one step further and keep pests out of our fields!”

Charles also nodded. There were not many mosquitoes in the UK, but there were quite a few in Germany. He would be bullied by the mosquitoes when he was being sucked blood by vampires.

Farms need to use a lot of pesticides every year. In addition to the pesticides themselves, there are also labor and machinery costs for spraying pesticides, which is a considerable expense.

At this time Chris joined the chat: "I think those puppets of Charles can make a difference."

"It's very troublesome to send documents between different departments in the Ministry of Magic. Not all wizards can have documents fly to the corresponding offices, so they have to walk there themselves."

"I heard Charles talk about the communication system our company is going to develop yesterday. I think we can research a special internal system for the Ministry of Magic to facilitate communication between the various offices in the Ministry."

He had worked in the Ministry of Magic for many years and was very familiar with the situation there. After figuring out what the company did, he knew where he could make money.

Besides, he has just joined the company and needs to show some performance.

Charles thought what he said made sense and said, "This direction is also good. Let's discuss it at the formal meeting tomorrow."

Chris breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed like a good start.

Then everyone talked about whatever they thought of, and even Axel would interject from time to time, talking about some old stories he heard in his childhood, including some bad things about the Weasley family.

Ron at the next table looked at his distant uncle with a strange expression on his face from time to time. He wanted to say something, but the people at that table didn't look like good people, so he could only pretend not to hear him.

The people at the table were chatting until Gabrielle felt a little sleepy and nodded her little head, and then they dispersed.

The next afternoon, Charles and others held a formal meeting in the conference room of Farbatten Castle.

The meeting first formally appointed Charles as the president of Phoenix Logistics, taking charge of the overall situation.

He then appointed the transformed Chris Hemsworth as the Director of Magic, responsible for building the company's magic management system and overseeing the magic integration and coordination between departments.

The magical technologies in the company now come from four magic schools, namely Hogwarts, Beauxbatons, Ilvermorny and Kodostorize, belonging to four different systems. Each system has its own strengths and unique skills. It is not an easy task to integrate them.

Chris used to be a member of the Unspoken Order of the British Ministry of Magic. He was one of the British wizards whose magical level was no less than that of the Hogwarts professors, and even higher than that of the professors in some unique areas.

Charles scheduled the meeting for the afternoon so that Chris could chat with others.

During the morning chat, Chris demonstrated his magical talent and his knowledge of magic from other magic academies, which convinced the three young people.

Charles was curious about what he had been researching before, but Chris attached great importance to his identity as a silent man and adhered to the principle of not revealing the content of his work. He politely declined Charles's inquiry, and Charles stopped asking.

The third person appointed was the financial director, Axl Prewitt, who was in charge of everyone's salary payments.

Next, Moss Jeff was appointed to be in charge of the security department, Kitov to be in charge of the communications department, Louis Manz to be in charge of the artificial intelligence department, and Dobby to be in charge of the logistics department and the employee canteen, as had been agreed upon previously.

After the appointment, Kitov and Louis reported on their previous work, Moss and Dobby reported on their work during this period, Axe proposed the framework of the company's financial system, Chris reported on the draft of the Ministry of Magic's administrative system that had been improved overnight, and Charles sorted out the next product line and asked each department to propose the number and standards for recruiting staff.

During the meeting, Furong served as the recorder, and Gabrielle helped everyone pour tea and pass water.

Everyone could see that the boss had a close relationship with them, and that one of them might become the boss's wife in the future, so no one cared.

But Charles still has a headache because there are only technical and financial personnel in the company now, but no administrative staff.

He didn't know anyone who could do administrative work, so he couldn't ask Penny to work here.

Dobby has to take care of the administration part, while Chris will be responsible for recruitment. When he has time, he will ask who can do the job. If that doesn't work, he will recruit from the society.

So a makeshift team without an administrative department was set up, and its official full launch will have to wait until Kitov and Louis graduate this summer.

(End of this chapter)