Days wandering around Hogwarts

Chapter 447 New Products

"Ding dong!"

"Ding dong!"

"Ding dong!"

When Seamus and Harry walked into the dormitory, the purple notebook on Charles' bedside table kept buzzing and flashing.

Harry was very alert to the strange notebook, and immediately walked over and asked, "Charles, where did you pick up this notebook?"

Charles rolled his eyes at Harry and said, "This is a new product from Owl Communications, a subsidiary of our Phoenix Logistics."

He took out several colorful notebooks from his bag. These notebooks came with a delicate and small pen and an owl pattern on the leather cover.

Charles said, "It's a Christmas gift this year. Pick one for yourself and Harry will pick one for Hermione. There are instructions for use."

Harry and Seamus immediately realized that this must be something good, so they each picked one out and sat down beside Seamus' bed to study it.

Once they figured it out, they wrote their names on the cover pages of their notebooks, then gently bumped the spines of their notebooks against each other while chanting, "Add friend."

The other person's name immediately appeared in the address book behind the cover page.

Harry grouped Seamus's name according to the instructions. There was only one name in the Hogwarts group.

As soon as he finished setting it up, the notebook started to buzz, and Seamus' name was glowing and pulsing.

Simo leaned over and urged, "Hurry up and see if you received it."

Harry clicked on the name in the address book and the notebook turned a page by itself.

A chat interface appeared on this page, and the header and footer were advertisements for the Dancing Grass Restaurant, which said that one could click to make reservations for lunch, dinner, and private rooms.

Below the chat interface is an input bar where you can write by hand or click on the keyboard to input. In the dialog box, Seamus said "Hello, Harry".

Harry immediately wrote "Hello, Seamus" in the input field and hit send, and Seamus's laptop began to buzz.

"That's so cool!" Seamus said excitedly, "From now on we can just chat instead of writing letters!"

As he said this, he opened the emoticon bar and sent Harry a smiley face emoticon.

Then he asked, "How much is this notebook? I want to buy it for my family."

Charles replied while chatting with Furong, "6 Galleons per copy."

"There will be a launch ceremony at the Dancing Grass Restaurant tomorrow. Fudge will be there. The Ministry of Magic will purchase a batch of work-specific notebooks for all officials and staff. These are for ordinary home use."

Phoenix Logistics has made the communication system a research and development focus from the beginning. The communication oil painting could not be produced in a short time, so Charles decided to make a communication notebook based on the chat software to make money.

However, the communication notebook was also difficult to produce and it missed the Quidditch World Cup and could only be commercialized at the end of September.

In Charles' opinion, the communication notebook has basic chat functions and advertisements, but that is not enough. Functions such as custom avatars, chat groups, and nearby people still need to be improved.

Compared with the home notebook, the official notebook has more functions such as drawing tables and sending departmental messages in bulk. The cover materials are also differentiated according to the level of the position. After Fudge studied it, he immediately decided to equip the Ministry of Magic with it.

Charles also plans to wait for the Ministry of Magic to get feedback on its use, then make some upgrades and then promote them to the International Confederation of Wizards, with the target being the Ministries of Magic in various countries.

The price was set lower than that of the magic wand, and the profit was not high, so there was opposition in the company at first. But after Charles told everyone about the charging items such as monthly membership, VIP membership, member avatars and fashion shows, colorful names, fancy fonts and bubble frames, shopping anywhere, advertising services, etc., some people thought that it was okay to give it away for free.

But in the end, the proposal to give it away for free was rejected. This involves the issue of brand image, and cheapness cannot become a synonym for the company.

Harry had already discovered the digital calculator and currency calculator that came with it, and as he played with them he sighed, "This is a big deal, how far can it be used?"

Charles said, "Vernon is on a business trip in China now. You can send him a message."

"But it should be dark there now, and he should still be sleeping. He must be happy to see you saying good morning to him."

Harry shook his head hastily and said, "I don't want to be beaten by him."

"No, he can use it too?"

Charles nodded and said, "Yes, I originally intended to use it for children, but I found that Muggles can also use it."

According to the old man, Vernon was resistant to the notebook at first, but after trying it he found it very convenient and finally used it reluctantly.

As for the International Statute of Secrecy, just don't brag about it in the UK. In the East, where children celebrate by making chickens and dogs fly after taking the magic school entrance exam, the law is generally enforced selectively.

As they were talking, Charles, Seamus and Harry added each other as friends.

Seamus flipped back to the page in the address book, noticed something new, and immediately asked, "Hey, how did you do that?"

He and Harry just had a row of black names, but Charles's was a square. The avatar on the left was a flaming phoenix, and the nickname "2-trinitrotoluene" on the upper right was shining with golden light. At the bottom was the personal signature "True knowledge is not just about knowing what we know, but also about knowing what we don't know." After clicking on it, you can also see information cards such as real name, age, gender, and job.

Charles said: "You can click on the settings, where you can set the avatar and so on."

After he finished speaking, he recommended Dobby and Vernon's account to Harry, and sent a message to Mafalda, asking him to find Simo to be his friend.

While Seamus and Harry were sending each other emojis, they asked Charles, "Charles, tomorrow is Hogsmeade Week. Which girl are you going to hang out with?"

Charles said in a frown, "Why do you care about this?"

Harry said, "There's been quite a bit of speculation about whether you were going to play with Miss Delacour or Miss Vampire, so we came to ask."

Charles waved his hand and said, "Go cool off!"

"Hurry up and go to the common room to help me promote it. I'll give you vouchers for the Dancing Grass Restaurant."

The two guys ran off in a flash, and Charles continued chatting with Fleur.

At this time, Furong sent a text: "So this is what her home is like!"

Charles, who had just told Fleur about Erica's family situation, continued writing: "Her evening gown was a cheap second-hand item and very ugly."

"Not long ago, her girlfriend got her salary and sent me the money so I could buy her a nice dress here."

"I don't know how to choose a lady's dress. Could you please go to the Fengya Wizard Clothing Store with me tomorrow to give me some advice?"

"I also need to buy a new dress myself. The one my colleague prepared for me is too scary."

Furong immediately replied, "Okay, let's meet at breakfast tomorrow."

(End of this chapter)