Chapter 341: Connections Are Important

During lunch, the "truth" of Charles' kidnapping quickly spread throughout the cafeteria. It turned out to be a misunderstanding.

The next day, the "Daily Prophet" published an "interview" by Rita Skeeter. The love tragedy caused by werewolves in the report made many middle-aged and elderly women cry.

And then there was no "then". The British wizards had a deep-rooted concept of werewolves and could not change it for a while.

But for the werewolves in Britain and even Europe, this was a more serious thing than the sun rising from the north. For several days in a row, Charles was flooded with owls delivering messages every morning, and some people even sent money directly to buy medicine.

In the past few nights, Dobby ran several times between Hogwarts Castle and No. 3 Privet Drive, sending notes to Charles and Jack to communicate the situation.

On Thursday night, Dumbledore came to the alchemy classroom to find Charles.

The lead wire resistance experiment got a good result, so Charles bought iron, copper, aluminum and silver wire to start further experiments.

Dumbledore saw that Charles was operating seriously, so he did not disturb him and found a seat in the last row to sit down.

After more than an hour, Charles finished the experiment. He turned around and found that Dumbledore, Professor Delacour and the Shanghai doll had been playing Landlord for a long time.

"Very smart doll." Dumbledore said as he took off the note on his face, "I didn't expect you to do so well."

Charles said, "I can let it do housework for Grandpa when I'm not at home in the future."

He had the idea of ​​making a one-to-one nanny doll, and let them do the cleaning work of Farbottom Castle and Dancing Grass Restaurant in the future, which could save a lot of money.

It's a pity that there are restrictions on the International Statute of Secrecy, otherwise he could make a fortune.

After leaving the classroom, Dumbledore said to Charles, "Horace plans to return to England during the next Hogsmeade week to be interviewed about the werewolf antidote. I want to book a box in your restaurant."

"Horace wants to see you too."

Charles agreed. The box was easy to handle, and he was also a little interested in Horace Slughorn.

Slughorn gave Charles the feeling that he was a real Slytherin of the new era.

He doesn't value bloodline as much as those stubborn Slytherins, but only ability. For example, he had a high opinion of Lily Evans, who was born in a Muggle family.

He has a very correct position. He can make suggestions but cannot take the lead. He will be at a loss in the face of danger. He knows how to detoxify, but he will panic and don't know what to do when he sees a poisoned person who is dying. So he has always regarded himself as a counselor and will not show up.

Although he is a bit selfish and plays it safe on the issue of Voldemort, he has integrity and does not help the evil. He really does it when he should.

Charles values ​​his "Slug Club" more.

Charles is not a little brat who knows nothing. He knows the importance of connections and is also managing his own connections bit by bit.

Slughorn's connections range from Quidditch teams to the Daily Prophet to large potion chains, touching all aspects of wizard society. After decades of operation, it is extremely terrifying.

Charles intended to expand his network of contacts through this network, so he was naturally willing to meet him.

"Stop, give the command or fight!"

Thinking about Slughorn, Charles walked back to the door of the Gryffindor common room, and was called back to his senses by the doorkeeper Sir Cadogan's shout.

In the painting, Sir Cadogan drew his sword and seemed to charge at the person who was about to enter the door.

Charles sighed, why did he want to beat Black up? It was because he broke the Fat Lady, and the door was replaced by Sir Cadogan, who was hated by everyone.

"Rotten cheese!" Charles replied angrily, "Open the door quickly!"

"Don't think about running away!" Sir Cadogan seemed to be afraid of Charles's challenge to escape, but he still opened the door.

As soon as Charles entered the door, he heard a jeer from the long table of the third grade, Ron's unwilling roar, and Ginny ran away with a red face.

"What's going on?" Charles sat next to Seamus and asked knowingly, "Why are you all so happy?"

Seamus pointed at Harry across the table with his feather pen and said, "Harry has a broomstick to use."

Harry was grinning foolishly, and his face was a little red.

Charles pretended to be surprised and asked where the broomstick came from.

In the first grade, Fred and George helped make rockets and made a lot of money. Last summer, when they bought textbooks for Ginny, they also bought her a Nimbus 2001.

Now Harry's Nimbus 2000 was broken by the Whomping Willow. Although the team has a spare broomstick, he feels that it is not easy to use because of psychological problems, so Charles gave Ginny an idea to lend Harry the Nimbus 2001.

Ginny agreed of course. She had been trying to attract Harry's attention. What could be better than lending him a broomstick to make him pay attention to herself?

"It's great to be young." Charles sighed like an old man.

Seamus whispered, "It looks like Harry is going to find a girlfriend."

Charles glanced at him, pinched his chin and recalled, "Maybe you'll meet a suitor next year."

"Really?" Neville, who was sitting opposite, was more interested than Seamus. Lavender and Parvati also looked over, ready to listen to the gossip.

Charles just smiled and didn't say anything else. He started to do his homework. Seamus thought he was joking, which disappointed those who didn't hear the gossip.

Ron was very depressed and looked at Harry with an unhappy face.

Fred and George didn't think there was a problem. They came to Harry with a smile and asked him if tomorrow's training should be okay.

The weekend came soon, and Harry rode Ginny's Nimbus 2001 during training.

He didn't want to ride the same flying broom as Malfoy, but this was Ginny's broom, and he kept telling himself in his heart that there was a difference.

Now it seems that Harry's psychological preparation has been completed well, and he can fly all kinds of movements with ease.

Charles finished his work today in the greenhouse. When he came to the Starlight Garden, he met Qiu Zhang, who was looking at the sky above the Quidditch field.

"Huh, you are peeking at Gryffindor training again."

Charles made a ferocious expression like a villain, as if he wanted to catch the girl and punish her severely.

Qiu Zhang covered her mouth and laughed at his funny look, then said, "I allow you to peek at our training."

Charles shrugged and said, "Forget it, you know I'm not interested in Quidditch, I'll just watch you if I go."

Qiu Zhang laughed again.

She didn't doubt that Charles had any other ideas. It was rumored that Charles liked people who were much older, and she was only one year older than him, so she was not in his range.

The two chatted for a while, and Charles saw a group of outsiders walking towards Hagrid's residence, including his boss, so he went to take a look.