A Professor of Magic at Hogwarts Chapter 327: Secret Secret
The latest URL: Three people are standing at the intersection of a busy commercial street.
They had just come out of a clothing store, and the twins changed into a dark blue slack suit and jeans, looking at each other and pointing fingers at their new looks.
"The clerk almost touched the wand I wore behind my waist." Fred said with lingering fear.
Felix called a taxi, "Go to Charing Cross Road first, and then to Sam Precision Machinery." He said to the driver, then looked at the twins, "We are going to pick up Professor Lupine, he and We are together."
The taxi driver was lazily walking through the streets and alleys with the typical early morning listlessness on his face, "Charing Cross Road is ahead, where are you going to stop?"
"A little further ahead, next to the record store up ahead."
The driver glanced, "Are you here to do something?"
"Almost," Felix twirled a glowing coin, the driver shook his head, feeling dazzled, and the car stopped aside, he said vigilantly, "Waiting on the side of the road also counts time."
"I can't do without you," said Felix casually.
Not long after, a middle-aged man suddenly appeared next to the record store, as if he had been there from the beginning, Fred rolled down the car window and waved to him, "Professor Lupine, this way!"
Lupine walked over with a smile and got into the car, "I didn't expect you to come here in this way."
"How about recruiting?" Felix asked, and then he explained: "It's more convenient to go by car. I actually want to rent a car."
Lupine glared at him, "Now you want to ask? You said you wanted to help, but you disappeared for a week."
Felix shrugged: "I went to Albania."
Lupine's face became serious. He had heard from Sirius that Voldemort once occupied the Albanian forest. He glanced cautiously at the twins who were listening, and asked vaguely, "Did you find anything?"
"It's not what you think," Felix said, "I wanted to find the former residence of an old friend, but unfortunately it's too old, and there are only dilapidated ruins left."
Hearing that Felix was not going to search for Voldemort's traces, Lupine didn't care too much. He talked about the company's situation: "The candidates have all been interviewed. According to your request, I recruited 37——"
"Anyone I know?"
"The six people you recommended have good abilities. In addition, not counting Krivat, there are three new graduates this year..."
After about half an hour, the car stopped in front of a factory.
Felix paid the fare and led them to the gate. After reporting their names to the guard room, a middle-aged man trotted over a few minutes later.
"Is that Mr. Hemp?" the man said enthusiastically, "I'm the supervisor of Sam's Precision Mechanics, Hobart Nutter, we were on the phone earlier." The twins winked at each other and lip-synced: Nat.
Felix didn't respond to this surname that has special meaning in the magic world. He introduced it with a natural expression: "This is Remus Lupine, the general manager of Future World Company, these two..." He looked at the twins who straightened their chests, "They are visiting, um, social practice during the holidays."
"No problem, welcome! Welcome!" Hobot said hastily.
On the way into the factory, Lupine asked in a low voice: "How does he know the future world? You told him?"
"I registered a shell company with the same name with the British government." Felix said with a smile.
"Is this necessary? It seems very troublesome..." Lupine asked puzzled.
"It's not that troublesome, I just discovered an interesting fact." He whispered something to Lupine.
"What did you say!" Lupine's eyes widened in disbelief, the twins and the director of Hobart looked over, he smiled apologetically, and then whispered: "What you said is true, Is someone in the magic world reselling gold and silver utensils?"
"It's not new," Felix said. "There are always some smart people who find some silverware from old families and sell it to folk collectors in the non-magical world. Imagine silverware made by goblins It can repel dust, but it also has a unique historical sense.”
"Aren't they afraid of being discovered by the Ministry of Magic?"
Felix smiled: "The law in this area is blank, and guess who is doing these things, just a few petty thieves? Although they did it very covertly, everything can be traced .”
Lupine's heart was full of turmoil, and he felt that his understanding of the magic world had been subverted.
"Pure blood family?" He kept pondering, "No, I have the impression that many families have disappeared, maybe a part of them, they have been keeping this secret!"
The names of several families quickly flashed through his mind. Some families had a relatively short history, but they became very rich in just a few decades.
Lupine said hesitantly: "But Gringotts stipulates that there is a limit on the number of pounds that can be exchanged for Galleons."
Felix said casually: "In the black market, bartering is not a problem. Pure gold and silver are also valuable in the magic world, and the profit is at least dozens of times the profit."
Before Lupine could think it over clearly, Hobot took them to a workshop, and he said humbly: "We have prepared a variety of precision engraving equipment, hoping to meet your company's needs."
"This is a mechanical engraving machine with an overall all-steel structure and a diamond cutter head. It uses high-precision ball screws and guide rails. It can be operated manually or with a simple program. We have ready-made samples, wait a minute, I Now go get it..."
He left for a while and brought back a three-foot-long brown wooden board with intricate patterns carved on it. He said: "Many customers use patterns on high-end furniture."
The twins looked at the sharp tapered blade, and just about to reach out to touch it, it suddenly turned hummingly, and then turned into a blurred shadow.
"Be careful!" Hobot shouted, "Its speed has reached 2,000 rpm, which is very dangerous." He glanced at Felix, which meant, keep an eye on your brat!
"Fred, George, you don't want to leave your hands here?" Felix said softly.
The two grinned, and Fred asked, "Can I have a demonstration?"
Seeing that Felix and Lupine have no objection, Hobot feels that the hope of a deal is greatly increased. "No problem!" He said in a relaxed tone, and then called a professional. The employee took the wooden board and took a closer look. , turn the board to the back and clamp it on the workbench, then press the control button next to it, and the rotating conical carving knife starts to move. When it touches the board, the wood chips fly up and roll up strips of wood flowers.
The twins watched in a daze as the knife head moved flexibly on the wooden board. After five minutes, when the wooden board was taken down, they repeatedly compared the patterns on the front and back sides, and found that they were exactly the same, and could not pick out any difference.
"Think about whether it can be used in your products." Felix said, and Hobot glanced at them strangely, guessing in his heart that he might ask them to make some toys, but as long as it can be sold He doesn't care what it is used for, anyway, there are hundreds of dangerous items marked in the instruction manual, if you don't follow the operation, don't let them pay a penny if there is an accident.
"Next is the laser engraving machine..."
"The precision is higher, the engraving speed is faster, and the transition is delicate and natural, no less than some hand-carved artists. It can work on various flat surfaces, such as metal sheets, glass, leather, cloth, canvas and so on. "
"Where's the parchment?" Fred asked with interest.
"Parchment paper?" Hobart was taken aback for a moment, "Maybe you can try a printer?"
"Okay~IndoMTL.com~Fred, don't make things difficult for him." Felix said lightly: "Mr. Nat, can you help me find a slate?"
"Of course, I remember having similar samples in my office." Hobbert left in a hurry.
There were only four people left at the scene, Lupine asked: "Can we use it?" He pointed to the small computer, "It looks very complicated."
"There's no need to worry about it," Felix said, "I just need the mechanical part..."
His hand rested on the mechanical engraving machine, sensing and touching the magic power little by little, and from a slightly invisible perspective, magic ripples continued to spread. After a few seconds, the stationary tapered knife head suddenly turned, and under his control, the tapered carving knife left a rune symbol on the edge of the board.
Felix gently blew away the sawdust, and the traces carved by his fingertips showed that the magic power remained after the blow.
"Tell me, if you combine this thing with the principle of magic portrait and give it the most basic wisdom, what will it become?"