Chapter 42: The Wizard's Charity Relief Agency

Diagon Alley's opening plan came to a perfect end.

At the end of the speech, Mr. Black Jr. presented the 'excited' Mrs. Weasley and the 'confused' Mr. Parkinson with a private medal.

He named it the 'Medal of Contribution' in recognition of their significant contributions to the 'increase in employability' in the wizarding world.

Mrs. Weasley excitedly made a bold statement on the spot: she would open the "Weasley Housekeeping Company" all over the world.

As for Mr. Parkinson, he silently cleared his mind about the plan to 'sell the winery'.

He also stood on the stage happily and said that although the winery is losing money, he will continue to work hard to maintain it. And publicly promised: as long as the employees are diligent and hardworking, he will never lay off employees because of light benefits.

At the same time, he is also willing to accept unemployed wizards who have no jobs and don't know what to do.

On that day, the cheers of the wizards of Diagon Alley resounded almost through the sky.

Perhaps, future generations will conclude this day as a □□ for 'change in the wizarding world', but at the moment, they don't know what that means.

But all the wizards were fascinated by little Mr. Black that day, and his passionate speeches and noble sentiments were talked about by the wizards in the following month.

And the new Diagon Alley, which has been renovated in order and full of dazzling goods, also makes the wizards happy.

In the aftermath, Daniel Black took over all pages of the Daily Prophet.

Every time you open a page of the newspaper, you can see the surging crowd in the photo, and the handsome and personable exotic wizard standing in the center of the crowd.

Although there will be some wizards who complain that he dominates the page, and the director of his favorite 'life channel' has been forced to temporarily stop updating, more wizards still support him very much.

Their daily chats lately have been similar to 'Mr. Little Black said ......', 'Little Black is going to ......', 'Little Black has decided to ......'.

And, the Little Black phenomenon, one day after that, reached its peak.

Because, this little Mr. Black really did what he said.

The day after Diagon Alley opened, he opened three businesses in quick succession, namely the British Magical Pharmaceutical Company, the Black Entertainment Group, and the Wizarding Charity Relief Organization.

A vigorous recruitment campaign began, in which the British Magical Pharmaceuticals only required an A (pass) grade in Potions classes, which made most wizards qualified.

"Little Blake is crazy."

Many Slytherin aristocrats privately discussed, "Pharmaceutical companies are just that, although the market is relatively small, but the investment will pay off; Entertainment companies should also be able to make money, but the initial investment will definitely not be small. Like the previous mixed-race vampire singer Lorkende Is, it is said that he just signed it, and before he made money, he paid a large sum of gold Galleons first; As for the charity at the end, it's a company that completely loses money......"

"Unbelievable decision."

"Don't look at him now, but let's wait a few years."

"I'll bet 10,000 gold Galleons, and he'll quickly lose the Black family's fortune."

"Even if he defeats the Black family, what does it have to do with us, as long as there are benefits now."

In response, Mr. Parkinson nonchalantly put forward another statement, "Didn't you notice? Since this guy appeared in the wizarding world, our reputation has been much better. ”

"What if you have a good reputation among a bunch of lowly half-bloods and Muggle seeds?" The patriarch of the Norton family replied.

He used to be a veteran Death Eater, but like Lucius, he was not sent to Azkaban by the Ministry of Magic thanks to a large amount of reparations.

As a result, his family fortune has nearly doubled, and because he himself is not good at business, it is still getting worse.

But despite this, his pursuit of 'pureblood' in his bones is still very crazy.

Lucius shrewdly saw the class opposition between pure-blood nobles and ordinary wizards, so he chose the mysterious man.

And this Noether, obviously not so sober-minded, often fantasized about the 'pure-blood nobles' once again standing at the top of the class, high above. Just like in the past, to have his own territory, in his own territory, pure-bloods have absolute rights, as for those half-bloods, mudbloods, Muggles should be the bottom, to kneel to serve him.

There were also a small number of nobles like him. But it turns out that the era of □□ is long gone, and no sober-minded aristocracy should have such unrealistic ideas.

This kind of thinking will only make him and his family gradually decline.

Mr. Parkinson didn't care about his remarks, but replied with a slick smile: "Is it a good thing that my winery has turned a profit?" Nowadays, most wizards order a 'lemon sorbet' from my brewery when they order a butterbeer. ”

Mr. Norton was silent.

Yes, all the nobility discovered the benefits of a 'good name'.

Mr. Parkinson's distillery became a well-known distillery in the wizarding world in an instant. Even though the 'lemon sorbet' wasn't as good as the butterbeer, most wizards didn't mind paying a little more for a drink in support of the 'kind' brewery owner.

That's where fame comes in.

So, after tasting such sweetness, Mr. Parkinson was the first to publicly express his support for Mr. Blake Jr.'s measures.

He spent all his time 'scolding the Ministry of Magic Gryffindor' on 'pretending to be a good man'.

But there are some things that can't be pretended for a long time, because pretending to be pretending to come true.

After being thanked from the bottom of my heart by countless wizards, and even as soon as I went out, I was rushed up by the enthusiastic wizards hiding on the side of the road to give small gifts. ’

meanwhile

Of Daniel's three companies, the first ones to start working were not the two that everyone thought could make money, but the one that didn't make money - the Wizard Charity Relief Agency.

Daniel even earmarked a huge sum of money for a project, which he named 'Never Let Heroes Cry'.

In a section of the Daily Prophet, he published a list of 'heroes who moved the wizarding world'.

Among them, there is Headmaster Dumbledore (whose contribution to the wizarding world is so great that he could write hundreds of pages); There was also a wizard who led the resistance when the goblins rebelled; and a certain wizard who rescued seven young wizards from the jaws of an out-of-control dragon......

In addition to these well-known 'well-known wizards', the last one is Peter Peddiru, the Pettigrew, who is 'loyal to friendship to the death, and still fights for friendship despite knowing that he is invincible'.

(Sirius laughs out loud when he reads this adjective in the newspaper, and he pats Daniel on the shoulder and asks, "You must have written such a sarcastic thing, right?") Daniel just glared at him, but didn't retort. ）

Daniel even found someone to start writing biographies of these heroes.

(Headmaster Dumbledore weakly says: Please spare me, child!) ）

Moreover, a special bonus is set up, and as long as the wizard is still alive, he can get a large amount of money, which is arranged by themselves.

But for wizards who have passed away......

Daniel said that in order to be worthy of the heroes' 'noble souls', he will use the money to set up other charity projects and name them after the 'heroes' to commemorate the fallen heroes forever.

At first, everyone thought he was just talking.

Soon, however, Headmaster Dumbledore made public the amount of money he had received (a staggering amount of money that staggered many wizards).

Later, he used all the money to repair Hogwarts, leaving only a hundred gold gallons for himself, which he used to buy snacks for Duke Honey.

The venerable old man also humorously explained: "The old man must be allowed to have some personal hobbies. ”

Everyone just laughed good-naturedly at this, and they all owled him with a bunch of snacks.

The owner of Duke Honey even gave the headmaster owl a permanent membership card on the spot: all snacks are at cost price for anyone who buys with this card.

Headmaster Dumbledore gladly accepted, and later donated fifty Galleons to repair the school's old desks and chairs.

He felt that 'with the membership card and the support of everyone, it won't cost as much as a hundred gold galleons to buy snacks, fifty is enough.' ’

One after another, some wizards announced the money they had received.

Among them, a wizard paid tribute to Headmaster Dumbledore and frankly said that he could not donate all the money due to his poor life, but he was willing to donate one-third to make his own contribution to charity.

On the same day, the venerable gentleman received a letter of appointment from the 'Witches Charity Relief Agency'

It can be seen from this that every word of Mr. Little Black has always been genuine, and there is no deception and no lie.

Soon after, various charity projects named after the heroes began.

The wizarding world is thriving.

However, what has changed most imperceptibly is not a prosperous economy, but a positive spirit.

All the wizards began to feel that life was full of hope.

These ...... that are happening around them All kinds of positive, friendly feelings were infecting the crowd and putting smiles on everyone's faces.

No matter how difficult life is, as long as there is this positive spirit.

Everyone thinks that every bad day will pass, and one day the wizarding world will get better, just sooner or later.

At this time, as the 'Lost Hero' - Peter Pedirou, the recently famous Pettigrew.

His personal prize money will be officially launched as the first charity project, named 'Pettigrew-Save the Children'.

The Daily Prophet and the Wizard Radio all broadcast the news over and over again.

Pettigrew's reputation is on the rise, and countless witches send 'A Love Letter to the Dead Pettigrew' being recited on the radio one by one.

But on the very first day of the launch of Save the Children, a wizard suddenly said, "Hero Pettigrew, he's still alive!" He was badly wounded, but he was alive and well! ”