Chapter Fifty-Three: Groundbreaking Ceremony, Potion Ripening
When the contract officially came into effect, the atmosphere in the entire conference room suddenly eased up.
The school trustees who confirmed their investment intentions were all smiling, even Darren, who was against the project. Bock, too, breathed a sigh of relief.
For those of them who are rich, the biggest worry is that they have no place to spend their money, because it means that their family's business has come to a standstill.
Over the years, they had seen too many pure-blood wizard families, because they were self-contained and could not keep up with the times, so they clung to the glory of the past and decayed and disappeared.
The Hogwarts Dragon Farm project is an excellent project at first glance, and there are a series of supporting plans behind it, which can be operated by their families for several generations.
Coupled with the fact that there is such a good lad as Clark in front of them, they are even happier.
Clark looked at the group of leeks in front of him, and he was also very happy.
Why did he sign a magic contract, he was to protect himself, who knows if these neurotic old guys will pick up their wands after losing money and give him a big melon to gnaw on the Avada.
These old antiques of the wizarding world have never seen much of the power of finance, let alone heard of the term unfinished building.
Of course, Clark will not let this project go unfinished, but he who has the initiative in the project is like a market maker in the stock market, and how to harvest these people depends on his ability.
It was getting late, and after the meeting, the school trustees got up one by one and left Malfoy Manor.
Clark deliberately left behind, and only after everyone had left did he unhurriedly follow Lucius Malfoy to the luxurious marble fireplace.
"Uncle Lucius, do you know Tom Riddle?" Clark grabbed a handful of Floo powder and said as if he were unintentional.
Lucius Malfoy's body shook unnaturally, and his brow furrowed, as if the name Clark had mentioned was something very dirty and foul-smelling.
"Nope! I don't know! He flatly denied it.
"Really? That's weird, I found a ghost named Tom Riddle in one of your journals at the Blotted Bookstore, and I thought you knew him? ”
Clark stood in front of the fireplace like this, facing Lucius Malfoy, and although he couldn't see the face, he believed that the expression on this guy's face must be wonderful.
"I don't know what you're talking about," Lucius Malfoy said, a little impatient, "it's getting late, it's time to go back to school." ”
"Don't you know? Then when you remember, come back to me. ”
With that, without waiting for Malfoy to respond, he sprinkled the gleaming Floo powder on the flames.
With a loud bang, the flames turned emerald green and burned higher and higher, gradually rising higher than Clark.
Clark stepped into the fire and shouted, "Hogwarts!" Then he vanished, leaving Lucius Malfoy standing in place with a cloudy face.
The world was spinning in front of him, as if he had been sucked into a huge whirlpool, his body involuntarily spun rapidly, and the wind blew loudly in his ears, and Clarke tried his best to keep his balance, as if a long time had passed, and it seemed like there was only a moment.
His feet were empty, and the whole person fell from the air, stepping on solid ground.
When I opened my eyes again, it was already in the strange Headmaster's office, and Professor Dumbledore was wearing a blue cashmere pajamas with stars and moon patterns, and he seemed to be preparing to go to bed.
"It's little Clark, I thought you weren't coming back tonight."
Dumbledore greeted Clarke, but didn't ask him about tonight's board meeting.
Clark didn't say much, and after saying goodbye to him, he went straight back to the dormitory.
In the weeks that followed, Clark shifted his focus to the newly formed Hogwarts Investment Company.
Because he was still a student, he directly transferred Mr. Pike, the manager of his trading company, as the general manager of the new company, and arranged a group of family employees in it.
By the time the funds for the 12 school directors were in place, the framework of the entire company had been put in place.
However, they were not in a hurry to build the dragon farm, in order to promote the Hogwarts dragon farm and build momentum for the dragon industrial park behind it, Clark planned to hold a groundbreaking ceremony after Christmas.
For this reason, he also specially contacted those school trustees, hoping that they would definitely come to support when the time came.
A few weeks later, when the young wizards returned to school after Christmas, they suddenly found that a high platform had been erected on the edge of the Forbidden Forest not far from Hagrid's cabin.
Behind the high platform is a huge curtain, on which is a rendering of the shape of the Hogwarts Dragon Farm, which Clark specially designed.
Such a strange situation naturally attracted the attention of countless young wizards.
When the sun rose and noon approached, the high platform was crowded with children watching the excitement, and Clark arrived with the school trustees.
"Good afternoon, friends!"
Clark stood in front of the stage, and behind him were the professors and trustees of Hogwarts, as well as some of the staff.
Under the high platform, the young wizards were crowded, and the reporters of the Daily Prophet and the Hogwarts School Magazine held their cameras and kept pressing the shutter.
"Today, I am honored to join you in the groundbreaking ceremony for the Hogwarts Dragon Farm."
Even if they had already guessed, when they heard Clark officially speak, the little wizards exploded in an instant.
He had to turn up the volume.
"Yes, you heard it right, today is a great day, Hogwarts is going to have a new change, it will get better and greater.
On behalf of Hogwarts Investment, I would like to extend a warm welcome to all guests and friends! At the same time, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to everyone for being able to participate in this groundbreaking ceremony despite their busy schedules. ”
There was a round of applause.
"When the Hogwarts Dragon Farm is completed, the school will offer a new dragon course for older students, which will greatly improve their competitiveness after graduation."
The little wizards in the upper grades cheered, while the young wizards in the lower grades were a little unhappy.
"Why don't you let us participate?"
"That's it!"
There was a lot of talk in the audience, but Clark only pretended not to see it.
"At the same time, the completion of the Dragon Farm will bring a series of dragon materials production and research on new alchemy items, which will greatly enhance Hogwarts' strength in alchemy, especially since we have Professor Dumbledore, who has discovered the twelve uses of dragon blood."
"Next, let us applaud Professor Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts, and the members of the Board of Trustees."
Dumbledore and the school trustees walked to the front of the stage with applause, and the discussion in the audience was much quieter.
"The construction of the dragon farm is inseparable from their strong support, so please give more applause to the students to express their gratitude."
There was another round of applause from the audience.
Dumbledore cleared his throat and looked at the children in the audience with longing in their eyes, and his heart was suddenly very excited.
Although he had been the Headmaster of Hogwarts for so many years, it was impossible to say what he really brought to the school and to these children.
Perhaps, he was a little incompetent as the headmaster, he looked at Clark who was standing aside, maybe he was really out of step with the times, and he was about to retire, as the Sorting Hat said.
"Students, I am delighted to be with you today as we welcome this new era at Hogwarts.
Yes, with the construction of this dragon farm, we will all usher in a new era, and this era will belong to each and every one of you.
Before that, Hogwarts hadn't changed for hundreds of years, and when I first came here, she was like this, standing in the wind and rain, sheltering us from the wind and rain, and sheltering us from the cold and heat.
I love her more than anyone else!
However, times are changing, and the wizarding world cannot stand still, and I may be old, but you should look forward.
So, young children, just as the new buildings have brought new changes to Hogwarts, I hope you will give the wizarding world a new future.
Let's embrace the new era together! ”
The young wizards looked at Headmaster Dumbledore, who was standing on the high platform, as if his whole body was shining, and with tears in his eyes, he couldn't help but applaud vigorously.
The applause at the scene was thunderous, even in the cold winter, it was still exciting.
Even in the Forbidden Forest, a whole dragon roar like thunder sounded, as if even the fire dragon knew that he had a heavy mission on his shoulders.
When the applause had died down and Professor Dumbledore had finished speaking, Clark beckoned for someone to pull up a red rope and cut it short.
Then Headmaster Dumbledore waved his wand.
With a dazzling light shining into the forest, all the trees shook their bodies wherever the magic light passed, and they came to life in an instant.
They plucked their roots from the earth, as if they had grown countless tentacles, and moved to both sides, and in a short time, a wide road appeared in front of everyone.
And at the top of the road, there was a dragon farm site they had chosen in advance.
The little wizards in the audience watched such a magical scene and praised loudly, you know, they also took a transformation class, but even turning a teapot into a turtle was already a thousand difficulties.
Headmaster Dumbledore's hand was almost out of reach for young wizards.
Not only them, but even the school directors who stood behind Dumbledore had their faces change color, and they were the ones who could best appreciate Dumbledore's strength.
There is no incantation, it is a silent spell!
And it is such a large area of activation and transfiguration, even at this age, Dumbledore's strength is still so terrifying.
The school directors were silent and watched Dumbledore's performance in silence, and the groundbreaking ceremony ended in this shocking atmosphere.
It's just that they didn't notice that in the owl shed not far away, Bruce Stewart, a transfer student from Ilvermorny from the United States, was releasing an owl.
In the next few days, the Hogwarts Investment Company, which had the funds in place, began the construction of the dragon farm.
In accordance with Clark's instructions to spend the money as soon as possible, Mr. Parker, the general manager, purchased a large number of various magic materials for construction, and paid the required labor wages in advance.
There is money to open the way, and the dragon breeding venue is almost a day in shape, and soon a rough framework is established.
At the same time, the application for the large Traceless Stretching Charm in the stadium has also been submitted to the Ministry of Magic, and it only needs to wait for a few school directors to be able to approve it.
And in addition to the fact that things are going well in the dragon breeding venue, the Manzhu Sawa planted by Clark and them has finally reached the harvest season.
"Is that today?" Hermione, dressed in a full-body hazmat suit, stood curiously in front of the door.
Clark looked at the calendar next to him, calculated it carefully, and nodded.
"Yes, take precautions, and then get ready to go, remember what I said to you before?"
"Shut your mouth and don't respond!" Hermione repeated.
Seeing that she remembered, Clark reached out and grabbed the doorknob and gently pushed open the door to the alchemy room.
"Whew~"
A gust of cold wind blew out of the door with a thick white mist, and even though they were wearing thick protective clothing, the two of them couldn't help but shiver.
It was as if they had swallowed an ice cream in the middle of winter, and the cold and cold sensation started directly from their stomachs and spread to their whole bodies in an instant, and even their thinking slowed down a lot.
The wind is not only blowing on their bodies, but also on their souls!
Fortunately, Clark had already known about this situation from "Powerful Potion", and spent 2,000 experience points in advance to exchange for a third-level psychic ability called [Rejuvenation].
Fortunately, the latest issue of the Hogwarts School Magazine published the news of the start of the dragon farm, which brought him a lot of experience.
[Rejuvenation]: Level 3 ability, consumes 5 points of psionic energy, you can stimulate the body through psychic energy, so that it can accelerate metabolism, improve the body's recovery ability, and speed up wound healing, lasting 16 (intelligence) minutes.
With the release of the ability, Clark only felt that his heartbeat instantly accelerated, and the blood flowing all over his body accelerated, as if a flame was burning in his chest, which not only dispelled his cold, but also gave him great strength and fearless courage.
By this time, the cold air coming out of the room had almost dissipated.
When the two of them looked up, they found that the hole in the door was pitch black, and they couldn't see anything.
Even if the room outside was brightly lit, the light could not pierce the thick darkness and illuminate the environment inside.
Clark curiously put his hand into the door, something magical happened, and his hand disappeared directly into the darkness, as if after a month of alchemy rituals, the door had become an entrance to the underworld at this moment.
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