Chapter Ninety-Three: Planting the Seed and Preparing for the Harvest
My life is up to me, not to Dumbledore!
Even if Harry was suppressing the fire in his heart, Clarke, who was proficient in psychic spells, could sense it clearly.
Of course, he will not admit that this situation has something to do with him more or less.
After all, whether it is ambiguous provocative words or psychic abilities mixed with language, he did it on purpose.
However, Clark did not feel embarrassed about this approach.
Like all strong parents, Dumbledore may have planned Harry Potter's life long before he was born.
But that wasn't necessarily the life Harry wanted, and his life should be up to him.
And this is the reason why Clark did this, no matter who he was in front of, it was reasonable and blameless.
As for what he was hiding under this statement, by disrupting Dumbledore's plans, he would have no time to distract from his thoughts. And the secret of the Grim Reaper, which is hidden in Harry's family background and related to the Deathly Hallows, is not enough for outsiders.
Anyway, looking at the current situation, compared to Dumbledore's influence, Clark still seems to be superior.
After all, not to mention that Clark still takes advantage of his peers and fellow sufferers, people are actually more willing to hear the same opinion as themselves when it comes to persuasion.
Isn't there a saying that when people ask you for advice, they don't really want to listen to your advice.
In fact, he already has the answer in his heart, and when he asks you, he just wants you to say the same opinion as him, so that he can agree with his own point of view even more.
And if you disagree, don't worry, he will refute and try to convince you.
Harry was probably thinking that this was what he was thinking now, and he didn't listen to Clarke's persuasion at all, just looked at him with a look of supplication in his eyes.
"Clark, you said, 'Even with the help of the gods, it is not easy to resurrect a person', does that mean that this thing is still feasible, but it is ...... It's just that it's hard to do. ”
Clark was silent for a long time, and finally nodded imperceptibly in Harry's expectant gaze, "Yes." ”
Harry breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly asked, "Since it can be done, then ......?"
"That's not what you can do right now!" Clark decisively interrupted him, "Harry, you're still young, and the days ahead are long, so there's no rush for that. The most important thing now is to improve your strength, otherwise even if you really have a chance, you won't be able to grasp it. ”
As the saying goes, he put a long line to catch a big fish, and what he said today was enough for Harry to toss and turn in bed and digest it for a long time.
And the more energy and thought he expends on Clark and resurrecting the undead, the more reluctant he is to pay for these sunk costs, and will only end up in the depths of it.
"But."
"No, but!" Clarke's hand increased again, and this time, he finally pushed Harry out of the empty classroom, "Don't worry, Harry, if there is any news, I will definitely let you know as soon as possible." ”
Outside the window at this time, it was the darkest hour before dawn, and the mountains in the distance could only see a piece as thick as ink. Clarke's words, however, were like the first rays of the dawn, dispelling the darkness in Harry's heart and giving him hope to keep going.
"Thank you, Clark."
You see, he's going to say thank you.
Clark looked at Harry and laughed, "You can't sleep now anyway, I think, let's go to the banquet now." ”
It was arguably the most amazing Hogwarts banquet Harry had ever attended.
When he and Clark arrived at the Great Hall on the first floor, they found that everyone was still wearing their pajamas because it was too late, making the whole party feel like a Muggle slumber party.
But even when they were woken up in the middle of the night, the students were not angry, on the contrary, they were very excited.
The festivities continued until dawn, and as for memorable scenes, there were too many.
Hermione happily ran to him, took her spellbook from his hand, kissed him on the cheek excitedly, and then ran away with a red face as Ginny pulled her.
Neville was no longer as reserved as he used to be, and he sat upright in his chair and talked and laughed loudly with his classmates around him.
Ron excitedly took a drink and told the Gryffindor table about what was going on in the secret room, attracting many students around him.
Hufflepuff's Justin hurried over from the table, grabbed Harry's hand, and apologized endlessly, saying that he shouldn't have doubted him in the first place.
Anyway, because the secret room incident was solved and the monsters were destroyed, the whole school was filled with a light-hearted atmosphere.
By daybreak, Hagrid, who had just been released by the Ministry of Magic, had returned.
With tears of excitement on his face for the rest of his life, he slapped Harry and Clark on the shoulders so hard that they couldn't bear it anymore and fell on the plate with sweets, causing Hermione and the others to laugh.
Of all the time, perhaps only the Slytherin table was a little dull.
Because of the 400 points won by Clark and Harry, Glen "points" won the first place in the House Cup again, which made the Slytherin students who were originally holding back their efforts to regain the House Cup very angry.
In addition to this, Professor McGonagall stood up and told them that the school had decided to cancel the exams for the lower grades in order to alleviate the scare they had received this year ("Oh no! Hermione said).
In addition, Headmaster Dumbledore announced that, unfortunately, Professor Lockhart would not be able to return for the next semester.
After an adventure in the Chamber of Secrets, he decided to quit his job and write his new book, My Year at Hogwarts.
When everyone heard the news, their performance was also different.
Some of the students erupted in cheers; Some of the students sighed, as if they were still reluctant to let Lockhart go.
Even some of the professors, after learning that Lockhart had really gone down to the secret room and rescued the students, had changed their opinion of him and greeted him with a glass of wine.
"It's a pity," Ron said, taking himself a piece of jam-coated doughnut, "I'm getting more and more fond of Lockhart." ”
After the banquet, the rest of the summer semester was spent in a dazzling sunshine.
Hogwarts is back to normal, there is no pressure of exams, the school is full of laughter, and even Lockhart is not so bored reading in Defense Against the Dark Arts class.
But for Clark, he still has one thing to wrap up, and that's the relaunch of the dragon farm project.
When it comes to things about interests, some people always react quickly.
The day after the incident was resolved, the newspapers and school magazines had not yet published the news that the school trustees, who had withdrawn from the Dragon Farm project, wanted to talk to him about his relationship with Lucius Malfoy.
For this matter, Clark first rejected Lucius Malfoy.
Then they went so far as to find Mr. Gufe, the editor-in-chief of the Daily Prophet, to be a lobbyist.
Please Zhuge Liang also pay attention to the thatched house, and Clark is naturally no exception, and he refused again very decisively.
In the end, they didn't know what it cost Dumbledore to find him, and Clark reluctantly decided to meet the greedy vampires.
Again, the meeting place was Lucius Malfoy's house, and this time, there was no drinking party, just a group of people sitting at a round table.
Darren of the Bock family? Bork.
George Ollivanders of the Ollivander family.
Manessa McMillan of the McMillan family.
Theodore of the Abbot family? Aibo.
Byrne of the Shackel family? Shakel.
Evan of the Selwyns? Selwyn.
And Elijah of the House of Jaxley? Yaxley.
These seven school directors represent the seven families who forced Clark to return their investment and launched the Hogwarts Dragon Farm project after the Secret Room incident.
In the bright conference room, the atmosphere was very dull, and no one spoke first, because they all knew that once someone could not hold their breath, then he would fall into the negotiation.
However, it doesn't seem appropriate to sit like this all the time.
So after you look at me and I look at you, the seven of them set their eyes on Theodore, who is closest to Clark? Abbot.
Under the gaze of all, Theodore? Aibo could only speak: "Ahem! Clark, this ...... About the dragon farm project, we ...... We hesitated for a long time, but decided to ......"
"Needless to say, Uncle Theodore."
Not waiting for Theodore? When Abbot finished speaking, Clark interrupted him, which made his face look very ugly.
Only the next moment, when Clarke's words came out, he quickly changed to a pleasant expression.
"At the beginning, I knew that it was also your family's decision, and you couldn't be the master.
Besides, you didn't ask for an immediate refund at the time, and I Clark still remembered it.
I also understand your intention to come today, so let's do it, for your sake.
The Aibo family, as well as the Shakel family, which also delayed the refund at the beginning, after making up for the refund, I will treat this incident as if it never happened, and the shares of the two of you families are still the same. ”
Clark said this, Theodore? Abbot and the representative of the Shakel family hurriedly stood up and thanked him.
As for the others, Theodore? Aibo left them behind in an instant, since their family's affairs have been resolved, why should they care about the interests of other people's families.
Even, Theodore? Abbot also switched sides in an instant, hoping that Clark would not return the shares that had been recovered to the other party, so that maybe the family would have a chance to buy a little more shares.
"As for the Yaxleys," Clark looked at Elijah, who had been sitting there quietly. Yaxley.
"You took over the shares of your family at the beginning, and now you want to transfer it back or continue to hold it in your hands, I have no opinion, and I will not interfere."
Elijah? Yaxley nodded at Clark.
As a result, after selective co-optation and splitting, among the seven school trustees, only four were left with a bad attitude at the beginning.
And the school directors of these four schools are even more anxious after seeing that the problems of several other schools have been solved.
"Mr. Prewit," said George Ollivanders of the Ollivanders family, almost in a low voice, "it was our blindness, that we were wrong, and that we should not have divested from this project." ”
George Ollivander's low profile didn't seem to impress Clark very much, and he drank the coffee in front of him unhurriedly, without saying a word, which made the other families very angry.
George Ollivander had no choice but to say: "Mr. Puwitt, we are here today with sincerity, everyone is the director of Hogwarts, even if you have any opinions, you have to give a charter, we should admit our mistakes, we admit it!" ”
Clarke's noncommittal attitude at these scenes annoyed the other person present.
"What are you pretending to be, boy," Darren? Bock almost took the case, "I've always thought this thing is weird, you say, did you design this secret room incident?" Otherwise, why would it be so coincidental, not long after we withdrew from the project, this secret room incident was lifted. ”
One of the two sang red-faced and the other white-faced, in order to force Clark to comply, but this Darren? Bock was wrong, almost guessing the truth of the matter.
But so what!
Clark just glanced at him, and several other school trustees in the same camp as him also watched from the sidelines, which made Darren? Bock was chilled.
It's just that this is what they discussed before, and all the troubles are because of Darren? Bock, so this offending Clark has to be done by him.
It is not impossible for him to offend Clark if necessary, and then sell it to several other families.
Sure enough, he heard George Ollivander shouting at him: "Darren? Bork! At this time, you still refuse to admit your mistakes, if you hadn't threatened to bewitch us in the first place, how would we have the idea of withdrawing from the dragon farm project. ”
"yes, yes, Darren, to be honest, you really didn't do it properly."
"That's it, after all, everyone is the director of Hogwarts, and the Puwit family is one of the twenty-eight pure-blood wizarding families, and everyone is born to stand together, so you've gone a little too far."
Clark looked at the representatives of the school board of these families at Darren? Bock sneered in his heart.
The performances of these guys can be said to show the ugly face of capital to the fullest.
But that's exactly what he wants, isn't it?
With just one thing, the entire Hogwarts School Board has been leveraged into a solid ecosystem of interests.
It not only dealt a blow to the opposition, won over the friendly faction, but also shocked the centrists, so that the Puwit family, which had just entered the circle of interests, successfully gained a firm foothold and gained a certain influence.
Clark is only following the method of "who is our friend and who is our enemy".
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