A day at Hogwarts

The curfew time on Saturday night was later than usual, but it was raining heavily outside, so the students could only run around in the castle.

This week was Hogsmeade Week, and because there was a game on Saturday, the play time was changed to Sunday, but the weather was enough to discourage many people.

So the takeaway cabinet was full of students, and everyone could order takeaway whatever they wanted.

Today everyone found that there was a trademark on the cabinet door, a red phoenix with its wings spread out. Charles changed the Allied logo in "Red Alert 2" to become the trademark of Phoenix Logistics.

Charles took out a bag of jam sandwich cookies from the cabinet and was about to visit Harry in the school infirmary when he met Cedric carrying a bag of red grapes and passing by.

Charles asked him, "Has the training for the Potions Championship started?"

Cedric replied, "It will start next week. We hope to defend our title this time. The requirements are much stricter than before."

"The headmaster has found the latest magazines and books about potions in the world, and has also found someone to translate them. Each of us has the task of reading."

Charles smiled and said, "Professor Horace Slughorn has agreed to return to Hogwarts for a period of time after the Christmas holidays to assist Professor Snape in training you."

"I'll tell you in secret, you also know about the werewolf potion, Professor Slughorn is now in the Himalayas and working with other top potion masters from all over the world."

He asked again, "Have the third and fourth grade players been decided?"

"No." Cedric shook his head, "A few people have signed up, and I plan to see during the training."

"By the way, are you still here to help?"

The last time Charles took charge of logistics, he received unanimous praise from everyone, so Cedric naturally hoped that he would return to the arena.

Charles said, "I have a lot of things to do recently. The supper during your training camp is sponsored by the Dancing Grass Restaurant. I should also be a translator when we go to Kodos Dorez for the game." He suddenly thought of something, counted on his fingers, and said, "You are in the fifth grade this year, and the next game will be the seventh grade. When you go to the magic institute, you should be the captain." Cedric shook his head and said, "I am only good at potion processing, not good at formulas. How can I be the captain?" "No, no, no!" Charles stretched out his fingers and shook them. "There are many kinds of team leaders. There are indeed many people who are proficient in professional knowledge, and some can coordinate the overall situation and give confidence to the team members." "I think you have great leadership potential. Although I didn't watch the Quidditch game today, I also heard that at the last moment, the players on your team believed that you could catch the Golden Snitch, so they fought to the last moment." Cedric couldn't help but sigh when he mentioned today's game, shook his head slightly and said, "Today's game was not glorious. I apply for a rematch." "At that time, I was in Bo "I was behind Potter on the left. When Potter fainted, his broom floated to the left. I thought he was going to block me, so I flew to the right to avoid him."

"When I caught the Golden Snitch, Professor Snape flew past me to stop the Dementor in order to save Potter. Only then did I realize that the Dementor was coming."

"If I had found that something was wrong with Potter at that time and pulled him, he would not have been blown to the Whomping Willow by the wind."

"This game was disturbed by the Dementors, and it was not our real victory."

Charles asked him: "Do the rest of your team agree to rematch?"

Cedric answered with certainty: "Some people disagreed at first, thinking that this game was won with great difficulty, and rematching would probably result in a loss, and today's efforts would be in vain."

"I told them, are you willing to regard the Dementors as teammates who helped you win? Now everyone agrees."

Charles patted him on the shoulder and said seriously: "You are very suitable to be the Minister of Magic."

He admired Cedric. It was rare to lead teammates to victory, but it was more valuable to convince everyone to rematch.

This requires that you first have an upright heart, and only by insisting on it can you have the confidence to persuade others. Otherwise, if you are hesitant when speaking and ambiguous when being refuted, people will simply ignore you.

Secondly, you need to accumulate reputation in normal times. If a freshman in the first grade speaks, people will still ignore you.

The third point is to have the ability to discover the core contradiction. The Dementor is identified as a teammate until the core. The team members can admit failure, but they cannot accept such a teammate. The persuasion work is simple.

Cedric's face turned red all of a sudden, and he stammered: "I never thought about becoming the Minister of Magic."

Charles smiled and said: "You can think about it before going to bed."

Among the people born in the 1970s, Hermione is currently too naive and Percy is too bureaucratic. From the perspective of leadership temperament, they are not as good as Cedric.

And Cedric has good conditions. Charles even thinks he has the template of the protagonist.

First of all, he is handsome, has temperament and is approachable, which is a great advantage. Just like when the old man ran for a member of parliament, almost all middle-aged and elderly women in the constituency voted for him.

There is no need to talk about other things. His ancestors had a Minister of Magic, and he was also a prominent descendant.

Not to mention his personal life, he could play a Quidditch game with any girl who greeted him when they walked by.

Charles continued, "I don't think Wood agreed to a rematch."

Cedric nodded.

Wood will graduate next year, and he wants to lead the team to win a championship in Hogwarts, and he has paid a lot for this.

He suddenly lost the first game when he was about to win. He felt very regretful, but he was not someone who couldn't afford to lose. It was impossible to refuse to play again. Even if he won, he would be regarded as accepting some kind of acceptance. alms.

Charles saw someone coming across the corridor, so he smiled and said loudly: "It doesn't matter, I believe Gryffindor can get enough points from Ravenclaw."

Among the Ravenclaw girls walking across from him was Qiu Zhang. She glared at Charles fiercely, and then smiled sweetly at Cedric.

Charles immediately made a heartbroken look and said: "Oh...it's not good to go with handsome people. I'm like dragon dung under the flowers. Beautiful girls don't want to take another look at me." ”

After saying that, he took two steps away from Cedric and walked to the edge of the corridor.

Cedric's face suddenly turned red, and the Ravenclaw girls couldn't stand upright with laughter.

When going down the stairs, Charles bumped Cedric with his elbow and said in a middle-aged tone: "I think you are not young anymore and it's time to find a girlfriend. I think Qiu Zhang is good. She treats you well." The impression is also very good, do you want to consider it? "

Cedric didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but he didn't reply. A boy of fifteen or sixteen years old has reached this age.

Charles was going to visit Harry in the school hospital, thinking that Cedric was going to go back downstairs to Hufflepuff's dormitory, but he didn't expect that he was also going to visit Harry.

Cedric asked Charles: "I heard that Potter's broomstick is broken?"

Charles rolled his eyes and replied, "Don't worry, he won't be short of broomsticks."

Cedric thought that Charles would buy Harry new ones and asked no more questions.

Charles continued: "I think the bigger concern is the Whomping Willow."

Cedric couldn't help but sigh: "I heard that Granger uprooted the Whomping Willow. It's really unexpected. If Professor Dumbledore hadn't seen it, I don't think anyone would believe it."

Charles nodded in agreement. When Dumbledore saw that he had the ability to drive away the dementors, he went to find Harry. When he arrived, Hermione had already rescued Harry.

Fortunately, Harry was wearing clothes with the Iron Armor Charm, so the Whomping Willow didn't do him much harm.

Charles was also scared. If Harry hadn't been given the clothes he was wearing because he was afraid that he would be thrown to death, he would have bought him a coffin now.

Now Harry had woken up, sitting on the hospital bed, staring blankly at the fragments of Nimbus 2000 in front of him.

Charles and Cedric talked to him for a while, but he only responded dully. Upon seeing this, the two put down their snacks and fruits and left.

Ginny was going to visit Harry in the ward with a singing card. Unexpectedly, she met Charles on the way and was pulled aside by him to mutter something.