The Necromancer of Hogwarts

Early spring of 1982.

The chill in the air is already making people uncomfortable, and the economic winter is making British citizens even more miserable.

Britain is no longer the empire on which the sun never sets, and economic recession is a foregone conclusion.

For Britain's once world-renowned steel industry, local coal resources are becoming increasingly scarce, which has also dealt them a heavy blow, and the entire industry is still shrouded in a cold winter.

During this period, British Steel quickly merged with 17 domestic steel plants and developed into a behemoth occupying more than 50% of the domestic steel industry.

Other small and medium-sized enterprises in the British steel industry are all trembling in the shadow of British Steel.

This behemoth has not stopped its mergers and acquisitions. In its original history, British Steel would eventually acquire 26 large and medium-sized steel plants, accounting for more than 70% of the steel industry as a whole. Its expansion has not yet reached its limit.

On this day, Smith, the boss of Larmore Steel Works, once again rejected the olive branch from British Steel.

British Steel offered a very attractive price, hoping to take over Larmore Steel Works from Smith, but like many previous negotiations, Smith flatly rejected it.

The Larmore Steel Works has been the work of generations of their family, dating back to the first industrial revolution and has been in existence for more than a hundred years.

In 1945, the continuous casting method developed by Larmore Steel Works gave it the world's most advanced production line and dominated the British steel industry for nearly two decades.

However, in the past two decades, the overall British economy has been in a downturn, and the steel industry has been in decline. The Larmore Steel Works has slowly declined in the hands of Smith.

"But even so, Larmore Steel Plant is the pride of my family and will never be given away to others."

Smith, who was over fifty years old, knocked on his pipe bitterly, turned around and walked into the factory, but had to sigh.

People are panicking.

Everyone already knows about British Steel. No one knows how long Larmore Steel Plant can survive in front of British Steel. The minds of workers and R&D personnel are somewhat distracted.

The entire Larmore Steel Plant lacked the vitality that Smith felt when he was a child. Instead, it looked like an old man in his twilight years, lifeless and just hanging on for his last breath.

Smith walked to the marketing department and picked up the latest financial report, his face suddenly darkened.

Sales volume dropped again, market share fell off a cliff, and a large amount of share was absorbed by British Steel.

He sighed again: "If this continues, I really won't be able to hold on anymore."

Smith slowly walked to the R&D department at this time.

Several R&D personnel were gathered around a table, seemingly discussing something intensely.

"Is this data real?"

"I'm not sure, but there's nothing wrong with the experimental plan, and the process is very standard."

"The data on this stretch curve is very complete and does not look like it is forged."

Smith was suddenly curious. He came behind the R&D staff and asked, "What technology are you discussing?"

The R&D personnel were startled, and the person in charge immediately replied: "Hello, Mr. Smith, someone sent us an experimental report and sample today. What was sent was a sample of a super-effective coagulant."

"We are looking at its test reports and feel that the performance is incredible."

Smith's heart skipped a beat and his eyes became serious.

"New coagulant?"

"How much can it improve the performance of the product? Can it be improved by 5%?"

He realized that this might be an opportunity given to him by God.

If the performance of the product can be improved by another 5%, then perhaps Larmore Steel has not lost yet and can still struggle to survive for a while in front of British Steel.

The person in charge gulped and said, "No, Mr. Smith, the overall performance will be improved by 20%."

Smith's eyes dimmed at first, and then suddenly brightened.

"20%?!"

He seemed a little out of sorts, but the researchers present could understand.

The formula for steel requires a lot of time to explore. The ratio of various ingredients must be carefully grouped. Only after thousands of failures can a new steel formula be obtained.

Including the subsequent heat treatment process and supporting casting process, it takes more time and money to produce a new steel with excellent performance than imagined.

But now there is a super-effective coagulant that can actually improve the overall performance by 20% without changing other processes. This is almost an upgrade of one or even two generations of the product out of thin air!

As long as this product appears, Larmore Steel Plant can reverse its decline and come back to life!

Mr. Smith's eyes were intense: "Where is the coagulant sample? Where is it?!"

Soon, the researchers brought in a container filled with black, fluffy powder.

Smith glanced at it greedily, and then immediately shouted to the researchers: "Then what are you waiting for? Why don't you quickly test the performance of this coagulant?!"

"Also, what else was sent along with the lab reports and samples? Who sent it to us? Let me take a look!"

Two hours later, Smith was anxiously pacing the workshop, where more than a dozen researchers were simultaneously testing super-effective coagulants.

In Smith's hand was a letter that had been sent with the coagulant sample.

"Hello Mr. Smith, I accidentally discovered a method of formulating a super-effective coagulant and hope to cooperate with your factory."

"I believe it can help your factory get out of the current bad situation. If your factory is interested, maybe we can have a meeting next to discuss the details of cooperation - Zovi Zaicek, Zaicek Machinery Factory. "

The researchers finally got the experimental data at this time, and they all gathered around the experimental notebook to make calculations.

Smith's hand holding the letter was shaking a little, as if he was waiting for the judgment of fate.

Soon, the researchers got the test results.

They exploded immediately and let out screams of ecstasy or fright. The head of the research department almost ran all the way to Smith, shaking Smith's shoulders obliviously.

"God! God!"

"30%! Improved by 30%!"

"It's more than what was reported in the experiment report. Oh my God, the product performance has improved by 30%! It can smash the a** of British Steel products!"

"I swear this is the best coagulant I've ever seen, boss, we have to buy it!"

Smith was shaken open his eyes and almost fainted from the ecstasy.

"By God, the Larmore Steel Plant can be saved!"

"Reply quickly, we must get this coagulant at all costs!"

A few minutes later, a fax was sent to the salesperson closest to Zuo Wei at the Larmore Steel Plant. The headquarters then directly allocated funds for the activity and promised a regional manager position so that the salesperson could reply to the letter as quickly as possible. Send it over.

That night, Zoe Wei received a letter from Larmore Steel Factory.

The letter was written by Smith himself, and the words sincerely expressed the Larmore Steel Plant's willingness to cooperate and hoped to meet and sign a contract as soon as possible.

Zuo Wei sat at the table, feeling unbelievable.

Smith is a billionaire, and his family's assets are probably not as good as a new piece of equipment at Larmore Steel Plant, but now Smith actually wrote to him in his own hand asking for cooperation?

And on her desk, the replies were not just from the Larmore Steel Factory. Several factories on the original world line that would be merged by the British Steel Company all sent letters to Zuo Wei hoping for cooperation.

"Then let's talk about it together."