A Certain Hogwarts Magician Professor

The three stood at the intersection of a busy commercial street.

They had just come out of a clothing store, the twins, who had changed into a dark blue slacks and jeans, looked at each other and pointed at their new look.

"The clerk almost touched my wand behind my waist," Fred said with lingering fears.

Felix called a taxi, "First to Charing Cross, then to Sam Precision Machinery." He said to the driver, then looked at the twins, "We're going to pick up Professor Lupin, he's with us. "

The taxi driver had an early morning sluggish look on his face, and walked lazily through the streets, "Charing Cross is ahead, where do you want to park?"

"A little further ahead, next to the record store in front."

The driver glanced, "Come to work?"

"Almost," Felix twirled a glowing coin. The driver shook his head, feeling dazzled. The car was parked aside, and he said vigilantly, "It takes time to wait on the side of the road."

"It's all about you," Felix said casually.

Not long after, a middle-aged man suddenly appeared next to the record store, as if he was there in the first place, Fred rolled down the car window and waved at him, "Professor Lupin, this way!"

Lupin walked over with a smile and got into the car, "I didn't expect you to come this way."

"How's the recruitment?" Felix asked, and he explained later: "It's more convenient to go by car. Actually, I want to rent a car."

Lupin glared at him, "Now think of asking? You said before that you wanted to help, but it disappeared for a week."

Felix shrugged: "I went to Albania."

Lupin's face became serious. He heard Sirius say that Voldemort once lived in the Albanian forest. He glanced cautiously at the pricked ears of the twins, and asked vaguely, "Have you found anything?"

"It's not what you think," Felix said. "I wanted to find an old friend's house, but it's too old, and there's only a dilapidated ruin."

Hearing that Felix wasn't searching for Voldemort's traces, Lupin didn't care much. He talked about the company's situation: "The candidates have all been interviewed. According to your request, I recruited 37-"

"Anyone I know?"

"The six people you recommended are all good. Besides, not counting Kerry Watt, there are three new graduates this year..."

After about half an hour, the car stopped in front of a factory.

Felix paid the fare and took them to the door. After reporting his name in the guard room, a few minutes later, a middle-aged man trotted over.

"Mr. Happer?" said the man enthusiastically. "I'm Hobart Nutt, the director of Sam's Precision Machinery, and we were on the phone." The twins winked at each other, lip-mouthing: Nutt.

Felix had no reaction to this surname with special meaning in the magical world. He introduced with a natural expression: "This is Remus Lupin, the general manager of Future World Company, these two..." He looked at Looking at the straight-chested twins, "They were visiting, um, holiday social practices."

"No problem, welcome! Welcome!" said Hobart hastily.

On the way into the factory, Lupin asked in a low voice, "How does he know about the future world? Did you tell him?"

"I registered a shell company with the same name with the British government," Felix said with a smile.

"Is this necessary? It seems very troublesome..." Lupin asked inexplicably.

"No trouble, I just discovered an interesting fact," he whispered to Lupin.

"What did you say!" Lupin's eyes widened in disbelief, the twins and the Hobbot supervisor looked over, he smiled apologetically, and then whispered, "You're telling the truth, there are people in the wizarding world. Reselling gold and silver utensils?"

"It's not new," Felix said. "There are always smart people out there who pick up some old family silver and sell it to non-magical folk collectors. Imagine silverware made by goblins that repels dust. , but also has a unique sense of historical depth.”

"Aren't they afraid of being discovered by the Ministry of Magic?"

Felix smiled: "The law in this regard is blank, and, guess who did these things, just a few thieves? Although they did it very secretly, there are traces of everything."

A storm surged in Lupin's heart, and he felt that his understanding of the magic world had been subverted.

"Pure-blooded family?" He kept pondering, "No, I have the impression that many families are gone, maybe a part of them, they have been maintaining this secret!"

The names of several families flashed in his mind quickly, and some families did not have a long history, but in just a few decades, they became very rich.

Lupin said hesitantly: "But Gringotts stipulates that there is a limit to the amount of pounds that can be exchanged for Galleons."

Felix said casually: "In the black market, bartering is not a problem. Pure gold and pure silver are also valuable in the magic world, and they are at least dozens of times more profitable."

Before Lupin could think about it, Hobot took them to a workshop, and he said humbly, "We have prepared a variety of fine engraving equipment, hoping to meet your company's needs."

"This is a mechanical engraving machine, with an all-steel structure, diamond heads, high-precision ball screws and guide rails, which can be operated manually or with simple programs. We have ready-made samples, wait a minute, I'll go take……"

He left for a while, bringing back a three-foot-long brown plank with intricate engravings, which he said, "a lot of clients use on high-end furniture."

The twins looked at the sharp conical blade, and were about to reach out to touch it, when it suddenly whirled and turned into a blurry shadow.

"Watch out!" Hobot shouted. "It's spinning at 2,000 rpm. It's very dangerous." He glanced at Felix, which meant, watch out for your little boy!

"Fred, George, you don't want to keep your hands here, do you?" Felix said softly.

The two grinned, and Fred asked, "Can you demonstrate it once?"

Seeing that neither Felix nor Lupin objected, Hobot felt that the hope of closing the deal had greatly increased. "No problem!" He said in a relaxed tone, and then called a professional. The employee took the board and took a closer look. Flip to the back and clamp it on the workbench, then press the control button next to it, and the rotating conical carving knife starts to move. When it comes into contact with the wooden board, the sawdust flies and rolls up a strip of wood flowers.

The twins stared blankly at the knife head moving nimbly on the wooden board. After five minutes, when the wooden board was removed, they repeatedly compared the patterns on the front and back sides.

"Think about whether it can be used in your products," Felix said, and Hobbot gave them a strange glance, guessing that they might be making some toys, but he would only sell them if he could. No matter what it is used for, there are hundreds of dangerous items marked on the manual anyway.

"Next is the laser engraver..."

"Higher precision, faster engraving, and smooth and natural transitions, just like some hand-carved artists. It can work on a variety of surfaces, sheet metal, glass, leather, fabric, canvas, and more."

"Where's the parchment?" Fred asked with interest.

"Parchment?" Hobart froze. "Maybe you could try a printer?"

"Okay, Fred, don't make it hard for him." Felix said lightly. "Mr. Nut, can you help me find a slate?"

"Sure, I remember having a similar sample in my office." Hobot hurried away.

There were only four people left, and Lupin asked, "Can we use it?" He pointed to the small computer, "It looks complicated."

"No need to worry about it," Felix said. "I just need the mechanical part..."

His hand was placed on the mechanical engraving machine, and the magic power was sensed and touched little by little. Within the invisible perspective, the magic ripples continued to spread. After a few seconds, the stationary conical knife head suddenly turned, and under his control, the conical carving knife left a rune symbol on the edge of the board.

Felix gently blew away the sawdust, and the traces carved by his fingertips indicated that after brushing, a magic power remained.

"You said, if you combine this thing with the principles of magical portraits and give it the most basic wisdom, what will it become?"

The convergence of magic and technology is a theme of this book, but the main focus will still be on magic and the changes in the magical world, and will not spend too much time describing how to modify mechanical equipment to avoid a sense of inconsistency.