Ten thousand horses are silenced

When I returned to school in the evening, Felix was in a very good mood.

That afternoon, he and Winnie came to the law firm where she worked and handled a legal consultation business as a friend. Winnie's boss, a middle-aged man in his early forties, readily agreed to hand over the matter to Winnie, who was still an intern assistant, after learning that the consultation fee would not be discounted.

"The work content is not troublesome, it's just a bit trivial and requires time to run around." Winnie's boss whispered: "I will check your work progress regularly."

"I understand." Winnie said nervously with a tense face.

She knew that her boss was worried that she would fool her work at will... but in fact he was completely out of his mind - he had much more work than it was on the surface. In addition to the legal issues of several gold and silver jewelry stores, she also had a secret issue: analyzing the wizard society from the perspective of a modern social system.

Regarding the difference between the two, Winnie can be said to last for three days and three nights, but Felix denied the analysis angle she proposed.

"law--"

"You don't need to be in charge. There is no need to cover everything in a small society with tens of thousands of people."

"finance--"

"You don't have to worry about it."

"Then what did you tell me to do?" Winnie looked at him angrily.

They are now in the cafe downstairs of the law firm. Felix is ​​digging ice cream with a small metal spoon. Valen prefers strawberry flavor. It sits swaggeringly on the dining table by the window, pedestrians coming and going on the street, but none of them find it.

"Work your brain, Miss Valentine. You have received a complete and comprehensive higher education. There are very few people in the squint who have similar experiences as you. You are a rare talent with a complete social system. By the way, you have dealt with many companies, right?"

"It's all the cases taken by the firm," Winnie said with little confidence. "I'm responsible for collecting information and sometimes I write a well-read report as required."

"That's it." Felix nodded and waved the little spoon on his hand. "I'll give you a suggestion: You can see the magic world as a large company that is actively seeking transformation, and just found you."

Winnie stared at him, feeling novel about the metaphor, but she had a different opinion.

"We're discussing serious topics, right?" Winnie looked at Felix confirmingly, and he nodded, and she continued, "If so, it would be inappropriate to use the company as a metaphor. As far as I've observed, various institutions in the magic world have remained centuries ago. There may be reasons for the Secretariat Act, but you can't deny that wizards cannot do as real companies: clear goals and unified actions."

"...If you have to compare it to a company, it is also a company with a loose structure and full of internal and external troubles, with no future at all."

After Winnie finished speaking in one breath, she felt inexplicably happy. She felt like she was revenge. Who made the magic world abandon her back then? Felix smiled at her, "I can't control you if you think so, but now this company with no future hires you, you have to come up with a solution."

Winnie's hand holding the spoon froze, and she shook her ponytail irritatedly.

"I can't think of it - come and tell me."

"Internal and external troubles? Of course, someone will solve them; loose structures? You don't need to consider them." Felix said softly: "What I want you to do is to think from your own perspective and think about what is attractive enough to form a new industry? Simply put, if I want to embed the wizarding world into a Muggle society, like a gear, what points can be connected? Forestry, industry, agriculture, animal husbandry, fishery, science…"

"Why do you do this?" Winnie said with a breath, "Do you know any inside information? The magic world plans to reform..."

"You can understand it as a plan reserve, a plan for the future."

Winnie looked at him in confusion.

"There is no big war at the moment, but has humans given up on developing weapons? The magic world has no intention to modify the secrets law for the time being, but in the long run, change is necessary... Do you know the mobile phone?"

Winnie nodded.

“Where is the camera?”

Winnie nodded again.

"So have you seen a product that brings the two together?"

Winnie nodded first, then shook her head quickly.

"I haven't seen it at all."

"Then you can look forward to it a little bit. It is estimated that similar products will be born in a few years." Felix said: "Try to imagine that if everyone has a phone that can take pictures in the future, will the wizard hide as well as it is now?"

What's more, there is the Internet. But Felix didn't mention this.

"Do you think the wizard will be exposed to the public eye?" Winnie couldn't help asking. She felt a little horrified.

"It's just a matter of probability and time. With the development of technology, the Ministry of Magic handles accidental leaks every year. They are facing new tests." Felix said: "I judge that there are two possibilities in the future: either the Ministry of Magic is exhausted and has to cooperate more closely with the Muggle government, so that more people - at least some government workers know the existence of the wizard."

Winnie imagined that scene: an ordinary person discovered the wizard, took out his mobile phone to take a photo, and then broke the news to the TV station... Faced with this situation, it is indeed difficult for the wizard to completely block the news. At that time, it is very likely that as Mr. Hepp said, the wizard must make compromises and use more sufficient government agencies.

But she soon realized a problem, and this method is not the root cause.

"Maybe you have also realized that there is more than one Ministry of Magic and more than one Muggle government in the world. It is a day when two societies must work together to keep the secret. It is normal for mistakes to happen." Felix said to himself, "What's more,..."

He didn't continue, but Winnie followed his thoughts and thought: What's more, it's impossible for all countries to cooperate. As long as an accident occurs in a certain link in the middle, the talk will collapse... the result is that the entire secret will be destroyed.

"So I need to make a plan in advance?" Winnie understood Felix's idea somewhat. This matter was indeed very necessary. She just didn't expect that she would have the opportunity to participate in such a big event, but thinking about Mr. Happ's position in the magic world, she felt relieved again.

"That's right." Felix said briefly.

This is also one of the reasons why he hopes that the war will end as soon as possible: it will be difficult for the Ministry of Magic to maintain normal operation now. If they are distracted by other things, especially major issues related to the future fate of the magic world, Ms. Bones will probably explode in anger.

But it is the Ministry of Magic’s responsibility to ensure that the entire magical world is not discovered.

Felix has gained fame in recent years so that one day when he formally raises this serious problem, everyone—including foreign wizards—must be treated with caution and will not treat these words as a foolish whisper.

He doesn't want to fight alone and do all the work by himself. Even if he has a "future world" now, his power is still too small.

Winnie asked softly: "The wizarding world has been paying attention to the progress of technology? I know the sound transmission mirror and have seen people use it. At that time, I only thought that magic was magical, but now thinking about it, it is simply the direction of a future mobile phone: it is small and convenient, and it can also transmit pictures in addition to calling, but there is a distance limit."

"The problem of distance limitation is improving," Felix said. "In fact, there are ready-made methods to replace them, such as bidirectional mirrors, but their manufacturing process is a bit complicated and not suitable for mass production. We consider using magic photos instead."

"Can you tell me in detail?" Winnie asked with interest. She had no idea about this knowledge.

Felix moved his fingers, and two roses in the cafe that were suitable for the situation jumped down to form two photos. Winnie stared at her face in the photo, and then looked at Felix Happ in another photo, and was amazed.

"You have seen photos that can move in the newspaper, and you are not unfamiliar with it... There is also a more advanced magical portrait in the magic world. It not only allows you to talk to people, but also retains some of the wisdom of the portrait's owner during his lifetime. It depends on how much memory you give it. The inspiration I mentioned comes from this."

"If you want to see each other, the easiest way is not to pass on real-time images, but to hold each other's photos and copy your current actions on your own photos through magic. Just like that."

Felix waved, and the image in his photo waved.

"This method is relatively simple, but it also needs to be customized. Currently, there is only the predecessor of the sound transmission mirror - the inventor of the couple mirror, Fred and George Weasley, who received this service, specially tailored for couples."

Winnie's head was dizzy, and she felt very conflicted now. On the one hand, she knew that the magic world was lagging behind the real world in many places, and could even be said to be centuries behind; on the other hand, the magic world almost predicted the future technological direction.

More than this product, many of the future World Company’s products have similar shadows.

She tried to classify this phenomenon as the particularity of magic, but the reason was not reasonable. She stared at Felix again and suddenly realized.

"You are the most outstanding inventor of this era, Mr. Hayp. There are too many old antiques in the magic world."

Felix waved his hand, "I dare not admit it like this."

It was not that he refused, but the more he studied magic, the more he could understand one thing: any magic master is a potential inventor.

If the Weasley twins could make couple mirrors, would Dumbledore not be able to do it?

As far as he knows, Dumbledore was able to communicate alchemy with Nick Lemay when he was young, and he also made some practical magic tools himself, but Dumbledore never thought of starting a company or converting his wisdom into money.

Dumbledore's approach is actually very representative of the outstanding wizards in history.

These people do not have much business thinking in their minds and are bound by the traditional concepts of wizards, but they are not short of money at all, so it is enough to meet the needs of themselves and the people around them.

Another example is the pure blood family. They would rather hold their ancestors’ magic notes and let them rot and lose them than let this knowledge be spread to the outside world.

...

After Valentine's Day, Felix returned to school and attended class as usual.

In the ancient magical text class—

"Welcome back, classmates," Felix said slowly in the classroom, "I believe you had a pleasant weekend. Yes, the Valentine's Day package at Mrs. Pardif's Teahouse is very cost-effective, and the collapsed peaks outside the country are also eye-catching enough, and even... I heard that walking around the Pig Head Bar has become a new trend?"

The students shook their eyes and Harry saw Hermione quietly lip-syncing: nonsense. He grinned.

"But I hope you will calm down."

"There are less than two months left before Easter. You will receive employment consultation after the holiday, but it may actually be a bit late at that time."

Halfway through, Felix snatched the shell, and the students stared at him and took out a small note from his pocket, "Well, let me see, next is the importance and significance of the O.W.Ls exam, and the review plan... These things are really a headache."

He simply threw away the small piece of paper and turned it into a paper airplane before it fell to the ground.

The students stared at the paper plane flying out of the window with their necks.

"Okay, the above is what I recorded in the teaching meeting. I just want you to feel how bored I was..." Felix strode back to the podium and said to the dumbfounded student below, "Let's talk about something practical."

"If you enter the sixth grade, what will you say in the improvement class of the ancient magic literature class?"

The students listened attentively to the professor's explanation.

"First of all, the course content is not fixed. At present, this subject is changing with each passing day, and new things are constantly being proposed. If you are interested, you can read the magazine "New Interpretation of the Magic Text" from beginning to end. There are many cutting-edge or interesting articles in it, many of which are written and published on it yourself...

I plan to spend a few years to sort out a clear context, but no matter what, the improvement of class meetings will focus on teaching practical magical literature, which is undoubtedly the case.”

"I want to say another thing. You must carefully consider your future in the fifth grade, especially after employment consultation."

"I can let you enter the thinking classroom and learn hundreds of translator magical texts in one class, so naturally, each of you can get excellent results in the O.W.Ls exam..." Felix said calmly: "Yes, I can do this."

"Score is not a problem, interest is the key."

"In the improvement class, my requirements for you will become higher and higher as the ancient magic literature continues to improve, and the teaching content will vary from person to person. You will spend a lot of time on cutting-edge exploration. If you are not really interested, this process will be very tormenting."

"So think about it carefully: what this course means to you, maybe your thinking today will lead to the birth of a new interdisciplinary field..."

The whole month of March was busy.

But outside the campus, or outside the UK, the order in the international magic world was disrupted by Voldemort alone.
To be continued...