Felix watched Ginny and Luna leave the classroom together with the replica of the Goblet of Fire. To be honest, this thing was not light, but he wisely did not suggest them to use magic.

They were all smart. They probably just didn't want to, not that they really didn't realize that they could use the levitation spell to reduce the weight... right?

...

The next morning, it was the weekend again. He comforted the lazy Sniff and walked through the fireplace in the office to Diagon Alley.

Felix walked on a long cobblestone road, with restaurants and shops crowded on both sides. Huge parasols stretched in front of some shops, and the sign of Florin Ice Cream Shop shone in the warm yellow light.

Even with his eyes, he could tell that the Future World Company was developing very well. Along the way, he could often see large and small magic lights through the windows of shops. They were like a drop of water, blending into the center of the London wizarding world.

At the entrance of the headquarters of Future World Company, he unexpectedly saw a large group of people crowded at the door, noisy and lively. At the same time, some people came out talking and laughing.

Two staff members at the door calmed the crowd, "Ladies and gentlemen, don't crowd, everyone can have a turn." He let one or two people in from time to time.

What's going on?

Felix stood by and stared for a moment, then stepped forward, and the crowd automatically parted, "Wait, this gentleman... are you, Mr. Hep?" The staff member who stopped in front said in surprise, then looked at him with admiration and took him into the vertical castle building.

"Mr. Hep, please come in, I still have to maintain order." The staff member said respectfully.

Felix nodded, climbed the stairs, and took in the scene in the hall.

It has completely changed.

He still remembers that it was originally empty, with dark floors. Looking straight up from the center of the hall, you can directly see the chandelier on the top, and on the side are arc steps that spiral up, connecting each floor of the castle. What

Felix remembers most is that he, Snape and Lupin had a fight here, and then discussed the company's development plan together.

But the hall in front of him looked like a magnificent museum with a crowd of people.

The young witches pointed at a dozen display cabinets. They should be the new products developed by the company's researchers. Several staff members in uniform were busy working nearby.

"Professor Hepp," said a girl with long curly hair.

"Clivat," Felix said to the person next to him, "The company has changed so much that I can't recognize it."

"This is the result of everyone's efforts." Penelope said with a smile. At this time, they walked up the spiral staircase to the second floor. She introduced as she walked: "It was Clemmy's suggestion to open the lobby on the first floor. We put some of the products that have not been fully finalized outside, and regularly invite outsiders to visit and try them out, and pick out useful modification suggestions from them."

"I see, you all did a good job." Felix nodded slightly and said with emotion: "Maybe I should give you a raise."

He stood at the railing on the second floor and looked down from above.

A young witch put on an emerald crown with the help of the staff, and then there was a cry of amazement from the crowd. Her whole body shone with a crimson light, and her hair turned into a light white frost color. The magic light intertwined and extended down her neck. In the eyes of everyone's admiration, she put on a light princess dress with gorgeous flowers blooming on the edge of the skirt.

"How much is this! I want this!" the witch shouted. She now looked like a princess, and every inch of her skin was shining with dazzling luster.

"This is not for sale, we are still testing the effect..." The staff had to explain with great effort.

Twenty or thirty feet away, a little boy with purple curly hair blew out a sea blue bubble with force, wrapping his one-year-old brother inside. The bubble looked very tough and floated two or three feet high with the baby inside. The baby sat in the bubble and stretched out his chubby little hand to reach a budding Clivia, but was blocked outside by the bubble. When the sea-blue bubbles fell on the buds of the Clivia, the petals gradually opened up, and a thumb-sized flower fairy was projected from the bright yellow stamens, flashing quickly around the baby, causing a burst of "giggle" laughter.

Their parents carefully accompanied them, repeatedly confirming that there were no problems...

Felix continued to go upstairs, and he asked, "How is Percy's work in the Ministry of Magic?"

"Him?" Penelope sighed, "He is too busy and wants to make some achievements. It just so happens that his boss, Mr. Crouch, is on a long vacation, and can only issue instructions through owls, which leaves him with full autonomy. Many small things can be decided by himself... He is addicted to it..."

She said with some dissatisfaction, "He told me that he wanted to live in the Ministry, but I stopped him."

Felix stopped. His impression of Percy came from his hard work in studying and his rigid stubbornness in daily life, and his extreme lack of humor. Although he himself didn't like to tell jokes, at least he could hear them and was willing to applaud, but these behaviors were not seen in Percy.

According to Mrs. Weasley, "He made a decision that even ten cows couldn't change."

Felix looked at Penelope thoughtfully.

"Can you convince him?"

"Usually... yes." Penelope was a little surprised, but still answered.

"Yeah." Felix nodded.

They came to the third floor and pushed open a double wooden door. Inside was a spacious room where Lupin and several people stood together and talked seriously.

In the center of the room stood a huge wormwood-colored canvas like a portrait, with moving images on it.

Two exquisite magic puppets were fighting a duel, with blue lightning and orange flames interlaced with each other. The puppets were obviously controlled by people, and they often used the terrain to dodge attacks at the last minute, and their movements were natural and smooth. Several researchers below watched intently, occasionally exclaiming, or inhaling because of the intense action scenes.

Felix was keenly aware that this was not a magic painting with a spell cast on it, but some form of live broadcast, because he saw that Clemmy Vera and Arik McGee, who were surrounded by the crowd, were directing the puppets under the canvas screen, and a huge camera-like thing was facing the "battlefield" between them.

Seeing Felix coming, Lupin walked over quickly. He complained, "If it weren't for the owls that kept sending letters, I would have thought you were missing."

"Didn't I come here before?" Felix said a little embarrassedly.

"Indeed," Lupin nodded and said gently, "Let me think about when it was, if my memory has not been modified. I saw you last week, no, it was through the sound transmission mirror, was it the week before? That was when your patronus sent two alchemical material formulas. Or was it the week before? I remembered it wrong, it was actually Dobby..."

"Ahem!" Felix's eyes moved quickly, and he changed the subject and said, "Is that the space capsule I told you about? How interesting..."

They looked at the other side of the spacious room together. A young researcher took out a capsule from a flat metal box and threw it on the ground. "Bang" a cloud of white smoke exploded, and various sundries were thrown out from it, canvas pieces, kettles, clothes, and even a few firewood... The

researcher groaned in disappointment, "Oh~ still no..."

When it came to business, Lupin became serious. He retracted his gaze and said to Felix, "The Ministry of Magic is still unwilling to give in. You know, they have strict control over the traceless extension spell."

"You don't have to worry about obstacles from the Ministry of Magic." Felix said.

Lupin stared at him, "That's not what the people at the Bureau for Magical Object Control said."

"Don't worry, Remus." Felix comforted him, "As long as they allow magic items with traceless extension spells to be sold publicly, whether it's a tent or something else... even if there is only one kind, Future World Company can get the permission."

"The only thing to pay attention to is to do a good job of tamper-proofing, and the purpose of the product must not be changed." Felix stared at the young wizard experimenting in the distance and said, "It is not allowed to bring living things, especially people." He thought for a while and added, "It is best to urge the Ministry of Magic to improve this part of the law and make clear regulations on the size of the space allowed to be expanded..."

"You are talking as if the Ministry of Magic is your family. I don't have as much confidence as you." Lupin muttered, but Felix pretended not to hear clearly. He put his arm around Lupin's shoulders and took him to a huge workbench, where various scattered items were placed.

Constant temperature pendant box, magic lamp, sound transmission mirror, emerald crown... There are so many things that it is dazzling.

"Okay, can you introduce me to the new products and the company's recent development?"

"We currently have seventeen products, but twelve are still being perfected, including the ones in the hall... The remaining five, plus the Weasley twins' couple's mirror, we renamed it the sound transmission mirror when we sold it to the outside world, because it cannot transmit images over long distances. It has already been sold in seven branches."

"Not counting orders from abroad..."

Lupin showed an appreciative expression, "The Quidditch World Cup light show was very successful. We have received a large number of orders one after another. We are completely short of manpower and have to cooperate with the Owl Post Office."

As he spoke, a brown owl flew in through the castle window. It circled Lupin twice and dropped a letter.

He hurriedly opened the letter and took a look at it, explaining as he read: "They are asking about the launch time of the product. Your strategy is very effective. When we sent out the magic lamp products, we also gave away a list of products to be launched... Many people wrote to ask."

He finally said: "Counting those from abroad, the "Future World" company already has more than a hundred employees. Even the "Daily Prophet" does not have so many people."

Felix thought it was not enough, "Continue to expand. If there are not enough people, continue to recruit."

Lupin looked at him hesitantly, "It's barely enough for now. Although it's busy recently, it's because the company is still in the development stage. When it runs smoothly in the future, it won't need so many people."

In fact, the number of people in companies in the magic world is quite small. This is mainly because there are only 20,000 to 30,000 wizards in the whole of Britain, and with the convenience of magic, only a few skilled employees are needed.

And this kind of small company often becomes the industry of a family, and it will only recruit people every ten years. To a certain extent, his "Future World" company is an alternative. If it continues to develop at the current momentum, if it does not step on the brakes, it may only take two or three years to surpass the Ministry of Magic in terms of number of people.

Felix looked at Lupin, his light blue eyes meeting his own, and he said calmly,

"For a long time to come, I hope the company will be in its development phase. As for stable operation... maybe we have to wait until you retire."