Chapter 174 The Ministry of Magic said it doesn't count
Lockhart then enjoyed a sumptuous lunch with two lovely female fans, and his complexion finally recovered.
After lunch, he politely bid farewell to the two female fans, and then walked to the private room he rented. He planned to take a nap first, and then go to Gringotts to withdraw his savings after waking up.
Lockhart had his own plans for the next days: he decided to travel around the world while completing his autobiographical novel "The Struggle in the First Half of Life" and writing some travel notes. He believed that with the words in his pen,
With his strength, he will become a hot best-selling author again in a few years.
Well, let's publish the travelogue under a different vest! So as not to be dragged down by one's own reputation. As for the autobiography, you can keep your real name or publish it under the name of Lockhart's friend. You need to consider this carefully.
While imagining his bright future, Lockhart opened the door of the hotel private room. But as soon as he entered the private room, he felt a sharp object poke his lower back. Then there was a click, and the door of the private room was opened.
The door was closed.
Lockhart's hair stood on end. He realized that someone was ambushing him in his room! But what else could he do? With his wand at his waist, he was already a fish to be slaughtered.
Lockhart felt the man behind him groping at his waist for a while, and then took away his wand.
"Mr. Lockhart, please be silent, otherwise I cannot guarantee your safety." After this warning, the wand on Lockhart's waist was removed. A box slid out from under the bed, and automatically
Popped open the lid.
This was an opening! Lockhart knew that he should take this opportunity to give the man behind him a powerful uppercut, then take the wand from his hand and turn the tables, but his body seemed to be frozen.
Still unable to move.
Finally, the electrical signal from Lockhart's brain reached his muscles, and he reacted. He trembled. At this time, the hard wooden stick pressed against his waist again. So Lockhart
All the plans Te made in his mind came to nothing.
"Please step into this box." A polite request came from behind, but to Lockhart's ears, these words were no different than the devil's whisper.
As soon as Lockhart looked up, he recognized the box - it was his storage box, with a rather large secret room inside. Seeing the box, he immediately knew who the person behind him was.
Tom Yoder!
It was this hateful little wizard who had been having bad luck ever since I met him! First, he was sued by the Ministry of Magic for driving a speeding car, and then he was caught and locked up in a box for a school year. Not only did he imprison himself, he also
Exposing what he had done directly put him in Azkaban.
The hatred between the two people could last for three days and three nights! Faced with his enemy, Lockhart chose——
"Yordle, the Ministry of Magic has pardoned me...you, you can't imprison me anymore!"
The wizard ambushing Lockhart's room was Tom. After learning that Lockhart was about to be released from prison, he immediately went to Azkaban. All the dementors there were his spies, and Lockhart naturally could not escape him.
He followed the three of them all the way to London, and finally blocked Lockhart when he was alone.
"Whether you can be released from prison or not, the Ministry of Magic's decision does not count, only my words count." Tom responded coldly, "Hurry up and get in the box."
Tom poked Lockhart hard with his wand. He obeyed and walked into the box with a sad face.
Soon, Tom left the hotel with a suitcase in his hand.
After leaving London, Tom headed west and finally came to San Juan Island in the Atlantic Ocean. This island was originally very desolate, but it has become lively in recent years. The reason is simple. The government plans to build a new island on this island.
Build a prison for serious offenders.
The construction work has been carried out intermittently for ten years. In the autumn of this year, most of the buildings have been built, and when the prison is about to be completed, the owner of the prison has quietly changed - from the British government to a man named
Yuri's international shipping merchant.
However, the essence of the prison has not changed. It is still a prison for serious offenders.
Since Yuri bought the prison, he was responsible for the final payment for the construction of the prison. At the same time, as a price for buying the prison, the prison had to hold prisoners for the government at a very low price.
Yes, a prison with a completion rate of more than 95% is almost equivalent to giving it to the transporter for free, and the government also subsidizes Yuri every year! It seems like a good thing that falls from the sky, but in fact almost everyone
Everyone thought that Yuri was about to lose his last piece of underwear. The government officials had almost approved all of Yuri's applications at light speed, as if they were afraid that he would regret it.
As long as the prison remains in the hands of the state, it will only be a bottomless economic pit, swallowing up tens of millions of pounds every year - this cost may surge to 100 million pounds in a few years. If it is contracted out, it will only cost a few million pounds a year.
sterling, the funds saved can be used to raise the salaries of civil servants. As for the money spent on building prisons, they have already been spent and will be wasted.
Since both the buyer and seller were very eager, the process went very quickly. Now the handover work here has been completed and the project has been completed. After the ownership became private, the speed of prison construction also accelerated.
The overall structure of the prison is in the shape of two Hui characters, connected by a corridor in the middle, so overall, it looks like "Hui = Hui". The left is the men's prison, the right is the women's prison, and the place in the middle of the word Hui is the prison.
square.
Tom had his own ideas about the layout of this place. He decided to cancel the distinction between male and female prisons and gather the prisoners into one hui, which is called the residential area. The other hui is where the guards and support staff live, which is called the residential area.
It is the work area. There are only cells in the prison for prisoners, and there are a series of facilities such as libraries, labor factories, churches, etc. on the other side.
Only inmates with outstanding performance can be assigned to work in the work area.
Yuri is a law-abiding businessman who respects human rights. He will never force prisoners to work. On the contrary, half of the prisoners will always stay in the residential area to rest.
It is simply the brilliance of humanity!
Tom shared his thoughts with Lockhart, who was confused: Does this have anything to do with me?
Of course it’s relevant!
Tom looked at Lockhart with a smile, "Actually, this prison is short of a psychiatrist who is a part-time chaplain. I think you can do the job."
Lockhart:?
He was stunned by Tom's idea: I am a wizard!
————
Today, we are going to tell the story of Lorcan MacLeod, the 23rd Minister of Magic.