Chapter 241
The few days after discussing the plan, Harry almost thought the final battle was right in front of him, but soon, the laughter and laughter around him reminded him that there was still a long time before the third task, and he didn't need to be so nervous.
Under Zhang Qiu's instigation, Donna constantly challenged Barty Jr.'s bottom line. Finally, she was scolded severely for stealing potions, and Zhang Qiu satisfiedly crossed out the last daily divination of this semester.
At the end of April, Ailina suddenly found them and said a very inappropriate piece of news. Or rather, it was what Harry felt was inappropriate, while everyone else felt this was an exciting unexpected joy.
"Do you know, the movie invested by Professor Tang Tang Nade is ready to premiere, on May 2nd," she said. "Do you want to go to the premiere ceremony?"
"What is a movie?" Luo En was the first to ask the puzzled question.
"It's a kind of moving image watched by Muggles, telling a complete story in an hour or two," Harry whispered.
"In short, it will be very interesting. Tang Tang Nade asked me to invite you; after all, you are one of his favorite students; he doesn't want you to miss it," Ailina said happily. "Not only did he invest in it, but he also starred in it."
"So he was missing for a year last year, actually filming a movie?" Harry asked.
"Didn't I tell you?" Zhang Qiu was stunned. "I think this movie should be a good reflection of the life he yearns for: saving the world when there is something to do, and having pool parties when there is nothing to do."
"Then," Harry hesitated. Actually, it didn't matter if he continued to worry about the plan now; the main force against Voldemort was Dumbledore and the doctors. "Then go and see, relax?"
On the afternoon of May 1st, they gathered in an open space in the Beauxbatons forest. That feeling was very much like setting off to watch the Quidditch World Cup during the summer vacation. Harry, Luo En, and Zhang Qiu came to the agreed place together. Tang Tang Nade didn't invite Cedric, and they didn't tell Cedric. In fact, Cedric himself might be more willing to stay here and accompany Fleur more.
Not long after, Ailina and Hermione also came. Before Hermione could react, Ailina had already naturally held Luo En's hand, then said loudly: "Alright, everyone look at me now; this is a Portkey."
She took out a comb. "Everyone must pinch it; it will start in two minutes."
Five people gathered together, each pinching a part of the comb with two fingers. At such a close distance, Harry saw a hint of unnaturalness on Hermione's face.
Two minutes passed quickly. After a darkness before their eyes, they appeared in a room with dim yellow lights. Many carts were parked here, one of which was covered with a curtain, and a big smiley face was drawn on the curtain.
"I have prepared the formal wear you will wear tomorrow for you. The room card is in the pocket of the formal wear. You can check in by yourself. If you don't understand anything, you can ask the front desk. Dinner and tomorrow's breakfast, or any other consumption, can all be directly recorded on the room card's account.
There will be a driver to pick you up at nine-thirty tomorrow morning. Please change your clothes in advance. I wish you a pleasant time.
Ps: I have cast a Muggle shielding spell on this luggage cart; you can push it out directly."
When Harry was reading the note on the luggage cart, Luo En had already pushed open that thick big door, and then was shocked by the magnificent hall.
"Where is this?" he asked.
"Four Seasons Hotel," Harry had already taken out the room card from the pocket of a suit. "My room is 2308."
"I'm in 2307," Zhang Qiu noticed one of the cheongsams at a glance; this was likely not prepared for anyone else.
"Oh, I'm also 2307," Ailina found the room card from a skirt with a very two-dimensional style.
"What does it mean, two people in one room?" Hermione found the room card from the last skirt. "Why am I in 2306, one person in one room?"
"It doesn't matter, anyway it's on the side," Zhang Qiu said. "You are the one among us who doesn't need to worry the most, and Luo En, if he doesn't follow Harry closely, he might get lost in this Muggle hotel."
Hermione's expression always carried a hint of confusion, just holding the room card and taking the lead to walk towards the lobby. "Let's go up first."
When waiting for the elevator, Zhang Qiu suddenly said: "You two go up first; Harry and I have some whispers to say, and we'll bring juice up to you later."
After they entered the elevator, Zhang Qiu pulled Harry to a place selling coffee on the side.
"Tang Tang Nade has started to make moves," she said. "Look at those actions of Ailina towards Luo En; it must have been authorized by him."
"Ah right," Harry nodded in deep agreement. "He might have learned about what happened in Gilneas from somewhere, so he is preparing to target Luo En."
"Targeting can't be said; I think it's more likely that," Zhang Qiu analyzed. "He wants to make Hermione suspicious of Luo En, and, he also wants to scare Luo En away."
"Luo En would originally be inferior because of his poverty," she took out the diary and pointed to one of the lines. "He would worry about the ten-Galleon telescope for a whole year, let alone staying here for one night would cost..."
She pointed to the price list and then started counting fingers.
"More than two thousand Galleons," Harry calculated faster than her.
"This doesn't count the meals we are going to eat," Zhang Qiu sighed. "Luo En is actually also a very sensitive person."
"Then what to do?" Harry pondered. "Should I tell him that the US dollar is waste paper, don't take it to heart?"
"That's great, Yanayev hopes you have this kind of awareness," Zhang Qiu teased.
"Then how should I say it?" Harry asked back dissatisfiedly.
"Actually, you don't have to say anything, and you don't have to take this matter to heart anymore," Zhang Qiu blinked. "Luo En likes the Hermione at Hogwarts. If he finds that Hermione frequently enters and exits high-end Muggle places, will he still like her?"
"Now, the only thing blocking you from selling Hermione to Tang Tang Nade is Luo En's ulterior motives towards Hermione," Zhang Qiu said. "This trip should let them realize the generation gap between each other, and then things will be simple."
"Before you refuse, you might as well see what Tang Tang Nade's compensation for you is this time," Zhang Qiu said mysteriously.
Harry sighed. He decided to put his attention on playing for now. They spent a very interesting night. Luo En was happy all the time, but when he was ready to sleep at night, he said with a hint of emotion: "Really envy Tang Tang Nade; if only I were that rich."
"Just some small things of Muggles," Harry persuaded him with his own method. "As long as Transfiguration is learned well, these are nothing strange."
The next day, they watched the movie called Iron Man. Unsurprisingly, Luo En's seat was between Harry and Ailina. However, everyone's attention was on the screen, and they didn't pay much attention to the people around them. After all, for wizards, movies were not something that could be seen every day.
Harry found that Zhang Qiu's summary of the plot was very appropriate. This film was almost filming Tang Tang Nade's personal ideal life: both a rich second generation and a magic genius, occasionally saving the world, most of the time having pool parties, and having a shrewd, capable, and hot-bodied secretary.
After the movie ended, just as Zhang Qiu predicted, Tang Tang Nade was ready to give Harry a compensation. He called Harry aside mysteriously and handed him a stack of A4 paper.
"This is the architectural drawing of the entire Pandora Magic Tower, I drew it myself," he whispered. "The referee team all participated in the construction of the Magic Tower, and I drew it down, and I also planned a shortcut for you. The key you got can open three doors, right?"
"Right," Harry nodded blankly.
"Look, after you go in, walk like this, then walk like this," he sketched on the floor plan with a pen. "Then the most critical place arrives; you have to open a door from here, and then don't worry about the treasure chest; you jump down directly."
"After jumping down, you enter the first underground floor," he kept switching the paper. "Then you go up from here again, and open this door. You are opening it from the reverse side, so you don't need a key. Then you enter a dead end, but it is constantly upward. After reaching the top, this looks like a dead end, but you can walk directly."
Tang Tang Nade changed to a fluorescent pen. "This road, it is transparent. After walking to the middle, there is another treasure chest, but you also don't need to worry about it. Jump down from here, and then open the door on the left hand side. This uses up the second key."
"Then you keep walking up. At the end, there will be four doors. On the left is solving puzzles first then fighting, on the right is fighting first then solving puzzles, and in the middle are two consecutive puzzles and two consecutive fights, very easy to distinguish. You kill a monster in seconds first; if the puzzle is difficult, you can use the third key. In short, after this level passes, it is the top of the tower," Tang Tang Nade patted Harry's shoulder. "Good luck, and, I have to remind you one point, the Portkey is two-way. After using the Portkey, as long as you touch the Portkey again after five minutes, you can come back, do you know?"
"I really don't quite know," Harry was stunned.
"You guys use Ailina's comb to go back later, and you will know," Tang Tang Nade's tone turned relaxed again. "I can't wait to see you speed-run the Magic Tower in five minutes; it will definitely make them drop their jaws."
After saying goodbye to Tang Tang Nade, Harry hid this stack of maps in the handbag given to fans at the premiere, and then walked towards his companions.
"Its core, undoubtedly, must be the Sorcerer's Stone. The Sorcerer's Stone can convert your magic power into other forms," Zhang Qiu was talking about the plot of the movie. "Using the Sorcerer's Stone, we can easily reproduce the iron suit in the Wizarding World."
"Sorcerer's Stone, eh, if I had it, I would also be as rich as Tony," Luo En's words carried a hint of bitterness.
"But if it were the Sorcerer's Stone," Ailina interjected. "Would his father be Bran? Bran invented the Sorcerer's Stone and lived until now."
Harry listened to their discussion with a smile, occasionally echoing a few words, but his mind was not here at all.
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