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Chapter 146 Journey to China and India

London Heathrow Airport, UK.

"When you go to China, you have to take good care of yourself. The magic world in China is not as strict as that in Europe. The management there is much stricter." Dinah helped Ann straighten her collar again, and An let Dinah take care of her, and nodded seriously.

"There is a phone at home, remember to call as soon as you arrive." Aaron said, carrying Ann's small suitcase.

"Yeah, absolutely." Ann chattered, "Uncle Aaron, I told Obi, he will remind you to remember to eat, don't forget when you get busy." Ann showed her eight neat little white teeth , "I will call back to supervise you when the time comes."

"Okay—" Aaron smiled and reached out to rub Ann's hair again.

Ann came to Hermione, without saying a word, gave Hermione a hug, and Hermione also hugged Ann tightly.Leaning next to Hermione's ear, Ann said softly, "Hmph, I regret it now, I shouldn't have promised you back then, otherwise I would be able to kiss you now."

Hermione blushed slightly, she patted Ann's back comfortingly, and quickly planted a kiss on Ann's side face, from this angle, the two adults couldn't see it.

Ann let go of Hermione in satisfaction, and narrowed her eyes with a smile, "I will remember to call you."

Hermione nodded, "See you in a month."

Fanny also gave Ann a short hug, and after letting go, she smiled and said, "Remember to bring me a present!"

"Don't worry, I will definitely bring you a unique gift." Ann said with a smile.

The flight information came over the radio, and An reached out to take the box from Aaron, waved to several people, and followed Margaret (Li Qing, head of the Roland family’s Asian trade line, resident in China) into the Boarding port.

First stop, Hong Kong.

After nearly 12 hours of flight, the plane landed at Hong Kong Kai Tak Airport.Li Qing prepared the people and the car to pick up the plane. With a seven-hour time difference (summer time), the plane in London at [-]:[-] in the morning arrived in Hong Kong at [-]:[-] in the morning Beijing time.

The headquarters of the Roland family in China is in Hong Kong, and a small four-story building in Kowloon is the office.The top floor was transformed into a living room, and a large kitchen was added to the three-bedroom and two-living room.The second floor is the conference room and office, and the third floor is the reference room and temporary warehouse.

The first floor is mainly for the living room, and there is also a basement where some expensive commodities are placed.

After arriving at the fourth floor, Li Qing and An said they went to bed early and had a good night and left. During the 12 hours on the plane, Li Qing had already fully communicated with An about the tasks and itinerary for the next 15 days.

Putting the box by the door, Ann went to the living room, picked up the phone, dialed the number of Aaron's house, and after briefly reporting his safety and chatting for a dozen sentences, Ann hung up and dialed another phone number he had memorized by heart. phone.

The phone almost rang once and connected.

"Ann?" Hermione's voice.

An unconsciously raised a smile, and her mood suddenly rose.

"Hee hee, it's me," Ann said, "I've arrived in Hong Kong, and now I'm at the headquarters of the Roland family."

With a swipe, the curtains were opened, and the neon lights and street lights illuminated the street outside. There were no pedestrians on the street, and the street was empty.

"Well, how's it going over there? Is it any different from London?" asked Hermione.

"What's the difference..." An held up the cordless phone and walked to the window, "The lights at night are similar to those in London, and the streets are filled with Chinese characters. It's much hotter here than London. Cooling down quickly, fortunately there are more air conditioners here. As for the others," An said with a smile, "I think if we add a little more, the scenery here must be superb."

"What is it?"

"with you."

"install…"

An could imagine that Hermione on the other end of the phone must have blushed, "Hey, I'm telling the truth. But it doesn't matter, there will definitely be such opportunities in the future."

"Okay," Hermione affirmed, "will you start helping tomorrow?"

"Hey, how can I help? This is a serious job for me, and your girlfriend can create a lot of value."

Hermione smiled slightly, "Okay, work. So what are your work arrangements for tomorrow?"

"Well, let me think about it," Ann said with a smile, "probably all of them are some very important tasks, such as statistics, meeting preparations, and checking information..."

The phone switched from left hand to right hand. Ann stood by the window, sat on the sofa, and went to the kitchen to fry an egg halfway. The clock hanging on the wall gradually pointed to 04:30. The two people said good night to each other and hung up the phone .

After hanging up the phone, An looked at the call time and was startled. She didn't expect the time to pass so quickly.

"Ha, maybe I have to consider asking someone to help Hermione's family pay the phone bill?" Ann muttered, and then washed up super quickly, set the alarm clock and went to bed.

The three alarm clocks sounded at the same time, and An closed her eyes and stuck out a hand from under the quilt.He fumbled to turn off an alarm clock on the bedside table, but there were still two alarm clocks ringing relentlessly, and touched the wand and wiped out another one, leaving only the last one.

Ann ignored it, she covered her head with the quilt, rolled it up twice, and after a while, the sound disappeared.

He smacked his lips in satisfaction, but just as An's consciousness blurred, another alarm clock sounded, and this time, the sound came from under the bed.

"Oh!" Anda wailed loudly, opened his eyes, lifted the quilt and sat up from the bed.

"Okay, work hard, work hard!" An encouraged herself, got out of bed, squatted down, took out two alarm clocks from under the bed, and pressed them off.

On the way to the bathroom, An easily pressed an alarm clock.

"In the last quarter, the main trade growth points were at these points," An pointed to a few points on a huge parchment data map, "but I think these points can be further explored. The Chen family and the Li family , Huang’s orders are still partly excavated, I think communication can be strengthened, and in the past two years, China will soon become more open…”

Every day, An would hold meetings with Li Qing, go to the cooperative family of the Roland family to attend various meetings as a small assistant, and read a lot of the status quo of the Chinese magic world and things about mainstream families and sects every day.

"Hermione, let me tell you that yesterday I went to Shifang Street in Beijing. Like Diagon Alley, it is also a magical street. I saw a little purple monkey on the street, which was a wizard's pet. I think I will bring you one, but this magical animal is forbidden to be exported..."

"Do you remember the biting kale? We saw it in the library once, and the Chen family planted this magic plant on a large scale..."

"I took some magical photos and asked Momo to send them to you. I don't know how many days it will fly? Hey, what, it's normal to have a delicious owner and a delicious pet.... "

"Next time I might consider flying pigeons to send letters. This is the case in mainland China. I calculated the speed. It is slightly faster than Momo. Shhh, don't say these words to Momo. Oh, yes, due to "Wizard International According to the Trade Law, China's flying pigeons are not a global communication tool... Maybe we can find a way to do this, after all, you can make money by doing communications..."

"I heard from Aaron that there was a dementor attacking Muggles on your block. Don't go out. Although the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic took care of it quickly, a wizard disappeared in the southwestern suburbs of London. They have been very busy with this matter recently, and there will be much less security control in other places. If you finish reading the book, I will ask Momo to send you ten copies from home, promise me, be careful!"

Only three days after arriving in India, the law and order in London's wizarding world has deteriorated a bit.Although Voldemort did not have enough strength to confront the Ministry of Magic head-on, the number of sneaky raids and Muggle attacks had increased. Everything showed that Voldemort was slowly becoming stronger.

"You said you were going to the Burrow for the last ten days of your summer vacation?"

Ann got the news when she called Hermione one night.

The first reaction was one of relief, because Ann knew that the Burrow was a safe place thanks to Harry and the Ministry of Magic's work.

However, Ann thought about it for ten days and couldn't call Hermione, and couldn't contact her through the fireplace, and could only communicate through the owl, so she was still a little unhappy.She wasn't satisfied until Hermione promised to miss her every day.

The Roland family's business in India can be said to be intricate. There are a total of 30 wizards in the headquarters in New Delhi, three times more than the wizards in Hong Kong.

More than 100 years of trade time have solidified the trade interests here, with less entanglement, but at the same time less vitality.In addition, An also discovered another problem that was looming.

In the main industry of the Roland family, Far East trade, India trade has always accounted for more than [-]%.To be honest, Dinah is actually more suitable for politics, and business is a little weaker.

Dinah belongs to the "conservative" type, and the Roland family is now sparsely populated.Businessmen seek profit, and Ann sees bad signs in Garavasinghe (the head of the Roland family's Asian trade line, resident in India).

After Ann came, Garavasinghe took Ann to play in various states (administrative units of India) for two full days.Ann wanted to check the specific data of the Roland family's Indian trade in the past ten years, but it took two full days before the other party gave Ann a list of bills that had been sorted out.

An, who stayed up all night to read the bills, relied on her strong memory, and found out that India's trade loophole was as high as 600 million Galleons.

This made An feel a lot of pressure all of a sudden, "This is completely the rhythm of internal and external troubles! It seems that no matter where you go, there will be struggles where there are interests."

So during the last ten or so days in India, An insisted on reducing her sleeping time to 4 hours. For the rest of the time, she went to Gringotts, New Delhi to inquire about the Roland family's account entry and exit through attending meetings, and through the Roland family's main warehouse in New Delhi. To count the trade volume, it is hard to get together the approximate data of the past two years.

When the data came out, An knocked over a whole pot of coffee.It was entirely because Galava's boldness was a bit beyond Ann's expectations. Last year alone, nearly half of the 1800 million Galleons' profit was swallowed up.

Holding the data, An was stunned for a while.The Indian side is completely ignoring Dinah's rhythm. If Dinah's current thinking is really followed and the entire Roland family is transferred to India, there will be big problems here.

Shall I tell Dana?

At this juncture?

What would it feel like to be betrayed by a trusted person, An shuddered severely.

As if returning to that night again, it was as cold as being poured over the head by a bucket of ice water.

Holding the data in his hand tightly, An took a deep breath, and finally gathered all the parchments with a magic wand, and moved them into the fireplace.

"Fire!" With a wave of the wand, an orange flame burst into the fireplace, devouring a thick stack of parchment.

Ann sank into an armchair, looking at the parchment slowly burning to ashes.

"Forget it, you don't have too many debts." An leaned back in the armchair and rubbed her temples, "I have to think of a way..."

But at the moment, Ann glanced at her watch, and the first priority should be to sleep.Tomorrow is August 8st, and it's time to go home. Fortunately, there is no need to take such a long flight to go home, and Ann can go home through the door key.

After all, the Roland family has been operating in India for a hundred years, and the magic measures here are more comprehensive than those in the Hong Kong headquarters office. But it is also for this reason that Dinah has always been relaxed about India's trade. After all, one person's energy is limited, and she To attend to the affairs of the Ministry of Magic.

The so-called darkness under the lamp is probably like this. Lying on the bed, this was the last thought of Ann, and then fell into a deep sleep.

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