#303 - I have someone above me

After hearing Moody's words, Arthur seemed to realize the trickiness of the situation and looked at Anduin with some hesitation. ReadingМ

Faced with their gazes, Anduin didn't show any surprise or panic, but grinned slightly.

"You can understand it that way, but if you say it's to win orders, then you're wronging me a bit. I have great confidence in my products. I believe that as long as I give you a complete demonstration of the alchemy items I have, you'll understand their value."

After saying that, Anduin glanced at Moody. "I demonstrated them to you before, do you still remember?"

"I'm deeply impressed." Moody nodded in agreement. He had always coveted the alchemy items in Anduin's hands, and he would ask every year if he had opened for business.

"Then do you think that your colleagues in the Ministry of Magic, after learning about the items I have, will be interested in my products and be willing to spend money to buy them?" Anduin asked with a smile after receiving Moody's affirmative reply.

"Well..." Moody lowered his head and pondered for a moment before answering affirmatively, "I don't think anyone would refuse. Those alchemy items you have are very attractive to Aurors fighting on the front lines. →"

"So." Anduin spread his hands. "Do I need to rely on backdoors to get orders? I just need to give my alchemy items enough opportunity to be displayed in front of your colleagues, and customers and orders will naturally come."

"Oh?" Moody tilted his head, as if he had thought of something. "Then what do you mean by 'enough opportunity to be displayed'? Could it be..."

"That's right, Moody, you should have guessed it." Anduin chuckled. "I can provide you with enough tactical equipment for free, for you to try out and use in front of your colleagues."

"So that's how it is." Moody showed a look of sudden realization. "You want us to help you advertise in the Ministry of Magic."

"There's that consideration." Anduin nodded, then turned his head to look at Arthur. "Of course, what I said before about helping me develop new alchemy items is also true. If necessary in the future, I'll have to trouble you two to test new products for me."

Hearing that these two also fully understood Anduin's meaning, Moody slapped his thigh. "Okay, as long as you don't want me to violate my principles and help you go through the back door, I can accept this job. It's a good thing for us that you're starting a new company."

Arthur also expressed no objection to this. After all, Anduin was basically giving them money. It would be foolish not to take such a big advantage.

"Good." Anduin snapped his fingers, and then a quill and a box appeared in front of each of them. "Since there are no problems, please sign the magical contract. From now on, we're all on the same side. These two boxes contain the first-generation products I'm preparing to sell now. Take them back and try them out first."

Seeing that Anduin had prepared so thoroughly, and knowing that he wouldn't harm them based on their understanding of him, the two readily signed their names on the contract.

After signing, the two couldn't wait to pick up the leather cases in front of them and open them. Inside were two rows of metal amulets, a pair of shoes, a vest, a glove, a pair of handcuffs, a pair of goggles, and a silver pocket watch.

"It looks like you've developed new items again during this time. Are these the magic-suppressing handcuffs you told me about before?" Moody picked up the handcuffs in the box and asked while playing with them.

"That's right, there are instructions in the box, with the usage of these items. And I have a new set of equipment that's almost developed, maybe it can be completed before the opening. You'll be able to see the finished product then." Anduin pointed to the interlayer in the leather case, and the two indeed saw a small booklet inside.

"Now that we've signed the contract, we can be considered colleagues. Is there anything your company needs help with now? I'm a little embarrassed to take things for nothing." Arthur was used to being honest and upright, and he wasn't used to taking advantage of others, so he spoke first.

"There are indeed two things I want to ask you to help with. Even if you didn't ask, I was going to say them." Anduin smiled and nodded at Arthur.

"What is it? Now you're our big benefactor, don't be polite with me." Since signing the contract with Anduin, Moody immediately took on the role, guaranteeing to the other party in a very generous manner.

"Actually, it's not a troublesome matter." Anduin handed another licorice stick to Ginny, who had finished chewing on a lollipop next to him, and then said slowly, "Registering a company requires registration with the Ministry of Magic. I'm not too familiar with the procedures in this regard. After all, many of my products are combat equipment. I don't know which of them will be defined as controlled products, so I'll have to ask you to help me run the errands."

"Well, I'm familiar with this. Although the company registration procedures are a bit cumbersome, I can directly help you complete some of the preliminary procedures. You only need to make a trip to the Ministry of Magic at the end. It just so happens that you can bring Ginny over then, and I'll pick her up on the way home."

"As for the product part, companies that register to sell physical goods must undergo a 'risk classification assessment', which will be jointly decided by officials from the Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes and the Department of Magical Law Enforcement."

"When you go through the registration procedures, remember to bring all the products you want to sell. We will conduct an on-site assessment. Any items that are not classified as controlled items can be sold to ordinary wizards." As an old-timer in the Ministry of Magic, Arthur was very familiar with the operations of various departments.

"Okay, then I'll trouble you." Anduin nodded. "There's also one more thing, I'd like to ask you to contact Director Bones of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, or Minister Bagnold, to see if they can allow me to do a product release demonstration for them."

"Although I know both of them, I don't contact them very often. I would like to demonstrate my products to them on-site and talk in detail. If I can directly establish a supply relationship with the Ministry of Magic, I can offer them some discounts."

"Well," Moody pondered for a while after hearing Anduin's words, "I can talk to them for you, I think it shouldn't be a problem. After all, you helped Minister Bagnold a lot before, and you are also a student of Director Bones' brother."

Anduin nodded in satisfaction upon hearing this. This was the benefit of having people on the inside. If he was just alone, or some other small business owner who had just started a new company, it wouldn't be so easy to talk business directly with the Minister and Director of the Ministry of Magic.

Now, not only are there people helping him with the various cumbersome procedures in the Ministry of Magic, but they can also help him pass messages to high-level officials. Presumably, when Moody talks to Minister Bagnold about him, he will inevitably put in a good word for him.