They then entered the factory. It looked very much like Arthur's shed outside the Burrow. Apparently, it had been cleaned up for filming purposes, but there were a few oil stains and rust left behind, which more or less gave them an idea of how it usually looked like.
Arthur showed them a lot of gadgets that even Allen and Hermione were not familiar with. They were all better modified products with outstanding effects. Most of these modified Muggle items were not actually modified, but the Muggle products gave Arthur an idea to directly use magic to achieve similar functions, and all the products had been developed into two versions.
The first was the product of the magical radiation of the Hogwarts's core. It could be mass-produced with cheap materials and low alchemy requirements, and it could be used in the entire Floating City. The second was the traditional magical item, which could work in any place. Correspondingly, they had higher requirements for materials and alchemy standards, and it was more expensive to fake them. Although the core made the production process easier, because the trade between the British and the international wizard market had not returned to normal, and only those wizards who needed to leave the Floating City would use them, so the production was not high.
"Most of the Muggle products are relatively simple to transform, but when it comes to their electronic products, as we all know, the Muggle's electronic devices and equipment cannot be used in the Hogwarts. The hogwarts before the Floating City were surrounded by a strong magical magnetic field, and the Muggle products would be damaged as soon as they got close. Not to mention the core of the hogwarts after the Floating City … In fact, when we passed by France, we found that if the Floating City's magnetic field was too low, the electronics of the Muggle below would be affected …" Arthur introduced the factory he was in charge of. "But we still found a solution. We directly set up a branch in the Muggle World to conduct research on electronic products. As there are only a few staff and necessary guards, the concentration of magic there has dropped to a safe level. After they have completed the basic magical conversion and are no longer damaged, we will bring them here for further research and modification … Just like this magic computer …"
As he spoke, Arthur pressed the power button on a metal box. Allen was alerted to the fact that the red-haired wizard, who had a lot of experience in modification on the wizard TV, seemed to have made a super wide display in advance.
On the screen, a window logo made up of red, green, blue, and yellow colors appeared in everyone's eyes.
"Arthur, you've mixed up the colors of the Hogwarts' coat of arms. From left to right and top to bottom, it should be red, green, yellow, and blue, not red, green, blue, and yellow," Foggy said as he stared at the screen. Foggy stared at the motionless icon and said, "Also, this looks similar to a TV..."
Allen, who didn't pay much attention to it at first, was shocked when he heard it. Only then did he realize that the familiar logo was exactly the same as the color scheme of his school, except that the order was slightly different. Just as he was about to ask about it, the computer that had just booted up turned blue after entering the start screen.
"Oh, damn it … I'm sorry, we still know nothing about how to make this thing that the Muggles call the operating system. It's a problem that the Muggles themselves left behind …" After Arthur finished speaking, most of the people around him realized that this Muggles thing seemed to have malfunctioned. Arthur quickly rebooted when he saw the problem. "The wrong color order of the mark is actually because of the developer or even a family of duds. He dreamt of going to Hogwarts to study but because there was no Mana Riot, he didn't receive an admission letter … Then, he had no choice but to go to school in the Muggle world. In the end, he couldn't stand it anymore and dropped out of school. He rented a garage and invented this thing that he called the Windows System just like I did in the past, hoping that Hogwarts would open a new window for him … However, since his father's generation had never really come to the Magical Realm, he mixed up the colors of our Hogwarts. But don't be fooled, he actually became the richest man in the Muggle world because of this."
Ludo Bagman looked at the rebooted Muggle World in disbelief. He didn't believe that a Muggle could become the richest man in the Muggle World with such a TV-like thing. But when he heard about wealth, he couldn't help but ask, "Can this give people gold coins?"
Hermione habitually opened her mouth to explain, but then she realized that she couldn't explain it. She had been in the Magical Realm for a long time and didn't know much about the newer products in the Muggle World.
"That's not what Arthur meant, Ludo. This thing is much more interesting than a TV. You'll understand when it's popularized …" Allen looked at the machine with nostalgia. "Is it connected to the Muggle World?"
"Ah! You're an expert! "Arthur was happy to hear Allen's words. He then shook his head vigorously." No! We're going to build our own server. Allen, since you mentioned this, you should know … This can prevent wizards and Muggle World from logging on to each other's websites. This would violate the International Wizard Privacy Law. " Arthur didn't want to disappoint Allen and immediately emphasized his achievements. "We've improved its performance to three times that of Muggle. It has 36 megabytes of cache, 15 gigabytes of hard drive, and we haven't studied the modem yet because we don't have a network. But theoretically, the transmission speed of this machine is more than 28 kbps."
"There's no need to go through so much trouble. We don't have to build our own server to build a wizard network. Arthur, just connect to the Muggle World." Allen gave a suggestion for the sake of his internet addiction. "Our own wizard website … Ask your experts to imitate what the Muggle World calls the 'Deep Web' and add some untraceable spells like Hogwarts. It can prevent the Muggle World from accessing it … Besides, even if we do, the Muggle World will think that we're a bunch of lunatics … This is different from TV. We need a Muggle World's population base. Only then will the network be useful …"
Arthur nodded and directed everyone to the next area.
As an old man, Foggy, who had been pretending to know and only nodding his head in praise, felt a headache coming on when he heard these Muggle terms. He used this opportunity to pull Mr. Weasley aside and asked in a low voice, "So, Arthur... I can see that you've done a lot of research on this... But can you explain what it can do in a language we can understand?"
"Playing Spider Solitaire! However, my youngest son is a little conflicted about the name of the game … "Arthur noticed Percy's warning in his eyes halfway through his sentence, so he turned his attention back to the game." Of course, this is only one of its functions. We'll gradually implement more functions … "
The following browsing made the accompanying wizards feel that it was more reliable. In this small white room, there were many wizards dressed like the healers of St. Mungo's Magic Hospital communicating with the research wizards in the factory. Although the achievements of the Muggle World were far behind the wizards in the field of medical treatment, it did allow the wizards to change their way of thinking to solve problems.
"Two years ago, I was attacked by the Mystery Man's poisonous snake and got poisoned … In St. Mungo's, if it weren't for Mrs. Harris and Daisy's help, I might have died … But after that, the healers tried all kinds of magic potions and healing spells to try to expel the curse contained in the venom, but it didn't work. They often cracked and couldn't heal, so they could only give me blood tonics while I was bleeding." Arthur and his son Percy had a tacit understanding at this moment. "But fortunately, Miss Granger's Umbrella provided another way for Muggle to treat wounds, which is to directly sew them up violently … In the end, it miraculously healed me! Although I had to apply white moss on myself for a long time like a witch to make those centipede-like scars disappear … "
"This method is very mature now. Did the healers come to the factory to look for valuable Muggle information and tools?" Hermione's face was a little red.
"Yes, we magically brought some instruments over to prevent them from automatically breaking down. Then, we'll let the healers from the new branch of St. Mungo's Magical Hospital in Hogwarts come over to identify them and see which ones are valuable to them." Arthur nodded in confirmation.
Percy suddenly turned to Hermione and praised loudly, "Miss Granger, your parents helped my father a lot and made a lot of contributions! They helped the healers avoid a lot of detours … It turns out that not all dental diseases require the painstaking effort of pulling out teeth and drinking disgusting Bone Spirit to grow them back … "
"Erm … My parents can't do much in this area. You're too kind …" Hermione was a little listless at Percy's awkward praise. She knew that her parents' expertise was not very useful to wizards.
"Percy is not wrong, Hermione." In order to ease his son's embarrassment, Arthur once again had to take over the conversation. "Other than medical treatment, the Granger couple has actually helped us a lot. Other than the Muggle items, Dr. Ross Geller from the magic construct workshop next door has also benefited from it. I met him once when I was drinking with your father. Your father gave him a lot of advice, and he gave us a lot of cakes made by his sister in return. Speaking of which, I'm also basking in your father's glory. Aren't you guys going to see the golem next? You can ask him about the details yourself. I'm sure he'll be full of praise for your father! "
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