At this point, Professor Umrich stopped talking and bowed slightly to the other teachers, but none of them bowed back to her.
Professor Meg's two black eyebrows were tightly knitted together, making her look like an eagle.
When Umrich turned around to continue her speech, Professor Meg and Professor Sprout exchanged a meaningful look.
"The previous presidents of Hogwarts have been responsible for the management of this historical school, and they have always been innovative. This is completely necessary, because if there is no progress, it will stagnate and decline. However, at the same time, the practice of progress for the sake of progress should not be encouraged. Our tradition has been tempered and tempered, and often does not need clumsy revision. We need to achieve a balance between the old and the new, between permanence and change, between tradition and innovation. "
Umrich talked incessantly. She probably regarded this as a work report of the Ministry of Magic.
Elwyn soon got distracted. Putting aside those meaningless words, she only wanted to convey one thing: the Ministry of Magic was very dissatisfied with the current operation of Hogwarts and was ready to interfere with the operation of Hogwarts.
He already knew this, so naturally, he was not interested in listening to her continue.
The little wizards had never seen such a scene, and they were not interested in listening to her talk.
Gradually, everyone's attention was diverted, and they could not keep up with Umrich's thoughts. When Dumbledore spoke, there was no sound. Now the students were whispering, giggling, and the auditorium was noisy.
On the left side of Elwyn, Kate was holding her chin with her hand, but her head kept sliding down. On the table next to Ravenclaw, Qiu was happily chatting with her friends. Luna, who was a few seats away from her, took out the book "Contrarian" again.
At the same time, at Hufflepuff's table, Ernie McMillan was one of the few students who were still staring at Professor Umrich. However, his eyes were dull and lifeless, and it was certain that he was only pretending to listen attentively in order to live up to the brand new, sparkling Prefect Badge on his chest.
Astoria was talking to a girl at Slytherin's long table on the other side of the auditorium.
She was Astoria's older sister, Daphne Greengrass. Apart from that, they also had an older brother who was a seventh-grade student in Slytherin.
On the rostrum, Umrich didn't seem to notice the restlessness of the audience.
She ignored all that was going on, and went on slowly in her goose-bump-raising voice.
She gave off a feeling that even if there was a large-scale riot right under her nose, she wouldn't care.
However, the teachers were all listening very carefully. Dumbledore kept staring at Umrich.
On the right side of Elwyn, Hermione was also listening intently to every word that Umrich said, but from her expression, it was clear that she didn't like what she was saying.
"Because some changes have achieved good results, and some changes, at the appropriate time, will be discovered to be mistakes in decision-making. At the same time, some old habits will be preserved, which is understandable, and some old habits must be abandoned. Let us continue to move forward and enter a new era that is enlightened, efficient, and reasonable. Let us firmly maintain what should be maintained, perfect what needs to be perfected, and abandon what we should ban. "
Half an hour later, Umrich finally sat down. Dumbledore began to clap, and the other teachers followed suit.
However, there were very few responses. A few students subconsciously followed suit, but most of the students only listened to two or three sentences before they got distracted and didn't realize that the speech was over.
Before they could properly applaud, Dumbledore stood up again.
"Thank you very much, Professor Umrich. Your speech was very enlightening," he said and bowed to her. As he spoke, he bowed to her. "Alright, as I said earlier, the selection for the Quidditch team will be held on …"
"Yes, it was indeed enlightening," Hermione said in a low voice.
"Don't tell me you're interested in it?" Ron asked in a low voice, his dull face turned to Hermione. "This is probably the most boring speech I've ever heard, and I grew up with Percy."
"I said enlightening, not interesting," Hermione said. "It can explain a lot of things."
"Really?" Ron asked blankly. "It sounds like a lot of nonsense. By the way, Harry, do you think I can sign up for the school's Quidditch team selection?"
At the mention of Quidditch, he suddenly became energetic.
"Of course you can. It would be great if you could join us!" Harry said, coming back to his senses. "Wood is gone, and we need a new goalkeeper. I still don't know who the captain is. Tomorrow, I'll help you ask around."
The freshmen looked at the two of them with longing. Compared to Umrich's speech, everyone was more interested in Quidditch.
As the most popular sport in the magic world, Quidditch's popularity was beyond imagination.
Many young wizards from Muggle entered the magic world, and the first thing they knew was Quidditch.
Everyone seemed to want to join the Quidditch team. If it was an open and fair selection, the possibility of Ron being selected was very low.
It was not that he could not fly well, but he was too unstable and might not be able to show his strength at all …
"Listen to what she said. Improvement for improvement's sake should never be encouraged, and those that we should forbid should be abandoned. The Ministry of Magic is meddling with the Hogwarts." Hermione turned her head and said to Elwyn, ignoring them.
"As expected, Foggy wants to divide us from the inside," Elwyn said. "Be careful of this woman. She's not simple."
Umrich represented the Ministry of Magic. Before the relationship was completely severed, the Hogwarts could not openly disobey the Ministry of Magic's orders.
Hermione wanted to say something more, but the sound of tables and chairs colliding rang out.
Obviously, Dumbledore had dismissed the whole school because everyone stood up and was ready to leave the hall.
Hermione sprang to her feet, looking very alarmed.
"Elwyn, we should be giving the freshmen directions!" she said hurriedly. "Ron, hurry up!"
"I almost forgot!" Ron shouted. "Hey, all of you! The little ones! "
"Ron!"
"Ahem, it's true, they're so small …"
"But you can't call them little ones, freshmen!" Hermione shouted at the table sternly. "This way, please!"
"Come on, it's time to take you back to the common room and bedroom," Elwyn said as he stood up with Kate.
A group of freshmen shyly walked over from the aisle between Gryffindor and Ravenclaw's table, each of them trying to hide in the back, not daring to stick their heads out.
They looked at Elwyn, Harry, Ron and Hermione with twinkling eyes.
The number of freshmen this year was much more than usual. They looked really small and especially immature.
"There are too many people. Don't these guys know to make way for the freshmen?" Hermione said unhappily.
The crowd blocked the door. Because Umrich had wasted too much time, everyone wanted to go back as soon as possible.
Compared to the strong upperclassmen, the little ones around the prefects had no advantage at all.
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