Hogwarts: From Selling White Peppers to Becoming a God

Chapter 126 The shop assistant was bitten by a werewolf?

"But the production of the animation..."

Murphy didn't say much, but simply tossed out a thick notebook. "Here are the script, the general character designs for the animation, and the keyframe designs..."

The producers flipped through the book containing most of the creative work for the animation. After a few glances, it felt as if a million alpacas were trampling over their heads, leaving them all buzzing.

Something's wrong with this!

The script quality, the character design, the composition!

Isn't this Disney?!

There are only a handful of companies in the world that can make feature-length animated films. Everyone knows who they are.

Did the new boss poach a big shot from Disney?

But what about the people? With such a big shot leading the team, why are they even trying? Can't they just follow along and cheer them on?

"How many illustrators does our company have right now?" Murphy asked after everyone had flipped through the pages.

In the 90s, computer animation technology was not yet widespread, and animation still mainly relied on hand-drawn animation. The number of artists directly determined the production speed of a film.

"Illustrators... oh, illustrators, there are about fifty of them." The former CEO of Pickett Company finally snapped out of his daze. "If you include the subcontracting companies we often work with, there are probably around two hundred illustrators."

"Recruit another hundred people, and then just draw keyframes. I need to complete the production of all the keyframes within a month, and at the same time, produce the music. The deadline is also one month. It must be grand, epic, and have African elements..."

In fact, the entire animation exists in Murphy's mind. Through some magical tricks, he can easily reproduce all the scenes and music from his mind.

But firstly, this would take a lot of his time, and secondly, it would be difficult to explain.

Creating a concept book and a script is one thing, but producing an animated film is quite another.

The former is creative work and can be completed by one person, but the latter is almost impossible. With current animation technology, an animated film usually requires hundreds of people to work together for one or two years to complete.

He presented a finished film directly, and one with such a high level of completion, which must have surprised our friendly nations.

Moreover, the Lion King's overly obvious Disney style, if not changed, will arouse suspicion from the victims.

In addition, he also has the idea of ​​incubating the company he owns, opening up the market with a few high-quality animations that he copied, attracting talent, and building a brand. Once he has made all the money, he can let it grow on its own and continue to develop, right?

……

North Yorkshire.

In an ancient castle that Muggles cannot see.

The reception room was filled with smoke. A large round table was surrounded by a dozen high-backed chairs. Two or three wizards were smoking pipes, while others idly twirled their wine glasses.

Suddenly, the door was pushed open, and an extremely tall wizard walked into the room. He waved his hand, signaling the two wizards who had stood up to sit down again, and he also sat down in a high-backed chair.

"Gentlemen!" Albert Lencohn's expression was extremely serious. "I just returned from Selwyn's place. Poor old Selwyn had to lock Rahim up. That kid was cursed with a very strong Imperius Curse and has completely become Murphy's lackey!"

Upon hearing this, a chorus of curses erupted in the room, but someone else asked, "Does anyone know how he did it? Such a powerful Soul-Stealing Curse—none of us here could pull it off, could we?"

"I heard that he got his hands on the Mystic's diary from Lucius. Perhaps he learned this kind of dark magic from it."

"Isn't the diary he has a forgery?"

"Lucius later admitted to me that he had a real diary that Murphy stole."

"Damn kid!" someone cursed viciously. "I heard he's setting up some kind of wizard security shop, recruiting a lot of half-bloods. What's he up to?"

"What else can we do? Just like what we did back then."

"Him?!"

"If he could use that Imperius Curse on everyone, he might just become the next Dark Lord."

A moment of silence fell over everyone, but Albert snorted and said, "So, we must deal with this trouble before he does it!"

"..."

Silence fell again, then suddenly another voice said, "Why do we have to go against him? This kid's ancestors were also among our purebloods. Maybe we should try to win him over?"

"Fool, when have you ever seen him respect us? The Malfoys and Selwyns, if one of them disobeys, either blow up their house or turn their son into a slave. Do you think if you bring him over, he'll be willing to be on equal footing with us?"

Although Malfoy is a hypocrite who enjoys fancy artistic hobbies, and Selwyn is a stinking idiot who spends all his time dealing with magical creatures.

But no matter what, they were still members of their purebred circle, with a long history and ancient traditions. To be so easily trampled underfoot made everyone feel a sense of shared sorrow.

"That's right, we need to teach him a lesson before he gets too powerful!"

"But what can we do? Even the Aurors can't do anything about him."

Everyone then looked at Albert Lencan. "Albert, do you have an idea?"

Albert lit a pipe, took a puff, and said, "Aurors only follow the rules. You can't take action against them without evidence. They're a hindrance when it comes to getting things done, so naturally, there's nothing you can do with them."

"We're not Aurors, we don't need to convict him," he said, exhaling a puff of smoke. "Hasn't Greiberg been trying to get close to us all along?"

"Now is his chance; it's time for his wolf cubs to put their skills to use."

……

In May, Pickett Films completed most of the keyframes for The Lion King in just one month and basically finished composing the entire score, but it still needs some time for recording and editing.

At this point, all that was left was post-production and marketing, which no longer required Murphy's involvement. His focus shifted back to chip-related research.

Not long ago, he unearthed a coding language tutorial based on the ARM64-bit architecture from deep within his memory through "total recall," and remembered in detail the introduction to the instruction set related to the ARM64-bit processor architecture.

He provided this information to the fledgling ARM company, which is now under Umbrella Corporation, so that they could use it as a basis for instruction set and IP core circuit design.

Only after this step is completed can the subsequent processor IC design and the actual engineering parts of the chip, such as the mask, begin.

To completely crush all high-end chip manufacturers with a single blow, he wanted to create a 0.3-micron chip using a completely new architecture and instruction set. After monopolizing the market with a cost-effectiveness that surpassed its time, he would then build his own ecosystem based on standards.

Therefore, it is essential to develop an instruction set that can better leverage the capabilities of high-end chips and has wider adaptability than the current x86 instruction set.

For the past two weeks, Murphy had been running back and forth between the chip research group and ARM, and hadn't paid much attention to what was happening in the magical world. So it wasn't until a few days after the incident that he received the news from the owl sent by Locke.

Upon receiving the news, he immediately went to the Potions Master in Diagon Alley.

"The shop assistant was bitten by a werewolf? What happened?"

(End of this chapter)