Roger naturally pushed for the highest possible salary for this high-intensity mental work, at least three times the hourly wage of ordinary odd jobs in the market. Of course, this time was calculated based on actual working hours in the virtual world, not real-world time.
In addition to performance bonuses, although Roger's Alchemy research often lacked funds, he wasn't short of a few Galleons.
In the Room of Requirement, in Roger's 'scrap room,' he could easily sell a couple of failed alchemical items to replenish his funds.
Not to mention, the 'inferior version of the Wizard System' that Harry had borrowed once, if sold to wizards constrained by talent, they would probably be willing to sell their fortunes!
In Roger's eyes, that thing would lower the upper limit of a wizard's growth, but in the eyes of other wizards, it could raise the lower limit.
For those lacking talent, it was practically a divine artifact.
After a brief discussion with Dumbledore, Dumbledore found Roger's idea feasible.
He also mentioned that he would arrange a negotiation meeting for Roger with the school board members soon... Roger would attend the meeting as an employer.
After discussing everything, Dumbledore said, "If you really plan to go through with this, you'll probably have to register a company with the Ministry of Magic."
After all, Hogwarts students couldn't join a black workshop without even a proper license after graduation.
Roger might not care about this, but the students who came to work and their families did.
"I know, I can handle this small matter myself in the next couple of days, but I'll need you to approve an out-of-school leave pass for me," Roger said.
Although Dumbledore's word carried a lot of weight at the Ministry of Magic now, Roger couldn't use him as a crutch for every trivial matter.
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After a long time, he returned to the Ministry of Magic.
The decoration and layout here had not changed at all.
However, the atmosphere was vastly different from his last visit.
Roger sensed from the tense expressions of the surrounding wizards that a sense of gunpowder was invisibly drifting in the air.
Dumbledore had mentioned a few days ago that there were some troubles with legal reforms, which should be the reason.
...Indeed, Fudge, as a politician, had a qualified vision.
Things had truly developed in the direction Fudge had predicted.
With the push from many who were dissatisfied with the existing laws, the legal reform had begun in full swing. However, everyone's points of dissatisfaction with the laws were different, and there were also different opinions on how to amend them.
This was not a matter of 'truth becoming clearer through debate.' In life, everyone has their own stance. Amending laws according to one party's demands often harmed the interests of another party, evolving into political alignment and mutual backstabbing.
Well, this was also due to Fudge, as the Minister of Magic, having an unstable foundation and not consolidating his power, leading to a state of disunity among various factions.
Power abhors a vacuum. When no one is clearly in charge of a matter, those with the ability to intervene all want a piece of it.
The various factions within the Ministry of Magic, which were originally united and cooperative, would have already seen bloodshed if Dumbledore weren't holding them back and preventing them from resorting to violence. At the very least, there would have been brawls in meeting rooms...
Although he noticed it, Roger didn't get involved, nor did he inquire further.
Even if he was the initial cause, the situation had not reached this point because of Roger's actions. It was the Ministry of Magic's own affairs, so Roger had no reason to interfere.
He went directly to the department that managed wizard business license registrations and queued up for the procedures.
In the wizarding world, there were no strict age limits for business license registration, just like how the Weasley twins opened their joke shop while still in school.
As long as one had registered capital, identification, submitted application materials, and a business scope, they could obtain a license, then engrave a company seal, open an account at Gringotts Bank, and start operating.
The laws in the wizarding world were already chaotic, and due to the unique nature of the wizarding system, many matters lacked detailed provisions.
It was like a constitution, providing direction, but its specific interpretation depended on the circumstances at the time, with a high degree of ambiguity.
However, Roger's company registration journey did not go smoothly; he was blocked at an unexpected point.
"...This name has also been registered?" Roger couldn't help but chuckle as he said this.
"That's right," the Ministry of Magic staff member replied with a solemn expression.
The wizarding society wasn't large, but it was quite substantial worldwide. Moreover, some wizards lived very long lives and had ancient lineages, with many names dating back to before the Common Era.
This led to a problem: when Roger wanted to choose a pleasant and meaningful company name, most of them had already been registered or were preemptively registered to avoid trademark disputes.
Roger hadn't expected that in 1992, he would encounter the problem of good names being taken.
Roger had initially thought that the legal reform had nothing to do with him.
But now, Roger realized that the Ministry of Magic's laws were truly... alas.
According to regulations, if a company was named 'Future Company,' even if Roger added words like 'Roger's Future,' 'Britain's Future,' or 'Wizard's Future,' it would be considered a non-compliant company name, infringing on the original.
Unless it was named 'No Future' to completely change the meaning.
It was said that this overly corrective regulation was implemented after a lengthy infringement lawsuit between two companies with very similar names.
After thinking for a moment, since names like Dawn, New World, Seer, Second Reality, and other names that were either auspicious, fitting, or had symbolic meaning were not allowed, Roger decided to try something unconventional.
"This name surely hasn't been registered yet, has it?" Roger wrote down a string of English letters.
"This one indeed hasn't," the Ministry staff member nodded after checking.
In wizarding society, there wasn't much enthusiasm for new Muggle culture, as some felt it had a taste of 'disintegration of rites and music.' Therefore, newly emerging Muggle cultural terms and specialized terms from Muggle studies were less frequently used for company registrations.
Although Roger wasn't with Dumbledore, many people were aware of his relationship with him, and the subsequent procedures went smoothly.
Thus, in mid-April 1992, Subspace Magic Technology Co., Ltd. was officially established!
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With Roger's affairs settled, Dumbledore also brought good news from his end: the Board of Governors had agreed to hold discussions with Roger regarding his on-campus recruitment and training!
Under Dumbledore's arrangements, Roger formally met with the Board of Governors within Hogwarts.
"Good morning, everyone. I am Roger, the head of Subspace Magic Technology Co., Ltd." Roger's opening statement clarified his identity for the meeting.
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