Chapter 124 Account opening
Coming out of the wand shop, although he learned some knowledge of wands, and Ollivander also said that for young wizards, a wand is more conducive to learning magic, but it did not achieve the original purpose, Darren still felt a little depressed, but thinking of the scene he saw in the store, it was also a gain, at least he was not afraid that he would not be able to find the wand in the future, and if he knew it earlier, he would not have to play barbecue in the secret room......
Seeing that there was no hope for one of the main targets in Diagon Alley, Darren and Hagrid returned to the Leaky Cauldron, once again telling him that he would take the Knight Bus to 12 Grimmauld Place, before watching him reluctantly return to Hogwarts through the Floo network.
However, when Hagrid left, Darren did not immediately go out to take the knight's bus, but turned back to Diagon Alley, because he had another goal to come here that he had not completed, this time, Darren arrived, Gringotts.
Walking through the bronze gate of the white building, Darren saw that there was a large group of goblins busy inside, although Darren was only thirteen years old now, his height had far exceeded that of the goblins who were the greetings, and the other party looked up and asked him the purpose of going to Gringotts.
Darren told the goblin that he was going to exchange money here and exchange pounds for Galleons, and after listening to Darren, he was led to a counter and told him that this was Gringotts, which was responsible for exchanging Galleons with other currencies.
Behind the counter was also a goblin, but unfortunately, in Darren's eyes, these goblins were all the same, except for the clothes, he couldn't tell the difference between this goblin and the one he had just brought him over.
"Hello," the other said, procedurally speaking, "what can I do to help you?"
"I need to exchange some Galleons, in pounds. ”
"Okay, five pounds per Galleon, besides, now the exchange rate of Galleon to Silver Sike and Bronze Nat is one Galleon to seventeen Silver Sike, and Silver Sike is equal to twenty-nine Bronze Nat, when there are scattered numbers, we will calculate according to this rate, so, how much do you need to exchange?"
"Well, I think, about twenty-two thousand pounds. ”
Hearing Darren's number, the programmed smile on the goblin's face disappeared, "Sorry, I didn't hear clearly, how much did you say?"
"If I'm not mistaken, it's twenty-two thousand pounds," said Darren, taking a few stacks of bills from his pockets and placing them on the counter.
The other party hurriedly grabbed the banknote, checked the thickness and denomination, and said excitedly, "Oh, I really didn't expect that, that, please wait a moment, let me count the specific number, you know, this is the rule." ”
Then, the goblin began to count the bills, and although Darren was not familiar with Gringotts, he could also see that the other party was very unskilled in counting the money, especially the long fingers, which were as clumsy as a baby, and it was clear that he rarely dealt with them.
"I'm sorry," just as Darren frowned at the elf's movements, another elf stepped out from behind the counter, his costume was much finer than the previous elf, "He's just too excited, he's always been, well, this window doesn't have as much business in a year as you do." ”
Think about it, with the relationship between the wizarding world and ordinary people, generally speaking, there are only wizards like Hermione and Darren who live among ordinary people who will go to Gringotts for currency exchange, and the customer base is really small and pitiful, and there are not necessarily many people in a year, even if they come to exchange Galleons, most of them are to buy the necessities of studying at Hogwarts, and there is not much money in total, how can it be like Darren, who can exchange tens of thousands of pounds in one go, which is quite a lot of money.
While the money was still being counted, the goblin came out and said to Darren, "Oh, dear Mr. Sean, in view of the amount of money you have proposed to exchange, I sincerely recommend that you open an account with this bank so that you can use it, after all, if all this wealth is exchanged for Galleons, the amount will be very large, and I am afraid that it will be very inconvenient for you to carry and very unsafe." ”
Hearing this, Darren was really intrigued, "Oh, I can open an account at Gringotts too?"
"Absolutely, dedication to all our clients has always been our motto at Gringotts. ”
"Can I have a vault too?"
"Oh, it depends on the number on your account, and for now, if you agree to keep all your money here, you can have a vault and the corresponding security. ”
"Great, then help me open an account, do you need any formalities?" Originally, Darren planned to replace these banknotes through Gringotts, to put it bluntly, that is, to launder the money, after all, no one knows where the money came from, in case there are specially marked banknotes in it, and they can be taken out directly to spend in the world of ordinary people, wouldn't it be troublesome for themselves, which is why he has never touched them.
As for why he came to Gringotts, Darren didn't think that the wizarding world would establish any kind of security information sharing with ordinary people's government and banking systems.
Darren really hadn't thought about what to do with the exchanged Garons, and now he heard the goblin's suggestion, and he was in the right mood, he had seen Hagrid use a check last year, although it seemed that ordinary merchants did not accept it, but it was much more convenient than walking around with a large bag of gold coins.
"Generally speaking, for wizards like you, it's all you need to register your wand, and of course, if you have special requirements, you can use other items as proof, such as seals, but for safety reasons, I recommend that you have a magic item to avoid accidents. ”
"Oh, then use my wand," said Darren, now Darren is poor and white, except for his wand, he doesn't have any other magic items, as for using ordinary things, he has already learned Transfiguration, and he is very clear about the power of this spell, although he doesn't have that level now, but in a few years, as long as he takes a look, he can definitely conjure up an identical one......
"By the way, besides the wand, can you identify me here?"
"What do you mean?"
"In addition to using a wand, if I come in person, can I withdraw money directly?"
"Of course, you can, but you need to leave some information about your own characteristics here, so that we can screen it, or when you come in person, we can use some special methods to avoid unnecessary losses. ”
"Well, okay. ”
"Also, if you're going to use a check, you'll also need to leave a magic signature here. ”