Chapter 60: Is Two Gold Galleons a Month Enough?
"Mr. Welfare, can we talk now?" Zhang Hao said with a cold smile: "I'm very interested in your store, maybe we can make a deal that is satisfactory to both parties." ”
"You want my shop?" said the welfare boss with an ugly face, "Are you going to buy and sell forcibly?" ”
Penelope didn't say a word, she looked at Zhang Hao worriedly, and she was afraid that this guy would do something out of the ordinary.
"Forced to buy and sell?" Zhang Hao smiled disdainfully, shook his head and said, "Just because of your dilapidated shop, you are also worthy of me to buy and sell?"
The welfare boss's face was even more ugly, he just wanted to scold, but he heard Zhang Hao say again: "Look at these potions, life and death water, aging potion, and living hell decoction...... And the Tong Shui, what is the use of them? Who will buy these potions? Oh! There are also expired tranquilizers and white fresh essences, who are you going to get? Don't you have any high-end goods here? Such a shop has to lose money every month, right? I feel sorry for you to occupy such a good location, but can only sell some goods that are not on the table. ”
The welfare boss just wants to fight hard!
But he didn't dare, the silent and wandless disarming spell just now scared him a lot.
"What does this have to do with you?" he said stiffly, "My shop, I can sell whatever I want." ”
"That's right, you can sell whatever you want, and I really don't have the right to interfere. Zhang Hao smiled leisurely: "I'll calculate an account for you, Ollivander's wand shop can probably sell up to a hundred wands a year." Suppose the cost of one of his wands is five gold galleons, and the finished product sells for eight gold galleons, then he can earn more than three hundred gold galleons a year. Even if business is bad in a certain year, the new Hogwarts students can guarantee that he will earn more than a hundred gold Galleons. But even so, he was not rich. What about you? Can you make more than 100 gold Galleons a year?"
The Ollivanders Wand Shop is a family business, not only the Ollivanders Wand Shop, but also the century-old shop in Diagon Alley.
Not all of the families behind these shops are promising, and there are always some moths who have nothing to do, and they are counting on these shops to feed!
So few people know that the old man of Ollivander has to support a few people, and he earns more than a hundred gold galleons a year, which is indeed not a good harvest.
However, the real estate of the Ollivanders family is really rich!
So many wands - if you could sell them all, God knows how many gold gallons you could make......
The welfare boss was indifferent, if he could earn a hundred gold Galleons a year, he would not be able to fall to this point.
But he won't say these words, if he says them...... Isn't this bastard in front of him even more proud?
However, he did not say it himself, and someone said it for him.
"It seems that there is none?" Zhang Hao said slyly, "What kind of wizard needs to use these low-end potions in your store?" As far as I know, there are probably only those down-and-out wandering wizards. Most likely, they don't make their own potions, and they run around every day to make a living. In this case, they probably won't pay much money for your potion. I guess they will talk to you about the sky-high price every time they buy medicine, and you will end up impatiently driving you away?
The welfare boss's face has become extremely pale, and what Zhang Hao said is not bad at all.
He wanted to refine high-end potions, but his own level was not enough, and the failure rate was too high.
It's not good to open a pharmacy, if you don't have a supply, you have to refine your own medicine.
And every failure leads to heavy losses.
In Diagon Alley, except for those long-standing shops, almost none of the remaining small shops have a stable source of their own.
Obviously, this pharmacy of the welfare boss is exactly the kind of small shop that has been crushed. The goods he sells can be bought in a century-old store, who would come here to buy things?
In an already small market, such a small store simply survives in the cracks.
If they can't create their own core competitiveness, bankruptcy is their only outcome.
Zhang Hao guessed that the down-and-out pure-blood wizard in front of him must have posted a lot of money if he could persist to this day.
And now, he can't hold on.
If you can't get in and out, no matter how thick your family foundation is, you won't be able to support it for too long.
"Who told you all this?" the welfare boss asked with difficulty, "What the hell do you want to do?"
Obviously, Zhang Hao saw through everything.
"I just want to have a sincere conversation with you, and I'm not saying this to mock you, let alone show my superiority. He sighed softly, "I just want to make a business that is good for you and me, but you're too grumpy! I don't do this to you, you won't talk to me at all, will you?"
"You're right, I really can't hold on anymore. The welfare boss rubbed his eyes and said in a choked voice: "I have always imagined that business may be better tomorrow." That's how I deceived myself, and little by little I put all the wealth in my family into it. ”
He looked remorseful, as if he wanted to burn down the shop.
"A thousand gold Galleons!" Seeing that the welfare boss's mentality was about to collapse, Zhang Hao said softly: "I'll pay a thousand gold Galleons to buy you this pharmacy." ”
"What?" the welfare boss's depressed mood just now rose in vain: "A thousand gold Galleons?
"Yes, I'm just robbing, are you willing to be robbed by me?" Zhang Hao spread his hands and said: "After all, after a while, I'm afraid no one will ask for a thousand gold Galleons in your store." ”
"Then I can't sell it to you for a thousand gold Galleons!" said the welfare boss angrily: "At least three thousand gold Galleons, don't even think about less than three thousand gold Galleons." ”
Zhang Hao gave Penelope a look, this beautiful senior sister was very smart, and she instantly understood what he meant.
"Two gentlemen, can you listen to my advice?" she said kindly, "Maybe you should each give in, since you have the intention of buying and selling, why don't you discuss it again?"
"Hmph!" said the welfare boss unhappily: "This gentleman, if you want to buy my pharmacy, you'd better show sincerity." If you're just thinking about picking up a bargain, I'd rather wait a few more days. ”
Zhang Hao pretended to hesitate and lowered his head and thought about it for a while.
Then he said cautiously, "Okay! I admit my mistake, what about the fifteen hundred gold galleons? To be honest, three thousand gold galleons is too much, and I can't get it out for a while." ”
The welfare boss also began to think about it, and after a while, he shook his head and said, "No, one thousand five is still too low! At least two thousand five, it can't be lower!"
"One thousand eight!" Zhang Hao gritted his teeth and said, "I can take out one thousand and five myself, and I have to find someone to borrow the extra three hundred." If you still don't agree, then I'll go and have a look elsewhere. ”
"Two thousand!" said the welfare boss viciously: "As long as you can come up with two thousand gold Galleons, my pharmacy will be yours!"
Penelope looked wildly, and that was her earlier valuation — and she thought that was the limit.
However, Zhang Hao was not moved at all. He shook his head and said with a look of regret, "I'm so sorry, Mr. Welfare, I really can't afford two thousand gold Galleons." Then I won't bother you, you might as well wait and see, maybe someone will pay a higher price?"
He turned around and left, and if anyone else was willing to pay a higher price, then congratulations!
The wizarding world is so populous, everyone can know who is who by name, and it is not easy to change jobs in life, almost a turnip and a pit.
There aren't many wizards who have ideas and money to spare, so who happens to have a crush on this shop?
If there is such a person, let it be better for him.
Zhang Hao's arrangement is clear, and he is not worried about missing at all.
On the contrary, the welfare bosses who occupy the seller's market are not so calm.
Zhang Hao can afford to drag it, but he can't afford it.
Every extra day of delay, he owes one more day!
Seeing that Zhang Hao was about to walk out of the store, the welfare boss finally panicked.
"Wait a minute!" he said dejectedly, "Alright! Eighteen hundred gold Galleons, this shop is yours!"
Penelope almost screamed in surprise, she glanced at Zhang Hao, but found that the boy was still calm, and he didn't seem surprised at all.
Only then did she know that the situation had always been firmly in his hands.
"So, when will we sign the contract?" Zhang Hao smiled: "Gringotts is very close to here, is it convenient for you today?"
"Let's go now!" the welfare boss pulled off his work clothes and said disgustedly, "I don't want to stay in this shop for a long time......!" I'm finally free!"
They signed the contract as quickly as possible and completed the handover in the shortest time.
Then, the welfare boss completely let himself go.
"Haha!" he laughed, "I'm finally free!"
"Another crazy one!" Zhang Hao shook his head helplessly: "Money, what a devil!"
"Giggles!" Penelope said with a smile, "If he knew that you once spent two million gold Galleons to reward a phoenix, I wonder if he would be angry and ruined?"
"Oh, senior sister, even if that's the case, it has nothing to do with me. Zhang Hao said innocently: "Who told him not to read the newspaper?"
This incident has taught us that we must pay attention to current affairs when we have nothing to do, otherwise God will not be able to grasp the opportunity to make money for you.
Seeing the welfare boss leave, Zhang Hao found the goblin of Gringotts again.
He plans to try again and see if he can exchange it for gold gallons.
However, the goblins have become more chicken thieves!
"Let's go! We won't trade the Golden Galleon for you unless we use RMB. ”
Before Zhang Hao could speak, he was blocked by a goblin.
"It seems that you can only make money honestly. Zhang Hao said in annoyance: "These goblins are really weak, I only exchanged more than five million gold gallons, and they are afraid!"
"Is more than five million still less?" Penelope said in surprise, "That's a wealth I can't imagine in my life." ”
"Don't talk about it, I'm sad to mention it. Zhang Hao said bitterly: "If I had known that Gringotts was so stingy, I wouldn't have been so big-hearted." ”
The two returned to the store they had just bought and began to discuss their next steps.
"Hao, what position are you going to give me?" Penelope asked expectantly, "You just agreed to hire me, should you regret it?"
"Repentance?" Zhang Hao smiled: "No, I'm just thinking about how much salary you will be paid - is two gold gallons a month enough?"
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