Chapter 585: The Pit
At the Wizards Card Gathering at the end of November, Lee Jordan finally took over the task of preparing the Wizards Card Tournament for the second half of the semester from Albert.
It's just that the number of participants this year is a bit unsatisfactory, even if Albert takes out the "expensive" amulet as a prize for the champion, he can barely gather thirty-two contestants, which makes Lee Jordan depressed for a while, and he wonders if it is because he is not as attractive as Albert, and no girl has signed up for this year's wizarding card competition.
He couldn't help but complain to Albert: "Is it my bad luck or my face is too dark to scare the girls away." ”
Although Lee Jordan also knew that it was not his problem, it was ...... I still feel that I have messed up what Albert has told me when I officially take over.
Albert didn't care at all, and casually comforted the other party.
In December, Hogwarts Castle was covered in snow and wind, and the owls who delivered the letters had lost weight, but there were always exceptions, and Shira had gained a lot of weight.
Daisy and Herb wrote to him to tell him that their Christmas holiday schedule had been changed, and that they would first travel to France, where they would stay for two days until he had gone on vacation to Italy after his wedding.
Albert suspected that Mogg had informed his parents, and with Daisy and Herb's level of open-mindedness, it was not difficult to understand that they would make such a choice.
Of course, it cannot be ruled out that Mogg tampered with the memories of the two. To be honest, Albert really can't compliment the sorcerer's discipline.
That afternoon, on Albert's way to the library, Hermione hurried over and brought him the good news: Harry had not been able to make a deal with Mundungus Fletch after all.
Hermione was unhappy with Mr. Mundungus, a thief who was constantly trying to trap them, and she preferred to take the risk of dealing with Snape.
The failure of the trade can only be regarded as following the trend of history, the world is so wonderful sometimes, but it is hard for Harry and Ron, and it is a big risk to make trouble in Potions class.
It is said that the thief, Mr. Mondongues, was in trouble a few days before the transaction, and he broke into the empty door to steal something, and was hated as a result. It doesn't matter if there is no evidence, it is too simple for those old wizards who have Galleons and connections to take revenge on the thieves who wander in the gray area.
As a result, Mundungus was targeted by employees of the Ministry of Magic, who seized Mundungus's suitcase on the grounds of operating without a license, and all the goods in it were naturally destroyed.
Next, the process of gathering evidence is simple.
For the loss of certain prohibited items, the Ministry of Magic employees severely fined Montungus a large sum of Galleons, and prepared to send him to Azkaban prison for a few days.
Naturally, Mundungus Fletch was not willing to be caught, and originally wanted to use the confusion charm on the Ministry of Magic employee when he was not paying attention, trying to bluff him, but the spell actually bounced back.
As a result, the thief was charged with assaulting an employee of the Ministry of Magic, and he was fined two hundred Galleons, plus six months in prison for Azkaban.
It's really gratifying.
The deal between Mundungus Fletch and Hermione (Harry) fell through, and it even landed him on the second page of the Daily Prophet.
If Mundungus knew that he had planted it on Albert's amulet, he wondered how he would feel.
However, he also used his Galleon to make Albert's amulet famous, and because of this, wizards who went out to perform at the Ministry of Magic wanted to procure similar amulets to defend against some unexpected sneak attacks.
Mr. Toller made a fortune as a result, and also planned to continue to buy goods from Albert, and even had a long-term desire to cooperate with the Ministry of Magic, but unfortunately it did not come to pass.
The Defence Against the Dark Arts realm is Albert's cash cow for himself, how can he be generous enough to share it with others?
Even if you want to win a win-win situation, you will eat meat by yourself and others will drink soup.
Originally, it was okay if Kenneth Toller drilled the loophole, and the other party was able to sell the talisman for a high price through his connections, which was someone else's ability, and he wouldn't care.
Most of the amulet's effects don't last long.
At the latest, the amulet will be completely ineffective and will not affect Albert's future plans to sell the amulet, and the amulet will continue to be upgraded.
"You don't know that the people who work in the Ministry of Magic can't recite a decent iron armor spell, and although the Aurors are trained to be much better at this point, they can't defend against sneak attacks anytime and anywhere. Kenneth Toller spat and excitedly introduced Albert to the prospect of the amulet.
In their eyes, it's a cash cow!
Of course, they needed Albert's own amulet, and the Ministry of Magic knew it was reliable.
Kenneth Toller was also sincere and willing to give half of the profits to Albert.
"I'm sorry, but the deal you said was tempting, but ...... It's a waste of time to make those amulets, and, you know, I've been so busy at school that I don't have any extra time to waste on these things. ”
Albert yawned lazily and politely declined.
Kenneth Toller wanted to continue earning Galleons from him, but naturally it was impossible.
After all, Albert is planning to open a Defense Against the Dark Arts store, and he is not in a hurry to make this money, and when Voldemort returns, as long as he controls it properly, the Second Wizarding War is over, Albert is confident that he will let the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic come to him to purchase, and he is afraid that he will not be able to make money at that time?
Of course, when Albert generously said that he could sell technology, Kenneth Toller immediately shut up.
If you don't have the skills to match, what you make is something else at all. After all, Kenneth had already tasted a loss once, and the matter of Bafei's sobering agent showed him a face.
Kenneth Toller dryly rejected this "good intention" and had no reason to blame Albert again.
This was entirely in Albert's expectation, some things seemed simple, but it really wasn't the same thing without a little foundation.
Although the business is blown, the business of Hogwarts is still going on, and there will still be students who come to him to buy cheap amulets.
Until one day, Albert learned from Fred and George that Kenneth had been beaten.
In George's words: Kenneth was selling fakes, only to be discovered by someone else.
After the two ended their cooperation, Kenneth had gotten out of nowhere to find a batch of identical amulets and sold them to other Muggle wizards, only to be found to be fakes.
A talisman is two Galleons, and the other party naturally can't swallow this breath, so he contacts a few students who also bought fakes, pulls Kenneth into the toilet and beats him, and by the way, asks him to return the goods.