Chapter VII Negotiations

Lin Zhengyang's requirements were not easy.

As the most prosperous magical shopping street in the United Kingdom, the shops in its area are priceless, and the specific information can be referred to Wall Street.

Generally speaking, most of the people who can set up shops in Diagon Alley have a certain status and are not weak in financial resources.

It's hard to imagine anyone willing to sell.

In addition, the ancestral properties with protective charms he asked for were also a big problem.

Such houses are rare in themselves, and there are probably only more than a hundred of them in the thirty-three urban districts of London.

In the wizarding world, this kind of family-inherited property, which has been used for generations to protect the magic of an unknown number of generations, will increase in value over time.

It's quite possible that the magic that your ancestors cast hundreds of years ago has some lost treasured magic, and now it is equivalent to an antique treasure.

Of course, this refers to the kind that has been maintained and all kinds of protection are in place.

Houses that are left unattended and unmaintained will lose their magic over time and eventually fall into ruins, such as Hogsmeade's famous Screaming Shack.

Before Voldemort was overbearing, attacking half-blood wizards and Muggle wizards everywhere, the entire British wizarding community was relatively peaceful.

At this time, the house price has not dived, and no one has been destroyed, resulting in the property being taken away by the Ministry of Magic.

Even if you want to spend money, it is difficult to buy such a house.

It can be said that Lin Zhengyang's two requirements are quite difficult.

Sure enough, hearing these two requests, even the goblin manager frowned a little.

He held his chin and thought for a moment before he asked tentatively:

"Mr. Lin, are you in a hurry? I mean, neither of these things is easy, if you're not in a hurry········"

Lin Zhengyang was admiring the stripes on the sofa, which seemed to be a kind of text, painted with magic paint, which played a role in keeping it clean.

Hearing the goblin's words, Lin Zhengyang raised his head, crossed his fingers, and said:

"I knew it was difficult, and I wasn't ignorant of it before I came here. On the contrary, it was because I knew that these two things were difficult that I found Gringotts. ”

"I've heard of Gringotts' efficiency – it's always been effective!"

The last sentence is spoken in the language of the elves, which is an aphorism that has a special meaning for the elves.

The goblin became serious, straightened his back, pursed his lips, nodded with a straight face, and replied in the same goblin language:

"Gu-Ling-Pavilion-Never-Guest-Disappoint!"

"By next week at the latest, we'll be sure to find you a good property and a shop in Diagon Alley."

"We'll see!"

The two goblins who counted the gold over there completed a series of processes such as counting, distinguishing authenticity, and calculating purity with a speed beyond ordinary people's imagination, using Gringotts' unique statistical magic to make the work look easy.

"Well, it's all real gold, not magical transformation."

Because it is a microscopic level, the structure of matter has been completely changed, and all of it is real gold.

It is very different from the principle of Transfiguration, which is popular in England, which cannot change the structure of matter itself, but only involves the shape of the matter.

The gold conjured by Transfiguration cannot hide the magic of the Gringotts goblins.

"It's all 100% pure gold, and there are no impurities."

One of the goblins reported here exclaimed that he had just measured in many ways, and had obtained the answer to all the pure gold.

"It just looks like it's new, it doesn't have much history, it can't be considered an antique, it's just pure gold."

His tone seemed to be a little regretful, after all, such a large amount of gold, if it had a long history, then it would have added value and could be regarded as an antique.

The elves who work at Gringotts are almost always experts in identifying gold coins and artifacts. They can easily distinguish the color and even origin of various minerals, the age and value of the artwork.

Hardly anyone can deceive these goblins in these ways.

"According to the exchange rate of gold and Muggle currencies, one gold galleon can be exchanged for five pounds, while one gram of gold can be exchanged for seven pounds. You have more than 70 tons of gold here, about 111 million gold galleons, and we will list the exact numbers later, to three decimal places. ”

More than 70 tons of gold, what is the number?

This gold is enough to set up a private bank of its own.

According to Lin Zhengyang's investigation, as well as the predecessors' exploration of different Harry Potter worlds. He was now certain that he was the richest man in the wizarding world right now, and there was no one.

The wizarding world is relatively closed and conservative, and wizards possess magic, which in itself represents advanced productivity, and does not have a strong concept of accumulating wealth.

Even some pure-blooded nobles, elites of several lifetimes, have less than one-tenth of his net worth, and this still has to be counted into the house, various industries, magic books, cherished magic materials, and some magic items, etc.

If it is more than cash, it is rare to have hundreds of thousands of gold galleons, not even a fraction of him.

It's a pity that Lin Zhengyang is new to the city, and what he lacks most is not money, but local connections, this kind of intangible asset is also called a heritage by a pure-blood family.

The so-called "people who are born from their hometowns" refers to this situation.

Fortunately, this is a magical world, and Lin Zhengyang has strong enough strength; Britain is a capitalist society, and Lin Zhengyang has enough capital.

After such a deal was reached, the goblin manager sitting on the sofa clapped his hands, and all the gold flew into the small cart outside, and the small cart with magic easily contained more gold than its own volume, and then the two goblins who were called pushed away effortlessly, and the goblin who walked behind consciously led the door.

"So, is the gentleman going to withdraw money? Or something else? ”

He seemed to be in a good mood, and his tone became cheerful, such a big business was not common to him.

"I need to know what services are available before I can make a decision."

"Well, I wonder if the Muggle banking business, you can do it here."

The goblin, who was sitting on the sofa opposite, said seriously:

"Sir, we have Muggle banking business in Gringotts as well. Even if it doesn't, we will consider it if the guest asks for it. ”

"Gringotts is not immutable, sir, elves know how to learn, too."

"As for business, I have a list here, please look at it."

The fairy took out a blank piece of parchment, placed it on the small coffee table between the sofas, and shook it slightly, and lines of ink appeared on it.