Chapter 493 Gambling and Results

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When Harry finished reading the paper, he handed it to the others. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 He looked at Fred, looked at him with a smug look, and asked curiously, "So, you really opened a joke shop?"

Fred held out a finger, shook it, and said, "It's not that I opened a joke shop, but that I opened a joke shop with Joe." ā€

He put his hand around Joe's neck and said, "We are the closest twins, the best partners, and this is our great cause." ā€

"Yes, although the store was almost not opened, there was a problem with the funds we had prepared before. Joe pouted in displeasure, "Ludo Bagman is a useless liar. ā€

"Tell me, what's going on?" asked George with interest, "if it's funding, I can provide some." ā€

It was the first time he had seen the full version of the newspaper just now, and he had entrusted the "Daily Prophet" with only the part of the clarification, but he didn't expect the "Daily Prophet" to interview Fred.

I have to say that Rita Skeeter is an interesting journalist who knows how to make news that readers like. Fred's marketing methods are also very interesting and refreshing.

You know, with these major reports, the Daily Prophet has become the best-selling newspaper in the entire wizarding world. Not only in England, but in all other wizarding countries, the Daily Prophet has a large readership.

With Fred's advertisement coming out in the biggest news of the day, it's time for his business to explode.

Fred said happily, "Thank you, George, but we're not short of money now." As soon as today's newspaper comes out, our joke shop is sure to be very hot. We'll be making money soon, and that's entirely my business and Joe's. ā€

His voice grew smaller again, and he said, "If you're not going to get us back to those scales on Voldemort's body." ā€

The new store opened, and the biggest selling point of their joke shop was the souvenirs made of the scales on Voldemort's body. Although many people will be afraid of Voldemort, there will always be people who are brave enough to buy enough to brag about it for a lifetime as a souvenir.

Just this one souvenir is enough to make them a lot of money. Provided, of course, that George doesn't plan to get those memorabilia back.

"Hahahaha. George couldn't help but laugh, "I'm not going to get back those scales, the things that came from Voldemort, you might as well keep them for yourselves." ā€

Speaking of which, what Voldemort has on him is indeed quite commemorative. The scales that the Dark Lord dropped, just thinking about it, made people feel embarrassed.

Only a nerve like Fred would think of making Voldemort's scales into a souvenir, which was advertised in the Daily Prophet. I don't know how embarrassed Voldemort would be to see this newspaper.

"That's good. Fred said excitedly, "A few days ago, we thought that the joke shop was going to be yellow. ā€

Harry, Ron, and Hermione immediately leaned forward to hear what was going on.

"What's going on, Ludo Bagman, what did he do?" Ron asked curiously.

Fred recalled, "At the Quidditch World Cup, Ludo Bagman made a gamble. ā€

"We were planning to open a joke shop, and although we had a lot of pocket money during this time, we were still far from the money of a store, so we took part in the Ludo Bagman gamble. We bet on Ireland to win, but Krum will catch the Golden Snitch. ā€

"You won, and then he didn't give you money?" Harry asked in a whisper.

"It's worse than that. Fred said indignantly, "He took our real gold Galleons, and gave us back the leprechaun's gold coins, which he picked up from the Irish mascot." ā€

"Ahh Ron exclaimed in surprise, "Those leprechaun's gold coins are going to disappear, isn't he lying?"

He remembered that when he was in the box on the top floor, he also picked up a lot of goblin gold coins. George told him that the coins were an illusion of the leprechaun and would disappear in a few hours. And then it was true, all the gold coins he picked up were gone.

"Needless to say. Joe said unhappily, "The gold is gone, and by the next morning, not even the shadow is gone!"

"Could it be a mistake?" asked Hermione in a whisper.

Fred smiled dismissively, "yes, we thought that way at first. We thought that as soon as we wrote a letter to him and told him that he had made a mistake, he would return the money to us. ā€

"But that's not the case. He ignored our letters. We tried to talk to him at Hogwarts many times, but he always found all sorts of excuses to get rid of us. ā€

"At the end of the day, he got really bad," Fred said, "and he told us that we were too young to gamble and that he wouldn't give us a penny." ā€

"Then, we want our money back. Qiao said angrily.

"He refused that, too?" asked Hermione, holding her breath.

"Let you speak. Fred said.

"But that's all your savings!" Ron said.

"It's up to you to say that. "Of course, we finally figured out what was going on. Lee Jordan's dad also hit the nail when he asked Bagman for a debt. Later, I found out that Bagman had caused big trouble with the goblins. He borrowed a great deal of gold from them. ā€

"After the World Cup, they blocked him in the woods and robbed him of all the gold coins, which was still not enough to pay off his debts. They followed him all the way to Hogwarts, keeping a close watch on him. ā€

"He gambled and lost everything. I didn't even have two gold coins on my body. Do you know how that fool is going to pay off the leprechaun?"

"Why is he still here?" asked Harry, curious.

"He's bet on you, man," Fred said, "and he's betting a lot of money on you're going to win the tournament." It's a bet with the goblins. ā€

"Oh, no wonder I always think he wants to help me win!" said Harry, "well, he's unlucky again, I didn't intend to win in the first place." ā€

Fred shook his head and sighed, "No, we knew at the time that it was completely impossible for him to turn over, and the goblins are not so easy to fool. ā€

(To be continued.) )