Chapter 7: A Trip to Gringotts

The Silent Book Company is located at No. 18 on the south side of Diagon Lane.

He is best known for his book Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, written by Newt Scamander.

Well, everybody's Hufflepuff.

This is Douglas's destination today, but now he needs to make a trip to Gringotts.

Gringotts is a wizarding bank run by goblins.

Although it wasn't as safe as the goblins described it were in Douglas's memory, there was no choice.

You can't leave a lot of gold galleons in your own house.

And his manuscript fees are usually transferred directly by Slane to his personal coffers at Gringotts.

Unfortunately, while the road to Gringotts isn't a long way off, it's not meant to be smooth sailing.

coincided with the beginning of the school season, which made the already not wide street even more crowded.

This reminded Douglas of the first time he was introduced into the wizarding world by Professor McGonagall.

At this moment, a cry woke him up from his memories.

It turned out that he had followed the crowd to the door of the Silent Book Company.

The Slane senior shouted at him as he approached him.

"Oh my God, Douglas thought I'd never see you again in my life.

Come to Diagon Alley, if you don't come to me first, where are you going? ”

Slane had a three-point-true seven-point anger on his face, and grabbed Douglas.

Although he values this fellow Hufflepuff student very much, the two have been working together for ten years.

But except for the other party's school days, he was able to write on time, and he has been running around the world since graduation.

said that he was going to collect the wind, and Slane sent out the owl several times,

Either exhausted and flew to Egypt, or flew to the far east, and once almost got caught in North America.

It's hard to find.

I saw Slane come up directly and put his arms around his neck.

Douglas smiled awkwardly and quickly cleared his throat.

"Oops!

I haven't seen my senior for a long time, and recently this red light is full of light, there must be a happy event!

I'm going to Gringotts to get some Galleons, so I'll treat you to a big meal, senior!"

Celebrate your happy event together! ”

Slane looked him up and down and snorted disdainfully:

"Eating a big meal? What kind of restaurant has you cooked well with someone who can have his own private kitchen in a Hogwarts kitchen?

The last time you ate your own food was when you first graduated, right?

Besides, I have something to celebrate.

I was threatened with a shouting letter from your fans just now! ”

Douglas took the opportunity to loosen the other party's restraints and quickly took out a thick manuscript and a small snack from his carry-on bag.

"I told you a long time ago that after the fan's letter came, I just found a room and put it away.

If you have time to take your time, you can add a dish in case there are any special ingredients.

Speaking of Hogwarts, I have good news for you, I have ······· success"

Before he could finish speaking, Slane took the thing from his hand directly, regardless of what it was.

Then he said with a sad face:

"Your good news will be talked about later, I have bad news for you now, related to you."

Douglas frowned, he rarely came to the wizarding world, and there could be any bad news related to him here.

Slane put the object in one hand, then freed up and patted Douglas on the shoulder.

"You know Gilderoy Lockhart, the author of "Walking with Trolls" and "Me Who Can Magic", I mentioned it to you before."

Douglas heard the name again and had a strange feeling.

Although he robbed him of the position of professor, the two have never met, and there is no grudge to talk about.

Besides, Dumbledore said that he was the one who refused first.

And the two are not signed by the same company, let alone any contradictions.

Seeing that Douglas didn't speak, Slane said with disgust on his face:

"Oh, Merlin's beard, my dear Mr. Holmes, you ought to pay more attention to the wizarding world of England.

Mr. Lockhart was brought up by our old nemesis, Rumihart Books, and today he even had a fan meeting at the Blotted bookstore.

He even took out a letter of invitation from Dumbledore inviting him to the Defence Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts······"

What kind of bad news did Douglas think the other party was going to say?

While avoiding the pedestrians on the side, he said:

"Don't worry, dear Slane, what I'm giving you is the latest volume of Master of All Professions,

And it's an update for the wizarding-world version only, and the Muggle world hasn't started yet······"

Slane didn't pay any attention to what Douglas was talking about, and his attention was completely drawn to the file bag in his hand.

Then with a surprised expression on his face, he patted Douglas on the shoulder,

"Awesome lad, there's simply no better news than this, if you're willing to reveal who your author really is, of course.

That would be even better······"

With that, Slane glanced warily at the crowd around him again.

He tightened the manuscript in his hand into his arms, and then whispered:

"I'm going to have to go back and watch the rest of the story, I'm sorry, I mean review it, and then arrange for the book to be published as soon as possible

I also have to do publicity, after all, it has been a long time since the last volume was updated, and maybe it can drive the sales of the previous book again······"

After saying that, he didn't bother Glass, and ran straight towards the company.

Douglas looked at the panicked back and shrugged helplessly.

I know that this guy urges the draft every day, purely for his own look.

After all, the speed of publishing books in the wizarding world is not fast, and he is already highly prolific.

In ten years, three sets were produced, each with about 20 volumes.

It's already very prolific, so the publishing house can understand the occasional break for a year and a half.

Without Slane on the sidelines, Douglas quickly arrived at the door of Gringotts.

In the bronze gate of a towering snow-white building stood a fairy in a scarlet and gold uniform.

Douglas was glad that the other party did not shout:

"Welcome~Male guest ······"

Otherwise, he would have thought he had entered the bathhouse.

The goblin ushered him into a tall marble hall.

Although there were a lot of customers inside, the goblin who guided him was still very eye-catching and helped him find a counter where there was no queue.

After verifying his identity, the goblin quickly took him to the vault.

A small vault containing all of Douglas's possessions in the wizarding world.

There are about 400,000 more Galleons, and it took almost a decade to save a fortune.

Other than that, there is nothing else in the vault that makes a statement of wealth.

After all, in the vault of the old wizard, there may be all kinds of precious alchemy equipment and magic props.

Unfortunately, Douglas was only poor with Kim Galleon.

It's not that he really doesn't have any magic props, but he has also gotten some good things from traveling around in the past few years.

But there's still no way to compare with those people.

Of course, this money is not fixed, and every month in the treasury of the silent book company, some royalties will be transferred in.

Similarly, Douglas had more than two million pounds in deposits in the Muggle world.

If it weren't for his unwillingness to openly do marketing himself, he wouldn't have authorized any surrounding industries.

Otherwise, his wealth would have multiplied dozens of times.

As long as the money is enough to spend, as long as there is enough food.

Before the system appeared, he did what a scrap wood traverser should do.

If the system hadn't added a deadline at the time, Douglas felt like he could have been lying flat forever.

Soon, he took ten thousand gold galleons, as well as some scattered silver siqo and copper nats.

Then, led by the goblin, back to the surface.

Step out of the bronze gates of Gringotts.

Looking at the bustling crowd on the street, Douglas suddenly felt a little dazed.

Why did he come to Diagon Alley?

Oh yes.

It was Slane who asked for a meeting, but unfortunately, the other party quickly abandoned himself after getting the manuscript.

Douglas suddenly thought of a good place, a place called a scrap shop.

This shop is like a ghost market hidden in various cities.

It makes people have a kind of fun of Taobao.

During his school days, Douglas found some Hogwarts seniors' textbooks and some notes.

These senior notes helped him a lot in his magical path.