From Hogwarts to Strixhaven.

Chapter 69 Business Negotiation
"Wow--" Devlin Whitehorn rode on the Nimbus 2001 that Ivy had cast a pneumatic spell on and flew freely over Malfoy Manor. As a senior broom maker, Whitehorn was also good at flying on a broom.

However, with the help of the pneumatic spell, the speed of Nimbus 2001 has skyrocketed, almost more than double that of Nimbus 2000.

Although the speed had indeed made a qualitative leap, the maneuverability of the broom was greatly reduced. Even though the Nimbus 2001 still used the metal hoops for braking spells without any cutting corners, the excessively fast flying speed made it difficult for Whitehorn to turn direction in the air. He even almost got hung on the tall Gothic spire of the mansion several times.

After testing it himself, Whitehorn lowered his altitude and landed on the lawn of Malfoy Manor.

He looked high-spirited and neatly dressed, not at all like someone who had been soaring in the air for nearly ten minutes.

"Oh my God! This is amazing!" Whitehorn, who had landed on the ground, continued to look at the Nimbus 2001 in his hand, as if he saw the honor of the world's fastest racing broom and countless large orders waving to him.

"Even though I was flying at such a high speed, I didn't feel any discomfort at all. It was as if I was not charging into the wind, but taking a picnic in the warm spring breeze!" Whitehorn came forward and excitedly shared his feelings with everyone.

Seeing Ivy in the crowd, he rubbed his hands, which were sweating from the high-speed flight, on his expensive dress robe, then grabbed Ivy's hand and shook it vigorously.

"Mr. Doom! Please give me a price! I will buy this spell no matter what."

"20% of the shares of the Nimbus Racing Broom Company." Ivy's request was so outrageous that Whitehorn stared blankly in place with his eyes wide open.

"Perhaps Mr. Doom doesn't understand the market situation. The transfer of 20% of the shares requires a meeting of all shareholders and a vote before it can be carried out. Even if I am the founder of the Nimbus Racing Broom Company, I cannot manipulate such a large-scale transaction with just one sentence." Whitehorn calmed down and tried to use various rhetoric to lower the price. "How about this, 3000 gold Galleons... No! 5000 gold Galleons! This amount of money is enough for a wizard family to squander for a lifetime!"

Ivy glanced at him coldly and pulled his hand out forcefully. "If Mr. Whitehorn is not sincere, then I can bring the pneumatic spell to find another flying broom company. For example, the Ellerby and Badmore Company located in the Black Forest. Their founder, the Badmore family, has been manufacturing flying brooms for nearly a century. Both their creativity and passion as broom makers are well known to the world. I believe they can understand the value of the pneumatic spell."

"But Ellerby and Badmore are a thing of the past. They were defeated by the Nimbus 1000 long ago!" Whitehorn added eagerly.

Whitehorn was talking about something that happened more than 20 years ago, when there were many flying broom companies in the magic world, including the Swift series that focused on speed and the Sweeper series that focused on maneuverability. The first flying broom of the Nimbus series borrowed the advantages of both, and it stood out and became the special broom for competitions at that time.

With the selling point of "specially designed for competitions", the Nimbus series rapidly expanded its production capacity and continued to be updated until the Nimbus 2000, which completely dominated the flying broom market in the wizarding world.

But there are only so many wizards in the world. So what if they dominate the market? As long as they fail to keep up with the next upgrade of flying brooms, the Nimbus Company will become a figure in the history pile that no one cares about, just like the predecessors it defeated. "Of course I know this. Although Ellerby and Badmore Company went bankrupt, the Badmore family has been active in the German magic world as broom makers." Ivy smiled, but there was no joy in his eyes. "You say, if I find a member of the Badmore family, use the pneumatic spell as a technology to invest, and then partner with them to open a broom company. At that time..."

The youngest son of the Badmore family is the maker of the famous Firebolt. However, due to the use of fairy silver in the workpiece, the output of the Firebolt has never met the requirements.

Although Ivy had never seen the Firebolt or its maker in person, he was very familiar with the virtues of the goblins.

The goblins have a different concept of property than humans. They all agree that a piece of goblin silver undoubtedly belongs to its maker. As for the wizards who paid to buy it, the goblins only recognize his right to use it and will try to recover the goblin silver after the wizards die.

So Ivy guessed that the Firebolt had probably been released several years ago, but the production of goblin silverware had not been increased enough to quickly occupy the market, so it was kept secret.

In addition, the 94 Quidditch World Cup was approaching, so they could use the past few years to accumulate enough production, and finally take over the entire flying broom market by taking advantage of the popularity of the winning team.

However, there is no such thing as a completely impenetrable wall. It was unknown how the Nimbus Company got the news, and so it hurriedly launched two flying brooms, the Nimbus 2000 and the Nimbus 2001, which would squeeze out each other's market share.

Unfortunately, the huge difference in performance still made the Light Cycle Company undoubtedly lose in this technological armament, and finally became a stepping stone for the Firebolt.

"If Mr. Doom wants to start a flying broom company, I hope you can accept the sponsorship of the Malfoy family." Lucius interrupted at the right time, causing Whitehorn to glare at him. "As for the amount, how about 10,000 gold galleons as an initial investment?"

Whitehorn certainly understood that this was Lucius provoking him, but he had to consider the possibility.

"I admit that the Pneumatic Charm is an excellent spell, but we have to consider its compatibility with the existing Nimbus brooms. I believe you can see at a glance that it still has many defects that need to be improved. Not to mention that the excessively high speed will affect the maneuverability of the broom, it also has some more fatal problems. For example, will the Pneumatic Charm affect the movements of the players in Quidditch matches? Will the special air cover affect the movement trajectory of the Quaffle or the Golden Snitch?" Whitehorn is worthy of being an old broom maker with nearly 30 years of entrepreneurial history. He pointed out all the shortcomings of the Pneumatic Charm in just a few words.

He put on an earnest look, as if every word was for Ivy's sake. "In short, you only need to provide the pneumatic spell. As experienced broom makers, we need to consider a lot more. Perhaps 5% would be a suitable price?"

(End of this chapter)