Hogwarts: Me? Fight Voldemort?

Along with knowledge, the rules of the Golden Book also enter the brain. It can be understood as a special alchemical item that concretizes the abstract concept that knowledge equals gold by transforming gold into knowledge.

But the gold here must belong to Jimmy.

Furthermore, when Galleons that do not belong to him are mixed into the investment, the profits must be distributed to the owners of this money according to the financing ratio, which is a shareholding system.

Jimmy regrets the discovery because he cannot quickly accumulate wealth through plunder; he can only obtain the money recognized by the Book of Gold through labor and making money work for him.

He also abandoned the naive idea of ​​copying books to save money for buying them. If he didn't use the money from the Ministry of Magic to buy books, it would become a debt that would never be repaid. It would be best to return the 40 Galleons that Professor McGonagall lent him.

Jimmy returned to the Leaky Cauldron with a complete set of secondhand textbooks and still booked a room for 1 Gallon.

Old Tom was very happy and promised to provide Jimmy with a free breakfast every day, but lunch and dinner would still cost money.

Jimmy prepaid for his meals, spending all the subsidies the Ministry of Magic provided to struggling young wizards.

After having lunch at Leaky Cauldron, Jimmy returned to his room and began planning for his life after starting school. He sat down at his desk, opened his notebook, and started thinking.

Being young is a disadvantage, but I can buy and sell some snacks; it would be a waste not to spend the remaining five hundred pounds.

I wrote the word "snacks" in my notebook, and then started thinking again.

How do businessmen make money?

Right, information asymmetry!

What information gaps can be utilized?

Jimmy's thoughts continued to wander as he looked out the window at the sky, contemplating the harsh reality.

Even though I seem to have discovered some information gaps that could make me a lot of money, I still can't make a lot of money because I don't have the start-up capital.

So he wrote down his goals for first grade in his notebook: to get some start-up capital and to study hard.

Is there such a thing as a business with no capital?

Jimmy then thought of making games, specifically board games.

Board games are projects with extremely low costs. A stack of cards with information written on them can be assembled into a set of rules and sold.

He then wrote "board games" in the notebook.

These are all the things we can think of right now in first grade, but that's not enough!

The wizarding world is a society based on personal relationships. There is only one school in all of Britain, Hogwarts, so he must maintain good relationships with the teachers and students there.

So Jimmy added a task to himself: to get to know everyone and build good relationships with everyone, so that by graduation, these classmates would be his network.

I used to always hear rich people talking about connections, now it's my turn!

If possible, it's best to build some fame, because fame is the fastest and simplest way to gain wealth.

If an ordinary monkey becomes known to everyone on Earth, then it is no longer an ordinary monkey; it is a monkey known to everyone on Earth, a celebrity monkey!

Once you become famous, even a single hair that falls from that monkey can be incredibly valuable.

Jimmy wrote the word "reputation" in his notebook, so that at least the students of Hogwarts would know about him.

That should be enough for now. Jimmy, having closed his notebook, eagerly opened "Standard Spells for Beginners." After the rational time was over, it would be time to explore magic.

The Book of Gold can be exchanged for knowledge, but he has too few Gallons. Jimmy just wants to learn a few spells to satisfy his curiosity!

Every minute of the afternoon was spent with this fascinating book, "Standard Spells for Beginners," which also has a unique theory behind spells.

A spell is a type of magic that uses incantations to cast or has a single, replicable effect. It is usually referred to as a "magic spell".

Spells are divided into seven categories: Transfiguration Spells, Magic Spells, Doom Spells, Poison Spells, Curses, Counter Spells, and Healing Spells.

The wizarding community once considered making summoning charms an independent eighth category, but this did not gain the consensus of all wizards…

The Standard Spells series is a collection of books that explain the spell system, including examples of spells and their theoretical aspects.

The novel knowledge shattered Jimmy's stereotype that it was a complete encyclopedia of spells.

"Standard Spells" is more like a standard textbook that focuses on practice to help young wizards understand the theoretical foundations, with a 30/70 split between theory and spell content.

Chapter 8 Forced Animal Labor

The sun disappears from the sky when people are not paying attention, leaving behind its last rays to remind them that night is coming.

Jimmy put down his arm, which ached from waving his wand all afternoon, stood up to stretch his stiff legs, and glanced at the Book of Gold again. The spell's level had increased from 1 to 3.

Knowledge doesn't necessarily have to be acquired with money, and it's excellent that he didn't lose his ability to learn because of the Golden Book!

This will save you some money!

Jimmy skipped downstairs to get his dinner. During his two years of homelessness, he had long since discarded his useless shamelessness. People who can make full use of their own advantages to gain benefits are generally called geniuses!

With 12 days left until September 1st, and the tangible progress bar provided by the Golden Book, Jimmy's enthusiasm for learning was higher than ever before. Even though some magical knowledge was indeed profound and difficult to digest, he would go downstairs to ask Old Tom.

Seeing how much Jimmy loved learning, Old Tom said he was sure Jimmy would get into Ravenclaw.

Jimmy followed up by asking Old Tom what Ravenclaw was like, though his memory of some less important details was already hazy.

Old Tom described the students as diligent and studious, which Jimmy automatically translated as a gathering place for academic superstars.

Jimmy shook his head when he heard that the door knocker would test students every time they entered or exited; he wasn't that keen on studying.

By the day before school started, Jimmy's chart was no longer a bare zero.

Charmsology: 6

Potions: 2

Metamorphism: 3

Alchemy: 0

The chances of deduction and epiphany are still 0, and may only increase when school starts.

Although his level looks low, Jimmy has actually learned more than a dozen basic spells, including the Illumination Charm, Basic Repair Charm, Wand Extinguishing Charm, and Healing Charm.

Transfiguration can turn a ballpoint pen into a wooden stick. Potions, lacking practical application, are only theoretical knowledge and thus have the lowest level.

Compared to Professor Snape, whom they hadn't even met yet, Snape already had more spells on him when he first entered the school than half of the seventh-year students.

If it weren't for the many words he couldn't understand, Jimmy estimated that his spell level could have been raised to level 10. However, school was about to start, and his academic progress was still not as fast as the concept-level exchange ability of the Golden Book, so making money was the highest priority.

He greeted Old Tom, whom he had already become familiar with, and left with his old backpack containing the rocket, heading to the nearest supermarket.

As soon as he entered the store, Jimmy started selecting various snacks and drinks. He filled his shopping cart to the brim before spending one-fifth of his stock.

Besides the £500 he got for free, he also had nearly £60 from begging on the street and selling secondhand items he found.

Jimmy carried a heavy bag of snacks, while Rocket, the chubby raccoon, was forced to push a small cart, and they returned to the Leaky Cauldron with a large amount of snacks.

Old Tom saw Jimmy carrying two huge bags, and his backpack was also stuffed full. He asked curiously, "Hey, little Jimmy, what are those things?"

Jimmy temporarily placed the items on the floor next to the bar, then took out a bottle of ice-cold Coca-Cola and handed it to Old Tom, saying, "Muggle drinks, would you like to try some? Only 2 colas."

Old Tom immediately withdrew his outstretched hand as if he'd been burned. "Who would drink that? You're selling it for the same price as butterbeer! And the office for prohibiting the misuse of Muggle items will send you a warning letter."

"They won't. The primary function of the Office for the Prohibition of Misuse of Muggle Items is to prevent the enchanting or arbitrary modification of Muggle items. These snacks and drinks are for eating!"

Seeing that old Tom didn't want to try it, Jimmy unceremoniously pulled the tab. "Mr. Tom, have you ever had Coke? I can give you a cup. Here's a cup."

The wizards around looked over, seemingly curious about the Muggle food Jimmy was talking about, or perhaps wondering why Jimmy would bother to learn about the Ministry of Magic's regulations against the misuse of Muggles.

Because the most profitable projects are all listed in the criminal law!

These snacks won't fetch many Galleons, but given Gringotts' exchange limits, selling snacks is the simplest way to convert pounds into Galleons.

Old Tom skillfully took out an empty glass, a glass that was usually used to hold drinks, but now it was only half full of iced cola. "This is much less than butterbeer. I bet not many people will buy it."

After spending these days together, he had a clear understanding of what kind of person Jimmy was.

He has overturned his previous idea that Jimmy would go to Ravenclaw. Jimmy will definitely go to Gryffindor. After all, this is the first time someone has dared to ask him for 100 Galleons with just a renovation plan.

He said that if the revenue growth was less than 20% within five years, he would return the 100 Galleons.

But who would dislike Old Tom's Leaky Cauldron?

This is the best bar in the Wizarding World. It doesn't need any renovations at all; people come to patronize it every day!

The huge wooden wine glass could fit an entire aluminum can inside. Jimmy was afraid of pouring too much and losing out, so he didn't take Old Tom's complaints to heart. He took a sip and, for once, found some of the feeling from back then.

Carbonated bubbles explode on the tongue, and the cool syrup flows down the throat into the stomach; that instant cooling sensation is a pleasure that wizards cannot understand.

Jimmy also had a cup of butterbeer that Old Tom treated him to. It was so sweet it was cloying, with a milky taste and not much foam. He didn't want to drink it a second time after drinking it once.

Too sweet.

Coke is sweet, but not as sweet.

Old Tom, a native of the wizarding world, had never drunk cola before. He picked up the cup, took a small sip, and commented, "It's a good drink, but not as good as the wine here."

"Little wizards can't drink alcohol." Jimmy finished his cola in a big gulp, picked up the bag, and crawled behind the counter. "Please leave it for me for the night; it's too much trouble to carry it up and down the stairs, thank you!"

"Hey! You're even less polite than my niece!"

Old Tom was pushed to the side, which made the surrounding drinkers laugh.

"Consider this a storage fee; I'll take it tomorrow morning."

After storing his belongings, Jimmy left Tom a can of chilled Coke and ran back upstairs to his guest room.

He originally wanted to buy a bottle of Muggle beer or some other alcohol for old Tom to try, but minors can't buy alcohol in the UK.

Back in his room, Jimmy took the rocket into the bathroom, scrubbed it clean, and dressed it in a little outfit he had sewn, complete with a belly bag for carrying money, since it would be open for business again tomorrow.

The next morning at eight o'clock, Jimmy pushed a trolley borrowed from the Leaky Cauldron to King's Cross Station, with Rocket sitting on a stack of suitcases on the trolley.

Jimmy wouldn't have brought the rocket along if it hadn't been so obedient and hadn't brought along such a dubious relative.

Raccoons are one of the four major pests in North America, and they are experts at rummaging through trash cans, climbing walls, and digging holes.

While they may look cute with their furry appearance, their habits are highly similar to those of mice, and the raccoon roundworms they carry can parasitize the human brain and feed on it.

Wild animals that can live well in cities are generally considered pests, and stray cats and dogs are no exception, with raccoons being a heavyweight among them.

A raccoon in North America once spent 20 hours climbing the exterior wall to the 25th floor of the UBS Bank building to overlook São Paulo at 3 a.m.

The rocket was kept because it creates value. When Jimmy used to sell secondhand items at his stall, he would place the rocket at the cashier's location, which would attract customers and lead them to buy his goods.

Chapter 9 The Hogwarts Express