The years of welding at Hogwarts

Psychological pleasure requires something else to obtain.

In the wizarding world with a lack of entertainment options, Noah believed that the large amount of entertainment options introduced from the Muggle world would definitely bring chaos to Diagon Alley.

Chess, singing, disco, etc.

Of course, the profit margins of these businesses are considerable but not huge profits. After all, these forms of entertainment cannot satisfy the ultimate goal of human life.

give birth to.

So on this basis, the business scope of the Leaky Cauldron can be extended to include foot washing, massage and other health care services that are prohibited by Muggle law but for which the Ministry of Magic does not seem to have relevant legislation.

Moreover, it is said that there is a magical creature called Veela in the wizarding world?

Humanoid creatures look exactly like humans, and every individual has a very high appearance in the human world.

Considering the low status of magical creatures in the wizarding world, hiring a Veela to serve as a technician for the Leaky Cauldron would probably cost only a few gold Galleons, but the income it would bring would definitely be considerable.

In addition to the Veela, there are also mermen.

Of course, we are not talking about the lake mermaids who live in the Black Lake adjacent to Hogwarts and look not much different from water monkeys.

But it is the kind of mermaid that is really rare in the ocean in real life, with eyes like green beans, nose like garlic, and pointed teeth.

However, the two types of humanoid magical creatures mentioned above are not enough to cover all potential customer groups of the Leaky Cauldron Royal Club.

Compared to those greasy wizards, it is obviously easier to make money from witches.

Perhaps the Centaurs in the Forbidden Forest of Hogwarts...

Well, people can’t, or at least shouldn’t.

Noah, whose thoughts were gradually becoming distracted, quickly stopped the confusing thoughts in his mind. He shook his head to drive those chaotic thoughts out of his mind.

In short, it would take less than a month for the Leaky Cauldron to become famous in the wizarding world.

After that, Noah could use the operating income of the Leaky Cauldron to acquire other shops in Diagon Alley, such as buying Madam Malkin's robe store and turning it into the Chanel and Prada of the wizarding world...

Compared with luxury goods, the other business projects of the Broken Cauldron Royal Club are still slightly inferior in terms of profit margins.

Even the laundry detergent business may not be as good as luxury goods.

After all, a pair of slippers that cost eight thousand yuan and are of such excellent quality that they fade after only one week of wearing are rare in any part of the world.

How many Galleons does a pair of slippers cost?

Even if Noah followed Uncle Dong's example and led the villagers to grow other cash crops to get rich, the production cost would still be higher than producing slippers.

Moreover, the slippers are a completely legal product, so Noah doesn't have to worry about being sent to Azkaban by the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic one day.

Just when Noah's thoughts could not stop diverging again, Dumbledore's voice interrupted Noah's reverie, "Let's go."

He took the lead and walked into the bar.

But the sugar-loving old bee seemed to have underestimated his influence in the wizarding world.

The moment he stepped into the door, the noisy bar seemed to have pressed the mute button and became completely silent in an instant.

The bar owner, whose hair was almost bald and looked like a shrunken walnut, hurried out from behind the dirty and narrow bar and came to Dumbledore at the speed of a 100-meter sprint.

"Oh!" He grabbed Dumbledore's hand. "Mr. Dumbledore! It's a pleasure!"

Even the drinkers in the bar stood up and walked towards Dumbledore. This posture was even more terrifying than the fan club fans Noah met in his previous life.

Faced with people's enthusiasm, Dumbledore was a little overwhelmed, and then there were endless politeness, compliments, and handshakes...

As for Noah, who was standing next to Dumbledore, he was completely ignored.

It was five minutes later when Dumbledore separated himself from the enthusiastic crowd.

He glanced around the Leaky Cauldron and found nothing unusual, but Dumbledore always felt like he had forgotten something?

Chapter 11 I Have an Idea Worth a Million Galleons

In Diagon Alley, Noah strolled along the winding streets made of slabs of stone and cobblestones.

No one used a wand to knock open a path for him from the backyard of the bar to Diagon Alley, but the brick wall a few meters high was not a problem for Noah.

He stepped on the trash cans piled against the wall and climbed over.

Walking out of the archway behind the wall, the dazzling sunlight shone on a pile of pots outside the nearest shop.

A sign hangs above the pot: Copper, brass, tin-plated, and silver cauldrons, all models, automatic stirring, and foldable.

Well, this store is the legendary hot pot kitchenware store that every time traveler from the East must check in.

Ever since Baimao Tuanzi pioneered the way of making chicken soup for the round-faced fat man, every copper crucible in the crucible shop has become the shape of an old hot pot.

Further away

, is a pharmacy. Even though Noah is dozens of meters away, he can smell the unique scent of potion materials floating in the air.

Unlike the slightly bitter and fragrant Chinese medicinal materials, the materials used to make potions in the magical world are really hard to describe -

These include but are not limited to freshly dead toads, slugs with their slimy internal organs squeezed out, dried bat corpses, and pus squeezed from some weird plants...

So the smell coming from the pharmacy is like rotten eggs and rotten cabbage leaves mixed together, supplemented by a freshly opened can of fermented herring, boiled together.

Noah couldn't help but hold his breath, but the deadly smell in the air still attacked his senses through every pore of his body.

He quickened his pace and left this place of trouble.

A low and soft humming sound came from a dimly lit shop adjacent to the potion shop. The sign hanging in front of the door read - Eeyore Owl Shop.

Standing at the door of the Owl Shop, Noah took out the list of necessary supplies from the envelope he received a few days ago along with the Hogwarts acceptance letter from his pocket and glanced at the contents:

【uniform】

First-year students need:

1. Three sets of plain work robes (black)

2. A plain peaked hat for daytime wear (black)

3. A pair of protective gloves (made of dragon leather or similar materials)

4. A winter cape (black with silver buttons)

Please note: All student clothing must have name tags

【textbook】

All students are required to prepare the following books:

1. The Standard Book of Spells (Elementary) by Miranda Goshawk

2. A History of Magic by Bathilda Bagshot

3. The Theory of Magic by Adelbert Wafflin

4. A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration by Emery Sweekey

5. One Thousand Wonderful Herbs and Fungi by Phyllida Spohr

6. Magic Potions and Medicinal Liquids by Arseny Giger

7. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander

8. Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Defense by Quentin Trimble

【Other items】

1. A magic wand

2. A large pot (tin plated, standard size 2)

3. A set of glass or crystal vials

4. A telescope

5. A brass balance

Students may bring an owl, a cat or a toad. Parents are kindly reminded that first-year students are not allowed to bring their own broomsticks.

Regarding the final pet selection reminder, Noah just glanced at it and looked away.

Compared to choosing ordinary animals like round-faced fat chickens, toads or cats as his pets, he would rather have a charming...

Well, what he actually wanted to talk about was the Siberian golden tabby, or the Scottish long-tailed turkey, or the fire-breathing Hebridean monitor lizard, anyway, those majestic and high-risk creatures.

That's the kind of pet a macho man should have.

If that doesn't work, it's possible to consider raising one, as it's said that every person in Sichuan and Shu regions of China owns one.

But it’s too far to consider these things now. The most important thing is to make money.

Continuing along the cobblestone road, Noah saw many interesting shops.

Some shops sold robes, others sold telescopes and strange silver items such as Noah had never seen before.

Other windows were filled with baskets of bat spleens and eel eyes, piled with spell books, quills, rolls of parchment, medicine bottles, lunar globes...

Although this was not his first exposure to the magical world, his eyes still uncontrollably wandered over the shops on both sides of the street.

After all, the Kamar-Taj where he stayed in his previous life was, to put it bluntly, a private university run by the Ancient One.

Strictly speaking, it cannot be considered a complete magical world.

His daily life in Kamar-Taj consists of dormitory, cafeteria, library and practice ground. How can it be as attractive as the magical world here?

Soon, Noah arrived in front of a snow-white building that stood tall above the surrounding shops. A white stone staircase led to a shiny bronze door.

This is the only financial institution in the wizarding world.

Gringotts.

Judging from the functions it performs in the magical world, it can also be called the Goblin Bank.

After taking a curious look at the doorman Goblin standing next to the gate in a scarlet and gold-studded uniform, Noah quickly withdrew his gaze while silently recording the situation of Gringotts' guards in his heart.

He had a plan of action worth millions of Galleons, but that was not the time to think about it.

Walking up the marble steps to the first bronze door, Noah passed the goblin guard who bowed to him and passed through the second silver door engraved with words.

He entered a lofty marble hall.

There were about a hundred goblins sitting on high stools behind a row of long counters. Some used copper scales to weigh coins, and some used eyepieces to examine gems, while making hasty entries in the large ledger.

"Hello," Noah casually called out to an idle goblin who seemed to be a bank lobby manager, "I want to exchange some currency."

"Exchange currency?" The elf who was called bowed slightly and pointed his arm in the direction of one of the counters. "Okay, please.

Please follow me."

The process of exchanging gold Galleons is not complicated, and it is exactly the same as the process Noah used to do business at the bank in his previous life.

What intrigued him the most was the strange monetary system in the wizarding world.

There are three types of currency in the wizarding world: the gold-made Galleon, the silver-made Sickle, and the copper-made Knut.

As for the exchange between them...

1 gold Galleon is equal to 17 silver Sickles, and 1 silver Sickle is equal to 29 bronze Knuts. Who came up with this crazy number system?

If you don't carry a calculator with you, you won't be able to figure out the change when you go out to buy groceries, right?

Just as Noah put the few gold bars he had casually put in his pocket when he went out in the morning on the counter, asking the fairy behind the counter to exchange them for gold Galleons of equal value.

A sound coming from the door of Gringotts attracted his attention.

"Is this the bank in the wizarding world? How wonderful! However, the employees here..."

A family of three appeared at the entrance of Gringotts lobby and they looked obviously Muggles.

The brown-haired man in the lead looked like Granny Liu when she entered the Grand View Garden for the first time. He was full of curiosity and desire to explore all the new things around him.

Beside him, the gentle woman who was obviously his wife reached out and pulled his clothes just in time before he could utter some words that might offend the goblin staff.

She whispered, "Roy."

Although she didn't say anything explicitly, her meaning was very clear.

Grandma Luo, no, the man named Roy wisely chose to stop talking.

A small head with disheveled hair popped out from behind the young couple, looking curiously at everything in the marble hall.

The girl was wearing a sky blue dress, a pair of white stockings tightly wrapped around her well-proportioned calves, black leather boots on her feet, and the brown hair inherited from her father was casually tied into a fluffy ponytail at the back of her head.

Looking at the other person's iconic hair and front teeth that revealed his identity, Noah's eyes revealed a hint of interest.