Chapter 262
: Capitalists and Magicians
Chapter 262: Capitalists and Magicians
"very good……"
Lucius Malfoy stood up, as if he wanted to say something harsh, but after he paused, he said in a stiff tone:
"Thank you for your tolerance, Dumbledore... I... I may need to talk to my son again."
"That's as it should be." Dumbledore said, "There is an empty classroom on the seventh floor. I think Severus would like to take you there."
"of course."
Snape threw off his robes and glanced at Vader as he walked out the door.
His eyes seemed to say - "Just wait!"
Malfoy followed with a stern face, as if he didn't want to say a word to Dumbledore.
He gave Draco a cold look and said, "Follow me!"
Draco flinched, but Narcissa was already on her feet.
She took her son's hand and led him out of the principal's office.
The presence of his mother seemed to give Draco a lot of courage. After he walked out the door, Wade heard him whispering:
"I really didn't mean it, Mom...please talk to Dad for me..."
Narcissa said softly, "You shouldn't do this, Draco. Vincent is your friend who grew up with you."
"He's changed!" Draco said angrily, "He talks bad about me behind my back..."
Vader made a face as if he had toothache.
How did Draco defend himself earlier?
What he said now sounded like he did it on purpose.
Maybe he felt that his mother was the only one around him, so he felt free to act coquettishly and complain.
However, the tower of the principal's office had a spiral staircase structure, and the automatic staircase was surrounded by a circular cylinder, like an echo tube, allowing the people in the room to clearly hear the two people's whispers.
The big Crabbe in the room suddenly had an extremely fierce look in his eyes.
Seeing that Vader was looking at him, Big Crabbe put away his ferocious expression and stood up to say goodbye.
"I am leaving too, Dumbledore."
He croaked, "Vincent and his mother are still at St. Mungo's."
"I'm sorry that Vincent had this accident at school..."
Before Dumbledore could finish his words, the half-closed door was slammed open again.
Big Malfoy stood at the door, his light golden hair seemed to be cold.
"Ah, Lucius," Dumbledore asked gently, "is there anything I can help you with?"
Malfoy managed to maintain his politeness.
"Sorry for disturbing you."
He turned his gaze to Vader and said, "I want to buy this set of mirrors - make an offer."
After he left, he suddenly remembered that although they had reached an agreement with the Crabs, the footage recorded by the streaming mirror was still a handle that could have a negative impact on Draco at any time.
So Lucius didn't even have time to say hello to the other people, and immediately hurried back.
Vader hesitated.
Although the flow mirror has already started production, there is no exact figure for its price yet.
According to Marchionne, the flow mirror is a groundbreaking invention, and he needs to conduct market research before determining the price for the first sale.
But in any case, due to production limitations, it is impossible to sell it at a low price.
This is just a sub-mirror.
They currently have no intention of selling the mother mirror.
In the two seconds that Wade hesitated, Malfoy had no idea what associations he had, but he immediately offered a price himself.
"Six thousand Galleons."
He said straightforwardly, "I'll buy that set of mirrors, including the images inside, for six thousand Galleons!"
"make a deal!"
Wade said decisively, and then, under the watchful eyes of Dumbledore and Crabbe, he shrunk the magnified sub-mirror again and stacked it together with the main mirror.
With a swish, as if by magic, he took out a palm-sized box from his pocket, put two mirrors in it, fastened the lock, and handed it to Malfoy.
"Here is your mirror, Mr. Malfoy."
Lucius Malfoy looked at him deeply and said, "I'll send the money to you by owl." "No need." Wade said, "Just transfer it directly to my vault - No. 317. You can contact the goblin Kuller at Gringotts. I hope to see the news of the Galleons being credited in my letter on Monday."
Next Monday, Gringotts would, as usual, send Wade an account of the changes in funds in his vault, down to the minute details of every change in the number of Knuts.
It's Saturday now.
This means that Malfoy had better transfer the money immediately after returning.
In everyone's perception, teenagers will only complain about having too little pocket money, but they will not ask for payment so blatantly.
Malfoy gave Wade a strange look, took the box, and left without looking back.
Later, Crabbe also said goodbye.
"The Flow Mirror is a very good invention. In the future, every wizard family may want to own one. But at 6,000 Galleons, only the nobles may be able to afford it."
Dumbledore said with a smile.
"Professor, if you want to buy one, it only costs 30 Galleons."
Vader paused and added, "This is the internal price."
"And what's the normal price?" Dumbledore asked curiously.
"About a hundred, maybe? That depends on Mr. Marchionne's opinion."
Vader thought for a moment and said.
Dumbledore couldn't help but remain silent when he thought of Malfoy's generous gift of 6000 Galleons.
When Malfoy finds out the normal price, he’ll be so angry!
Of course, considering how scarce two-way mirrors were in the past, this price doesn’t seem so outrageous.
Wade coughed dryly and explained, "It's like this, he bought a set... The mother mirror is not for sale and is much more expensive."
"If you sell it for 100 Galleons, will you make money?" asked Dumbledore.
In fact, he rarely cared about business and economic issues, but since it was related to Wade, he also wanted to learn about it.
"You can only make a little money," said Weed. "But if it's more expensive, many people can't afford it. TV... I mean, things like streaming media, the more viewers there are, the greater its value will be."
100 Galleons may sound like a lot, but it is actually affordable for most people.
For example, Filch, who earns 15 Galleons a week and lives in school, can easily buy himself a "TV" if he saves for two months.
For example, the Weasley family is notoriously poor in the wizarding world, but with Arthur Weasley's salary, if he lives frugally, he can save enough for a few months.
The main reason why the Weasley family lived a tight life was because the couple had no habit of saving and basically lived paycheck to paycheck every month, so much so that when the children started school, there were not even two gold Galleons in the entire vault.
In fact, most wizards are very self-sufficient and attach much less importance to money than Muggles. If they want, they can even go without spending money for years.
For example, Dumbledore did not pay himself a very high salary as headmaster, but he still saved a lot of money.
But after hearing Wade's price, Dumbledore immediately took out the money and bought a mirror from Wade.
He fiddled with the mirror and noticed some switches on the side. After turning them on, he asked curiously, "Why is there no picture?"
"The content will be displayed after the broadcast begins."
Wade came over and introduced the man, who was over a hundred years old:
"If you're someone who doesn't know magic, you can adjust the sound with this knob on the side."
"At present, the sub-mirrors can only play the same pictures, but within a year, we will allow viewers to choose at least three programs at the same time..."
Dumbledore understood immediately: "Just like Muggle TV... can you change channels?"
"Yes."
“Can this mirror do that?”
"Of course not." Wade smiled like a capitalist: "It doesn't have such a function yet!"
Dumbledore looked at him with a smile: "... Vader?"
"Ok?"
"You do know that magic is dangerous, right?"
Vader blinked, "Of course."
"Then do you know how many attacks Mr. Marchionne has encountered?" Dumbledore asked again.
Wade was silent for a moment, then said, "Maybe by then... there will be a service like exchanging old items for new ones?"
Dumbledore nodded in satisfaction.
I won't stay up late today, there's only one chapter left
(End of this chapter)