Hogwarts Card System Chapter 103

  Chapter 103 The number one salted fish seller

  Leaving from the orphanage, Ted bought some Muggle things as gifts for his wizarding friends, and then returned to the Leaky Cauldron.

   "Old Tom, see what good things I brought you?" Ted held up a delicate porcelain wine bottle.

   "Um~ this is..." Old Tom asked himself after tasting wine for decades, but he really didn't know what wine it was.

  Ted shook the porcelain bottle in his hand, "The specialty of the Celestial Dynasty, Lao Baigan~"

  Ted has lived in the magic world for more than a year, especially his work experience in Diagon Alley, which gave him a deep feeling for prices.

  Many things in the wizarding world are more expensive than in the Muggle world, even much more expensive.

   This is not difficult to understand - the difference in productivity is caused.

   It's like brewing wine. Although wizards can use magic to assist them, many links are indispensable.

  How can their family-style winery compare with a modern winery?

  The wine produced by the family is in tons! The price is naturally much cheaper.

  Of course, Ted's gift to friends is not only for cheap, but also for freshness!

  More than 70% of wizards have hardly had any contact with the Muggle world.

  They don't even know the process of buying a bus ticket or taking the subway. It is estimated that they will be stuck for two hours at a ticket gate. So they also know nothing about the products of the Muggle world.

  Like Ron, eating assorted candies that Ted bought from a Muggle candy shop, so sweet it was tongue-in-cheek!

  In the evening, Ted returned to his room, did not open the book to study, but leaned against the head of the bed and began to think.

  He came up with an idea last year - set up a second-hand trading platform in Diagon Alley!

   It's not that kind of second-hand store, but a platform like salted fish.

  This line feels very interesting~

   Many second-hand items in the wizarding world are very valuable.

  Because magic will not depreciate rapidly in a few years or ten years.

   Therefore, magic items will not depreciate in a short time.

   It has long-lasting value.

  However, it is not necessarily useful for a long time.

  For example, there is an automatic lawnmower at home.

   As a result, there is no lawn at home now, and it has been changed into a vegetable garden.

   You said throw it away, it's too wasteful. If you keep it, you won't need it for many years, and it still takes up space.

  If you sell second-hand goods, the price reduction in second-hand stores is very serious. Sometimes even one-tenth of the price of the item is not given.

  The reason why there are so many second-hand stores is because the profits are great.

  Of course, not everyone can open this kind of shop.

  You look like the eldest of the Weasleys, Bill. He was a spellbreaker in Gringotts, Egypt.

  What is the position of a curse-breaker?

   is a wizard who specializes in cracking magic and curses. The requirements are very high, and there are even risks.

That's just Gringotts' spellbreaker, like those dangerous magic item recycling stores, such as the Bokin Burke store in Knockturn Alley, the magic items collected there are very dangerous, and belong to a person who accidentally killed himself kind of.

   He had no skills, and died tragically in the store within two months.

   Moreover, the population of the British magic community is probably less than 30,000, so it is difficult to form a prosperous and sound society. Many wizards are still withdrawn and eccentric, they live in simple places and are not easy to get in touch with.

   This leads to difficulties between transactions.

  Ted discovered this business opportunity last year. If he can build a reliable trading platform, it will have a bright future.

   It can even be said that it has usurped part of the Ministry of Magic's authority.

  But putting any idea into practice requires "capital".

  Jin Gallon is one aspect, ability is another aspect, strength is another aspect, and influence is another aspect.

   Of course, Ted didn't think about doing that unrealistic thing now, he just wanted to take advantage of this vacation to upgrade his identification skills.

   Now the identification technique seems to have reached a bottleneck, no matter how Ted uses it, it will be difficult to improve it.

  Ted felt that either he could upgrade his psion level and rely on the enhancement of psychic powers to enhance his ability, or he needed some extra stimulation—such as identifying some high-end and unusual things.

   There is actually a shortcut, that is to identify Dumbledore!

  Ted has secretly tried identification techniques on several professors and obtained a lot of information.

  But the headmaster really didn't dare to cross the threshold, he had never used it before, for fear of attracting the attention of the greatest white wizard of this century, the legendary wizard Dumbledore.

  However, at the end of the Sorcerer's Stone breakthrough, Ted once identified Voldemort who was in a crippled state. Although he didn't get much information, the improvement in the identification technique was obvious! It is equivalent to the harvest of appraising twenty or thirty professors!

   If Dumbledore in full condition is identified, it will definitely bring the identification technique to a higher level.

  The problem is that Ted dare not~

  So he thought of such a way - to organize second-hand transactions, so as to improve identification skills, and by the way, collect more data to measure the level of the magic world.

  The instructor said that without in-depth investigation, there is no right to speak.

  What he pays most attention to is in-depth investigation, and a comprehensive and true understanding of a certain environment and field. If Ted wants to do something in the future, this link must not be omitted.

   There are many points to be resolved in this matter. First of all, the support of Mr. Giggs must be obtained.

   "You mean, you want to set up a stall at the door?"

   "That's not the question. The question is what are you going to do? Sell things? Tell wizards fortunes?"

  Mr. Giggs's expression is very exciting, and he has a feeling of seeing a fortune-telling stall at the entrance of a five-star hotel.

  He is a wizard after all, and his business perspective is not broad enough.

So, Ted explained to him: "It's like this. I solved a magic puzzle on a wall of the school library, and got the magic left by an unknown senior, which seemed to inspire some of my thoughts. A talent that can identify the attributes and information of items."

   This is of course nonsense, half true and half false, the magic he got in the library is "Magic Thousand Paper Crane Communication Charm".

   "So I want to provide a certain amount of convenience for everyone, let them hand over the things they want to sell to me for identification, and then write them on the blackboard, so that interested people can see it, which can make the transaction more convenient. Or barter..."

  Mr. Giggs listened to Ted's explanation, and the more he thought about it, the more interesting he felt.

   But with one big premise...

"Ted, this is not a joke. Appraisal of magic items requires a lot of knowledge and eyesight. If the identification is wrong, it's fine. At most, you will lose some money. Don't encounter any dangerous magic items, and lose your life! "

   After all, he was born in Ravenclaw, so he is still very cautious.

  Ted showed a bright smile: "Mr. Giggs, you can test me!"

  Mr. Giggs took out three things from his collection and put them on the table.

   "My boy, let me see what you are capable of! I told you, these three things are not easy, just give it a try!"

  Mr. Giggs wants to see this overly proud kid smash his halberd into the sand and kill his vigor!

  Ted looked up, and the first thing was a small statue, about 25 centimeters, a humanoid but not human creature, with a very fat body, two heads with a single horn, one with one eye and the other with two eyes. With fangs and sticks...

   Isn't this a two-headed ogre?

  Ted launched the identification technique, and Mr. Giggs, who had been observing carefully, felt that Ted's eyes suddenly seemed to brighten a lot, but he didn't notice any fluctuations in magic power.

   Hiss~ Strange, what kind of ability is this? !

"This is a statue of a two-headed ogre, made of bronze. It was infused with magic power when it was cast. It is not something from this world. Around this small statue, strength will increase and physical strength will slowly recover... Am I right? "

  Mr. Giggs clapped his hands: "Ted, you really have the talent to identify items?! Amazing! Not bad at all, even more than I know."

  In fact, Ted got more detailed information. For example, the radius of action is eight meters, the effect is +2 power, and the statue needs to be baked with flames every month, otherwise the magic power will not be maintained after a few years.

  Look at the second item again, it is a dusty stone. At first glance, it is unremarkable, but a closer look reveals that it is a crystal. It's just that the interior seems to be foggy, so it's gray.

   "The magic spar mine in Uruguay, a natural and rare associated mine, can only appear in the mining area of ​​the magic vein hub. As for the function, I can only see the creation of magic items..."

   "Yes, yes, yes! When I bought it, the man said it was a Uruguayan magic spar. It seems that I was right." Mr. Giggs was very happy.

  The last thing is a fruit, dark red like a mangosteen with a hard shell, I don't know what it looks like inside.

   "I don't see much information about this thing. I only know that it is a plant with medicinal value...Mr. Giggs, where did you get it?" Ted asked.

   "Ha! Don't you know? Let me tell you, I don't know~~~" Mr. Giggs looked proud.

   "I discovered it by accident when collecting medicinal materials last year. It should be some kind of magical plant fruit from another world, but no one has researched it yet."

  Ted breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. Fortunately, he knew how to keep a low profile and didn't say that this was the Roja fruit in the gap between the old man's ring, otherwise it would be really hard to explain.

  Some things, too much is too late.

   After all, I am just a 12-year-old orphan wizard, so don't do anything too outrageous. Most people who don't know how to be low-key have become cannon fodder, and I am an expert in dog Taoism!

   With the approval of Mr. Giggs, this "salted fish stall" can be set up.

   Soon, shoppers in Diagon Alley found a table set up outside Giggs' pharmacy, and a board was hung with the words: Salted Fish Net!

   Passers-by were stunned when they saw it. Ziggs' good medicinal materials and potions are not sold, but he is also involved in the seafood retail field?

  Come closer and find that there are small words below:

  Xianyu.com undertakes second-hand magic item identification, listing, guarantee and other businesses, and supports cash transactions, entrusted sales and barter~

   Then there are a few lines of names: 80% new rainproof and moisture-proof cloak, 90% new automatic magic copper balance, alarm crystal, celestial biting kale seeds...

   These are the first batch of products provided by Mr. Giggs in friendship, so as not to be empty and unsightly, and it is not easy to win people's trust.

  In fact, there is also a 1.5-meter-long Dharma protector tree trunk with thick arms. It was directly acquired by Ted at an internal price.

   This thing was last year when Mr. Giggs was purchasing medicinal materials, he stunned a few Bowtruckles with magic potions, and cut them from other trees. You just say how much it hurts? Forced demolition!

Seeing a lot of people watching around, Ted immediately yelled: "Hey, take a look, pass by, don't miss it. Those who come from the south to the north, those who have been to the United States and the Port of London, and those who have passed the south Those who traveled to the north, those who swam in the mountains, those who played in the water, those who studied abroad, those who visited the United States, and those who kissed on the street..."

   "This salted fish network has just been launched, and it has been on TV and reported, and the British Empire knows about it. If you say you haven't seen it, it proves that your information channel is not authentic~"

  Don't worry about shouting, excitement is the most important thing.

  Look, those people didn't understand what Ted yelled, but they all leaned over~~~

  Passerby: I didn't understand what he was saying, but his voice was bright!

   Ted: Hi, how about the salted fishnet? Listen to me blowing to you~

  (end of this chapter)

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