Connor's Hogwarts

"Connor, are you sure... do you really want to do this?" Grandfather said to Connor in a serious tone in Lake Manor.

It had been several days since I came back from France, and my second aunt's family had settled down. They chose to live in a bustling city instead of living far away from the crowd.

So her grandfather gave Elena a lot of money, and the family bought a house near Baker Street in London.

It seems that a Sherlock Holmes museum is being built there, and my second aunt's family is not far from the museum...

After knowing this, Connor's first thought was: If he has time in the future, he should go there and see if he can meet the real God of Death who came to visit.

Elena took over the work of preparing the Xiaohongshu production factory, while her second uncle, Charles, was busy with the matter that Connor gave him about the establishment of "Lake Animation Company".

"Yes, Grandpa, the Ministry of Magic does not stipulate that wizards cannot open companies in the Muggle world. If not, why can't we make Muggle money?"

"Although I won't stop you from doing this kind of thing, what's the use of making Muggle money? Their currency is worthless to us wizards. As long as a wizard is willing, he can easily pay for it. Gua Bank's warehouse, if he is not afraid of being wanted by the Ministry of Magic."

Grandfather shook his head and said, he thought this was another thing Connor wanted to do on a whim.

The financial systems of the wizarding world and the Muggle world are not integrated, and the exchange rate of gold galleons against Muggle currency on the black market is also erratic.

For wizards, exchanging gold galleons for pounds is like recharging game currency. There are still many recharge-related game currencies - people who don't play games think that people who recharge games are evil.

Muggle currency is useful to wizards, but it is actually dispensable. They don't go out of their way to make Muggle money.

For children from Muggle families, all the money they spend to go to Hogwarts is paid by the school, which is regarded as seven years of compulsory education.

Children from Muggle families can go to Gringotts when school starts and exchange five pounds for one gold galleons. However, this exchange has an upper limit. Each person can only exchange for about one hundred gold galleons. This money is actually It is sponsored by the school.

When redeeming, the stingy goblins of Gringotts will carefully compare it with a list to see if you are the "poor" little wizard on the list.

In short, no wizard would be stupid enough to exchange a gold Galleons for five pounds. They could just throw a sniff into the Muggle streets and probably get hundreds of pounds for nothing. Muggle currency is very important to wizards. , really of little value.

"Grandpa, I didn't set up this company just to make money, and I don't lack the money. I did it to make the name of our Lake family famous in the world!" Connor tried to fool his grandfather:

"Think about it, by then, everyone, whether wizards or Muggles, will know Pikachu, know our cards, and know the Lake family! What a good thing this is!"

Seeing the movement in his grandfather's eyes, Connor quickly added the strongest blow: "And you know, Blanche doesn't know magic."

Grandfather was silent, yes, Connor's cousin Blanche Delacour, no, now Blanche Lake, she was a squib like her father.

There is magic in Blanche's body, but she can't use any magic. She is the kind of squib that can't use magic even after chanting a magic spell. It is exactly what Old Devine calls a "magic worker."

Old Devin was helpless after learning the truth. He never thought that his granddaughter was also a squib. When he thought of this, he wanted to throw the Ciel into the mouth of the fire dragon.

If nothing unexpected happens, Blanche will grow up like an ordinary Muggle child, go to Muggle middle school and university, and later make a living in the Muggle world...just like her father.

If it had been in the past, my grandfather would not have had any other ideas and just let everything take its course. With the support of the Lake family, his children would never starve to death.

But the plan proposed by Connor gave my grandfather more ambitions. Not only could the Lake family protect their descendants in the wizarding world, they would also remain a behemoth in the Muggle world!

That way, no matter whether the descendants of the family have magical talents or not, they can live a worry-free life.

This is what my grandfather was thinking at this time. The prosperity of the family is always what he cares about most...

So he said to Connor:

"Then...I agree, just go ahead and do it. As long as it doesn't violate wizarding laws, you can do whatever you want with the rest. I will solve the problems with the Ministry of Magic for you."

Connor narrowed his eyes and showed a happy smile: "Of course! Grandpa, you will definitely be proud of today's decision in the future."

"So, your burden is very heavy, Uncle Charles."

A few days later, in an empty office building in downtown London, Connor and Charles stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows and looked at the bustling London street scene.

My grandfather bought this building in Connor's name and spent a lot of gold galleons. Recently, my grandfather bought up almost all the pounds, francs and various Muggle currencies on the black market.

From now on, this will be the "Lake Building" belonging to Lake Animation Company.

"Connor, you are forcing yourself to do something difficult." Charles scratched his head with a wry smile and said, "You asked me, an article writer, to open a company for you. I'm just looking at you with a black eye."

"Uncle Charles, you are a top student at the University of Paris IV. You are doing quite well here. You will get used to it gradually. Don't be afraid of wasting money, just go ahead and do it." Connor didn't care. He waved his hand, since he was the shopkeeper anyway, he just wanted to see the results.

"My legs have been broken these days before I can finish the things you asked me to do. Others drive luxury cars with their secretaries to discuss business, but I am the only one who talks on the road," Mr. Charles said helplessly. Covering his forehead.

Connor shrugged: "There will be a car, and there will be a secretary. Just take your time..."

"After taking care of the office space, the next thing is the people. Uncle Charles, next you need to find some writers like you. Don't worry about the animation company for the time being. You have to write your game copy first. A planning group was established."

"Oh, this. I still have some ideas. Many of my college classmates also work in London."

Connor waved his hand, took out a big box from his pocket, and handed it to Charles: "Uncle Charles, you don't need to tell me this. I don't understand even if you say it. I believe you can handle it. "

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"This is the information on all the monster cards we have created so far. I give these to you."

"You have more than a month. Before August 1st, you have to sort out a complete storyline and think of a new story..."

"Isn't this...time a bit...tight...?"

"Uncle Charles, believe in yourself, you can definitely do it, and I have actually already laid out the framework for this new story." Connor said this, and handed Charles a few more books, and Charles took them.

"Andersen's fairy tales and Grimm's fairy tales?" Charles asked doubtfully.

"Well, yes, the last Alice event was very popular among wizards. From the results of secret investigations over the years, we found that wizards have a high level of confidence in the stories about the magical world imagined by Muggles. interest."

"So I think using stories with magical elements as the background for secondary creation can greatly stimulate wizards' desire to buy. This time I plan to adapt some characters from fairy tales into the cards."

Connor smiled and said: "Before school starts on September 1st, we will have a major update about monster cards, and before the new version is released, we need your story to divert the attention of wizards and at the same time provide The release of the new version has heated up the atmosphere.”

"The name of this new version is - [Fairy Tale Town]"