Connor's Hogwarts

Connor spent several hours and walked in a long circle back to Lake Manor, where his grandfather had been waiting for a long time.

"Connor, are everything arranged?" Grandpa was drinking tea. I don't know if he had been drinking tea.

"Well, everything about the new version of the monster card has been arranged."

Old Devin took another sip of tea, then sighed and said, "Actually, you shouldn't worry about these things. You should be at an age where you can concentrate on your studies."

"It's okay. I'm just coming up with ideas from behind anyway. It won't cost anything." Connor waved his hand and said. He didn't feel busy. After all, he didn't need to do anything.

My grandfather shook his head and said: "I used to do business in the UK, and I thought it was a very simple thing. Now that I have opened my business, I realized that it is not easy to make money. Now I can only rely on those Only with the help of the squib can we avoid being deceived by those goblins."

When he said the last sentence, his grandfather sounded a bit dumbfounded. The two things he hated the most in his life were squibs and goblins, and now he had to deal with these two things every day, which tortured him quite a lot.

Connor chuckled and said: "There is no way around this. We want to open up the market, so cooperation with Gringotts is inevitable. After all, Gringotts is the only bank in the wizarding world."

The relationship between goblins and wizards is more complicated. Goblins are creatures that are no weaker than human wizards. They have the ability to cast spells, a complete magic system, and are very business-minded (greedy for money). Gringotts all over the world is enough to prove this. .

Some people may wonder why wizards would hand over their money bags to goblins. In fact, no one wants to give their money bags to others.

In the beginning, wizards actually wanted to "domesticate" goblins into "slaves" like house elves to serve wizards. There were many wizards who wanted to join Gringotts. The causes of the several goblin rebellions in history were all Inseparable from these reasons.

However, because the goblins have a relatively large population base and are not weak in strength, the wizards cannot completely defeat this group of goblins, and it will cost a lot to eliminate them.

So in the end they could only compromise with each other, the wizard would not visit Gringotts, and the goblin also lost the right to have a wand.

As long as the goblins don't have wands, they are under control in the eyes of wizards. The magical power of goblins is not as good as that of wizards. Goblins without wands will use up their magic power in just a few spells.

"Of course I understand this, and I'm actually in a good mood. I didn't ask you here to tell you this." Grandfather's face was a little erratic and unnatural, as if he was organizing his words:

"Connor, there's something I have to tell you. Not long ago, the International Federation of Wizards sent me an invitation. I will be the British representative of the Federation of Wizards soon."

"Oh? International Federation of Wizards? Is our family already so powerful?"

Connor was a little surprised. The International Federation of Wizards is something like the United Nations in the wizarding world. Dumbledore was the British representative of the Federation a few years ago, but later he became the president. Generally speaking, wizards who can join the Federation are It means that it has great influence in itself.

"Well, our family is already the most famous family in the UK..." Grandfather smiled very proudly: "Orders for surveillance mirrors have been placed by the Ministry of Magic in various countries, and Facebook's sales market has also expanded to Sweden and Romania. , our monster cards cover the entire Europe, and our cards can also be seen everywhere in Africa and America.”

"But wouldn't this be too ostentatious?" Connor did not smile. He frowned slightly. In fact, he didn't know much about the family's management in the wizarding world in recent years, but he vaguely felt that it was not good. Is your home too sharp?

"Haha, you don't have to worry about this. The cake made up of your gadgets is too big now. It is no longer something that our Lake family can swallow alone. We have been cooperating with other families a long time ago. You You may not have known it clearly in school, but in fact the entire famous British family has basically been tied to our family’s chariot.”

Old Devin smiled like an old fox: "Our backing is the major magic families in the UK, the British Ministry of Magic and Dumbledore, especially the old antique families. They have all tasted the sweetness of gold galleons. Our British The magic world opened up this closed situation because of your little card."

"Oh? Really. So I'm so powerful, haha... haha" Connor laughed dryly and scratched his head. He really didn't know much about these things. The newspaper praised him every day, so he couldn't understand.

Moreover, his main focus is on studying magic and cards. In terms of business, he pays more attention to Muggle companies. As for the extent of the family's business, he really has no idea.

"Of course, you have to know that in the past, our British wizarding world was very closed. We stayed in a corner and ignored what was happening outside. Most of our families were content with the status quo. Now that I think about it, it is really petty."

Something called ambition seemed to appear in Old Devin's eyes: "The market in our British wizarding world is too small, no, the market in Europe is not enough. Only by going out, out of Europa, and across the ocean can we develop. And...the feeling of being able to take Galleons out of those goblins' pockets is really addictive."

Connor looked at Old Devine with strange eyes. Connor had been studying with Lao Devine for so many years, so he was naturally very familiar with his grandfather. Originally, he was just an old artist who had no desires and was a bit stubborn. But when did this old man become so aggressive?

Connor shook his head. This is not a bad thing. People always have ambitions and pursuits. It is understandable and understandable:

"Isn't that good? After my new card comes out, it will probably completely open up the Egyptian market. In the future, I will release a free-spirited copy, which may help you open up the American market. Anyway... I will sit back and collect it. Money would be nice, hahaha.”

"Haha, Connor, you take most of the credit for this..." Grandfather took a sip of tea: "Connor, our family is becoming more and more powerful day by day. It can be said that it is all contributed to by your little invention. I can I clearly feel that these little things prove to slowly change the lives of wizards..."

Listening to his grandfather constantly praising himself, Connor felt a little embarrassed. He didn't expect that the little toy he made for playing with was so powerful...

After praising him for a long time, his grandfather glanced at Connor secretly, and there was a hint of uneasiness on his face. He looked around and said, "Connor, I heard that you have a good relationship with Alice from the Windsor family?"

"Huh!?" Connor didn't expect to hear this name when he returned home. He shuddered suddenly and stuttered: "It's... not bad, what's wrong?"

Who knew that Old Devin's eyes suddenly lit up when he saw Connor's reaction? This was the first time he saw such a complicated expression on his grandson's face. Could it be that this was possible?

"Oh, it's nothing, I'm just asking out of boredom... By the way, Connor, I heard that the Alice card you drew before was exactly for little Alice. Is this true?"

Connor felt that something was not quite right. He hesitated for a long time, and finally nodded bravely: "That's true, but that's because I agreed to it in the first place."

Grandfather showed a relieved smile, and he patted Connor on the shoulder with great relief: "I understand, so I feel relieved. In fact, I have already made arrangements for opening a new branch in Hogsmeade. , you don’t have to worry about any of this…”

Seeing his grandfather minding his own business there, Connor's mentality was no longer as stable as it was at the beginning...

? ? ? Wait, please make it clear! What did you understand? Why can’t I understand? ? Let’s go back to the previous topic, shall we? ! !