Chapter 817: The Most Precious Wealth
"I really miss it!" Shen Long and Irene said at the same time. Irene was because she hadn't returned to the magical world for a long time since she married Tobias Snape; while Shen Long felt that it was crowded and cramped. Diagon Alley reminded him of the urban village near the school when he was in college. Both places were equally lively and chaotic.
There are dilapidated buildings on both sides, with all kinds of signboards hanging on them, and the pedestrians on the road are also dressed in strange clothes. Most of the clothes give people a sloppy and dirty feeling, only a few wear neat dresses, as if from Like the gentlemen who came from the Victorian era to modern society, these should be those nobles who came from the ancient pure-blood wizarding family.
What is more interesting is the signboards of those shops. The characters on them can talk and move like the paintings on the walls of Hogwarts. They attract passing guests by themselves, and even scold people on the nearby signboards.
Well, this is quite an interesting thing. If you can learn how to make this kind of signboard, when you go to other worlds, you will be able to open your own business, right? If it wasn't for the lack of business in his private restaurant, and he was worried about causing unnecessary trouble, Shen Long would have wanted to buy one for his own restaurant.
"Although the notice hasn't come yet, I think I can buy you some things first! Such as crucibles, magic wands, and pets. What do you like? Owls or toads?" Irene asked while looking at the surrounding shops.
owl? toad? I don't like either of these. Is there one that looks a little cuter and cuter? Even Ron's big mouse is better than these few, right?
"No matter what we buy, we have to go to exchange some money first, right? Let's go to Gringotts first." Shen Long had already developed a strong interest in the financial system in the world of Harry Potter. The value of one Galleon It is 5 pounds, which is almost equivalent to more than six dollars and more than forty yuan.
According to the impression in the movie, a gold Galleon weighs more than ten grams. Now that the Bretton Woods system has just collapsed, the exchange rate of gold against the US dollar and the British pound has been rising all the way. The pound that can be exchanged for more than ten grams of gold is definitely more than 5 pounds , as long as you exchange a bunch of Galleons, go back and melt them into gold to exchange for British pounds, and then exchange the British pounds for Galleons, it will definitely be a huge profit!
It doesn’t matter even if the Galleons aren’t real gold, the exchange rate of the British pound is constantly changing, and you can definitely make a lot of money by speculating in Galleons and British pounds by means of foreign exchange speculation!
However, Shen Long is not very interested in this, because the money he earned in the real world is enough for him to live comfortably. Don’t watch Harry Potter’s gold coins pile up like a mountain when the vault is opened in the movie. In fact, the wealth of the wizarding world It is far from being comparable to the local tyrants in the Muggle world.
It can be seen from the scope of their business operations that wizards in the wizarding world have never had much contact with the Muggle world. After the baptism of industrialized capitalist society,
How much wealth can such a world accumulate?
The pile of gold coins belonging to Harry Potter in the Gringotts vault is probably between 10,000 and 20,000, which is a maximum of one million pounds. Even Harry Potter is regarded as the wizarding world. The local tyrants at the top of the rankings can be called Wang Sicong in the magic world, but a million pounds in the real world is nothing at all.
The best-selling of "The Lion King" has brought Shen Long a lot of royalties. Some companies even came to him to plan to adapt this book into cartoons, stage plays, and produce peripheral products. When the third part of "The Lion King" was released, Shen Long's assets could definitely surpass that of the Potter family.
This is just royalties and copyright fees. If he conducts some business operations, such as buying and selling stocks, speculating in futures, etc., it will be a matter of minutes to become the richest man in the wizarding world.
Walking to a tall white building, glanced at the warning written on the door of Gringotts, and walked into the lobby, a group of goblins were working behind the long counter, some were talking to customers, some were using the scales Weighing gold coins; Irene led Shen Long to an empty counter, took out a thick stack of pounds from her bag, and asked to exchange them for Galleons.
When the goblin saw so many pounds, he immediately became excited, and quickly recommended the service of the treasury to Irene. The Galleon she wanted to exchange was a bit too much, and it was inconvenient to carry.
Shen Long did the math, and it was calculated based on the rated exchange rate of one Galleon to five British pounds. I don't know how Gringotts ensured that no one could take advantage of the exchange rate to bring Gringotts down. It might be wizards Reasons for having no interest in the Muggle world.
After exchanging the money, the two of them went out together to buy the things Shen Long needed when he entered school. The first was the wand. They went to Ollivander's wand shop and spent seven galleons, which is thirty-five pounds, to buy it for themselves. A wand, birch, thirteen and a half inches long, with a core of snake nerves, exactly like the one in the novel Rysnape.
Then I went to Mrs. Malkin's magic robe shop and bought a full set of new clothes for the two of them. Irene hadn't had the money to buy these these years. After putting on the new clothes, she looked much younger.
Of course, the crucible is also indispensable, which is a must for refining potions. In addition, there are pets. Shen Long chose a British bobtail cat. The bobtail cat is not as eye-catching as owls and toads, and it can be brought back to the real world.
The last is Lihen Bookstore. In Shen Long’s view, this is the most valuable place in Diagon Alley. is the most precious wealth.
Forget about novels, Shen Long bought a bunch of books on the history of magic, elementary magic, and some practical magic, and packed a whole box.
Maybe someday I can bring Lili over when I'm free, and show her the world, well, after she receives the notice, Shen Long made up his mind on the way back.
Back home, after dinner, Shen Long went back to his study, and while drinking tea, he flipped through these books. These books recorded the history of the magic world, as well as all kinds of magical magic, magical creatures, magic Items, magic potions, Shen Long seemed to have entered a huge treasure house, and he was fascinated by it.
It wasn't until after ten o'clock in the evening, when Irene came to urge him to sleep, that Shen Long reluctantly put down his book, washed up and prepared to go to bed, lying on the bed, Shen Long's mind was also full of novel knowledge that he had just come into contact with.
It would be a waste if these magics were only used for fighting and killing!