Raven's Claw at Hogwarts

Chapter 63 Mike's Small Business
Perhaps it was due to the fact that he got rich overnight in his previous life, Mike has always spent money lavishly.Even so, Mike never felt like a black sheep.

There are two ways to save money: increasing income and reducing expenditure. Mike believes that increasing income between the two is far more important than reducing expenditure. Blindly reducing expenditure can save money, but it will also make people become like Penello. For a bumpkin who can't even spend money, only open source can make people become a rich man in the true sense while saving wealth.

Due to the school holiday, the business of Dolphin Magic Drink had to stop.If you don't have to do business, you will naturally lose your income. It's not okay to sit and eat like this.

Penello's poor appearance yesterday gave Mike a lot of inspiration. This era is not as bad as his previous life, and the currency depreciation is so severe. In this period of time, the British pound is still very strong.

For example, in 1989, the hourly wage of an ordinary worker was about £3, which was £8 per month based on 22 hours a day and 528 days of work per month.It's 1992 and it's only been 3 years and he's now earning £600 a month after inflation.With just 600 pounds, it is enough for a family of three to eat and drink without worrying about food and drink, of course, the premise is that they are not in first-tier cities.

An income of £600 a month can definitely represent the income level of most people in the UK now.

The exchange limit given by Gringotts is 100 Galleons per year, which is 500 pounds, which is definitely not a small amount for these ordinary families.

In addition, the Ministry of Magic has subsidies for the items on the Hogwarts admission list, so it is far from needing 100 gold Galleons to buy all the items on the admission list.This has led to the fact that most young Muggle-born wizards will not exchange the full 100 Galleons.

In Mike's view, this is a blatant waste, and Mike considers himself a thrifty and good boy, so naturally he will not allow such a thing to happen.

Ever since, at the entrance of Diagon Alley, two teenagers, one black and one white, stared at the entrance wall every day without doing anything.

As long as they saw people wearing Muggle costumes and coming to Diagon Alley alone, the two would step forward and ask furtively, "My friend, is Galleon going to kill?"

And if they come with their family members, these two people will turn into well-wishers, introduce everything about the wizarding world to popular science, and finally tell the other party that they can provide them with British pounds for free in exchange for Galleons. Just a negligible commission.

It is said to be a negligible commission, but it is actually very dark.

These two people have to take 80.00% of the handling fee for each transaction, of which the black and white teenagers get 50.00%, and the goblin who specializes in GBP to Galleon business gets 30.00%.

These two teenagers are naturally Mike and Franklin.

As far as observing Mike is a professional, robbing banks, stealing things and checking places in his previous life is essential, which also makes him have a pair of piercing eyes.

Who are Muggles and who are wizards.Those whose families are in a good financial situation, and those whose families are so poor that they will hardly be able to eat.These mikes can be recognized after just a few glances, which saves them a lot of effort in doing business.

Hogwarts is about to start school, and everyone is thinking about purchasing the items needed for the new semester in these two days, so the traffic in Diagon Alley is very heavy.

Ever since, Mike and Franklin's small business has grown bigger and bigger.Although the percentage he gave was exaggerated, after all, it was a free Gold Galleon. Don't take it for nothing. Most people are quite satisfied with their services.

Of course, there were also some blind people trying to bargain with Mike, and even blackmailed Mike by reporting that the two speculatively violated the interests of the Ministry of Magic.

Naturally, Mike would not be polite to these people. He told the other party his name openly, and claimed that he would look good to him when he got to school.

Mike gained a lot of fame in school last year, and now the entire Hogwarts students know that he is Professor Flitwick's favorite student, and he is also very strong. It is almost certain that he will offend such a future for a few Galleons. Someone who would be a prefect or even the head of the Boys' Council is clearly inappropriate.

So these thorns had no choice but to submit obediently and let Mike draw a huge commission.

It turns out that most of the Muggles and half-blood wizards who study at Hogwarts have poor family conditions.In just three days, Mike and Franklin earned nearly 1000 Galleons.

On this day, when Mike and Franklin were looking for business as usual, they ran into a few acquaintances.

"Mike? Franklin? What are you doing blocking the entrance?"

It was Mr. Weasley who spoke, and behind him were Mrs. Weasley, Harry, and five children of the Weasley family.

"Er..., we're shopping." Mike faltered for a long time before making up an excuse.

"We're just going to buy new books, let's go together!" The child Harry probably was locked up during the summer vacation, and now he likes to be lively, and he hurriedly invited Mike when he heard the two of them shopping.

"No, we still have to wait for someone." Mike shrugged.

"Who are you waiting for? Penello?!" Percy jumped out upon hearing the words, and asked in an extremely sharp voice.

"I don't think this has anything to do with you." Mike realized that Percy's arrival was not kind, but he didn't show weakness, and replied word by word, "Mr. Percy-Weasley!"

Now Percy was unwilling, and poked his fingers vigorously on his left chest, where a Hogwarts prefect badge was shining brightly in the sunlight.

"Look carefully! I'm a prefect! Prefect! Is that how you talk to prefects?!"

"Wow, the prefect of Gryffindor is here to meddle in my Ravenclaw business. Prefect Percy, you are such a powerful official." Mike said in an extremely weird tone, and he met Franklin's eyes after speaking. At a glance, the two laughed loudly.

Percy's angry face twisted, and his right hand tremblingly groped around himself, as if he was looking for his wand.

Mike's wand had already appeared in his hand. As long as Percy dared to point the wand at him, he would treat Percy with a Disarming Charm. He and the Weasley brothers had a close friendship, so it would be fine if Percy suffered a little. up.

But before Percy took out his wand, George on the side forced him to walk towards Mr. Weasley who was shopping in front.Fred made a face at Mike, nodded and bowed his head, making a weird look.What he meant, Mike understood, was to tell Mike not to be as knowledgeable as Percy.

Because of the sympathy, Mike couldn't get angry, so he waved his hand to signal them to leave quickly.

Fred didn't say anything when he saw this, he nodded to Mike and quickly followed George and Percy who hadn't gone far.

Looking at the figures of the three of them who were still tugging, Mike smiled disdainfully, and spit in the direction they left.

Seeing this, Franklin at the side probably thought it was cool to do so, so he also spit out in a similar way.It's just that he vomited farther than Mike, and almost vomited on a young lady passing by.

(End of this chapter)