The next day's Daily Prophet carried a large-scale report on a mysterious Eastern "ninja".
Some people say that he is a master of Defense Against the Dark Arts, because he subdued three "extremely dangerous" beasts with only a few simple white magics;
Some people say that he is a snow mountain practitioner who has lived for hundreds of years, and his magical legends are spread everywhere in the snow mountains.
Some people even say that he is a fugitive criminal, and many bizarre cases are attributed to him. Otherwise, why would he cover his face to prevent people from seeing him? .
However, no matter what people did, the Beast Arena and "Night Demon" became completely popular. At noon the next day, at the gate of the zoo on Charles Street, there were already goblins selling rough-made ninja dolls. Si's reaction and execution were once again shocking.
And Bai Lin, who successfully sealed the three beasts, pretended to receive an empty pocket with "1,000 Galleons bonus" written on it in front of the audience, and then disappeared directly, without allowing Patrice to ask for his guest Myra. opportunity for animal carcasses.
The next game is still a week away. Patrice repeated his old tricks and had to engage in a week of voting and campaigning. He even engaged in hunger marketing and hired goblins as scalpers to sell tickets for the infield. Bai Lin couldn't help but sigh, are all those marketing routines in the Muggle world the same? Did the goblins leak it?
Bai Lin didn't bother to care about Patrice making money. After all, he didn't dare to lose his share, and he also got what he wanted, magic power +4, reaching 73 points. He would have confidence in a few more games. Rush to 100 and reach Dumbledore's level.
However, on the third day of the competition, Bai Lin had just woken up on a makeshift bed in the underground warehouse of the canteen - now his home - when Phoenix delivered a hot breakfast and two owls delivering messages. .
Bai Lin was a little surprised. These two owls were very unfamiliar. While eating hot dogs, he opened the letter sent by the owls.
The first letter came from Ron's eldest brother, Bill Weasley. It turned out that Bai Lin had asked Ron to help him find out about the dark wizard Mgul.
Bill once told Bai Lin through Ron's reply that Mgul had been transferred to Gringotts in Diagon Alley, but Bai Lin never had time to look for his bad luck.
This time Bill's letter was to tell Bai Lin that Mugor is now the door lock inspector of Gringotts, because many vaults use magic door locks, and these magic door locks must be inspected every one or two years. Supplement energy to avoid failure.
Bai Lin thought of Ron's eldest brother in the original work, who was serious, calm, and a very responsible and reliable young man, and he felt very grateful to him.
His reply also confirmed Bai Lin's guess. That Muguer must have gone to the Lestrange family treasury, but why did he want to obtain the gold cup, one of the Horcruxes? Bai Lin hasn't figured it out yet.
The second letter came from a stranger, signed Yossi-Claude. Bai Lin thought for a long time but didn't know who this was. The content is even simpler. Make an appointment with him to meet at a coffee shop on Charles Street at noon tomorrow to discuss important matters.
Bai Lin scratched his head and stuffed the letter into his pocket. He was curious about who was looking for him, but he had more important things to do. Poor Zhuo Bi was still imprisoned in the Ministry of Magic. Bai Lin planned to find Pa Telles, please help.
Don't look at Patrice as a goblin businessman. Bai Lin recently observed that he seems to have quite a lot of energy.
Bai Lin prepared a large bag of gold galleons and came to Patrice's office. The energetic goblin was calculating something at his desk. Seeing him counting his fingers carefully, Bai Lin suddenly became interested in the wizarding world. There is a new understanding of economics.
He suddenly discovered that Hogwarts does not teach mathematics. The reason why the students still know that 1+1=2 is because they only entered the school at the age of 11. Before the age of 11, they learned very basic skills from home education or Muggle schools. arithmetic, but as we all know, the arithmetic education level of children in European and American countries is difficult to describe. At the age of 11, except for some children with arithmetic talent, others may not be able to understand addition, subtraction, multiplication and division within one hundred, let alone more. High level mathematics.
So the question arises, if everyone in the wizarding society only has a mathematics level that has not graduated from elementary school, then who will do many mathematics-related things in the wizarding society? So the answer is goblins.
This is why Gringotts was opened by goblins, because if you let an ordinary wizard manage money, he may not be able to count hundreds of gold coins.
"Ah, Mr. Director! It's rare to see you!" Patrice said with sarcasm, and put the account books and lists on the table into the drawer without leaving a trace.
"Ha, Mr. Patrice, I understand that our Beast Arena was very successful. I was just thinking in the office that it is too hard for you to manage it alone. I happen to be proficient in mathematics, so I wanted to inform you that I I will take back the financial rights of the arena and share your worries!" Bai Lin said with a fake smile on his face. He knew that if he directly asked this cunning goblin, he would definitely refuse in every possible way, so he decided to save the country in a roundabout way.
"Ah! You can't do this!" Patrice almost jumped up. If Bai Lin is allowed to handle financial affairs, his profits will be completely exposed to the eyes of the Seeker family.
"Eh? Why? Mr. Patrice? Isn't this my right as the director? Or is there something wrong with our accounts?" Bai Linpi said with a smile.
Patrice's forehead was visibly sweating, and he hesitated: "This...this...is mainly because you are busy with official duties, and financial matters require a lot of time and energy...Human wizards are usually very slow with numbers... …”
"You can rest assured that I come from the East. Children there have to learn mathematics from the age of 3 to 22! If you don't believe me, if you ask a math question, I can tell you the answer on the spot!" Bai Lin said.
Patrice said incredulously: "254 gold galleons is how many kilos and how many nats?"
The exchange ratio of gold Galleons, Silver Sickles, and Copper Nuts in Harry Potter is 1:17:493. This exchange ratio is simply anti-human. If you ask an ordinary wizard, how many Sickles are equal to 254 Galleons? Nat, he's going to show you how crazy he is right then and there.
Bai Lin thought for about three seconds and said: "4318 silver Sico, 125222 copper Nat." When he was a child, he was a top student who won the first prize of the Provincial Mathematical Olympiad. How could this problem be difficult for him.
Patrice was stunned and took out a small elf calculation tool, which was a bit like an abacus. After calculating for about two minutes, he found that Bai Lin was absolutely right, which simply subverted his three views.
Then Patrice asked another question. This time Bai Lin answered faster. Patrice was completely convinced, but Bai Lin thought that as long as the calculator was promoted by the Ministry of Magic, all the goblins in the world would probably want it. unemployed.
Patrice slumped in his chair, seemingly completely despairing of the zoo's financial future. Bai Lin was obviously very difficult to deal with in every aspect. Before, I thought that Bai Lin would be a hands-off shopkeeper who didn't care about anything. Only then did I realize that Bai Lin had full control over the situation. After all, he was the representative of the Explorer family and the boss of the zoo.
"Oh, look at my brain, I am actually very busy... Many things still need to be done by Mr. Patrice... It's just that I encountered some small difficulties recently, which forced me to suspend other affairs. That's why I put my energy back into the zoo." Bai Lin sat across from Patras and poured himself a cup of hot cocoa.
"What's the problem? Leave it to Patrice, and I'll help you solve it!" Patrice jumped up, as if he had been spanked with an electric baton.
"Actually, it's nothing." Bai Lin took out his ears and said, "Zhuo Bi, do you know him? He has been detained by the Ministry of Magic, which makes it very inconvenient for me to do many things~"
"Put it on Patrice!" the goblin slapped her chest hard and said sternly.
Bai Lin thought: Great, all the gold coins in my pocket are saved! But by the way, how much money did this old goblin make at the zoo?
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