Xie Lin had a very fulfilling and happy summer vacation.
With the Philosopher's Stone and Flamel's address book, Schelling hid in his dormitory whenever he had time and quickly absorbed all the knowledge related to alchemy like a sponge. When he had any questions, he asked Nico without any courtesy. · Flamel asked for advice, which made his alchemical attainments soar as quickly as a rocket.
His first work was a wizard's robe. He had long been coveted by the multifunctional wizard's robe that Nico Flamel wore. After he figured out the principle behind it, he asked Dobby to buy more than ten of them for him. A piece of cloth was placed in the laboratory to try to use alchemy to imprint magical effects on the cloth.
After a month of hard work and countless failed attempts, and of course with the help of the hourglass of time, Xie Lin finally succeeded in imprinting the magic effect he wanted on the cloth.
Xie Lin hurriedly took out the tight-fitting bird snake skin wizard robe he bought from Madam Malkin, and slowly improved it according to his original idea: first, he had to add the "appearance changing" function so that the wizard robe could change with the changes in appearance. Change the color, pattern and cut style according to your own wishes;
Then some protective spells must be engraved, such as the Iron Armor Curse, the Anti-Disturbance Curse, the Shock Absorbing Curse, the Immediate Stop Curse, Safe Guard, All Protection, Strength Relief, etc. Although it cannot defend against truly brilliant black magic, it is enough. Deals with most jinxes, especially useful when being attacked by surprise.
Later, Schelling also added a "charm halo" to the wizard's robe, so that the person wearing the wizard's robe can exude a charming temperament all the time, increasing the attraction to the opposite sex. The next step is to add a "gravity reduction" function to the wizard's robe, which can increase Xie Lin's running speed and agility in dodge and maneuver. Finally, the super powerful water and fire invulnerability spell is used to give the wizard robe a certain degree of resistance to burning and moisture, and a certain degree of magic resistance to water flow and fire magic.
Schelling gave this painstakingly crafted wizard robe a fancy name - "Supreme Robe". It currently has nine functions, namely: pocket space, spotless, waterproof and moisture-proof, constant temperature and breathable, and appearance changes. , charm aura, defense against curses, reduced gravity, invulnerability to water and fire.
Schelling's goal is not limited to this. Schelling also wants to add invisibility and breath-masking functions to the Supreme Wizard's robe. However, the only real invisibility item known in the wizarding world is Harry Potter's Death Invisibility Cloak. No invisibility item is perfect - once you encounter a wizard as skilled as Dumbledore or Voldemort, your invisibility will likely be revealed. The alchemy technology involved in the Death's Invisibility Cloak has long been lost, and even Nico Flamel's erudition cannot replicate a second perfectly invisible alchemy product.
Xie Lin secretly took this matter to heart. If he had the opportunity to study Harry Potter's invisibility cloak, he believed that with his ability, he would one day make something that would make him no longer picky. The perfect supreme wizard robe!
[Supreme Wizard Robe (Nine Functions) Obtained! 】
Another thing that made Xie Lin very happy was that because Xie Lin was ranked first in the grade, the good-looking Lucius gained a lot of fame and glory at the pure-blood family gathering. He generously gave Xie Lin a thousand gold galleons. As a bonus.
Then Xie Lin also gave Lucius the dragon egg he stole from Quirrell and asked him to help him get rid of it. Unexpectedly, such a dragon egg actually bought Xie Lin a thousand gold galleons. It seemed that Quirrell had spent a lot of money to break through the three-headed dog level, but he didn't expect that Xie Lin took advantage of him in the end.
Schelling did not follow the bad habit of hoarding gold Galleons in the wizarding world. As a Muggle in his previous life, he knew very well that only money that produces value can be counted as wealth, and money that is stored unmoving can at best be regarded as a collection. .
Schelling first spent some time carefully recalling the development of the European magic world in the next few years in the original work, and then decided to invest the money, a full two thousand galleons, in a company located in Black Germany through Lucius's connections. The forest's small broomstick enterprise - the Ellerby and Badmore Broom Company.
As we all know, the market share of broomsticks is dominated by Nimbus Racing Broomsticks, with the Nimbus 2000 and Nimbus 2001 outselling all other first-class broomsticks combined by three times.
Followed closely by Comet Trading Company and Sideways Broomstick Company, these two companies have seized the low-end consumer market with low prices and stable performance, and are almost all used by the Gryffindor Quidditch team. The Sweeping Broom Company's Sweeping Five Star or Sweeping Seven Star; while the Slytherin Quidditch team prefers the Comet Trading Company's Comet 260.
Compared with these three industry giants, Ellerby and Badmore Broom Company are relatively unknown. One of the founders, Abel Badmore, was a talented broomstick designer who created the Tinder Arrow in 1940 ( Tinderblast, which produced the Swiftstick in 1952, both were useful but did not achieve great fame.
However, Schelling, who was familiar with the original work, knew that at some point a year later in 1993, Randolph Badmore, the son of Abel Badmore, would outshine the old master and make a move that shocked the world. His work - the Firebolt. As far as Schelling knew, the Firebolt knocked Nimbus off the championship spot within twelve months after it was launched on the market, and became the broomstick of choice for international Quidditch teams.
Ellerby and Badmore Broom Company was a small and unknown handicraft workshop with a market value of only four thousand Galleons. Schelling exchanged half of the equity for two thousand Galleons and was very proud of his decision. Although the price of the Firebolt is not explicitly mentioned in the original book, it is not difficult to infer from the sidelines of the conversation between Harry and Ron that a Firebolt costs at least five hundred galleons. Even in the later period, after the goblin strike reduced production, a broomstick It's not impossible to be fired to a thousand galleons. Xie Lin bought half of the company's shares for the price of just two brooms, which can be said to be a bloody profit.
But Schelling's family saw it differently.
Lucius has been in business for many years, and such unknown small businesses have never caught his eye. He believes that Schelling's investment is just out of a child's mentality of showing off his wealth. Owning equity in a broomstick company can indeed become a It was used as a talking point to show off among classmates, but he did not comment on it.
Firstly, it was because Schelling used the money he earned, and secondly, Lucius also wanted to take the opportunity to teach Schelling some ways of doing business and investment. He thought it was a good thing for his children to be exposed to the business world early, so the two thousand Galleons were just for the time being. It's Schelling's tuition as a beginner!
No one thought that just one year later, everyone in the family would be shocked by Xie Lin's foresight at this moment.
[Ellerby and Badmore Broom Company acquired half of the shares! 】
Half of the summer vacation passed like this, and it was August.
On this day, two uninvited guests came to the house.
The visitors were Arthur Weasley from the Ministry of Magic and an Auror named Kingsley Shacklebolt. As the "pure-blood traitors" in the eyes of pure-blood families, the Weasley family has always had a turbulent relationship with the Malfoy family. Shearing had often heard bad things about Mr. Weasley from Lucius. It can be seen from Lucius's gloomy face that the two of them came all the way from London with bad intentions.
Mr. Weasley showed the approval document signed by Amelia Bones, Director of the Department of Legal Enforcement of the Ministry of Magic, at the door of Malfoy Manor.
The document stated that the Ministry of Magic received an anonymous report from a reliable intelligence source about the Malfoy family, claiming that Malfoy Manor contained contraband and dark magic books that violated British wizarding laws, so it sent the head of the Office for the Misuse of Muggle Items. Arthur Weasley came to conduct a search, hoping that the Malfoy family would cooperate with the Ministry of Magic.
His father, Lucius, had a cold expression on his face, but he did not dare to openly disobey the Ministry of Magic. Ren had no choice but to let his sworn enemy search his house. Only the back of his hand, which was covered with veins due to excessive force on the cane, could be seen. Showing the overwhelming anger in his heart at this moment.
Mr. Weasley seemed to enjoy the feeling of letting his enemy eat turtles. He searched the manor carefully and back and forth several times, but unfortunately still found nothing.
Of course, these contrabands are stored in the family's secret room, and the entrance to the secret room is cast with heavy concealment spells. It is difficult for people who don't know the location to find the entrance. Even if they really find the entrance, they still can't find it. You have to face the heavy protective magic on the entrance. If you open the entrance without the correct unlocking spell, you will only reveal an ordinary broom room filled with cleaning supplies.
Until the evening, after the two Ministry of Magic officials left, my father broke his favorite tea cup angrily, slapped his palm on the coffee table, cursed Mr. Weasley fiercely, and vowed to make the other party pay a heavy price. price.
Schelling, who is familiar with the plot, certainly knows his father's so-called revenge plan, which is to frame the Weasley girl as the heir of Slytherin, destroy Mr. Weasley's reputation, and even make him lose his job in the Ministry of Magic. Unfortunately, he didn't know that his old master was not dead yet, and his behavior of giving away the old master's precious Horcrux would bring disaster to himself and his family.
Then, Lucius called Cacaro to the study, probably to discuss how to take some of the prohibited items collected at home to the black market for disposal - the purpose of this was nothing more than to stage a show for the Ministry of Magic. Some people inside looked at it to prevent the Ministry of Magic from pursuing the Malfoy family.
In fact, Lucius and Minister of Magic Fudge had a very good personal relationship. The Malfoy family also contributed a lot to Fudge's election as Minister of Magic. However, Fudge's talent and reputation were not enough to allow him to firmly control the entire Ministry of Magic. Something like this will happen against the Malfoy family.
As long as Lucius shows an attitude and Fudge cooperates to put pressure on his subordinates, the storm against the Malfoy family will slowly disappear.
