Obscurus Books is located at No. 18 on the south side of Diagon Alley.
The most famous book he published is "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" written by Newt Scamander.
Well, everyone is Hufflepuff.
Although this is Douglas's destination today, now he needs to go to Gringotts.
Gringotts is a wizarding bank run by goblins.
Although in Douglas' memory, it was not as safe as the goblin described it, there was no choice.
You can't keep a lot of gold galleons in your own place.
Slane usually transfers his royalties directly to his personal treasury at Gringotts.
Unfortunately, although the road to Gringotts is not far away, it is destined not to be smooth sailing.
It coincides with the beginning of the school year, making this already narrow street even more crowded.
This made Douglas couldn't help but recall the scene when he was first brought into the magical world by Professor McGonagall.
At this time, a cry woke him up from his memories.
It turned out that he had already arrived at the entrance of Obscurus Books with the crowd.
Senior Slane called him and moved closer to him.
“Oh my gosh, Douglas, I thought I’d never see you again.
When you come to Diagon Alley, if you don't come to me first, where are you going? "
Slane's face showed a mixture of real and fake anger, and he grabbed Douglas.
Although he values this junior who is also from Hufflepuff, the two have been working together for ten years.
But apart from being able to write manuscripts on time during school days, he has been running around the world since graduation.
Slaine sent the owl several times to collect information,
I either flew to Egypt exhausted or to the far east. Once I was almost caught in North America.
Very hard to find.
Seeing Slane, he came up and hugged his neck.
Douglas smiled awkwardly and cleared his throat quickly.
“Ouch!
It's been a long time since I last saw you, senior. My face has been glowing lately. It must be something happy!
I'm going to Gringotts to get some galleons so I can treat you to a big meal, senior!
Celebrate your happy event together! "
Slane looked him up and down and snorted disdainfully:
"Have a big meal? Which restaurant can cook as good a meal as you, a guy who can have his own private kitchen in the Hogwarts kitchen?"
The last time I ate food cooked by you was when you just graduated, right?
Besides, what happy event do I have?
I was threatened with a shouting letter by your fans just now! "
Douglas took the opportunity to let go of the other party's restraints and quickly took out a thick manuscript and a small snack from his bag.
“I’ve told you before that after the fan letters arrive, I’ll just find a room to put them there.
I'll take a look at it when I have time. If there are any special ingredients, I can add a dish.
Speaking of Hogwarts, I have good news for you, I succeeded..."
Before he could finish speaking, Slane directly took the thing in his hand, regardless of what it was.
Then he said with a sad face:
"I'll tell you the good news later. I have bad news now, and it's related to you."
Douglas frowned. He rarely came to the magical world. How could there be any bad news related to him here?
Slaine put the object in one hand, then freed his hand and patted Douglas on the shoulder.
"You know Gilderoy Lockhart, the author of "Walking with Trolls" and "Magical Me", who I mentioned to you before."
Douglas had a strange feeling when he heard the name again.
Although he had taken his professor's position, the two had never met, so there was no grudge between them.
Besides, Dumbledore said it was him who refused first.
Moreover, the two signed contracts with the same company, so there would be no conflicts.
Seeing Douglas not speaking, Slane said with disgust:
"Oh, Merlin's Beard, my dear Mr. Holmes, you really should pay more attention to the British wizarding world.
Mr. Lockhart was promoted by our old enemy, Lumihart Books, and he even held a fan meeting at Flourish and Blotts Bookstore today.
He even took out Dumbledore's invitation letter inviting him to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts..."
Douglas thought what kind of bad news the other party was going to tell.
While avoiding the pedestrians on the side, he said:
"Don't worry, dear Slaine, what I give you is the latest volume of "All-Pro Masters",
And this is an update only for the Wizarding World version, the Muggle world hasn’t started yet..."
Slane didn't pay any attention to what Douglas said next, his attention was completely attracted by the document bag in his hand.
Then he showed a surprised expression on his face and slapped Douglas hard on the shoulder.
“Awesome lad, there simply couldn’t be better news than this, if of course you’re willing to reveal your true identity as the author.
That would be even better...”
Speaking of this, Slane took a wary look at the crowd around him.
He held the manuscript in his hands tightly in his arms, and then whispered:
"I have to go back quickly and read the plot behind it. No sorry, I mean review it and then make arrangements to publish the book as soon as possible.
We still need to do some publicity, after all, the last volume was updated a long time ago, and this might be able to boost the sales of the previous book again..."
After saying that, he ignored Douglas and ran straight towards the company.
Douglas looked at the panicked figure and shrugged helplessly.
You know that this guy pushes the manuscript every day just for his own enjoyment.
After all, the publishing speed of books in the magical world cannot be said to be fast, and I am already considered very productive.
Three sets were published in ten years, with each set containing about 20 volumes.
I am already very productive, so the publisher can understand if I occasionally take a year or a half off.
Douglas quickly arrived at the door of Gringotts without Slaine muttering aside.
Standing at the bronze door of a towering snow-white building was a goblin wearing a scarlet and gold uniform.
Douglas was glad the other party didn't shout:
"Welcome~A male guest..."
Otherwise, he would have thought he had entered a bathhouse.
The goblin led him into a tall marble hall.
Although there were many customers inside, the goblin who guided him was still very discerning and helped him find a counter where there was no queue.
After verifying his identity, the goblin quickly took him to the vault.
A small vault containing all of Douglas's possessions in the wizarding world.
There are about more than 400,000 galleons, a wealth that took nearly ten years to accumulate.
Apart from this, there is nothing else in the vault that indicates wealth.
After all, there may be various precious alchemy equipment and magic props in the old wizard's vault.
It's a pity that Douglas is only poor in gold galleons.
It's not that he really doesn't have any magic props. He has also gotten some good things while traveling around in the past few years.
But there is still no way to compare with those people.
Of course, the money is not fixed. Every month, some copyright fees will be transferred from the treasury of Obscurus Book Company.
Likewise, Douglas's savings in the Muggle world have exceeded two million pounds.
If it weren't for his unwillingness to publicly do marketing, he would not have authorized any peripheral industries.
Otherwise, his wealth will increase dozens of times.
Just have enough money to spend and enough food to eat.
Before the system appeared, he lay down like a useless time traveler.
If the system had not added a time limit at that time, Douglas felt that he could have been lying flat forever.
Soon, he took out ten thousand gold galleons, as well as some scattered silver Sickles and copper Nats.
Then, led by the goblin, we returned to the ground.
Walk out of Gringotts' bronze doors.
Looking at the bustling crowd on the street, Douglas suddenly felt a little confused.
What brings him to Diagon Alley?
Oh, right.
It was Slane who asked to meet. Unfortunately, the other party quickly abandoned him after getting the manuscript.
Douglas suddenly thought of a good place, a place called a scrap shop.
This store is like a ghost market hidden in various cities.
It gives people the pleasure of Taobao.
During his school days, Douglas found some textbooks and some notes from Hogwarts predecessors here.
These senior notes helped him a lot on his magic path.
