Connor's Hogwarts

Chapter 111 Lake Magic Chess and Chess Workshop
"Connor, are you sure... are you really going to do this?" In Lake Manor, the grandfather said to Connor in a serious tone.

It has been several days since I came back from France, and the second aunt's family has settled down. They chose to live in the bustling city instead of living away from the crowd.

So the grandfather gave Elena a lot of money, and the family bought a house near Baker Street in London.

It seems that the Sherlock Holmes Museum is being built there, and the second aunt's family is not far from the museum...

Knowing this, Connor's first thought was: If he has time in the future, he should go over there and see if he can meet the real Grim Reaper who came to visit.
Elena took over the work of preparing the Xiaohongshu production factory, while the second uncle Charles was busy with the establishment of "Lake Animation Company" that Connor had given him.

"Yes, grandfather, the Ministry of Magic has not stipulated that wizards cannot set up companies in the Muggle world, since there is no such thing, why can't we make money from Muggles?"

"Although I won't stop you from doing this kind of thing, what's the use of earning Muggle money? Their currency is worthless to us wizards. As long as a wizard is willing, he can easily empty out Muggle money." Melon Bank's warehouse, if he's not afraid of being wanted by the Ministry of Magic."

Grandpa shook his head and said he thought it was just another whim Connor was trying to do.

The financial systems of the wizarding world and the Muggle world are not in line. On the black market, the exchange rate of Galleon to Muggle currency is also erratic.

For wizards, exchanging gold Galleons for British pounds is like recharging game currency, and there are still many game currency linked to recharge - people who don't play games think that people who recharge games are evil.

Muggle currency is useful to wizards, but it is actually a dispensable thing.They don't go out of their way to make Muggle money.

For the children of Muggle families, the money they use to go to Hogwarts is paid by the school, which is regarded as seven years of compulsory education.

Children from Muggle families can go to Gringotts when they start school, and exchange five pounds for a Gold Galleon, but there is an upper limit to this kind of exchange, and each person can only exchange about one hundred Gold Galleons. It is sponsored by the school.

When exchanging, the miserly goblins of Gringotts will carefully check with a list to see if you are a "poor" little wizard on the list.

In short, no wizard would be so stupid as to exchange a gold Galleon for five pounds. They would just take a Nixiu and throw it on the Muggle streets, and they might "get" hundreds of pounds for nothing. Muggle currency is very important to wizards. , is really of little value.

"Grandfather, I didn't set up this company to make money, and I don't lack the money. I did it to make the name of our Lake family resound in the world!" Connor tried to fool his grandfather:

"Think about it, when the time comes, all people, whether they are wizards or Muggles, will know Pikachu, our cards, and the Lake family! What a wonderful thing this is!"

Seeing the movement in his grandfather's eyes, Connor quickly added the strongest blow: "And you know, Blanche...can't use magic."

The grandfather was silent, that's right, Connor's cousin Blanche Delacour, no, now it's Blanche Lake, she is a Squib just like her father.

Blanche has magic in her body, but she can't use any magic. She is the kind of squib who can't use magic even after chanting the spell. It is the "magic worker" in the old Divin's mouth.

Old Diwen was also very helpless when he learned the truth. He never thought that his granddaughter was also a squib. When he thought of this, he wanted to throw that Charles into the mouth of the fire dragon.

If there is no accident, Blanche will grow up like an ordinary Muggle child, go to Muggle middle school and university, and make a living in the Muggle world... just like her father.

If it was in the past, my grandfather would not have any other ideas, everything will go with the flow, and with the Lake family as the backing, his children will never starve to death.

But the plan proposed by Connor made his grandfather have more ambitions. Not only can his Lake family protect their descendants in the wizarding world, but they are still a giant in the Muggle world!
In that way, regardless of whether the descendants of the family have the talent for magic or not, they can live a life without worry.

This is what my grandfather thinks at this time, the prosperity of the family is always the thing that my grandfather cares about the most...

So he said to Connor:
"Then... I agree, you can go ahead and do it. As long as it doesn't violate the Wizarding Law, you can do whatever you want. I will solve the Ministry of Magic's problems for you."

Connor narrowed his eyes and showed a happy smile: "Of course! Grandpa, you will definitely be proud of today's decision in the future."

"So you have a heavy burden, Uncle Charles."

A few days later, in downtown London, in an empty office building, Connor and Shire stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows looking at the bustling London street scene.

My grandfather bought this building in Connor's name, and used a lot of Galleons. Recently, my grandfather bought almost all the British pounds, francs and various Muggle currencies on the black market.

In the future, this place will be the "Lake Building" belonging to Lake Animation Company.

"Connor, you're... a hard man." Charles scratched his head with a wry smile and said, "You asked me to write an article to start a company for you, and I'm blind too."

"Uncle Charles, you're a top student at the University of Paris... Fourth, you're doing pretty well here, and you'll get used to it slowly, don't be afraid of wasting money, just go ahead and do it." Connor didn't care He waved his hand, anyway, he is the shopkeeper, as long as he sees the result, it will be fine.

"I've broken my legs these days, so I can finish what you told me. Others drive a luxury car with their secretary to discuss business, and I'm the only one who walks to talk." Mr. Shire said helplessly Cover your forehead.

Connor shrugged: "There will be a car, and there will be a secretary, take your time..."

"After finishing the work of the office, the next thing is the people, Uncle Shire, next you need to find some writers like you, don't worry about the animation company for now, you have to put your game copywriting first A planning team was established."

"Oh, this. I have a way. I have a lot of college friends who also work in London."

Connor waved his hand, took out a large box from his pocket, and handed it to Charles: "Uncle Charles, you don't need to tell me this, I don't understand if you tell me, I believe you can do it well. "

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"This is the data of all the monster cards we have made so far. I will leave them to you."

"You have more than a month. Before August [-]st, you have to sort out a complete story line and think of a new story..."

"This... time will be a little... tight..."

"Uncle Shire, believe in yourself, you will definitely be able to do it, and I've actually already laid out the framework for this new story." Connor said here, and handed Shire a few more books, and Shire took it.

"Andersen's fairy tales and Grimm's fairy tales?" Charles asked suspiciously.

"Well, that's right, the Alice event last time was very popular among wizards. From the results of years of secret investigations, we found that wizards have a very high opinion of the stories about the magical world that Muggles imagined. interest."

"So I think using stories with magical elements as the background for secondary creation can greatly stimulate wizards' desire to buy. This time I plan to adapt some characters from fairy tales into cards."

Connor smiled and said, "Before school starts on September [-]st, we will have a major update on monster cards, and before the release of the new version, we need your story to divert the attention of the wizards, and at the same time, we will have a big update on monster cards." The release of the new version has heated up the atmosphere”

"The name of this new version is - [Fairy Tale Town]"

(End of this chapter)