Arms dealer from Hogwarts

Chapter 8 The Quidditch Boutique
The next day, early in the morning.

The bright sunlight penetrated the window and fell on Jemini's face. Under the sunlight, Jemini frowned, and then got up sleepily.

Sitting in a daze on the wide big bed, the window on Jemini’s left was full of traffic, and the window on the right was Diagon Alley, which was full of people. This feeling of disobedience confused Jemini for a few seconds before realizing it. I am now in my suite at the Leaky Cauldron.

"Goo~"

By the window, Hedwig cooed to Jemini, the sun has risen high, and it is going to sleep...

Jemini looked at Hedwig seriously: "Your schedule is unhealthy."

"Goo~"

Hedwig gave Jemini a white look, and stuck her head under her wings.

It scoffed at Jemini's words, as an owl, its own schedule is very standard!

Seeing that Hedwig didn't want to talk to him, Jemini shrugged and got up to wash up.

The equipment in the room's bathroom is very strange. Whether it is a washbasin or a bathtub, the shape is the same as that in the Muggle world. The difference is that none of these equipment have connected water pipes, but they can still emit water.

"Good morning, Mr. Fox."

Going downstairs refreshed, I saw Old Tom standing behind the bar counter, wiping a dirty wine glass and grinning at himself with his big mouth full of broken teeth.

"Good morning, Mr. Tom."

Jemini sat at the long table in the center of the bar, and a scruffy witch waved a magic wand and delivered a steaming breakfast.

Grilled sausage, fried eggs and milk.

The simple, boring and monotonous breakfast of the British cannot be avoided by Muggles or wizards.

One thing to say, Jemini now feels disgusted by the greasy smell of grilled sausages. In contrast, he would rather eat strategic materials such as compressed biscuits and tin cans sold in weapons stores.

However, he didn't waste this sausage - saving it for Hedwig is also a good choice.

After eating, Jemini walked through the small patio behind the Leaky Cauldron and walked all the way to Diagon Alley.

Today's Diagon Alley is more lively than yesterday, perhaps because Hogwarts is about to learn.

There are a large number of children around the entrance of a magic joke store called Jumping and Frolicking, ranging from eleven to seventeen or eighteen years old, and the business seems to be very prosperous.

But Jemini wasn't very interested in the prank toys like magic jokes, and his attention was more on the nearby Quidditch boutique.

Behind the glass window is an exquisite broom with golden-red varnish on the broomstick and a row of small golden characters on the top: Nimbus 2000, which is placed on a wooden shelf, constantly attracting the eyes of passing children.

Pushing open the door, Jamie walked into the store.

"Ha~ Welcome."

The store manager is a wizard with a big belly, wearing a wine-red wizard robe, with several big gemstone rings on his hands, he looks like a nouveau riche.

"Are you here to see the broom, dear." The store manager looked at Jemini and smiled, "Please feel free to watch it, but please don't touch it casually, okay?"

"Thank you very much for your generosity." Jemini smiled gently.

The store manager obviously didn't treat him as a customer, but it's no wonder, judging from the price on the shelf, the cheapest broom here is about sixty or seventy Galleons. Who would have thought that an 11-year-old child could have the money to buy it? What about a good broom?
But even if he didn't treat Jemini as a customer, the store manager has shown good self-cultivation. From this point of view, it is not without reason that the store manager can open such a 4S store in the magic world.

"Are you a freshman at Hogwarts this year?" the store manager asked with a smile.

"That's right, I'm a freshman this year." Jemini nodded.

"Oh, that's really good." The store manager clapped his hands happily: "For a polite kid like you, I highly recommend you to go to Hufflepuff, haha, I graduated from there."

"Although people always say that we are mediocre, mediocrity is not necessarily a bad thing, and there are many excellent wizards born in Hufflepuff." The store manager spread his hands: "For example... I~"

Jemini smiled, the store manager is quite interesting.

"Thank you very much for your advice."

"You're welcome, kid."

"I would like to ask, how much is the price of Nimbus 2000?" Jemini asked.

"Oh... people have been asking about it lately. You know, this newest broom—and the fastest at the same time. It attracts attention." The store manager laughed: "I can tell you What's more, its lowest price can be as low as 200 galleons, of course, this is the lowest case, and under normal circumstances, its price should be around [-] to [-] Galleons."

Jamie nodded slightly.

200 galleons, which is about 1000 pounds if converted into British pounds. The two-month salary of ordinary people is not too expensive, but it is not cheap either.

Although 200 Galleons may not seem like much, the value of money depends on the era and social environment it lives in.

The current UK was in 1991. At this time in China, the per capita salary was only 80 yuan, and the exchange rate between the British pound and the soft sister currency was far from being as low as it would be 30 years later.

What is the concept of [-] Galleons now?The two-month salary of an ordinary person in the UK, in this era of China, is [-] yuan.

In this era when watches, bicycles, and sewing machines were considered three essential items for a wedding, two hundred Galleons was not a small amount, and this would not change because it was in the UK or the magic world.

You know, the Weasley brothers opened a magic joke shop in Diagon Alley in a very short period of time after they received funding of one thousand Galleons from Harry, and their lives took off in Wuhu on the spot.

"So far, the Nimbus 2000 has sold three times as much as all other top brooms combined, and I have to say, this broom is really good, it's by far the fastest broom I've ever seen. "

The store manager sighed.

Jemini nodded, looked around the store, and finally looked at a black broom in the innermost part of the room, which was a very delicate-looking broom.

"That one is..."

"Tinder Arrow, an unpopular boutique, was produced in 1940. Before the light wheel series came out, it was always my favorite. Of course, I love it now, but it can't keep up with the current market. It's a pity."

The store manager sighed, and then seemed to remember something, laughed and said: "But I heard from the people of the Badmore family that they seem to want to make some big moves in the past two years, so that I can do it early Get ready, have you heard of the Badmore family? The famous broom family, what they pursue is never money, but perfection."

Jamie understands, Tinder Arrows...Badmore House...

Judging from the name, the Firebolt that was born later should be made by this Badmore family, right?
Turning to the weapons store, Jemini called up the broomstick data.

Nimbus 2000.

Price: 90 Galleons.

Firebolt.

Price: 270 Galleons.

Is it three times worse...

According to the introduction column given by the weapon store, the reason why the Firebolt is so expensive is because it has metal parts forged by goblins, which is the most expensive part of it.

In contrast, traditional brooms don't have this consideration. Because of the cost, the Firebolt seems to be the first to incorporate the goblin's alchemy technology into the broom. It's no wonder that the price is so high in weapon stores.

(End of this chapter)