Connor's Hogwarts

Chapter 166 Connor Feels Something Isn't Right
It took Connor several hours to go around and return to Lake Manor, where his grandfather had been waiting for a long time.

"Connor, everything is arranged?" Grandpa was drinking tea, and he didn't know if he had been drinking tea all the time.

"Well, the new version of the monster card has been arranged."

Old Diwen took another sip of tea, then sighed and said, "Actually, you shouldn't worry about these things. You should be at the age to concentrate on your studies."

"It's okay, anyway, I'm just coming up with ideas behind the scenes, it's nothing to do." Connor waved his hand and said, he didn't feel busy, after all, he didn't need to do anything.
The grandfather shook his head and said: "I used to do business in England, and I thought it was a very simple thing to do business. Now that I spread the business, I realized that it is not easy to make money. Now I can only rely on those Only with the help of Squibs can I not be fooled by those goblins."

When he said the last sentence, his grandfather's tone was a bit dumbfounding. The two things he hated the most in his life-squibs and goblins, and now he has to deal with these two things every day, but it tortured him a lot.

Connor smiled lightly: "There is no other way. We want to open up the market, so cooperation with Gringotts is inevitable. After all, Gringotts is the only bank in the wizarding world."

The relationship between goblins and wizards is more complicated. As a creature that is not weaker than human wizards, goblins have the ability to cast spells, have a complete magic system, and are very business-minded (greedy). Gringotts all over the world are enough to prove this point .

Some people may wonder why the wizard will hand over the purse to the goblin, in fact, no one wants to hand over the purse to others.

In the beginning, wizards actually wanted to "domesticate" goblins into "slaves" like house elves to serve wizards. There are not a few wizards who want to intervene in Gringotts. The causes of the goblin rebellions in history are all It is inseparable from these reasons.

However, due to the relatively large population base of goblins and their strength, the wizards have no way to completely subdue these goblins, and they will have to pay a high price to eliminate them.

So in the end, it can only be a mutual compromise. Wizards will not ask Gringotts, and goblins have lost their right to own wands.

As long as the goblins don't have wands, they are under control in the eyes of wizards. The magic power of goblins is not as good as that of wizards. Goblins without magic wands will run out of magic power in just a few spells.

"Of course I understand this, and I'm actually in a good mood. I didn't call you here to tell you this." The grandfather's face was a little erratic and unnatural, as if he was organizing his words:

"Connor, there is something I have to tell you. Not long ago, the International Federation of Wizards issued an invitation letter to me. I will soon be the British representative of the Federation of Wizards."

"Oh? International Federation of Wizards? Is our family already this powerful?"

Connor was a little surprised. The International Federation of Wizards is like the United Nations of the wizarding world. Dumbledore was the British representative of the Federation a few years ago, but later he became the president. Generally speaking, all wizards who can enter the Federation It represents that it has great influence in itself.

"Well, our family is already the most famous family in Britain..." Grandfather smiled very proudly: "The orders for surveillance mirrors have been fully placed by the Ministry of Magic in various countries, and Facebook's sales market has also opened up to Sweden and Romania. , our monster cards cover the whole of Europa, and our cards can be seen everywhere in Africa and America.”

"But will this be too ostentatious." Connor didn't smile, and he frowned slightly. In fact, he didn't know much about the family's management in the wizarding world in the past few years, but he vaguely felt that it was not very good. He Is the house too sharp?
"Hehe, you don't have to worry about this. Now the cake made up of your gadgets is too big. It is no longer something our Lake family can swallow alone. We have been cooperating with other families a long time ago. You It may not be clear to me that I have been in school all the time, but in fact, the famous families in the whole of England have basically been tied to our family’s chariot.”

Old Diwen smiled like an old fox: "Our backing is the major magic families in the whole of Britain, the British Ministry of Magic and Dumbledore, especially those old and antique families, they have all tasted the sweetness of Gold Gallon, our British The magic world opened up this closed situation because of your small card."

"Oh? That's right. So I'm so good hahaha...haha" Connor scratched his head with a dry smile. He really didn't know these things. The newspapers praised him every day, so he couldn't understand it.

Moreover, his main energy is devoted to the study of magic and cards. In terms of business, he pays more attention to the Muggle companies. As for the extent of the family business, he really has no idea.

"Of course, you have to know that our British wizarding world used to be very closed. We stayed in a corner and ignored what happened outside. Most of our families were also satisfied with the status quo. Thinking about it now, we are really petty."

Something called ambition seemed to appear in Old Diwen's eyes: "The market of our British wizarding world is too small, no, the European market is not enough, we can only develop if we go out, go out of Europa, and cross that ocean. And... the feeling of being able to get Galleon out of those goblin pockets is really addictive."

Connor looked at Old Diwen with weird eyes. Connor has been studying with Old Diwen for so many years, and he is naturally very familiar with his grandfather. He was just an old artist who had no desires and was a bit stubborn. But when did this old man become so aggressive?
Connor shook his head. This is not a bad thing. People always have ambitions and pursuits. It is understandable and understandable:
"That's not very good. After my new card comes out, it is estimated that it can completely open up the Egyptian market. I will release a free-spirited copy in the future, which may help you open up the American market. Anyway... I will sit in the back and collect it." Just the money, hahaha."

"Hehe, you, Connor, take most of the credit for this..." Grandpa took a sip of tea and said, "Connor, our family is becoming stronger and stronger day by day, and it can be said that it is all due to your little invention. It's clear that these little things are proving to be slowly changing wizards' lives..."

Hearing his grandfather keep praising him, Connor was a little embarrassed, he didn't expect that the little toy he made to play with was so powerful...

After boasting for a long time, the grandfather glanced at Connor secretly, and a look of unnaturalness floated across his face. He looked around and said, "Connor, I heard that you have a good relationship with Alice from the Windsor family?"

"Huh!?" Connor didn't expect to hear this name when he returned home. He shivered suddenly, and stammered, "It's... all right, why... what's wrong?"

Who knew that upon seeing Connor's reaction, Old Diwen's eyes suddenly lit up. This was the first time he saw such a complex expression on his grandson's face. Could it be that this is feasible?

"Oh, it's nothing, just a silly question...By the way, Connor, I heard that the Alice card you drew before was for little Alice. Is this true?"

Connor felt that something was wrong, he hesitated for a long time, and finally nodded bravely: "This... yes, but that's because I agreed to this at the beginning."

The grandfather showed a relieved smile, and he patted Connor on the shoulder in relief: "I understand, so I can rest assured. I have already made arrangements for the opening of a new branch in Hogsmeade. , you don't need to worry about these..."

Seeing his grandfather talking about business on his own, Connor's mentality was not as stable as it was at the beginning...

? ? ?Wait, please speak clearly!What did you understand?Why can't I understand! ?Let's go back to the previous topic, shall we? ! !
(End of this chapter)