The Chinese girl from Hufflepuff is both timid and brave

When Sun Zhu received the letter from his father, he was choosing a feather pen in Wenrenju.

It can be seen that he has been very busy recently and only has time to write to her on weekends.

Cedric was relieved when he saw that the person coming was Jed. Originally, strolling around Hogsmeade on Saturday was just a pastime among students, but after the incident last semester, he was even more cautious.

"My father told me that his position has been completely settled. He is doing clerical work in the Wizard Taxation Office under the Treasury Department. This is his old job. He often has business dealings with Gringotts, the Department of Law Enforcement and the International Confederation of Wizards. Now everything is starting from scratch. He also has to find some Muggle information for reference... It sounds like a difficult job. But I don't understand why the Ministry of Magic has only established this department now..."

Cedric was stunned for a moment, then confessed: "I have indeed never considered the source of funding for the Ministry of Magic."

"My father did some research before." Sun Zhu stretched out his fingers and counted them. "One is the tribute from the major pure-blood families. This kind of tribute is divided into two categories. There are annual donations from old charitable families, and there are also annual ransoms paid by some Death Eater families in order to escape punishment after Voldemort disappeared. There were so many pure-blooded Death Eaters back then, and most of their families were very rich, so naturally they had a lot of income from this aspect. In addition, those who were imprisoned in Azkaban also had to pay fines, and those who violated various prohibitions were all treated equally."

I heard that Sirius donated a large sum of money to the Ministry of Magic after he left Azkaban. He claimed that after he got out, he found that the Black family's dirty money was only spent by him, which was really disgusting. It would be better to give the money to the Ministry of Magic and let them provide it to Hogwarts and St. Mungo's.

Although Sun Zhu thought that it was a thank you payment to the Ministry of Magic for overturning the case of his brother Regulus, he would not admit it. In short, his tribute was regarded as a donation, but this source of income was unstable after all.

"If everyone behaves well and doesn't commit crimes, doesn't have to pay fines, and isn't willing to donate money, then the Ministry of Magic will be left with nothing." Sun Zhu held up another finger, "So the Ministry of Magic has productive departments, such as the Department of Magical Creatures where Uncle Amos works."

"Those dangerous or rare magical animals... body parts, dragon tendons, unicorn tail hair, etc. And those magical plants, herbal potion ingredients that can be traded, are all important sources of income. The Ministry of Magic is responsible for ensuring their survival and also for making profits from them, so that a relative balance can be achieved. Without them to regulate, if there are incidents like dragons running all over the mountains and Muggles witnessing hippogriffs many times, the situation will be very bad."

But Sun Zhu didn't know the specific method, and her father had never worked in this department, so he was just guessing. However, she felt that Amos, who had worked in the Beast Office of the Department of Magical Creatures for a long time, might not know how these things worked. After all, he was a pure-blood wizard and might not have any concept of this at all.

"Well, then, Uncle Sun's previous job in the Sports Department should have similar income. At least when various Quidditch events are held every year, there are advertisements from various Quidditch product vendors, as well as various souvenirs from star players..."

"Advertising, sponsorship, related peripherals, and even opening bets... My father has long realized that these are business opportunities. But again, the Ministry of Magic does not have a corresponding docking department. It seems that only the Quidditch Committee under the Department of International Magical Cooperation is in charge, but they don't understand most of the things they do."

Or rather, they don't care about these things at all. It would be too boring and vulgar to ask them to learn the Muggle way to earn gold Galleons, since they don't lack money anyway.

So most of them are "fan products" spontaneously created by wizards, and at most some flying broom merchants will give some "sponsorship fees". However, in professional competitions, the appearance rate of Nimbus series brooms is more than 80%, and there is no need for the Nimbus manufacturing company to spend any effort to attract business.

Unless it is some international competition, the kind with the participation of the magic ministries of other countries, it seems to be much more formal and richer.

Sun Zhu thought of the famous Quidditch match that would begin in the future, and sighed, "Perhaps by the time of the 422nd Quidditch World Cup, I will know more clearly."

"That's still a long way off, maybe two years or so." Cedric smiled. "Why should we consider such a long-term issue now?"

"Because of my father's job transfer, I have to think more about it... No wonder this department gives priority to Muggles. There are some things that Muggle-born wizards really understand better. Minister Bones is really very determined."

The Ministry of Magic also has some existing "businesses", such as opening a shop in Diagon Alley or Hogsmeade, which requires the submission of registered capital, because the Ministry of Magic will also be responsible for maintaining the "infrastructure" and public security here - but how well it manages it depends on Merlin's protection.

If wizards who have not passed the Apparition qualification test use the power without permission, or use it in places where it is prohibited, such as public places where Muggles gather, they will also receive a ticket from the Department of Magical Transportation. Wizarding families who do not obtain a license to keep Pegasus will also need to obtain relevant documents and be fined if they use it without permission. If their violations cause serious consequences and the Department of Magical Hazards needs to clean up the mess, they will also have to pay a fine. Of course, most of these "suspects" cannot afford this money, so most of the staff of the Department of Magical Hazards work on a voluntary basis.

Finally, my father came to the conclusion that the entire Ministry of Magic, without the "contribution" of the pure-blood families, would basically be unable to make ends meet - the production capacity department's ability to realize cash is not systematic, and the supply is limited. Moreover, it is not advisable to set standards and restrictions on one's own while running this kind of business. And other fines are mostly mosquito legs. Wizards are not very obedient, after all, they all have some skills. In many things, there are Gryffindors per capita, and it is impossible to punish them all seriously. Many departments of the Ministry of Magic have become decorations.

And Minister Bones' newly established "Tax Policy" office is something that is extremely familiar to Muggles, but is whimsical to wizards.

Sun Zhu was very worried that his father would be put in a sack on his way home from get off work, and began to regret his original suggestion.

After all, which store owner would be happy if his store suddenly had an additional expense?

Fortunately, the Ministry of Magic now has another huge donation, which can ease the pressure.