Harry Potter: Who cares about belated motherly love?

Chapter 258: Extorting a Large Amount of Money

The operation of the learning facilities created by the Black family is gradually getting on track.

There were still many teachers willing to teach for free. Although those who were paid were not paid much, the same was true in child protection facilities. Hearing this, Ron called Vincent and Gregory together, and gathered all the staff to hold several sumptuous parties in their respective facilities. In addition, they discussed with the operators and issued coupons for the stores run by Clapp and Goyle according to the working hours. These coupons were very popular.

The coupon is used at checkout to get a 30% discount at any of the stores they operate, from budget stores to high-end stores. Show the coupon at checkout to get a 30% discount. This may seem ordinary, but there are many people who volunteer as volunteers who are financially well-off, so the discount is not the purpose. In fact, almost no one uses the coupon in this way. If you show it in the store when making a reservation, they will give priority to the reservation. When used as a reservation coupon, it is only 10% off. But in many of the popular stores they operate, it is difficult to even make a reservation.

Even if people with coupons have no connections, they can be given priority in reservations, so more people use reservation coupons. In addition, in restaurants with private rooms, they will arrange rooms for customers, and even restaurants without private rooms will prepare seats for them. Even people who are not from good families can enjoy special treatment.

After making a reservation, you will be given souvenirs on your return trip, or free drinks and desserts, and even a hidden menu will be introduced, so almost everyone tends to use it to make a reservation. Even if it is a 10% discount, everyone feels that they have gained more benefits, so the reputation is very good.

Because even the salaried staff were envious of this situation, Ron would sometimes take them to some less high-end but more casual restaurants for consolation meetings.

Compared to the Order of the Phoenix, this is really good volunteering. This is real volunteering. It's not about giving up your property, your life, or your children, but people who have a little more money to do something good for others. And there are some benefits, the feeling of doing good, and being appreciated. This can only bring benefits to everyone. The kind of behavior that requires forcing others to make such a great sacrifice is not volunteering at all, it is just pure exploitation.

In other child protection facilities run by the Black family, Ron, Vincent, and Gregory are no longer staff members, but bring a lot of delicious food to the children. They also held cooking classes for the children. Soothe the children's hearts and bring smiles through delicious food. Many children who were moved by this eventually chose to work in their company... Huh? This turned out to be a clever recruitment activity... Although these children are excellent wizards who graduated from Hogwarts with excellent grades, they did not choose elite professions, but chose to join their company. In the wizard facilities of those children, although they did not reach the level of going to Hogwarts, they also carried out similar activities, and excellent children were discovered. Or, they also helped children in fields suitable for working in the company to continue their studies. Those children who work in learning facilities also attract them through cooking and propose job changes. If you become a chef, you will not be unemployed. It is even possible to open your own store.

If you think about it, the staff of the learning facilities and the children who don't plan to work are all customers of their store... because it's really delicious. Oh, this is simply a promotion... They should be generous with the rich food. As long as you eat it once, you will become a regular customer of their store. Even if you don't go to the store, you will probably buy their cookbooks... Sirius once claimed that Ron was most like Weasley, but it was indeed a clever trap.

The outstanding children employed by the protection agency also began to hold cooking classes for the children of the learning institution, or bring snacks to the learning institution's parties... This is simply feeding these children. Moreover, they will also look at those children with potential and send them to domestic cooking schools. For children with language talents, they will send them to foreign cooking schools or dessert schools... Because there is a certain incompatibility between wizards and Muggles' home appliances, it is not as appropriate to send children directly to Muggle schools as to send them to Hogwarts Wizarding School. This is what the Weasley twins said. By the way, in order not to affect the electrical appliances, they developed the corresponding magic props themselves. However, due to the high cost, children who study mechanical technology are just the right candidates for learning institutions. Perhaps, this is also because they have received such advice. After all, baking requires quite a lot of utensils.

The wizards who worked for their company were spreading the wonders of cooking to the wizarding world. Vincent and Gregory were very interested in food, so they were not suitable for such activities.

Things like cookies are easily available, but cakes are more expensive. So for parents who can't afford to buy snacks for their children, they held adult literacy classes to try to get more people to learn to write, but if you think about it, it's just to sell cookbooks. There are adult literacy classes, but not many people participate because people are shy. I wonder...

In the restaurant they run for the general public, several chefs also took baking courses. Because making pastries requires knowing numbers, and developing recipes requires reading and writing, they loudly advertised that if you want to go further in cooking, you must master reading and writing, which attracted many participants. This has led to a significant increase in adult participation in learning institutions. I have also participated in courses held in Nocturne. The content of the teaching mainly revolves around the terms in the cookbook. You only need to remember these to make delicious food. The content is very easy to understand. After that, the number of participants in ordinary adult reading and writing courses has gradually increased.

Later, they also held dessert courses where participants only had to pay for the ingredients. The course fees were very reasonable, and even families with limited financial conditions could participate. Although making desserts requires certain utensils, they actively held these courses for parents who could not make them at home, and they received a warm response. Everyone carefully took the desserts made for the children home. But after participating in these courses, everyone will definitely want to buy cookbooks and cooking utensils... and the taste is higher than that of shops in other places. There is no such delicious shop in the Muggle area, although if there is, the price is very expensive. The back of the recipe will also write where to buy it and how much it costs... and it also details what ingredients are most suitable for starting to make desserts.

How I know so much is because I also took classes with members who often cook on the island. When I asked if werewolves could take cooking classes together, they told me that each table would be grouped together, and no one would mind as long as we signed up as a group. So I participated. The result was unexpectedly delicious, so I bought a lot of utensils. The magic-powered utensils were modified and developed by the Weasley twins from Muggle tools.

They also held free classes in culinary magic, which I attended of course. Since I did well in Hogwarts, they were thoughtful enough to make it easy for people with less magic to use. So they must be finding good students... and they are also good salesmen. The oven that is powered by magic and can be set to a precise temperature is very popular, and although it is expensive, it sells very well. By the way, this oven is also made by the Weasley twins. Although I bought it for dessert, because of the high price, I also want to make a variety of dishes after purchasing the oven. The cookbook is also on sale!

Of course, I also bought an oven, a dessert book, and an oven cooking book…

But the desserts I made were much better than those sold in ordinary stores. Just follow the steps in the book. The oven is on the island, and I pay the raw materials and labor fees of people with cooking skills to make my desserts. Although I repeatedly comfort myself that it is cheaper than buying directly, I still spend a lot of money on dessert tools...

Later, the participants of the cooking class expressed their wish to purchase the utensils after actually using them. Some people like baking and cooking, but they don’t have the space to buy them at home, so they want to freely use a full range of utensils in the cooking class. So, they set up a new equipment rental space on the second floor of the restaurant they run, which is filled with various cooking utensils. Anyone can use it as long as they make an appointment and pay the fee. Although there is a staff member who monitors and accompanies you, the basic usage will be taught on the spot. If one person borrows it, it will be expensive, but it can accommodate up to ten people, so it won’t be too expensive if shared. As a result, the sales of the stores below have soared... Because even if they don’t buy utensils, they will buy the raw materials for the dishes, and everyone will agree to buy the utensils that are suitable for their own homes.

Moreover, after purchasing a certain amount of goods from their store, you will receive a gift book as a thank you for the purchase of the goods... Of course, this gift book was also sent to people like me who purchased a large number of baking tools. The book not only contains desserts made in their store, but also desserts from all over the world carefully selected by Vincent and Gregory. There are also personalized explanations for those who like sweets and those who don't. After placing an order, it will be sent as a gift. I struggled and thought about it all night and made a choice. What was sent was delicious. By the way, there is a store that sells desserts from all over the world, and it was introduced in the gift book in the end... Although it was not selected, there are many products that I have always been interested in, so I naturally went to that store. When was this store opened? It was a dream space for me. In the end, I spent a lot of money there... I couldn't help but go on a shopping spree. As a result, I became a regular customer of that store... Because everything is so delicious!

Of course, the desserts and cakes they make and sell are also delicious. They are obviously not on the same level as the desserts made by amateurs. Although there are some reasonably priced products in the dessert shop, the more specially customized and expensive products are, the more delicious they are... The cake shop is also relatively expensive, so I only go there on special occasions. But sometimes I can't help but buy it to reward myself...

Really, they are very good at business, and people like me who love sweets have been ripped off by them.

But everyone was happy, so it was fine. After all, everyone benefited.

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