Chapter 640 Prototype
Year 999 of the Magical Calendar, in the eyes of future generations, this was still an extremely slow world.
The Internet era has just emerged. The speed of transportation, logistics, and information transmission is still subject to physical constraints in the real world. At the same time... it is also the last chance for the magical world in Elena's eyes to seize the lead in the process of human civilization.
Hogwarts Round-Faced Fat Chicken Express, this is just a project name used to deceive others.
According to Elena's idea, its official name should actually be called Skynet.
The owl navigation of the global positioning system, the teleportation ability of house elves that ignores space barriers, if it is possible to realize through magic the non-delay information transmission of quantum entangled states, the intelligent screening and processing of huge disordered data, and the instantaneous uploading, downloading and reorganization of souls and matter... …then it will undoubtedly completely subvert the life model of the entire human civilization.
The starting point of all this is the takeaway service of the summer special issue of "Hogwarts on the Tongue".
With the beginning of the holidays this year, the Hogwarts kitchen has officially begun to receive orders from the entire wizarding world. However, any wizarding family who has subscribed to the "Hogwarts on the Tip of the Tongue" magazine can send an order request to Hogwarts.
Of course, due to limited manpower, the number of orders each day is limited - according to the rules set by Elena, wizard families with Hogwarts students at home will have priority to make reservations. In addition, those who have cleared the 'Black Game' Students who take the "Test of Magic Defense" will also receive further priority.
The house elves at Hogwarts will ensure the quality of every dish and that orders are delivered accurately and on time.
Based on her understanding of the cooking standards of Hogwarts kitchens and the current situation of bad cuisine in Britain, Elena is very confident. But any wizard who has tried Hogwarts dishes once will have a hard time resisting the taste that lingers on the tip of his tongue. temptation.
Even if the price is a little more expensive...
But Elena also specially provided an extremely valuable service - any family who orders more than 50 gold galleons can have the right to temporarily rent a house elf for one hour after the food arrives.
During this hour, the house elves at Hogwarts can help the family complete tedious housekeeping tasks, as well as some basic house repairs, vegetable garden repairs, and even some basic cooking lessons.
You know, house elves are a magical species.
Although some wizard families will teach their children, this is nothing more than a kind of slave created by the wizard.
But in fact, according to Grindelwald's description and the ancient historical documents collected in Dumbledore's bookshelf, they were actually once a highly magical intelligent race like goblins.
In ancient wars, the entire race of house elves was completely conquered by ancient wizards, erasing their own history. Each one was trained as a slave at birth and must serve their masters as slaves for generations. Not only are they proficient in all kinds of daily household magic, they also possess powerful magical abilities that even many contemporary wizards cannot achieve.
Therefore, house elves generally only appear in some very ancient wizarding families.
Delicious dishes that span the ages, service experience cards that are unique to ancient families, and even one-on-one cooking instruction, and express delivery services for large goods... Elena really can't imagine what else the wizards would refuse besides being expensive. reasons.
For some families who are strapped for cash, the Hogwarts Round-Faced Chicken Express also has a low-end version of the service. Hundreds of students’ owls come out and the round-faced chickens abandoned in the owl shed are on call at any time— —Although it may be a little cold when it arrives, it doesn’t look very good, but after unpacking it, it only needs a little heating and the taste is still good.
In fact, from the first day of summer, orders literally flew to Hogwarts like flakes.
But the only problem is...
"It's been a whole month since the summer started - there are thousands of orders every day, right?"
Elena flipped through a small book gently, the smile on her face still remained, but every syllable was filled with cold anger.
"According to the report, Hogwarts has been suffering losses of thousands of galleons every day so far. I don't care about the financial losses, but... I hate this feeling of being fooled, can you understand? ?”
"But...chef, they don't pay..."
The house elf screamed, clutching her little Hogwarts napkin-turned-clothes, shaking extremely violently.
Hogwarts' takeout service adopts a pay-on-delivery model, which means that each house elf arrives at each wizard's home with food, waits for them to finish their meal, and then charges service fees and meal fees.
However, even those little wizards who earned a lot of gold Galleons at the end of the semester, after returning home, most of them "voluntarily" handed over the gold coins under the persuasion of their parents, and their parents temporarily kept them for safekeeping - Dumble The letter signed by Professor Lido was accurately sent to every parent, and all adult wizards made exactly the same decision.
Therefore, except for a few wizard families who keep their promises, most wizards will involuntarily find some strange excuses when faced with high fees and cowardly house elves.
For example, if you don’t have cash for the time being, you’ll have to wait until you get it from the vault to make sure next time; or a child is ignorant and orders a lot of unpalatable dishes at random; or he directly questions the unreasonable price and refuses to pay...
As house elves, they have no way to resist or actively use magic to harm other wizards.
"Whatever the reason, the losses have occurred and someone needs to be punished."
The smile on Elena's face became brighter and brighter, and she whispered coldly.
"This also means..."
"No!" the house elf screamed, and his eyes suddenly turned frightened, "No clothes! Chef! We will supervise and find a way! No clothes! Where can we go except Hogwarts? I can’t even go…”
"Don't panic, I'm not blaming you, I'm just sighing at the wonder of human nature."
Elena shook her head slightly and turned to look at Dumbledore sitting next to her.
"I think you have understood now. What I said before, the possible risks of backward cash transactions and disorderly markets, greed can never be extinguished, these will not change due to the scarcity or abundance of materials - if While material and knowledge progress, the traditional social model remains unchanged, which will only lead to greater disasters."
"In fact, a complete and sound society requires not only enough freedom and privacy for everyone, but also a clear and concise statistical control ability for the whole. It has to be said that the Ministry of Magic does not do a good job in this regard. "
"Fortunately, today's Hogwarts has all the pieces of the puzzle to fill this gap..."
Elena paused, protracted her tone, and spoke slowly and softly.
"The only problem is that I'm not sure whether the principal of Hogwarts agrees. After all, a month ago, he opposed the plan I proposed and suggested shelving it for a month to see actual feedback from the wizarding community before making a decision."
"...So, is this also part of your plan? More than seventy thousand galleons, Merlin..."
Dumbledore looked at the huge loss report in his hand, was silent for a moment, and rubbed his brows helplessly.
"Let's give it a try, but... it's only limited to the Hogwarts campus for the time being. Otherwise, I can't handle Cornelius's side. As for things that are popular in the wizarding world, wait until you become the Minister of Magic. Let’s talk about it later…”
"Maybe it won't take that long."
Elena raised her eyebrows and replied meaningfully.
Before Dumbledore could understand the meaning behind Elena's words, the girl had turned her head again, looked at the house elves, famous wizards and goblins in front of her, and cleared her throat gently.
"It seems that we need to formulate some rules and some more efficient and concise ways to let our customers understand the operating logic of this world. This is why we are gathering together at this moment."
"This world needs a little, little change."
Dumbledore's relief instantly cheered Elena up, and she could finally make her own moves on the chessboard.
Since she entered Hogwarts and found out that she had to live in the magical world for a long time, she has been thinking about how to change the world all the time. This is not a noble idea, but she just wants to live a more comfortable life. Some.
Initially, she just wanted to make some small money or have some ability to protect herself.
With the emergence of Grindelwald and the perfect guide to Gringotts Wizarding Bank, she has already had new ideas.
Elena's eyes swept across the anxious elves, the determined wizards, and the excited elves in front of her. She took a breath, suppressed the excitement in her heart, and spoke slowly and calmly.
"From now on, in addition to normal business, Gringotts Wizarding Bank will form a separate department to be responsible for Hogwarts-related accounting matters. The entire department is headed by Kurt Meier, and the Hogwarts house elves will coordinate participate."
"As for the first thing, setting up Hogwarts student files and assigning numbers..."
Elena took out her wand and waved it gently, and dots of images gradually appeared in the air.
"Name is not a reliable objective standard. We need to give each person a unique code, an identification that can be accurately identified and locked in all fields - I call it MID, Magic Identification Number."
Along with Elena's voice, the images in the air gradually gathered into her appearance, and below her image, a series of characters were slowly emerging in the air, explaining what she wanted to express.
"First of all, the first string of numbers represents the school... 99999, this is Hogwarts."
"Next, there's the house... 00 is Slytherin, 01 is Hufflepuff, 02 is Gryffindor, and 03 is Ravenclaw - this is sorted by the age of the four founders, and with reference to What each college represents.”
"After the academy, September 1st of each year is used as the dividing line to divide the magic year of each student who is over 11 years old. In other words, it is their magic year of admission. In the magic year After that, it’s the place on the list at the sorting ceremony. This area should be reserved to three digits.”
"Finally, Gringotts Wizarding Bank will randomly set up two numbers... to deal with certain special situations."
In the world of magic, it is possible for a person to become multiple independent individuals. For example, a remnant soul that does not know where to wander now is quite consistent with this phenomenon, so Elena had to make reservations in advance. Make some space.
Without further explaining the meaning of the last two values, Elena smiled slightly and looked at Fairy Douglas.
"After all student information is entered, Gringotts can create an exclusive virtual account for each person based on the MID to store personal property - this part of the assets will be directly settled by [Hawking]. [Hawk] can be withdrawn or deposited at any time, and can be used for all cashless transactions..."
"The rewards or punishments received by Hogwarts students in school will also be recorded on this in the form of numerical changes. I think the house elves at Hogwarts should be able to provide this data. Come out, and I will compile a detailed list of daily tasks, weekly tasks, monthly tasks, and school year tasks later and give it to everyone."
"As for Mr. Kurt Meier, I hope you can help Douglas to convince the merchants in Diagon Alley to start using this settlement model, and for the wizards and merchants who use this settlement model, we can provide some small discount feedback and financial support. For those who are opposed, first see if you can buy their store?
"Of course, if their resistance is still quite strong, then buy a store next door to fill the gap in the market - as for the materials and funds in this area, the former Soviet Union Light Industry and Gringotts will be yours backing."
Elena waved her hand to disperse the image in the air, and asked softly in a pleasant tone.
"I'm done, now you can ask questions..."
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Guacridine! Another big chapter! Elena, please refill~~~