Chapter 359 Helga: We Are Not Short of Money, We Are Not Short of Money at All

After hearing the word "discount", the wizards who were watching were obviously excited. They huddled in the corner of the hall, whispering with their friends, recalling the balance in their vaults, and thinking about whether they could take such a doll home.

"Do you have a quotation?" A familiar voice sounded in the crowd. Everyone turned around and found that it was Barty Crouch, the former director of the International Magical Cooperation Department, who was asking.

Although Barty Crouch was deprived of all his positions in the Ministry of Magic, he was still the patriarch of the Crouch family and controlled all the wealth of an ancient family.

Obviously, he wanted to buy an automatic combat doll for his home.

[The basic model of the doll is priced at 3,000 Galleons, with patrol mode and garrison mode. To add a mode and add additional functions, you need to purchase upgrade accessories by yourself]

The doll not only answered Crouch's question, but also took out a bunch of brochures from his arms and distributed them to the wizards around him.

Even though they were well prepared, the wizards present could not help but gasp when they learned that the basic doll alone would cost 3,000 Galleons: the average employee of the Ministry of Magic only earned 50 Galleons a month, and an employee would need to go without food and drink for five years to save up for a basic doll.

Fortunately, Smith White accepted installments for up to 50 years, so even ordinary employees of the Ministry of Magic could afford one if they gritted their teeth - there is no retirement age in the Ministry of Magic in theory, and you can keep working if you want. For example, Griselda Marchbank of the Wizard Examination Administration once personally tested Albus Dumbledore's Transfiguration and Charms in the final wizard exam. It is conservatively estimated that her service time is close to 100 years.

However, this kind of wizard is an exception. Most people tend to retire when they have saved enough money and pursue their own lives.

Considering this, many people were tempted. But when they opened the booklet, they were shocked: this doll can't be bought with 3,000 Galleons at all!

As the basic model with the starting price, it has very few functions. It does not have the magical "magnetic field magic", the powerful "explosion magic", and the "displacement" used for combat. It only has the basic functions of patrolling and distinguishing between enemies and friends - even the palm sword and the shield in the arm are additional accessories.

"Fuck!" "Black heart!" "Merlin!"

After learning that the basic model is basically just a shell, the wizards couldn't help but curse: Is Smith White obsessed with money?

"Excuse me, how much does it cost to get a doll like you?" A wizard with a more affluent family decided to directly buy the same model as the doll in front of him.

[I am equipped with all the mode modules and functional accessories in the brochure, a total of seven modules, 72 additional functions and a high-level wisdom center, with a total cost of 100,000 Galleons]

Rich wizard: ...

Excuse me, goodbye!

What is the concept of 100,000 Galleons? The rent of a shop in a remote Diagon Alley does not need one thousand Galleons a year. If the year is not good, such as the wizard war, one thousand Galleons can even buy a shop directly!

A top-grade doll is enough to bankrupt a wizard family.

[Currently during Christmas, there is a 20% discount, only 80,000 Galleons, and Professor White guarantees a lifetime warranty for the top-grade dolls]

Rich man: Suddenly I am a little tempted. This 20% discount can save 20,000 Galleons at once, and it also accepts installment payments. With this calculation, I only need to pay 133 Galleons per month...

Thinking about it this way, it doesn’t seem very expensive, because 133 Galleons can’t buy three Aurors.

"I want to buy two top-grade dolls and pay in installments for 50 years." Suddenly, Mr. Crouch spoke, instantly shocking his former colleagues around him.

Is this a pure-blood family? You seem to be a little too rich!

[Okay, the order has been generated——]

"Wait a minute!" Mr. Crouch interrupted the puppet, "I don't want the service module and the accompanying life magic. I already have a house elf at home."

He secretly breathed a sigh of relief at this moment: Fortunately, he flipped through the booklet before leaving and saw the "Service Module" on the last page. Although the spells on it are practical, why should he spend tens of thousands of Galleons on life magic? Isn't this a pure injustice?

With Crouch taking the lead, several heads of pure-blood families placed orders with the puppet, among which Lucius Malfoy bought four top-of-the-line puppets without service mode in one go.

After knowing that his puppet would be shipped first, he breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time calculated which old items at home could be taken out for money.

There was a reason why Lucius was so eager to buy the automatic combat puppet and even spent a lot of money: recently, there were some signs of the Dark Mark on his arm rekindling, which made him very nervous.

He knew very well what he had done to escape the crime. He would be severely punished after the Dark Lord returned. By then, he would have four puppets at home, which would be a trump card for a desperate situation.

If the Dark Lord did not leave him any room...

Lucius made up his mind.

The noise in the hall of the Ministry of Magic finally reached Bones. She hurried to the hall and invited the puppets to her office.

During this period, she learned about the puppet's performance just now. After learning that it had beaten the two Aurors without any room to fight back, they could only run away in panic, and she immediately made up her mind to purchase automatic combat puppets in bulk.

Besides, she had to make a big deal. Bones decided to purchase ten dolls at once, and the payment would also be in fifty years. This would only cost a few hundred Galleons per month, which was equivalent to hiring a few more employees.

She even thought of dismissing all Aurors to save the budget, but she finally gave it up because the impact was too bad.

Orders flew to Hogwarts like snowflakes, and with them came large sums of money - according to Helga's requirements, after signing the contract, whether the goods were received or not, they had to start paying.

Of course, there were also wizards who did not intend to pay in full, but wanted to use some magic items to offset the price. This is another story.

A large sum of money suddenly poured into Helga's empty Gringotts account. She became a rich man almost instantly.

Looking at the account change notice sent by Gringotts and the amount in the balance column, Helga made a decision: Christmas is approaching, isn't it? I have to think about what gifts to give to the children.

As for the backlog of orders, Helga didn't think it was urgent. I can work overtime with Salazar during the Christmas holidays to get it done. Of course, I have to find a way to appease this old venomous snake.

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The first update is here

The second update will be updated as I wish, it should be ready before midnight