v4 Chapter 11： Ally strength

Although the Greengrass family is low-key, they actually own a lot of industries. They are the second largest shareholder of the Ogden Brewery (the largest is the Ogden family), and they also have many commercial partnerships with the Wizard's Stew Company. But to talk about their biggest business, they have to count their magic animal farm.

The Ogden Distillery is a supplier of high-end whiskeys. Professor Lockhart’s favorite Ogden Flame Whiskey is their signature work; the main business of the Wizard Stew Company is the kitchen utensils of the wizard’s family, and they are also Cetina Waugh The biggest sponsor of all Baker concerts.

The wealth and social influence of the Greengrass family are also among the best in many pure-blood families. Gareth himself is a member of Wissengamer, and also replaced Lucius as one of the 12 board members of Hogwarts after he lost power. With the support of the Greengrass family, Schelling is more confident about his future plans.

["Allies" Greengrass Family Acquired! 】

After that, Xie Lin spent the five days with the three girls.

Schelling sometimes pointed them to Occlumency, and sometimes explained to Astoria what to pay attention to in the next semester's schoolwork.

In addition, Gareth sometimes takes him out to make some new contacts, such as Oscar Rigibit, the boss of the Romanian fire dragon breeding area. The Romanian fire dragon breeding area is the largest fire dragon breeding area in the world. There are at least eight species of dragons: Chinese fireball, Welsh green dragon, Hungarian hornet, Norwegian ridgeback, Peruvian fangsaurus, Romanian longhorned dragon, and Swedish short-nosed dragon. Dragon, Ukrainian iron belly.

This fire dragon breeding area was founded in the early 19th century by Oska’s father, the famous fire dragon scientist, Harvey Rigibitt. In just a few decades, it surpassed the fire dragon breeding area in Sweden and became the whole of Europe. The largest breeding area. In the next few decades, it has become the leader of the world's fire dragon breeding industry; and the Greengrass family, who is the leader of the magic animal breeding industry, can be described as a moment of success.

Oska is not satisfied with the achievements his father left him. Recently, he plans to expand the business of the fire dragon breeding area again, so he has raised funds in his small circle, and strictly speaking, Gareth, who can be regarded as a colleague, is Is one of the characters he invited. Gareth also handed Schelling hand in hand and asked Schelling to join this small circle.

Xie Lin invested ten thousand gallons in one breath, in exchange for one-fifth of the equity of the breeding area, and became the second largest shareholder of the breeding area. At the same time, his arrogance was also recognized by that circle, allowing him to take the opportunity to expand. More contacts.

No, another big figure in the circle took the initiative to find Xie Lin to befriend him.

Philbert Devrill, the manager and big boss behind Puddlemere United.

Puddermere United was founded in 1163 and is the oldest team in the British and Irish Quidditch League (referred to as the British-Irish League). This team has won 22 Anglo-Irish Leagues and also won the UEFA Champions League twice.

However, since the dangerous and powerful woman of Gwenog Jones became the captain of the Holyhead Harpies a few years ago, Puddlemere United’s championship status and popularity have been severely challenged.

Gwenog Jones is an excellent batsman, but what is more memorable is her personality full of speech and behavior. She has publicly stated that witches are more suitable for playing Quidditch than wizards. No one dares to oppose this view. ; In fact, the "Daily Prophet" once stated that no one dared to oppose any point of view of the "outstanding but dangerous" Gwenog Jones, because those who oppose her are usually turned into woodlouses (also called rat wives). .

Her open and self-centered character has attracted a large number of fans for her.

It’s not that no one has thought about dealing with her, but the Jones family from her own origin is not easy to mess with. Her aunt Hestia Jones and Dumbledore have a close relationship, and she herself is the master of potions Hores. Slughorn’s lover, she is not only the member of the innermost circle in the legendary "slug club", but she also presents free tickets to Horais every year, and the two maintain close contact.

Devriel plans to do something this season. His first plan is to dig corners, a lot of digging corners, and digging up outstanding players from other teams with high salaries. To accomplish this, he needs financial support. Only the ace chaser of Holyhead Hobbits, Verda Griffith, has a transfer fee of as much as 1,000 gallons.

Therefore, after hearing about Xie Lin's large investment in the fire dragon breeding area, he sought out this famous financial owner in the business world.

Xie Lin was amazed. This was the first person to take the initiative to find him for investment. It seems that his reputation in the business world has been completely opened up. At the same time, he couldn't help but think that he could finally have his own team like the Muggle tyrants in his previous life. (Several major teams in the Premier League have been bought by the rich)

Schelling was not overwhelmed by excitement. After reading the prospectus carefully, he added a few more conditions to the prospectus to ensure that his own interests would not be damaged by accidents, that is, the team management must do so. Take out insurance for accidents that occur to players. He doesn't remember the story of Quidditch very clearly. He only vaguely remembers that Pudmer United's poaching behavior seems to have caused public outrage, and then it seems that there was an accident with a player in the end.

After several discussions, Schelling finally bought a quarter of Pudmer United's equity for three thousand gallons.

The cash in Schelling's hand shrank drastically. However, Schelling's own expenses are not large, Hogwarts campus life does not require much expense, and obviously does not need to use his own money when living at home. Although he is now living in the Greenery Manor, it is obvious that Gareth cannot charge him for living expenses.

Of course, Schelling’s money has been credited endlessly from the publishing house, the Miracle Alchemy, Elreby, and Badmore's Broom Company. It is the artificial mushroom trading company. The profit may not be much, but it is still regularly paid. A small amount of Kanon is accounted for, and the total return on investment is about 8,000 gallons a year.

In general, even if the investment in the Dragon Breeding Area and Puddermere United eventually loses money, it only takes a few years for him to recover his financial resources.

At the same time, Schelling thought of the upcoming Quidditch World Cup. It seems that he should make good use of this World Cup to make some money.

Daphne, under Gareth’s instruction, also took Schelling to visit the Greengrass family business during this time. In addition to expressing the family’s trust in him, it also meant to show the family’s strength and value.

is indeed the leader of the magic animal breeding industry. The magic animal breeding farm of the Greengrass family really opened Schelling’s eyes.

There are all breeds of Pegasus in the stable: the gray Glaling Pegasus, the huge rune horse, the chestnut Yseron, the extremely rare Yeqi, and the hybrids between various breeds.

"Is it okay for us to breed mixed species like this? Isn't there the 1965 "Prohibition of Animal Breeding Experiments"?" Although Schelling knew the strength of the Greengrass family, he didn't think it was wise to leave a handle on these things. idea.

Daphne smiled and said, “Of course it’s okay. Our family’s farm is one of the few companies that hold a license in Great Britain. In fact, Hogwarts also has one... So if it’s Hagrid’s magical biology class next semester Don’t be surprised by the strange and dangerous new species appearing in it."

(Note: Hagrid’s snails can be used publicly in the Goblet of Fire project, which is obviously completely legal)

Schelling suddenly remembered the fact that in the original book, the Riveresley twins used velvet to bred PygmyPuff (PygmyPuff), and then they could sell it in their joke shop, apparently obtaining a license in advance. Later, Dwarf Pu also became the most popular product in the "Wonder Witch Series" of the joke shop.

Schelling said the inspiration for cultivating pygmy cattails, Daphne tilted her head and thought for a while, "We also have a special area for cultivating cattail feathers, which is mainly provided to the major pet shops in Diagon Alley. They are sold as wizard pets, let's go! I'll take you to see!"

The two of them walked to the area where the velvet was cultivated. It was a velvet nest surrounded by a low fence. It was covered with leftovers. Various colors of velvet happily used slender velvet. , Pink tongue is licking food.

"That's Appaloosa Puffskein," Daphne pointed to a larger silver-haired puffskein. "It has the ability to swell and shrink. Since the breeder in New York was killed in 1925 After the Magic Congress banned it, our family is the only one in the world that still has this variety of puffed wool."

"I think that as a pet, there is still a lot of room for puff pastel. If you can cultivate more pink and lavender puff pastel that women like, and then reduce your body size, it will definitely be very popular." Xie Lin Put forward his opinion, "I can also help in this regard, and I have a little dabbling in the transformation of species."

Daphne stared at Schelling's eyes gleaming, "Is there anything you don't know?" After that, she smiled sweetly, "Let me talk to Dad. This can be used as a cooperation between you and our family. If the project is ultimately successful, you can also get a share."

Then the two visited the horse-shaped water monster that was stocked in a large pool. The horse-shaped water monster is a kind of deformed creature. They do not necessarily appear in the form of a horse. The most famous horse-shaped water monster "Nessie" appears in the image of a plesiosaur from the Jurassic period (similar to the Rapp in Pokémon). Russ).

There are also a large group of cats and raccoons and swallowtail dogs in the garden. They are running around and making various dexterous movements under the direction of the breeder.

There are hundreds of employees in this farm, all of whom are professional magical biologists. Each breeder only needs to take care of and train one kind of magical animal specified in the employment contract. They have a deep understanding of their respective areas of magical animals, and they can often tell Schelling many little things that cannot be learned in books.

Walking to the area where the unicorns are kept, Schelling saw a group of snow-white horse-shaped creatures with long spiral horns on their foreheads, walking gracefully.

There are also two small unicorns in the group of unicorns that are golden all over, like cast gold, and their signature long horns have not grown on top of their heads. Little unicorns generally don’t begin to transform into silvery white fur until they are two years old. They start to grow horns at about four years old, and they become adults at about seven years old. At that time, their hair will become beautiful and pure white, even in the purest snow. All around them will look dull and pale.

Not far away from the group of unicorns, there is a unicorn with its head held high and looks a little uncomfortable It is covered in dark black hair, and its eyes are piercing. majesty. Rao was unable to identify it with Schelling's insight.

"This is?" Xie Lin asked.

Daphne is very satisfied with the effect created by this creature, "This is the legendary Oriental unicorn, called Hachi in China. European unicorns can easily distinguish the good and evil in people's hearts, so only the purest heart Women only approach them; Haechi has another completely different ability. He is born with the instinct to distinguish right from wrong and is fair and unfair, so it is very popular in the Ministry of Magic in China and can be kept as a pet. They are generally honest and fair public officials."

The two spent most of the day in the farm, and finally came to the last corner that they hadn't visited yet.

This is a towering mahogany tree, you must take a special magic elevator to go up. In a certain branch, Xie Lin actually saw a phoenix den!

"Don't think too much. Even with the strength of our family, we have not been able to obtain a phoenix. As far as I know, in the entire Great Britain, only our principal Dumbledore can own a phoenix." Daphne paused. , Continued to explain: "This is actually a subspecies of Phoenix. It is a cross between Phoenix and Peacock. It cannot be reborn from the fire, but its feathers and tears are still precious raw materials."

Even if it's just a subspecies of Phoenix, that's pretty amazing. Schelling's evaluation of the strength of the Greengrass family once again raised a level.

Time passed in such a rare leisurely time, and soon came on August 18.

Gareth took the butlers Morgardon, Schelling and three daughters together using the door keys allocated by the Ministry of Magic to go to the venue of the Quidditch World Cup-Devon, Dartmoor Wilderness.