The Mightiest Badger at Hogwarts

Chapter 422 The Weasley Brothers’ Black Workshop

Under the leadership of George and Fred, Link visited the remaining classrooms one after another.

It was only then that Link suddenly discovered that George and Fred's black workshop industry had completely filled more than five classrooms in this corridor, and the area was ridiculously large.

In addition to the dung bombs we saw earlier, its specific industries also include fake love potions, various alchemy prank props, and even a classroom dedicated to packaging products.

These so-called work shops all have a lot in common.

The sanitary conditions are extremely poor, safety hazards are great, the number of employees is small, one person often plays multiple roles, and the quality level of these employees is extremely low.

After completing a series of parades, Link and others stood in the corridor again.

Link was silent and thoughtful.

George and Fred looked at Link and Emily in fear.

They knew that the future fate of their workshops was in Link's hands.

Although Emily had hinted to them before that Link's visit this time might not be so malicious.

But when things came to pass, they still felt instinctively uneasy.

Finally, Link spoke:

"Didn't you tell me before that so many people signed up that you all want to expand further? Why don't I see many people here?"

George and Fred were startled by this sudden question. They looked at each other before Fred came out and replied with a forced smile:

"Of course there are a lot of people signing up, but we also have to control costs. We can hire one person to do some jobs, so there is no need to hire two people. There are also some students, such as potions and alchemy classes. Their level is very high, but we can’t afford to hire them, and to be honest, the things we make are not very technical, so we don’t need them to join us.”

"So," Link continued, "how much salary do you give these current student workers?"

"The hourly salary is 20 KN," George said matter-of-factly. "This is already a very high salary level. After all, the jobs they do are simple jobs with no technical difficulty."

As soon as this statement came out, Emily's expression remained unchanged.

After all, she was born rich and had no idea about the money itself in a unit like Coppernut.

But Link's expression management is a bit out of control.

In order to integrate into the magical world as soon as possible, he had a detailed understanding of the world's financial system and prices.

What is the concept of 20 Copper Nats?

A copy of the Daily Prophet costs N5.

This means that one hour of hard work by these students is enough to buy four newspapers.

More importantly, from what Link observed.

The amount of work these students do is not what Fred said - one person is enough.

They were clearly doing the same amount of work as two or even three people.

But all they got was an outrageously low salary.

Good guy, in this magical society where worker costs are extremely inflated, the brothers George and Fred can be said to have reached the end of their journey of squeezing workers’ surplus value.

Link looked at George and Fred with a scum look and said:

"Wouldn't your conscience hurt when you treat workers like this?"

"Oh Link, you are wronging us by saying this!" George and Fred were a little anxious, and you said to each other, "The treatment we gave them is good enough, you know the two of us When I was doing R&D and production myself, the pay was much worse than theirs, and the workload was several times what they are now.”

Link nodded.

He believed this.

The education he received in his previous life gave him a full understanding of the workings of the evil capitalism.

Therefore, he knows very well that at the beginning of the birth of any micro-enterprise, the first person the business owner oppresses and exploits is himself.In the process, they gradually mastered how to correctly oppress and exploit workers - through practice on themselves, they finally took the most determined and powerful step towards becoming capitalists.

Perhaps because Link was a little panicked when he didn't speak for a long time, Fred came up and added jokingly:

"Link, do you know what's the funniest thing? The salary we originally offered was one silver coin per hour, but there were so many people applying for the job. In order to compete for jobs, they gave the hourly salary to Pressed down, this really made us laugh.”

"Ha! Good guys, you actually encountered the insurgence of workers."

Link said, shaking his head.

"Uchimaki? What is Uchimaki?"

George and Fred had obviously never heard of this word before, and asked in confusion after hearing this.

But Link waved his hand and continued to return to his contemplative state.

What George and Fred did was indeed abominable, but they also provided Link with a very crucial piece of information.

At present, students are in urgent need of working to earn pocket money.

After all, young Muggle wizards in the wizarding world have very limited gold galleons that they can exchange from Gringotts every year. Children from ordinary wizarding families also have less pocket money because Hogwarts provides food and accommodation.

There is also the cost of additional practice materials needed to learn potions, alchemy and other courses.

In short, the result of all this is that students are eager to work even in such a demanding and painful job, and even form involution.

After confirming such a piece of information, Link had a new idea about resisting Umbridge.

Can he also set up a temporary job platform for students?

The purpose of this platform is not to make money, but to distribute money to students within a certain range.

Link thought this might be a good idea.

Umbridge can use a pie-in-the-sky approach to win over the upperclassmen.

Then he can also use money to win over students.

Anyway, he has plenty of money.

A large number of black and white industries in the two lands of Germany and China are delivering countless wealth to the Foley family every moment.

A little bit of the income from this is enough for Link to settle the matter.

I believe that as long as this platform can be truly implemented, everything will be back under Link's control.

With this in mind, Link looked at George and Fred again.

Now there is only one question left before Link.

Is it necessary for these black workshops of George and Fred to exist?

The answer is yes.

George and Fred's industry must exist!

It has to exist for a long time!

Link quickly came to this conclusion.

Spreading money can indeed win over a large number of people in a short period of time.

But human desires are endless, and this trait will not change just because humans become wizards.

Blindly throwing away money for a long time will only make people dissatisfied.

The story of the rich man and the beggar, as well as the story of the fight for rice and the rise of rice and hatred have already proved this point.

If you want to continue to win people's hearts, you need to let people see the tragic scenes in hell while being in the depths of heaven.

Happiness is always a matter of comparison.

George and Fred's black workshop is very suitable to serve as this "hell" to be compared.

But for now, George and Fred are not qualified as "Hell" and need to add some more exciting materials.

The corners of Link's mouth slowly rose.

This made the two brothers George and Fred, who were already very nervous, suddenly feel a creepy feeling as they watched him.

It was as if the person standing in front of them now was not their classmate.

It was a ferocious beast that was opening its bloody mouth, trying to tear them into pieces and swallow them whole.

"George, Fred, I will not stop them from continuing to open student workshops. On the contrary, I can also provide you with protection so that your workshops can continue to operate for a long time."

Link smiled and said, "But the premise is that you must cooperate with me to do something."

"We understand this! We all understand it!"

As George spoke, he quickly took out a heavy small bag from his arms. Although he was smiling, there was a kind of tangled distress on his face.

Because the little cloth bag contained a full 20 gold galleons, which was all the remaining savings of the two brothers.

"No, no, no, I don't need your pitiful gold coins." Link shook his head and said, "What I need you to do is to further deepen the exploitation of student workers. Make their working environment and treatment more harsh, It’s best to have one or two minor accidents as soon as possible.”

George and Fred looked at each other with ugly expressions on their faces.

Because they don't understand what benefits Link can get from it.

If they don't understand it, it means it contains unknown risks.

"Don't worry, I will help you solve all the problems. You should believe in my strength. Moreover, I have additional compensation for you."

As Link said this, he also took out a cloth bag from his arms and threw it on the ground.

slam-la-

The mouth of the cloth bag opened directly under the action of gravity, and a large number of gold coins engraved with fire dragon patterns poured out of the mouth like a tide.

"Here are 1000 gold galleons. We will sign the contract later. After signing, the money will be yours."

Link said with a smile on his face.

At this moment, George and Fred no longer cared about what Link said.

Their attention was completely attracted by the shining hill of gold coins on the ground.

Seeing this, Link was not in a hurry, and just quietly looked at George and Fred with Emily.

The faces of these two people were full of greed for wealth.

Both Link and Emily have seen this expression too many times.

Generally, such people are the so-called slaves of money. They cannot see the properties of money clearly.

The so-called money, in fact, in the eyes of people like Link and Emily who truly understand part of the nature of the world, is just a tool and does not have any value in itself.

For Link, industry, resources and even manpower are the real wealth.

Link's action of throwing money directly can actually be regarded as a test for George and Fred.

The current obsession doesn't actually matter.

But if the two brothers can't extricate themselves for a long time, it means that they are also part of the countless mediocre people and are slaves to money.

On the contrary, it proves that they are still saved.

call--

After a long time, with a heavy breathing sound like a drowning man finally rescued, George and Fred finally woke up.

At this moment, their eyes were red and their bodies were soaked with sweat. They were as embarrassed and tired as if they had just fought a life-and-death fight.

"We can help you do this, but you have to let us know what kind of accident you refer to as a 'neither minor nor serious accident'? Is this enough?"

As George spoke, he pointed to the classroom next to him where the dung bomb disaster had just broken out, and the poor students who were still being flushed.

Link frowned and said:

"This is going a little too far. What I need you to do is attract hatred, not really make things worse. What you need to remember is that student workers can be injured, but not seriously. Their injuries have to be medically It can be cured in any room."

As soon as Link said this, George and Fred looked at each other in unison again, and saw the same answer in each other's eyes.

This job is capable!

Neither George nor Fred were really money-hungry people.

Their only purpose of making money is to fulfill their dream of opening a magic joke shop.

And if they get Link's thousand gold galleons, then their initial entrepreneurial funds will be collected directly!

In this case, as long as what Link needs them to do is not too crazy, then they can do it.

Even getting expelled from Hogwarts for this!

As for, what is Link's purpose in doing this?

They have no interest in knowing now.

Anyway, in their impression, Link was such a baffling person, and he might have gone crazy again this time.

"We agreed! When will we sign the contract?"

George and Fred, who had figured it out a bit, said in unison.

Hearing this, Link finally nodded with satisfaction.

George and Fred barely passed his test.

This has both advantages and disadvantages for Link.

The advantage is that they have the ability to help with more things.

The disadvantage is that such people probably won't be able to induce them to sign the 'Unbreakable Oath' through money and use this to firmly control them.

A piece of parchment stamped with the Gringotts Elf stamp was taken out by Link.

"Sign it now. Let's discuss the specific content of the contract."

Both George and Fred's expressions became cautious.

Because they recognized the parchment.

The fairy's magic contract!

Once this kind of contract is violated after signing, the violator will be counterattacked by the fairy magic above.

Although he won't die, he definitely won't have an easy time either.

After all, the two brothers, George and Fred, still had too little experience.

This kind of contract can be considered very formal and strict in their opinion.

"Okay! Let's discuss it then!"

After hesitating for a long time, George finally nodded seriously.

Halfway through, in a fierce argument, the contract finally burned into ashes after both Link and the Weasley brothers signed their names.

The atmosphere in the corridor finally became soothing.

"Link, in this case we won't send you off!"

"Yes, yes, you go and have a meal quickly, we won't send it away."

George and Fred were talking happily while still picking up gold coins on the ground.

Link did not reply, but turned his gaze to the classroom that was temporarily sealed with ice and said:

"What are you going to do about this?"

"Ah, you are telling me this, isn't this difficult to handle?" George raised his head and said lightly, "We can just go back and find some wooden boards, mud or something to seal it up. Don't worry, we will never let it go." Once the stench spreads, we don’t want any of the property there. Anyway, it’s just some materials, tools, etc. The workers bring their own, so we don’t have to pay any compensation.”

"It's... not good for you to do this, right?"

Emily, who had been watching, finally couldn't help but speak.

After hearing this, Fred raised his head and said nonchalantly:

"Hogwarts is full of all kinds of weird and disgusting traps anyway. It's not a big deal to find one or two more. No one will care."

After saying that, Fred leaned over again and began the pleasant work of picking up gold coins.

Emily, on the other hand, was completely speechless.

Link couldn't help but stretched out a thumb and said:

"As expected of you!"