Selling Them a Dream
On the weekend morning, Albert had just arrived at the Gryffindor table to have breakfast when he was blocked by someone from Truman. This Prefect of Hufflepuff was very dissatisfied with the progress of the popularization of Wizard Card and hoped that Albert could come up with a reasonable solution.
The copying of Wizard Card is too slow and requires a lot of time and energy. It is far from meeting the needs of other club members. Many club members have already complained to him about this matter.
"Before Wizard Card is actually formed, I will not be able to produce it on a large scale, nor do I have the equipment or energy." Albert said calmly, "If you think the speed is too slow, I suggest you find someone to help copy Wizard Card and give you some money. For example For example, if you help copy a Wizard Card, you will be given as many Knuts as a set of Wizard Cards. Only a few Sickles are needed. Those senior students who have spare time should be willing to help copy and earn a small amount of money."
Truman thought about it carefully and felt that this idea was feasible.
After Truman left, Fred, who was eating grilled sausage and frowning slightly, complained, "This is not fair to us. The three of us helped get so many Wizard Card, so it's not too much to ask for hard work."
"You are working for yourself, not for others." Albert looked at Fred, who was holding a sausage in his mouth and speaking indistinctly, and asked, "Which boss have you ever seen pay yourself a salary?"
The three of them frowned and thought. Although they thought Albert's words made sense, they still felt that something was wrong.
"Now, Wizard Card has not yet taken shape, and you start selling money. Aren't you cheating others, but also cheating yourself?" Albert lowered his voice to a level that only a few of them could hear. "Once the reputation is bad, the club will soon disband."
"But..."
"We will definitely make money selling Card Pack, Card Set and Premium Card in the future. Before that, we need to build our Wizard Card and make it more formal, rather than focusing on the small money."
"That's not a small amount of money." George muttered.
Wizard Card Club has a bunch of members. If you need to spend money to buy Wizard Card, you can earn a small bag of Galleon.
This is indeed not a small amount of money for Weasley Twins, who has an empty pocket.
However, after being glared at by Albert, several people shut up obediently.
"Wizard Card will bring us continuous Galleon in the future, instead of harvesting a wave now and making things a mess. You should take a longer-term view. Wizard Card will be our first job after graduating from school. Before that, we'd better completely improve the rules and Wizard Card, and we also need to have a sufficient number of groups."
"I think Albert is right." Li·Jordan actually didn't understand what Albert was saying, but he felt that Albert was willing to graduate Later, when he invested money in Wizard Card, he never lost money. He had never seen Albert make a loss-making transaction. What's more, he had never seen Albert make a loss.
Since you don't understand, you can just follow someone who understands and sneak behind them, and Albert is willing to take them to play together. Li Jordan still trusts Albert.
Fred and George looked at Li Jordan speechlessly, but they didn't say anything.
They do want to make money.
There is no way, people are going crazy from poverty.
"Those students who find someone to copy the cards will not target us even if they complain in the future, because we only provide free templates." Albert said mysteriously, "And there is a saying... free is the most expensive. I know you don't understand, but trust me, you will understand in the future."
The three of them looked at Albert in confusion, and nodded in understanding.
Albert glanced at Ron who had just sat over and wanted to eavesdrop on their conversation.
"What are you talking about."
"Wizard Card Club's future development route." Albert didn't hide anything. He smiled and took out a notebook from Transfiguration Lizard's leather bag, which contained a blueprint for Wizard Card's future development.
The three of them gathered together to look through the notes, and soon there was unconcealable astonishment on their faces, because they saw Albert's overall plan for Wizard Card.
The current Wizard Card can only be regarded as just starting out. The goal of Albert is to have a large enough number of Wizard Card loyal fans before they graduate from Hogwarts and completely complete Wizard Card.
After they graduate from Hogwarts, they can start to take the first step.
Make this game popular in British magical world by fully promoting Wizard Card and then selling random Card Pack.
After Wizard Card becomes famous after Wizarding World, he will have his own tavern, similar to the stillborn board game store in his previous life, and maintain a series of activities, while Albert is targeting Leaky Cauldron. And the income they have will change from selling Wizard Card to selling Wizard Card and selling advertising space.
The last step is to open a similar franchise store or open a branch, but this is also the most difficult step and is still very far away from now.
It turns out that Albert's development plan for Wizard Card has already been arranged. Although all three of them felt it was a bit incredible, they felt that Albert would be successful. He was currently building up his initial popularity. There was no doubt that Albert was doing very well and a large number of students had already joined Wizard Card Club.
Regardless of whether it succeeds or not, the three of them admire Albert's approach.
Li Jordan did not look so far ahead on Wizard Card. His goal was just to make Wizard Card popular among Hogwarts students.
The situation of Fred and George is similar. Their Joke Shop is also mainly students of Hogwarts. However, Albert's plan for Wizard Card has involved the entire British magical world, and even the world.
Although there is a suspicion of turning the pie into a cake, people really need to have a dream. If you don't even have a dream, you are just like salted fish.
Of course, Fred, George and Li Jordan didn't know that Albert's wish was actually not as great as they thought. He just wanted to find some friends to help him open a company and help him make money, achieving the so-called "win-win situation".
With money, you can do what you want to do without any worries in the future.
However, this seemingly grand blueprint really shocked the three of them.
"Then what do you think our Joke Shop should do in the future?" Fred and George looked at each other, and finally decided to seek Albert's opinion.
"You can divide your business into different areas and finally take the magic product route." Albert thought for a while and said, "Joke Shop can indeed make you a lot of money. However, you need to keep in mind that most students are not rich."
The three of them said nothing and continued to listen.
"The real money making is not the joke props, but this thing." Albert shook his Protective Bracelet and said, "Defence Against the Dark Arts is the real money making area."
"After the store opens, I will help you get some interesting things and expand the product categories. There is no future just selling joke props." Albert reminded with a smile.
"Interesting thing? What interesting thing?" Fred couldn't help but ask.
"This." Albert took out two metal cards from Transfiguration Lizard Skin Bag and handed them to Fred and George.
"What is this?" Fred asked in confusion.
"Communication Card."
"Communication Card?" the three of them repeated.
"Write on it and the writing will appear on the other card." Albert noticed the puzzled looks of the three people and said with a smile, "This thing costs ten Galleon."
"Ten Galleon?"
The three of them stared at the metal card dumbfounded, unable to understand why this thing was so expensive.
"Do you know who this thing is going to be sold to?" Albert asked with a smile.
"Who are you selling to?" Fred and George asked in unison.
"Couple?"
This time, Lee Jordan's mind was very fast. "As long as they have this thing, they don't need to write letters to each other anymore. They can contact each other directly through the communication card?"
"I don't think they will buy it." Fred suddenly said, ten Galleon is too expensive.
"They'll copy you and do it themselves."
"They can't figure it out." Albert shook his head, "This involves the advanced application of Transformation Charm."
Perhaps students who have mastered Transformation Charm can make something similar, but when communicating, both people must be able to use Transformation Charm. More importantly, even if both parties know how to use Transformation Charm, it is hard to say whether they can fully present the text.
"If you sell a pair, you can get 20% of it." Albert said with a smile, "There should be a lot of couples in the school. How much Galleon you can earn depends on your ability."
"It's so dark."
"But... we like it."