A thin letter from Gringotts.
The letter listed his recent income, as well as an expenditure for a sum of gold Galleons that his father, Ferdinand Gray, had withdrawn from the vault. Wade glanced at the figures and casually put the letter away.
The package came from Marchioni, accompanied by a letter detailing recent sales of the Book of Friends, the income Wade was due to receive, and the next stage of its promotional plans—though production still could not keep up, Marchioni had already expanded the market into Asia and Africa.
Marchioni had also drawn several new versions of the Book of Friends that would be released next, "earnestly requesting" that Wade, as its inventor, "offer his valuable opinions" so that the new products could "achieve even greater success" upon release.
Judging by Marchioni's earnest wording, it was as if the business tycoon truly lay awake at night worrying over the matter, as though only Wade could guide his life.
Wade: ...
He finally understood why Professor Murray had said, "Just make use of that fellow's abilities to earn money for yourself. If he pesters you too often, just ignore him."
Professor Murray must have received this sort of owl from Marchioni quite often before.
But for Wade, Marchioni had not only brought him a great many Galleons, but had also specially sent an entire package of Alchemical Materials—while most of them were quite ordinary, there were also precious materials like African Tree Snake Skin, which were difficult to buy even with money.
Wade still wrote back with great care.
Of course, he did not comment on trivial matters like which patterns were more appealing. What Wade wrote down were some ideas he had developed while recently studying Alchemy, ideas for improving the Book of Friends.
For example, it had