Harry felt he had quite a bit of potential to become an evil capitalist.
The reason he had this thought was that he had discovered Dobby was a little neurotic, or rather, a little dim. Yet Harry's very first thought upon discovering this was that someone this dim would be easier to fool...
Harry then engaged in some deep self-reflection.
But to be fair, it really wasn't that Harry was unwilling to raise Dobby's wages. Dobby simply refused to accept anything over one Galleon a week.
What was I supposed to do?
There was nothing I could do either!
Harry comforted himself with these self-deceptions.
Although Dobby asked for very little in wages, his contribution was enormous.
Able to perform Apparition with ease, he could travel freely between Hogwarts and Godric's Hollow, helping Harry and the others maintain the equipment and purchase, process, and load raw materials.
Negotiating prices with Zonko's was just about the only thing he couldn't help with-wizards absolutely refused to discuss business with a house-elf, and Dobby didn't dare negotiate with wizards either.
Apart from that, Dobby had taken over production entirely, putting Harry and the twins' business firmly on track.
During the last two weeks of term, Dobby made two deliveries of freshly produced potions and joke products from the production equipment.
The twins had yet to establish a good sales outlet for the potions. But the joke products had already gone on sale at Zonko's and were selling like crazy.
Although they had no sales outlet for the potions yet, neither the twins nor Harry was worried. All their potions were consumables used in large quantities on the market.
Thanks to the magical production line, their costs were far below market prices. As long as Harry and the others could establish distribution channels, sweeping