Draco wants to buy another Magic Mobile Phone.
He felt that ever since Director Lorne clashed with his father at school, he had no chance to get his confiscated Magic Mobile Phone back.
Draco didn't think too much about the two's stances. Director Lorne had told him long ago that " Pure-blood is just a political concept," and since then he had been investigating it, intentionally or unintentionally.
He actually knew long ago that the Malfoy family's wealth was initially accumulated from Muggle.
The Twenty-Eight Pure-blood families were compiled in 1930. After that, the bloodlines of the Pure-blood families were successively contaminated, and the Ollivander, Abbott, and Black family all produced Half-blood.
He even overheard his father talking to some men in black robes, and learned that there were Half-blood among the Gaunt family —the descendants of Slytherin —and that one of them was even You-Know-Who to whom his father had once served.
To find that Draco, who wanted to eradicate Half-blood, Mudblood, and Muggle, was also a Half-blood who supported Pure-blood Supremacy, Draco found the concept of Pure-blood somewhat laughable for the first time.
But so what?
He came from the Malfoy family; his father was Lucius Malfoy. Even if the family held a wrong idea, he would still regard it as gospel.
Draco felt he had grown up. The person he depended on for survival might not be a perfect person, but he wasn't so cowardly as to be unable to tolerate that.
He must be Malfoy first before he can be Draco; he must stand by his father, no matter whose side he is on.
What Draco found most unacceptable was that Pure-blood families would banish their Squib offspring. Draco grew up with Galleon and Airi, and he couldn't understand how someone could not love their own child just because they weren't a Pure-blood.
Draco had no intention of standing against Lorne.
Rather than completely switching sides and engaging in a life-or-death struggle with the other side, or being caught in the middle and facing a dilemma, it's better to have both.
Moreover, Draco felt that there was no irreconcilable hatred between his father and Lorne. His father needed Muggle and Half-blood to maintain the status of the Pure-blood families, and Lorne was not Muggle rebel who wanted to eliminate the Pure-blood.
So you should still play the Magic Mobile Phone game.
After the Magic Mobile Phone Official Flagship Store lifted the family purchase limit, it released a certain number of units each month. Draco spent money to send someone to stake out the store for three days and finally managed to get a pre-order of the Magic Mobile Phone was only available in ten units per month.
Although it's more expensive, it's worth it.
But who could have imagined that he would run into Harry, the last person he wanted to see, inside the Magic Mobile Phone shop?
" Scarhead?" Draco exclaimed in shock. "What are you doing here instead of staying in the Muggle World?"
" Mahu?" Harry was also shocked. "I'm working the summer job at Director Lorne's Magic Mobile Phone Shop, I'm here every day."
"Really? But I used to come here all the time last summer," Draco said, a strange competitive urge igniting within him. "Want to see who's more senior? You're the challenger!"
Seeing the tense atmosphere between the two, Quirrell intervened. " Harry, Master Malfoy has a reservation voucher for Magic Mobile Phone. Take him to Lorne to get a newly developed temperature-controlled Magic Mobile Phone case."
He also thoughtfully explained to Draco, "The latest product, there are currently fewer than ten sets available."
Harry reluctantly led Malfoy to the conference room on the second floor, where Lorne was testing Dobby's language skills.
"First, we used mobile phones to attract attention, then games to guide us. Later, we composed music and music, and then unfolded literary works. The Huma Project was launched, solving the employment problem. Students cheered, 'At the pinnacle of the new century!' I speak of magic as narrow, but who says the world is vast? Five years of great change, Hockville has a new look..."
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Dobby suddenly stopped, looking at Harry and Draco who were walking in from outside, and couldn't help but call out, "Master Malfoy —no, Dobby, you don't need to call me that anymore."
Dobby?
Draco wasn't present when Lorne visited, and he didn't know when his House-elf had been dismissed. He was stunned to see Dobby.
Harry was also incredulous. He had no idea that Dobby was from the Malfoy family. If Dobby weren't currently a free man, he would have suspected that Dobby was a spy planted by Draco to frame him.
As the only omniscient and omnipotent person present, Lorne smiled awkwardly at Harry and Draco's bewildered expressions.
It seems I really forgot to tell them both...
It doesn't matter, this isn't really a battleground.
Lorne changed the subject, saying, " Draco, I didn't expect it was you who bought the reservation tickets. Didn't you have a Magic Mobile Phone?"
"I..." Because Harry was around, Draco didn't want to mention that his Magic Mobile Phone had been confiscated, but after thinking for a long time, he couldn't come up with a good reason. "My Magic Mobile Phone is broken..."
"Broken?" Harry scoffed. "Are you sending people to keep your Magic Mobile Phone on 24/7 with Avada Kedavra?"
Draco retorted, "Yes, I imagine it as the brain of some Scarhead."
Dobby jotted down their verbal sparring in his notebook.
Before leaving, Draco bought quite a few redemption codes. He complained to Lorne, "Master, your Magic Mobile Phone store is too far away. It's not easy for me to buy a redemption code. Why can't I just deposit some money in your store and send you a message on Cuckoo when I want to buy a code? After all, a redemption code is just a string of letters."
Lorne seemed lost in thought.
Given the current number of Magic Mobile Phone in use, since the lifting of household purchase restrictions, the number of users and frequency of use of the Cuckoo Messaging has skyrocketed. Even Draco knows that he can send messages with a single click on Cuckoo regardless of distance.
Perhaps he could offer a delivery service, or open more branches, or he could follow Draco's suggestion of saving and recording usage, somewhat similar to membership cards in later generations.
Lorne suddenly recalled the thought of "taking over" that had crossed his mind after he was mistreated by the Goblin when he first entered the Wizarding World.
Why doesn't he open a bank?
Lorne knew that this idea was a bit far-fetched. Gringotts was the only bank in the entire Wizarding World, not only because the Goblin controlled a large amount of initial capital, but more importantly, because they also controlled the right to mint coins.
When a bank controls the right to mint coins, almost no other financial institution can compete with it.
This is also the fundamental reason why Gringotts Goblin are so fearless and arrogant—they are irreplaceable. Despite their massive wealth accumulation and lack of market investment, the entire Wizarding World market remains stagnant.
Moreover, opening a bank requires too many documents, including relevant laws and regulations from the Ministry of Magic, notary qualifications recognized by Wizengamot, approval of the International Statute of Secrecy Bill... They can't handle it without professionals.
But this doesn't mean Lorne has no other options, such as the membership card system proposed by Draco.
What if Lorne's membership card service allowed not only storage but also retrieval? What if he didn't charge a storage fee like Gringotts?
Lorne thought it was feasible—although the chances of failure were high, if he didn't try, the chances of failure would be 100%.
"I've received your suggestion," Lorne nodded approvingly, and gave Draco an extra redemption card. "We'll give it serious consideration."