Chapter 492 The bells and whistles are not practical, but they can make money
Chapter 492: Flashy things are not practical, but they can make money
The shop owner is standing next to a button that looks like a gas stove switch. Behind the button is a metal pipe.
"That..." Tom pointed to the pipe, and a word appeared in his mind.
"Gas lamp," the shopkeeper said proudly, "I got this from Muggles - they don't use this kind of thing very much now, and it's still not easy to get a complete system."
It can be seen that the shop owner is very fond of mechanical products such as gas lamps.
Indeed, the complete gas lighting system has its own mechanical beauty. The bright yellow gas pipe, the gear-operated coin meter and the antique gas lamp all carry the beauty and madness of the mechanical age.
Tom carefully observed the gas light device in the room and found that the shopkeeper had pressed the gas light valve and gas meter on both sides of the door panel. There was also a pipe connected to the meter, and the pipe extended outside the house - Tom felt
The end of the pipe should be a gas tank.
The shopkeeper took out a key, reached under the meter, fiddled with it for a while, and then withdrew a coin.
"This is Muggle currency. One penny can allow the meter to provide gas for a quarter of an hour. Counting what I just put in, the total is half an hour. You have to complete the assessment within half an hour." The shopkeeper put this coin into his hand.
The pennies were stuffed into the meter again.
"I'll give you a simple question, make a home early warning device, there are no other requirements." The store owner looked at Tom and signaled that he could start.
There was only half an hour, so Tom naturally had to speed up. He quickly walked to the workbench and picked out a few tools: a carving knife and magic silver were indispensable. In addition, he also decided to do what his boss wanted.
, add a little mechanical element to this alarm.
This device is essentially a looking glass. Tom once made one for Hermione, and now he is even more familiar with it.
About ten minutes later, he had a top-shaped object in his hand. The core of the early warning device was ready. Now he just needed to add some details to it to make it more expensive.
Tom thought for a moment and took out a bunch of gears, metal balls and various parts from the tool box on the side, and stacked them up - using deformation in places that were not easy to splice together, he quickly combined them.
, a mechanical model of the solar system appeared on the tool table. The sun in this solar system model was the looking glass made by Tom.
At this time, the gas meter had already made a clicking sound, indicating that the flow inside had been exhausted. Tom tapped the model with his wand in the final stage. There was a sound of gears biting together on the model, and all the small balls on it were spinning around.
The looking glass turned.
"When someone with malicious intentions steps into your house, the sun will chirp to realize the early warning function." Tom handed the model to the shop owner.
"Let me try." The shopkeeper took out a small black ball from his arms. After throwing it to the ground, it popped out several tentacles and then ran quickly, like a big spider.
"Spider" made a sharp cry as it ran.
Tom's speculum was directly triggered and spun rapidly, making a sharp and piercing sound.
"A very useful gadget that can deceive most low-end speculum cameras. But in my opinion, the prank is more important than the actual use." The shop owner proudly caught the "spider" crawling on the ground in his hand.
"Seriously, there are so many bells and whistles, but the core speculum is only worth one galleons at most - I doubt a wild dog sneaking into your kitchen would set off the alarm."
"But with these devices outside, I dare to ask for ten galleons." Tom spread his hands and said to me that this is a handicraft with low practical value, but it looks good!
The shopkeeper was silent. He felt that if he saw such an alarm while wandering outside, he would definitely be moved. However, the shopkeeper still had one thing to do.
"Those parts have to be included in the cost! The value of these things alone is more than five galleons." With a distressed look on his face, he restored the alarm that Tom had made to its parts status, and then refilled the gas meter.
A coin.
He also wants to discuss the salary issue with Tom.
"Although there are still various problems...but I think you are qualified." Tom actually had many problems with making alarms, such as not being smart enough and being too sensitive, but the mechanical decorations he added were very popular with the shop owner.
.Since it conforms to the boss's aesthetics, then lack of technical skills is not a problem.
Just like some game manufacturers, their games are mediocre, but the benefits are good enough and in line with the public's aesthetics, so they are also popular.
"Welcome to Pony's alchemy workshop, you can call me Mr. Pony... Now we can talk about the treatment issue."
It doesn’t seem strange that the owner of Puni’s alchemy workshop is called Poni.
Mr. Pony proposed two salary settlement methods for Tom, one is share and the other is buyout.
The buyout means that Mr. Pony gives Tom a certain salary every day, and then Tom makes some alchemical creations for Pony. The consumption of raw materials in the alchemy process is borne by Pony. Because the raw materials are provided by Pony, he will not pay Tom too much.
Outrageous tasks to avoid too many failures and unnecessary waste.
There is a higher degree of independence when sharing shares. Tom is more like a collaborator of Pony's studio rather than Pony's subordinate. The consumption of raw materials is borne by Tom and he is responsible for his own profits and losses. Does he earn a thousand galleons per order?
It depends on Tom's ability to pay for his pants.
With Tom's temperament, he is naturally more inclined to choose sharing.
"Okay." Pony didn't say anything more and directly signed the contract with Tom.
"Do you want to use the original name or the code name?" When writing the employee's name, Mr. Pony paused and looked up at Tom. Many alchemists don't want to reveal their real names in an informal place like Knockturn Alley. Pony said this
Expressing understanding, because even he himself uses a pseudonym.
"Code name... Well, Qi, just fill in [Qi] as my code name."
"Okay." Mr. Pony has obviously seen a lot of weird code names, and Tom's [seven] is still very normal among them.
After the contract was signed, Mr. Pony stretched out his hand and shook Tom's hand, and Tom officially joined his alchemy workshop.
"An alchemist needs his own studio...it happens that there is one in the workshop." Mr. Pony took Tom to the next room.
This is where Tom will work next.
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