Chapter 1653 A War without a Winner (One Hundred and Five)
Chapter 1655 A War without a Winner (One Hundred and Five)
Since the last broadcast from Wizard's Watch Station, Albert has found that he has become more popular.
Especially after arriving in Diagon Alley, this situation becomes even more obvious.
Many pedestrians around him stopped and cast curious glances at him, giving Albert the illusion that he had become Harry the savior. What was even more amazing was that a girl actually came to shake hands with him. Fortunately, he was on the south side of Diagon Alley.
Obscurus Books has arrived on the 18th.
"I've been waiting for this for a long time, Mr. Anderson."
When Albert arrived at the door of Obscurus Books with a document bag, he saw a middle-aged wizard in his fifties with an excited face walking towards him, and even spread his hands to try to give Albert a
Warm hug.
However, the problem was quietly resolved by the document bag handed over by Albert.
After the middle-aged wizard took the document bag, he couldn't wait to open it. While inviting Albert into the shop, he said: "Excuse me, since I received your letter, I can't wait to see the wizard."
The Defense Against the Dark Arts Guide was mentioned in the watch station broadcast."
"This is a textbook for students in the sixth and seventh years of Hogwarts. Mr. Max, I hope it can be completed before September 1st." Albert quickly glanced at the situation in the store and found that it looked more like a
There is a large long table on the right hand side of the facade. There are a large number of unsealed oil papers placed on the table, and there is a smell of ink stains in the air.
Mr. Max estimated the number of pages in the book and said seriously: "I'm a bit pressed for time, but I should be able to make it in time."
"By the way, one more thing. Regarding the author of this book, I hope you can add my wife Isobel." Albert reminded seriously.
"Two authors? There is no precedent for this, but it's no problem." Mr. Max showed an understandable expression to Albert and said: "You are really a romantic gentleman."
"This book was able to be completed in such a short period of time, and my wife also contributed a lot." Albert smiled and explained: "There are many people who have provided help for this. I just hope that their efforts will be as good as
The dedication will be known to those who read this book.”
"You are such a noble gentleman." Mr. Max said sincerely. He suddenly felt a little ashamed and felt that the guy who spread those rumors before was really disgusting.
"What about pricing?"
"There will be three volumes of the Defense Against the Dark Arts Guide. This is the last volume. I am still sorting out the primary and intermediate levels. It will take about a year to revise. As you also know, the Ministry of Magic has strict regulations on teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts.
I have always controlled the knowledge very strictly, and I need to communicate with them to determine the final content, which is a very time-consuming process.”
"That's true. The Book of Spells has encountered similar problems." Mr. Max said that he could understand it. After briefly reading the manuscript, he stuffed the book back into the document bag and discussed with Albert with a smile.
Defense Against the Dark Arts Guide price.
"How about nine Galleons? We can refer to the price of "Advanced Potion Making"."
This is the main reason why Albert is so popular with Mr. Max. "Defense Against the Dark Arts Guide" is like a hen that can lay golden eggs.
"It's too expensive. This book will be used as a textbook in the future. The price can't be too high. You can't expect all students' families to be rich." Albert shook his head and rejected Max's proposal, giving the price he had thought of in advance.
: "I think two to three galleons are most suitable."
"Oh my gosh, you're so generous, but there's really no profit to be made in that way."
"My royalties can be lower." Albert came up with the pre-thought-out excuse and said: "If I write a book in the future, I can give priority to publishing it with you, but the price of the textbook cannot be too high. As for other books, it can't be too high."
issues in this regard.”
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"Okay, three Galleons, but the next two books also need to be fixed at three Galleons, and I think a complete hardcover version of "Guide to Defense Against the Dark Arts" is worth more than ten Galleons, if you agree.
I agreed to help publish it." Mr. Max used his businessman's mind and acumen to step on Albert's bottom line and did not want to suffer at all.
However, he obviously also knew that if he did not agree, the young man opposite would probably turn around and look for someone else to help publish it, and they were not the only publisher in Diagon Alley.
"All right!"
The two shook hands and concluded the deal. After that, they spent a lot of time discussing various details of the book.
Of course, in order to make enough profits, the "Defense Against the Dark Arts Guide" series of books will be very "simple". As for the price of the later collector's edition of the "Defense Against the Dark Arts Guide", Albert will not have any interference.
In fact, this cannot be blamed on Mr. Max. Books are not popular in the wizarding world. In addition to relying on Hogwarts' annual book orders to maintain inherent income, one can only hope to suddenly encounter a best-seller by luck.
Especially after Gilderoy Lockhart was permanently admitted to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries, Obscurus Books could barely maintain operations without losing money every year.
The main reason is that the sales volume is too small. Printing thousands of copies at one time is considered a big deal, and it is also the kind that may not be sold out in the next few years.
However, the most annoying thing is that these books are completely assembled manually. There are actually only a few employees in the entire Obscurus Book Company. Apart from the boss, Mr. Max, there are only average "arts" and three people responsible for printing and assembly.
staff.
As for Mr. Max himself, he was not only part-time warehouse manager, but also responsible for external reception, which gave Albert the urge to cover his face with his hands.
Well, wizard shops seem to be small family workshops like this.
After finishing the work of publishing the book, Albert rushed to Hogwarts to attend the professors' meeting. Although Cedric would usually do it for him, some of the more important meetings required Albert himself to be present in person.
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"We should be able to catch up before school starts. I lowered the price to 3 Galleons, but Mr. Max refused to go any lower." Albert felt helpless about this. He originally hoped to lower the price to two Galleons.
"It's much lower than I expected." Professor McGonagall is quite satisfied with the price of the book. Although she is not worried about a situation similar to Gilderoy Lockhart's back then, a price that is too high may also cause criticism.
Even Professor McGonagall noticed that some people were targeting Albert.
"This is the Defense Against the Dark Arts course schedule for this semester." She handed a piece of parchment to Albert.
"This is no problem."
After checking out the upper-grade curriculum, Albert nodded in agreement. There were only a few classes each week anyway.
"Although you said you could share an office with Cedric, I still think it would be more convenient for you to have your own separate office. There are still other vacant offices in Hogwarts Castle today," Professor McGonagall felt.
Albert should still receive the treatment he deserves.
It turned out that Albert didn't even want the salary as a Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, and planned to give it all to Cedric as an assistant, saying "I'm just here for a formality", which really made her, the new principal, quite helpless.