On the weekend morning, Albert had just arrived at the Gryffindor table to have breakfast when he was blocked by Truman and his men. The Hufflepuff prefect was very dissatisfied with the progress of the popularization of wizard cards and hoped that Albert could come up with a reasonable solution.
The copying of wizard cards is too slow and requires a lot of time and energy, which is far from meeting the needs of other club members. Many club members have come to complain to him about this.
"Before the wizard cards are truly formed, I will not manufacture them on a large scale. I don't have the equipment and energy to do so." Albert said calmly, "If you think the speed is too slow, I suggest you find someone to help copy the wizard cards for some money. For example, if you help copy a wizard card, you can give a certain amount of Knuts. A set of wizard cards only needs a few Sickles. Those senior students who have free time should be willing to help copy and make a little money."
Truman thought about it carefully and felt that the idea was feasible.
After Truman left, Fred, who was eating sausage with a frown on his face, complained, "This is not fair to us. The three of us helped to make so many wizard cards. It's not too much to ask for some hard work money."
"You are working for yourself, not for others." Albert looked at Fred, who was holding a sausage in his mouth and speaking unclearly, and asked, "Have you ever seen a boss who pays himself a salary?"
The three of them frowned and thought. Although they felt that what Albert said made some sense, they always felt that something was wrong.
"Now, the wizard cards haven't even been formed yet, and you're already selling them. Aren't you cheating others and yourself?" Albert lowered his voice so that only they could hear it. "Once the reputation is ruined, the club will soon fall apart."
"But… "
"We will definitely make money by selling card packs, card sets and premium cards in the future. Before that, we need to build our wizard cards and make them more formal, instead of focusing on that little money."
"That's a lot of money," George muttered.
The Wizard Card Club has a bunch of members, and if they offer wizard cards that cost money to buy, they can definitely make a small bag of Galleons.
This was indeed not a small amount of money for the Weasley brothers who had empty pockets.
However, after being glared at by Albert, the few of them shut up obediently.
"Wizard cards will bring us continuous Galleons in the future, instead of harvesting a wave now and making a mess. You should look at the long term. Wizard cards will be our first job after graduating from school. Before that, we'd better perfect the rules and wizard cards thoroughly, and we also need to have a sufficient number of groups."
"I think Albert is right." Lee Jordan actually didn't understand what Albert was saying, but he felt that since Albert was willing to invest money in Wizard Cards after graduation, he would not let himself lose money. He had never seen Albert do a business that lost money, not to mention, he had never seen Albert lose money before.
Since they don't understand, they should just follow those who do. Besides, Albert is willing to take them to play together, and Lee Jordan still trusts Albert very much.
Fred and George looked at Lee Jordan in silence, but didn't say anything either.
They do want to make money.
There’s no way, people are going crazy because of poverty.
"Those students who find someone to copy the cards will not target us even if they have complaints in the future, because we only provide free templates." Albert said mysteriously, "Besides, there is a saying... free is the most expensive. I know you don't understand, but believe me, you will understand in the future."
The three looked at Albert in confusion and nodded as if they understood.
Albert glanced at Ron, who had just done something to eavesdrop on their conversation.
"What are you talking about?"
"The future development direction of the Wizard Card Club." Albert did not hide it, and smiled as he took out a notebook from the leather bag of the transformed lizard. On it was the blueprint for the future development of Wizard Cards.
The three of them gathered together to look through the notes, and soon there was an unconcealable surprise on their faces, because they saw Albert's overall plan for the wizard cards.
The current wizard cards are just getting started. Albert's goal is to have a large enough number of loyal fans of the wizard cards and to completely complete the wizard cards before they graduate from Hogwarts.
Once they graduate from Hogwarts, they can start taking the first step.
A comprehensive promotion of Wizard Cards and the sale of random card packs made the game popular in the British wizarding community.
When Wizard Cards becomes famous in the magic world, they will have their own tavern, similar to the aborted board game store in the previous life, and continue to launch a series of activities. Albert's target is the Leaky Cauldron. Their income will change from selling Wizard Cards to selling Wizard Cards and advertising space.
The last step is to open a franchise store or a branch store, but this is also the most difficult step and is still very far away from now.
It turned out that Albert had already planned the development of Wizard Cards. Although the three of them found it a little unbelievable, they also felt that Albert would succeed. He was accumulating initial popularity. There was no doubt that Albert was doing very well, and a large number of students had already joined the Wizard Card Club.
Regardless of whether it succeeds or not, the three of them admire Albert's approach.
Lee Jordan did not see so far in wizard cards, and his goal was only to make wizard cards popular among Hogwarts students.
The situation of Fred and George is similar. Their joke shops are also mainly for Hogwarts students. However, Albert's planning for wizard cards has involved the entire British wizarding world and even the world.
Although it may sound like wishful thinking, people really need to have a dream. If you don’t even have a dream, you are no different from a salted fish.
Of course, Fred, George and Lee Jordan didn't know that Albert's wish was not as great as they thought. He just wanted to find some friends to help him start a company, help him make money, and achieve the so-called "win-win" situation.
With money, you can do what you want without worries.
However, this seemingly grand blueprint really shocked the three of them.
"So how do you think we should plan our joke shop in the future?" Fred and George looked at each other, and finally decided to seek Albert's opinion.
"You can divide yourself into different areas and finally go the route of magic merchandise." Albert thought for a moment and said, "A joke shop can indeed make you a lot of money, but you need to remember that most students are not rich."
The three of them didn't say anything and continued listening.
"The real money-maker is not the gag props, but this thing." Albert shook his protective bracelet and said, "Defense against the Dark Arts is the real money-maker."
"After the store opens, I will help you get some interesting things and expand the product range. There is no future in just selling joke props." Albert reminded with a smile.
"Interesting things? What interesting things?" Fred couldn't help asking.
"Here." Albert took out two metal cards from the deformed lizard skin bag and handed them to Fred and George.
"What is this?" Fred asked puzzled.
"Communication card."
"Communication card?" the three repeated.
"Write on it, and words will appear on the other card." Albert noticed the puzzled looks of the three people and said with a smile, "This thing costs ten Galleons."
"Ten Galleons?"
The three stared at the metal card in amazement, unable to understand why it was so expensive.
"Do you know who this thing is going to be sold to?" Albert asked with a smile.
"Sell it to who?" Fred and George asked in unison.
"Couple?"
This time, Li Qiaodan's brain was focused quickly. "As long as they have this thing, they don't need to write letters to each other anymore. They can just contact each other through the communication card?"
"I don't think they will buy it." Fred said suddenly. Ten Galleons was too expensive.
“They’ll copy you and do this stuff themselves.”
"They can't figure it out." Albert shook his head. "This involves the advanced use of the Transmutation Spell."
Perhaps, students who have mastered the Transfiguration Spell can make something similar, but when communicating, both people must be able to use the Transfiguration Spell. More importantly, even if both parties can use the Transfiguration Spell, it is hard to say whether they can fully present the text.
"If you sell a couple, you can take 20%." Albert said with a smile, "There should be quite a few couples in school. How many Galleons you can earn depends on your ability."
“It’s really dark.”
"But... we like it."