Hogwarts: Becoming a god from reselling fresh food

"Name? Let me think about it..."

I had decided to open a security store before, but I hadn’t chosen a name yet. Although it would have been fine to call it Wizard Security Store, it didn’t seem to be memorable.

Since he was going to compete with Aurors, his name had to be loud enough and intimidating.

Murphy thought for a moment, "Avenger?"

Not very good...

Wizards who don't understand Marvel probably think they are a bunch of bad guys.

Justice League?

Forget it...it feels a bit ironic.

"Just...Watcher."

As the future Auror replacement, guarding the peace of the wizarding world, this name is so suitable.

…

"I've had someone calculate it. It would cost between 30 million and 100 million pounds to open an eight-inch 1.5-micron process chip factory. This mainly depends on the number of lithography machines and chip production capacity. Only one or two will be produced. If we grow a chip, 50 million pounds should be enough."

"But according to your idea, memory particles also need to be produced, which means at least four or five types of chips, with an investment of at least 130 million pounds."

"If you are still planning to design the IP core and chip architecture by yourself and develop it from scratch, the cost will increase at least five times, and it may even be a bottomless pit."

"In addition, it is the research and development of supporting systems and basic applications. Let's calculate it at 100 million pounds. This is a conservative estimate. If the time is too long, it will also be a bottomless pit."

"However, this is only the cost of the R\u0026D and production stages. The subsequent marketing, promotion, etc. require a lot of money."

"All in all, if you want to realize your plan, don't even think about it if you don't have a billion pounds to support it. You can probably dream of it with two billion pounds, and you can probably afford it with three billion pounds."

"But even if everything goes well, it will probably be difficult for us to recover our capital. Do you know that the global semiconductor industry revenue this year is only about 27 billion pounds? If our investment accounts for more than one-tenth of the industry's global revenue, unless our The product can really reach a monopoly-level status, otherwise we won’t even think about paying it back.”

In the lakeside villa, as soon as Patrick saw Murphy, he reported a series of numbers.

Murphy's demeanor did not change at all, he picked up the cold tea on the table and took a sip.

"Patrick, if our product can't even monopolize the industry, how can we change the world?"

"..."

"All right."

Patrick calmed himself down. Ever since he partnered with Murphy, their products have been produced directly by Murphy like magic, and they have become extremely market-dominant products as soon as they are launched. He has never worried about "research and development failure". "This kind of question.

"I consulted several financial experts and found that the market valuations of Isis Pharmaceuticals and Camelot are good, around 4 billion and 6 billion pounds. If they go public, we can raise at least 2 billion pounds. However, the IPO process is complicated, and we may not be able to complete financing until the second half of the year at the earliest.”

Murphy nodded, "Do it first, but don't wait. Invest as much as you have, or borrow some. Our cash flow is so good, it shouldn't be difficult to borrow money."

"By the way, I am planning to develop a luxury brand based on Camelot. The initial products will be several perfumes, and then I will find some designers to come up with some exaggerated clothing and accessories designs. It should be possible."

So-called luxury brands are actually similar to technology companies in the fashion industry. What they sell are concepts and creativity. A bag that costs 100 yuan, plus a brand logo and some design concepts that ordinary people can’t get, instantly increases its value. A hundred times more.

It's just telling stories, and he happens to be quite good at it.

…

As Murphy traveled back and forth between the institute and the Muggle world, time soon came to 1989.

The ice and snow outside are melting, but the magic research institute built underground has constant temperature and humidity, so it feels nothing about it.

One day in February, the Mind Magic Research Group.

Murphy is here because Funes and Omid told him that Celica is on strike.

"What's going on?" Murphy asked.

Funes was very embarrassed, "I'm sorry boss, maybe the way we used spiritual seeds on some animals caused teacher Celica to misunderstand. She thought we two were perverts who abused animals and refused to use it on animals anymore." The seed of the soul.”

Murphy glanced at Celica, who looked angry, so he asked again: "What experiments have you done?"

"Most of them just use a short-term psychic seed on small animals to study the changes in the animal's brain during the process. Sometimes a psychic seed without lifting conditions is given. In this case, some animals will often be Go crazy or die.”

"for example?"

"For example, they asked me to release the spiritual seed on the crow, making it think the water is poisonous and refuse to drink the water, and eventually die of thirst." Celica interjected.

"This magic is really overbearing and evil. It is not good to continue to study such black magic." Celica said, "It will distort people's minds. If a person feels that he can control the fate and destiny of others at will, Thinking, he will definitely try to do this, and become more and more accustomed to doing so, and eventually become a demon king who is accustomed to using magic to enslave others, just like the mysterious man!"

Murphy looked at Celica and understood that she was trying to persuade him.

He thought for a while and said, "You are right, but it is not magic that affects people's minds, but people learn and update their behavioral habits through the feedback of using magic."

Celica was a little confused, "What's the difference?"

"Wizards are used to blaming the corruption of dark wizards on their love of studying black magic and thinking that black magic has polluted their souls. But in fact, even the most common evil curses still have such power."

"Anything a person does in this world will bring feedback. When you use tarantella to make someone dance involuntarily, you will also enjoy the pleasure of forcing others to obey. When you use petrification spells and stun spells, Sometimes, you are also using a way to get the other party offline to temporarily avoid this obstacle."

"If you are used to using tarantella to tease someone, and are used to using stun spells instead of persuasion or other means to avoid obstacles, when your thinking becomes more and more accustomed to solving problems more simply and crudely, , you have actually fallen into a self-enclosed circle like those dark wizards who can only use the three unforgivable curses to achieve their own goals."

"It can also be said that you have been contaminated by the tarantella or the coma spell. It's just that the three unforgivable spells are stronger and therefore have a wider range of usage scenarios, while these two spells are weaker and therefore less easy to use. It just creates a sense of dependence.”

"Of course, I'm not saying that the three unforgivable curses are safe. They may have some ability to reversely affect the mind of the caster. However, we have not conducted such research yet. There is no need to worry about black magic contaminating the mind. class, that will only hinder our cognition.”

"But, the mind seed is too strong," Celica said. "It is the most terrifying spell in magic I know, second only to the killing curse. It can't even be lifted normally. The soul-stealing curse is somewhat similar to it, but it takes away The soul curse is far less scary than it."

"If you were used to using this kind of magic to make others obey, wouldn't you rely on it?"

Thanks to Muxing for the reward of 500 starting coins, and thanks to Lunluo_Chengmei for the reward of 1,500 starting coins, thank you~~