Chapter 4144 4146 [The Three Stooges beat Zhuge Liang]
Xiang Nan, Lu Ping, Lily, Little Barty and others work together to develop anti-curse equipment.
The so-called three cobblers are better than Zhuge Liang, not to mention that the four Xiang Nan are not only not cobblers, but all of them can be called Zhuge Liang.
Therefore, the development of anti-curse equipment was very successful, and anti-curse hats were soon developed.
As long as you wear this hat, when the opponent releases a curse, it will automatically bounce back, which is equivalent to immobilizing an iron armor curse.
Subsequently, Xiang Nan and others applied for a patent at the Ministry of Magic. The patent was shared by the four of them and they shared the profits brought by the patent.
After applying for the patent, Xiang Nan placed advertisements in the Daily Prophet, Wizard Weekly, Wizard Radio, etc., and subsequently received countless orders.
On the one hand, there is a lot of chaos outside now. Death eaters, werewolves, trolls, vampires... are raging everywhere, killing Muggles, Muggle wizards, etc. Many people are hanging on by a thread and don't know when the disaster will come.
And most wizards don't even have the ability to protect themselves when faced with disasters. They can't even cast the Iron Armor Charm or the Protection Charm. So now that Xiang Nan is selling anti-curse hats, many people want to buy them for self-defense.
On the one hand, Xiang Nan is now a gold medal brand. At the end of his fourth year, he brewed wolfsbane potion and became a famous potions master.
Later, he invented magic medicines such as anti-swelling ointment, laxative, and muscle-bone patch (to treat rheumatism), which further solidified his reputation as the "Prince of Potions" and "Master of Potions" and won the trust of a large number of wizards.
Like Gilderoy Lockhart, Xiang Nan has now become a star in the wizarding world. But unlike Lockhart, who is just a facade, Xiang Nan has real abilities.
So his anti-curse hat is not a scam, but actually works. Because of this, the anti-curse hats have become very popular. Hundreds of them were sold as soon as they went on sale, and orders have been queued up until after Christmas.
The hat sells for eight galleons, which alone brings Xiang Nan and others five hundred galleons in revenue, with an average of more than one hundred galleons per person.
For students, this kind of income is quite good.
And this is just the beginning. In the future, with the launch of the anti-spell suit, each of them will make a fortune.
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The time has come quickly for the Christmas holidays.
Little Barty and Lily had to go home for the holidays.
Xiang Nan and Lu Ping both stayed in school and continued to produce anti-curse hats, and were also preparing to produce a full set of anti-curse equipment such as anti-curse gloves, anti-curse robes, and anti-curse cloaks.
As well as temporary candy, decoy dolls, invisible smoke bombs, anti-theft alarms, etc.
The temporary transformation candy can temporarily transform into another person, or into daily necessities such as sofas, wardrobes, tables and chairs for easy escape or inspection.
After being thrown out, the bait puppet can run like a human and make sounds while attracting others' attention. It is most practical when being followed or chased.
After the anti-theft alarm is installed, once an outsider invades, the alarm will sound immediately, so that people at least have time to react, instead of losing their lives in confusion...
Because there were so many things to produce and develop, both Xiang Nan and Lu Ping were a little overwhelmed.
Lu Ping therefore proposed to Xiang Nan to recruit his friend Peter Pettigrew.
He also looks average, even a little ugly, and is shorter, so he also has low self-esteem. He and Lupine, who is a werewolf, can be said to have the same problem. Therefore, among the four Marauders, Pettigrew had the best relationship with him.
When James and Sirius discovered his werewolf secret and proposed to be friends with him, it was he who took the initiative to recruit Pettigrew to join them, thus forming the Marauders Four.
So now Lupine wants to help Pettigrew and let him join in. It can make money and become famous at the same time, which is really a good thing.
Xiang Nan had some doubts about this.
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He knew that Peter Pettigrew had a deeply flawed character. He was born with low self-esteem, so he was very fond of being strong. He would cling to whoever was strong. It could be said that he was like a wallflower.
Moreover, he has a very dark heart. No matter how kind he is to him, he will not be grateful and will sell the person later. He felt no guilt at all for betraying his friends.
Therefore, such people are basically white-eyed wolves and are not familiar with them at all.
Unlike Barty Jr., although Barty Jr. is a villain in the original work, he is not despicable.
He has strength, ideals, and ambitions, but he just took the wrong path and stood on the opposite side of the protagonists. Just like Nalan Yuanshu in "Once Upon a Time: Men Should Be Strong", he is a redeemable type.
So Xiang Nan wanted to win over Barty, but he didn't want to care about Pettigrew.
Little Barty can still be saved, but Pettigrew is really not well-raised.
But after Xiang Nan hesitated for a moment, he finally nodded.
On the one hand, he didn't want to refute Lu Ping's face, and now they really needed to increase their manpower, otherwise, they really wouldn't be able to complete so many orders.
And in these extraordinary times, every order may be related to a human life, so it is right to increase manpower.
Although Pettigrew is a despicable person, he is actually quite powerful. In the fifth grade, I learned the Animagus and was chased by Sirius. A spell destroyed half of the street and killed thirteen people. Not only did I successfully escape, but I also successfully framed the blame.
Even after joining the Order of the Phoenix, he sent messages to Voldemort for a whole year without being discovered by Dumbledore. This all shows his strength.
On the one hand, he knew the details of Peter Pettigrew, but Pettigrew didn't know that he knew, which ensured that it would be difficult for Pettigrew to become a monster. Moreover, keeping him in front of your eyes will also help to monitor him and restrain him.
Pettigrew is very good at disguising, not to mention ordinary people who are easily fooled by him, even Sirius and Lupine, who have known him for several years, are easily deceived by him.
So much so that when James and Lily were betrayed, Sirius and Lupine both thought it was the other party's betrayal, and no one suspected Pettigrew.
So let Peter Pettigrew run outside by himself, who knows how many people will be deceived. On the contrary, keep him by your side so you can watch him better.
"Okay, since I'm your friend, what else can I say?" Xiang Nan said with a smile, "If he wants to come, he can come. We have to expand our manpower anyway. Let's join the production team first and get paid by pieces."
He is planning to expand his business. In addition to the R&D team, he will add a production team and bring in Joey, Benjamin, Gregory and others. Even third- and fourth-year students with certain abilities can be brought in.
By then, not only will the output increase, but we will also be able to organize everyone together, which will be a big force. Just like Dumbledore's Army in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
An organized and powerful group of wizards has considerable combat effectiveness.
The strength of the Death Eaters is actually not very strong, but dozens of Death Eaters combined can throw the British wizarding world into chaos, which shows the power of the organization.