Hogwarts: Bourne Returns from Warhammer

Key points:

magic portrait,

informal channels.

Because it can easily be mistaken for an "indecent magical portrait", it must be emphasized.

Fortunately, Sherlock Holmes, who heard Bourne speak, was alive in the 19th century.

This was an era when even men had to wear full-length wool swimsuits when swimming!

People who lived in that era, even when looking at today's conservatives, would probably feel sad and sad that "the world is in decline."

Therefore, Sherlock did not think wrongly, but just asked curiously: "The magic portrait from informal channels, does anyone really buy it?"

With his experience as a senior consumer, he "populated" the market situation of magic portraits with Bourne.

First of all, magic portraits cannot be judged from an artistic point of view. They do not differentiate between "white snow" and "lower people".

Wizards who can afford professional painters to draw magical portraits are, without exception, wealthy people.

The consumption preferences of this type of people are generally: beef B, limited quantity, unavailable (Happy).

Therefore, most of the magic portraits they purchased were full of personalized customization.

Not to mention ordinary hobbies such as horse riding and hunting, even obscene things like "Dragon Quest" have a lot of stock in magic portraits.

Secondly, it is precisely because of this "personalization" that the "beauty" of these magical portraits generally lacks other audiences.

In addition to the painting buyers themselves, most of their descendants cannot appreciate the portraits of their ancestors.

Therefore, although each magic portrait is expensive to produce, its consumer group is basically locked (literally "dead").

As we all know, the economic concept of "consumption" has two elements: willing and able.

A rich wizard is unwilling to buy a magical portrait that does not belong to him; a poor wizard simply cannot afford the price of a magical portrait.

Therefore, after listening to Bourne's question, Holmes was surprised that someone would really buy a magical portrait that was not his own?

"Generally speaking, only places like Hogwarts would purchase such things, perhaps for commemorative purposes."

After thinking about it for a while, Sherlock Holmes gave a guess that he thought was reasonable.

"Besides, for those who buy other people's magical portraits, I think their purpose is to get some information from those portraits.

They may want to know some secrets, hidden treasures and the like, and only magical portraits with memories of their lifetime can satisfy their needs.

As for 'informal channels'...

If so, we can assume that some people have hoarded some unclaimed magic portraits, but they are unable to get any useful information from them, and then they want to sell them in exchange for some liquidity.

People who meet these conditions are likely to be active in the black market of Knockturn Alley. The industry they are engaged in may have something to do with tomb robbing and treasure hunting. "

It can only be said that Sherlock Holmes is indeed a superb detective, and he quickly found a useful clue for Bourne.

In addition, he also recommended to Bourne a magic portrait studio opened in Diagon Alley. The name of that store is a bit strange, it's called "Cyclops".

According to him, this store may not be useful for the "informal channel to buy magic portraits" that Bourne is looking for, but at least if Bourne finds a magic portrait, he can take it to this store to authenticate it. Fake.

“Although some magic paintings look very old, they are actually contemporary paintings forged through distressing techniques.

I have even heard that there are some 'fake magic portraits' left on the market. Their patterns and patterns are all drawn with ordinary paints added with the developing potion in the magic camera.

The characters in this kind of portrait can also move and speak some simple sentences, but just like the cards in the chocolate frog, they are not really magical portraits at all, because they do not save the memory of the portrait characters.

Therefore, Bourne, when you find a suspicious clue, you can go to the professional painter of 'Cyclops'.

With their help, you can eliminate some wrong directions and save some unnecessary time. "

Bourne once again expressed his gratitude to Mr. Holmes for his advice.

However, he also saw that the great detective might not be interested in getting involved in other people's investigations recently. He might have something on his mind.

When Bourne left the corridor on the third floor, he couldn't help but think about this question in his mind: "Mr. Holmes has said before that he very much appreciates the life philosophy of 'do not add entities unless necessary', but now it costs money and effort to What's going on with him when he changes the portrait from paper to iron and from glue to welding?"

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"Is this person afraid of some serious illness?"

Before the Herbology class on Monday morning, after listening to Harry telling himself that he had just been unlucky to be "ran into" by Lockhart again, the professor strongly suggested that Harry join him to contribute to the "Hogwarts Weekly" he was preparing to organize. Taking a cover photo, Ron couldn't help but complain.

Of course, he didn't complain loudly, because Hermione, a loyal supporter of Professor Lockhart, was walking behind them.

"I guess so," Harry echoed in a low voice, and then said quickly: "Let's go into the greenhouse quickly, class is about to begin."

Their class is in the third greenhouse.

This greenhouse has a very bright-looking glass roof. The sunlight shines through the glass, making people marvel at the magic of nature.

Pushing open the silver handle that had been touched by someone's hands and turned discolored, a wave of moist and warm air immediately hit my face. It was very fresh, but it was also mixed with the smell of dragon dung fertilizer.

Dark red brick pillars stand on the walls on both sides of the greenhouse, holding up the roof. The mottled appearance seems to be full of traces of history. The sunlight on the top of the glass shines through the gaps in the leaves and reflects on the stone pavement on the ground, like a beautiful picture.

Some of the plants growing here are fatally dangerous, while others are rare and rare. Every plant is a masterpiece of nature, and every leaf seems to have the spirit of life. A tall silver-brown tree swayed its leaves excitedly, as if showing off to the ferns next to it that it had grown to such a high height. The mysterious Ganoderma hangs in the air, and occasionally sprays some spores, creating a Tyndall effect with the incoming sunlight.

Professor Sprout stood behind a long trestle table in the middle of the greenhouse. There are about twenty pairs of earmuffs of different colors on the table. When the little wizards all sat down at the table, Professor Sprout began to teach.

"We're going to repot the mandrake today. Now, can anyone tell me what the properties of the mandrake are?"

Hermione was the first to raise her hand, which was expected.

"Mandrake, also called mandrake root, is a powerful recovery agent," Hermione said very naturally, as if she had eaten the textbook. "It is used to restore people who have been transformed or transformed." The cursed person returns to his original shape."