It wasn't until he saw that John didn't mean to expose him, but instead made a silent gesture to him and winked, that he breathed a sigh of relief.
John adjusted his position to block Draco's view of the cabinet, and then turned his attention to the counter.
"To make a long story short, I'm here to sell something!"
At this time, the polite greetings were over, and Lucius told Borgin his purpose.
"sell things?"
Bo Jin was obviously a philistine, and the enthusiastic smile on his face diminished a lot when he heard this.
"You must have heard about it, right? The ministry has stepped up searches." Lucius took out a piece of parchment from his pocket and stuffed it in. "I have some... well, things at home that may cause inconvenience to me. If
Come from the Ministry..."
"I don't think the Ministry will disturb you, sir?" Borgin complimented while looking at the parchment.
"I haven't been here yet. Malfoy's name still has some prestige, but the Ministry is getting more and more nosy. It is said that a new "Muggle Protection Act" will be introduced. Ha! It must be the sloppy one
Idiot Arthur Weasley is behind this, he loves Muggles the most!"
Lucius said helpfully, and then the two started bargaining based on the contents on the parchment list.
After quite a while, the two finally reached an agreement.
Lucius breathed a sigh of relief and said:
"By the way John, what did you just say you wanted to ask me to do for you?"
John lifted the magic suitcase in his hand and said:
"It's like this. Last Christmas, Professor Snape gave me this magic suitcase to store potions and materials. But he obviously underestimated the number of medicines I have."
"So you want to find someone to help you expand the capacity." Lucius nodded, "It's easy. You can just go to Diagon Alley and find a magic item store..."
John interrupted:
"No, no, no, Mr. Malfoy, those shops in Diagon Alley may not be able to meet my needs."
Lucius was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then he understood.
What John needs is not just a simple expansion, but probably a deep transformation.
For example, there are defensive warning spells to prevent peeping and theft, status marking spells to recover after loss, etc.
This type of transformation is not only extremely difficult, but also requires high [Invisible Stretching Spell] and alchemy skills.
And, it’s still illegal!
For the sake of user safety and confidentiality laws, the Ministry of Magic has strict controls on the modification of the [Invisible Stretch Spell] creations. Any modification beyond the prescribed scope is considered illegal (this set of rules is somewhat similar to the Modified Car Act in Muggle society)
).
Bo Jin's eyes lit up, and he immediately came over, squeezed out an eager smile and said:
"Oh! Sir, I think I can help you in this regard! By the way, I forgot to ask, who are you..."
"This is John Shafik!" Draco said ostentatiously, "The youngest recipient of the [Order of Merlin, Third Class] in history, and also my friend!"
John frowned and glared at Draco.
When Bo Jin heard this, he became even more enthusiastic, muttering "Shafiq" in his mouth, his face beaming as if he had won the lottery.
"Mr. Shafiq, why don't you leave this matter to me? I can satisfy all your needs!"
Borgin emphasized the words 'all needs'.
When John saw this, he got straight to the point and said:
"I need to retain the original function of this box and expand the internal space into a warehouse with an area of 50 square meters and a height of 4 meters. At the same time, I also need it to be solidified [anti-intrusion spell] and controllable [
Illusion Body Curse], [All Protection] and [Howling Curse]. Well, especially [All Protection], it has been solidified at least three times."
"Triple [All Protection]?" Bo Jin asked in astonishment, "Are you sure this is modifying the traceless stretch suitcase, rather than creating some kind of magic shield?"
John waved his hand impatiently and said:
"Can it be done?"
Bo Jin reacted, nodded quickly and said:
"Of course! It's just...your requirements are a bit special, so in terms of price..."
"How much?"
"1000 Galleons!!"
"500!"
"This is impossible? It doesn't even cost enough!"
Borgin gasped and roared, his expression no longer the flattering and greedy before, but filled with anger, looking very scary.
This startled Lucius.
He knew very well that the owner of the Borgin-Bock store in front of him was not as simple as he seemed.
When John saw this, he was not afraid at all, and even frowned and shook his head:
"You are a businessman and you know the rules of doing business, so stop pretending. It's just 500 Galleons. If you say yes, then the business is done. If you say it's not enough, then goodbye."
At this time, Lucius was already holding a gentleman's stick to protect John and Draco behind him, as if he was about to run away at any time - he felt that Borgin was about to fall out.
But at the next moment, the anger on Bo Jin's face dissipated instantly.
He once again put on a flattering and greedy look and said:
"You are right, Mr. Shafiq, there are rules when doing business. So... deal!"
John took out a large bag of gold coins from the suitcase and said:
"When you come to Malfoy Manor to pick up the goods tomorrow, you can bring the remodeler over to help me remodel it."
Bo Jin raised his eyebrows and wanted to say something else.
But I heard John continue:
"Don't worry, I won't tell you how much the remodeler paid you. You can pump water here as you like. But one thing is that I need to remodel the box perfectly. Mr. Malfoy will help supervise this."
After saying this, John looked at Lucius.
And Lucius nodded quickly.
He finally understood that the favor John wanted to ask him for was to be responsible for quality supervision and guarantee, and to use his identity and status to increase his confidence in doing business with Bojin Bock.
"Okay, Mr. Shafiq, I'll do as you say." Bo Jin rubbed his hands and said with a smile, "Are you interested in working in my shop in your spare time? What I lack is to be as disciplined as you.
What a smart assistant!”
John said disdainfully:
"I don't think you can afford to hire me."
"ha!"
Bo Jin laughed hard and then stopped talking.
John waved his hand upon seeing this and walked out of the Bojin Bock store first.
Lucius and Draco followed closely behind.
Lucius was a little nervous now.
As far as he knew, the Bojinbok store had not hired assistants for decades.
The last assistant who worked in Borgin Bock's store was the Dark Lord!
The look Lucius looked at John began to become more and more complicated, and the expression on his face was also a little dull and lost in thought.
"Mr. Malfoy, where are you going next?" John said suddenly.
Lucius was startled and subconsciously looked away, then coughed twice and said:
"Go... to Flourish and Blotts Bookstore. I'll take you to buy books first."
As soon as he said this, Draco immediately complained, saying that he wanted to go to the Quidditch boutique first.
John was looking at Lucius's waist.
The current copy of "Tom Riddle's Diary" is hidden there by Lucius.
'So, Mr. Malfoy, will you give it away this time?'
Thinking of this, the smile on John's face grew stronger and stronger.