The Day of the Draw at Hogwarts

In the evening, Tom appeared in Soho, London, which is located in Westminster, Greater London. It is also the most prosperous, lively and chaotic place in London at midnight. As night falls, people from all walks of life will gather here like a tide, flowing into casinos, nightclubs and other entertainment venues here.

Throughout the area, the roar of motorcycles is endless. Many men and women will drive their motorcycles, performing disgusting speed and passion in the center of the street amidst the earth-shattering sound of the engines.

Tom arrived in front of a casino where he often came to work part-time. The security guard in black at the store recognized him after just one glance.

"You brat, are you here again?"

"Uncle John, I'm here to try my luck today." Tom chuckled and briefly chatted with the uncle at the door. John, the gatekeeper, shook his head and let him in.

At the beginning of the night, the casino was already bustling with activity. There are nearly a hundred tables in the hall, and each table is crowded with people. There are private rooms downstairs, but Tom's identity is not enough to enter, but it is not a big problem, and his target is not the gamblers in those private rooms. guest.

He took out the thirty pounds he had left and exchanged them for chips. Then he walked around the casino casually, looking here and there. The staff in the casino didn't take Tom as a kid seriously. He didn't look dirty, so why bother?

Tom often sneaks in here to do odd jobs and enjoy their buffet. Yes, this casino also operates a buffet. In other words, most casinos have their own "casino buffet". They hope that guests can eat directly in the casino when they are hungry, so as not to leave the casino because they are hungry. Most casino buffets are delicious, with a lot of choices and good taste. The key is that they are cheap. Tom sometimes just needs to talk to the uncle in the kitchen, and he can help them deal with the "kitchen waste" and pack up the endless buffet food to take home.

But today he is not here for a meal.

He walked to a roulette table and paused for a while to watch. Roulette is a very common casino game. It usually has 37 or 38 numbers. The dealer is responsible for playing the ball beside the rotating roulette wheel, and then the number that the ball lands on the square is the winning number. After watching it for a while, Tom had a vague feeling that the next shot would definitely land on 9, so he placed a chip worth five pounds in the 9 square without hesitation.

There are many ways to play roulette, but the simplest and crudest is to bet that the ball will land in a certain grid. The general odds are 35 to 1. After the chips were thrown, Tom calmed down. He quietly watched the small marble bouncing around in the roulette wheel.

"No. 7, No. 8 - No. 9!"

In the end, the marble landed in the No. 9 grid. Some of the gamblers near the roulette wheel were happy and some were sad. The croupier quickly paid the winning bets and took away the losing chips.

In just an instant, the 5 pounds in Tom's hand turned into 175 pounds.

He wandered around the casino aimlessly for a few more times, losing a little and winning a little, and his final assets exceeded three hundred pounds.

At this time, 100 pounds is equivalent to 160 US dollars, and one ounce of gold is about 370 US dollars, so Tom can exchange 231 pounds for one ounce - that is, 31 grams of gold. His goal was to walk away with enough money to exchange for 50 grams of gold in the casino.

Gringotts strictly limits the exchange of currency. They introduced regulations this year that only allow young wizards whose parents are Muggles to exchange 10 Galleons at the exchange rate of 5 British pounds to 1 Galleung during school time. Of course, there is no limit to the amount of gold that can be exchanged for Galleons, 5 grams of gold is 1 Galleung, and only one-way exchange is accepted.

The shrewd goblins will not leave any loopholes for humans to exploit.

Tom weighed the chips in his bag and walked to another table. Casino is playing on this table. The game Casino Storm sounds very high-end, but it is actually the game with the simplest rules. It is a very simple comparison. The dealer and each guest who placed a bet will be dealt a card, and the winner is determined by simply comparing the dealer's and player's points. If the player's points are greater than the banker's, they will receive a payout equal to the amount of the bet.

Tom stood at the gambling table, keeping up with the bets from time to time. When he left the gambling table, he already had more than five hundred pounds. He gave it up and was about to leave the casino. But before he left, he heard an interesting conversation in the casino's toilet.

Yuri Orlov is an immigrant from the Soviet Union. His family business is to open a restaurant, but an accidental opportunity opened the door to the arms business for him. Today is the day when this new arms dealer completes his first business.

He made an appointment with the trader to trade in the toilet of a small casino. He specially put hair gel on his hair and shaved his beard.

Everything is going smooth.

He opened the box and handed the brand new Uzi submachine gun inside to the stern-faced young man.

"Sir, the new Uzi automatic pistol is small in size, but its firepower has not been weakened. It is equipped with nine-millimeter recessed bullets, a 25-round expanded magazine, the size of the gun handle is adjustable, a silencer is standard equipment, and the recoil is extremely low..."

At the end of the sentence, Yuri also made a little joke: "Even if you shoot a whole magazine of bullets at me now, no one outside will notice."

As a result, something unexpected happened. The buyer directly loaded the bullet and put it on his chest.

Yuri was stunned. However, he reacted quickly and said immediately and easily: "Of course, this way you will have no chance to do bigger business with me."

The young buyer smiled, gave Yuri the money, took the suitcase and left the toilet.

Yuri only felt that he had narrowly escaped death, and there was cold sweat all over his back. He now felt that you didn't know what you were doing. Although it was exciting, it ended quickly.

He walked out of the toilet and saw a little boy walking out of the next cubicle, looking at him with a playful expression.

He wanted to leave quickly, but the little boy behind him stopped him.

"Do you still have a gun like that? I need one that even a kid like me can use."

Yuri is a professional businessman, which means that he will not discriminate against customers, even if he is just a kid in front of him, but since he has pounds and needs, he is his customer.

So the two people appeared together in a small warehouse.

Yuri handed Tom a 90% new Uzi submachine gun and a box of ammunition.

"It's not brand new, but it's cheaper. It's 25 pounds. You can take the gun and bullets with you."

Quite a fair price.

Tom took the gun case and handed the money to Yuri. He thanked him and was about to leave, but Yuri stopped him. He took out a business card and handed it to Tom.

"Who are you?" Yuri asked even though he was curious and this emotion should not appear on him.

Tom did not answer him immediately, but picked up a withered flower on the ground and handed it to him.

"apprentice."

Tom walked away. Yuri looked at the bright flower in his hand and fell into deep thought.

New book seeking investment

Some sugar tomorrow.