Chapter 492 The bells and whistles are not practical, but they can make money

The owner is standing next to a button that looks like a gas stove switch. Behind the button is a pipe with a metallic texture.

"That..." Tom pointed to the tube, and a word came to his mind.

"Gas lamps," said the shopkeeper proudly, "I got them from Muggles—they don't use them much anymore, and it's not easy to get a complete system."

It can be seen that the shop owner is very fond of mechanical products such as gas lamps.

Indeed, a complete gaslight system has an inherently mechanical aesthetic. The orange gas pipes, the gear-operated coin-operated meter and the antique gas lamps all bring the beauty and madness of the mechanical age.

Tom took a closer look at the gas lamp installation in the room, and found that the owner had pressed the valve of the gas lamp and the gas meter on both sides of the door. The end should be a gas tank.

The shopkeeper produced a key, put his hand under the meter, fiddled with it for a while, and withdrew a coin.

"This is Muggle currency, one penny. The meter can provide gas for a quarter of an hour. Counting what I just invested, it will take half an hour in total. You have to complete the assessment within half an hour." The penny was stuffed into the meter again.

"I'll give you a simple question, to make an early warning device for home use, and I have no other requirements." The store owner looked at Tom, indicating that he could start.

The time was only half an hour, so Tom naturally wanted to speed up. He quickly walked to the workbench and picked out a few tools: carving knife and magic silver are essential. In addition, he also decided to do his boss's favor and add a little mechanical element to the alarm.

This device was essentially a looking glass. Tom had made one for Hermione before, and he was even more familiar with it now.

About ten minutes later, he had a top-shaped thing in his hand. The core of the early warning device was ready, and now it was necessary to add some details to it to make it more expensive.

After thinking for a while, Tom took out a bunch of gears, metal **** and various parts from the toolbox on one side, and superimposed them—he used deformation to combine them together where it was not easy to splice. Soon, a mechanical model of the solar system appeared on the tool table. The sun in this solar system model is Tom's looking glass.

By this time the gas meter had clicked and clicked, indicating that the flow inside had run out, and Tom tapped the model with his wand in the final stages. There was a sound of gears snapping together on the model, and all the small **** on it turned around the looking glass.

"When someone with malicious intentions steps into your house, the sun will chirp to realize the early warning function." Tom handed the model to the shopkeeper.

"I'll try." The shopkeeper took out a small black ball from his arms, and after throwing it on the ground, it popped out several tentacles, and then ran quickly, like a big spider, The "spider" screamed sharply while running.

Tom's speculum was directly triggered, and it also spun quickly, making a sharp and ear-piercing sound.

"It's a very useful gadget that can fool most of the low-end looking glasses. But in my opinion, it's more of a prank than a practical use." The shopkeeper proudly grabbed the "spider" crawling on the ground, "Seriously, with all the bells and whistles, the sight glass at the core is worth a Galleon at best—I doubt a stray dog ​​would set off the alarm if it sneaked into your kitchen."

"But with these devices outside, I dare to ask for ten Galleons." Tom spread his hands, saying that this is a handicraft with low practical value, but it can't stand it looking good!

The shopkeeper was silent. He felt that if he saw such an alarm when he was wandering outside, he would definitely be moved. But the heartbeat is the heartbeat, the owner still has one more thing to do.

"Those parts should also be included in the cost! The value of these things alone is more than five Galleons." With a distressed expression, he restored the alarm that Tom had made to the state of parts, and then refilled the gas meter. a coin.

He also has to talk to Tom about salary.

"Although there are still various problems...but I think you are qualified." Tom actually has many problems with making alarms, such as not being smart enough and being too sensitive, but the mechanical decorations he added are very suitable for the owner's appetite. Since it conforms to the boss's aesthetics, it is not a problem if the technical skills are not enough.

Just like some game manufacturers, the games are so-so, but the benefits are good enough to meet the public's aesthetics, so they are also popular.

"Welcome to Pony's Alchemy Workshop, you can call me Mr. Pony...Now we can talk about treatment."

In Pony's alchemy workshop, it doesn't seem surprising that the owner of the shop is called Pony.

Mr. Pony offered Tom two salary settlement methods, one is sharing and the other is buyout.

Buyout means that Mr. Pony gives Tom a certain salary every day, and then Tom makes some alchemy creations for Pony. The consumption of raw materials during the alchemy process is borne by Pony. Because the raw materials are produced by Pony, he will not give Tom too outrageous tasks, so as not to fail too many times and cause unnecessary waste.

Sharing has a higher degree of independence, and Tom is more like a collaborator of Pony Studios than Pony's subordinates. The consumption of raw materials is borne by Tom, who is responsible for his own profits and losses. It was up to Tom to make a thousand Galleons or lose his trousers.

With Tom's temperament, he is naturally more inclined to choose to share.

"Okay." Pony didn't say much, and signed the contract with Tom directly.

"Do you want to use the original name or the code name?" When writing the employee's name, Mr. Pony paused and looked up at Tom. Many alchemists don't want to reveal their real names in such an unscrupulous place as Knockturn Alley, and Pony understands this. Because even he himself uses a pseudonym.

"Code name...well, Seven, let's fill in [Seven] for my code name."

"Yes." Mr. Pony has obviously seen a lot of weird code names, and Tom's [7] is still very normal in it.

After the contract was signed ~lightnovelpub.net~ Mr. Pony extended his hand and shook Tom's hand, and Tom officially joined his alchemy workshop.

"An alchemist needs his own studio...and there is one in the workshop." Mr. Pony took Tom into the next room.

This is where Tom will be working next.

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