#316 - Opening

After returning home, Anduin rushed to the basement and started up the lathe. Supplying 80 pairs of anti-magic handcuffs and tracking glasses within three days wouldn't be easy; he had to work at full speed.

At the same time, now that the company and workshop were established, he needed to start preparing the storefront.

Anduin first went to the first floor, intending to display and sell some Grade XX products there. However, he soon realized a problem.

The space on the first floor was simply too large.

The actual area here was over 200 square meters, and with his current product range, he couldn't fill it at all. He had a portion of products that were banned by the Ministry of Magic, and even if he forced it, the products would be too homogeneous, making it look very monotonous.

Faced with this situation, Anduin had no choice but to find a way to adjust the space first.

He directly built a wall 10 meters from the entrance, using this part as the main shop area. This made the shop space about 30 square meters. After adding a counter inside, the remaining space would be even smaller, making the products not seem so sparse.

This way, when customers entered the shop, they would feel like it was a boutique alchemy store. After adding some decorations, the internal atmosphere would be more stylish.

At the same time, he built another wall 10 meters behind the first wall, using this part as a product testing area. After all, many of the products he had needed to be used in practice.

As for the remaining large space, he could slowly move the walls back as his business grew and he had more and more products, gradually increasing the shop's space.

Having made up his mind, Anduin began the actual work and even made a special trip to other shops in Diagon Alley, buying a lot of decorations.

From lamps, counters, carpets, shelves, to wall decorations, everything was available. He also wallpapered both rooms, covering the original slightly rough stone walls.

At the same time, Anduin placed several sets of exquisite seats and a wine cabinet in a corner of the shop, adding a customer reception function to this corner.

This was actually a last resort because he found that even with a shop space of only 30 square meters, he still couldn't fill it with his products.

After spending two days, he finally organized the interior of the shop, presenting an overall mysterious and minimalist style.

All the furniture, including the counter, occasionally flickered with subtle magical patterns, and there was a metal raven decoration on the counter. Every so often, it would spit out a small firefly-like ball of light, which would then float to the top of the shop, forming an ambient light source.

In fact, these things had no practical use; their main function was just to look good. The magical patterns on the seats, for example, were useless except for emitting light, and the raven that spat out light balls was just a temporary alchemical decoration he made.

The reason he put so many decorations was mainly to create a luxury store atmosphere, so that the spacing between products could be wider.

After finishing the interior of the shop, he then dealt with the signboard outside. For this, Anduin was quite straightforward, simply putting up a plaque on the front that read 'Silver Lightning Alchemy Company' in silver letters on a black background, and adding his coat of arms above it.

When all these things were done, he couldn't open for business immediately; he had to wait for the Ministry of Magic's license.

Fortunately, Minister Badeno was really efficient. The Ministry of Magic's letter arrived three days later. With this, his company was officially established.

In the past two days, some passing wizards had been craning their necks outside the windows, wondering when another shop had opened in Diagon Alley. However, Anduin had not turned on the lights inside, and the front door was locked, so these people couldn't come in.

Now he could finally open the door to welcome guests. Anduin waved his wand gently in front of the counter on the first floor, and all the furniture and decorations in the room seemed to come alive, flowing with obscure brilliance, like breathing. All the candles, oil lamps, alchemical ravens, and other lighting also lit up.

At the same time, the color of the signboard above the main entrance seemed to come alive, with a silver-white electric light flashing across the surface from time to time.

Anduin's alchemy company opened in such an inconspicuous day, quite low-key.

He had just opened for business when the shop welcomed its first customer. Of course, strictly speaking, this couldn't be considered a customer because she was here to pick up goods.

Aselia received Director Bianca's order today to go to Anduin, who demonstrated alchemical products at the Ministry of Magic that day, to receive the first batch of goods.

Before leaving, the director specifically told her to do a good job of acceptance, try each item herself, and only pay the second payment after confirming that everything was correct.

It was probably this kind of unskilled and rather tedious work that would be pushed to her, the vase.

Aselia accepted this gladly because she had a strong interest in this Anduin. She was also present at the product demonstration that day, which could be said to be quite shocking.

This young wizard was like a treasure chest, with one good thing after another. Should she try to win him over? A trace of涟漪 appeared in Aselia's heart.

However, while she was thinking wildly, she had already arrived at the door of Anduin's house.

Aselia took a closer look and found that it had been renovated in just a few days. Then she looked up and saw the metallic signboard, with the faintly visible纹路 giving people a low-key and luxurious feeling.

The coat of arms above the signboard was also very special, with a sword standing in the center of intersecting lightning bolts? Was this the symbol of a certain family?

Aselia was a little confused, but she didn't think much about it. She pushed open the translucent glass door with the 'Open' sign, and a crisp jingle suddenly rang out.

At this time, Anduin, who was doing business as a boss for the first time, was still trying to find the feeling. He quickly raised his head, looked over the counter towards the door, and kept wondering whether he should say 'Welcome', and then he saw that the person who came was Aselia.

"Hello, Mr. Wilson, do you remember me? Today is the day to deliver the two alchemical equipment, and I am here to receive them," Aselia said, admiring the decoration of the shop as she entered.