Knowledge in the magical world can be directly converted into power. It's difficult to obtain advanced spells in advance, but acquiring the study notes for those spells is not so hard.
Professors can control the distribution of textbooks, but it's much harder to regulate private notes. Therefore, the notes of upper-year students became George's key breakthrough for surpassing academic bottlenecks.
To achieve this breakthrough, George had done a lot of preparation. Besides improving his own grades, he had left a good impression on the professors and gained some implicit privileges. This time, the Mutual Aid Society even went out of its way to attract the attention of other students.
The school didn't want students to easily access upper-year content, but under these circumstances, the problems had to be identified and addressed.
Just as Harry received special treatment for being the "chosen one," George's learning ability and speed clearly surpassed the level of the current curriculum, which naturally earned him special consideration. Within the school's rules, there was no reason to deliberately make things difficult for him.
To further ensure this, George founded a Mutual Aid Society as a proactive supplement to the school. This society would allow students from poor families to obtain free loans, share learning experiences, and work part-time within the society.
George had multiple safeguards in place and was confident in the Mutual Aid Society.
In reality, things went even more smoothly than he had imagined. He had somewhat underestimated the students' demand for pocket money and spending.
Watt's also provided student aid, but ultimately, the school's goal was profit.
Maintaining the school's daily operations and paying the professors' salaries was necessary. Losses from magical equipment, failed experiments, and wasted ingredients were significant. The school had to be cautious with expenses, as its budget was extremely limited.
At the same time, societal expectations didn't allow impoverished students to live like regular students. In a sense, class distinctions, gaps, and hierarchies are the inevitable basis of society. Without comparability or layers, how could individuals be treated differently?
Therefore, scholarship systems had to ensure that impoverished students' living standards remained below those of ordinary students. Otherwise, it would be unfair to those regular students who worked hard to earn their money.
It's like low-cost housing in the real world. If it were truly intended for the poorest, it would have no toilets and be extremely basic. Only by making it undesirable for others could it genuinely benefit the most needy.
This also made the students receiving aid, like Ron with his hand-me-downs, feel embarrassed. Scholarships could prevent dropouts, but they couldn't ensure academic progress, let alone create a comfortable learning environment.
George's Mutual Aid Society served as an additional supplement, bridging the gap between impoverished students and ordinary students, and between ordinary and wealthy students. Most importantly, it gave both ordinary and outstanding students access to funding.
This was extremely important.
In truth, Ron's family wasn't destitute—they could afford a wand. Compared to the exorbitant prices of George's previous life, the cost of wands was almost unimaginable. A wand was an essential item that a wizard might use for years. The price—7 Galleons, 35 pounds, or 350 RMB—was entirely affordable.
The real issue was lack of attention. Adults didn't account for children's needs and feelings.
Just as the Weasley family had many children, there were too many expenses, so they had to be frugal. Clothes, wands, and other items had to be reused—this was far from ideal.
The Weasleys weren't the only ones. The same applied to Neville's family and many others. Adults didn't mind spending on entertainment, but children, as part of the household, had little access to discretionary resources.
Even Malfoy, despite his wealthy background, didn't have much pocket money now. That's why he needed to borrow from the Mutual Aid Society.
Unlike George, George had earning power far beyond most adults. Among students, he was like a long, strong golden leg—unstoppable.
"Children's pocket money might be the most cost-effective expenditure in the world," George murmured, astonished at the results of the Mutual Aid Society. Replacing a single adult meal with children's allowance could provide a year's worth of happiness.
He realized that his greatest advantage wasn't his physical strength, superior magic for a graduate-level student, or exceptional control—but his unmatched ability to deploy gold.
George was extremely strong; Voldemort at his age certainly wasn't his match. But the real world didn't care about his age. Being young meant he was destined to face bullying. The real world didn't only set him against peers.
Age differences couldn't be changed. No matter how strong George was, he was still a student. Even a top student couldn't compare to a professor with years of experience.
Moreover, the professors at this school weren't major figures in the magical world. Even the great Dumbledore, or Watt's, was overshadowed by the terror of Voldemort's dying influence in the magical world.
What George needed most was time, and accumulation over time. The Mutual Aid Society allowed him to make such a breakthrough.
By bringing wealth from the adult world into the children's world, if the magical world's prices once made him feel like he was getting a bargain, now he felt like he was committing a crime.
George began collecting advanced students' study notes, learning experiences, magical skills, and even self-invented spells, stacking them into packages like accumulating his own wealth.
"This is really a great idea," George thought, amazed at both the low prices in the magical world and the gains from the Mutual Aid Society.
The Society's profits far exceeded his expectations, and he noticed an interesting phenomenon.
Voldemort and Dumbledore might not be bribed with money, but one group was easily swayed: the students of Watt's Magical School. Their tight finances and frugal habits made them extremely susceptible to bribery.
"Perhaps Voldemort's loyal followers are also these disheartened students," George seemed to realize.
Today was Halloween. Watt's great hall looked very different, filled with pumpkins, skeletons, lanterns, werewolves, and all sorts of strange decorations.
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