[HPforGrownups] Re: Lucius Mafoy's job?

[Meg Demeranville]

No: HPFGUIDX 49743

Heidi wrote:
<snip> wouldn't it be clever if he had a rather large share of Grunnings as well? <snip>

Dave replied:
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As for the Malfoys owning part of Grunnings, I *like* it. (Is that a plot bunny I see growing over there?) Of course, people might wonder if a Muggle-hater like Lucius would ever deign to have anything to do with a Muggle business, but I think he would put aside his personal animosity for a chance to fiddle in some devious way with Harry's relatives.
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In a TBAY post in November, I proposed the following:
DUH, TIME'S UP, SCALPELS DOWN 
(Dursleys use Harry's Trustfund In Making Extravagant Surprises, Useful Profiting, So Caring About Large Payouts Even Like Spending Donations of Wizard Nationals)
wherein I theorized that a large share of the Dursley's apparent spare cash to provide for Dudley came from money provided by wizards for Harry. The theory further went on that Uncle Vernon has been selling drills and drill bits to the wizarding world. It was explained as follows:
"Simple. We know that Gringott's vaults are underneath London. We know that Uncle Vernon sells drill and drill bits. We know that the MOM wasn't too worried when the Mason's saw the owls. What if Uncle Vernon is selling drills and drill bits to the Wizarding World as well as the regular world? We already know that wizards don't mind talking to him, even in the very first book, before he takes Harry in. That's where all of Uncle Vernon's money is coming from. He is extorting the wizards. Charging them extra for drills. Especially since they don't know the pounds to Galleons rate." 

To explain this a little better, Uncle Vernon is not above making a little extra money at someone's expense. And what better way than to extort the people who have stuck him with this "horrible freak" of a nephew. And conversely, what better way to keep tabs on Harry than to develop a business relationship with his uncle. The MoM could have easily set up this arrangement for the purpose of protecting Harry. And given how well connected Lucius seems to be, he could have easily gotten this information. And used it to his own ends by purchasing shares of the company. What better way to stay in Voldemort's inner circle than to have access to Uncle Vernon financially. "Slippery fellow" indeed. 

-- Meg (who really should be memorizing amino acids at the moment)

Text taken from post 46654 -- 11/15/02 -- (TBAY) Trustfund Harry


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