svetikya Chapter 206 A sleepless night, Mr. Xenophilius
Chapter 206 A sleepless night, Mr. Xenophilius
"Change it?" Miller asked bitterly: "That - what should I change it to?"
"Uh-let me think about it!"
Originally, Anthony considered calling it Hogwarts Press, but when he thought about Dumbledore's fortune, why should he call it this name if he didn't sponsor him?
After much thought, he decided to stick with the name he had thought of before.
"The Royal Press!"
Looking at Mr. Harker's recent ambition to invade (cross out) and integrate into the magical world, his name can be regarded as paving the way for the British Empire...
"Of course, as long as you like it." Mr. Miller replied with a smile.
Then, after finishing the contract, he was invited by Sirius to have lunch in the auditorium. Mr. Miller left Hogwarts just after one o'clock at noon.
"Haha! Congratulations. You are already in debt at such a young age." After seeing Mr. Miller off, Sirius and a group of young wizards sat on the Gryffindor long table in the auditorium and joked.
"If you can't hold on, I can help you!"
As the only male heir of the Black family, although most of the family wealth is in Bellatrix's private vault, the wealth left by the Millennium family is still huge. Sirius, who only inherited a small part, can still Ranked among the top richest wizards in the entire UK.
"Hmph! I'll make a bet with you. I'll make a lot of money within a month." Anthony looked confident, but this time he was really bleeding profusely.
Originally, he wanted to buy a publishing house for free, but before leaving, Mr. Miller told him that the publishing house didn't even have the money to print new books.After learning that the last boss of the publishing house had even sold the furniture in his office, Anthony was almost furious.
what a man!
Simply shameless.
But after he heard that familiar last name, Flint.He immediately expressed his understanding, and look, that family's only young wizard now, Marcus Flint, is the captain of the Slytherin team.You can tell by the despicable methods used when playing basketball that this family is definitely not a good thing.
As a last resort, he could only give Miller the thousand gold galleons he had earned from selling potion ingredients.
Now, he is really a pauper, his pockets are cleaner than his face.
"You're very confident!" Sirius remained unmoved and just chuckled.
The concept of rich people is different from that of normal people. For him, even if one day Harry suddenly wants to stimulate his business talent and needs start-up funds, he will just wave a hundred thousand plus without blinking an eye. Long Tan is in the water, if he loses, he will pay, he doesn't care.One hundred thousand, let Harry learn a lesson, Sirius felt it was worth it.
This was also his attitude towards Anthony. It was only a few hundred thousand gold galleons, and he treated it as a lesson to his children.
"Anthony, when will the new book be released? We will also buy a copy then. I will cheer you up." The little wizards on the side also raised their heads and shouted.
Especially Gemini, they were the two who screamed the loudest.
“It’s going to be expensive!”
"Expensive? How expensive can it be?" Fred joked.
"One book is six gold galleons, one book is four!" Anthony said lightly.
"What? Six Galleons? Did you put gold on the cover? Did you buy it so expensively? How could anyone buy it!" George shouted angrily.
You must know that ordinary textbooks, such as the world-famous book "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" only cost two galleons. The most expensive textbook is the one used by Hagrid as the professor of protection of magical creatures in the original book, "Monsters and Monsters" Our Book of Monsters is four Galleons.
But that's because the materials to create the book were expensive and cumbersome.
It should be more expensive, but why are Anthony's books so expensive?
"Hmph! Do you understand what the fan economy is, do you understand what the celebrity benefit is, do you understand the value of the words Dumbledore? Let me tell you, people who want to understand the principal don't care how much money they spend."
"Just watch! After a while, you will know what a business genius is!"
Anthony raised his head proudly, and after speaking, he walked into the auditorium, leaving a group of stunned little wizards behind.
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Time has entered mid-April, and three hundred copies of each of Anthony's new books have been completed.It's not that they don't want to print more, it's mainly because they don't have the money.
The new boss strongly demanded that all materials must be of the highest quality, including dragon skin covers, permanent transformation spells, and various protective spells to all be cast on the tree.
The printed books are enough to be regarded as family heirlooms.
In addition, the expensive price he set made people in this publishing house, which had been established less than two weeks, panic.
Moreover, the new book had almost no publicity funds. It was Mr. Miller who went to Flourish and Blotts Bookstore in person and talked with the boss for a long time before allowing these books to be sold in the bookstore.
Of course, the bookstore will not do any marketing for it. Whether it can be sold depends entirely on God's will.This still gives Mr. Miller, an old customer, some face.
There was nothing Mr. Miller could do about such a result. After all, he really couldn't come up with any publicity funds, and the books were still so expensive.
In the end, he had no choice but to sigh and let nature take its course.
And this wait is just one week.
until--
It was Sunday, late April, and Mr. Xenophilius Lovegood came home from get off work as usual.
When passing Flourish and Blotts Bookstore, I walked in on a whim.
"It's you! Lovegood." The bookstore clerk was very familiar with this magazine editor who often visited the bookstore. He used to come here every day after get off work.
Said it was for the purpose of collecting pictures!
But from the clerk's point of view, he just browsed through the books casually, looking for any bizarre or non-mainstream news or stories that could be published in the new issue of "The Quibbler."
"How's it going? Is the newspaper office okay?"
"Okay? It couldn't be better." Xenophilius looked crazy, and his marshmallow-like white hair was dry and split.
And his face was quite ugly.The emphasis is also full of irony.
"What's wrong? The Ministry of Magic's investigation into you hasn't ended yet?" the clerk raised his eyebrows and asked in confusion.
"Everyone knows that this was instigated by the Daily Prophet. It is nonsense to say that The Quibbler has an article exonerating the saints!" Xenophilius held the hanging around his neck. A gold chain with a strange symbol shining on it, much like a triangular eye.
"Haha." The clerk didn't say much about this. Everyone knew that this gentleman brought this trouble on himself.You said you had nothing to publish about the Saints organization.
As a result, after the London attack, under the instruction of thoughtful people, "The Quibbler" immediately became a key target.
"I have to say that conspiracy is very useful. At least, the sales of "The Quibbler" are no longer as good as "The Daily Prophet." Mr. Xenophilius sighed, with a look of sadness on his face.
"The Quibbler" is a magazine that specializes in publishing eyewitness news and some non-mainstream news about creatures that are said to not exist in the world. It is especially popular in the wizarding world, with sales higher than the "Daily Prophet" approved by the Ministry of Magic. Much more.
But that was before, now, they have ushered in the cold winter.
"It's a newspaper! It's just to see whose news is worth buying and has some gimmicks. Aren't you an expert in this area?" the clerk shrugged.
"Lockhart has been all in the news recently, and the Ministry of Magic only allows the Daily Prophet to interview him. Humph! It's all despicable means." Xenophilius gritted his teeth.
"Okay, then there's nothing I can do. Maybe you can just look around as usual, what if you can find something good?"
At this time, a new customer walked into the bookstore. The clerk said briefly, then calmed him down and went to greet another customer.
Xenophilius was not surprised by this. He walked directly towards the bookstore at the back. His target was the books piled up and piled on the ground.
Because these are new books.
He had read through most of the old books in the bookstore, and then he developed the habit of starting with new books first.
"Humph?"
Suddenly, a pile of messy books with bright covers on the ground came into his eyes.The fiery red rose was very eye-catching, and Mr. Xenophilius was immediately attracted to it.
""Magic: Dumbledore"?"
It turned out to be a biography of Dumbledore.You know, generally only famous wizards who have passed away will have biographical stories for them.And Dumbledore is still alive.
Feeling interesting, Mr. Xenophilius picked up a book and flipped through a few pages.
The first half is all about Merlin and King Arthur, and only a few pages later we start to introduce Dumbledore's life. Hmm - what kind of writing technique is this?Why waste time writing about Merlin?
Hmm - but the story about Dumbledore's life is quite well written.
especially--
"Dumbledore's sister turned out to be an Obscurus? Did his father kill those Muggle boys to avenge his daughter?"
In an instant, Mr. Xenophilius could smell the bombshell news. No one in the magic world knew such secret news. If the author hadn't made it up, it would definitely cause a sensation.
Thinking to himself, he slowly closed the book and glanced at the names of the authors on the cover; Anthony Windsor, Aisling Martin (Royal Repertory Theater dramatist)
do not know.It must be some new writer, trying to make a gimmick to become famous!
He shook his head, and then walked to the counter with the book in hand.
"How much does this book cost?" he asked, holding up the book.
"Well - here, six galleons!" the clerk replied.
"It's not expensive either." After saying that, Mr. Xenophilius left Flourish and Blotts Bookstore after leaving behind six galleons.
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After returning to his home, Mr. Xenophilius first prepared a simple dinner for himself. When it got late, he remembered the book.
Sitting at the desk with a photo of his daughter and his wife, Mr. Xenophilius opened the book again in the golden firelight.
This time, time passed by half an hour.
Only then did he realize what this book was about.
"It turns out to be about the story between Dumbledore and Grindelwald."
snort!
It's an old-fashioned Dragon Quest story, with nothing new at all. I don't know if the secrets of the Dumbledore family I mentioned before are true.
Mr. Xenophilius continued reading with some contempt.
He wanted to see what story could happen between Dumbledore and Grindelwald.
Then:
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Dumbledore——
Hey, it's me.
Your old friend Gellert Grindelwald.
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Are you still in your school?Teaching feels good, I hope?Have you read a lot of books?Is the food pretty good?Are you still keeping it well?You better be.
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Listen to me, I hope you are listening, hope, hope in the middle of my cell that is gradually covered with mold.Laugh at me, Albus, and continue to hate me, as you always have.good luck.
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Never worry about those things.I want to tell you a story, Albus.
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In my outdated memory, it was the end of June.Aberforth stayed with Ariana in the house.We walked slowly along the aqueducts of the Muggle windmills in Godric's Hollow, slipped under the windows of our old wizards, and discussed in depth how...
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You set fire on the water with my blood.Such beautiful magic, such beautiful you.
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Tell me what happened.If you don't have time to write, get a damn shorthand quill and tell me what the fuck happened, but don't leave me here.I let you win.Don't leave me here -
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Answer me, Albus Dumbledore, don't leave me here. If I write to you with my blood, will you come and see me?
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I guess you always thought dark wizards never fell in love with anyone, didn't you?Maybe you are wrong.We're out of parchment.I don’t want to use the sheets to write about you anymore.Can you send me some paper?Don't leave me here alone.
Albus...
Who else can love you but me?
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Letter returned.Recipient: Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, deceased.With condolences, Department of Owl Management, Ministry of Magic.
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We still don’t know what kind of emotion Mr. Xenophilius felt that day after reading the whole book. But when it dawned, the first light shone on the smoky candles, and then we discovered that he had not been there all night. sleep.
In the early morning, Mr. Xenophilius arrived at the newspaper office extra early, and then walked straight into his office without saying anything, not knowing what he was doing.
But half an hour later, he walked out again looking particularly haggard.
"Put this on the latest issue of The Quibbler, on the front page, quickly!" He dropped a piece of parchment on the desk of the assistant responsible for newspaper distribution, then turned and returned to his office.
Although Mr. Xenophilius has always been crazy, this time it still puzzled his assistant, who had long been accustomed to it.
Today is not a day for review. The new issue of "The Quibbler" was printed just this morning.Is it a little late to revise the manuscript now?
However, since it was his boss's arrangement, he couldn't say anything. He held the parchment and ran towards the printing office.
Fortunately, he was still in time, and fortunately this was a magical world. According to Mr. Xenophilius's request, they used magic to quickly replace the previous front page about a certain dark creature.
A photo of two young men appears on the cover of Impurity.
One has red hair and the other has blond hair.
The two of them faced the camera, smiling shyly and reservedly.The other one was full of flamboyance, holding his head high and looking high-spirited.
The distant look between the two of them was like that of every young boy and girl.
Below the photo, there is a line of small words: The summer roses in Godric's Hollow bloomed only once in 1899, but in this book, they will always be in high spirits' - dedicated to the two great people of this century. A legendary wizard: ggad!
Photos of the two of them accompanied the magazine and were quickly sent to subscribers across the UK.
Mr. Xenophilius's actions have not stopped yet. He extracted some key information from the book, compiled it, and then rushed to print another issue the next morning.
The magazine of the previous day actually didn't have much content. Mr. Xenophilius only published a letter from Grindelwald to Dumbledore.
The wizards who received this journal were very angry.Immediately started sending complaint letters to The Quibbler.
As we all know, although "The Quibbler" is labeled as non-mainstream, this time, Dumbledore, one of the greatest white wizards in the world, has broken the bottom line in people's hearts by arranging such nonsense.
Some readers even sent howler letters, threatening to unsubscribe from The Quibbler.
Of course, Mr. Xenophilius would not reply to such letters until the next day's additional issue was delivered to them.
The content of this issue is much more detailed, and even the names of famous characters such as Newt and Bathilda Bagshot appear.
The photo contributed by Mr. Newt was directly printed in the magazine.
Although everyone was still disdainful, suspicion arose inexplicably in their hearts.
Some wizards inquired about the source of Mr. Xenophilius's information, which was a book called "Magical Legends: Dumbledore".
Then someone went to Flourish and Blotts Bookstore to buy the book.
And with the first one, there will be the second one. Gradually, after a period of time, everyone knows that Flourish and Blotts Bookstore is selling a book about the secret behind Dumbledore.
Whether it’s to crack down on counterfeiting, or just to watch the fun.Soon this book became a hit!
Dumbledore's name is indeed very appealing.
Many wizards are willing to pay for the name.
"Do you still have that copy of "Magical Legends: Dumbledore"?"
In Flourish and Blotts Bookstore, this was already the wizard No. 12 came to ask about this morning.
The bookstore clerk replied very apologetically: "I'm sorry, sir, that book has been sold out. We are contacting the publisher and asking them to print another batch."
"Where's the copy of "Merlin"?" Seeing that Dumbledore's copy was sold out, the middle-aged witch could only settle for the next best thing.
"Sorry, it's also sold out. Flourishes and Blotts only bought [-] copies, and they were all sold out yesterday." The clerk replied apologetically again.
"This is not available, that is not available. Shouldn't you have purchased the goods in advance yesterday? Really, it made me go all the way in vain." After hearing that "Merlin" was not available, the witch's face suddenly became unhappy.She opened the bookstore door angrily and walked out angrily.