The Rise of the Muggles at Hogwarts

Chapter 207 Why do Americans love Dumbledore so much?

Of course Mr. Miller would not send all his books to Flourish and Blotts in Diagon Alley.

In fact, in addition to the UK, he has contacts with bookstores as far away as Paris and Berlin.

However, since the translation work cost a lot of money, he only sent a few sample books, mainly to the store managers of various stores.

After all, Europe is Grindelwald's active home ground, and he can give it a try, after he wrote a letter to tell Anthony about it.

Anthony wrote back that he could complete the translation himself, at least he could complete the French translation.

Since his uncle had been living in Paris, he learned French during his stay in France.

However, having just finished writing two books, he didn't want to start writing so quickly and let others take a break.

Therefore, Anthony's suggestion to Mr. Miller is that overseas markets can sell to the United States, which is also an English-speaking country.

Mr. Miller disagreed with this. What was he thinking?You can’t even sell it at home, but you’re still thinking about overseas. How confident are you?

I'm just saying it, you really believe it!

Hmm - is my new boss a little too whimsical?

Although he could not deny that the book was indeed excellent.but...

Anthony knew the worries of this screenwriter who had been working with publishing for half his life.

The magical world is not the Muggle world. A book selling millions or even tens of millions is simply a dream!Whether there are so many wizards in the magic world is still a question!

Lockhart, who relied on plagiarism to get his prices up, has sold just over [-] copies of a single book. This is supported by the fans he has accumulated from nine books.

Because the concept of buying books in the wizarding world is different from that of Muggle families. They are based on family units. For example, the parents and children of this family are all fans of Lockhart. Even if they do not live together, they will only buy books. One reason is that it is indeed very convenient to transfer items through magic.Even more convenient than the express postal service of the 21st century.On the other hand, it is also the durability of magic books.

There are a lot of books in the Hogwarts library that are thousands of years old. They are borrowed by the little wizards. Unless the books blessed by magic are maliciously destroyed, it is normal for them to be preserved for thousands of years. .

That's why Mrs. Weasley likes to buy second-hand books.

But even so, Lockhart still ranked in the top ten of the Wizarding Forbes rankings at the age of less than 30, relying solely on the royalties he earned from writing books.In the original book, even though he later became a lifelong patient of St. Mungo's Hospital, he could still spend the rest of his life "carefree" relying on royalties.

The reason is that Lockhart's works are sold at extremely high prices. He pays five galleons for a single book. Rita Skeeter, who is even more ruthless than him, dares to sell ten galleons for her celebrity biography.

With such profits, it’s no wonder that they are on the Wizarding Forbes list, so Anthony doesn’t think that his price of six galleons per copy is too expensive. Although it is more expensive than textbooks, compared to those two black-hearted ghosts, his price can be regarded as a conscience. Alright!

"That's too little!"

In Diagon Alley, in the headquarters building that has been renamed the Royal Publishing House, Mr. Miller is frowning and looking at the sales report in his hand: "Six copies sold in four days. This is too few! Although we have nothing to announce, Yes, but that’s Dumbledore. With this gimmick, how can it only have this little sales?”

"How about we try to lower the price? Let me tell you, the price is still too high. Lockhart's new book is only five galleons."

The name was just pronounced.In front of the few second-hand desks and chairs in the entire office, the faces of everyone suddenly became ugly.

"Don't mention that name again!" Mr. Miller scolded with a frown. In the publishing house, the three words Lockhart have been bound to Voldemort and have become a taboo for them.

"I'm sorry!" The employee was unintentional. After he apologized in a panic, everyone's attention shifted to Mr. Miller again.

"Okay, I don't blame you. Lowering the price is indeed a way. In this way, I will write a letter to the boss." With that, Mr. Miller picked up the sales bill in his hand and left.

Suddenly, a figure ran over. He held up the parchment in his hand and shouted excitedly: "Editor-in-Chief! News from the United States."

"America?" Mr. Miller was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at him.

"what happened?"

"The dozen sample books you sent to the United States were purchased within an hour. The bookstores there sent us a letter asking us to expedite shipment to them."

The young man wearing a gray robe with a few patches on the lining smiled brightly: "Look! They sold five hundred copies in advance."

"what?"

Mr. Miller was shocked and hurriedly snatched the letter from his hand. From the scrawled words, he could feel the urgency of the sender.

There is not a single nonsense word in the whole article, and it has only one meaning: delivery!Ship quickly!

"It's not just that, sir." The smile on the young man's face did not stop. He quickly took out another letter from his pocket, "It's another order from the United States, called Knight International. The content in the letter is too much. It was horrifying. I thought it was someone’s prank. After I replied to the letter, I was sure that what the other party said was true.”

"What?" Mr. Miller, whose expression was a little stiff, had not yet escaped from this huge surprise. He numbly took another letter from the employee's hand, took out the letter, glanced at it briefly, and was attracted by the words in the letter. The content is scary.

It's really scary!

"One hundred thousand?"

"Merlin's beard! Are there so many wizards in the United States? Are you asking for a hundred thousand books, or two books worth one hundred thousand each? Are you sure this is not someone's prank?" It's not that Mr. Miller doesn't believe it, one hundred thousand books, he will spend his whole life I have never bought a single book of this magnitude.

Maybe that "History of Magic" has sold so many copies, but that's a world history book!Among other things, the three major magic schools in Europe and Ilvermorny in the United States use this book as a history textbook, and its influence has enveloped half of the wizarding world.

He didn't know much about the Far East, but as a reference book, "History of Magic" definitely had a place.

And what about Anthony’s new book?

Without historical evidence or Dumbledore's own approval, it is at best a pseudo-biographical novel.

How can this kind of entertainment reading be compared with "History of Magic"?

"Sir, I didn't believe it at first, but..." the employee replied awkwardly. God knows how many insulting words he filled in his reply to Knight International. After all, the atmosphere in the publishing house these days is very depressing. , sales are sluggish, everyone is in a bad mood, you suddenly received a prank letter, can you scold him without replying?

until--

"The other party has sent me a deposit of twenty thousand gold Zhuoguo (the name of the magic currency circulating in the United States is Zhuoguo, and it can be exchanged for Galleons at a ratio of one to one)."

"What!" This time, Mr. Miller really couldn't calm down. As for why the Americans are so interested in Dumbledore, let it go to hell!Money, money in your hands is the most real thing!

"Then! Why are you still hanging around here? Why don't you hurry up and print books!" He shouted, and then rushed into the printing office.

Not only did the surrounding employees not show any displeasure, but they were all excited, their eyes glowing green, and they followed Mr. Miller into the printing office.

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Time passes day by day.

Mr. Miller also had a smile on his face. However, another troublesome thing happened to him recently.

That is because the printing of magical books is too slow. After all, it is not a fully automated production machine in the Muggle world. They only use magic machines partially, and wizards have to do the binding work themselves.

Although I can use magic spells, the speed is still too slow.

He also didn't expect that in just a few days, his worries would change from how to sell to how to increase production.

The publishing house was in full swing.There was a smile on everyone's face.

"Sir!" Zhu Zhan knocked on Mr. Miller's office.

"There was a message from Flourish and Blott Bookstore, asking us to replenish the stock."

"Add more goods." Mr. Miller put down the letter from Ottawa in his hand.He asked casually: "How much?"

"Hmm - three hundred."

"Three hundred?" Miller looked disdainful. "Let him wait. I'm busy shipping goods to the United States and Canada! Then I can take care of him!"

"Ahem! Editor, you don't know that since "The Quibbler" published our book, wizards who want to buy the book have almost burst the door of Flourish and Blotts Bookstore. You--you'd better give them a batch. Otherwise, those guys will come downstairs to our publishing house tomorrow to cause trouble."

"Okay! You take some of this year's batch." Mr. Miller's heart was full of excitement at this time, and he waved his hand and said casually.There is quite a feeling of scolding Fang Qiu.

Ha ha!If this trend continues, I will have to consider adding more printing machines and recruiting workers.

"By the way, you just said that The Quibbler published our book? Did you pay royalties? Do they dare to publish it? Oh! You don't need to explain, it must be that guy Lovegood who published it without permission, hum! This This guy just won’t change his ways and likes to have sex for free, okay, I’ll go talk to him.”

Sukezhan watched Mr. Miller stand up, seemingly scolding, but his tone was full of excitement.

As the assistant saw, Mr. Miller was not actually grateful to Nophilius Lovegood for publishing his book without permission. On the contrary, he had to go and have a good talk with him about the publication.

Nowadays, book sales are booming. If he cooperates with strong publicity, he can't believe the future sales.

Haha!

Mr. Miller walked out of the office door and stood in front of the employee's desk, subconsciously puffing up his chest.

Just like the spring rain watering the dry winter river, the whole body is filled with a feeling of comfort and joy. The worries and fatigue caused by staying up late for the past few days are swept away, and the whole person is reborn!

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The book buying craze also officially started with the strong publicity of several newspapers.

In the second week after the new book was released, the purchasing power in the UK really exploded.

In terms of the overall environment, the London attacks are still vivid in our minds, and after that, the Ministry of Magic carried out more than a month of trials and commemoration of the deceased.

Just when everyone thought they could relax for a while, suddenly Lockhart's big melon fell from the sky, once again detonating the public opinion field.

After several months, everyone has long been tired and needs a new kind of entertainment to relax people. In the past, this kind of thing might have been Lockhart's novels.

It's a pity that he has fallen now. This shameless liar has been exposed.The entire British wizarding world fell into a state of depression.

At this moment, a biographical novel about Dumbledore's past secrets came out, which just filled the market gap and was in line with the public's dependence on authority.

No one thought anyone would dare program Dumbledore, at least not while he was alive.

With this kind of emotional blessing, it's strange that Anthony's "Magic Legends: Dumbledore" is not popular!

Of course, this is also related to the content and quality of the book.

Success goes both ways.

And this book-buying craze eventually swept to Hogsmeade.

I don't know when, but suddenly there was a billboard in front of the Three Broomsticks Bar. The byte simply said, "This store sells the latest best-selling books "Magical Legends: Dumbledore" and "Magical Legends: Merlin".

Ms. Rosmerta, the owner of the Three Broomsticks bar, is a clever witch.

Of course, she has a graceful figure and is very "beautiful". Although she is nearly half a century old, she still retains her charm, which is one of her advantages. Moreover, she has a wide range of contacts. The teachers in the school know her, the fairies also know her, and even her ex-magic Minister Fudge also knew her well.He would also call her "Rosmerta, my dear" affectionately.

However, beauty is nothing compared to her business talent.

There are two pubs in Hogsmeade, Aberforth's Hog's Head and Madam Rosmerta's Three Broomsticks.

The so-called colleagues are enemies, but Mrs. Rosmerta was very smart to separate the audiences of her own bar and the Pig's Head Bar. Although it is a bar, it provides lemonade, cherry juice and soda water with ice and umbrella.

She knew exactly who her main audience was when opening a store next to a school.

Warm and comfortable shop, it is also a good place for a date.

However, where the all-powerful Mrs. Rosmerta obtained these scarce books, no one except dear Mr. Miller knows.

In short, the little wizards who came to play on Saturday and Sunday all noticed the huge billboard.

Not only the little wizard, but also the professors at the school noticed.

This includes Professor McGonagall!

"Wow! Six Galleons, so expensive!"

"Can it be cheaper? Mrs. Rosmerta!"

"Hey, you poor Gryffindor guy who can't even afford six Galleons, give me three copies!"

"What did you say, Slytherin idiot!"

"I'm talking about you! How about, you want to fight! Come on!"

"Hit him!" The Gryffindor little wizards didn't like him. They raised their fists and rushed towards the arrogant little Slytherin wizard.

A fierce battle began.

The young wizards from the other two houses on the side were already not surprised by this, and stood calmly, discussing the new books on the shelves.

"Hey! Have you ever thought that the author of that book looks so familiar?"

"Anthony Windsor? Isn't that the Muggle prince?"

"Yes! It's really him. Did he write this book? No way! What grade is he in?"

"Who knows, anyway, my sister sent a letter saying that the book was very touching. She almost cried after reading it."

"Wow! I don't dare to buy what you said. I can't stand that touching scene."

"It's okay, I'll read it first and tell you after I finish it!"

"..."

In front of the Three Broomsticks bar, many little wizards gathered in front of the store.

The one on the left pointed at the books on the shelf, while the one on the right pointed at the other person's face.

He looked like he was enjoying himself.

Of course, Professor McGonagall who was passing by saw this scene and almost ran away in anger!

From a distance, she heard the chirping of little wizards gathering in front of her, and walked in to take a look, okay!It’s really a passionate exchange, isn’t it hot?Nosebleeds are hot!

"stop!"

Professor McGonagall drew out her wand, and a red spell separated the young wizards from the two houses.

"Look at how you look when we fight in the street!"

"It's a disgrace to Hogwarts!"

Professor McGonagall scolded him mercilessly, but even though the two groups who stopped at this time looked dismayed.But that look was still sharp.He kept saying, "Let's continue in another place later!"

"That's enough!" The professor roared like a mad lion.The little wizard's eyes were naturally caught by her.

"Ten points for everyone, ten points for everyone! I'll put them all in solitary confinement tonight!"

"Now, go to Hogwarts, your vacation is cancelled!"

"Oh----"

The wizards from both houses shouted sickly, although they fled angrily.

Only a furious Professor McGonagall was left standing there.

The remaining young wizards from the other two houses stood there tremblingly, not wanting to leave or not.The scene suddenly became awkward.

Professor McGonagall didn't care. She stood up and prepared to leave.

Suddenly, a familiar name came into her sight.

"Dumbledore?"

Of course she knew something about a new book that was very popular in the wizarding world recently, but she knew it, but Professor McGonagall had never planned to buy it and read it.

After all, there was no one in the whole of Hogwarts—nay—the whole world who knew Dumbledore better than she did.

How many years have the two of them worked together?

50 years? 60 years?

She almost didn't remember.She only remembered that she had been working with Dumbledore since the Global Wizarding War.That was 1926.

Therefore, Professor McGonagall has no interest in a biography about Dumbledore that suddenly appeared. It is just a tool used by an unknown writer to attract attention, and it is a book filled with half-truths and half-false lies. , just dare to publish it.

Today's magical world is becoming less and less rigorous.Professor McGonagall sighed softly.

Thinking to herself, she was about to leave.

"Professor McGonagall?" Suddenly, a familiar voice called her.

The person who came was wearing a red dress, with a touch of snow-white on her chest, her hair was tied up high, and she walked out in a gorgeous manner.

"Rosmerta?"

"Are you here to buy books too? Ahem! Of course I don't know much about the past between you and Principal Dumbledore, but I'm really curious about that -" Suddenly Mrs. Rosmerta said shyly: "The Principal and Is Grindelwald’s relationship real?”

"What's the relationship?" Professor McGonagall frowned and asked in confusion.

"That kind of relationship! You have worked with Principal Dumbledore for so many years, so you must know it!" Mrs. Rosmerta kept hinting with her eyes blinking.