Chapter 24: Unprecedented Success
"Unprecedented success, Aven!" was what Fred and George had to say about the newspaper.
Now, Hogwarts Wizardry & Wizardry is the most popular thing in the whole school, and all students are discussing it.
The article on the front page about the Gryffindor and Slytherin scuffle at the Quidditch pitch greatly satisfies everyone's curiosity. In particular, Colin captured a few very beautiful photos, showing Aven's handsome side to the fullest.
With his handsome appearance, outstanding strength, and the fact that he is the organizer of the newspaper, Evan is now almost on the verge of surpassing Harry in popularity and becoming the most famous student in the school, and all of them are positive, and there are even girls who are ready to write love letters to him.
That's the benefit of having public opinion in your hands, and in a press release written by Evan, Slytherin is primarily responsible for the outbreak of the battle.
Of course, this is also the case.
Now, everyone is condemning Malfoy one-sidedly, which makes him a lot more honest. He just glared at Evan and Harry from afar, and didn't come up to look for trouble.
On top of that, Hermione's review doesn't seem to be as bad as it seems, and of course most normal wizards don't look at these things. But at lunch, Evan noticed several professors reading the texts.
The contents of the three sections of the school's secret passages, Quidditch, and magical creatures were also unexpectedly popular with the junior students, and although there were a lot of excerpts from the original texts in the book, many young wizards would not read those professional books.
In fact, they find it very helpful for them to integrate into school life quickly. And the word games and jokes designed by the twins have become the best choice for many senior students to pass the time.
As for Luna's "How to Find the Scimittar Snorer", it seems that no one but herself has shown much concern.
However, Luna is still very happy to stuff a copy of the latest issue of "Singing and Singing" to Aven, and says that her father is willing to cooperate with them in depth to publish the research results of scimitar-horned snorkels and bubble snots.
Of course, the largest readership, and the most popular, are the photographs of Lockhart, as well as his novels.
This was especially evident among the girls, and Hermione was going to treasure them away, and she wasn't alone. There are even quite a few Slytherin girls who are secretly collecting Hogwarts Wizardry and Wizardry, as if they are doing some kind of secret activity.
What is even more rare is that from the afternoon onwards, new newspapers have been bought from Evan to be mailed back to their parents, most of whom are also admirers of Lockhart. The number of buyers is increasing, which makes Evan have to think about printing.
When it was time for dinner, someone finally noticed that the story written by Evan about Harry's mother Lily Potter, a large number of detailed text descriptions, suddenly brought everyone back to Godric's Dale twelve years ago, and to the battle that affected the current pattern of the wizarding world.
As the most famous event in recent magical history, all the young wizards know how Voldemort failed because the man who defeated him sat among them. However, no one knows the details of it, especially what Evan wrote, which has never been published to the public before.
For a time, this story replaced Lockhart's novel as the focus of most attention.
Today's dinner is destined to be much longer than usual, and everyone is immersed in that tragic history, and is not in the mood to care about the food in front of them.
With the exception of the Slytherin bench, the benches and classroom seats in the other three houses were quiet, and everyone was looking down at the newspaper. This caught the Slytherins off guard, because they didn't know what the others were looking at because of the public boycott, and they couldn't go up and ask.
Finally, under the leadership of the prefect, they left the auditorium with embarrassed faces, but everyone's eyes were filled with obvious curiosity.
The corners of Aiwen's mouth turned up slightly, it seems that he is going to stay up late tonight.
At this point, Slytherin's public boycott was almost dead in name. Evan also noticed that Snape was absent tonight, and it seems that the article has had a big impact on him.
In fact, for the next week, Professor Snape was in a depressed mood, always leaving the classroom as soon as class ended, not going to eat in the Great Hall, and no one except Evan knew what he was thinking, and he didn't even trouble the Gryffindor House students in class, which was incredible.
This is just one of the effects of this article, as almost everyone now knows for the first time what happened on the day of Voldemort's defeat, and they are infected by the tragic duel between James Potter and Voldemort, and they are touched by the motherly love that Lily Potter shows at the end.
As the article says, she had a chance to live, but she gave it up for Harry's sake. Eventually, the power of love rendered Voldemort's magic nullified, ushering in a new era in the wizarding world.
A little over an hour later, when Evan and Harry got up to leave the auditorium, all the students spontaneously applauded.
They were paying tribute to Harry, to his parents, to the heroes who saved the wizarding world.
That evening, Gryffindor held a gala gala with all the Hogwarts Wizards and wizards staff in the spotlight. This excites Colin, who has never been so noticed.
The Hogwarts Wizardry and Wizardry was an unparalleled success, with more than 300 copies being reprinted after giving away more than 700 free copies.
Even the merchants who advertised on it also benefited, and Fred and George had renovated the magical fireworks, all of which had been wiped out in just one day, and they were working hard to make new ones.
For example, many people ordered lemonade from the three broomsticks through the owl, which forced Lady Rosmerta to buy a large number of lemons, and she regretted why she didn't invite Evan to Butterbeer in the first place. For another example, the cockroach pile that Evan recommended in the newspaper instantly became the most popular candy for new Hogwarts students.
This makes the Ambrossius Frums at Duke Honey's candy store very happy, knowing that the cockroach pile is not a hot candy.
Of course, when the freshmen bought this thing back, they found that this candy was really exactly the same as a live cockroach, and many people were instantly disgusted and had no appetite at all, and Aven was also given the terrifying title of "Cockroach Killer".
A few days later, a letter from all the Hogwald merchants invited Evan to come back this weekend to discuss the next step of the partnership.
Although the price they were willing to pay was still lower than the average advertising fee of the Daily Prophet, it was a rare improvement, and Evan decided to sign them on a long-term contract when the time came.
In this way, the basic cost of printing newspapers can be covered.
This was a great relief to him, otherwise he wouldn't have had the money to pay for the next issue of Hogwarts Wizardry and Wizardry.
Three days later, in the morning, as Evan was eating breakfast and whispering to Hermione about the next issue of the paper, he received an unexpected letter.
"Look, folks!" Evan told them the faith, "it's Barnabas Gufe, editor-in-chief of the Daily Prophet, who is willing to buy the rights to reprint our article, including all the photos, materials, and novels about Professor Lockhart, my story about Harry's mother, Lily Potter, and"
Evan stopped, and everyone looked at him nervously.
Also, about Hermione's two review articles, "Rejecting Blood Discrimination and Safeguarding the Legitimate Rights and Interests of Muggle-born Wizards" and "Calling on the Ministry of Magic to Pay Attention to the Flight Safety of Underage Wizards". Evan said dryly.
"Oh my God!" Ron opened his mouth in surprise.
"Is this true, Aven?!" Hermione jumped to her feet.
"That's right. "Actually, Mr. Guffey thinks your review is very in-depth, and if you wish, you just need to sign the contract that comes with it, and they'll mail it in with the cost of reprinting by this time tomorrow." ”
"Of course I do!" Hermione took the contract.
"This editor-in-chief of the Daily Prophet is absolutely insane, why would they buy Hermione's article. Ron was surprised, "Is it because she called on the Ministry of Magic to ban the Underage Wizard Quidditch tournament?!"
"Who knows, maybe he has the same strong fear of heights as I do, and he gets dizzy at the sight of a broomstick. Evan stood up, "I'm going to ask Professor Lockhart for advice, and Colin is coming with me to take some new pictures." ”
Looking at Aven's back, Harry blinked innocently, he didn't understand what depth was.
However, he had just agreed to Evan posting his mother, Lily's story, to the Daily Prophet, and he felt the need to let more people know about her.