Chapter 45 The Split-and-Reorganization Plan of the Daily Prophet

That conversation ceases after mentioning 'Regulus'.

Kreacher was very wary, and when he saw Sirius, he disappeared without saying a word, pretending to be busy in the kitchen.

Sirius didn't really care about the house-elf, his attention was all on the cousin he didn't know very well.

He tried to go up and chat with Daniel closely, but Daniel was just expressionless, and put the tickets and fines in front of him one by one, and he ran away in embarrassment.

After writing more than twenty letters of explanation about Sirius's events and declining invitations to three banquets, Daniel finally got a little rest.

But it was such a little rest, and it was soon disturbed by the minister of the Ministry of Magic.

It all started with the Daily Prophet.

Since its inception, the Daily Prophet has never encountered such a predicament as it is today.

As the mouthpieces of the Ministry of Magic, they have always been around the Minister of Magic, taking the position of the Minister of Magic as their position, and the views of the Minister of Magic......

The news of Sirius's execution had been revealed by Minister Fudge himself, and the moving photograph was said to have been provided by Mr. Black Jr.

But why is it that it is the newspaper that accepts the public's criticism now?

Overnight, the newspaper's reputation became: 'The Daily Prophet is really getting worse every day,' 'The authenticity of the News of the Daily Prophet is really questionable?' 'Are the reporters and editor-in-chief of the Daily Prophet so low?' ''What is the value of such a nonsense newspaper?'' Such remarks like this......

Wizards in the British wizarding world are indeed happy that a real, unjustly imprisoned hero has his innocence, and they are happy to learn about the ups and downs and thrilling plots, but isn't that the way it works? This kind of situation that is completely unclear about the truth and falsehood of the sentence makes people dizzy......

And, isn't it really playing tricks on us?

Most of the wizarding world had such doubts.

They questioned the credibility of the newspaper slightly. Because: other tabloids can report indiscriminately, but can a newspaper representing the mouthpiece of the government talk nonsense when the authenticity has not yet been determined?

Although the Daily Prophet did a great job in capturing Pettigrew, so much so that wizards were embarrassed to publicly accuse anything, because of that skeptical mentality, everyone invariably reduced their newspaper purchases.

The staff of the Daily Prophet felt an incomparably heavy grievance.

Moreover, it is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift.

After a few binge sales, they couldn't stand the depression anymore when they looked at the poor sales volume and the list of some old customers who had unsubscribed.

The head of the newspaper went straight to Minister Fudge.

He pleaded earnestly, "Your Excellency, we are doing what you say!" And ......," he said cryptically, "you know, we don't have any secrets from the proceeds of those sales...... The situation is so bad, you have to help us get through it......"

Connery Fudge smiled awkwardly and agreed.

After seeing off the head of the newspaper, he put on his hat and hurried out of the house, and personally rushed to 12 Grimmauld Place to visit Daniel.

"Little Mr. Black." As soon as Fudge entered the room, he screamed in an accentuated tone.

He rarely didn't go around in circles, but said directly to Daniel: "It's too unauthentic for you to do this!" The Daily Prophet is in terrible shape right now, and it's all about helping you. At present, their sales have plummeted, and the person in charge came to me crying overnight and begged me for help...... You can't sit idly by. Moreover, when the 'fake news' was released, we said yes, and you swore that it would be fine! ”

"It's fine." Daniel replied in surprise, "I'm not wrong at all." Isn't the Daily Prophet in good hands? There are no readers to make trouble, and no Aurors to issue any fines, aren't they good? What else do you want from me? ”

"Besides, when the Pettigrew News was released, the Daily Prophet must have gone crazy! There are ups and downs, and there is a truth that all the benefits are taken up, I have already made a sum of money for them, are they not satisfied? Merlin...... What do they want? Do they think ...... Will I be in charge of the decline in sales in the future? It's horrible......"

He pretended to be frightened and spread out his hands, looking helpless.

But if you are familiar with him, you must have heard the slight ridicule and sarcasm in his tone.

Moreover, despite Minister Fudge's ugly face, he continued with a smile: "Their person in charge made so much money before, and he didn't come to thank me. Now, sales are declining and it's coming to me? ”

"Merlin is on top!" He exaggeratedly shouted, "Please be fair to me, my friend." ”

Fudge nervously took out his handkerchief and wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead.

"It's a hot day." He looked left and right for other answers, and then, with twinkling eyes, looked to the side, but did not dare to say a single word of argument.

In fact, a large part of the money earned after the sale of the Daily Prophet was sent to the minister's home as a reward for revealing the 'important news'.

Some of the staff of the Ministry of Magic may have heard of this kind of thing.

But the minister makes a little extra money once or twice, and as long as he is not a political opponent, or makes some big mess, most of the time, no one cares.

So, he didn't have to be so panicked.

However, Fudge is not a man who does great things.

He is too mediocre in all aspects, he seems to be generous, but in fact he is petty, and belongs to the type of 'good deeds can't be done, and bad deeds can't be done'.

Like, this thing in front of you.

The Daily Prophet made a lot of money by telling him about the 'fake' news.

(The person in charge cried and said: I just want the sales of the newspaper to increase, but who knows that the news is fake, if you know that it is fake, no matter how much money you make, you can't do it!) ）

…… And this money fell into his pocket again, if he was ruthless, he could turn his face and deny it, anyway, the money was in hand, and the quality of the newspaper had nothing to do with him.

But he was not ruthless enough and not bad enough, and after 'receiving some benefits', he was extremely weak and worried.

So, he would come to Daniel to find a way.

In fact, it was precisely because of his greedy and timid nature that the Slytherin nobles were more willing to support him on the throne!

(The aristocrats felt that anything that could be solved by money was not called a thing.) ）

Daniel himself is actually not interested in this kind of fool who has been fooled by himself.

But when it comes to the "Daily Prophet", he is still very interested in intervening.

He pretended to put on a serious thinking expression, and then, very sincerely, gave Fudge a suggestion: "Let the Daily Prophet be revised!" ”

"Revised?" Secretary Fudge asked, confused.

"Yes, I've always felt that the Daily Prophet is too much of a hodgepodge, with news channels, life channels, and entertainment channels all on those pages, tightly packed and not professional enough. simply take this opportunity to split and reorganize, and by the way, it can also divert the attention of the people. Daniel said with a smile.

In addition, he also kindly gave a suggestion: "For example, it can be changed to "Prophet News", "Prophet Entertainment", "Prophet Life" and so on. This is more professional...... Wizards can also have a variety of options when it comes to buying newspapers. I would like to take this opportunity to tell you that the newspaper will adhere to the principle of 'authenticity first' in the future, and will never make this mistake again, and the people will definitely understand......"

"Will this work?" Minister Fudge looked at Daniel with some hesitation.

He has always sat in the office, he doesn't have much knowledge in the economy, and he usually has some staff around him, but it doesn't matter what it is; Most of the time, he was actually acting as a marionette for the nobles, occasionally turning to Dumbledore for help and playing a balancing act......

Although he felt that Daniel's mention seemed to be a little strange, he didn't feel anything bad, and his expression was very moved for a while.

"Why not?" Daniel was surprised and asked, "That's a good thing!" If the "Prophet Daily" can be split smoothly, then there will definitely be a shortage of manpower in the positions of editor-in-chief, reporter, editor, typesetting and so on in each newspaper. And then comes job openings. And the vacant positions just provide employment opportunities for more wizards. Isn't the reason why I've been used by everyone lately because of the 'employment rate'? Think about it! It's all your performance! Don't you think that's a good thing? ”

Fudge suddenly showed a blank expression.

"Hey, you're there!" He said happily, but quickly reined in his overly revealing expression and began to play officially again, "Hmm...... Ah, this construction of yours is very good, I will consider it well. ”

"So, if things go well, may I make a small request to you?"

"If I can do it, of course."

"The split "Prophet Entertainment News", or not with that name, in short, is a report on entertainment, can you contract it to me? You can rest assured that you will be satisfied. Daniel hinted, then continued to maintain the very friendly smile on his face, and said, "You know, the company I recently started is the 'Black Entertainment Group', and it would be great if there was an official newspaper to help promote it." ”

"I'll think about it." Fudge thought about it for a while, but didn't think of any major problems, so he cautiously reminded: "If it's just entertainment, it shouldn't be too much of a problem." ”

"It's great."

Daniel praised the other party enthusiastically: "You are truly the wisest and greatest minister in the wizarding world. Open-minded and kind. By the way, I really think that the Ministry of Magic can actually keep the Prophet News Edition enough. Channels such as life and economy can charge a contract fee and contract it to others, so that they can pay taxes regularly. In this way, it can save a lot of money for the finance department of the Ministry of Magic. ”

"Ha, my friend, who would want to contract this kind of thing but you."

Fudge is not very confident in the sales of the newspaper now, and he has a rare candor: "To be honest, in the early years, except for the war period, the sales and costs of the Daily Prophet were barely equal, and the next few issues were losing money. It is estimated that there is no profit, and most of the time, they rely on the financial department to subsidize ......"

"yes, so the Ministry of Magic just took this opportunity to get rid of the mess." Daniel enthusiastically encouraged him, "Try it! Anyway, the worst is that no one wants it, so keep it as it is. Anyway, for the entertainment part, I still want to challenge it. ”

"Young man......" Fudge sighed with a fake look.

Who knows, his exclamation just fell, "Ah~! Yes~! Yes~! Yes~~! ”

A very ecstatic and rippling man's voice suddenly sounded, and Fudge jumped up in fright, he looked at Daniel with a strange expression, "Merlin, your family...... Home...... Anyone else? ”

Daniel blushed for a moment, and then looked at the latest Starkphone he had placed on the coffee table with a hateful expression.

The weird sound was accompanied by the vibration of the mobile phone, which kept playing in a loop, he grinded his teeth, took the mobile phone viciously, and hung it up directly.

"Sorry, just a friend prank." He looked up and said with a reluctant smile.

But three seconds later, that series of "Ah~! Yes~! Yes~! Yes~~! "It's starting to ring again......

Daniel hung up again and smiled: "Leave it alone......"

"Ah~! Yes~! Yes~! Yes~~! ”

Minister Fudge laughed awkwardly, "I really don't understand the pranks of your young people!" ”

He pretended to look at the time kindly, and said goodbye, "Then let's stop here today, I'll visit again another day when I'm free." ”

"Okay, then you go slowly." Daniel hung up the phone again and stood up, intending to send the person out of the door.

Behind him, the mobile phone screen flashed and lit up again, and at the same time, the voice rang again: "Ah~!" Yes~! Yes~! Yes~~! ”

Daniel stood in the doorway, listening to the sounds in the room, and almost wanted to hehe.

Sending Fudge away, he rushed back angrily with red ears, gritted his teeth and kept cursing: "Complain, complain, I must complain!" ”

"Tony Stark's dead bag, what kind of new broken phone is being produced! Dare to say what fingerprint password, triple voice control! Private/Private Safety! TMD is simply a person who can change the bell of my mobile phone! ”