269. Comic Magazine Press
After reading McGoss's letter, Lockhart, who was working hard to prepare the new one, immediately rejected it, because he felt that it was completely unmarketable and far from his compulsion.
But just as he was about to write a letter to decline, he inadvertently noticed that half of the new was not completed, and he was used to appropriating the adventures of other wizards, and it was still a little difficult to completely original a logical and reasonable one that was not inferior in quality than before, and it was almost a year since he said that the new book was only half completed.
Putting the quill down, Lockhart thought about it for a while, thinking that there were wizards in the Daily Prophet recently who were speculating whether he was Jiang Langcai, which was unacceptable to him, who cherished his fame, but he couldn't come up with a new one to gag the mouths of those wizards, which made him very angry.
Maybe I can use the comics that McGoth said to buffer it, and if the outside world is not satisfied, there is also an excuse that I want to try to change the style of the work and let people enjoy my work in other ways, and since I am not satisfied, I will continue to write the previous ones, so that I have time to create new works. And if it's really as popular as McGoth said, that's the best. ’
Thinking of this, Lockhart smiled slyly, and felt that McGoth's letter had come too timely, and then he picked it up and read it carefully.
Since he was going to use the comics as a buffer and agreed with McGoss's suggestion, Lockhart would not be perfunctory, not only to prevent McGos from being annoyed, but also to prevent his own reputation from being damaged.
After reading it again, Lockhart scoffed at his two suggestions, thinking that he was taking it for granted, the difference in the strength of magical creatures can almost be described as worlds apart, could there be a wizard willing to take the Flober caterpillar as a partner? Instead of salamanders or Kemeramon? Not to mention that there is a magical creature duel, who can the Flober Caterpillar beat? Another Flober caterpillar? He felt that if he really drew according to this plot, his reputation would be directly ruined.
A child is really a child, and his thoughts are so naïve. ’
After thinking about it, he euphemistically wrote down his thoughts, and then proposed to adapt it with his previous ones, meet all kinds of magical creatures in the form of adventure, and then discover their characteristics, find out their weaknesses, escape or defeat those magical creatures, and some magical creatures that are too low-level can be used as backgrounds, and it is good to pass them off directly.
Reading his reply, Lockhart nodded in satisfaction, but he was in no hurry to send it back now, and was going to try to draw a little for him first.
It was a day before McGoth received Lockhart's reply. After reading it, he had to admit that it was really stupid for him to use Pokémon to bring in magical creatures, and he couldn't help but think of the scene of hundreds of rounds of Thorn fighting Basilisk, that scene was too terrifying, and it was estimated that wizards in the wizarding world would think that the author who drew this was sick in his head. At that time, it was probably cool.
However, he couldn't agree to Lockhart's proposal to mention low-level magical creatures, and this type of comic was not made to make money or anything, but mainly to promote the appeal of magical creatures to wizards, so he wanted to spend a little space next to those magical creatures.
Then there are the pages of the comic that Lockhart has sent, the first page of which is an adult wizard preparing an adventure item at home, constantly talking to himself about what he is going to prepare.
On the second page, he encounters some ordinary magical creature along the way, and he occasionally stops to look at it and say its name, but nothing else.
The third page is obviously not coherent from the first two pages, the picture inside is completely different from the just one, and he is no longer a leisurely expression, but his face is full of nervousness, and from time to time he uses spells behind him, and there will be a terrifying roar behind him.
The last page shows a Norwegian Ridgeback Dragon flying through the air to chase him, taking advantage of his surroundings and some magic spells to resist from time to time, and then constantly recalling his knowledge of the Norwegian Ridgeback Dragon, and finally using his knowledge of this terrifying and magical creature to escape with difficulty.
After reading it, McGoth thought it was good and showed it to Harry and Ron.
"Well, would you be interested in such a work?"
It was the first time Ron had seen anything like this, and he was completely attracted by the dynamic images inside. Hearing McGoss's words, he nodded repeatedly.
"It's a lot more fun than I thought, it turned out to be okay."
Harry nodded in agreement,
"Dudley's comics are nothing compared to it, and I can't wait to see the day it appears."
McGoth didn't just ask the two of them how they felt, as he spent the next few days visiting wizards of different grades from four houses, and while not every wizard was interested, the interest was significantly greater than the disinterested.
He then asked the professors for their opinions, and the result was that he was reprimanded, but none of them dismissed the comic, especially Flitsch and Dumbledore.
After receiving this feedback, McGoth began writing to Quirrell asking him to apply for the Magazine. Then he wrote to Lockhart, suggesting that he write more about the magical creatures, and that the pages he had sent him were too many descriptions of wizards, and that he could draw the first issue of the comic first, and that he prepare for the time being, one issue a week, priced at one silver coxie.
Due to the Dementors, almost all outdoor activities at the school were halted, including expeditions to the Forbidden Forest, so after reading the pages of McGoth's comics, most young wizards were looking forward to seeing the new magazine sooner rather than later, and there were also those who simply liked Lockhart. There were also many young wizards who came to their break room urging him to make the comics quickly.
Whether it's fresh or driven by Dementors, the comics are even more appealing than McGos imagined. After a batch of comic book magazines came down, he had Quirrell print two thousand copies, one thousand copies sold at the school, and another thousand copies at the Diagon Alley store to see if he could use Lockhart's fame to attract adult wizards.
Diagon Alley's sales are not known for the time being, but half of the comics sent to Hogwarts were bought almost instantly, and the other half was sold out in just two days. In particular, young wizards born from ordinary people with relatively wealthy families would choose to buy two copies, and McGoth had asked Quirrell to send two copies to his parents beforehand.