After being sternly rejected by Scott and Milton, Eddie is not discouraged.

Instead, he broke out completely.

In order to get into the newspaper smoothly, he did not hesitate to use potions to forcibly refresh himself, and stayed up for two nights.

Two days later, he told Scott and them, "While the attention is still there, I must write an article as soon as possible that the Prophet Evening will not be able to refuse." ”

His efforts were not in vain, and the evening issue of the "Prophet Evening News" published his painstaking masterpiece -

99 Lies by Rita Skeeter

After seeing the newspaper article, Eddie, who had exhausted his energy, "passed away with a smile".

Oh, and he fell asleep right down the dinner table with half a beef patty in his mouth.

Scott was startled at first, then smiled helplessly and began to read the article.

They sighed as they read.

Milton was amazed, "He actually found 99 holes in Skeeter's previous articles." ”

Scott gasped, "And each one has something to say, and at least it doesn't read like a casual slander." ”

Roger couldn't help but praise, "Ha! He also claimed that he was just a kind colleague who reminded the other party of his mistakes, telling Skeeter to face up to his mistakes and not to repeat them in the future. That's interesting......"

After dinner, they carry Eddie, who was sleeping like a dead pig, back to his bedroom, throw a few cleansing charms at him and throw him on the bed.

In a short period of time, Eddie's article has already generated a lot of discussion at Hogwarts.

In the past, although Rita Skeeter was a famous journalist with infinite beauty, she offended many people because of her nonsense and fearless temperament.

Even at Hogwarts, there are a lot of students who enjoy watching her jokes.

Not to mention, even people who didn't have a bad feeling for her in the past will enjoy watching this hilarity.

And Eddie slept straight into the afternoon of the next day.

Fortunately, it was a weekend and they didn't have to go to class.

In the evening, Scott returns to his dorm room from the Room of Requirement, where his roommates are discussing another counterattack by Rita Skeeter.

Hide your real name? A qualified journalist should be brave! 》

"Oh, she's so well written." Scott sighed as he read.

A short article contains intentions such as selling miserably, gaining sympathy, avoiding the important and trivial, sincerely apologizing, pretending to be generous, and connotating the enemy.

Obviously, the news queen has almost used all her strength to fight this time-

[Hi all, sorry to bother again.]

I think I had an organized, premeditated incident of peer bullying.

I have to stand up and speak for myself, some sincere words.

I've been in a bit of a bad mood for the past two days.

I have to say that after reading the article that attacked me, I was honestly scared for a while.

I immediately wondered, was there something really wrong with me that I didn't notice myself?

Although I think I have always been conscientious and responsible for my work, I dare not be overly arrogant and say that I have never made mistakes.

I'm scared that the readers who support me will be disappointed in me.

But I soon realized that I shouldn't look down on myself because of the unwarranted attacks of others, and that would be sorry for the efforts I had put into my past career.

Moreover, I believe that all sane people can clearly see the reason for the appearance of this play-

Someone wanted to step on my reputation and make "Hollingworth" famous.

Yes, again, it was an organized, premeditated operation.

The reason is very simple, one just wants to kindly remind my peers that they will sort out "99 loopholes" in two days?

I mean, that's too much, isn't it?

I'm sorry, but my reputation has been built up over many years of hard work, and these mixed with a few true lies can't discredit me.

But I still have to say thank you.

Thank you to the people behind the name "Hollingworth", thank you, at least for reminding me of a few mistakes in my past work.

I also ask for your forgiveness.

But I still hope that Mr. Hollingworth will understand that a journalist who hides his real name and does not dare to face people with his real identity will not be able to win the trust of his readers!

Finally, I wish you or you a successful journalist. ］

"It's remarkable."

Eddie chuckled.

"To put it mildly, I reduced the 99 loopholes I worked so hard to find down to just a few, and took the initiative to apologize to the readers, so I can't refute her one by one."

"That's it?" Milton said with some pity, "You wrote it after staying up two nights!" ”

"Hey, hey, hey......"

Eddie smiled strangely.

"It's okay, I expected it for a long time, and I knew that the news queen would not be brought down so easily."

"Hey, hey, hey......"

"This fight is fair, Hollingworth, and my pseudonym certainly doesn't have as much credibility as Skeeter, who has worked hard for many years, but again, she can't attack me personally."

"Hehe, this battle has just begun."

He seemed to be getting more and more interested.

In this regard, Scott said helplessly: "Eddie, although I'm glad you can find real fun in this incident, can you not laugh like a mentally handicapped villain in a children's movie?" ”

"Which movie?" Eddie asked curiously.

Scott didn't answer him.

Presumably, it's a movie called Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

At this moment, Scott's brain has a clip of "Hey, hey, Harry Potter is dead" looping in his head.

After that, Eddie, who was completely aroused, took action again.

This time, he's targeting Rita Skeeter's seemingly pervasive intelligence capabilities.

Many things, things that people have happened in private or said, are known to her, and then they are published in the newspapers.

According to Eddie, this is also the reason why many people are afraid of her.

To this end, he specifically contacted some of the "victims" and invited them to appear in the form of interviews accusing Skeeter of violating their privacy.

Scott certainly knew how Skeeter did it, but he didn't tell Eddie.

Eddie is enjoying the process of defeating the news queen head-on, and it is better for him not to open his hole cards directly, so as not to ruin Eddie's fun.

Of course, this is also because Eddie's behavior is just a foreshadowing, and in the end, he wants to target the election of the Minister of Magic.

If Eddie hasn't been able to defeat her at the critical moment, Scott will still share Rita Skeeter's identity as an Animagos to deal a fatal blow.

Perhaps, the combative Eddie will not disappoint.

For a while, the "war" between "Hollingworth" and Rita Skeeter really became hot news in the British wizarding world.

The two took turns publishing articles in the Evening Prophet at a daily rate, and as the scolding war escalated, more and more people followed, and the pages they got better and better.

Although it is not enough to make the front page headlines of the Prophet Evening News, it is only below the front page.

As for the outcome of the "war", what is eye-opening is that Eddie actually has some upper hand.

is worthy of being the gossip king of Hogwarts, and after the firepower is fully fired, the experienced Rita Skeeter is gradually unable to resist.

Scott increasingly felt that Eddie was a natural businessman, and that he had quietly mastered many unknown contacts through his previous trading methods at Hogwarts alone.

At the very least, Scott wouldn't be able to call out all the Hogwarts students by name, as Eddie did.

Yes, it's not just the old students, it's only been two weeks since the start of school, and Eddie can already call out the names of all the new students in the four colleges, and even speak to most of the new students.

His connections are usually inconspicuous, but they always provide him with the information he needs when it matters most.

This requires not only full communicative skills, but also strong information collection and processing skills.

In short, but just as Eddie expected, the pseudonym "Hollingworth" really hit the ground running.

Of course, Eddie is very proud of this.

"She doesn't know who I am! In order to hide my identity, I didn't even ask the newspaper for a manuscript fee! Of course, from the moment she responds to me, she is doomed to fail, and I, will never suffer. ”

"Why do you say that?" Milton grew to like the show.

Eddie smiled as a retarded villain again, "Because, the best way not to be stepped on by me is not to respond to me!" As long as she responds, she will share the fame with me. And even if I lose this war, I will only lose a pen name that can be changed at any time! ”

Roger asked, "Couldn't Skeeter think of that?" ”

"Of course she wants to." Eddie said dismissively, "But she also wants the heat." ”

He shook his head pretendedly.

"The news queen is just too greedy to be reluctant to send the heat to the door, and wants to attract people's attention with me. She probably thought everything was under her control. But it was clear that she was overestimating herself and underestimating me. ”

Scott also did not hesitate to praise, "I have to say, well done!" ”

Eddie put away his smug expression and said seriously: "By now, I have mastered the preliminary capital, and the pen name 'Hollingworth' also has some right to speak. ”

"Congratulations." Scott gave a thumbs up.

"It's going to be a lot easier, isn't it?" Milton asked.

Eddie nodded and shook his head again, "But that's not enough, in order to meet the public opinion offensive of the All-Witch Society, I will slowly change my style in the next time." ”

Met with Milton's puzzled eyes, he explained: "I am afraid that this will not work now, I am not only going to raise my reputation through the war with the news queen, but I also need to publish some other articles to build a professional image." ”

Clearly, he had a clear plan for this.

"And thank you for your help, Scott, of course."

Eddie was able to gain the upper hand in "war" because he wasn't fighting alone.

Scott's escort in the shadows is also indispensable.

If you just rely on Eddie alone, with Rita Skeeter's many years of business connections at the Prophet newspaper, it is easy to have an absolute advantage.

It is even possible to find the true identity of the pen name "Hollingworth".

"I didn't do anything." Scott smiled, "It's just a little help, it's mostly up to you." ”

He really didn't do anything.

It was to send the Raven to find out a little bit of information that Eddie couldn't get through his connections.

There are also employees who are close to Rita Skeeter at the remote monitoring Prophet newspaper, who use some innocuous little secrets to ask them to promise not to turn to Skeeter in terms of attitude.

It's really nothing.

It's just to pave the way for the subsequent public opinion war.

In the time that followed, in addition to continuing to maintain the popularity of Rita Skeeter, Eddie also tried to contribute some more serious manuscripts.

For example, try to objectively analyze the merits of the two Ministers of Magic electors, and so on.

Since the election of the Minister of Magic is a topic of concern for all wizards in Britain, articles of this kind have been frequently reported for a period of time.

In order to shape his professionalism, Eddie had to rack his brains and find new ways to get his analysis into the newspapers.

After two consecutive failed submissions, he finally found the right direction and successfully published the article, which received a lot of attention.

Of course, Scott also played a somewhat insignificant role in this.

Out of an abundance of caution, Eddie does not show a clear inclination in the article.

He expressed only a slight favour of Ms. Burns, and the same expectations of Mr. Grevis.

It stands to reason that there are many articles with the same attitude, and it is not the turn of "Hollingworth".

But Eddie made the most of his unique gift, the ability to tell a boring thing in a funny way.

After finding the right direction, the articles he wrote became more and more popular.

The newspaper never struggled with sales, and soon, even Scott's modest help was no longer needed.

By the end of September, "Hollingworth" had become a well-known journalist, and his articles had been successfully listed in the "Prophet Daily", which was more important and authoritative than the "Prophet Evening News".

Rita Skeeter, on the other hand, was tarnished by the attack of "Hollingworth" and hibernate for the time being.

After stopping the war with the News Queen, Eddie is also the end of his busy days.

Now he only needs to publish an article every few days to brush up his presence.

As October approached, the atmosphere inside Hogwarts grew tense.

As agreed, after October begins, professors will start signing letters of recommendation for their favorite students.

All the students who wanted to go to the Triwizard Tournament were starting to get ready.

Everyone wants to be the first to collect 5 testimonials, or at least the top 25.

Only then will they be able to represent Hogwarts in Beauxbatons and even compete as Warriors.

As the time approached, everyone's mood of enduring a month was about to explode.

This time, everyone is against each other, and it's up to them to see who will collect enough testimonials first.

If it weren't for Professor McGonagall's emphasis on the importance of character and etiquette, many people might have been fighting.

However, under the premise of showing morality and etiquette, students who are deeply trapped in the psychology of competition can only take the route of hiding needles in cotton and hiding knives in smiles.

Of course, not everyone is suitable for such subtle emotional expressions.

Finally, on the last day of September, some people were in a ball because of a provocative look and a malicious smile.