Chapter Twenty-Six: Working Together to Add Bricks and Tiles
With advanced experience concepts, Clark successfully convinced the Weasley twins and made them willingly devote themselves to writing magic card promotion advertorials.
And after sending the two of them away, Hermione still clasped her hands in front of her chest and looked at him arrogantly, "What about me, what are you looking for me for?" ”
"I'm looking for you to be the editor-in-chief!" Clark said with a chuckle.
Hermione snorted coldly, "Man's mouth, deceitful ghost, do you think I'm going to believe you?" ”
Clark looked at her and asked, "Why can't it?" ”
Hermione glanced at him, "Don't think I don't know what you're thinking, you've been acting so perversely in Defense Against the Dark Arts class today, you've been touting Professor Lockhart, you're trying to make him the editor-in-chief, and pull the professor into the water." ”
"Stop," Clark waved his hand, "what do you mean by pulling people into the water, I feel like I'm doing something bad." ”
"I curry favor with Professor Lockhart in my course, and I really want him to be the editor-in-chief of the Hogwarts Magazine and our advisor, after all, I have looked up his information.
You don't know, our Professor Lockhart, when he was a Hogwarts student, also started a school magazine, even though the newspaper was only boasting about himself......"
Clark saw that Hermione's face was getting worse and worse, and quickly changed his tone.
"Of course, having Professor Lockhart as editor-in-chief is only a stopgap measure. After all, we used the name of Hogwarts, which naturally represents the school, and Headmaster Dumbledore, no matter how old and confused, could not let a group of our students toss around.
Rather than having Professor McGonagall supervise and guide us, we should let Professor Lockhart be the target in the open. And you, Hermione, I want you to be the associate editor of the Hogwarts Journal, because the only person I really trust today is you! ”
Hermione's face turned cloudy, and Clark continued.
"Do you know what I learned during my time in France? That is the position of public opinion, if you don't occupy it, someone else will occupy it.
If we want to realize our ideals, change the old world, and reforge the new world, we need to have our own channel and be able to make our own voice heard, and the Hogwarts School Magazine is the mouthpiece I envisioned. ”
Clark looked at Hermione sincerely, "So how can I trust Lockhart to give such an important position, he is only the nominal editor-in-chief, and you are the actual editor-in-chief." I hope you can take this responsibility, be responsible for the review of all articles, and help me run this school magazine well, would you like to? ”
Hermione looked at Clark hesitantly, "I've never done this before, I'm afraid I won't be able to do it......"
"No, I believe you!" Clark suddenly grabbed Hermione's hand and clenched it hard, "Besides, I'm not exactly a hands-off shopkeeper, I'll guide you in the early stage, with your ingenuity, I'm sure you'll be able to get started soon." ”
Hermione felt her hand being clenched tightly by Clark, and only felt a rush of hot blood rushing to the top of her head, and the whole person seemed to be in a furnace, and her whole body was hot.
"Since you say so, for the sake of our cause, I will try to be the deputy editor of the Hogwarts School Magazine.
Actually, I will support you no matter what decision you make, but I have to say that your idea is simply fantastic. ”
Under the bright light, the hands of the two were tightly clasped together.
After deciding what to do, Clark spent the next few days in the library, discussing the Hogwarts Magazine with great interest.
The first thing they had to determine was the pricing of the Hogwarts School Magazine.
Don't underestimate this, no matter what business you do, the first thing is to calculate the cost and profit, at least to be profitable, in order to do things for a long time.
The so-called power generation for love, even if the slogan is shouted to break the sky, is vulnerable in the face of reality.
In addition, the price of a publication can also determine its competitors, and Clarke's original plan was to make the Hogwarts School Magazine a supplement to the Daily Prophet, so that it would be a newspaper priced at five copper nats.
However, during a discussion with the Weasley brothers, Clark suddenly had an inspiration.
After all, the Hogwarts School Magazine is a semi-monthly magazine, priced at five bronze nats, which is too low, and if you compare it with the content of the Daily Prophet, it feels too little.
Clark decided to make it a magazine priced at fifteen copper nats, with more pages and better paper and printing techniques.
Not only that, but he also came up with a game-changing idea of adding a blank card collection page to each Hogwarts Journal, with eight small plastic pockets into which magic cards could be inserted.
This way, when young wizards subscribe to enough Hogwarts Magazine, they can combine these special pages into a card collection.
George and Fred were amazed by the idea, and they were able to come up with a series of ancillary gadgets around magic cards.
For example, a large game table made with you, a card storage box that you can carry around, and an audio player that can be matched with the game...... And so on and so forth, and they couldn't wait to start a business in the business of magic cards.
In addition to pricing, another important thing is the content of the publication.
After all, this is a cultural product, content is king, and no matter how good the marketing means are, it is just the icing on the cake.
Although Clark and the others will also solicit manuscripts from all teachers and students in the school, before they get on the right track, the content of the journal still depends more on themselves.
In this regard, neither Hermione nor the Weasley brothers have much experience, but fortunately, Clarke, who is a time-traveler, happened to be in the era of the information explosion when traffic was king in his previous life.
Even if you haven't eaten pork, you've seen pigs run away.
Coupled with the fact that his family's ancestral business was the news media, he quickly designed the general framework of the Hogwarts School Magazine.
The entire school magazine is divided into nine sections.
At the top of the list is the campus announcement section, which mainly includes the plans, summaries, systems, and norms of all Hogwarts departments.
This is also an important basis for the school magazine to gain the support of the professors, and Hermione, a good student who is familiar with the rules and regulations of Hogwarts, is in charge of editing.
In addition, there is an entertainment section that introduces students to magic cards and all kinds of quirky gadgets, as well as a sports section that introduces Hogwarts Quidditch matches.
The content of these two sections, Clark handed over to the two brothers, George and Fred, believing that they would be able to do it.