Harry Potter and the Great Old Ones

Chapter 182 Capital

“Mr. Lockhart, how do we defeat capital?” Xenophilius asked anxiously.

Tierra realized that the mere mention of her daughter Xenophirus would immediately provoke a fit of anger and desperation.

After reading Xenophiulius's earlier articles, Tyella had a general idea of ​​what kind of person he was—

Xenophilius was indeed righteous, possessing a pure heart and an ideal of serving the magical world.

Overall, he's a good person.

But just like the keyboard warriors Tierra encountered online in her previous life, they can spout a bunch of grand theories, but when you ask them to actually do something, they'll talk about other things instead.

Xenophilius is a good person, but he is also weak and compromising.

In fact, you can see this from the seventh book of the original work.

When he met Harry Potter at the wedding, he spoke with righteous indignation and awe.

His daughter had just been captured by Death Eaters, and he immediately became submissive and obedient.

While there are extenuating circumstances, for someone like Xenophius, unless you push him to the brink, he'll always be thinking about how to compromise and back down.

“That’s why I asked you to meet me today,” Gilderoy Lockhart said. “Otherwise, if it were just a commissioned article, there would be no need for us to meet, right?”

"So you already have a plan?" Xenophilius asked.

“A plan?” Gilderoy Lockhart shook his head and smiled. “What plan could possibly work against a monster made of blood and violence like this?”

“Then…then what do we do?” Xenophilius asked in despair. “Are we just going to let it…let it continue to exploit us?”

“We must have a revolution,” Gilderoy Lockhart said resolutely. “We can only have a revolution, we must have a revolution. The Ministry of Magic is now completely controlled by capital. Mild reforms are unlikely to be effective. Only by using greater violence to overthrow all classes and take the means of production from the hands of capital can we remove this cancer that plagues all wizards, and even all of humanity and all life.”

“Then what should we do?” Xenophilius asked again. “What do you need me to do?”

“Do you know why I sought your cooperation, Mr. Lovegood?” Gilderoy Lockhart asked.

"Why?" Xenophilius asked.

"I've noticed that the audience for 'The Quibbler' is mainly concentrated among werewolves, half-wizards, goblins, people who want to integrate into wizarding society, and wizards in Knockturn Alley who are dissatisfied with the Ministry of Magic, right?"

“Yes,” Xenophilius said.

"Our primary task in this revolution is to distinguish who our enemies are and who our friends are. That is, to unite progressive forces, win over the middle forces, and isolate the die-hard forces. Not just anyone can be brought in as our partner," Gilderoy Lockhart said. "Your 'Quiz' magazine has a huge influence among the lower-class wizards. These lower-class wizards are the most oppressed group of wizards. They are the ones who most yearn for change in the magical world and most hope for the demise of capitalism. They are the vital force in our crushing of capitalist rule. What we need to do is spread the truth about capitalism and tell them about the Ministry of Magic's conspiracies."

“So I’m collaborating with your Quibbles,” Gilderoy Lockhart added. “It’s not just about submitting my novel; I want you to reserve three pages for me in your Quibbles.”

“Please speak,” Xenophilius said earnestly.

"The first section, of course, is my novel serialization section. I already have drafts for three novels: Harry Potter and the Lost Philosopher's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Silence, and Harry Potter and the Godfather of Azkaban. I plan to use my and Mr. Potter's fame to help with The Quibbler and compete with The Daily Prophet for the right to speak."

“Okay, no problem,” Xenophilius replied.

“Next, I would like you to start a Ministry of Magic joke section, mainly to collect embarrassing stories about the Ministry of Magic, and some… satirical jokes,” Gilderoy Lockhart said.

“A satirical joke?” Xenophilius asked, puzzled. “I know about embarrassing stories… I even have a lot of them, but a satirical joke… what is that?”

“For example,” Gilderoy Lockhart said after thinking for a moment, “a wizard whose entire family was murdered by Voldemort shouted in the street: Lucius Malfoy is a Death Eater! As a result, he was arrested by the Aurors and thrown into Azkaban. The wizard asked why he was arrested, and the Aurors replied: First, because you insulted the head of the Ministry of Magic, and second, because you leaked Ministry secrets, you committed double treason.”

“Something like this,” Gilderoy Lohart added.

"Pfft—" Luna, who was sitting next to her, couldn't help but laugh.

“Fantastic, Mr. Lockhart!” Xenophilius exclaimed. “Brilliant! That joke was brilliant!”

"You flatter me, you flatter me," Gilderoy Lohart said modestly after taking a sip of red wine.

Haha, a Soviet joke, a treasure of all mankind.

“Are there any other jokes like this?” Xenophilius asked.

“Yes, I’ve written some more during my free time while traveling. I’ll send them to you once I’ve finished organizing them. However, I haven’t been able to fully focus on creating these kinds of jokes lately because I’m writing a book. So I hope that after my joke series is finished, this section can be opened to the public and accept submissions from other wizards. Let’s get rid of my brick and bring out more jewels,” Gilderoy Lockhart said. “I’ll pay the royalties, tentatively one Galleon per joke.”

“No problem,” Xenophilius readily agreed. “And what about the third module?”

“The third module is a completely open module, and I encourage you to solicit submissions from your readers,” Gilderoy Lockhart said.

"A call for submissions? What's the theme?" Xenophilius asked.

"You will be in charge of reviewing matters concerning the miserable lives of lower-class wizards, rumors detrimental to the Ministry of Magic, the untold secrets of Ministry officials, and the dark history of pure-blood families—whether true or false, as long as it's not too far-fetched," Gilderoy Lockhart said.

“No problem, Mr. Lockhart,” Xenophilius said.

"I'll still pay the royalties. We'll start with three articles per issue, and everyone whose work is accepted will receive a bonus of ten Galleons. Later, depending on the Ministry of Magic's response and subscription numbers, we can increase it to five articles per issue," Gilderoy Lockhart said. "At the same time, I hope you keep all the contributors' contact information and addresses. These can be developed into our partners, our comrades, and our future fighting partners."

“That’s no problem either,” Xenophilius readily agreed.

“When the time is right, I hope you can gather them all together for me.” Gilderoy Lockhart waved his hand, and a thick book flew down from the second-floor bookshelf and landed in Gilderoy Lockhart’s hands.

"I hope you can gather them together for a book club meeting."

With that, Gilderoy Lockhart slammed the book in his hand onto the table and slowly pushed it toward Xenophilius.

Xenophius picked up the book, and saw on the cover that it read—

Capital: A Critique of Political Economy

Karl Heinrich Marx
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