Harry Potter and the Burnt Badger

You can't always assume that everyone is willing to generate electricity for love, especially when it comes to something as complex and cumbersome as running a school newspaper.

In this way, it is very important to charge fees and make profits so that the school newspaper can turn around itself and bring benefits to everyone involved.

Moon thought about it briefly and quickly agreed with Professor Dumbledore's words. In addition to what Professor Dumbledore said, he also considered that it was difficult to guarantee this purely on voluntary basis without certain benefits. How far does a school newspaper go?

It's very realistic, but that's why it's an ironclad fact.

In this way, with some suggestions from Professor Dumbledore from time to time, the plan for the Hogwarts school newspaper was officially finalized after fine-tuning.

What comes next is more troublesome.

Professor Dumbledore represented Hogwarts as a shareholder - providing them with an old printing press that he found somewhere so that they could smoothly print out manuscripts in large quantities. At the same time, he approved that Moon could use Hogwarts as a The newspaper was named after the Watts school newspaper, and interviews and other related work were carried out on campus.In addition, Professor Dumbledore even provided them with a sum of money. Although it was not much, it was enough for them to purchase initial ink, paper and other items.And, on top of all these perks, comes the added bonus of the use of an empty classroom.

In fact, this so-called shareholding was more like support and help to the students, because Professor Dumbledore only wanted [-]% of the shares, and this was all forced upon him by Moon.

After the newspaper is officially launched and enters the business stage, this weekly school newspaper will have additional discounts for the inside of Hogwarts: one copper nut can be subscribed for a month, and for outside the school, it will adopt the method of "The Prophet". The daily newspaper is slightly more expensive, that is, two copper nats per serving. A one-time subscription for one month only costs seven nats, and a one-time subscription for a quarter (three months) only costs nineteen nats, which is It’s less than a silver coin, and if there’s a holiday, it will be postponed.

There is no way that the newspaper is more expensive than the Daily Prophet. The Daily Prophet is backed by the Ministry of Magic and has the largest number of readers in the British wizarding world. There is no need to even consider the issue of making ends meet.As for Munn and the others, although their main expenditures were only the letter delivery owl and paper, if they also set a price of one nat, it is very likely that there will be an embarrassing situation in the early stage that they will not even be able to recover the expenditure.

In addition, the initial off-campus readers of the newspaper are expected to be parents of students. They can learn more about recent events in Hogwarts through this newspaper, and they may also be able to see their children's names in the newspaper (although not necessarily Is it a good thing or a bad thing), so there is no doubt that many wizard parents will be willing to order some.

So that meant Moon was on his way to finding his copywriter.

A newspaper has four pages, and each page must be filled with a variety of content, large and small. At first glance, some of the small columns can be fixed, some of the content can be written by himself, and most of the remaining content relies on All it takes is submissions from students on campus - but this is simply not realistic.

Is one writer really enough for the same column?What should I do if I cannot submit my manuscript temporarily?Leave the column empty?The students’ contributions look good, but firstly, the quality of the manuscripts is difficult to control. It is possible to receive [-] manuscripts, but none of them can be used in the end; Many students’ spontaneous submissions can always fill up a newspaper through screening and screening, but this enthusiasm will soon decline, and the number of submissions will drop sharply after a few issues. What should we do then?Reimagine newspaper content?

Besides, if all the articles submitted by classmates are used, expenditure is also a problem. The initial operating expenses of the school newspaper are only so much. Professor Dumbledore provided some, Moon filled in some, and then added more money after it was used up?That newspaper will just end up being a bottomless pit.Attract investment?Even the number of readers cannot be guaranteed. Even with the name of the Hogwarts school newspaper, not many merchants are willing to pay a large amount of advertising fees to place advertisements on it.When it comes to attracting investment, you can negotiate higher prices only if you have a large number of readers.

Therefore, some regular copywriters are necessary.

Fortunately, all these things can be done slowly and there is no need to rush.

Moon held the parchment that he had deleted, changed, and added a lot of content to. As soon as he left the principal's office, he couldn't help laughing.

In any case, this hot-headed plan is about to come true, right?

As for the future profits of the newspaper, he really doesn't care much - he is not short of money, and at worst, it will go bankrupt if it can't continue, which is just a pity.

"Moon, why are you giggling here?" Hagrid carried two ferrets and yelled from the other end of the corridor, "Why did you come to the principal's office?"

"Uh..." Moon rubbed his hair in embarrassment. "I'm going to talk to Professor Dumbledore about the school newspaper. By the way, Hagrid, are you interested in being a writer for our Fantastic Beasts column?"

"School newspaper? What school newspaper? Writing articles? No, no, I can't do this." Hagrid was confused by Moon and shook his head repeatedly, and the snow on his beard fell down.

"Don't refuse in a hurry, you don't have to actually write." Moon walked next to Hagrid, first looked at the two ferrets that seemed to have been knocked unconscious, and then explained: "You just need to accept our interview, Just provide some knowledge about magical animals, and we will write the manuscript."

Hagrid reacted for a moment. He seemed to be still struggling with what the so-called school newspaper was about. "Huh? Ah, okay, that's fine. Just don't let me write. That kind of thing will really kill me." .So, what is the school newspaper..."

"It's the school newspaper of Hogwarts. Professor Dumbledore has just approved it." Moon smiled and took out another piece of paper from his cloak pocket. "He even gave us an empty classroom so that we can study in it." Work there - okay, you go and get busy, I have to make preparations quickly, don’t forget that we will interview you then~"

He strode to the stairs without forgetting to turn around and wave goodbye to Hagrid, then whistled and went downstairs.

Chapter 68 Gemma’s joining

The preparations for the school newspaper were carried out with great enthusiasm. In addition to Munn, Gal, Yaerin, Cedric and Tonks who had been discussed from the beginning, they also brought in people who could draw illustrations and talk to Muen. Violet did the layout design together with En.

But the remaining people Moon did not look for from Hufflepuff anymore.

Since it is the Hogwarts school newspaper, it is obvious that if the main creators are all Hufflepuffs, it may be biased when creating some articles that are oriented to public opinion. Secondly, it will not be easy to collect some articles from other schools. Interesting stories and contributions from classmates.

According to the list provided by Tonks and Gal, Moon easily crossed out most of the names on it - these guys seemed to just write down whoever came to mind, without considering some practical issues at all. , fortunately there are still a few reliable people there.They first found Angelina Johnson and Doreen Dawson. The former not only loved Quidditch, but also knew a lot about Quidditch-related news and knowledge. More importantly, she, like Arlin, If you have nothing to do, just run to the Quidditch pitch and you will definitely get a lot of interesting facts about Quidditch.The latter is quiet and well-behaved, but her relationship with everyone is surprisingly good. She is definitely a good hand in contacting Gryffindors for submissions and gossip collection.

When they arrived at Ravenclaw, a few people started to feel a little numb. There were too few young Ravenclaw wizards that everyone knew. In the end, it was only through the "brainstorming" of Cedric and Doreen that one was recruited. A third grader named Nash Blade.He has a camera of his own, which he often likes to use to take landscape photos, and often calls himself a "pure Ravenclaw" because Nash's parents were both born in Ravenclaw.It is precisely because of this that he has quite a lot of good friends in Ravenclaw.

Slytherin became the biggest problem.

Nine people sat in the empty classroom that had been converted into the "school newspaper office", looking at each other, no one knew what to do.

"How about we stop looking for people from Slytherin." Tonks muttered, "They are not very likable anyway, they just like to do some bullying. If it weren't for Moon, you Absolutely not, I really want to accuse them in the newspaper."

Moon curled his lips, "Don't even think about it, no way, the school newspaper is not used to incite widespread campus bullying. Besides, you think that whenever Slytherin is mentioned, he must be a bad guy who can bully others. , from a certain point of view, there is no difference at all from those pure-blooded people, Tonks, this is not good for you."

Tonks covered her ears and rolled her eyes at Moon, "I know, I know, don't read it, I say it every day, you are more annoying than my mother now."

Moon turned his head helplessly, looked at the list of main creators, and began to think about it again.

"Actually, what Tonks said... is not completely wrong." Doreen whispered softly, "When I mention Slytherin, the few people I can think of are all recognized... bad guys. "

Mu En smiled bitterly, why is he not like this...

Huh?

A person's name suddenly popped into his head.

"Gemma Farley, how is she?"

The other people looked at me and I looked at you, and their eyes began to light up gradually - this Slytherin's fifth-year prefect did not seem to have any rumors of bullying, and she could even be seen occasionally controlling other Slytherins. Leitlin's classmate.

Tonks' eyes suddenly widened. "Impossible! Absolutely impossible! No, I mean, although Farley does not bully others, how could she be willing to come and work on the school newspaper with us? "

"Is it possible? You have to try to find out. What's more important now is, Tonks, what do you think? After all, you have conflicts with her, we still have to respect your opinion." Moon spread his hands and looked at Tonks again. s.

"What's my opinion?" Tonks sat up straight, cleared her throat pretendingly, and then said, "I've always been a very tolerant person. It's just a small conflict, so I'm sure it'll be fine."

As she spoke, she tried her best to suppress the complacency on her face. Unfortunately, she failed in suppressing it. Everyone could see her little "narcissism" at the moment.

"But I still think," Tonks concluded, "there's no way you're going to bring Gemma Farley in to do it with you."

As a result, Tonks was slapped in the face the next day.

"Gemma Farley?!" When Tonks saw Gemma Farley in the school newspaper office, it was as if she had seen a ghost. Her face was filled with shock, and her mouth was open so wide that she could bite off a dog's head in one bite.

"Although I don't know why you are so sure that I won't come, I can only regret to say that you are wrong, Ni...Tonks." Gemma still had her usual cold look, but after she finished speaking, she still He walked up to Tonks and held out his hand to her.

Of course she didn't want to start a fight with Tonks, she wanted to shake hands with Tonks.

Tonks seemed to be hit by a petrifying spell. She was stunned for a while before she realized what she was doing and shook hands with Gemma.

The main creators finally got together, and a group of ten people sat around the table. Before Munn could start talking about the future plan and the specific newspaper design, Tonks couldn't wait to ask Gemma Farley: "So you How could it be possible?"

Gemma looked at Tonks' doubtful eyes and turned her gaze to Moon.

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"Not interested." Gemma Farley held the book, and coldly threw such a sentence to Munn, and then strode forward, leaving a bunch of Slytherins laughing and looking at Munn behind.

Moon was not discouraged and quickly followed Gemma Farley. "I think you don't have to be so hasty to refuse. At least listen to the philosophy of this school newspaper first -"

"I'm not interested, what else are you going to write? It's just some satirical and insulting content posted on Slytherin every three days. I can imagine it without even looking at it." Gemma Farley stopped suddenly impatiently. , turned around and looked directly into Moon's eyes, "I don't understand how you came up with the idea of ​​inviting me. If you weren't a low-grade kid, I would definitely throw my white gloves at you right now. on the face [Note 1].”

"The problem is that not only will we not publish this kind of thing, but we will explicitly prohibit any similar manuscripts that may cause discrimination and prejudice against a certain college from appearing in our school newspaper, Miss Farley, we are Hogwarts The school newspaper, not the anti-Slytherin newspaper."

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[Note 1] This sentence actually means to challenge Munn to a duel.

Chapter 69 Beautiful green robe

"that's it?"

"that's it."

In this way, the ten-member creative team of Hogwarts' school newspaper was officially assembled.

The layout design of the newspaper has already been drawn on the blackboard in the office by Moon and Violet, so that everyone in the creative team can check it at any time.All tasks for the first issue of the school newspaper have been arranged. If nothing unexpected happens, next Monday, January 1nd, their first issue of the school newspaper will be officially released and sent to all Hogwarts students. Up - Of course, this first issue is free, and they will start charging for the second issue.

Therefore, the following weekend is the time for them to prepare the manuscript.Because everyone doesn't have a lot of homework this weekend, except Gemma, but she is a top student and insists that she will not delay at all.

"Then, let's prepare the other manuscripts first, mainly the fixed content. Gal, go get your module. Angelina and Nash's should also be prepared, although they may not be used. The front page is finalized Cedric and I will do the content. The main module of the third edition will use magical beasts. Arlin, you and Tonks go to Hagrid for help. Violet’s illustrations can be started directly. If necessary later, I'll let you know if I add more. Doreen and Gemma will sort out the submissions from the students in the school, curb everyone's enthusiasm, and don't let them take out too many at once. They will only accept a hundred copies, and then you can screen them. Lin is responsible for filtering out the ones that are completely meaningless, and Gemma is responsible for finding the three most outstanding ones, and then we will work together to finalize the ones to use from these three."

After saying that, Moon thought for a while and decided that it would be better to tell the matter straightforwardly first. "In addition, since this is the first time for everyone, there may be some unskilled areas, so don't worry too much. First of all, I will I’ll give everyone a check. Secondly, if we haven’t successfully prepared all the manuscripts by next Wednesday, the worst we can do is delay it for another week.”

"Okay, that's it for today, and it's getting late, let's go to dinner, and you can get busy after eating."

Mu En clapped his hands, everyone echoed in confusion, walked out of the office together, and went straight to the auditorium on the first floor——Professor Dumbledore is quite reliable, and the office arranged for them is on the second floor of the school. Very close to the auditorium.

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A strange thing happened in the Hogwarts cafeteria today - people from four different houses actually sat at the same table to eat.

And there actually appeared the rivals Nymphadora Tonks and Gemma Farley at the same time.

This eye-catching scene originated from Doreen. Originally, everyone was talking about going back to the dining table in her college to eat, but when she thought of building a newspaper, and she was still in charge of very important work, Doreen inevitably felt a little nervous. nervous.She kept pestering Mu En asking questions, how to review manuscripts, what kind of submissions can be used, what kind of submissions should be screened out, what should I do if the screening is wrong and useful submissions are screened out...

After being teased by her, Gemma, Tonks, and Cedric, who were not nervous at all, became nervous, not to mention the rest of the guys who were a little nervous.

So, everyone started asking around Munn, until they arrived at the auditorium, Doreen informed her brother Greg, dragged Angelina and ran to Munn, and sat on Hufflepuff's table .

Just like that, Nash hesitated for a moment, and ran over. Gemma was about to move but still restrained. In the end, Tonks saw that her words were wrong, and ran over to forcefully pull her over.

Fortunately, Munn and the others sat at the end of Hufflepuff's table at the beginning. If they sat in the middle of the long table, there would probably be a commotion right now.

Of course, even if they were sitting at the end of the table, many people quietly approached here, muttering in low voices to ask what was going on.

Gal and Yaerin, who were asked the most questions, didn't know how to answer, so they could only look to Munn for help. Munn had no intention of covering up, because they would start collecting submissions tomorrow.So he smiled and said to those people: "We have created a school newspaper. The first issue will be published in the next two weeks. Tomorrow we will collect submissions at the door of the school newspaper office on the second floor. Please help us promote it. Oh, you are also welcome to actively contribute, any anecdote in the school is fine, we will accept a full hundred submissions."

No one could underestimate the speed at which Hufflepuff news spread. After a dinner, almost the entire Hufflepuff House knew about it.By the time Gemma and Doreen arrived at the gate of the school newspaper office at ten o'clock the next morning with their homework and submission boxes, there were already many students from four colleges waiting there.

Originally thought that the manuscripts would not be collected until at least three o'clock in the afternoon, but they were all collected within half an hour, and there were even three extra copies.If it wasn't for Gemma's insistence that she had received enough, if there were more next time, the soft-hearted Doreen might be able to receive less than [-] submissions.

And this is exactly Mu En's intention of letting Gemma accompany Doreen to receive the manuscript.

At the same time, Gal and Violet were busy in the office, Arlin and Tonks ran to Hagrid's hut, Angelina and Nash were active on the Quidditch pitch, and Moon pulled Cedry Grams, ran to Dumbledore's office again.

"Peppermint ice cream." Moon gave the password to the principal's office with ease, and the gargoyle jumped aside, revealing the way forward for the two of them.

"I really didn't expect that we would actually come to interview Professor Dumbledore. I mean... I'm a little nervous, Moon." Cedric held Moon's camera, his hands shaking a little.

In fact, at the beginning, Munn wanted Cedric to conduct an interview and ask questions, but Cedric refused to do it. In desperation, Munn had to urgently cultivate Cedric's photography skills, and then went to the interview in person.

"No need, Professor Dumbledore won't eat you." Moon muttered, but when he looked up, he saw that the wooden door of the principal's office was open, and Professor Dumbledore was standing at the door, looking at him in slight surprise. Own.

"Cough..." Mu En blushed suddenly.

"Teacher, professor." Cedric was also frightened, and even stuttered when he spoke.

Dumbledore looked at the two handsome little guys amusedly, and opened the door for them, "Come in, I even changed into my beautiful green robe, what do you think? Yes Wouldn't it be too bright?"

It is said that Dumbledore has stopped giving interviews for a long time. This time he made a "special sacrifice" to support the children's school newspaper project. He thought about it for a long time last night when he was thinking about what to wear for the photo shoot.

Fortunately, the two little wizards sincerely praised his robe - even though it looked a little weird, I have to say that this robe is really nice.

Chapter 70 The first issue of the school newspaper

On Sunday night, Moon sat alone on the bed, yawning, and opened the Marauder's Map.

In addition to being busy with the school newspaper during this period, he also did not forget to occasionally monitor the "Ian Madden" in real time.

He looked like a Ravenclaw, which was evident by the common room he slept in every night.From Nash, Moon also found out some things about Ian Madden through some insinuations.

He is of mixed-race origin, and his father is a wizard, but he is a solitary wizard who lives in isolation. In this regard, Ian has perfectly inherited his father - this sixth-grade Ravenclaw student has almost no one even in this college. What kind of friend is he? He likes to keep to himself. Even his roommates don't have much interaction with him.

This also means that no one can tell whether he has been acting strangely recently - he leaves early and comes back late in the dormitory, and it is rare to see him all day long except for classes. It is a common occurrence for Ian.

However, from Moon's perspective, this guy became increasingly suspicious.

Throughout the daytime on Saturday and Sunday, every time Munn took out the Marauder's Map, he could see this guy wandering around the Forbidden Forest, looking ready to move. Although he didn't actually go in, this behavior was undoubtedly very... eccentric.

A bit like waiting for something or looking for something.

If it was someone else, maybe Mu En wouldn't have any doubts, maybe he was just waiting for his girlfriend?But before the Christmas holiday, this guy took advantage of Hagrid's time to find Professor Dumbledore and rushed all the way into the Forbidden Forest. What's this called?This is called a criminal record!

But what on earth could Dumbledore and the others do about such a sixth-year Ravenclaw?

Moon stretched his waist and put away the Marauder's Map helplessly.

Today's Ian Madden is also the same Ian Madden who sleeps in bed obediently. As a result, Moon can only sleep in bed obediently.

He raised his head and glanced at the bright moon outside the window, said good night, buried his face in the pillow and fell asleep.

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Early on Monday morning, Moon and the others spent a whole weekend forgetting sleep and food to produce a crude school newspaper that went viral in the auditorium.

"Look, look, this is me!" There was a Slytherin Quidditch player showing off around with the school newspaper. "They actually took a picture of me. I'm in the newspaper! This is the day of our training at the weekend!"

"Hahahahahahaha, you are so awesome. This apple pie looks so delicious. I want to send this back to my mother so that she can learn from it." Gabrielle came over with the school newspaper. The fourth page of the food column was revealed. "How about a food tutorial on making soup in the next issue? My mother has learned from many food magazines and has never been able to make it well. Maybe she can learn your tutorial?"

Gabriel was not the first Hufflepuff to come over to praise Gal. Several people had come to tease and praise Gal before him. This made Gal's face red as if it was on fire, and it never had a chance to subside. Go down.

Although he didn't know if his tutorials could teach Gabriel's mother, Gal still agreed repeatedly, saying that he would work hard to make an issue - according to Moon's instructions, content that can be completed can be agreed to be produced. , but time must not kill him, Gal remembered this very well.