Chapter 1277 The Witch's Stage and Behind the Scenes
Chapter 1277 The Witch’s Behind the Scenes
"Daily Prophet" magazine.
There was a bit of choking cigar smoke lingering in the office.
And amid the hazy smoke, editor-in-chief Barnabas gradually stopped tapping on the table.
"How credible is this news? Can the interviews of those informants be published?"
"Scrimgeour said he could speak up—"
"Scrimgeour? That's not strong enough. He has just been removed from office. People will think that he is deliberately trying to discredit Cornelius Fudge."
"Ludo Bagman was also available for an interview, but he asked for an interview fee and proofreading of the final manuscript."
The young wizard standing in front of Barnabas' desk said, he looked at the editor carefully, considered the sentence, and added an extra sentence.
"but……"
"Judging from the news from the Ministry of Magic, Barty Crouch Sr. does seem to be a little weird."
"It is said that his son Barty Crouch Jr. is not dead and has joined the Death Eaters. This is why Barty Sr. was secretly imprisoned——"
"So Barty Crouch pleads guilty?"
Barnabas interrupted him, frowned and asked in a deep voice.
"Well, that's not true. I heard that he didn't say a word, didn't defend himself and didn't—"
"Then the Ministry of Magic has caught Barty Jr. and does it have definite evidence?"
"No, I heard that there was a Muggle... he had his own eyes and ears -"
"Muggle? Huh."
Barnabas looked at the newcomer who had been hired less than half a year ago with a strange expression and blew out a smoke ring.
"You see, this is why the Ministry of Magic overstepped the mark - the Wizengamot Tribunals will not accept Muggle testimony."
"It is a very taboo thing to secretly detain high-ranking officials without trial. Cornelius Fudge is in big trouble this time."
Barnabas held the cigar between his fingers and tapped the blank front page of the newspaper several times on the table.
"Tomorrow's front page - I want to see a huge photo and title here, and it needs to be prominent!"
"But we haven't figured out the truth yet, and Secretary Fudge—"
"People don't care about the truth, and we at the Daily Prophet are not responsible for digging out the truth...you idiot."
Barnabas waved his hand impatiently and said bluntly, "As for Fudge - from the moment his impeachment process starts, he is not the Minister of Magic. We must stand in the same direction as the public psychology and the Ministry of Magic at all times.
Publishing what people want to see is how we can successfully sell newspapers."
"Dumbledore has disappeared. Cornelius Fudge has no backing to rely on. We must cut off this connection as soon as possible."
"Okay, let's get them typesetting and printing - I don't want to continue picking up scraps from Lovegood's back this time."
Barnabas picked up the scissors, cut out the cigar in his hand, and pondered thoughtfully for a few seconds.
"As for the title, it's called..."
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“Cornelly Fudge—dictator? The tyranny behind the yes-man attitude?”
The next day, in the Hogwarts Great Hall, Hermione unfolded the newspaper and softly read the headline on the front page.
Hermione turned her head and raised her eyebrows at Elena, "This title got good results. Do you have any suggestions?"
"I'm not a god with thousands of incarnations——"
Elena rolled her eyes at Hermione and sighed helplessly while applying the jam.
"As long as you tell them some of these things, the newspapers and media will rack their brains to cover them."
"The Daily Prophet is much more professional than me in catching rumors and creating gimmicks, not to mention that this is fact."
"Is it true...?"
Hermione said rather suspiciously, her voice drawn out.
As Miss "Reserve Justice", she has the right to access top secrets.
Whether it was Little Barty or Old Barty, the man behind all these things seemed to be the dumpling in front of her.
"Cornelly Fudge is too obsessed with his position as minister to make good judgments."
At this moment, Luna's voice floated out from the side, "Even if no one helps, he will gradually lose himself."
Luna was reading the latest issue of "The Quibbler" upside down, with no desire to take a look at the "Daily Prophet".
"Hey, I thought you were going to say..." Hermione glanced at Luna curiously.
"Reflection monster? That's not the metaphor you imagined—"
Luna rolled her eyes, casually fiddled with the carrot earrings on her ears, and muttered unhappily.
"Too many people like to think wildly nowadays. People would rather believe in the strange meanings they have made up than believe in the existence of those dangerous magical creatures."
"But Luna..." Hannah's cheeks were bulging, and she sounded a little slurred, "It's not that we don't believe it, but you used the binary rewind structure to transform the magic into a harassing fly, a reflection monster, and a horned snore.
Beasts...except for the flame goblins, you can’t even draw images of other magical creatures—uh huh huh—"
Hannah's subsequent voice completely turned into a vague hum - Luna picked up a piece of bread angrily and poked it directly into her mouth.
As Dumbledore disappeared, not only Hermione, but also Luna and Hannah seemed to have suddenly unlocked some invisible shackles.
Gringotts Wizarding Bank's venture capital business all over the world has greatly satisfied Luna's desire to explore the world.
Quests such as "Looking for the Bent-Horned Snorlax" have been posted, and bounty hunters and relic hunters from all over the world are looking around.
Under a high reward, quite a few of the "Lord's Fantasy" proposed by Xenophilius Lovegood were indeed confirmed.
Human fantasies cannot appear out of thin air, most of them come from some legend.
In the magical world, the more ancient and mysterious the legends are, the more likely they are to contain lost treasures.
The more critical point is that Luna's "Guardian of the Major Arcana" is the almost headless Nick, or to be more precise, he single-handedly completely changed the British magical and non-magical worlds and successfully separated wizards and hemps.
Thomas Cromwell - he knows just as many secrets as the goblins of Gringotts.
After "Mr. World's" unreserved teaching and answering questions, Luna was no weaker than the top wizards in ancient legends and the macroscopic world.
On the other hand, Grindelwald cultivated Hannah in another way.
Grindelwald did not teach Hannah anything about strategy. He seemed to have become the most rigid and dogmatic old monk.
The Leaky Cauldron and various derivative entertainments are spread all over the world, but Grindelwald only taught Hannah how to sort out each industry rigidly and pragmatically, and how to pay as much attention as possible to what the people she touches think, rather than
Those industries have their own interests and taught her how to identify people's real needs.
This is also the most troublesome part for Elena and the three of them. Hannah will be very difficult to deal with if she doesn't ask questions now.
Hannah, who has a simple mind and a stubborn personality, can often get past all the fog and directly get to the crux of the matter that they can't answer at the moment.
As for Hermione...
Her goal has always been pure - to keep Elena under her.
However, it seems that she still has a long way to go before reaching this goal.
Hermione flipped through the newspaper and glanced at Lockhart's campaign speech, which suddenly felt a little boring.
As the Cornelius Fudge scandal broke out, Lockhart's candidacy was not guaranteed, but at least he became the number one candidate amid the chaos.
And if someone pays attention to the Hogwarts school, they may be surprised to find that the situation here is very similar to that of the Ministry of Magic - Umbridge is now also trapped in the storm of public opinion about the werewolf incident, far away from "Hogwarts School".
There is only one week left until the results of "Acting Principal Ci" are announced, and Professor McGonagall can be said to have a guaranteed victory.
The only thing that confused Hermione was that she originally thought that Elena would take the opportunity to take away the right to speak in Hogwarts, instead of giving it away directly.
Professor McGonagall has not joined any organization other than the Order of the Phoenix, and she does not even know about the existence of the Great Arcana Council.
After hesitating for a few seconds, Hermione put down the newspaper, turned her head and poked the dumpling sitting next to her.
"Elena, I still don't understand why you finally let Professor McGonagall..."
"What's the next class today?"
Just in time, Elena put down the tableware, wiped her mouth, and asked.
"Mrs. Weasley's Life Magic - the four of us together, this is a big lesson for the whole grade."
Hannah looked at the class schedule and quickly replied, "Today's class will be in the auditorium. We can just wait here after breakfast -"
"Oh, the magic of life...Mrs. Weasley's whole-year class -"
Elena nodded, and before Hermione could ask again, she suddenly turned her head and smiled mysteriously.
"I know what you want to ask, but - Umbridge's temporary withdrawal from the competition does not mean that Professor McGonagall was successfully elected."
"Isn't this...it's not the end yet-"
The spoon in her hand was carelessly picking at the plate, and she glanced at the faculty chair not far away.
"The principal of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, even if he is just an 'acting' principal..."
"That shouldn't be elected by the rules of the Ministry of Magic, right?"