When the two went downstairs, they found that the hall was full of people and filled with a joyful atmosphere.

At this time, the hall was full of people and laughing.

The men's deep tones and the women's bell-like noise blended together.

The most clearly identifiable of these was Mr. Lovegood's sonorous yet quiet voice, welcoming guests of both sexes to the house.

Everyone gathered around the dining table, chatting and tasting the delicious food cooked by Mr. Lovegood.

"Ha, Xenophilius! Your freshwater fish soup is so delicious, no wonder."

Someone praised the dish loudly after tasting it.

"My daughter Luna caught these all herself." Mr. Lovegood said proudly.

Levin looked at Luna,

The girl next to me nodded: "It's a pity that we didn't catch the big-mouthed ball fish."

Her tone was regretful.

However, the existence of large-mouthed colorful ball fish is also a fantasy. At least there is no evidence to prove that there is such a subspecies of colorful ball fish.

At the banquet, many people greeted Levin. They recognized Levin's identity as a first-class knight of the Merlin Siren Group, and their attitude toward him was quite warm.

According to Levin's observation, most of the guests invited this time are of prominent status, either rich or noble.

The biggest thing they have in common is that they are somewhat interested in "The Quibbler."

"This issue of the magazine is very exciting, and the sales should be very good. Have you turned off the lights to print more?"

Levin heard someone ask Mr. Lovegood.

Mr. Lovegood immediately responded enthusiastically: "Mr. Toots, if you are willing to invest a sum of money, you can print as many copies as you want.

However, the other party immediately changed the topic in the name of haha.

Similar conversations happened several times during the banquet,

Mr. Lovegood was selling shares of "The Quibbler" to everyone he invited. It seemed that this banquet was largely his stock offering.

Isn't this a coincidence?

Seemingly aware of Levin's thoughts, Luna confirmed his guess: "Dad's magazine has encountered some difficulties recently, so I want to ask these people to help, but I don't think most of them will agree."

Levin looked at her suspiciously.

"Many of them don't believe what dad said. They only follow "The Quibbler" to see the jokes," Luna said with a somewhat dissatisfied look. "They come here to enjoy the pleasure of my dad asking them for help."

After the little girl mastered the skills of the psychic, she became more and more able to see through people's hearts.

After Luna finished speaking, as if everything had nothing to do with her, she poured herself and Levin a strange-colored drink.

Levin looked at the green liquid and asked strangely: "What is this?"

"My favorite drink, gill juice." Luna looked at Levin expectantly,

It was the first time she shared her favorite drink with a friend.

Looking into Luna's expectant eyes, Levin couldn't bear to refuse and took a sip.

The taste of the drink is slightly bitter, but also very refreshing, just like drinking a glass of mint juice, very refreshing and delicious.

"It tastes pretty good!" Levin nodded in praise and couldn't help but take another sip and taste it carefully.

Luna held her face in her hands and smiled as Levin enjoyed the juice of raw gills.

When the last guest left the Lovegood house, Mr. Lovegood sighed and slumped down on the sofa.

His expression was not only tired, but also shrouded in sadness.

"Dad, no one is willing to invest?" Luna walked over and gently leaned her head on her father's arm.

Mr. Lovegood shook his head sadly: "No, there are still one or two, but their conditions are too harsh. If they want to completely transform "The Quibbler" into that kind of mediocre magazine, of course I can't agree."

At this moment, Levin stepped forward at the right time and said, "Mr. Lovegood, actually I know a friend who can solve your trouble."

"Really?" Xenophilius looked at Levin in surprise,

He knew that Levin was not an ordinary little wizard, so he valued the other person's opinions.

"Of course it's true, Mr. Lovegood." Levin replied in the affirmative, "I have a friend at the Ministry of Magic, and she has always been interested in investing in a magazine. I think The Quibbler would be a good fit."

"Who is your friend?" Mr. Lovegood looked at the boy expectantly.

"Ms. Katrana Presto, works in the Ministry of Magic's Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures. Perhaps you have heard of her name?" Levin mentioned Onyxia's name.

"Of course, of course, Dame Presto, I have admired her name for a long time, but I didn't expect that she has also heard of "The Quibbler."" Mr. Lovegood was very excited when he heard this. It seems that Katrana's reputation has spread. It has to be very fast.

As expected of the Black Dragon Princess, she is very good at this.

Now that the other party knows each other, it’s easier to handle:

"In the next few days, I can arrange a meeting with you, and you can discuss the specific matters with her in detail.

"No problem!" Mr. Lovegood agreed eagerly.

So, Levin said goodbye to his father and daughter.

The next day, Levin brought Onyxia to visit.

For this reason, Onyxia was exempted from the punishment of continuing to be a cat.

In the living room of Lovegood House, Katrana Prestor and Xenophilius Lovegood sat and talked.

After a brief exchange of greetings, Mr. Lovegood went straight to the point: "I heard from Mr. Green that Ms. Presto is interested in investing in "The Quibbler"?"

"Yes." Onyxia nodded and complimented, "I know all the major newspapers and magazines in the Yin Kingdom. In my opinion, most of them are quite mediocre and only talk about boring gossip. Or use sensational news to attract attention, everything is focused on money [there is a considerable lack of media spirit to reveal the truth. Only "The Quibbler" made my eyes shine."

Hearing this, Xenophilius immediately became happy: "That's natural. I always think that publishing magazines for money is the most boring thing."

But he was a little too happy.

Because the Black Dragon Princess continued: "However, I think "The Quibbler" didn't do enough, or the former "The Quibbler" wasn't worthy of its name.

"But...but I tried my best to write something special..." Lovegood retorted dryly,

He just thought that the other party agreed with his ideas, but unexpectedly he was hit by the other party.

"No, it's not enough." Katlana continued to shake her head, "Or maybe your magazine has too little influence and reveals too little truth.

"For example, until now, people thought that sagebrush was a fictional plant;"

"People don't believe that it was the howling monster that killed the witch in the Vale of Glamorgan, and regard this incident as another werewolf murder;"

"For another example, there is indeed a special kind of ancient race called 'Fire Dragon People' hidden in a certain corner of the world."

Xenophilius couldn't help but open his mouth as Onyxia revealed one strange story after another that he had never heard before.

He never thought that there would be such like-minded people like him in digging up strange stories.

But what Katlana said next shocked him even more:

“In addition to subverting readers’ perceptions and revealing the truth to them, I think The Quibbler should also ‘sing more devil’s advocate’ in other aspects, such as about our current Ministry of Magic and our Minister Cornelius. Fudge.”

"I feel that the current media has sang enough praises. Even if the dementors attacked the Hogwarts grounds before, their reports were too restrained. "The Quibbler" needs to go further in this regard and provide the general public with Readers provide opposing viewpoints and opinions, which makes the magazine live up to its name."

After listening to Onyxia's words, Xenorius couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

He originally thought that as the editor-in-chief of "The Quibbler", he was already radical enough in terms of media views, and the investor, who was an employee of the Ministry of Magic, was mostly conservative

After all, it comes from the Ministry of Magic.

But now he realizes where he is as a radical.

On the contrary, the conservative in him felt that he, a radical, was too conservative.

At the same time, he also became a little excited.

As a media person, who doesn’t want to use his or her writing freely?

So he nodded repeatedly to the Black Dragon Princess: "Ms. Presto, you are so right. I didn't expect you to teach me a lesson in this regard. It seems that you are indeed a person who is opposed to "The Quibbler" Investors who share the same philosophy, I am willing to accept your investment in principle.”

Since there is no conflict in concept, the next step is to talk about the specific price.

In order to fully control "The Quibbler", Onyxia proposed that she must maintain absolute control of the magazine.

But in contrast, she was very generous in terms of price, giving Xenophilius a price he couldn't refuse, and promised that he would still serve as editor-in-chief.

After all, everyone has their own career, and Xenophilius himself is the most professional media person.

They just need to grasp the general direction.

In addition, Onyxia also put forward several opinions on the management method of "The Quibbler".

"You have to pay enough money to be invited to publish!" Ms. Presto emphasized, "Not everyone is willing to work for nothing for fame, but we as a magazine must also tolerate such creators. The so-called media people do not care about money, only money. It is enough to ask ourselves."

"In addition, I will also provide several contributors here, and they will send some articles from time to time. You need to try to arrange for these articles to be published according to the situation."

Seeing Xenophilius's reluctance, she added: "The first batch of articles are about 'Ratweed' and 'Howling Monster'."

When the other party heard this, he immediately lost his resistance.

It turns out that your contributors are also like-minded people, so that’s gone.

In fact, Xenophilius did not understand Onyxia and Levin's tricks behind her.

Xenophilius's own strange stories, such as the Snorlax 670 and the Moon Frog, are almost all his own imagination.

But the sage, the howling monster [and the so-called dragon people—actually people transformed by Onyxia with dragon blood—that Levin mentioned are real.

It's just that because they are all the products of alien invasions and their appearance time is too short, the wizards in this world have no research on them, so they are regarded as strange stories.

Levin’s plan is to first publish articles about these “curiosities” in The Quibbler.

After the influence is fermented, their people, such as Levin himself, will go to collect sage, capture the howling monster, and then conduct sufficient research and publish the results in professional journals such as "Annual Magazine of Magical Beasts" Send an SCI to prove that these fantasy creatures really exist.

When everyone realized that these new species were actually discovered by a "third-rate" tabloid like "The Quibbler",

After this back and forth, the credibility of "The Quibbler" was established.

"The Quibbler" will no longer be regarded as a gathering place for speculators and conspiracy theories, but will be regarded as a home base for explorers of the real side of the world.

As for those unproven fantasies... they're nothing big.

It doesn't work. After all, even magic potion experiments require multiple attempts.

How can discovering new species be successful every time?

This is just like Ultraman, in the eyes of most people, is nothing more than a tokusatsu drama or a children's fantasy work.

But one day the Baltans really appear on Earth, then everyone will reconsider the authenticity of Ultraman's existence.

As for the articles Onyxia said were “critical of current affairs”,

They do not expect to enhance their own reputation through these articles, nor do they intend to use "The Quibbler" to promote their own forces immediately.

Before Voldemort is resurrected, all the objections about the Ministry of Magic and Fudge in "The Quibbler" will be foreshadowing for the future.

How ridiculous and unfounded these articles seem nowadays,

Then how great and prescient The Quibbler will be when Voldemort returns.

At that time, it was naturally much easier for "The Quibbler" to guide public opinion.

Update【5/4】, additional update【42/82】

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