Study Days at Hogwarts

"Good morning Sirius, where have you been?" Lupine poked his head out of the kitchen, looked at Sirius who had just entered the tent, and asked doubtfully, "Why do you look unhappy?"

"I just went to see Ludo Bagman. The guy only paid half the galleons last night." Sirius didn't like Bagman at all for trying to default on the bill.

"When did you place your bet?" Lupine looked at Sirius in shock, never expecting that his old friend was secretly gambling. This was not a good thing.

"I thought you would care more about how much I won." Sirius pulled up a chair and sat down, putting his legs on the table, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Okay, how much did you win?" Lupine asked helplessly.

"About...a thousand Galleons," Sirius said.

"How much?" Lupine's eyes widened in disbelief.

"A thousand galleons," Sirius repeated in shock.

"Stop gambling, just stop it when you see fit!" Lupine tried his best to persuade Sirius, completely ignoring the black smoke that was slowly rising from the pot. He really couldn't understand why his old friend would take risks and gamble. What would happen if he lost? If he could win a thousand Galleons, how many Galleons would he have to bet on?

"Bagman didn't have enough galleons to pay me, so he suggested that I continue to bet." Sirius glanced at Lupine, who looked slightly gloomy, and said casually: "I have already agreed, those galleons are all anyway. It doesn’t matter if I lose everything I’ve earned, not to mention I won’t necessarily lose.”

Lupine was silent. He also knew that he was not qualified to preach to Sirius, so he finally said: "Don't be too greedy, just accept it when it's good." Then he turned back to the kitchen and continued to make breakfast.

"Losing, will I lose? No, I won't lose."

Sirius had a weird smile on his face. He didn't think he would lose, and the money was actually not all his money. Half of it belonged to Albert.

In fact, Sirius doesn't like gambling either, but yesterday he met with Albert, and the two of them reached some agreement in private, which is known as: If you have money, everyone will make it together.

Well, they did make a ton of money, and the unlucky Bagman lost a ton of Galleons as a result.

However, Sirius had no sympathy for Bagman.

If Ludo Bagman hadn't tried to lure him into betting, Sirius might not have agreed to Albert.

Well, this is a lame excuse. From Sirius's point of view, why not earn Galleons when you can definitely make a profit?

Not an idiot.

Moreover, from what Albert said, Ludo Bagman was not reliable, otherwise Albert would not have asked him to take back at least half of the Galleons after he won the bet.

"Good morning, Sirius." Harry appeared in the dining room with his yawn covered, sniffing the burning smell in the air, and said in surprise: "It's rare to see Professor Lupine burn the rice. By the way, you were in the restaurant just now. What are you talking about?"

"Nothing Harry." Sirius didn't want Harry to get into the habit of gambling, so he changed the topic and said, "Lupine and I have planned to start a defense against the dark arts magazine called "Defense Guide."

After preliminary discussions with Lupine, Sirius planned to accept Albert's proposal to open a magazine related to defense against the dark arts.

Considering that Lupine once served as the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts, he has a natural advantage in the field of defense against the dark arts. Sirius has also been fighting against dark wizards for most of his life, and he is also a relatively good profession. .

Working in a field that you are good at and like makes it easier for people to maintain enthusiasm, invest more energy, and achieve success.

Of course, it is not easy to open a magazine store. Neither Lupine nor Sirius has experience in this area. Who will be the editor-in-chief?

If you open a store rashly and enter a field that you don't know about, you are likely to get into trouble, and it is not surprising that you may even lose a lot of money as a result.

"Magazines like Witches Weekly and Transfiguration Today?" Hermione asked Sirius curiously.

"Well, if it's just the two of us, it will be about once every half a month." Sirius nodded, "There will be some content related to Defense Against the Dark Arts. Remus should be better at this aspect. He used to be a Dark Arts Professor of Magical Defense, and I can also help him find a way."

Harry and Hermione looked at each other.

To be honest, they were not very optimistic about Sirius starting a magazine, let alone becoming the editor-in-chief.

"What do Professor Lupin think?" Hermione asked Professor Lupine who was busy in the kitchen.

"I think the probability of losing money is relatively high. Understanding Defense Against the Dark Arts and starting a Defense Against the Dark Arts magazine are two different things." Lupine is not as optimistic as Sirius. Neither of them has rich management experience, and they are likely to mess things up.

"Speaking of opening a store, I still admire Albert. He started spending money to support Fred and George in opening a store very early." Ron covered his yawn and sat next to Harry, "From the beginning to now I don’t know how many Galleons have been invested in it, and I think their store will be a hit.”

"Perhaps, he has already done divination." Harry said without thinking, "Sirius, if you want to open a shop, you can ask Albert for divination."

"Harry, there are limits to divination," Hermione said, not agreeing with Harry's point of view.

"Are you really planning to open a weekly magazine?" Lupine asked as he brought the food from the kitchen over and looked at Black who was thinking seriously.

"Even if you lose all the Galleons you win, you won't feel bad at all."

This was actually one of the reasons why Sirius agreed to help Albert. He needed to find an excuse to convince Remus to help start the weekly magazine observation.

Otherwise, he would never agree, and being speechless about a windfall was the best excuse, with the slogan "I won't feel bad if I lose it all anyway".

"Losing money? I think you can ask Albert for help. As long as the price is right, he will definitely provide help." Ron suggested.

According to him, Fred and George had very clear ideas and plans for opening a store, and most of these were given by Albert. Moreover, Albert writes wonderful articles for magazines, and he obviously knows better than them how to summarize the content of a magazine. If Albert can definitely provide them with many constructive suggestions.

However, how to persuade Albert to help is actually more difficult. If you want Albert to contribute, you must naturally give the other party enough benefits. However, Gallon Albert obviously won't take it seriously, so what should you do to convince him?

In the end, it was Ron's words that woke up Sirius. There was a natural difference between his own industry and other people's. If Sirius could get Albert to join him, the other party would naturally not just watch the store move across stores. A handful of them.

Sirius's purpose is just to find Lupine a job. As long as he doesn't lose money, Sirius can accept it.