The Day of the Draw at Hogwarts

Busyness makes time pass quickly. In the blink of an eye, the weekend is here. The school newspaper, which Harry has placed great expectations on, will also appear in the public eye for the first time.

The school newspaper is printed by the Bedtime News Editorial Department, and then delivered by house elves to the common rooms of various colleges and professors' offices. Since the presence of house elves is not high, the appearance of these newspapers has a somewhat elusive feel.

As the editor-in-chief of the bedtime news, Harry was completely unaware of the house elf's appearance. He just got up as usual and saw a pile of "Bedtime Messages" on the table in the common room.

"Merlin, have you really done that?" Ron knew that Harry was working on running a newspaper with Luna Lovegood recently, and he also helped Harry with some chores. I submitted a manuscript! But when this newspaper actually appeared in front of him, he still felt a strong sense of unreality in his heart.

Because this newspaper really looks like a newspaper, so serious!

Ron originally thought that what he got would be a "newspaper" like a test paper, but the "Bedtime Message" Harry made actually looked similar to the "Daily Prophet"! This is shocking.

"Let me see where my article is..." After a brief moment of surprise, Ron excitedly flipped through the school newspaper founded by Harry. He actually submitted an article to it!

"Found it - the glory never ends, the great Chudley Artillery Corps! The position given is quite good!" Ron saw his article occupying a whole page after turning a few pages, and couldn't help but be very happy.

After his article is Harry's current political commentary.

"Is it necessary to supervise the media? Good guy, you are pointing the finger directly at Rita Skeeter..." Ron immediately saw the hidden meaning of Harry's article.

"We believe that this kind of behavior is absolutely unacceptable. I will not name the person who made these remarks, although it was a special correspondent for the Daily Prophet." He pointed to one of the sentences and said: " This is so much fun! It will become a quote for you.”

After reading it, Ron was a little worried: "Aren't you afraid that Rita will cause trouble for you?"

"There's nothing to be afraid of," Harry shook his head. "Controversy is where the heat comes from. More importantly, the people I care about will not change their views on me just because of a few words in the Daily Prophet."

Ron smacked his mouth, noncommittal. He felt that within a few days, a debate would break out between the Daily Prophet and the Bedtime News, between Rita Skeeter and Harry Potter.

But so what?

Ron felt that Harry was right. No matter how great Rita's influence was, it was only limited to newspapers, and those people Harry cherished most - such as himself, would not be influenced by what was said in newspapers.

What's more, Rita Skeeter's unscrupulous speech over the years has offended too many people. Do you really think they have no grievances? They just don't have a way to resolve it.

The content of the first issue of bedtime messages was not too much, and Ron quickly turned to the end. He looked at Filch's article and muttered: "Harry, you are so considerate, you were worried that we wouldn't have enough toilet paper."

Harry laughed, and Ron turned to the end, looking at the various products of Weasley's Wizard Wheezes with great interest.

"Oh, right!" Harry slapped his forehead. Only when he saw the advertisement did he remember that he had forgotten to pay the authors of the article royalties. He took out two Sickles from his wallet and thrust them into Ron's hands.

"This is your royalties." Harry said with some embarrassment.

Ron:?

He looked at the two coins in his palm with some disbelief.

"What the hell?"

"If you publish an article on Bedtime News, you will get a little profit from the advertising fee. Of course, it is a bit small now, but I believe-"

"That's not what I meant," Ron saw that Harry seemed to have misunderstood something, so he quickly clarified: "I just didn't expect that writing can actually make money."

"Creative incentives!" Harry spread his hands: "Without enough incentives, how can anyone be motivated to submit a manuscript?"

Ron held the two Sickles he had earned and smiled happily.

"In this case, I will write more."

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The bedtime news was spreading throughout Hogwarts. The little wizards flipped through this brand new publication, and many of them became very interested in its contents.

But even if they are interested in Bedtime News, it doesn't change the fact that Bedtime News is just a newspaper whose influence is limited to Hogwarts.

But an accident made it popular and became known to everyone in the magic world.

The accident was Rita Skeeter.

The wizarding world is a small circle, and Harry's article was finally seen by her, and she became extremely angry.

She had criticized many people in her life, but few dared to speak back, let alone write in a newspaper. The reporter from the Daily Prophet felt that he should teach Harry a small lesson and let him understand that after being scolded by Rita Skeeter, the only thing he should do is to reflect.

So, the day after seeing that report, an extremely poignant response appeared in the Daily Prophet. In this report, Rita Skeeter revealed that Harry had started a newspaper at Hogwarts, and said that it was the most ridiculous publication she had ever seen - the second most ridiculous It's "The Quibbler". Dumbledore is really stupid to give such a solemn and sacred job to a little boy. Then she said that supervision of the media is a desecration of freedom, which is an atrocity that no mysterious person has ever done.

I have to say that Rita is indeed a person who is good at playing with pens. She wrote an amazing sentence at the end of the article: A stone is thrown into a group of dogs. If a dog barks, it must have been hit.

Rita's counterattack was sharp and sharp, but it also had an objective consequence: she let more people know that Hogwarts runs a newspaper called Bedtime News.

Many adult wizards have sent letters to their nephews and nephews at Hogwarts, hoping that they will send back the Hogwarts school newspaper for them to read. They were very curious about how the "dog" that was hit by the stone "barked".

All of a sudden, Harry's "Bedtime Message" became a hot commodity. At the same time, many people who had been slandered by Rita Skeeter also wrote letters to the editorial board of Bedtime News to express their support.

For a time, the media world felt a bit turbulent.

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