The Day of the Draw at Hogwarts

Facing Rita's criticism, Harry did not panic. This was what he had expected. He just calmly compiled the letters from supporters or victims of Rita Skeeter from all over the place, and then replied to them one by one to collect evidence.

No matter how much Rita Skeeter yelled, Harry just stayed in the editorial office writing articles. But it’s not like he didn’t say anything, he just released the news that he would respond to Ms. Skeeter in the second bedtime message.

Although Harry only told the news to the surrounding classmates, where was Hogwarts? It is the only wizard school in the British wizarding world. Announcing a news here is equivalent to holding a press conference. In less than a day, news spread throughout the wizarding world that Harry would face off against Hall Skeeter in the next bedtime message.

One is the Boy Who Lived, and the other is the Poison Rose of the Daily Prophet. The confrontation between the two is definitely like Mars colliding with the Earth. At this time, the entire magic world was in a state of shock.

Originally, Voldemort had shrunk his power, the Death Eaters had ceased their activities, and the Triwizard Tournament was in the offseason between the first and second events. The wizarding world was generally in a calm state. As a result, Harry and Rita now have such a big drama, which brings a lot of fun to their peaceful life. So everyone turned all their attention to the two people's line, and collectively took advantage of it.

At the weekend, when the second issue of the bedtime message was printed, it was snapped up almost instantly by students waiting outside the printing room.

Although the editors in the editorial department were well prepared and doubled the amount of prints, there were still many little wizards at the back who did not receive them.

The reason for this is simple: some students at the front of the queue received more than one. They have to read one copy for themselves and send one copy back to their families. This is double copies. If there are many relatives, they have to get more copies.

This situation really aroused dissatisfaction among the little wizards who did not receive the newspaper.

"Hey, why do you get so much for one person?" A senior Slytherin student grabbed a third-year Gryffindor student by the collar and dragged him over.

He snatched the newspaper from his hand, and upon careful counting, there were four copies, which made him even more angry with his empty hands.

"This... I have a lot of people in my family..." The Gryffindor student knew that he was in the wrong and lowered his head, not daring to argue with his senior.

"But I didn't get any!" The person who caught the person was Lucian Bol, the beater of the Slytherin Quidditch team. With his anger, he looked even bigger than he already was, and the muscles on his chest and arms bulged as he stood like a gorilla.

"It's because of people like you that I'm waiting in line here in vain!" Lucian clenched his fists.

The Gryffindor student who was stopped was already frightened. He quickly said: "Then take these copies -"

"Of course!" Lucian glared at him, kept two copies for himself, and then gave the remaining two copies to his friend Perigen Derek.

"Wait a minute, I-" The student wanted to say something, but Lucian glared at him and he shut his mouth obediently.

"What's wrong with you, what's wrong with me, there's so much nonsense!" Lucian pushed the little boy and prepared to leave with the newspaper.

Angelina on the side couldn't stand it anymore, so she stood up and stopped Lucian and the two.

"You've gone too far!" Angelina was filled with indignation. "It's a little wrong that he took so many copies, but you should at least leave one for him!"

Angelina is an old acquaintance of Lucian and Perikin. As a Slytherin Quidditch player, they have deep grudges with Angelina of the Gryffindor team. So they naturally said unceremoniously that this was a small lesson and wanted them to give one back? There are no doors!

"Then what do you mean? You say you won't let others take more, but you have two copies each?" Angelina pointed at the newspapers in their hands and said loudly.

The quarrel between several people attracted the attention of the onlookers. They gathered around not far away and pointed, explaining what happened to the crowd who did not know the truth.

Soon, the little wizards who were watching were divided into two groups. One group thinks that Slytherin people are really overbearing, and they take it out on the weak when they don't get it. The other group feels that although Lucian and the others are overbearing, they really do something wrong by taking more than they receive.

What’s interesting is that most of the former get newspapers, while most of the latter don’t.

For a moment, the corridor was filled with the smell of gunpowder.

Seeing that he and his friends seemed to be pushed to the forefront, Lucian had a sudden thought and immediately gave the two extra newspapers to other Slytherin students.

"You have nothing to say now, right?" Lucien praised his wit and said proudly.

"Why don't you give newspapers in the order of the team? What you are giving to Slytherin students now is equivalent to them robbing other people's newspapers!" Angelina had no intention of letting Lucian go. At this time, the number of Gryffindor boys attracted by the noise was also increasing, which made her more confident.

"Are you looking for trouble?" Lucian was angry. His hand was already on his wand. The next step was no longer a verbal argument, but Slytherin students were also moving closer to him.

"The newspapers are flying!" A female voice suddenly came in, interrupting the accumulation of anger between the two parties.

Hermione suddenly appeared and grabbed the newspaper with a flying spell.

"Granger, what are you going to do?" Lucian was furious, but he was also wary of Hermione and her boyfriend Tom Yoder. He didn't dare to say anything too serious, for fear that if he had a good talk today, he would be asked out tomorrow. Del was sent to the crematorium.

"Copy into two!" Hermione clicked the newspaper in her hand with her wand, and the newspaper suddenly became two copies. "It will return to the original after a while, but it is enough for you to read."

Hermione thrust the copied newspaper into Lucian's hands.

"Please, we are wizards!" She rolled her eyes and left the scene of the conflict. At this time, Harry and Luna also arrived with urgently printed newspapers.

A conflict disappeared.

However, the conflicts between students are easy to resolve, but the conflict between Harry and Rita Skeeter cannot be solved by a copying spell.

Opening the second issue of bedtime news, you can see Harry writing in bold letters: [Dog Barking]

This title is hard not to remind people of the "dogs bark when stoned" theory previously proposed by Rita Skeeter. Just by looking at the title, you can smell the strong smell of gunpowder.

After getting the newspaper, Angelina didn't care about arguing with the Slytherin students. She quickly turned to the article that Harry responded to and read it.

[I don’t know if Ms. Rita Skeeter seriously thought about it before she wrote that sentence. Isn’t she the one barking the loudest now? Then according to her theory, she must have been hit by a rock. 】

Looking at the beginning of this sentence, Angelina laughed, and the group of Gryffindor students around her also seemed very happy.

The conflict between Harry and Rita had just broken out, and Rita Skeeter had not yet had time to launch a public opinion offensive to brainwash passers-by, so the Gryffindor wizards subconsciously chose to support their classmate Harry Potter. After all, Rita is as fictitious as her article, while Harry is real. Everyone has seen his performance in the past four years. Compared with the two, the students naturally prefer Harry.

After counterattacking at the beginning, Harry began to output the content.

[Aunt Skeeter’s words are actually not wrong. If a person is offended by a certain statement, it means that the statement relates to something that he cares about. If you don't care at all, how can you be angry?

But the problem we are facing now is: only a small group of people have the right to throw "stones". Even if these people hit the wrong person, they will not be blamed, let alone held accountable. This group of "people" has the right to treat other people as "dogs" and I don't think it's right to do so. Before throwing stones, you should be more cautious. If you accidentally hurt someone, you should apologize or deprive it of the right to throw stones. 】

Harry's words triggered everyone's thinking.

"What kind of dog and stone?" Ron scratched his head, "Aren't you talking about that old witch Rita Skeeter?"

"Harry believes that the manuscripts sent out by reporters like Rita should be supervised and reviewed." Angelina explained to Ron, "Harry also found several examples of how Rita was doing when interviewing others. I once arbitrarily fabricated facts to gain attention and bring trouble to others - the next few issues of Bedtime News will follow and report on these characters!"

The second issue of Bedtime News stirred up a stir and sparked an extremely heated discussion in the wizarding world. From Hogwarts to Hogsmeade, from the Ministry of Magic to ordinary wizarding communities, everyone was discussing whether reporters should be restricted. their power.

“Journalists have too much power!”

"But if speech is controlled, will it cause the failure of public opinion supervision?"

The debate between the pros and cons has become increasingly fierce, and even the Ministry of Magic is discussing whether to establish a department to control the speech in the Daily Prophet.

The wizards of the Ministry of Magic naturally welcome it. They feel that the more power they have in their hands, the better. But as strong as the support is, the opposition will be stronger. The reason why many people oppose it is also very simple: if reporters become the yes-men of the Ministry of Magic officials and only sing praises, then how should they carry out the supervision of public opinion that should be carried out by them?

The two sides quarreled back and forth, reaching a complete stalemate, and the matter reached a deadlock.

But regardless of the outcome, Hogwarts' school newspaper: Bedtime Message has completely become famous. Emails were pouring in from all over the UK asking Harry if he could order a bedtime message.

To this, Harry's response was of course, and he offered an extremely low price. The price of each bedtime message was the same as that of the Daily Prophet, only one knut.

This little money is enough to buy some snacks for the owl postman. The main source of funding for bedtime messages is advertising at the end of the article.

At the same time that "Bedtime Message" spread throughout the wizarding world of Britain, Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes also spread throughout the wizarding world on the back pages of newspapers. Many people know that there is a pair of Weasley children in Hogwarts who run a joke shop.

This made Mrs. Weasley half angry, so she used her trump card: the roaring letter, but this thing had extremely limited effect on Fred and George. Years of struggling have made these two people more shameless than Hogg. Watts' walls are still thick. So they swept away the ashes of the yelling letters on the table as if nothing was wrong, and then told their classmates that all products were on sale at a 10% discount recently.

The two of them were already at a breaking point, and their mother wouldn't come to Hogwarts, so what were they afraid of? Of course, you still have to be careful when trading, because many items are on the list of prohibited items at Hogwarts.

In the days after the howling letter was sent, Filch kept a very close eye on the two men. But it was of no use. Fred and George had a hundred ways to deal secretly, so Filch couldn't stop the two from making a lot of money.

In light of their mother's violent reaction, Fred and George have made a decision... that is, they will not return to the Burrow this summer! Contracting a small shop or stall in Diagon Alley may be a good choice.

As for starting capital, Fred and George thought they could save enough money before the end of the school year, and it would be even better if they could get Bagman's debt back.

Due to the exposure brought by the advertising delivery, Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes made a lot of money, which also caused more stores to turn their attention to this nascent newspaper, including Flourish and Blotts Bookstore, The Three Broomsticks, Honeydukes... Advertising applications from various stores are pouring in, bringing a lot of income to "Bedtime News", which will be used in the payment of royalties and the daily operation of the newspaper.

In this way, a positive cycle was established, and Harry's newspaper gradually got on the right track.

While Bedtime News rose to fame, its stepping stone, Rita Skeeter, wasn't so lucky.

A large number of wizards who had been slandered by her came out to liquidate her. The reckoning came to an end when Rita was forced to publicly announce her temporary retirement from journalism. But soon, Rita received a summons from the Ministry of Magic. Hogwarts sued Rita Skeeter to the Wizengamot, hoping that she would explain her article about Hagrid's life experience. Information Sources.

Hogwarts will never wrong a good person, nor let a bad person go. Since Rita, you said Hagrid is a half-giant, then come up with evidence! Even if she can hand over the evidence, there is still a hurdle waiting for her - Rita was previously banned from entering Hogwarts for press activities, so how did she obtain this evidence?

The lawsuit was enough to make Rita Skeeter too distraught to write nonsense in the Daily Prophet.

With Rita Skeeter's misfire, the wizarding world calmed down again, and the turmoil within Hogwarts gradually subsided.

The peaceful days passed like this day by day, and when the calendar turned to February, the second event of the Triwizard Tournament also arrived as scheduled.

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Two in one, four thousand words! Good night~

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