You call this a black hand?

74 Kevin is confused

The Wizarding Education Newspaper, which had already been finalized, had to change its layout overnight due to the order of the Minister of Magic to make way for a certain dark horse who "emerged out of the blue".

This kept many people busy for most of the night.

The newspaper editor, who had discussed this article with Fanny before, was even more surprised by it.

His name is Cornel Aldang, and he is a tall, middle-aged wizard with a Chinese character on his face.

After graduation, he joined the Wizarding Education Newspaper. He has been working for ten years now and is known for his keen sense of news.

However, no matter how keen he was, he still couldn't figure out why this manuscript got into the hands of the Minister of Magic.

He even couldn't understand why the minister attached so much importance to it and even added such a sentence to it.

But at this level, it's not something that a small character like him can understand.

While obeying the orders honestly, he gave his niece Fanny a warning.

Then he ignored the other party's excited response and leisurely prepared to watch the Minister of Magic's jokes.

Yes, it’s a joke.

Due to that person's identity, the Wizarding Education Newspaper, which is affiliated with the Education Committee, certainly cannot disobey his orders.

Next, some other newspapers with official background will also reprint it, showing enough attention.

But in the United Kingdom, official newspapers are in the minority.

Even if they report it with all their strength, they can't compete with the large number of private newspapers.

Besides, the newspaper is for the public, and the county magistrates are not as good as the current ones. They will not care about what the Minister of Magic does.

At most, after seeing that comment, I would feel strange, and then I would be more cautious when meeting the half-blood wizard with the Minister of Magic as his backer.

In this way, how widely the news can be spread depends entirely on the intensity of publicity and the "hotness" of the news itself.

In terms of publicity, the resources available for this manuscript are limited.

Needless to say, the level of excitement——

Although the manuscript is well written, the theme is a competition between apprentices.

Even if there were comments from the Minister of Magic, they would not be as eye-catching as Kevin's case.

To top it off, it was just because I got a little angry because of my involvement with Kevin.

However, if this is the case, how can it be possible to compete with the Felix family?

Yes, competition.

Cornell believed that the Minister of Magic wanted to compare himself with Felix by suddenly bringing up the incident with another person when the Felix family was fully promoting Kevin and had specifically warned him.

The pertinence is too obvious!

"It's a pity that although you are a senior government official, you don't understand public opinion propaganda at all."

Cornell said with emotion.

Many insiders in the newspaper actually thought the same way, and some even had excited expectations that the Minister of Magic was about to be embarrassed.

After all, it's easy to see normal people make a fool of themselves, but it's very difficult to see a big shot like that.

However, what happened next was somewhat beyond their expectations.

…

In an ancient world without Internet digitization, people certainly had no way to make detailed statistics on the popularity of an issue.

But because of the existence of the Book of Secret Words, the speed at which wizards send messages to each other is no different from modern society.

This has created a deformed situation in the wizarding world, where the press and publishing industry is booming and far ahead of its time, but other aspects are very ancient.

But despite the lack of statistical tools, journalists like Cornell can actually feel the general situation of current public opinion during the duration of some hot events.

Because whenever they encounter any special events, many of their relatives and friends will first ask them, this group of well-informed people.

So as the newspaper was released the next day, the number of people from the outside world asking newspaper employees about Egger increased visibly.

This situation was not uncommon in the past. After all, in an era when entertainment was relatively scarce, gossip was one of the main ways people passed their time.

Compared with some breaking news in the past, this kind of scene now can only be regarded as a small incident.

However, in contrast, Kevin of the Felix family is currently "popular", but few people ask about him.

It’s not that no one asked about Kevin, but few people asked about Kevin himself.

"Isn't it normal for a young man from such a big family to do such a thing?"

When talking about it with his wife when he got home from get off work, Cornell got this response.

"And this matter may have been done with the help of the family behind Kevin, and then all the credit was put on him... Isn't that what big families are like?"

It sounds quite reasonable.

Cornell thought after hearing this, but this was not enough to answer his doubts.

So he asked again: "What do you think of Kevin?"

"How can I see it?"

His wife is a slightly rich young woman. She is holding a magic wand next to the sink to make cups, dishes and other tableware float in the air to divert water and "wash" them out of thin air.

After hearing this, she turned her head to look at her husband with a surprised tone.

"Aren't all young people from big families like that?"

"You don't have a specific impression?" Cornell was a little puzzled.

"The newspapers boasted that he was like the protagonist in a chivalry novel. He has worked hard since he was a child and has a sense of justice. His relatives and friends around him have unanimously praised him..."

The young woman sneered when she heard this, "With such false propaganda, what reliable impression can you give me?"

So, it’s not that I have no impression, but that I don’t believe the impression in the newspaper...

Cornell was thoughtful after hearing this, so he asked again: "So, what do you think of Iger? How is he?"

"Egg? He's a very good child. I feel very cute."

When the young woman said this, she blinked and said, "I also talked with my good sister about the skin care method he proposed, and decided to try it later."

"He received encouragement from the Minister of Magic. Don't you think that's also fake? I mean, he doesn't look like a simple half-blood."

"Is there anything strange about this?"

The young woman frowned when she heard this, "The Minister of Magic admires a boy like Iger who has ideals and talents. Is it normal?"

It’s weird that it’s normal!

Cornell was speechless.

My wife looked as if she was very familiar with that Iger.

But didn't she realize that she only knew the name from a newspaper?

In other words, this is just a paper man!

However, the first appearance of a paper man can bring such a profound impression to people...

This is obviously unusual.

Cornell then went to the study, dug out the interview script that his niece Fanny had given him before, and read it carefully.

Then, the more he looked, the more frightened he became.

When he read the interview script before, he felt that it was well written and the image of the person being interviewed was very prominent.

If it can be published normally and combined with the character's background story, it should be popular for a while.

But more than that, that’s it.

However, now I look at this manuscript and compare it with Kevin’s “fake and empty” propaganda.

He suddenly discovered that this interview script was not that simple at all!

In other words, it’s not that the interview script is not simple, but what the person being interviewed is saying is not simple!

"Every word he says makes people feel kind and true. This..."

Cornell was puzzled, "How is this done?"

The principle is actually very simple when explained, but Cornell, who was shocked by the dimensionality reduction techniques that were far beyond this era, could not figure out this problem in a short time.

So before, he had not cared much about Egg, a mixed-race person, but now he unconsciously raised his image to an infinitely higher level in his heart.

Being able to attract the Minister of Magic to help prove that this Egg cannot be just a pure mixed-race, and must have a profound background.

And being able to use the length of a manuscript to create such a prominent image of himself is enough to prove that Iger himself is not simple...

After thinking hard for a long time, Cornell suddenly left the study, put on his coat, and looked like he was going out.

"It's so late, where are you going?"

The young woman sitting on the sofa in the living room, putting cucumber slices on her face, was very surprised by Cornell's behavior.

"Take a trip to Graham City."

He replied: "I'm going to do an exclusive interview with that Iger."

"Exclusive interview."

The wife was shocked when she heard this, "You are the editor-in-chief and not a reporter? What are you doing for an exclusive interview?"

"Of course I'm not a reporter."

"But I'm an investor," Cornell said.

…

Not everyone is as sharp as Cornell.

In fact, even in a modern society with an explosion of information, most people, faced with this kind of Western politician-style image building, will not realize that there is any skill involved.

They all think that politicians themselves are very affable people.

So let alone this world where the publishing industry is developed, but overall it is still ancient.

However, some of Cornell’s previous judgments cannot be said to be wrong——

With the support of the Felix family and the popularity of the incident, Kevin's name spread much wider than Iger's name.

But in terms of effect, the two are completely different.

The former has been widely publicized, but that old-fashioned rhetoric has no appeal to the public at all.

What people care more about is actually the thing itself, rather than the person who does it.

Even if they noticed it, they would only comment on the family behind Kevin, and they wouldn't really think Kevin was any great.

As for the latter, although it is not widely spread, the theme of the spread is nothing special.

But every wizard who has read the reports can at least have a preliminary impression of Egg Wilson.

Especially the witches and wizards were even more impressed by it.

So this has caused a phenomenon, that is, although Kevin is not as popular as Kevin, the name Iger is mentioned much more than Kevin.

Comparing the two, it even gives people the illusion that Kevin is a supporting role and Iger is the protagonist.

Many people were caught off guard by this.

Especially Kevin himself.

…

"Don't you mean that as long as he doesn't publish the photo in the newspaper, you don't need to pay too much attention?"

At this time, five days had passed since the incident at Ernest Manor.

Since the Wizarding Education Newspaper first published Egg Wilson's duel interview three days ago, Kevin has become more and more depressed.

Because as Egger's name spread, some of his cousins actually asked him about Egger!

Although it was basically just a casual question without much curiosity, it was enough to shock Kevin.

What puzzled him even more was that the other party's interview clearly did not show the most important thing about Iger - his appearance.

Why was that report so influential?

This is already the case without a photo. If any newspaper company goes to take a photo and publish it in the newspaper, won't it completely suppress him?

You know, behind his back, his family is fully supporting him!

"This is really surprising."

It was Kevin's grandfather who used the Book of Secrets to talk to Kevin.

A few days ago, when the Minister of Magic released the interview transcript, he mentioned to Kevin that he didn't need to worry about it, it was no big deal.

Although he was "slapped in the face" now, he is still calm.

"But this only proves that it was a very wise decision for me to ask you to befriend that Egg."

Kevin was stunned when he saw this, "He is beating your grandson now, are you not angry at all?"

"If you don't live up to your expectations, why should I be angry?"

The person on the other side said: "If you could look even remotely like your mother, you wouldn't be reduced to this situation now."

"But, this is obviously not a matter of looks..."

"Of course, of course I know that this is actually all because Iger is not simple, so do you think that with this knowledge, I will ask you to find trouble with him?"

"...I don't think so. All this is actually because of the intervention of the Minister of Magic."

Kevin replied: "He is clearly against us, so you are not going to do something?"

"In a few days, Cornelu will give us a face, so why should I do anything?"

Kevin was a little confused when he saw this.

"Wait a minute, are you saying that the minister did this not to cause trouble for us?"

"Is there something wrong with his mind? He comes to trouble us when he has nothing to do?"

The person on the other side said unceremoniously: "And even if he is looking for trouble, he will not take advantage of such a trivial matter. Apart from making the family lose some face, what practical use does this have?"

"But if it wasn't to cause trouble, why would he help Iger?"

Kevin was a little confused, "There's no way they know each other."

"You should think about it yourself first."

The old grandfather opposite seemed too lazy to pay attention to this stupid grandson anymore.

"If you can't figure it out, ask your mother."

"My mother deleted me a long time ago."

Kevin was very embarrassed when he saw this, "Because I always bring up things about my father."

"...What a little fool." The other person seemed helpless.

"But it doesn't matter. As expected, she has arrived in Graham City now. If you can't contact her, why don't you just go find her?"

Mom has arrived in Graham?

Kevin was stunned when he saw this.

What is she doing in Graham?