You call this the mastermind?

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 Cornell Aldang, a tall, middle-aged wizard with a Chinese character 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 status, the Wizard Education Newspaper, which is affiliated with the Education Committee, certainly cannot disobey his orders.

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

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

Even if they report with all their strength, they simply cannot 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, you will feel strange after seeing that comment, and be more cautious when you see 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 were 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 he got a little angry because of his 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 another person about the incident when the Felix family was fully promoting Kevin and had specifically warned him.

The targeting 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 fools of themselves, but it's so difficult to see big shots 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 about 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 Iger 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?"

This was the response Cornell got when he talked to his wife about it when he got home from get off work.

"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 the doubts in his heart.

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

"How can I see it?"

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

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

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

"Don't you have a specific impression?" Connell 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 don't have an impression, but 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 that Egg? How is he?"

"Egg? He's a very good kid, and he feels very cute."

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

"He got the encouragement of the Minister of Magic, don't you think this is also fake? I mean, he doesn't look like a simple half-blood."

"Is there anything strange about this?"

The young woman frowned after hearing this, "It's normal for the Minister of Magic to appreciate a boy like Egg who has ideals and talents, right?"

It's normal!

Cornell was speechless.

The wife looked as if she was very familiar with that Egg.

But didn't she realize that she actually just knew this name from a newspaper?

In other words, this is just a paper man!

However, a paper man can leave such a deep impression on people when he suddenly appears...

This is obviously unusual.

Cornell then went to the study, took out the interview manuscript that his niece Fanny had handed him before, and read it carefully.

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

When he read this interview manuscript before, he only felt that it was well written and the image of the interviewee was very prominent.

If it could be published normally, combined with the background story of the character, it should be popular for a while.

But more, that's it.     However, looking at this manuscript now, compared with Kevin's "false and empty" publicity.

He suddenly found that this interview manuscript was not that simple at all!

In other words, it was not the interview manuscript that was not simple, but the words of the person being interviewed were not simple!

"Every word he said can make people feel kind and real, this..."

Cornell was confused, "How did he do this?"

The principle is actually very simple, but Cornell, who was hit by the dimensionality reduction of skills far beyond this era, could not figure out this problem in a short time.

So he, who had previously been quite indifferent to Egg, a mixed-race, unconsciously raised the image of the other party in his mind infinitely.

Being able to attract the help of the Minister of Magic proves that this Egger cannot be just a simple half-blood, and his background must be profound.

And being able to shape his own image so prominently in the length of a manuscript is enough to prove that Egger 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, who was sticking cucumber slices on her face, was very surprised by Cornell's behavior.

"Go to Graham City."

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

"Exclusive interview."

The wife was stunned when she heard it, "You are the editor-in-chief, not a reporter? What kind of exclusive interview?"

"Of course I'm not a reporter."

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

...

Not everyone is as sharp as Cornell.

In fact, even in the modern society of information explosion, most people will not notice any skills in this kind of Western politician-style image shaping.

They all think that politicians themselves are very friendly people.

So let alone in this world where the publishing industry is developed but the overall situation 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 hot spots of the incident itself, the name Kevin is spread much more widely than the name of Egg.

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

The former is advertised everywhere, but the old-fashioned rhetoric has no appeal to the public at all.

People are more concerned about the event itself, not the person who did it.

Even if they notice it, they will only comment on the family behind Kevin, and will not really think that Kevin is so great.

As for the latter, although the spread is not wide and the theme of the spread is nothing special.

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

Especially female wizards, the impression is even deeper.

So this has created a phenomenon that although it is not as popular as Kevin, the name Egg is mentioned much more times than Kevin.

The comparison between the two even gave people the illusion that Kevin was a supporting role and Egg was the protagonist.

Many people were caught off guard by this.

Especially Kevin himself.

…

"Didn't you say that as long as he didn't publish the photo in the newspaper, we don't need to care too much?"

It had been five days since the incident at Ernest Manor.

And since the Wizard Education Newspaper first published the duel interview with Egg Wilson three days ago, Kevin has become more and more depressed.

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

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

What puzzled him even more was that the other party's interview did not show the most important point of Egg - his appearance.

Why was that report so influential?

It's already like this without the photo. If some newspaper takes a photo and publishes it in the newspaper, won't they suppress him completely?

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

"This is indeed surprising."

It was Kevin's grandfather who talked to Kevin using the Book of Secret Languages.

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

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

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

Kevin was stunned by this, "He is now suppressing your grandson, aren't you angry at all?"

"You are not doing well yourself, why should I be angry."

The other side said: "If you look a little like your mother, you won't be reduced to this situation now."

"But, this is obviously not about appearance..."

"Of course, I know that this is actually because Egg is not simple, so do you think that I would ask you to trouble him with this perception?"

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

Kevin replied: "He is openly against us, don't you plan to do anything?"

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

Kevin was a little confused by this.

"Wait, you mean, the minister did this for the purpose of not causing trouble for us?"

"Is he mentally ill? Why is he causing trouble for us?"

The other party said bluntly: "And even if he wanted to cause trouble, he wouldn't use such a small thing. What practical use can it have except that it can make the family lose some face?"

"But if it wasn't for trouble, why would he help Egg?"

Kevin was a little confused, "They can't possibly know each other."

"You figure it out yourself first."

The old grandfather on the other side seemed too lazy to pay attention to this stupid grandson.

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

"My mother deleted me a long time ago."

Kevin was embarrassed by this, "Because I always mention my father's affairs."

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

"But it doesn't matter. If nothing unexpected happens, she has already arrived in Graham City. If you can't contact her, can't you just go find her?"

Mom has already arrived in Graham?

Kevin was stunned by this.

What is she doing in Graham?

Why didn't I hear anything?