Wind and Eagle Wings at Hogwarts

Chapter 452 452. The Victory of "Hollingworth"
After being sternly rejected by Scott and Milton, Eddie was not discouraged.

Instead, he completely exploded.

In order to be published in the newspaper smoothly, he did not hesitate to use potion to forcibly refresh himself and stayed up for two nights.

Two days later, with thick dark circles under his eyes, he said to Scott and the others: "While people's attention is still there, I must write an article that the Evening Prophet cannot refuse as soon as possible."

His efforts were not in vain, and the "Evening Prophet" that evening published his painstaking masterpiece——

"The 99 Lies of Rita Skeeter"

Eddie, exhausted, "died with a smile on his face" after reading the newspaper article.

Oh, and he fell asleep on the dinner table with half a beef patty in his mouth.

Scott and the others were surprised at first, then smiled helplessly, and began to read this article.

They sighed as they read.

Milton was amazed, "He actually found 99 loopholes in Skeeter's past articles."

Scott took a deep breath, "And each one has something to say, at least it doesn't read like casual slander."

Roger couldn't help but praise, "Ha! He also claimed that he was just a colleague who kindly reminded the other party of his mistakes, so that Skeeter could face up to his mistakes and not make them again. This is really interesting..."

After dinner, they took Eddie back to his dorm, where he was sleeping like a dead pig, threw him a few cleaning spells and threw him on the bed.

In a short period of time, Eddie's article has aroused many discussions at Hogwarts.

Although Rita Skeeter was a well-known reporter in the past, she offended many people because of her nonsense and fearless nature.

Even at Hogwarts, there are many students who enjoy watching her jokes.

Not to mention, even people who didn't have a bad feeling for her before would like to watch this show.

Eddie's sleep lasted until the next afternoon.

Fortunately, it was the weekend and they didn't have to go to class.

In the evening, Scott came out of the Requirement Room and returned to the dormitory, where his roommates were discussing Rita Skeeter's second counterattack.

"Hide Real Name?A qualified reporter should be brave! "

"Oh, she writes really well." Scott sighed as he read.

In a short article, there are intentions such as selling misery, gaining sympathy, avoiding serious problems and neglecting minor ones, sincerely apologizing, pretending to be generous, connoting enemies, etc.

Obviously, the Queen of News has used almost all her strength to fight this time——

[Hi everyone, sorry to disturb you again.

I think, I encountered an organized and premeditated peer bullying incident.

I have to stand up and speak for myself, some sincere and heartfelt words.

I've been in a bad mood for the past two days.

I have to say that after reading the article that attacked me, I was terrified.

I thought for the first time, is there really something wrong with me, but I didn't realize it?
Although I think that I have always been serious and responsible for my work, I dare not be too arrogant to say that I have never made mistakes.

I'm terrified that my readers who support me will be disappointed.

But I quickly realized that I shouldn't underestimate myself because of other people's unprovoked attacks, which would make me feel sorry for my past career efforts.

Moreover, I believe that all reasonable people can clearly see the reason for this drama--

Somebody wants to step on my fame and make "Hollingworth" famous.

Yes, again, that was organized and premeditated action.

The reason is very simple, one just wants to kindly remind my colleagues, will sort out "99 loopholes" within two days?
I mean, that's a lot, isn't it?

I'm sorry, but my reputation has been accumulated over the years of hard work, and these lies mixed with a few truths can't slander me.

But I still have to say thank you.

Thank you to the people behind the name "Hollingworth", thank you for at least reminding me of a couple of missteps in my past work.

I also ask readers to forgive me.

But I still hope that Mr. Hollingworth can understand that a reporter who hides his real name and dare not face people with his real identity will definitely not be able to win the trust of readers!

Finally, I wish you or all of you a successful reporter. ]
"It's amazing."

Eddie chuckled.

"I lightly reduced the 99 loopholes that I worked so hard to find to just a few, and then apologized to the readers. In this way, I will not be able to refute her one by one."

"Is it resolved like this?" Milton said with some regret, "You wrote it after staying up for two nights!"

"Hey hey hey..."

Eddie smiled strangely.

"It's okay, I expected it a long time ago. I know that the queen of news is not so easy to be defeated."

"Hey hey hey..."

"This battle is fair, Hollingworth. Of course, the reputation of my pseudonym is not as good as that of Skeeter who has worked for many years, but equally, she cannot attack me personally."

"Hey, this battle has just begun."

He seemed more and more interested.

In this regard, Scott said helplessly: "Eddie, although I am glad that you can find real fun in this matter, but can you stop laughing like a mentally retarded villain in a children's movie?"

"Which movie?" Eddie asked curiously.

Scott didn't answer him.

Probably, a movie called Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

At this moment, Scott had a "hey, hey, Harry Potter is dead" clip playing on a loop in his head.

After a while, Eddie, who was completely aroused to fight, acted again.

This time he's targeting Rita Skeeter's seemingly pervasive intelligence capabilities.

Many things, things that people happened or said in private, were known to her, and then they were published in newspapers.

According to Eddie, this is why many people fear her.

To this end, he deliberately contacted some "victims" and invited them to speak out in the form of interviews, accusing Skeeter of violating their privacy.

Of course Scott knew how Skeeter did it, but he didn't tell Eddie.

Eddie was enjoying the process of defeating the Queen of News head-on, so he had better not directly reveal his hole cards, so as not to spoil Eddie's fun.

Of course, this is also because Eddie's behavior is just a foreshadowing, and the last thing he wants to target is the election of the Minister of Magic.

If Eddie fails to knock her down at the critical moment, Scott will still share the identity of Rita Skeeter Animagus for a fatal blow.

Perhaps Eddie, who is full of fighting spirit, will not disappoint.

For a while, the "war" between "Hollingworth" and Rita Skeeter really became hot news in the British wizarding world.

The two took turns publishing articles on the "Evening Prophet" at the rate of one person per day. As the scolding war gradually escalated, more and more people followed, and the pages they got were getting better and better.

It's not quite on the front page of the Evening Prophet, but it's just below the front page.

As for the outcome of the "war", it was eye-opening that Eddie actually had some upper hand.

As expected of the gossip king of Hogwarts, the experienced Rita Skeeter gradually couldn't stand it after the firepower was fully fired.

Scott felt more and more that Eddie was a natural businessman. Just at Hogwarts, he had quietly mastered many unknown contacts through previous trading methods.

At the very least, Scott couldn't name all the students at Hogwarts like Eddie could.

Yes, not just the old students, Eddie has been able to name all the freshmen from the four colleges in only two weeks since the start of school, and he can even talk to most of the freshmen.

The contacts he has are usually not eye-catching, but they can always provide him with the information he wants at critical moments.

This requires not only full communication skills, but also strong information collection and processing capabilities.

In short, the pseudonym "Hollingworth" really became famous, just as Eddie expected.

Of course, Eddie was very proud of it.

"She doesn't know who I am! In order to hide my identity, I didn't even ask the newspaper for a contribution fee! Of course, from the moment she responded to me, she was doomed to fail, and I will never suffer."

"Why do you say that?" Milton liked to cheer more and more.

Eddie showed the mentally retarded villain's smile again, "Because, the best way not to be stepped on by me to climb up is not to respond to me! As long as she responds, she will give me fame. And even if I lose this war, It's just a loss of a pseudonym that can be changed at any time!"

Roger asked, "Can't Skeeter think of that?"

"Of course she wants it." Eddie said disdainfully, "but she also wants heat."

He pretended to shake his head.

"The Queen of News is just too greedy, reluctant to send the heat to her door, and wants to attract people's attention with me from a distance. She probably thinks everything is under her control. But obviously, she overestimated herself, You underestimated me too."

Scott did not hesitate to praise, "I have to say, well done!"

Eddie put away his complacent expression, and said solemnly: "Now, I have mastered the initial capital, and the pseudonym 'Hollingworth' also has some right to speak."

"Congratulations." Scott gave a thumbs up.

"Isn't it going to be easier now?" Milton asked.

Eddie nodded and shook his head again, "But it's not enough. In order to meet the public opinion offensive of the All-Witches Association, I will slowly change my style in the next time."

Faced with Milton's puzzled eyes, he explained: "I'm afraid it won't work now. I not only want to increase my reputation through the war with the Queen of News, but also need to publish some other articles to create a professional image."

Obviously, he has a clear plan for this.

"Of course, thanks for your help, Scott."

Eddie can get the upper hand in "the war" because he's not fighting alone.

Scott's escort in the dark is also indispensable.

If Eddie was alone, with Rita Skeeter's connections at the Prophet for many years, it would be easy to gain an absolute advantage.

It is even possible to follow the clues to find out the real identity of the pseudonym "Hollingworth".

"I didn't do anything." Scott smiled, "It's just a little help, and it's mainly up to you."

He really didn't do anything.

It's just that the crow was sent to find out some news that Eddie couldn't get through his contacts.

There is also a remote monitoring of the employees who are close to Rita Skeeter in the Prophet newspaper, using some innocuous little secrets to ask them to promise not to turn to Skeeter in attitude.

It's really nothing.

It's all just paving the way for the subsequent public opinion war.

In the following time, besides continuing to maintain the enthusiasm with Lita Skeeter, Eddie also tried to submit some more serious manuscripts.

For example, trying to objectively analyze the pros and cons of the two candidates for the Minister of Magic, and so on.

Since the election of the Minister for Magic was a topic of concern to all wizards in the UK, articles of this kind frequently appeared in the newspapers for a period of time.

In order to shape his professionalism, Eddie had to rack his brains and find another way, so that his analysis articles could be successfully published in the newspaper.

After failing to submit articles twice in a row, he finally found the right direction and successfully published the article, which gained a lot of attention.

Of course, Scott also played a small role in it.

To be on the safe side, Eddie doesn't show a clear inclination in the article.

The attitude he expressed was only slightly more optimistic about Ms. Burns, and he also had the same expectation for Mr. Graves.

It stands to reason that there are many articles with the same attitude, and it is not the case of "Hollingworth".

But Eddie made the most of his peculiar gift, the gift of turning a boring thing into a funny one.

After finding the right direction, the articles he wrote became more and more popular.

The newspaper never struggled with sales, and soon even Scott's paltry help was no longer needed.

Halfway through September, "Hollingworth" had become a well-known reporter, and his articles were successfully published in the "Daily Prophet", which is more important and authoritative than the "Evening Prophet".

And Rita Skeeter, whose reputation has been damaged under the attack of "Hollingworth", temporarily hibernates.

After stopping the war with the Queen of News, Eddie's busy days are over.

Now he only needs to publish an article every few days to refresh his presence.

Tuesday, July 9.

At breakfast time, a flock of owls flew over the students, dropping letters and newspapers.

Eddie immediately opened the "Daily Prophet" and flipped through it.

"Sure enough, it has already begun." He said, "The public opinion offensive of the All Witches Council."

Scott put down the knife and fork when he heard this, and picked up his newspaper.

The headlines on the front page were normal news, but on the second page there was an article attacking Dumbledore——

Burns, or Dumbledore? "

Scott read the commentary from a reporter with a familiar name as fast as he could.

"This reporter wants to say that Dumbledore's selection of Ms. Burns is to secretly manipulate the Ministry of Magic." Milton said after also reading this comment.

"Oh, it also involves the former Minister Fudge." Roger said, "The comments said that Fudge also came to power with Dumbledore's support. After he became a minister, he often asked Dumbledore for advice."

Scott smiled, "Oh, I'm afraid this is just an introduction. With Dumbledore's current reputation, even if he directly runs for the minister, he will get the support of most wizards."

"That's right, it's just a foreshadowing, planting a shadow in people's hearts." Eddie also laughed, "I think they will gradually slander Dumbledore's reputation next."

(End of this chapter)