Harry Potter and the Attack of the Squibs

"You said that we can make money by combining the Daily Prophet and the Lockhart series of books, but now that there will be no intersection between the two, your plan may not be completed."

William looked at Lu Ke with a look of disappointment.

Lu Ke raised his head and glanced at him: "Are you pretending to be stupid, or do you really think that what I told that person is all the truth?"

William laughed: "I'm just curious. You made it so clear. Is there any way to deceive that pure-blood wizard?"

Lu Ke sighed, followed William out of the Ministry of Magic, and then followed him to Disapparate.

The two returned to the Shafiq family's castle together, and then Lu Ke sat down and began to explain slowly.

"Our previous plan was to use the Daily Prophet to advertise Lockhart's series of books to expand the readership, and then use Lockhart-related exclusive news to increase the popularity of the Daily Prophet. This is a win-win situation, and the final result depends on Make money from advertising space in the Daily Prophet.”

William nodded: "But now, we can't let the Daily Prophet advertise Lockhart for free, and we can't give Lockhart's exclusive news to the Daily Prophet."

Lu Ke smiled and shook his head: "First of all, advertising is not free. Secondly, there are still a lot of exclusive news."

William looked at Lu Ke and shook his head helplessly: "I need to explain. First of all, if advertising is not free, then my money will be transferred from my left hand to my right hand? Secondly, Lockhart is already in Hogwarts and has even ended with us. Without a working relationship, where can we find exclusive news?”

Lu Ke glanced at William with a smile: "You should go see what our accountant is doing, otherwise if the boss doesn't understand what he is doing, he may be lazy."

William glanced at Lu Ke: "You should know better than me, turning left hand to right hand means extra tax burden, Lu Ke."

Lu Ke shook his head: "But if you switch from left to right, you can use different accounting methods to reasonably avoid taxes. As long as you arrange it in advance, everything will be very simple, and the superficial separation will also have long-term benefits for the Daily Prophet."

William sighed: "So Lockhart's scoop?"

Lu Ke laughed: "Do you think he will tell the Daily Prophet some exclusive news himself?"

William fell into thought.

According to what he knew about Lockhart, this was not only possible, it was something that was bound to happen.

"So what do you mean?"

Lu Ke nodded: "Lockhart had such a plan before, but it was rejected. In fact, he was too stupid and offended the reporter. But now, we only need to make a small change, Lockhart As a professor at Hogwarts, not a student, he can certainly let people outside the school know what he is doing."

William let out a long sigh: "So it's amazing that you convinced that stubborn Slytherin without actually making any compromises, Lu Ke."

Lu Ke shook his head: "Of course I am working for you, and it is the Shafiq family who make the money in the end."

William nodded: "Thank you, Lu Ke, then I will send you back to Hogwarts now. As for other things, I will arrange them for this year's new outstanding graduates of Hogwarts. I think they can't wait to prove themselves." ”

Lu Ke nodded, and then followed William out of the Shafiq family's castle.

Standing in front of the door, William turned and glanced at the castle behind him.

"I think probably next year, the castle will be renovated."

Lu Ke glanced at William, then shook his head: "Don't be so anxious. Who knows when Voldemort will come back and bring his Death Eaters to burn your castle down."

William shook his head: "Forget it, let's wait until the mysterious man fails completely."

He then began to disapparate, and the two of them returned to the door of Hogwarts.

"Goodbye Lu Ke, I hope that when we meet next time, my wealth will have become ten times what it is now."

Lu Ke shook his head helplessly: "Be careful with the Ministry of Magic."

William smiled and nodded: "Of course."

Then he left.

Lu Ke turned around and walked into Hogwarts.

During the rest of the summer vacation, Lu Ke spent a leisurely and wonderful time. Of course, he still followed the schedule as rigidly as before, but there was nothing that had to be done, so it still felt good.

Snape's research on the Felixir is still continuing, but now Lu Ke is completely unable to help.

Lu Ke thought he had finished reading the thick book Principles of Polyjuice like a poet. Now he could probably understand what potions was.

Even regarding the wizarding world itself, Lu Ke also had new ideas.

But for the time being, it seems that the most useful place for these ideas is in alchemy.

In this way, time passed slowly, and with one week left before the start of school, Dumbledore walked up to Lu Ke during lunch.

"Harry is going to Diagon Alley tomorrow, and it's time for you to buy this year's textbooks."

Lu Ke nodded: "And the Sorting Hat?"

Dumbledore nodded: "There is also the Sorting Hat, but you can still keep it after the Sorting Ceremony."

Lu Ke nodded and began to calculate.

If he set out after lunch, he would be able to reach Diagon Alley before tomorrow morning.

Dumbledore smiled: "Of course, Hagrid also happens to be preparing for the new semester, so he can take you there. At least this time you don't have to walk."

Lu Ke nodded: "Hagrid will leave tomorrow morning?"

Dumbledore nodded.

So Lu Ke took out the sorting hat and handed it to Dumbledore, and then went to the Forbidden Forest.

Hagrid was getting ready in his hut.

"What are you preparing for, Hagrid?"

Hagrid smiled proudly when he saw Lu Ke: "I am preparing a great thing. With it, I can expand the pasture on the edge of the Forbidden Forest."

Lu Ke was a little surprised and a little confused.

He knew that the pasture on the edge of the Forbidden Forest was opened by Hogwarts a long time ago. Since then, in order to protect the Forbidden Forest, it has not been expanded. Hagrid has always wanted a larger pasture, but doing so would affect the Forbidden Forest.

"what is that?"

Hagrid let out a long breath: "The good thing I got from Professor Sprout is said to be a good thing that can keep magical animals away and not disturb the growth of herbs. I only need one raw material now."

Lu Ke nodded: "So if you plan to circle an area in the Forbidden Forest as a pasture, as long as Dumbledore doesn't say no, then it's up to you."

Hagrid smiled: "Of course he will support me. After all, the pasture belongs to Hogwarts."

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