Harry Potter and the Secret Treasure

However, after Ivan pretended to be careless and showed him the title of the article about Lily in the newspaper, Snape still took the newspaper with a look of disgust.

Chapter 24 Unprecedented Success

"Unprecedented success, Alvin!" This was Fred and George's evaluation of the newspaper.

Now, the Hogwarts Newspaper was the most popular thing in the whole school, and all the students were discussing it.

The article on the front page about the scuffle between Gryffindor and Slytherin on the Quidditch pitch greatly satisfied everyone's curiosity.In particular, Colin captured a few very beautiful photos, showing Aiwen's handsome side vividly.

With his handsome appearance, outstanding strength, and the fact that he is the sponsor of the newspaper, Aiwen's popularity is now almost surpassing Harry, becoming the most famous student in the school, and all of them are positive comments, and some girls are even ready to write love letters to him. he.

This is the benefit of mastering public opinion. In the press release written by Ivan himself, Slytherin was mainly responsible for the outbreak of this battle.

Of course, the same is true.

Now, everyone is overwhelmingly condemning Malfoy, which makes him a lot more honest.He just glared at Ivan and Harry from a distance, and didn't come up to make trouble.

In addition, Hermione's commentary articles don't seem to be as bad as imagined. Of course, most normal little wizards still don't read these things.But at lunch, Ivan noticed that several professors were carefully reading the contents of those articles.

The introduction of the three sections of school secrets, Quidditch, and magical creatures was also unexpectedly welcomed by lower grade students. Although a large number of original texts in the book were excerpted, many young wizards would not read them. those professional books.

In fact, they think that these are very helpful to them, and they can quickly integrate into school life.The word games and jokes designed by the twins have become the best choice for many senior students to pass the time.

As for Luna's article "How to Find the Horned Snork", it seems that no one has paid too much attention to it except herself.

However, Luna was still very happy to stuff a copy of the latest issue of "The Quibbler" to Ivan, and said that her father was willing to carry out in-depth cooperation with them, and jointly published the research results of the curved-horned snorkel and the bubble-snot monster.

Of course, the ones with the largest reader base and the most popular ones are the ones that introduce Lockhart's photos and his novels.

This was especially noticeable among girls, and Hermione was going to treasure these things, and she was not alone.There are even quite a few Slytherin girls who are secretly collecting "Hogwarts Journal of Witchcraft and Wizardry", making it look like they are engaged in some secret activity.

What's even more rare is that since the afternoon, people have been buying new newspapers from Aiwen one after another, and they are going to mail them back to show to their parents. Most of them are also Lockhart's admirers.The number of buyers is increasing, which makes Aiwen have to consider the matter of printing.

When it was time for dinner, someone finally noticed the story about Harry’s mother Lily Potter written by Ivan, a large number of detailed text descriptions, which brought everyone back to Godric’s Hollow 12 years ago, back to the The battle that affected the current structure of the wizarding world.

As the most famous event in the history of modern magic, all young wizards know how Voldemort failed, because the man who defeated him sat among them.However, no one knew the details, especially what Ai Wen wrote, which had never been published before.

For a while, this story replaced Lockhart's novel and became the focus of most attention.

Today's dinner is destined to be much longer than usual. Everyone is immersed in that tragic history and has no mood to care about the food in front of them.

Except for the long table of Slytherin, the long tables of the other three colleges and the classroom seats were very quiet, and everyone was looking down at the newspaper.This time, the Slytherins were caught off guard. Because of the public boycott, they didn't know what other people were looking at, and it was difficult to go up and ask.

Finally, under the leadership of the prefect, they left the auditorium with embarrassing faces, but everyone's eyes were filled with obvious curiosity.

The corners of Ai Wen's mouth turned up slightly, it seemed that he was going to work late tonight.

By this point, Slytherin's public boycott was all but dead in name.Ivan also noticed that Snape was absent tonight, and it seemed that this article had a great influence on him.

In fact, in the following week, Professor Snape's mood has been depressed. He always leaves the classroom as soon as possible after class, and does not go to the auditorium for dinner. Except for Ivan, no one knows what he is thinking. , and didn't even go to the trouble of finding Gryffindor students in class, which is incredible.

This is just one of the impacts of this article. It is the first time that almost everyone knows what happened on the day Voldemort failed. They were infected by the tragic duel between James Potter and Voldemort, and they were finally shown by Lily Potter. Moved by mother's love.

As the article said, she had a chance to live, but for Harry, she gave up.In the end, the power of love invalidated Voldemort's magic, and the wizarding world ushered in a new era.

More than an hour later, when Ivan and Harry got up and left the auditorium, all the students applauded spontaneously.

They were paying tribute to Harry, to his parents, to the heroes who saved the wizarding world.

That night, Gryffindor held a grand celebration party, and all the staff of "Hogwarts Wizardry" became the focus.This made Colin extremely excited. He had never received such attention from others.

The Hogwarts Journal of Wizardry and Wizardry was a huge success, with more than 700 copies being reprinted after more than 300 were given away for free.

Even the merchants who advertised on it also benefited. Fred and George transformed the miraculous fireworks, and all the stocks were wiped out in just one day. They are stepping up to make new fireworks.

However, for Hogward merchants for perfunctory purposes, the sales of the products they advertised in the newspapers increased by a full [-]%. For example, many people ordered lemonade from the Three Broomsticks through owls, which made Rosmer Ms. Ta had to take in a large amount of lemons, and she regretted that they were so sour, why she didn't invite Ivan to drink butter beer.For another example, the pile of cockroaches recommended by Ivan in the newspaper instantly became the most popular candy for freshmen at Hogwarts.

Much to the delight of Mrs. and Mrs. Ambrosio Froome at Honeydukes Candy Shop, cockroach piles aren't exactly a hot candy.

Of course, when the freshmen bought this thing back, they found that the candy was exactly the same as a live cockroach. Many people lost their appetite in an instant, and Aiwen was awarded the terrifying title of "cockroach killer" because of this.

A few days later, all the merchants in Hogward jointly sent a letter, kindly inviting Ivan to come again this weekend to discuss the next step of cooperation.

Although the price they are willing to pay is still lower than the average advertising fee standard of the "Daily Prophet", this is also an extremely rare improvement. Ivan decided to sign a long-term contract with them at that time.

In this way, the basic cost of printing newspapers can be resolved.

This made him greatly relieved, otherwise he would not have the money to pay for the printing of the next issue of "Hogwarts Wizardry".

Three days later in the morning, just as Ivan was eating breakfast and discussing the content of the next newspaper with Hermione in a low voice, he received an unexpected letter.

"Look, guys!" Ivan told them his belief, "It's Barnabas Guffy, editor-in-chief of the Daily Prophet, and he is willing to buy the reprint rights of our article, including all photos and materials about Professor Lockhart and novels, my story about Harry's mother Lily Potter, and..."

Ivan stopped, and everyone looked at him nervously.

"Also, about the two review articles written by Hermione, "Rejecting Blood Discrimination, Safeguarding the Legal Rights and Interests of Muggle-Born Wizards" and "Appealing to the Ministry of Magic to Pay Attention to the Flying Safety of Underage Wizards." Aiwen read dryly.

"Oh my God!" Ron opened his mouth wide in surprise.

"Is this true, Ivan?!" Hermione jumped up suddenly.

"That's right." Ivan added, wrinkling his nose, "In fact, Mr. Guffy thinks that your review article is very in-depth. If you want, you only need to sign the attached contract, and they will At this time tomorrow, the manuscript fee and the reprint fee will be mailed together."

"Of course I would!" Hermione took the contract over.

"The editor-in-chief of the "Daily Prophet" is absolutely crazy, why did they buy Hermione's article?" Ron said in surprise, "Could it be because she called on the Ministry of Magic to ban the Quidditch competition for underage wizards?! "

"Who knows, maybe he has a strong fear of heights like me, and he gets dizzy when he sees a broomstick." Ivan stood up, "I'm going to ask Professor Lockhart for advice, and Colin will be with me Go, and take some new photos by the way."

Looking at Ivan's back, Harry blinked innocently, and he didn't understand what depth was.

However, he just agreed with Ivan to publish the story of his mother Lily on the "Daily Prophet", and he felt that it was necessary for more people to know about her.

Chapter 25 The Collapse of the Plot

Aiwen still underestimated the influence of the "Daily Prophet". On the morning after they agreed to be reprinted by the "Daily Prophet", he had just had time to swallow a piece of bread when he saw a rain of owls pouring down.

"Look!"

I don't know who yelled, and all the students in the auditorium raised their heads and saw a surprising scene.

Like a downpour, countless owls flew into the Hogwarts Great Hall one after another, almost covering the entire ceiling.

"Hogwarts School Auditorium, Mr. Irving Mason!"

Ivan saw his name and address on an envelope carried by an owl, he frowned, and reached for the letter.But three, four, five owls landed beside him with flapping wings. They crowded around, stepped on the butter, knocked over the salt shaker, trying to be the first to give him the letter.

"What's going on?" Colin asked in surprise.

When no one answered, seven more owls landed, but this time they were looking for Harry.

They screamed and flapped their wings, and the whole Gryffindor table was looking at them with their heads outstretched.

"I think I know what's going on, you guys take a look at this!"

said Hermione excitedly, reaching into the pile of feathers and catching a long-eared owl with a long cylindrical wrap.But before she had time to open the package, more than a dozen owls flew in and surrounded her in an instant.

Ivan tore open the package Hermione handed over, and inside was the latest issue of the "Daily Prophet".He unfolded it, and the article about Harry's mother, Lily Potter, was put on the front page of the front page, with Mr. Guffey, the editor-in-chief of the "Daily Prophet", and Mrs. Bagshot, a famous historian of magic, commenting on it.

Lockhart's photos and novels occupy prominent positions in the entertainment and fiction sections respectively.Even Hermione's two review articles have a lot of space, just below the Rita Skeeter special review.

"These are letters from readers, all of them," said Hermione eagerly.

The letter in her hand was sent by a witch in her 50s. Her daughter died in a plane accident when she was eight years old. She sincerely thanked Hermione for her efforts in ensuring the safety of underage wizards.More letters came from Muggle-borns thanking Hermione for saying what they had always wanted to say.

Unlike Hermione's cookie-cutter thanks, Harry's side was much more touching.People used the most beautiful words to express their sadness at Harry's poor life experience.

As for Aiwen, there are more voices of doubt.

People complained that some things in his articles were not clear, such as how Voldemort failed, what was the last spell Lily used, and who was the dark-haired boy on the pendant in her arms.

"This man is saying they have a right to know the truth."

Ron opened a letter for Ivan, and couldn't help muttering, "What exactly does he want to know, why doesn't he ask the mysterious man?!"

"Look at this, this woman suggests that you go to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries." Colin continued, "She seems to be a follower of the mysterious man."

In fact, the classroom seats are more stressful than Ivan.

Almost every professor has received a large number of letters, among which Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall are the most. Readers who have read Ivan's article sincerely hope that the professors will take better care of Harry.

Facing the endless stream of owls, the two were overwhelmed.

Professor Snape next to them was much more straightforward. He took out his wand and waved it violently, and all the owls in front of him flew away in an instant.

Unlike Snape's anger, Lockhart was extremely excited.He received the most letters, and he never tires of taking down every letter and storing them in a special pocket, so that he can quickly reply to book fans when he is free.

In any case, Aiwen's article received an unprecedented response.

The adults were surprised and surprised that a few young wizards could write articles of this level. Most people thought what they said made sense. Although the words used in some places were not accurate, considering the age of several people, this Blemishes are negligible.

The editor-in-chief of "Daily Prophet", Mr. Gu Fei, expressed his willingness to reprint all the articles of Ivan, Hermione and Lockhart for a long time, which greatly enhanced the reputation of "Hogwarts Wizardry".Now, in addition to the young wizards at school, there are even adult wizards out of school who are willing to subscribe to this newspaper.

Taking advantage of the advantages gained in the first issue, Ai Wen successfully launched the subsequent issues, each with a printing quantity of about [-] copies.

Everything started to go normal, "Hogwarts Wizard" became a part of the daily life of several young wizards, received more and more submissions, the newspaper made a meager profit, and Hogwarts professors and students gradually adapted to it. Owl rain for breakfast every Wednesday.

Because there are not many Galleons earned so far, Ivan bought himself a small amount of potion ingredients after careful calculation, and bought a new quill for Hermione. Red and George's research.

With the supply of sufficient raw materials, the twins have achieved good results.

In addition to more and more magical fireworks, they also developed retractable ears that can be used to eavesdrop, quills that spray ink automatically, nosebleed nougats that keep nosebleeds after eating them, and tongues that make their tongues bigger. Tongue Toffee.

These things are all fun, and of course fraught with danger.

Fred and George received a large number of orders, and many little wizards expressed their expectations for their new products.However, Percy and Hermione would not let them give other people what they hadn't researched successfully.They had no choice but to experiment with themselves, which led to the twins staying longer and longer in the school hospital.

Madam Pomfrey, the head nurse, is so busy that she would be too busy every day without Fred and George.

Because since entering October, there has been a sudden epidemic of colds in the school.

Ginny has been sick recently, and even Ivan was not spared. They were forced by Percy to drink some refreshing potion made by Madam Pomfrey, and then the two of them continued to emit smoke from their ears for a long time. a period of time.

The listlessness caused by the cold, the editing and review work of newspaper articles, and the increasingly heavy classwork made Aiwen's attention to the secret room greatly reduced.

Fortunately, apart from her pale face recently, Ginny has not behaved abnormally. She goes to the library every night to help Hermione sort out the manuscripts. She should not have time to open the secret room, or she has not been caught by Tom. Del control.

Alvin found time to talk to her, and Ginny said that she had never seen a black diary.

This surprised Ivan. If Tom Riddle's diary is not here with Ginny, then where is it? Or Lucius Malfoy didn't give the diary to Ginny at all. How is this possible? Here comes the butterfly effect.

But anyway, the plot has changed, and Ivan's biggest advantage is gone!

After worrying about it for a while, Ai Wen couldn't figure it out, so he had to put the matter aside.

Tom Riddle had better never show up. As for how to destroy this Horcrux, that was something Dumbledore should worry about.

Chapter 26 Nick's Deathday Party

Facing the unknown future, Aiwen chose to wait relatively cautiously.

If the diary was put in the school by Lucius, then with Tom Riddle's strength, the secret room should have been opened.

Ivan still remembers that in the original book, the first attack happened on Halloween.

On Halloween, he originally planned to stay in the auditorium to monitor Ginny, or observe other people for anything suspicious, but Hermione didn't agree, and she insisted that Ivan go with them to Nick's death day party.

"Hermione, my cold is just right, so let me stay in the world of the living." Aiwen said pitifully, "Besides, I have to collect materials, and the headline next week will be this Halloween banquet .”

"Your cold was cured last Tuesday, Aiwen!" Hermione shook her head and refused, "Colin and Ginny can collect materials. Nick has provided us with a lot of news recently. You said tonight Nothing can be missed."

"But, I heard that Dumbledore has booked a skeleton dance troupe." Harry looked hesitant, and he and Ron didn't want to attend the Deathday Party either.

"As soon as a word is spoken, it is difficult for a horse to chase."

Hermione turned her head and reminded Harry domineeringly, "You and Ron promised Nick to go to his Deathday Party."

So, at seven o'clock in the evening, Ivan, Harry, Ron, and Hermione went straight through the doorway, which happened to lead to the crowded auditorium.The lights, the candles, and the gold plates on the table were alluring, but they went on in the direction of the dungeon.

Although he had to go through this corridor every time he took potions class, it was especially scary tonight.

Candles hung on both sides of the aisle, but the effect was not at all pleasant: they were all dark, thin candles, and when they burned, they shone with a blue light, even when they shone on the four lively faces. It also looks gloomy.

With every step they took, the temperature dropped.

Alvin sneezed and pulled his clothes tightly to cover himself.

Then, he heard a sound like a thousand fingernails scratching back and forth on a huge blackboard.

"What is this?" Ron asked in horror.

"Music, I guess," Harry whispered back.