Study Days at Hogwarts

  Chapter 845 "Defense Guide"

   "Good morning Sirius, where were you just now?" Lupine poked his head out of the kitchen, looked at Sirius who had just entered the tent, and asked suspiciously, "Why do you look unhappy?"

   "I just went to find Ludo Bagman, and that guy only paid me half of the Galleons last night." Sirius didn't have the slightest liking for Bagman who tried to renege on his debt.

   "When did you bet?" Lupine looked at Sirius in shock, never expecting that his old friend was secretly betting, which is not a good thing.

   "I thought you would care more about how much I won." After Sirius pulled a chair and sat down, he put his legs on the table with a smile, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

   "Well, how much did you win?" Lupine asked helplessly.

   "About... a thousand Galleons," Sirius said.

   "How much?" Lupine's eyes widened in disbelief.

   "A thousand Galleons," repeated Sirius.

   "Don't gamble, just take it when you see it!" Lupine completely ignored the black smoke that was slowly rising from the pot, and tried to persuade his old friend. He really couldn't understand why Sirius took the risk to gamble, what to do if he lost, how many Galleons would he have to bet if he could win a thousand Galleons?

"Bagman didn't have enough Galleons to pay me, so he suggested that I keep betting." Sirius glanced at Lupine, who had a slightly gloomy face, and said casually, "I've already agreed, anyway, those Galleons are It doesn’t matter if you lose all of the money you earn, let alone I won’t necessarily lose.”

  Lupine was silent. He also knew that he was not qualified to preach to Sirius, and finally said: "Don't be too greedy, just accept it when you see it." Then he turned and went back to the kitchen to continue making breakfast.

   "Losing, will I lose? No, I won't lose."

   There was a weird smile on Sirius' face. He didn't think he would lose, and the Galleons weren't all his money, half of it belonged to Albert.

  Actually, Sirius doesn't like to gamble, but he met with Albert yesterday, and the two reached a certain agreement in private.

   Well, they did make a lot of Galleons, and the hapless Bagman lost a lot of Galleons because of it.

   Sirius was not sympathetic to Bagman, though.

  If it wasn't for Ludo Bagman trying to lure him into making a bet, Sirius wouldn't necessarily agree to Albert.

   Well, this is a lame excuse. From Sirius' point of view, why doesn't Garen, who is sure to make money, not make money?

   Not an idiot.

   Moreover, from Albert's tone, Ludo Bagman is not reliable, otherwise Albert would not ask him to take back at least half of Galleons after winning the bet.

"Good morning, Sirius." Harry appeared in the dining room with a yawn, sniffing the burning smell in the air, and said in surprise, "It's rare to see Professor Lupine burn the rice, by the way, you were in the restaurant just now. What are you talking about?"

   "It's nothing Harry." Sirius didn't want Harry to get into the habit of gambling, so he changed the subject and said, "Lupine and I have planned to run a Defense Against the Dark Arts magazine called "Defense Guide."

  After preliminary discussions between Sirius and Lupine, he planned to accept Albert's proposal to start a magazine related to Defense Against the Dark Arts.

  Considering that Lupine once served as the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts, he has a natural advantage in the field of Defense Against the Dark Arts, and Sirius has also fought against dark wizards, so he is relatively good at his profession.

  Working in a field you are good at and like makes it easier for people to maintain enthusiasm, invest more energy, and it is easier to achieve success.

  Of course, it is not easy to open a magazine store. Neither Lupine nor Sirius has any experience in this field.

  Who will be the editor-in-chief?

  If you rashly open a store and enter a field that you are not good at, you may stumble, and it is not surprising that you will even lose a lot of money because of it.

   "A magazine like "Witch Weekly" and "Transfiguration Today?" Hermione asked Sirius curiously.

"Well, if it's just the two of us, it's about once every half a month." Sirius nodded, "It will contain some content related to Defense Against the Dark Arts, and Remus should be better at this. He used to be a black magician." Professor of Magic Defense, and I can help him think of other ways."

  Harry and Hermione looked at each other.

  To be honest, they are not very optimistic about Sirius starting a magazine and newspaper, let alone Sirius becoming the editor-in-chief.

   "What is Professor Lupine thinking?" Hermione asked Professor Lupine who was busy in the kitchen.

"I think the probability of losing money is relatively high. Knowing Defense Against the Dark Arts and starting a Defense Against the Dark Arts magazine are two different things." Lupine is not as optimistic as Sirius. They do not have rich management experience, and they are likely to screw things up. .

"Speaking of opening a store, I still admire Albert. He started to pay for Fred and George to open a store very early." Ron yawned and sat next to Harry, "From the beginning to the present I don't know how many Galleons have already invested in it, and I thought their store would be a hit from the very beginning."

   "Perhaps, he has already done divination." Harry said without hesitation, "Sirius, if you want to open a store, you can go to Albert for divination."

   "Harry, divination also has a limit," Hermione did not agree with Harry's point of view.

   "Are you really planning to start a weekly magazine?" Lupine brought the food from the kitchen over and asked Sirius, who was thinking seriously.

   "Garen won, even if he loses everything in the end, he won't feel bad."

   This is actually one of the reasons why Sirius was willing to help Albert. He needed to find an excuse to persuade Remus to help start the weekly magazine.

   Otherwise, he would never agree, and a windfall is undoubtedly the best excuse, with the slogan "I don't feel bad if I lose everything anyway".

   "Losing money? I think you can ask Albert for help. As long as the price is right, he will definitely be willing to help." Ron suggested.

  According to him, Fred and George have a very clear idea and plan for opening a store, and most of these are Albert's suggestions. Moreover, Albert often writes articles for magazines, and he obviously knows better than them how to arrange the content of the magazine. If it was Albert, he would definitely be able to provide them with many constructive suggestions.

  However, how to persuade Albert to help is actually quite difficult. If you want Albert to contribute, you must give the other party enough benefits, but Gallon Albert obviously won't notice that, so what can you do to convince him?

In the end, it was Ron's words that woke Sirius up. His own business is very different from other people's business. If Sirius could get Albert to join him, the other party would naturally not just watch the store lose money. , would like to be willing to give them a hand.

  The purpose of Sirius is just to find a job for Lupine, as long as he doesn't lose money, he can actually accept it.

   Sorry, I was too sleepy last night, so I didn’t have time to correct typos. I found out that there are quite a few typos this morning, sweat.

  (end of this chapter)