When the two went downstairs, they found that the hall was full of people and filled with a joyful atmosphere.

At this time, the hall was full of people and laughing.

The men's deep tones and the women's silvery voices blended together.

The most clearly identifiable of these was Mr. Lovegood's sonorous yet quiet voice, welcoming guests of both sexes to the house.

Everyone gathered around the dining table, chatting and tasting the food cooked by Mr. Lovegood.

"Ha, Xenophilius! No wonder your freshwater fish soup is so delicious."

Someone praised loudly after tasting the dishes.

"My daughter Luna caught these all herself."Mr. Lovegood said proudly.

Levin looked at Luna, and the girl beside him nodded:"It's a pity that we didn't catch the big-mouthed ball fish."

Her tone was a little regretful.

However, the existence of the large-mouthed ball fish is also a fantasy. At least there is no evidence to prove that there is such a subspecies of the ball fish.

At the banquet, many people greeted Levin. They thought As a first-class knight of the Sir Levin Merlin Order, his attitude towards him was quite enthusiastic.

According to Levin's observation, most of the guests invited this time were of prominent status, either rich or noble, and their biggest commonality The point is that I have some interest in"The Quibbler"

"This issue of the magazine is very exciting and sales should be very good. Have you thought about printing more? Levin heard someone ask Mr. Lovegood.

Mr. Lovegood immediately replied enthusiastically:"Mr. Toots, if you are willing to invest a sum, you can print as many copies as you like."."

However, the other party immediately changed the topic with a haha.

Similar conversations happened several times during the banquet.

Mr. Lovegood promoted the shares of"The Quibbler" to everyone invited. 09 It seems that this banquet is very big. To a certain extent, it was his prospectus.

Isn't this a coincidence?

As if aware of Levin's thoughts, Luna confirmed his guess:"Dad's magazine has encountered some difficulties recently, so she wants to invite these people Help, but I don’t think most of them will agree."

Levin looked at her doubtfully.

"Many of them don't believe what their father says, and they only follow"The Quibbler" to see jokes." Luna looked a little dissatisfied."They come here just to enjoy the pleasure of my father asking them for help."

After mastering the skills of the psychic, the little girl became more and more able to see through people's hearts. After

Luna finished speaking, as if everything had nothing to do with her, she poured herself and Levin a glass of strange-colored drinks.

Levin looked at the green liquid and asked strangely:"What is this?""

"My favorite drink, raw milkweed juice."Luna looked at Levin expectantly.

This was the first time she shared her favorite drink with a friend.

Looking into Luna's expectant eyes, Levin couldn't bear to refuse and took a sip.

The taste of the drink was slightly bitter, But it has a very refreshing feeling, just like drinking a glass of mint juice, very fresh and delicious

"It tastes pretty good!"Levin nodded in admiration and couldn't help but take another sip and taste it carefully.

Luna held her face in her hands and watched Levin enjoying the raw milkweed juice with a smile on her face.

When the last guest left Lovegood Behind the homestead, Mr. Lovegood sighed and slumped down on the sofa.

His expression was not only tired, but also shrouded in sadness.

"Dad, no one is willing to invest?"Luna walked over and gently leaned her head on her father's arm.

Mr. Lovegood shook his head lowly:"No, there are still one or two, but their conditions are too harsh. They want to take" Of course I couldn’t agree to the complete transformation of"The Quibbler" into that mediocre magazine."

At this moment, Levin stepped forward at the right moment and said,"Mr. Lovegood, actually I know a friend who can solve your trouble."

"real?"Xenophilius looked at Levin unexpectedly.

He knew that Levin was not an ordinary little wizard, so he valued the other person's opinion.

"Of course it's true, Mr. Lovegood. Levin gave an affirmative reply,"I have a friend at the Ministry of Magic. She has always been interested in investing in a magazine. I think"The Quibbler" would be a good fit.""

"Who is your friend? Mr. Lovegood looked at the boy expectantly.

"Ms. Katrana Presto works in the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures at the Ministry of Magic. Perhaps you have heard of her name?"Levan said Onyxia's name.

"Of course, of course, Dame Presto, I’ve long admired her name, but I didn’t expect that she’d also heard of"The Quibbler."》"Mr. Lovegood was very excited when he heard this. It seemed that Katrana's reputation spread quickly.

As expected of the Black Dragon Princess, she is very good at this.

Now that the other party knows each other, it’s easier to handle:

"In the next few days, I can arrange a meeting with you. You can discuss the specific matters with her in detail."

"no problem!"Mr. Lovegood couldn't wait to agree.

So Levin said goodbye to his father and daughter.

The next day, Levin took Onyxia to visit.

For this reason, Onyxia was exempted from continuing to be a daughter. Cat's Punishment.

In the living room of the Lovegood House, Katrana Presto and Xenophilius Lovegood sat and talked.

After a brief exchange of greetings, Mr. Lovegood got straight to the point:"I I heard from Mr. Green that Ms. Presto was interested in buying a stake in"The Quibbler."》?"

"Yes."Onyxia nodded and complimented,"I know all the major newspapers and magazines in the Yin Kingdom. In my opinion, most of them are quite mediocre. They only talk about some boring gossip, or use sensational stories. The news is eye-catching, everything is focused on money, and there is quite a lack of media spirit to reveal the truth. Only"The Quibbler" stood out to me."

Hearing this, Xenophilius immediately became happy:"That's natural. I always think that publishing magazines for money is the most boring thing."

But he was a little too happy.

Because the Black Dragon Princess continued:"However, I think"The Quibbler" has not done enough, or in other words, the current"The Quibbler" is not worthy of its name."

"But...but I have tried my best to write something special……"Lovegood retorted dryly.

He just thought that the other party agreed with his ideas, but unexpectedly he was hit by the other party.

"No, not enough."Katlana continued to shake her head,"Or maybe your magazine's influence is too small and it reveals too little truth."

"For example, until now, it was believed that sageweed was a fictional plant;"

"People did not believe that it was the howling monster that killed the witch in the Vale of Glamorgan, and regarded the incident as another werewolf murder;"

"For another example, there is indeed a special kind of fire dragon people in this world. This ancient race is hidden in a corner of the world."

Listening to Onyxia telling strange stories one after another that he had never heard of before, Xenophilius couldn't help but open his mouth.

He never thought that there was someone who had such a common goal with him in digging up strange stories. person, but Katrana’s next words shocked him even more:

"In addition to subverting readers' perceptions and revealing the truth to them, I feel that"The Quibbler" should also sing more devil's advocate in other aspects, such as about our current Ministry of Magic and our Minister Cornelius Fudge."

"I think that the current media sings enough praises. Even when dementors attacked the Hogwarts grounds before, their reports were too restrained. The Quibbler needs to go a step further in this regard and provide opposing viewpoints and tunes to a broad audience of readers, so that it can live up to its name."

After listening to Onyxia's series of words, Xenophilius couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

He originally thought that as the editor-in-chief of"The Quibbler", he was already radical enough in terms of media views, but this person as Most of the investors who were employees of the Ministry of Magic were conservatives.

After all, they were from the Ministry of Magic.

But now he discovered that he was a radical, but it was the conservative in him who felt that he was too conservative.

At the same time, he also became a little excited.

As a media person, who doesn’t want to use his writing style wantonly? (To read Baoshuang novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

So he nodded to the Black Dragon Princess:"Pu Shuang Ms. Restow, you are so right. I didn’t expect you to teach me a lesson in this regard. It seems that you are indeed an investor who is consistent with the philosophy of"The Quibbler", and I am willing to accept your investment in principle."

Since there is no conflict of ideas, the next step is to discuss the specific price.

In order to fully control"The Quibbler", Onyxia proposed that she must maintain absolute control of the magazine, but in contrast, she was very generous in terms of price. Gave Xenophilius an irresistible price and promised that he would still serve as editor-in-chief.

After all, everyone has their own careers, and Xenophilius himself is the most professional media person.

They only need to grasp the general direction. Okay.

In addition, Onyxia also made several comments on the way"The Quibbler" is run.

"You must pay enough money to request a manuscript! Ms. Presto emphasized,"Not everyone is willing to work for nothing for fame, but as a magazine, we must also tolerate such creators. The so-called media people don’t care about money, it’s enough to only use it to ask for ourselves"

"In addition, I will also provide several contributors here, and they will send some articles from time to time. You need to try to arrange for these articles to be published according to the situation. Seeing Xenophilius

's reluctance, she added:"The first batch of articles are about rattleweed and howling monsters.""

As soon as the other party heard this, he immediately lost his resistance.

It turns out that your contributor is also a like-minded person, so that's fine.

In fact, Xenophilius did not understand Onyxia and Lai behind her. Levin's routine.

Xenophilius's own strange stories, such as the Bent-Horned Snorlax, the Moon Frog, and so on, are almost all his own imagination, but the sage and howling monster mentioned by Levin are also The so-called fire dragons—actually people transformed by Onyxia with dragon blood—all real exist.

It’s just that because they are all products of alien invasions, their appearance time is too short, resulting in the collapse of this world. The wizards have no research on this, so it is regarded as anecdotes.

Levin's plan is to publish articles about these"anecdotes" in"The Quibbler" first, and after their influence has fermented, their people will For example, Levine himself went to collect sage, capture howling monsters, and then conduct sufficient research and publish the results in professional journals such as"Annals of Fantastic Beasts" and issue an SCI to prove that these fantasy creatures are real. Exist.

When everyone realized that these new species were actually discovered by a"third-rate" tabloid like"The Quibbler", the credibility of"The Quibbler" was established after this back and forth.

《The Quibbler will no longer be regarded as a gathering place for speculators and conspiracy theories, but will be regarded as a home base for explorers of the real side of the world.

As for those unproven fantasies... it's not a big deal. After all, even magic potion experiments have to be tried many times. How can it be possible to succeed every time when discovering new species?

This is just like Ultraman, in the eyes of most people, is nothing more than a tokusatsu drama or a children's fantasy.

But one day the Baltans really appear on Earth, then everyone will reconsider the authenticity of Ultraman's existence.

As for the articles that Onyxia calls"critical of current affairs", they do not expect to increase their reputation through these articles, nor do they plan to use"The Quibbler" to promote their own forces immediately.

Before Voldemort's resurrection,"The Quibbler" All the objections about the Ministry of Magic and Fudge in"Singing the Devil" will be foreshadowing for the future.

How ridiculous and unfounded these articles seem today, how great and prescient The Quibbler will be when Voldemort returns[]

At that time, it was naturally much easier for"The Quibbler" to guide public opinion.

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