In addition to being a special correspondent for the Daily Prophet, Rita Skeeter is also an unregistered Animagus, and her Animagus is a rare little beetle that flies around everywhere. Go, it provides her with great convenience in finding news materials! After all, no one would care about a bug at any time, right?
Because she likes to criticize everything in the wizarding world! No matter who it is, no matter how powerful that person is! Even Dumbledore, a recognized leader in the wizarding world, often gets some negative reports from her! So, of course, the reports she writes are particularly popular with some wizards!
I remember that last year, the Daily Prophet published news about the invasion of Gringotts. That report was an incident that was unearthed by Rita Skeeter in time! After being published at that time, there was a wave of public opinion and the original newspaper sold like crazy! And now, only a year later, another huge event has happened in Gringotts! And luckily, Rita Skeeter got the news about this huge incident!
One of her wizard friends promptly informed her of this incident! At that time, her friend happened to be preparing to do something at Gringotts Wizarding Bank. He witnessed the first half of the incident, when the little girl subdued all the guards in an instant! Therefore, after he followed the crowd and ran out of Gringotts, he immediately sent her an emergency message! This allowed Rita Skeeter to apparate to Diagon Alley in time and witness and film the entire subsequent battle!
So, the next day! The Daily Prophet, which has the greatest influence in the wizarding world, moved with lightning speed and published the entire Gringotts incident on its front page before the Ministry of Magic could respond! This incident was like a heavy bomb that hit the wizarding society that had been peaceful for many years due to the disappearance of the mysterious man!
In fact, the Daily Prophet not only published the headlines on the front page, but also published all the news related to this incident in other pages! This time, it immediately successfully ignited public opinion in the entire magic world! Wizards rushed to tell each other, and even those wizards who almost never read newspapers generously spent money to buy it. They all wanted to know whether it was true! Even if the Daily Prophet specially printed several times more newspapers than usual, they were all sold out in a short period of time! Wizards were suddenly more enthusiastic than ever about buying newspapers!
"These bastards! Look at it! Look at what they have written! Didn't I tell you to strictly block news? How do you do things? Is this how you conduct public opinion supervision?" Fudge was in the office of the Minister of Magic. The minister roared and threw a copy of that day's Daily Prophet newspaper hard into his secretary's face!
The secretary just smiled awkwardly, and then carefully picked up the newspaper from the ground. When I opened it, I saw the newspaper written in huge letters on the front page: Big News! A year later! Gringotts is invaded again! All the Aurors from the Ministry of Magic were wiped out? Then, a smaller text was used below the title to roughly explain the battle process, and on one side of the small text was a huge dynamic magic photo! The photo shows a bunch of Aurors tied to stone pillars and dejected, including, of course, Minister of Magic Fudge! In the photo, he was specially placed in the most conspicuous place, which fully highlighted his trembling performance as he stood by the side! Let people who don’t know the truth think at first glance that the Minister of Magic is so incompetent! Not how powerful the enemy is!
"How dare they? How dare they do this! Don't they know how scary that little girl is? How can we be blamed for this? These bastards! These damn bastards!" Minister Fudge continued to roar hysterically. !
Fudge is still frightened by the terror he felt when he faced the little girl yesterday! Is that kind of existence something that their Ministry of Magic can match? You know, even Dumbledore, who arrived in time, was frightened on the spot! Therefore, it is not that our army is incompetent! But the enemy is too powerful!
There are so many witnesses to these things! Why don't they, the Daily Prophet, write about this? Why should I write about Fudge? Is this targeted? It must be, right? Is his position as a minister so enviable? Do you want to use various methods to drive yourself down?
"Uh...!" Looking at the angry minister, the secretary shrank his head and was too sensible to say anything!
The leader is losing his temper. If he dares to quibble now, he will most likely be in trouble! The best thing to do now is to remain silent and continue to be scolded! A punching bag for the minister! When the minister has scolded enough, is tired of scolding, and his anger is about to subside, then is the time for him, the secretary, to step forward and speak!
So, the secretary lowered his head and secretly opened the second page of the newspaper while being scolded. Today's newspaper came in such a hurry that he didn't even have time to read the content behind it! While the minister is losing his temper now, he needs to read the content quickly and then think of a way to deal with it!
When the secretary turned to the second page, he saw it read: Shocking news! A powerful mysterious little girl appears in the magical world! Below the title is a detailed and detailed description of the mysterious little girl's fighting process and the day's results! Including annihilating all the guards at Gringotts Wizarding Bank, instantly disarming and subduing dozens of Ministry of Magic Aurors, and killing an ancient white dragon! At the end of the article, of course, there are photos of the white dragon that was burned into a skeleton, and the flaming bear sitting on the dragon's skull in an arrogant and ferocious manner!
On the third page, the title is: Is Dumbledore still invincible? Knotting down to please the mysterious little girl! Then there are all kinds of malicious speculations in the short space. What is the connection between this mysterious little girl and Hogwarts? There are also Hogwarts students allegedly involved? Then they used photos taken out of context and paired them with photos of Dumbledore when he was fawning over the little girl to make various unrealistic extended arguments! Anyway, it’s probably just how to write if it’s unreliable!
It wasn't until the last page of the newspaper that the true cause of the matter was written: Is Gringotts still safe and trustworthy? Where should our money be saved in the future? Do goblins still have the ability to manage Gringotts Wizarding Bank? According to insiders at the scene, the incident started with a greedy goblin! It embezzled the gold coins of the mysterious little girl without authorization! In order to recover her legal property, this led to the mysterious little girl brazenly resorting to force...
In this regard, relevant sources also revealed that Gringotts also paid a hundred times the compensation! It is rumored that the compensation may be nearly millions of gold galleons! At the end of the newspaper, it is still indispensable to include a photo of Bogrod, the goblin leader at that time, slumped on the ground, bowing his head and begging for mercy.
"Didn't I specifically tell you to do your best to keep it a secret? Why is it all in the newspapers now? Is this how you keep it a secret? What's the use of people like you?" Minister Fudge After venting my temper, I am still a little dissatisfied! So he continued to glare and glare at his secretary angrily.
"I'm really sorry, Minister! Although we tried our best to arrange manpower to handle it yesterday, but... you must also know that there are too many witnesses who knew about it! We didn't even know what happened at that time. How many wizards and wizards have left Gringotts! There is really no way around this!" Seeing that the minister seemed to have finished his anger, the secretary put away the newspaper knowingly. It was almost time for him to report. !
"Wouldn't you have acted earlier and come to the door one by one? Or just use the Forgetting Curse!" Fudge immediately came up with a bad idea.
"Ah! The Forgetting Curse? Minister! Are you kidding? We must not do that! Those are wizards! They are not Muggles from the outside world! Once we use the Forgetting Curse on wizards on a large scale, the angry people will immediately remove you from the He was overthrown from the position of minister!" The secretary was really shocked by Minister Fudge's whimsical idea! Where can forgetfulness be used casually on wizards? This is illegal! If it's used against ordinary Muggles, forget it! If they dare to use it against wizards, then they can step down and get out at any time!
"Tsk! Forget it! It's too late to talk about this now! Then tell me! Now think about how to remedy it? You guys hurry up and discuss it, and be sure to come up with a charter in the shortest possible time!" Now that things have reached this point, Fudge also knows that recovery is impossible! Then try your best to find a way to remedy it!
The top priority now should be to think of remedial measures! These reports from the Daily Prophet are really too negative for the Ministry of Magic and Fudge himself as the Minister! We must find a solution as soon as possible! Turn your image around from these negative reports! This is the first thing to do now! It is urgent! If the power of ministers could not be abused, Fudge would have wanted to directly order the closure of the Daily Prophet! This damn newspaper has given him a lot of trouble!
"Minister! If you look at it from another angle, I think these reports are not all bad for the Ministry of Magic, and for you?" The secretary thought about the report he just saw, and suddenly an idea flashed in his mind! He seems to have grasped some key points and figured out the key to how to break the situation!
Thinking about it, the Ministry of Magic has been having a problem over the years, and has long wanted to intervene in the affairs of Gringotts Wizarding Bank! Because the benefits here are really amazing! Gringotts can almost be said to have a monopoly on the finance and economy of the entire wizarding world! All deposits, withdrawals and large transactions are handled by Gringotts Wizarding Bank! How much benefit should there be in this? Even over the years, the Ministry of Magic's financial balance has been handled by the goblins of Gringotts Bank!
Successive Ministers of Magic have also thought about taking over Gringotts, the only bank in the wizarding world! This is by no means the first time that I have had such an idea! It's just that the goblins have always been strong, and there is no suitable excuse, so this idea has been shelved!
But now the situation is completely different! Now there is a huge opportunity in front of them! I believe that as long as it works well, it may be difficult to completely take over Gringotts, but it is absolutely certain to step in and occupy a position! This is truly a God-given opportunity, and the Ministry of Magic must take advantage of it to make those damn goblins look good! Don't miss this opportunity!
"It's not all bad things? Could there be some good things going on? Tell me!" Hearing that his secretary said it wasn't all bad things, Fudge, who had calmed down, suddenly became more interested in listening! He had heard enough bad news today! Now he wants to see what kind of good news his secretary can bring him?
"Minister! That's it! As long as we take the opportunity to put all the blame on the goblin, and then do this again, this way..." The secretary came to the minister's ear and whispered something.
"Haha! Very good! That's it! I need to see everything you just said on the headlines of tomorrow's Daily Prophet! Now, I will delegate this matter to you! Find some people yourself right away Go do it! Why are you still waiting? Go now!" After learning about the secretary's plan, the expression on Minister Fudge's face finally changed from gloomy to clear, and he laughed happily! To him, the secretary's idea was great news! Excellent news!
If this thing is done, then he will never worry about someone being able to shake the minister's throne under him! As long as I can really intervene in Gringotts and get enough benefits, I believe that the wizard families have enough means to protect themselves! Perhaps, he could become the first Minister of Magic to seize the management of Gringotts Wizarding Bank from goblins? I guess they all have the Order of Merlin, right? ha! This is really great!
Thinking about the honor he was going to get with this opportunity, Fudge immediately put all the unhappiness behind him! Face and other things are not too important! Anyway, you can’t eat your face, so if you lose it, just lose it! As long as he seizes the opportunity and obtains enough benefits and political capital, what does Fudge lose his face once or twice? Now those bedbugs who are still jumping around in newspapers to peek at themselves are destined to be disappointed! Ha ha! Just a bunch of bugs! Do you also want to spy on Fudge's position as minister? A little more tender!
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There are still about 4,000 words left in today's second update this afternoon. Because the 10,000-word chapter is too long, I cut it in half.
