As everyone knows, the Screaming Shack is always relatively quiet except on weekends because of its two owners who are not good at greeting customers. =乐=文=
Now, after Lu Yuan slaughtered more than a dozen of the Ministry of Magic's dogs and slapped the Ministry of Magic's face, the place became even more deserted. Because the atmosphere suddenly became very delicate, some regular visitors to the village began to stop and watch, hesitating and not daring to come.
All because of the "protesting crowd" gathered under the hill now——
If a local or a student killed a dozen dementors, he would even be regarded as a national hero by people in the British wizarding world! As for the Ministry of Magic's feelings, who would blame him? Thinking about dementors, such hated magical creatures, they have been hated by the people of the rotten country for a long time. But now that the person who killed these dementors is a foreigner, the situation seems to have turned 180 degrees!
"Hand over the murderer who destroyed our security!", "Strongly demand the Ministry of Magic to bring the massacre to justice!", "Foreigners get out of the UK!", "The dementors who protect us also deserve care!", "Justice If you don't get justice, the magic world will take pills immediately", "Down with the screaming shack, weeping blood recommends Xiangmengmaocatpaw"... Various sensational banners fluttered in the wind, and from time to time someone used the "loud voice" magic to target them People shouted on the mountain, demanding that "the murderer come out immediately to apologize and seek leniency."
What a wonderful sight of sentient beings.
They even set up tents at the foot of the mountain, preparing to fight the evil Wai Guoren for a long time. Of course, there are almost no locals in the village. The villagers of Hogsmeade have long been deeply afraid of the dementors stationed nearby. There is no trace of light and warmth on those monsters. It would be better if they died! These inexplicable people gathered from all over the country. Among them were conspirators, professional marchers, fun-lovers, haters of the rich, xenophobes, and racists.
Fortunately, the Screaming Shack is considered private territory. When she declares that she is "out of business", no one is allowed to enter - of course, the premise is that there is a magician who can kill dementors and kill chickens and dogs - if it were an ordinary person, I am afraid those people would have rushed up! The corrupt country has always been rich in pirates, drug dealers and gays. The so-called gentleman of the corrupt country is just a piece of soap that wants to wash away the blood stains.
Or it fell to the ground...
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On the hillside, Lu Yuan was sitting in a rocking chair, looking down at the people down the mountain with an indifferent expression. The wand was held in his hand, tapping the palm of his other hand repeatedly.
"You'd better not do anything impulsively." Elaine placed the tray with food and warned in his ear. "These people are instigated and used as tools to anger you. Although your status as a foreigner can make some people helpless, it is by no means invulnerable. I guess the people from the Ministry of Magic must be hiding aside. Once you make a mistake, they will take action. , they will jump out and grab you right away.”
"Made Staff!" Lu Yuan said angrily, "I really want to just rush down and kill all these grandsons!"
"Oh, you." Elaine shook her head helplessly. "Let's think about how to solve the trouble at hand."
"Wait... kill them all?" Lu Yuan stroked his chin thoughtfully. "That sounds like a good idea."
"Hey! Are you taking it seriously?!" Elaine hurriedly grabbed his hand and asked, "Then your reputation will be completely stinky! Just like Voldemort, no one will stand with the murderer!"
"It's okay, there's no need to deal with them yet - even if I don't take action, the hammer of justice will drive them into the abyss!" Lu Yuan waved his hand and took out the "No Kill List" given to him by the Lord God Ginny. , motioning to Elaine. "I mean this - the day I saw this, I suddenly had some inspiration, but was interrupted by some people. When you just said it, I finally remembered it! Do you think Merlin's ultimate goal is to Kill everyone? I mean, everyone!"
"...I think you are sick!" Elaine Ravenclaw gave him a big eye roll and prepared to leave with an ashtray full of cigarette butts.
At this moment, there was a sudden commotion among the demonstrators at the foot of the mountain! The source of the fluctuation begins at the periphery of the crowd and continues to penetrate deeper into the crowd. With the continuous bursts of magical radiance, some of the blockers were knocked away! **** soon spread to all demonstrators!
"Someone attacked the demonstrators, did you hire someone to do it? This is not very smart. There are reporters below. If they are found out..." Elaine was stunned for a moment, and then asked with some worry.
"Of course not!" Lu Yuan denied with a proud look! He picked up the "Daily Prophet" on the table and handed it to Elaine, motioning for her to open it and shaking his head and said, "I've said it before, you have to believe that justice may be late, but it is never absent! That is the hammer of justice. !”
"It would be strange if I believed you! Don't underestimate the methods of those reporters. Even if they are not hired by you, there is no guarantee that they will pour dirty water on you." Elaine gave him a roll of her eyes, then opened the newspaper and started Seriously look for news about the Screaming Shack.
"Believe me, they don't dare."
As the focus of the past few days, the socially responsible Daily Prophet will of course follow up and report on the demonstrations under the Screaming Shack Hill. But it was not a big deal after all, and it only occupied the front page on the first day. Immediately, the limelight was stolen by a series of hot-button incidents that occurred in the past few days, such as the "Muggle invasion of the magical world" and the "bribery case of Deputy Minister of Magic Cole".
The Screaming Shack demonstrations have begun to cool down. If some people didn’t still need these news to exist, the Daily Prophet might not follow up! But partly because of the Ministry of Magic's request, and partly because of the need to divert attention, the coverage of the Screaming Shack demonstrations will continue.
Therefore, the media can only find other exciting points to try to arouse readers' interest.
For example, this issue of the "Daily Prophet" published many photos of couples participating in demonstrations under the title "Protests and Love"... Seeing this, Elaine already understood what Lao Lu meant. The routine - just put those photos of "married men and married women" with members of the opposite sex in newspapers and magazines, and then supplement them with misleading text. Regardless of whether this is true or false, it will definitely create a sensational family conflict! Then a violent conflict breaks out!
——Just like what is happening under the hill!
The fight at the foot of the mountain became more and more lively, and some people were already losing their minds and attacking indiscriminately!
"Hahaha~!" Lu Yuan was so happy that he laughed so hard that he was so arrogant that people hated him! Seeing Lu Yuan like this, Elaine had the urge to kick him in the butt... "So, you did this immoral thing? Sure enough, only a guy like you can do it." Come out! I just wonder, how come the Daily Prophet listens to your command?"
"Haha~ My dear, this is the charm of money."
"Did you bribe the editor of the daily newspaper?" Elaine found it a little hard to believe that Lu Yuan would do such a sneaky thing. He always liked to be upfront!
"No, no, no~" Lu Yuan shook his index finger, "The level of bribery is too low. You have to know that there is another word on the road from money to power, shareholders. I acquired the "Observer Daily" half a year ago "53% of the shares, I am their major shareholder!"
"You? Wait, I'm a little confused." At first, Elaine felt that the logic was confusing. If Lu Yuan was a shareholder of the Daily Prophet, why would this newspaper follow the orders of the Ministry of Magic to blackmail him? But when Elaine saw the prominent position in the newspaper - "The magic side has been invaded by Muggles again, some Muggles have testified that magic does exist in the world, and the magical world is about to be exposed!" Such news, as well as "Cole The situation became clear when content like "The deputy minister's bribery scandal intensified and may implicate Minister Fudge".
When a newspaper accuses its own major shareholder, it is just to clear away suspicion! The other two things are the big trouble that makes the entire Ministry of Magic and Minister Fudge very anxious!
"You, you are really..." Elaine didn't know what to say.
Even a political novice like Elaine knows that the true meaning of politics lies in intimidation and compromise - both sides show their cards, guess the other side's cards, and then find a way to reconcile that won't hurt both sides. But what is Lu Yuan? This is obviously getting stabbed and stabbed with a bayonet while laughing, okay? Referred to as "inter-insertion". You must know that he has never shown his "powerful side" to others. In Fudge's eyes, Lu Yuan is still a rich and annoying foreigner, that's all.
Without deterrence, of course there is no compromise! If Fudge knew that Lu Yuan was the major shareholder of the newspaper with the largest circulation on the magic side, he would definitely think twice before doing so! If he had known that Lao Lu was a lunatic who liked to "die together", then he would have known how far away the world was!
What's more, Lao Lu's "power side" is more than just this... the magic side is just the tip of the iceberg, because the total economic volume here is too low, and the charm of money cannot be maximized; outside, it is the golden Godzilla who is rampant world!
"You have to know that now the newspapers have reached the limit of what they can report. The real situation is much more serious than what you see!" Lu Yuan sneered.
London's Leaky Cauldron, leading to Diagon Alley, is probably now filled with paparazzi from The Sun! Major newspapers in the British Muggle world are reviewing "the supernatural events that have happened to us over the years" and "why have we forgotten that so many supernatural events have happened" - this is a naked reflection of the magicians' careless consequences. The supernatural phenomena and the sequelae caused by the forgetting spell used by the Ministry of Magic to end it - were connected together and exposed together!
Nowadays, several famous places where paranormal incidents occur frequently, such as the Leaky Cauldron, Platform 9 and Three-Quarters of London's King's Cross Station, Stonehenge, and Stonehenge in Wiltshire, are all surrounded by people. This has caused the magician to be almost blocked in the magical world, with only a few portkeys and floo network nodes remaining to connect with the outside world. For centuries, the magic side has relied heavily on external resources and logistics, and the blockade of the side has caused great inconvenience to the magicians.
And a bigger dilemma is coming - more than a dozen movies and TV series with magic as the theme have been filmed, including many talk shows! When this movie and TV series is released, it is expected to create a lasting magic trend! And those Muggles who knew the truth, such as the parents of some Hogwarts students, and the Dursley family who had just been severely fined by the children's department, were all tempted by the huge pound sterling "reward for the truth" and wanted to come forward and speak out. …
Now, these complaints from ordinary people and the risks of exposure to the magical world are all weighing heavily on the Ministry of Magic, that is, Minister Fudge!
Fudge kept begging the British Prime Minister to help block the news, but he didn't know that in the Muggle world and the magical side, the so-called Prime Minister is just the spokesperson of the capitalists! And Lu Yuan happens to be one of the biggest capitalists holding a hammer... Every time he hits the hammer, it can shake the entire magical world...
What's more, Fudge is still plagued by corruption cases, and his poll approval ratings are plummeting every moment. It can be said that there is a wolf in front and a tiger in the back!
"Someone came up the mountain, do you think he came to surrender?" Elaine asked.
"I haven't had enough fun... No, it's probably not enough." Lu Yuan quickly changed his mind, "I guess he's here to deliver an ultimatum."
At the end of the courtyard, an Englishman was walking along the path.
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ps: I failed a lot of things. My finger joints have been sore while typing recently, and I’m looking forward to the keyboard’s early arrival. (To be continued.)
