Chapter 453 453. Scott in 2nd place
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Po Sui Tai Di
Chapter 453 Scott of 453.No.2
Scott said: "So people probably don't take the content of this opinion piece seriously. But when you combine the actions after the All Witches, it doesn't necessarily matter."
"It's okay, I'm ready." Eddie said confidently, "The war of public opinion of the All Witches is doomed to fail."
Scott doesn't dispute that either.
Of course, it doesn't mean that Eddie can change the public opinion by publishing a few articles alone, or even affect the result of the ministerial election.
The main reason is that the All Witches are already at a disadvantage.
After Medea was cursed to sleep, the chances of Mr. Graves becoming the new Minister have been greatly reduced.
The so-called war of public opinion is nothing more than a desperate effort by other members of the All-Witchcraft Society.
Even without Eddie's public opinion help, Mr Graves is still less likely than Ms Burns.
William, who has turned into an undercover agent, is also not optimistic about the victory of the All Witches.
Scott and Eddie spent their energies in this matter only to completely eliminate the possibility of Mr. Graves being elected Minister.
They wanted to help Milton and get Mr. Graves out of the spotlight.
Of course, Eddie is also out of interest.
The development of things did not exceed their expectations.
Every day that followed, reporters published similar commentary articles in the Daily Prophet, and the attacks and smears against Dumbledore and Ms. Burns became more and more obvious in the content of the articles.
It's not just the "Daily Prophet", the more entertaining "Evening Prophet" even has some gossip about Dumbledore and Ms. Burns.
Who knows who secretly took a photo of Dumbledore and Ms. Burns talking together.
In this picture, the two of them look a little closer.
In short, this lace news caused an uproar in Hogwarts.
Unlike those previous commentary articles in the Daily Prophet, those articles, despite their malicious interpretation of Dumbledore from a political perspective, did not arouse much interest.
But as soon as this lace news, which seemed false at first sight, came out, many people immediately became excited.
Although most of the students don't believe that there is really anything between Dumbledore and Ms. Burns, after all, Dumbledore is an old man over 100 years old, but some students talk about it.
Even some students who don't believe it are happy to see such "jokes".
Seeing the reaction of those people, Eddie said to Milton: "Look, I said it, people just like scandals. They only care about the fun they have, not whether the scandals are true or not."
"I didn't expect that some of the students at Hogwarts would be affected by this kind of news." Milton said worriedly.
"As you can imagine, it's worse outside of schools," Scott said.
"It seems that 'Hollingworth' will be needed next." Eddie said impatiently.
Before that, "Hollingworth" still represented some vague comments, and did not fight back against those slurs.
"It's a pity." Eddie looked lonely like a master, "The Queen of News has already been defeated by my previous attack, and she may not play again with her reputation damaged."
"Just maybe not playing in person," Scott said.
Rita Slater has long been a member of the All Witches, and she will definitely use her advantages to contribute to the organization's actions.
Even if you don't fight in person, you may instigate others or provide information.
"What are you going to do?" Milton asked Eddie, "Publish an article to clarify for Headmaster Dumbledore and Ms. Burns?"
Eddie shook his head directly, "Clarification, no need. What I want to do is add fire to turn one party's public opinion attack into a real public opinion war."
He patted Milton on the shoulder.
"Beforehand, I will attack your father, find fault with him, and even slander and discredit him. Moreover, the content will become more and more exaggerated."
Milton froze for a moment, "What's the use of this?"
Eddie laughed, "People are always easy to be coerced by public opinion, and they always like to think they are smart."
"Before I attacked Mr. Graves, many people might be influenced by those articles and have a bad impression of Dumbledore and Burns."
"But as long as my side intensifies the offensive, and even becomes more and more exaggerated, they will spontaneously 'wake up'."
"They will realize that this mutual attack is only due to the election of the Minister of Magic."
"At that time, the 'smart people' who think they have seen through this method will use what they think is a very rational, proud, and superior attitude to look at the exchanges between the two sides."
"They will appreciate the farce and will no longer believe those slanderous words."
Roger rarely praised Eddie, "It's amazing, it seems that you have understood this set very well."
Eddie put his hands on his hips and smiled triumphantly, "Hmph, the future media tycoon is not joking."
Milton said at this moment, "I think I understand what you mean, Eddie."
Eddie asked him, "Well, you really don't care?"
Milton shook his head decisively, "I really don't care, just do what you want, as long as the result is good."
Then, he muttered again in a low voice, "I'd better not read the newspapers for the next few days at most."
Scott snickered.
Sure enough, Milton was not without complaints about Mr. Graves.
The development of the next incident was similar to Eddie's prediction.
When "Hollingworth" officially stated its position, the public opinion war between you and me broke out immediately.
The All-Wizards Council's planned slander against Dumbledore and Burns has completely turned into a farce in the eyes of many people.
In terms of gossip and gossip news, Eddie's experience is much richer than those reporters who serve the All Witches.
He caught Mr. Graves' behavior of empathizing with others, abandoning his wife and children, and made up many wonderful stories.
People like his stories, just like reading a dog-blood novel that is being serialized, indulging in those exaggerated and tortuous storylines, chasing and watching every day.
Of course, this effect is also thanks to Mrs. Zabini's legendary experience in the past.
Although Milton wanted to uphold the mentality of seeing nothing out of sight, he still couldn't help but care about the progress, and these things also caused him some trouble.
As a poor little boy abandoned by Mr. Graves described by Eddie, he received many sympathetic and pitying eyes.
This made him, who has always been very sensitive, very uncomfortable.
That's not all, "Hollingworth" is still attacking Mr. Graves in every direction.
After all, it wasn't just Mr Graves' personal life that attracted criticism.
In terms of political capital, his disadvantages and shortcomings are also obvious.
He has not been in a high-ranking post or been politically prominent for long enough, compared to Ms. Burns.
In this way, the time came to the last day of September.
On this day, Ms. Burns, who was the director of the Department of Law Enforcement, was successfully elected without any surprise and became the new Minister of Magic of the United Kingdom.
And, after the news was announced, more and more eyes of sympathy, pity, and schadenfreude gathered on Milton.
But Milton had no time to care about these.
That night, he finally received another message from Mr. Graves via the [magic phone].
After speaking with Mr Graves, Milton told Scott they, "My dad said he was probably dropped by the WWI. They were pissed off by the failure and decided not to give him any support politically."
Eddie shrugged his shoulders, "Obviously, Ms. Burns will transfer your father from the position of secretary-general and replace her with her own cronies after she takes office."
"That's what my dad said," Milton said. "He said, although it may be a moment of anger to stop giving any support. But his use value will indeed be reduced, and there will not be so many people staring at him." with him."
"That's a good thing, the more involved the more dangerous it is," Scott said.
A smile spread across Milton's face.
"My father also said that his marriage to Mrs. Zabini was the result of Ms. Slytherin's leadership. He and Mrs. Zabini have never been close, and they will divorce in the near future."
Hearing what he said, Scott and the three of them froze for a moment.
But they react quickly and start congratulating Milton that his family will be whole again.
As for what they thought, no one said anything.
The next day, October came.
The atmosphere in Hogwarts gradually became tense.
According to the agreement, after the beginning of October, the professors will start to sign letters of recommendation for the students they are optimistic about.
All the students who wanted to go to the Triwizard Tournament started to act.
Everyone wants to be the first to collect 5 testimonials, or at least the top 25.
Only in this way can they go to Beauxbatons to communicate on behalf of Hogwarts, and even become warriors to compete.
The mood that everyone has endured for a month is about to explode.
This time, everyone is competing against each other to see who will gather enough testimonials first.
It happened to be Saturday, and Scott came to Professor Flitwick's office early in the morning.
"Oh, I knew you would come, Scott." Professor Flitwick said with a smile. "Of course, I think you will be on the list of students going to Beauxbatons."
Scott also laughed, "Thank you, Professor, I also have such confidence."
"very good."
Professor Flitwick quickly wrote the letter of recommendation and handed it to Scott.
"Hurry up and find other professors, I won't waste your time. Come to me after you confirm that you have got a place."
Scott bowed after agreeing, said goodbye and left.
He came to Professor McGonagall's office.
"Scott? I know why you are here." Professor McGonagall said with a smile, "Of course, you are one of the best students at Hogwarts, and I will recommend books to you."
She simply and neatly wrote a recommendation letter.
Scott also thanked and left.
At the door, he met the three of Harry.
"Oh, Scott, you got a recommendation from Professor McGonagall!"
Hermione glanced at the parchment in Scott's hand.
"How many copies did you get?" She asked nervously.
"Two copies." Scott took out another piece of parchment signed by Professor Flitwick.
"Congratulations, you're really fast," said Harry.
Scott nodded, "Do you want to try it too?"
"There's a chance we'll make it too, don't we?" Ron said a little awkwardly. "I mean, Harry's a celebrity, and Hermione's got good grades."
"Oh, don't say that, Ron!" Harry was also embarrassed.
Obviously, he didn't like Ron mentioning his fame.
Scott's face remained unchanged, "Of course, good luck."
"Thank you," said Hermione. "I think we might get a recommendation, after all, as far as I know, you're not even 17."
"Come on." Scott waved his hand and turned to leave.
In the following time, Scott visited Professor Victor, Professor Babling, and Professor Slughorn, and successfully got 5 letters of recommendation.
Because Professor Slughorn took him to chat for a while, when he came to the principal's office, Cedric was already there.
"Oh, Scott, you're second." Cedric said with a friendly smile.
Scott sighed, "It seems that you are still not as popular as you, Cedric."
"Don't say that." Cedric was very modest. "I think it's because I'm just a few months older than you, and I've reached the age limit. The professors agreed to my application very simply."
Dumbledore accepted the 5 letters of recommendation from Scott, and said cheerfully, "You are all excellent students that I am optimistic about. I believe you will represent Hogwarts and show your excellence."
Scott and Cedric both thanked and left together.
After leaving the headmaster's office, Cedric said to Scott, "Although it is a bit tricky to say this, I still want to say it. Fortunately, you are not of age, Scott, otherwise I probably have no confidence in being elected to Hogwarts." warrior."
Scott laughed, "Oh, are you confident now? You know, Hogwarts will definitely have seventh graders participating."
Cedric naturally showed a confident demeanor, "Of course, since I intend to participate in it, it means I have confidence in myself."
"That's what I'm going to say," Scott said. "If the 17-year-old rule is dead, let it be. If there is a chance to get around it, I will compete."
Cedric was stunned at first, but soon laughed again, "If you can find a way to bypass the regulations, it can only prove that you are more suitable to be a warrior than me. I will also congratulate you at that time, after all, we represent It's all Hogwarts."
"You guy." Scott laughed, "I have to say, you are really a good person."
Cedric shook his head and patted Scott on the shoulder again, "I want to remind you, Scott, that's just your assumption. I haven't given up yet."
"Then let's talk about it when the time comes." Scott said, "Of course, if you are the warrior representing Hogwarts, I will also sincerely congratulate you."
"thanks?"
"Don't say thank you so early, maybe the method of choosing the Warriors will be beyond your expectations, and I will successfully cross that rule."
"Then let's wait and see."
Happy Chinese New Year to all readers!
(End of this chapter)
Scott said: "So people probably don't take the content of this opinion piece seriously. But when you combine the actions after the All Witches, it doesn't necessarily matter."
"It's okay, I'm ready." Eddie said confidently, "The war of public opinion of the All Witches is doomed to fail."
Scott doesn't dispute that either.
Of course, it doesn't mean that Eddie can change the public opinion by publishing a few articles alone, or even affect the result of the ministerial election.
The main reason is that the All Witches are already at a disadvantage.
After Medea was cursed to sleep, the chances of Mr. Graves becoming the new Minister have been greatly reduced.
The so-called war of public opinion is nothing more than a desperate effort by other members of the All-Witchcraft Society.
Even without Eddie's public opinion help, Mr Graves is still less likely than Ms Burns.
William, who has turned into an undercover agent, is also not optimistic about the victory of the All Witches.
Scott and Eddie spent their energies in this matter only to completely eliminate the possibility of Mr. Graves being elected Minister.
They wanted to help Milton and get Mr. Graves out of the spotlight.
Of course, Eddie is also out of interest.
The development of things did not exceed their expectations.
Every day that followed, reporters published similar commentary articles in the Daily Prophet, and the attacks and smears against Dumbledore and Ms. Burns became more and more obvious in the content of the articles.
It's not just the "Daily Prophet", the more entertaining "Evening Prophet" even has some gossip about Dumbledore and Ms. Burns.
Who knows who secretly took a photo of Dumbledore and Ms. Burns talking together.
In this picture, the two of them look a little closer.
In short, this lace news caused an uproar in Hogwarts.
Unlike those previous commentary articles in the Daily Prophet, those articles, despite their malicious interpretation of Dumbledore from a political perspective, did not arouse much interest.
But as soon as this lace news, which seemed false at first sight, came out, many people immediately became excited.
Although most of the students don't believe that there is really anything between Dumbledore and Ms. Burns, after all, Dumbledore is an old man over 100 years old, but some students talk about it.
Even some students who don't believe it are happy to see such "jokes".
Seeing the reaction of those people, Eddie said to Milton: "Look, I said it, people just like scandals. They only care about the fun they have, not whether the scandals are true or not."
"I didn't expect that some of the students at Hogwarts would be affected by this kind of news." Milton said worriedly.
"As you can imagine, it's worse outside of schools," Scott said.
"It seems that 'Hollingworth' will be needed next." Eddie said impatiently.
Before that, "Hollingworth" still represented some vague comments, and did not fight back against those slurs.
"It's a pity." Eddie looked lonely like a master, "The Queen of News has already been defeated by my previous attack, and she may not play again with her reputation damaged."
"Just maybe not playing in person," Scott said.
Rita Slater has long been a member of the All Witches, and she will definitely use her advantages to contribute to the organization's actions.
Even if you don't fight in person, you may instigate others or provide information.
"What are you going to do?" Milton asked Eddie, "Publish an article to clarify for Headmaster Dumbledore and Ms. Burns?"
Eddie shook his head directly, "Clarification, no need. What I want to do is add fire to turn one party's public opinion attack into a real public opinion war."
He patted Milton on the shoulder.
"Beforehand, I will attack your father, find fault with him, and even slander and discredit him. Moreover, the content will become more and more exaggerated."
Milton froze for a moment, "What's the use of this?"
Eddie laughed, "People are always easy to be coerced by public opinion, and they always like to think they are smart."
"Before I attacked Mr. Graves, many people might be influenced by those articles and have a bad impression of Dumbledore and Burns."
"But as long as my side intensifies the offensive, and even becomes more and more exaggerated, they will spontaneously 'wake up'."
"They will realize that this mutual attack is only due to the election of the Minister of Magic."
"At that time, the 'smart people' who think they have seen through this method will use what they think is a very rational, proud, and superior attitude to look at the exchanges between the two sides."
"They will appreciate the farce and will no longer believe those slanderous words."
Roger rarely praised Eddie, "It's amazing, it seems that you have understood this set very well."
Eddie put his hands on his hips and smiled triumphantly, "Hmph, the future media tycoon is not joking."
Milton said at this moment, "I think I understand what you mean, Eddie."
Eddie asked him, "Well, you really don't care?"
Milton shook his head decisively, "I really don't care, just do what you want, as long as the result is good."
Then, he muttered again in a low voice, "I'd better not read the newspapers for the next few days at most."
Scott snickered.
Sure enough, Milton was not without complaints about Mr. Graves.
The development of the next incident was similar to Eddie's prediction.
When "Hollingworth" officially stated its position, the public opinion war between you and me broke out immediately.
The All-Wizards Council's planned slander against Dumbledore and Burns has completely turned into a farce in the eyes of many people.
In terms of gossip and gossip news, Eddie's experience is much richer than those reporters who serve the All Witches.
He caught Mr. Graves' behavior of empathizing with others, abandoning his wife and children, and made up many wonderful stories.
People like his stories, just like reading a dog-blood novel that is being serialized, indulging in those exaggerated and tortuous storylines, chasing and watching every day.
Of course, this effect is also thanks to Mrs. Zabini's legendary experience in the past.
Although Milton wanted to uphold the mentality of seeing nothing out of sight, he still couldn't help but care about the progress, and these things also caused him some trouble.
As a poor little boy abandoned by Mr. Graves described by Eddie, he received many sympathetic and pitying eyes.
This made him, who has always been very sensitive, very uncomfortable.
That's not all, "Hollingworth" is still attacking Mr. Graves in every direction.
After all, it wasn't just Mr Graves' personal life that attracted criticism.
In terms of political capital, his disadvantages and shortcomings are also obvious.
He has not been in a high-ranking post or been politically prominent for long enough, compared to Ms. Burns.
In this way, the time came to the last day of September.
On this day, Ms. Burns, who was the director of the Department of Law Enforcement, was successfully elected without any surprise and became the new Minister of Magic of the United Kingdom.
And, after the news was announced, more and more eyes of sympathy, pity, and schadenfreude gathered on Milton.
But Milton had no time to care about these.
That night, he finally received another message from Mr. Graves via the [magic phone].
After speaking with Mr Graves, Milton told Scott they, "My dad said he was probably dropped by the WWI. They were pissed off by the failure and decided not to give him any support politically."
Eddie shrugged his shoulders, "Obviously, Ms. Burns will transfer your father from the position of secretary-general and replace her with her own cronies after she takes office."
"That's what my dad said," Milton said. "He said, although it may be a moment of anger to stop giving any support. But his use value will indeed be reduced, and there will not be so many people staring at him." with him."
"That's a good thing, the more involved the more dangerous it is," Scott said.
A smile spread across Milton's face.
"My father also said that his marriage to Mrs. Zabini was the result of Ms. Slytherin's leadership. He and Mrs. Zabini have never been close, and they will divorce in the near future."
Hearing what he said, Scott and the three of them froze for a moment.
But they react quickly and start congratulating Milton that his family will be whole again.
As for what they thought, no one said anything.
The next day, October came.
The atmosphere in Hogwarts gradually became tense.
According to the agreement, after the beginning of October, the professors will start to sign letters of recommendation for the students they are optimistic about.
All the students who wanted to go to the Triwizard Tournament started to act.
Everyone wants to be the first to collect 5 testimonials, or at least the top 25.
Only in this way can they go to Beauxbatons to communicate on behalf of Hogwarts, and even become warriors to compete.
The mood that everyone has endured for a month is about to explode.
This time, everyone is competing against each other to see who will gather enough testimonials first.
It happened to be Saturday, and Scott came to Professor Flitwick's office early in the morning.
"Oh, I knew you would come, Scott." Professor Flitwick said with a smile. "Of course, I think you will be on the list of students going to Beauxbatons."
Scott also laughed, "Thank you, Professor, I also have such confidence."
"very good."
Professor Flitwick quickly wrote the letter of recommendation and handed it to Scott.
"Hurry up and find other professors, I won't waste your time. Come to me after you confirm that you have got a place."
Scott bowed after agreeing, said goodbye and left.
He came to Professor McGonagall's office.
"Scott? I know why you are here." Professor McGonagall said with a smile, "Of course, you are one of the best students at Hogwarts, and I will recommend books to you."
She simply and neatly wrote a recommendation letter.
Scott also thanked and left.
At the door, he met the three of Harry.
"Oh, Scott, you got a recommendation from Professor McGonagall!"
Hermione glanced at the parchment in Scott's hand.
"How many copies did you get?" She asked nervously.
"Two copies." Scott took out another piece of parchment signed by Professor Flitwick.
"Congratulations, you're really fast," said Harry.
Scott nodded, "Do you want to try it too?"
"There's a chance we'll make it too, don't we?" Ron said a little awkwardly. "I mean, Harry's a celebrity, and Hermione's got good grades."
"Oh, don't say that, Ron!" Harry was also embarrassed.
Obviously, he didn't like Ron mentioning his fame.
Scott's face remained unchanged, "Of course, good luck."
"Thank you," said Hermione. "I think we might get a recommendation, after all, as far as I know, you're not even 17."
"Come on." Scott waved his hand and turned to leave.
In the following time, Scott visited Professor Victor, Professor Babling, and Professor Slughorn, and successfully got 5 letters of recommendation.
Because Professor Slughorn took him to chat for a while, when he came to the principal's office, Cedric was already there.
"Oh, Scott, you're second." Cedric said with a friendly smile.
Scott sighed, "It seems that you are still not as popular as you, Cedric."
"Don't say that." Cedric was very modest. "I think it's because I'm just a few months older than you, and I've reached the age limit. The professors agreed to my application very simply."
Dumbledore accepted the 5 letters of recommendation from Scott, and said cheerfully, "You are all excellent students that I am optimistic about. I believe you will represent Hogwarts and show your excellence."
Scott and Cedric both thanked and left together.
After leaving the headmaster's office, Cedric said to Scott, "Although it is a bit tricky to say this, I still want to say it. Fortunately, you are not of age, Scott, otherwise I probably have no confidence in being elected to Hogwarts." warrior."
Scott laughed, "Oh, are you confident now? You know, Hogwarts will definitely have seventh graders participating."
Cedric naturally showed a confident demeanor, "Of course, since I intend to participate in it, it means I have confidence in myself."
"That's what I'm going to say," Scott said. "If the 17-year-old rule is dead, let it be. If there is a chance to get around it, I will compete."
Cedric was stunned at first, but soon laughed again, "If you can find a way to bypass the regulations, it can only prove that you are more suitable to be a warrior than me. I will also congratulate you at that time, after all, we represent It's all Hogwarts."
"You guy." Scott laughed, "I have to say, you are really a good person."
Cedric shook his head and patted Scott on the shoulder again, "I want to remind you, Scott, that's just your assumption. I haven't given up yet."
"Then let's talk about it when the time comes." Scott said, "Of course, if you are the warrior representing Hogwarts, I will also sincerely congratulate you."
"thanks?"
"Don't say thank you so early, maybe the method of choosing the Warriors will be beyond your expectations, and I will successfully cross that rule."
"Then let's wait and see."
Happy Chinese New Year to all readers!
(End of this chapter)
