Hogwarts Reading Days

"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 half of the Galleons last night." Sirius didn't have the slightest liking for Bagman who tried to renege on the bill.

"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 and didn't know what he was thinking.

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

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

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

"A thousand Galleons," repeated Sirius in shock.

"Don't gamble, just take it when it's good!" Lupine tried his best to persuade Sirius, completely ignoring the black smoke slowly rising from the pot.He really couldn't understand why his old friend took the risk to gamble, what to do if he lost, how much Galleon 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, and he also knew that he was not qualified to preach to Sirius, so he finally said: "Don't be too greedy, take it as soon as you see it." Then he turned and went back to the kitchen to continue making breakfast.

"Losing, I will lose? No, I will not lose."

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

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

Well, they did make a ton of money, and the hapless Bagman lost a ton of Galleons for it.

Sirius was not sympathetic to Bagman, though.

If Ludo Bagman hadn't tried to lure him into betting, Sirius might not have agreed 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, sniffed 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. Sirius has also been fighting against dark wizards for most of his life, and he is quite good at it. up.

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

Of course, it is not easy to open a magazine store. Neither Lupine nor Sirius has experience in this field. Who will be the editor-in-chief?

If you rashly open a store and enter a field that you don't know about, 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 figure out a way."

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 does Professor Lupine think?" 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. Neither of them has rich management experience, and they are likely to mess 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 think their store will be a hit."

"Perhaps, he has already done divination." Harry said without hesitation, "Sirius, if you want to open a shop, 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 Black, who was thinking seriously.

"Garon won, even if he loses all in the end, he won't feel bad."

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

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

"Losing money? I think you can ask Albert for help. As long as the price is right, he will definitely 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 suggested by Albert.Moreover, Albert writes wonderful articles for magazines, and he clearly knows better than them how to summarize the contents of a magazine. If Albert can definitely provide them with many constructive suggestions.

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

In the end, it was Ron's words that woke up Sirius. His own industry is naturally different from other people's industries. If Sirius can attract Albert to join him, the other party will naturally not just watch the store cross-store. Give them a hand.

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