Hogwarts Reading Days

"Sorry Bagman, but I do have something to leave today." Sirius said pretending to be helpless, "You can help me settle the remaining Galleons first."

"You really don't want to stay to watch the Quidditch World Cup final?" Bagman seemed to have heard some unbelievable news, and said with an exaggerated expression, "This is the World Cup final, and you just left? Harry didn't know there would be What a disappointment, it's been 30 years since Britain won a trophy, it's a very rare opportunity."

"No, I have to go." Sirius rolled his eyes at Lupine who was packing up, shook his head and said, "However, Harry will stay and watch the final, and the Weasleys will come to watch the Quidditch World Cup final today. I've asked Arthur to look after the children."

Bagman was still a little unwilling to let Sirius go like this. The guy in front of him won a lot of Galleons from him, and he never lost a single time.

hateful!

"Look, Arthur is here." Sirius said, pointing somewhere.

Bagman looked in the direction of Sirius' finger, and saw the redhead with Weasley's signature.

"Okay, then do you want to keep betting? Ireland has a high probability of winning this year." Seeing that the way of changing the subject was useless, Bagman changed his method: "Jr. Agatha Timms thinks the final It'll last a week, and she's betting half of Eel Farm's stock."

"I agree with you and I believe Ireland will win, but I don't think the game will last that long. Bulgaria's Krum is a good seeker. It's hard to imagine that he won't catch the Snitch in a week." Sirius talked with Bagman, and those who didn't know thought that Sirius was also an excellent Quidditch player.

"Honestly, I think Krum is better than Lynch and more likely to catch the Snitch to close out the game, but Bulgaria are easily outscored by Ireland in terms of points and the difference in players between the two sides is clear, so far, Bulgaria has always relied on Krum to catch the Snitch, and once the score is over 150, there is no possibility of winning."

"You make a lot of sense, so do you want to continue betting?" Bagman said with a smile on his face: "If you bet on Ireland to win, but Viktor Krum will catch the Snitch, I can give you very good odds. Don't look at me like this, I just want to win you once, it's really aggrieved to lose all the time."

"Okay, then I'll add a little more bet. I think the Irish team will score first, and after the game, the difference in score between the two sides will not exceed [-] points." Sirius seemed to be in high spirits, and asked Bagman very confidently, "Four points add up, what odds are you going to give me?"

"What's the number?" Bagman made a gesture of eight.

"All right, I'll bet five hundred Galleons." Sirius nodded and agreed, "But you have to settle the remaining gold coins with me first."

"I thought you were very confident. This is the highest odds I've offered. It's a rare opportunity." Bagman widened his eyes, as if he couldn't believe what he heard.

"It's because the probability of losing the bet is so high that I dare not bet on it all." Sirius stared at Bagman, telling the other party to stop, "Okay, you should settle yesterday's money first."

Bagman reluctantly took out the money to settle the rest of the money, and then wrote a parchment note to Sirius, then turned around to greet Arthur who was coming this way, completely ignoring Sirius The corners of the mouth curled up.

Of course, they expected that Bagman might not be willing to pay back the money, so they made the exaggerated bet just now, using Galleons to get back the remaining part, lest Bagman would default on the debt in the end.

In order to make sure that Bagman didn't send himself away with the leprechaun's gold coins, Sirius opened the purse and checked the gold coins a little bit. Although he felt that Bagman should not dare to do that, there were some things that had to be guarded against.

However, Sirius naturally has an easier way to deal with it. Following Albert's suggestion, he deliberately let Ludo Bagman see that he hired a goblin to deal with the gold coins he won from gambling, and revealed that he bought them in Diagon Alley. Willingness to open a leased store.

"Arthur, Harry and Hermione are on your leave." Sirius stepped forward to shake hands with Mr. Weasley after Bagman finished greeting Arthur.

"Don't worry, I'll take care of the kids," Arthur assured.

"Anyone want to bet on the game?" Bagman asked everyone with a big smile on his face.

Everyone looked at each other.

"Sirius won a lot of Galleons from me. He even bet me that Ireland would win the game and score first, but Viktor Krum would catch the Snitch, and after the game, both sides The score will not exceed [-] points." Bagman had to use Sirius' deeds to attract everyone, "I gave a very high odds, does anyone want to follow? Sirius has never lost, He earned thousands of Galleons from me."

"Really?" Fred and George looked at Sirius together.

"Well, I have been betting on who will win. The odds are not high, but I did win some money." Sirius said honestly: "Ireland has a high probability of winning this year, and Bagman thinks so."

"What's the odds?" George asked curiously.

"This amount." Sirius compared to eight.

"We're offering 50 Galleons, just like Sirius." After looking at each other, Fred and George immediately took out a bag of Galleons from their pockets. Ron and Ginny had a share in this bag of Galleons.

"Children, gambling is not a good habit." Arthur Weasley said in a low voice, "and it's almost all of your savings."

"Arthur is right. Gambling is really not a good habit. If you want to make money, you can invest in the Defense Against the Dark Arts magazine I run." Thinking of Albert's words, Sirius couldn't bear Fred and George to fall into the pit Then he said, "Don't worry that the newspaper will lose money. Albert is very optimistic about the branch journal, and even invested a large sum of Galleons, accounting for nearly one-third of the share."

"Don't disappoint Sirius," Bagman eagerly opened the list for the Weasleys, then turned his head and asked, "Arthur, do you want to place a bet?"

"Okay, then I'll offer a Galleon... bet on Ireland to win." Mr. Weasley hesitated for a moment, and finally took out a Galleon from his pocket.

In fact, the wizard is just in a hurry, and he doesn't want to use his children to gamble.However, their tickets were obtained with the help of Bagman, and they had to give each other some face.

"Anyone else want to gamble?" Bagman looked at Harry who seemed to be planning to pay Galleon.

"Well... If Sirius wants to start a magazine, I'm willing to help out with some money." Harry knew the reason why Sirius started a magazine, so he invested all the Gallen that he planned to use to bet on Sirius Magazine publications, and Harry was going to pay a hundred Galleons.

Since Albert is even optimistic about Sirius' magazine publications, he shouldn't lose money and go bankrupt.

"Don't listen to Black's nonsense, that guy is not short of money at all. The Galleons he won from me are enough for him to run several magazines." Bagman curled his lips, but he was still satisfied with the current results. After Reid and George finished issuing the invoice, they turned and left.

"Albert seems to be watching a football game with his girlfriend." Fred asked Sirius. "Have you met him?"

"Albert is in the camp next door. If you are free, you can send him the parchment for me, so that Albert can take the time to see if there is anything that needs to be revised." With that said, Sirius handed some parchment to him. Fred, above is their initial design for the magazine issue.

"If the speed is fast enough, it may be possible to produce the first edition of the "Defense Guide" magazine publication before the start of school."

"By the way, Bagman," Sirius stopped Ludo Bagman who was about to leave, and asked, "If I want to advertise in the Quidditch final, is there still time?"

"This...should be added, but the advertising fee for the World Cup finals may not be cheap." Bagman frowned and asked, "Isn't your magazine published yet, and you are starting to advertise now?"

"The content of the magazine has been roughly finalized, it won't take too long, and it's only the 22nd now, and there are still a few days before September. Even if you can't get the machine in the end, you can go to Lovegood to borrow his machine " Sirius said with a smile: "As long as I can help to facilitate this matter, I am willing to pay some consulting service fees."

With that said, Sirius took out ten Galleons from the bag and put them in Bagman's hand.

"Okay, I'll ask for it for you, but I don't guarantee that it will be included." Bagman immediately agreed to help, and it didn't waste much of his time.

This seemed odd to Bagman, but what he didn't know was that it was actually Albert's idea to advertise in the World Cup finals.

In Albert's view, the advertisement of the World Cup is very suitable for quickly gaining fame, and after the game, the Dark Mark is undoubtedly the best publicity. A magazine and newspaper that teaches everyone how to protect themselves has caused panic in the magic world. The era turned out, and it will definitely attract everyone's attention. As long as the insecure residents are sure that the content of the magazine is effective, they will definitely be happy to order it, and there will be no shortage of money by then.

Although it cost a lot of galleons at first, Sirius was not worried, because the gold coins he got from Bagman were enough for them to squander for a long time.

Moreover, Sirius didn't have a good way to quickly gain fame, so he chose to trust Albert's judgment and plan. Anyway, Garen, who got it for nothing, really didn't feel bad about spending it.

What's more, Sirius knew that he had to give Albert enough trust, so that the other party would help him plan the magazines and newspapers.

"What's going on with the newspapers?" Ginny looked at Sirius who left with Bagman, wondering about Ron.

"Sirius is going to start a magazine related to the Defense Against the Dark Arts," Ron explained.

"It is said that it was proposed by Albert." Harry added.

"Albert always complains about the poor defense against the dark arts in the British magic world. Even foreign students know about it." Fred and George were not surprised. They both knew that Albert had special interests, such as defense against the dark arts. field.

"Okay kids, let's go to the camp and set up the tent first." Mr. Weasley beckoned everyone to leave with him: "Remus, I'll take them there first."

"Well, goodbye Arthur, goodbye Harry, Hermione and Ron." Lupine waved his wand, quickly and completely put the tent into the backpack, and then stood here waiting for Sirius to get things done and come to join, go home together.

"Goodbye, Professor Lupine." Harry left with Mr. Weasley.

"You bet like that just now?"

Ron, who had been silent all this time, suddenly asked Fred and George

Ron had to care about it.

There was no way, Fred and George had a part of the gallons they bet on. If he lost money, he would really become a pauper.

"The possibility is very high. Albert also thinks that Ireland will win the championship." Both Fred and George felt that Sirius's ability to win a large sum of Galleons from Bagman had something to do with Albert, especially that Sirius made Albert When investing in magazines and newspapers, they confirmed this matter. After all, the two had helped Albert before and were no strangers to this kind of operation.

"Don't chat over there, come and help set up the tent." Mr. Weasley called the three of them over to help set up the tent. It took them nearly half an hour to finally set up the tent with Mr. Weasley's help stand up.

"We need some water and some firewood for fuel." Mr. Weasley said to everyone, "Let's finish the division of labor."

"Dad, we have to find Albert, and we have a stove, so there is no need to use firewood to make a fire." After the Weasley brothers dropped their backpacks, they just slipped away with the parchment given by Sirius.

"They'll be surprised when they see Albert's tent," Ron murmured softly. "That guy looks weird in every way, and there's a weird house-elf to help prepare the food."

"House-elf?" Ginny asked, confused. As far as she knew, Albert was a Muggle wizard.

"It should have been hired by Albert!" Hermione said without thinking.

"Hermione, no one pays house-elves." Ron felt that Hermione didn't understand the situation at all.

"Perhaps Albert is an exception." Hermione said stubbornly: "He is very good at people."

"Maybe, that guy is kind of weird." Ron didn't bother to discuss it with Hermione.

"If Mr. Anderson really employs a house-elf, then you'd better remind him to be careful, lest the Department of Magical Creatures Regulation and Control of the Ministry of Magic trouble him."

"Mr. Weasley, can't wizards hire house-elves?" Hermione asked, frowning.

"This..." Mr. Weasley's expression was a little embarrassed, and he lowered his voice as if he was afraid that others would hear: "There is almost no such precedent in the magic world, because no wizard is willing to waste Gallon hiring them. Of course, as long as no one knows , don’t cause big trouble, in fact, there is no big problem, "

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