Chapter 9 A little attempt to earn galleons
"The legendary wizard...I think it's feasible."
"Magic Legend... You can try to submit this..."
"Fashion wizard? If you sell too much, it's not appropriate... Why should a second-hand magazine store like this be collected?"
"Wizard Monthly...you can try..."
"Naysayer? The sales are not good... but judging from the content, I should be able to submit articles, so I'll give it a try..."
"Magic reader?... This chicken soup is so pure... You can consider going up and drinking some. I think I can..."
In the room of the Leaky Cauldron, Andrew was looking through today's trophies while choosing where to fly with his owl. The poor wage earner didn't know that every time he nodded, he had to fly one more time. He was still cooing stupidly. Gugu echoed.
"I'm inspired, let's test the waters with the magic reader first," Andrew became interested. He spread out the parchment and started writing quickly with a quill pen. Not long after, a fresh manuscript came out.
"There are still some grammatical problems, but it's pretty much the same..."
After quickly making up a brand new pen name for himself, Andrew tied the letter to the owl and let it deliver the manuscript.
"I'll probably get a reply when I return to the orphanage tomorrow. Logically speaking, the manuscript won't be a problem."
He patted his owl's head and tied up the temporary manuscript - considering that the surrounding magical world was easily attacked, he changed it to admiring the ancient magical world and reflecting on the current magical world.
To his surprise, when he was getting ready to go to bed in the evening, his owl came back with eight Sickles, and there was also an enthusiastic reply inviting manuscripts, indicating that his manuscript would be published in the next issue of Magic Reader and hinted that if he was willing to write another such an excellent article on the education of pure-blood and Muggle wizards, then the manuscript fee could be calculated as double the word count.
"Forget it, I don't want to be found and cursed on my head..."
Although he suddenly made a day's rent and food money, Andrew still doesn't plan to continue to contribute articles on it - there is really a curse here, and if the intention is too obvious, it will be really miserable...
He even used it to cancel the connection between himself and the temporary pen name - this is a spell that facilitates the location of owls. It is an entry-level difficulty level and is even taught in the content of related submissions in magazines. (Because it is too simple, there is not even a special course to teach. After Sirius escaped, he even blocked the connection between himself and his name without a wand)
"Okay, it's not easy to make money, but at least we have a good one. start."
Andrew held up his owl and rubbed his head with the thumbs of both hands, "Next, we have to open up the situation from Lockhart's legendary books."
Because it was very expensive, Andrew only produced the two highest-selling books in the series, which almost exceeded his budget.
"I always feel that I am not doing my job properly," he spread out the book, "but there is no way. If the things in Hogwarts Legacy are real, then I will definitely try to master ancient magic, although the setting requires blood. , but there are also methods of stealing. Taking a step back, ancient magic texts, transfiguration experiments, alchemy experiments, and all magic experiments cannot avoid starting funds. Do you understand, buddy? "
"Build some galleons. It's called sharpening your sword before chopping firewood. Once I get the initial capital, I will work on something that can sort out my memory, so that I don't have to be distracted from doing this in the future, buddy." He clicked. He touched the owl's forehead and began to read Lockhart's story.
It's a pretty good story - it's a pity that Andrew didn't have time to read it carefully and almost finished it by flipping through it.
"It has a very real background, a very good presentation, a very good character design, and good grammar," he praised. "If it weren't for the novelty of the story, I wouldn't dare to imitate it."
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"Levitation spell, three stages."
Seeing the magic stone flying high, Gryffindor's face was expressionless, with a hint of self-mockery on his lips. The strength of the wand he held tightly caused his nails to pierce the palm of his hand, causing a heartbreaking pain.
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The method used by pure-blood families to test wizards under the age of eleven is different from other methods. It uses a floating spell to float a magic-repelling stone made of a special material with all its strength. The higher the height, the more powerful the magic power, and the higher the upper limit of future growth. …
"The magic power that I finally grew up with was completely swallowed up by this wand I chose from Ollivander... Is it really suitable for me?"
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"The Haierbo family, thirty years to the west of the Thames, thirty years to the east of the Thames, don't bully young people into poverty!"
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"So this is the Elder Wand from ancient legends?"
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Ravenclaw frowned and retreated behind everyone (Andrew thought about the crossed-out plot at the time... Again, if it is not a glorious image, it is best not to write it. And group portraits are not as good as single protagonists.)
A week after Andrew returned to the orphanage, such manuscripts were placed on the desks of the magazine editors he had selected.
Although it is only the first draft of the previous part, some classic scenes and characters that are not suitable for application have been deleted, and a series of settings such as the Elder Wand, ancient potion formulas, and ancient curses have been introduced, and a large number of chapters have been deleted to shorten it. The length has caused the work to be biased, but considering the issues of the times, it is still tempting enough.
So Andrew got a quick reply.
The only rejection came from a naysayer - it said that the manuscript was too serious and that if you were willing to join the goblin rebellion, integrate the army and other reasonable guesses, it could be used as a good manuscript...
The rest of the offers came with different price tags. After Andrew picked the selection, he chose Magic Legend - the other party claimed that it only needed some editing by the editor, and promised not to reveal the author's name, and the manuscript fee was also the second highest.
If there is any flaw, it is that the other party has to bear the title of second author - which is a necessary condition for partial rights of revision and obscuration of the author.
The price was quite appropriate, and Andrew agreed to sign the contract after some thought.
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"Okay, done!"
“Although the writing and market research are a bit poor, the story is legendary enough!”
"Editor-in-Chief, do we really want to do that?"
"Why not? We're authorized - and compared to that idiot Rita, our edits are innocuous."
"That's true. It's okay for Rita to say that. We even did an exclusive interview."
In the editorial department of Magic Legend, something Andrew didn't expect happened - because of the existence of a person who broke through the lower limits in the industry, his editor began to edit the story with a stroke of a pen in order to make the story reasonable and the magazine's bestsellers. Disruptive changes.
"The story of Gryffindor is too far away and has no selling points. How can it be compared with Lockhart?"
"If the protagonist is changed to Dumbledore, then it is said to be a legal adaptation of our interview script!!!"
"The name of the story is, Dumbledore, a legend!"
(End of chapter)