Chapter 273 Information Differences
When the students in Hogwarts who habitually bought the Daily Prophet for breakfast casually opened the newspaper, they were surprised to find that one of their alumni was on the front page. The middle and high school students subconsciously frowned and questioned the front-page news with their friends.
Ellian Lind appeared in the newspaper, and this female president who was respected by many people in the past appeared in Rita Skeeter's writing as a radical, brainless and naive person. Ellian in the photo had her eyes and mouth wide open, and her face looked a little hideous, which further supported the words of the famous reporter.
"This must be a deliberately taken ugly picture of Senior Linde giving a speech!"
"I told you the Daily Prophet was garbage!"
In addition to Gryffindor, many students in the three colleges who had been taken care of by the president in the past expressed their dissatisfaction one after another. Moreover, Aryan had another halo among the Slytherin students. She was the heroine who tried her best to protect them when the basilisk attacked!
"The wizard who went to M has returned and strongly supports Kodosdoriz to join the competition. The top three may become the top four!" Ron listened to the noise in the auditorium and was very curious. As soon as Dean Thomas finished reading the newspaper he bought, he immediately snatched the newspaper from him, frowned and read out the headline.
The frown here was only subconscious. Ron was fed up with Rita Skeeter. In Skeeter's article, his father had become a scum and a borer of the Ministry of Magic!
Then he put the newspaper between Hermione and Harry. Ron didn't even look at the words below. He just asked Hermione who came over, "What is Kodostoris?"
"Eros's School of Witchcraft and Wizardry," Hermione pointed to the text in the article that introduced Kodostoris as a 'gathering place for Muggle-friendly people', "Here, this school has been closed for fifty or sixty years!"
"Ellian Lind, the acclaimed Slytherin headmaster in the past, has worked in the International Affairs Department after completing her exchange student career in Country M. She is currently publicly supporting Kodostoris's application to join the Triwizard Tournament." Harry had a good impression of this female headmaster who had taken care of Della. He looked at the ugly photo of Ellian in the newspaper and continued reading. "And Kodostoris, a school that has been closed for several years, has produced the largest number of pro-Muggle people."
"Ms. Lind is from Slytherin, a family generally considered to have the most discrimination based on bloodline. However, our reporter also learned that her mother is a Muggle-born, which may be related to Miss Lind's strong support for this application." Hermione read, realizing that the article was intended to provoke a fight, and curled her lips.
Ron finally finished reading the short text under the ugly photo of Aryan despite his disgust for Skeeter. He rubbed his head and turned to Hermione, "So why does Kodostoriz want to participate in the Triwizard Tournament?"
This article focuses entirely on using ambiguous language to portray Aryan as a clown who stirs up confrontation and is inexperienced in the world. Not much is said about Kodostoriz, who should be the focus, and the article only repeatedly emphasizes the label of being pro-Muggle.
But in the magical newspapers of Country M and other countries of Continent O that told the same story, the front-page photo was a lonely head leaning on the endless snowfield. It was the head of an eleven-year-old child. There was a layer of frost on his mouth and his eyes were looking forward empty. He had been dead for a long time when this photo was taken.
This poor child met with an accident when he was using risky transfer magic to travel to Country F. His body was scattered all over the place, and his head was moved to an uninhabited snowy field, where he froze to death in despair.
The article states that if the child had been willing to spend a few more Sikkos, he could have adopted a slightly safer method, but studying abroad made his family financially strapped and made him overly sensible, and he ultimately died at the age when he was best suited for fun and exploration.
The misfortune of this child is only one of the countless tragedies of E. Ross's schooling. More tragedies of death and disability are displayed in the article. Then Kodostoriz is introduced, and his deeds during the Muggle War are objectively described. At the same time, it is also written how many famous wizards have come out of this school and how many awards it has won, bringing it back into the readers' view as a wizarding school.
"History cannot be changed, but we can always give new meaning to the witnesses of history!" Aryan's public speech in the Daily Prophet, which was considered radical, was finally written. "At present, countless tragedies in school are increasingly pushing this school into the gears of time. Kodos Dorez is of course a school that helped Muggles in the past, but it can also be a new cradle of wizards that ends the difficulties children face in school!"
"Our three schools hold the Triwizard Tournament for friendly exchanges and to let the wizarding community see the outstanding wizards trained by the schools so that they can have more confidence in the future." Aryan's photo was also included in these articles, but it only took up a small part. She had a serious face and a firm look in her eyes, with a hint of sadness in her eyes. "It can be said that the social responsibility of the Tournament is more important than its competitiveness, and letting such a school that needs our attention join in will also be of historic significance."
"Besides, in a society where tragedy keeps happening but is suppressed, someone is finally rebelling. I don't see any reason not to support this restart of the Kodosdorez team. As a woman who has just come of age, I have been a child in the past and may be a mother in the future. If I choose to turn a blind eye, then little Ivan's desperate eyes will torture me forever."
Ivan was the name of the poor kid in the front-page photo.
When the wizarding world in Country Y only talked about bloodlines, Muggles and the like after reading the Daily Prophet, wizards in other countries were in great sadness and shock. For the first time, every wizard child living an ordinary life realized how precious the opportunity to go to school was. Every adult wizard found it hard to imagine the scene of a child dying helplessly. The name Kodosdoriz re-entered the public eye.
The name Arianne Lind was also remembered by everyone. It can be said that regardless of whether this matter is successfully promoted or not, she has already gained her first political capital.
Zhou Yushi in the Beauxbatons Research Institute was also reading this report, but he did not buy the newspaper. He read it on the Silver Letter. Della had sent a message to him and Livia a few days ago, inviting them to test a function that had been built into the Silver Letter but not activated - reading.
According to Della, this hidden module was built into the Silver Letter when it was released, but it had not been debugged yet. It has been debugged almost completely recently and is expected to be online when the Triwizard Tournament begins.
Riddle is trying to impact the print media, and has also prepared a transplant plan for the news industry that currently relies on print media. Taking control of the news industry means controlling public opinion.
"What a big deal..." Zhou Yushi sighed as he scrolled through the news, then sent a message to Mikhail on Yinxin.
"Please be careful recently. I don't want to see the news of you committing suicide in the corner of the newspaper."
"Don't worry, Mr. Zhou, the creditor, has already fled to Country Y." Mikhail replied to his message in seconds.
After seeing the message, Zhou Yushi shrugged, put the silver letter aside, and continued to study the map and the thick house buying manual. He had moved out of the Beauxbatons dormitory during the summer vacation and lived outside with Belinda.
Because Bellinda is a public figure in the Muggle world, it is not convenient for her to use magic to teleport. It is very troublesome for her to use Muggle transportation to go to work every time. Zhou Yushi plans to buy a few more houses and connect them to the Floo network so that his girlfriend can go to work more conveniently.