Chapter 261 Harry Potter’s Rich Dad (page 12)
Lockhart had always wanted fame.
After all, reputation is Galleons.
As a famous best-selling wizarding author, Lockhart naturally knows how to "gain fame."
Therefore, even though he knew that the "Hogwarts Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor" was a big pit, he still took the risk to jump into it.
When Hogwarts is gilded, the prices of his books can naturally be raised as appropriate.
And now that he has taken the risk, he must also hope to maximize his gains.
The famous "Harry Potter" was studying at Hogwarts, so how could Lockhart miss this opportunity to "check in".
Maybe Harry Potter himself didn't know it, but Lockhart knew it very well, that is: in the wizarding society, this little wizard with the title of "Savior" has a group of very fanatical female fans.
To describe it using words from the fandom culture, those people are either Harry Potter’s “mom fans” or his “girlfriend fans.”
Based on what he has seen and heard over the years, Lockhart has reason to believe that these two are the most combative fan groups in the fandom.
And with two groups dominating the list, it’s almost impossible to find a “third” person in the entire fandom.
That's why he was so keen on letting Harry Potter cooperate with him to write readers' replies for him.
After all, a famous philosopher once said: It’s all about “attracting fans,” and “attracting fans” is everything.
Lockhart thought very well, and with his status as a "professor", things have always gone smoothly.
It's just a pain for Harry Potter.
You know, Harry and his good brother Ron are almost cut from the same mold in some aspects.
For example, when writing essay assignments assigned by professors on parchment, they both wrote the letters as large as possible.
If they meet a professor who has strict rules about line spacing in papers like Dean McGonagall, they will write the letters "fatter".
Not only Hermione, the good student in the "triple", often sneered at their behavior, but even the Weasley twins, who were known for being naughty and mischievous, once made such comments -
"After reading your two transfiguration papers, I didn't remember the content. We just remembered that there were a lot of 'Crabbe' and 'Goyle'..."
One can imagine what kind of torture it was for Harry to always be dragged by Lockhart to write readers' replies.
Every time he went to Lockhart's office, his heart was as heavy as visiting the grave, and he even had the terrible thought that "it would be better to stay at the Dursleys and do housework" several times.
And every time he came out of Lockhart's office, the little wizard felt like his whole body was going numb, and his entire right arm was almost becoming muscle-dissolving while writing.
"Destroy it quickly."
Muttering in his mind, he walked the entire 147 steps from the Hogwarts Great Hall to the Defense Against the Dark Arts office on the third floor.
Professor Lockhart, who had obviously been presiding over the exam all day, was still standing at the door of the office in high spirits, as if waiting for him.
"Harry, you're here!" Lockhart said to Harry enthusiastically in a voice as sweet as toffee.
Harry, who was not surprised at all, could only show a smile like "Fake Smiling Boy.JPG".
Lockhart waved to him, "What are you waiting for? Let's get started right away. The fun night is about to begin!"
Lockhart went to great lengths to get Harry Potter to write a reader's reply for him. He added a cherrywood desk to his office that suited Harry's height, and a velvet armchair that fit Harry's size.
The house elves in the castle kitchen also sent a lot of fruits and French desserts early at Lockhart's request.
These things were the only "lifebuoys" that Harry could rely on during these "two hours" that were like drowning.
However, what made Harry feel a little desperate was that there were so many letters on his special desk today.
This is a little different than before.
In view of Harry's poor literary accomplishment and the young wizard's appallingly low writing efficiency, every time Lockhart asked him to write a reader's reply, he would either ask him to write something casually, and the rest of it would be written by Lockhart completed it himself; or he was asked to write some replies to some "high net worth" readers, but the content of the replies was actually written by Lockhart in advance, and Harry only had to be a scribe.
But today, Harry found that Professor Lockhart seemed to have no intention of writing, but had piled all the letters on him.
"professor……"
Harry's mind was spinning, and an idea suddenly occurred to him, and he wanted to say something to Lockhart.
Because this period is exam week at Hogwarts, if he uses the excuse that he has an exam tomorrow and needs to review, is there a possibility that he...
However, Lockhart seemed to see through his "trick" immediately. He said with a smile: "What's the matter? Today, we have plenty of time, so don't be in a hurry.
Moreover, I have already inquired. Your second graders will not have any subjects to take exams during the whole day tomorrow. You will only have to wait until tomorrow night to climb up to the astronomy building and take the test of identifying a few zodiac planets.
You can just start writing readers' replies now. Don't worry about reviewing. Before I leave, I will give you a copy of the star chart notes I used in my astronomy class when I was in school.
Tomorrow night, you just need to take it and search according to the map, and you will definitely find the right one.
Don't worry, Harry.
You should know that I graduated from Ravenclaw College, and the grades of students in our college's astronomy classes basically start with A's.
The reason is also very simple, that is because before I went to school, the seniors and senior sisters of Ravenclaw made the star map for the exam.
Guaranteed to get you high scores. "
Okay, as Harry was about to speak, Professor Lockhart blocked him with an irrefutable answer.
Moreover, in addition to being tired tonight, he can at least get a star map - during the exam tomorrow, he and his good brother Ron, and even some other Gryffindor little lions who are familiar with him, You can get high marks in astronomy class.
"It's just a pain for me. Everyone can have a bright future, and the grades in astronomy class will be saved..."
He "gnashed his teeth" to comfort himself.
Then, with this idea of dedicating himself, he lay down in front of the desk specially prepared for him by Lockhart and started writing furiously.
"Have you eaten?"
"I'm fine. The food at Hogwarts is pretty good."
"Professor Lockhart has written a very interesting book."
"You must think so too, right?"
"..."
Don’t doubt that the above sentences are all about word count. These are some of the techniques for writing readers’ replies that Harry has gradually learned over time.
He first came up with a few "elementary sentences", and then wrote these words again and again, and arranged and combined them in different ways in reply to different readers.