On Monday afternoon of the fourth week, when Percy arrives in the library, where he frequents the private study, he is surprised to find that Catherine is already inside.

Percy felt that he shouldn't disturb the other party, but he measured the distance between himself and the red-haired girl and made sure that he had alarmed the other before he walked in and sat down across from her.

"Why did you read employment counseling so early?" Seeing what Catherine was studying, Percy couldn't help but ask in surprise, "You're only in the third year." ”

"I took all the courses this year, but I found that there were some things that really disappointed me, such as divination and Muggle studies; And like protecting magical creatures, I was still looking forward to it, but Hagrid was really not a good teacher. Catherine reluctantly flipped through the brochure under her hand, "So I decided to look at the employment information first, see which job I was more interested in, and then replan my future courses." ”

"Have you Slytherins always been so far-sighted?" Percy gasped.

"It's not all of it." Catherine thought for a moment before looking up and answering, "Slytherin students are generally divided into four categories according to their family background and stress:

Families with good backgrounds and high pressure, like Draco and Pansy, can basically only follow the path arranged by their families, without thinking too much, and they also don't have to think about their own interests;

Those who have a good family background and are not under much pressure, like Daphne and Breth, the elders in the family do not ask too much, so they can naturally decide their future completely according to their own hearts;

The family background is not good, and the pressure is not great, like Crabbe and Goyle, the elders in the family do not have too many expectations, and may help point out a clear path, but whether they can go well or not depends on themselves;

The family is not well-off, but the pressure is very high, like Theodore and Millicent. The elders in the family don't have to expect anything to look like, they need to work hard.

In general, only the first and fourth categories will be far-sighted and will seriously consider their future. ”

"In your case, you should be in the second category, huh?" Percy asked, puzzled.

"If it weren't for the mystery man, and if Harry wasn't the savior, I could have done whatever I wanted, but—" Catherine pressed her temple, "I'm worried about what path to take to help him in the future." ”

"To the Ministry of Magic, of course!" Percy immediately recommended his choice. "The Ministry of Magic has the most powerful Aurors, and you can use their power against the Mysteries."

Catherine looked up and looked at Percy with an idiotic gaze before she sighed and grabbed a piece of parchment and drew a sketch of the structure of the Ministry of Magic.

"Organizations like the Ministry of Magic are very senior. Ordinary graduates who have just entered the country generally have to work as a grassroots worker for four or five years, unless your ability is really outstanding enough. Or someone can help you participate in some big things and get a decent result, so as to get the opportunity to rise.

And one is promoted. As soon as you are favored, you have to start to watch out for some villains, and recognize some oppositionists, maybe they are just unwilling to be older than you. But you don't rise as fast, and it may be just a political difference, but once you confuse them. If you think that villains are the same as oppositionists, then you will always have only disapproving voices around you, and your leaders may question your personality because of this, so you may never be able to improve again.

Even if you are lucky, you will quickly climb to the top position after five levels and six levels, but as soon as you exercise your power and implement administrative policies, everyone else is against it, can you personally subdue them one by one, it is no different from a mysterious person.

So in addition to ability and luck, networking is also an extremely important part, and this is the most time-consuming part. Today, there are five or six hundred members in the Ministry of Magic, plus some related organizations, as well as new and retired members, there are more than a thousand.

Now let's assume that each person needs to communicate for 30 minutes, which adds up to 30,000 minutes, or 500 hours. A person works 8 hours a day, rests and sleeps 8 hours, and spends 62.5 days if all the rest of the time is spent communicating.

The question is, is 30 minutes of communication time per person enough? It's definitely not enough, 30 minutes can leave an impression at most, and it takes at least five times or ten times more time to make the other party have a good impression of you and even be able to support you.

Unfortunately, I may not be short of money or talent, but I am short of time, so the path of the Ministry of Magic will not be of much help to me and Harry at all. ”

"Is it really such a hassle to get into the Ministry of Magic?" Percy frowned and said, he had never thought that the rules of the Ministry of Magic would be so inconsistent with his own behavior.

"If you don't spend enough time and energy on the other person, how can you expect the other person to support you and give their strength when you need it most?" Catherine raised her eyebrows, "If you want to get something in return, you have to give something first, and of course, you have to recognize some white-eyed wolves, they have always only eaten and not cooked." ”

"You're right." Percy pondered for a long time, until he completely figured it out, and realized that he had just come to provide advice to Catherine, "I'm sorry! I was so engrossed in my thoughts. He hurriedly apologized, "Are you really not going to go to the Ministry of Magic?" ”

"To be honest, there is nothing wrong with your construction, the Ministry of Magic is indeed the best choice, but not enough time is one reason, and the second is because the entanglement of interests in it is too great, and I don't have the energy to bother to pay attention to it, but will be bound by it; Third, because the Ministry of Magic represents the collective interests of the wizarding world, out of moral and public opinion pressure, it will also deal with mysterious people. ”

"Do you want to go to the Wizengamot?" Percy was so impressed by it entirely because Ixisi chose to go there, so he had been tormented by how he would face his old rival if he became minister in the future.

"In times of peace, the Wizengamot would indeed be immensely powerful, but once the mystery man returns, Britain will inevitably fall into civil war, and in times of war, it is definitely the most useless institution." Catherine said disdainfully.

"Do you already have a good choice?"

"No, the most time-saving way to deal with the mysterious man is to take a salary from the bottom of the kettle, as long as he becomes a loner, it will not be so difficult to deal with. And to deal with Death Eaters, there isn't a class here that suits me. Catherine repacked the promotional materials that had almost covered the entire table.

"I've heard that your Slytherin inner organization, the Hunting Society, is actually a Death Eater training base, is that true?" Percy asked cautiously suddenly.

"It's true." Catherine sighed again, "I can't figure out how many of those members are future Death Eaters right now, because none of them have the Mark of the Dark Magic, and they don't openly worship the mysterious man as Merlin, and questioning them without evidence will only cause unnecessary panic." ”

"In fact, in the eyes of many people, this person who can't even mention his name is indeed similar to God!" Percy's tone was a little frightened, but when he looked at Catherine, he saw that her eyes were uncontrollable with excitement.

"Thank you for reminding me! Percy! Catherine jumped up from her chair with joy, "I now know what to do with the Death Eaters." ”

"What should I do?" Percy asked in shock, but Catherine had already picked up the stack of documents and rushed out of the study, leaving only a word-

"Relegate their gods to mortals!"

Percy was stunned for a while, and when he thought of the deeds of the Egyptian gods, he suddenly realized, he wanted to chase after it for verification, but he didn't know where Catherine had gone, and wanted to continue studying, but he found that his heart was really quiet, and finally he simply picked up the simple diagram of the structure of the Ministry of Magic that the red-haired girl had just drawn, and seriously thought about his future.

Wanting to enter the Ministry of Magic, or even become a minister, this is Percy's most desired goal, he has always thought that as long as he works hard, he will definitely be able to succeed, but Catherine's words just now made him understand how ridiculous his ideas are, and also made him realize how difficult the path he has chosen is, especially his self-appreciating and arrogant character habits, I am afraid that it will bring him a lot of trouble.

In fact, in the past year, Penelope has mentioned many similar suggestions, but Percy has not listened to them at all, or he has rarely listened to the opinions of people who are similar to him, or much worse than himself, but he has forgotten that there is an old proverb called: "If you are a threesome, you must have my teacher!" ”

[It seems that if you want to become the Minister of Magic, you really need to fix some of your stinky mistakes.] Percy thought to himself and began to list his personality habits on parchment, studying what should be corrected, what should be carried forward, and when his girlfriend came over from class, he even asked her to help correct him.

Penelope was shocked, not understanding how Percy had figured it out, and only after recognizing whose handwriting on one of the parchments belonged to, did he realize that his iron-clad head had finally been cracked.

On the other hand, as soon as Catherine rushed out of the library, she immediately found Ixissi, and then pulled him aside to bite his ear, despite the surprised eyes of the others.

After hearing what Catherine said, Ixissi's expression was shocked at first, then solemn, and finally solemnly nodded, and others couldn't help but look itchy, but after asking, the Slytherin prefect only showed a mysterious smile, which made people want to beat him up.

No matter what the Slytherins thought in their hearts, they didn't dare to break ground on Tai Sui's head, like Gryffindor, as soon as they noticed Percy's abnormality, they actually forcibly escorted him to Madam Pomfrey for examination, and naturally they were collectively blasted out of the medical wing. (To be continued......)