Zhang Xu's big change of living panda made today's tea party reach a **.

It could be seen that the Owen family still had a lot of questions to ask, so he immediately changed back in the family's excited, surprised, and slightly disappointed eyes.

After Zhang Xu sat down in his chair again, Mr. Owen asked, "Mr. Zhang, what do you wizards think of us ordinary people you call 'Muggles'?" ”

Zhang Xu took a sip of tea, and then said: "On this question, I have no intention of hiding some of the dark parts of the answer. ”

"In general, the attitude of wizards towards ordinary people is basically very friendly, and many wizards choose ordinary people as the other half of their lives. The new headmaster of our school, Professor McGonagall, had her first love in the son of an ordinary farmer. It's just that later, for some reason, they didn't end up together. ”

"However, a small percentage of wizards will look down on or even discriminate against ordinary people who they see as powerless because they possess supernatural powers. In school, the vast majority of such people are just a little disrespectful in language. ”

"Overall, though, things are getting better, and the younger generation of wizards is getting more and more able to treat ordinary people equally."

"And among the current students, wizards whose parents are ordinary people are no less successful than those of wizarding families who have been in their own hands for hundreds of years."

Zhang Xu said it seriously, and Owen's family also listened seriously. He didn't hide from the Owen family that pure-blood families discriminated against Muggle-born wizards, describing Hogwarts as a white lotus. Because these things cannot be hidden, and there is no need to hide them.

He already had a general idea of the Owen family before he came. Mr. Owen is engaged in finance, so it can be said that he deals with nonsense all day long. Mrs. Owen, who teaches at the University of Liverpool, knows all the stories and accidents beneath the school's surface. Although their knowledge of the wizarding world is very new, people have a common denominator, and they can easily tell if they are telling the truth and what they are telling is false.

"Alas, it seems that discrimination is everywhere." Mr. Owen said with emotion, "Big companies discriminate against small companies, and graduates of prestigious universities discriminate against ......."

At the sound of his wife's gentle cough, Mr. Owen slammed on the brakes.

"If Michael had gone to Hogwarts, he wouldn't have been hurt by those people." Mrs. Owen said with concern.

"Just beat it back like a man." Zhang Xu replied.

The answer was clearly to Mr. Owen's appetite, and his youth coincided with victory in the Falklands War, and Margaret Thatcher's hard-nosed style of-for-tat clearly had a great influence on him.

"And what about jobs after graduation?" Mrs. Owen asked, "We know from books that wizards don't have many jobs after graduation. ”

To be honest, this question is really not easy for Zhang Xu to answer, because with the current social status of the Owen couple, they may not be able to look down on those jobs in the wizarding world.

At this time, Zhang Xu could only tell the truth.

"To be honest, I've always had reservations about work in the wizarding world of England." Zhang Xu pursed his lips.

The Owen couple were first surprised when they saw Zhang Xu's appearance, and then frowned slightly. Parents are very concerned about their children's futures.

Zhang Xu continued: "Graduates with excellent grades generally join the Ministry of Magic, that is, the wizards themselves manage the work of the wizards' departments. ”

And the rest of the students ...... Alas...... I would say that the magical society in Britain was still in the pre-industrial structure of the handicraft-dominated economy. Although the society is changing now, the pace of change is too slow. ”

"From my personal point of view, I don't want Michael to live in that kind of lifeless world."

The Owens' brows furrowed.

Lady Owen said with some caution: "Then it will be difficult for us to agree that Michael will go to Hogwarts to study, and we must be responsible for his future." ”

Zhang Xu understands Mrs. Owen's caution, because she is afraid that she will accidentally anger Zhang, and then be used by Zhang's various strange magic.

Michael, who was sitting next to Zhang Xu, couldn't sit still, but he knew that at such a time, his parents' opinions must be taken seriously.

"I can understand your concerns." Zhang Xu replied with a smile, "If I had children, I would have thought this way too." ”

"Mr. Zhang, just now you specifically emphasized that what you are talking about is the magical world, so can I understand that it will be a different world in our ordinary world?" Mr. Owen, who is accustomed to finding and discovering useful details in the other party's language in negotiations, immediately noticed a noteworthy point in Zhang Xu's words.

"Yes, some of the people in 10 Downing Street are wizards who work for the British government." Zhang Xu nodded lightly and replied, "A certain member of the House of Lords I know is a wizard from a family that has served the British royal family for hundreds of years, and the ancestors of their family can find their names in the history books. In addition to this, I know some wizards from the military and intelligence services. ”

The three views of the Owen couple were refreshed, and Zhang Xu also took this opportunity to briefly popularize the history of this aspect to them. It took a while for them to come to terms with this fact.

At this time, Zhang Xu asked Mrs. Owen: "Mrs. Owen, I don't know if you have heard about the 'Prometheus Project' that the British government has secretly implemented in the 'Red Brick University' recently. ”

Mrs. Owen suddenly looked at Zhang Xu vigilantly, she had only heard of this plan slightly, and this plan had a certain level of secrecy, she knew that this plan was because her mentor had accidentally mentioned it. The content of this plan is that the "Red Brick University" will be ready to accept a very special group of students.

Thinking of this, a flash of inspiration suddenly occurred in Mrs. Owen's mind, could the "extremely special student" be talking about someone like her own son? She silently glanced at her son, and then cast an inquiring glance at Zhang Xu.

Zhang Xu met her gaze and nodded silently.

Upon receiving an affirmative reply, Mrs. Owen breathed a sigh of relief. For her, who has received a higher education, she cannot tolerate her son leaving society after only receiving a slightly better education than a five-year middle school. Now that she learns that her son has the opportunity to continue his higher education, she is finally relieved.

Owen and his son looked at the two people who didn't know what to play in confusion, not knowing what Mr. Zhang meant by this plan.

Mrs. Owen then briefly explained the contents of the plan to father and son, but she could not explain it in detail, for she knew very little.

In this regard, Zhang Mou was smiling and silent while drinking tea next to him, because this plan was also a little concerned about the relationship. In recent years, many outstanding graduates of Hogwarts and Beauxbatons have gone east to further their studies, which has attracted the attention of Western European governments. After much deliberation, governments have secretly launched their own wizarding re-education programs.

As far as Zhang Xu knows, when the British plan was first formulated, the relevant government departments quietly visited the vast majority of Muggle-born senior students at Hogwarts during last year's Christmas holiday and this summer's summer vacation to solicit their opinions and suggestions.

A few days ago, when Zhang was hiding from Harley, Hermione secretly asked him for his opinion on the matter. At the same time, she wondered why the government knew about her at Hogwarts.

The first question, Zhang was supportive at the time, he always felt that the knowledge learned at Hogwarts alone could not make Hermione's intelligence fully utilized, and it would be better if she could go to university for a systematic education.

As for the second question, the list of students is certainly not in Zhang's handwriting. He still has a bit of a liking for digging into the corners of the British magical society.

As for the issue of competing for talents with domestic universities, it is useless to worry. The domestic instructions are to sell favors to the British government, and the quality of magic teaching in domestic universities is definitely better than that of British universities that are just starting out, and the first batch of international students are ready to graduate and return to the UK, so they must have a huge competitive advantage under their publicity.

After a while, Owen and his son were also relieved to learn from Mrs. Owen about the movements of the British government.