In the headmaster's office, Zhang Xu and Dumbledore sat at the table, chatting while drinking tea and eating dessert.

Dumbledore had a sweet tooth and loved to entertain his guests with sweets.

But Zhang Xu has always been shallow about sweets, because he is afraid of becoming a fat man of 200 catties.

When he came home last summer, Zhang Xu's father told Zhang Xu that if he ate fat in the UK, then when he came back, he would throw him into the 100,000 mountains, and let him start with a knife and rely on picking up all the food, and he could only come back after losing weight.

This made Zhang Xu have to take time out of his body every day to exercise this year.

When Dumbledore finished the dessert and changed the plate into a vanishing one, his face suddenly changed, from a kind old man a moment ago to a serious headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Zhang Xu, who was already familiar with Dumbledore, knew that the next step was to get to the point.

"Mr. Zhang, what do you think of the Muggle Studies class?" Dumbledore asked.

Zhang Xu was a little surprised when he heard this question, and he thought that Dumbledore had come to him to talk about the basilisk or Lockhart. As a result, I didn't expect Dumbledore to say such a thing that Zhang Xu didn't expect.

At the beginning of the semester, Dumbledore had been handed over to the vice-chancellor, Professor McGonagall, for teaching. Zhang Xu seemed to have a premonition that sooner or later he would withdraw from the bento and begin to hand over power to the next headmaster, Professor McGonagall. So Dumbledore suddenly asked about a course, and Zhang Xu was a little surprised.

Putting aside the hundreds of thousands of words in his mind about "Hogwarts Mutiny, Mutual Fire", "McGonagall Inclusion" and so on, Zhang Xu replied: "I won't take this course until next semester, so I don't know much about it. ”

"So let's talk about what little you know about this subject." Dumbledore seemed to be going deeper on the issue.

"The course is out of touch with the Muggle world, and much of the material is full of wizards' pride, prejudice, and mistaken assumptions about Muggles." Zhang Xu said after recalling the contents of the Muggle studies textbook.

"Family Life and Social Habits of Muggles in England", "Muggles Who Have Discovered It", "My Muggle Life", and "Mortal Philosophy: Why Muggles Don't Like to Get to the Bottom of It" are several textbooks for Muggle studies courses that have an aging knowledge structure and even crooked side, which do not give wizarding students much understanding of the Muggle world, but only make students misunderstand the Muggle world.

From this class, you can see the attitude of the British wizarding world towards the Muggle world.

"That's why Professor Keriddy Bubbaji has applied to me, and she will temporarily step down as Professor of Muggle Studies at the end of this term, and then she will live in Muggle society for a few years, and in a few years she will return to Hogwarts as Professor of Muggle Studies." Dumbledore said.

Zhang Xu thought to himself, none of the people who can become professors are simple, and Professor Kairedi Bubaji is playing without pay. If Dumbledore agrees, the job will remain after returning in a few years, and the professors in the middle of the past few years will be able to accept it.

"Professor Kairedi Bubaji's first stop is to plan to live in China for a while." Dumbledore said.

"No problem, I can solve this matter myself. When the time comes, even if you get her a Muggle job, it will be no problem. Zhang Xu agreed.

Dumbledore nodded.

"It's just that in the next few years, Muggle studies professors were hard to find." Dumbledore continued, "There aren't many wizards like Professor Carreddy Bubbaji who don't discriminate against Muggles and are willing to learn about Muggles. ”

After all, if you are only a temporary worker for a few years, if you retire on a long-term contract, many qualified people will rush to do it. Zhang Xu secretly complained.

Then, Dumbledore looked at Zhang Xu and said, "So, the Muggle Studies professor in the past few years, I need your help, Mr. Zhang." ”

Zhang Xu was stunned, what is the situation of asking for his own help? Could it be that Dumbledore was trying to find a Muggle studies professor himself? In this case, it is not difficult to do, whether it is a Muggle studies professor or a twist research professor, he can call for help from the country.

Thinking of this, Zhang Xu nodded to Dumbledore and said, "No problem, how can you help me?" ”

"I hope you, Mr. Zhang, will serve as an acting professor in Muggle studies for the past few years." Dumbledore said.

"Poof"

Zhang Xu squirted out a mouthful of tea and sprayed the phoenix on the side.

Then there was a burst of fire on the phoenix's body, which evaporated the tea on his body, and then glared at Zhang Xu.

Zhang Xu apologized and took out a small dried fish and handed it to Fawkes, but was turned into ashes by Fawkes's wings.

After teasing the phoenix to adjust his mood, Zhang Xu said to Dumbledore: "Professor Dumbledore, I am still a student, how can I be a professor." ”

"Just acting professor, no problem. In the history of Hogwarts, there have been many current students who served as teaching assistants to professors, and when professors were unable to attend classes, the assistant church served as surrogate professors to teach students. Dumbledore said.

"Uh, is that so?"

"Yes. The last TA was a TA for Professor Binns in the History of Magic class. It was planned that Professor Binns would retire soon after, and he would be appointed professor of the History of Magic class. Later......"

"Poor boy."

"He's just out of luck."

"But I'm only thirteen years old, and will the senior students agree with such a young and naïve professor?"

"Mr. Zhang, your knowledge has conquered the students of the whole school, and I am sure everyone will agree. And in China, didn't a twelve-year-old boy serve as the prime minister? As long as I have the ability, I believe that age will not be an obstacle. ”

"But I have other courses to study, and I usually spend almost all of my time writing homework."

"If you're an acting professor, you'll be exempt from all homework. Preferential treatment will also be given for final exams. ”

Having said all this, Zhang Xu found that Dumbledore was fully prepared.

As for his identity as a foreigner, Zhang Xu did not mention it. Because he's at least a human being, Hogwarts will have a professor who isn't even a human being in the future.

Dumbledore saw that Zhang Xu did not directly object, and played another card.

"Mr. Zhang, if you agree, the university will give you the treatment of a formal professor in the past few years, salary, year-end bonus, vacation, and the right to add and deduct points to students, etc., all of which are the same as formal professors."

There are no five insurances and one housing fund, and this welfare treatment is not good. Zhang Xu secretly complained.

Zhang Xu decided that he seemed to be unable to escape, so he asked one last question.

"Does the school board agree to this appointment?"

Dumbledore smiled and took out a piece of parchment and pushed it in front of Zhang Xu.

The school board unanimously approved. As long as you agree, the appointment will take effect for the next semester. ”

Zhang Xu picked up the parchment and looked at it, and sure enough, it was proof of the school board's consent.

Zhang Xu looked at the signatures of the board directors who agreed under the parchment, and found that there was no name of Lucius Malfoy. Dumbledore just said "unanimously approved by the board", and it seems that Lucius Malfoy was kicked out of the board, perhaps because of Dobby, the house elf.

Zhang Xu suddenly thought that Hogwarts appointed professors without such fanfare from the school board, and then seemed to think of something, and then gave Dumbledore an inquiring look.

Dumbledore nodded slightly.

Seeing Dumbledore nodding, Zhang Xu thought about it again and found that it seemed good to take on this task. So Zhang Xu began to put forward his own conditions.

"I hope that the content of the Muggle Studies class will be reformulated by me, that I will figure out the teaching materials, and that there will be some teaching equipment, and I hope that the school will approve my use."

"No problem." Dumbledore smiled and nodded, "This course will be yours to take care of, you only need to submit a proposal before the end of the semester." ”

Zhang Xu nodded, stood up and stretched out his hand to Dumbledore.

"Happy cooperation, Your Excellency."

Dumbledore shook hands with Zhang Xu.

"Happy cooperation, Mr. Zhang."