Chapter 4 Mrs. Figg is going to retire early

"Oh! I didn't even notice you, good morning Kingsley! ”

A chubby woman looked up from the table, she looked ordinary, but her eyes were very bright, she was holding an exaggerated color scheme, looking very immodest publication, Luo Cheng glanced at it, the page she was holding in her hand read, "How far is Cornelius Fudge from taking over Gringotts?" ”

"Bertha, don't read this kind of unscrupulous publication in the Ministry of Magic, the minister doesn't like it."

"Thank you for your advice, I'll hide it. Thank you for helping me bring the interviewees here. Bertha Jorkins tucked the publication into her desk drawer.

"Pay more attention yourself, if the minister finds out, you may be kicked to the Department of Magical Sports, I heard that there is a shortage of people in Bagman, and you don't want to be sent to the Malvinas Islands to teach the wizards Quidditch rules there, right?"

Kingsley Shacklele shook his head helplessly, and turned to Luo Cheng and said, "Goodbye young man, I have to go to the Auror office." Hopefully we can be colleagues. ”

"Thank you very much, Mr. Shackle."

Kingsley Shackle strode away, leaving Luo Cheng to start the interview.

Bertha Jorkins immediately took out the indecent publication from the desk drawer again, and said to Luo Cheng while reading it.

"You are Luo Cheng who came for an interview, I have read your cover letter, the writing is very good, it can be said that the writing is full of emotion, I was moved, I didn't expect the work of the Muggle Liaison Office to be so important, I think you can even consider going to the Daily Prophet to be a reporter."

Luo Cheng spread his hands helplessly, "But I only have a O.W.Ls certificate for Muggle studies." ”

"Hahaha, that's why I called you for an interview. This position is indeed a good fit for you. I forgot to introduce myself, I'm Bertha Jorkins, the new head of the Muggle Liaison Office of the Ministry of Magic, and our unit is under the Muggle Mediation Committee of the Magical Accidents and Disasters Division, a newly formed department that deals with some Muggle-related issues that the Aurors, the Enforcement Division, and the Muggle Mediation Committee are unwilling to deal with. ”

"The Muggle Liaison Office is a newly created department?"

"Of course, it was founded just three years ago, to be exact. Actually, I wanted to inform you directly that you can come to work, but in order to go through the process and let you understand what kind of job it is, I will definitely give you an interview. Muggle liaison is not a good job. ”

Bertha Jorkins pointed to a bezel on her desk, which was densely covered with photographs of people in action.

"As you can see, these people are all employees of the Muggle Liaison Office."

Luo Cheng looked around, and he felt that there were not so many people sitting around him.

"Don't look at it, our Muggle Liaison Office is at my desk at the Ministry of Magic, and the rest of the place is from the Muggle Mediation Committee."

Bertha Jorkins laughed and said, "Muggle liaisons, naturally, are going to the Muggle world to communicate with Muggles, the Ministry of Magic doesn't prepare offices for liaisons, and I, the director, only have a desk." ”

There was a wizard on the other side of the partition, and he laughed when he heard Bertha Jorkins say something.

"Bertha, don't be so honest, be careful to scare this young man away, generally only Squibs are willing to take this kind of work."

"Shut up, Spencer, I like to say ugly things up front."

Bertha Jorkins scolded the wizard with a smile, and then said to Luo Cheng.

"As you've heard, Muggle liaison positions are usually filled by Squibs, and very few wizards want to mix with Muggles, because we don't know how to fiddle with Muggle stuff. Many wizards couldn't even tell the difference between men's and women's Muggle costumes. The salary is also very low, only 8 gold galleons a week, are you willing to accept this position? ”

For Luo Cheng, it is a serious thing to join the company as soon as possible to complete the task, and he naturally does not mind the quality of the position.

"I'm a Muggle, and dealing with Muggles isn't hard for me."

"That's good." Bertha Jorkins nodded. "Actually, there are not no good positions among Muggle liaisons, but those fat shortages have been robbed by the Aurors or something, such as being a secretary to a Muggle prime minister and a bodyguard for the richest Muggle man. That's what Kingsley Shackle, who brought you here just now, and he's an elite Auror. ”

Bertha Jorkins is indeed a big mouth, and she has no fear to take it out and tell someone like Luo Cheng who has just met.

"Wow, that must be a good treat."

"Of course it's good, after all, Muggle currency can also be exchanged for gold Galleons at Gringotts."

Bertha Joakins said jealously, "But this kind of fat shortage is not our turn at all, and the vacancies for Muggle liaisons, who are slightly less paid, are also taken away by Spencer and the Muggle Mediation Committee, those are good jobs in large Muggle corporations, and the salaries are also very high, plus the wages of the Ministry of Magic itself, they are paid double wages." ”

"Bertha, don't say anything, take care of your mouth!"

The wizard said with some dissatisfaction, but Bertha Jorkins ignored him.

"Most of the remaining vacancies are not much to be fished for, and that's our Muggle Liaison's turn. There are vacancies in Anguilla, Gibraltar, and the Cayman Islands, and the treatment is not bad, are you interested? ”

Luo Cheng knew which were the overseas Dominions of England, but he was not interested in this kind of distribution life, and if he was placed there, it would be difficult to get a promotion and a salary increase.

"If you can, try to divide my work in London, I think the liaison's own salary is enough for me."

"I understand that young people are motivated, and I was like this when I first joined the Ministry of Magic, and I even applied to the Minister in the hope that I could become the Director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Magic without pay, but he actually rejected me."

Bertha Joggins pulled out a piece of parchment from a drawer and examined the vacancy.

"Let me see if there are any other vacancies in London that suits you. Night cleaner on the London Underground, this is not good, your age is too young, the Muggles will not use you, the age enhancer is too expensive, and the ministry will not reimburse you. Butcher in a slaughterhouse outside London, no, you're not old enough......"

Because of her age, Bertha Joggins vetoed many positions in a row, just when Luo Cheng was a little desperate when he heard it.

Bertha Jorkins looked up suddenly.

"Found it, this Muggle liaison position is definitely for you. The Little Whinging borough of Surrey, in the southwest corner of London. The current Muggle liaison is very old, and she has been writing to me that she wants someone to replace her. But she has a request, she wants to meet her successor? ”

The more Luo Cheng heard the name of the place, the more familiar it felt.

"What is the name of the current Muggle liaison?"

"Arabella Feige."

The big-mouthed Bertha Jorkins directly told Luo Cheng the answer.

Luo Cheng suddenly realized, wasn't that Mrs. Figg, who was sent by Dumbledore to monitor and protect Harry Potter? How did she apply for retirement?