Hermione, join me as Minister of Magic!

Because of this, Dobby also recognized the status quo-freedom is not cheap, and getting freedom is not cheap.

From now on, all the choices you make will be your own responsibility.

In front of Lockhart, Dobby seemed a little awkward at first, but when Harry Potter assured him that Lockhart was definitely a good person, Dobby's trust in Lockhart suddenly rose a lot.

Lockhart noticed that although Dobby claimed that he was already a free elf, the traces of being enslaved by the Malfoy family still remained on him, and he seemed extremely awkward when talking about wages, just like those young people who have just become up masters It's the same when Guadanzi asks Party A for money

Like players in English football clubs, they talk about their salaries on a weekly basis, even if they are not paid on a weekly basis.

"Let's take a look. I remember that the weekly salary of Lihen Bookstore's clerk is 10 galleons. We also calculated according to this-the basic salary is 10 galleons, but because I can't buy you unemployment insurance, pension insurance, Medical insurance, so it is calculated based on an extra 30% of salary. As for transportation and communication expenses, because you can apparate, I don’t need to spend this money, so I should supplement it for you, but I will cover it for you at the same time Food and lodging, this part is equivalent to...

In this way, the weekly salary is 13 galleons, one day off a week, and you are allowed to take half a month of paid annual leave every year, how about it. "

Chapter 120 Lockhart's view on mate selection

Regarding Lockhart's condition, Harry and Hermione nodded repeatedly, thinking it was very fair, and Ron was even a little envious. It seemed that he wished he could work with Lockhart too.

But Dobby was taken aback: "Uh...you don't need so much, sir. One galleon a week and one day off every month are enough. Dobby prefers work to wages! Work makes me happy!"

…if the world was full of reverse bargaining employees like you, the capitalists would probably go to heaven with joy.Lockhart thought.

"Dobby!" Hermione was very surprised. "That's too little!"

"A lot! Dobby needs wages to buy clothes and socks, but other than that, Dobby doesn't need anything! Dobby can eat bugs!" Dobby took the initiative to lower his price.

"Eating bugs?" Lockhart made a disgusted expression, "It's better not to, although I don't have a clean freak, but I don't allow too many bugs in my house... If you want to apply, then I have to follow my meal arrangement, carbohydrates, protein, fiber, and vitamins must be taken into account... But I hope you don’t eat pork in front of me. In order to keep fit, I have been on a diet. "

"My God!" Dobby was so moved that he shed tears, "Sure enough, people are divided into groups. You are so kind and generous! Great Harry Potter, his friends are just as great! Dobby Than can actually eat pork."

Not to mention Harry, even Lockhart was a little puzzled this time: "Is pork very precious?"

But Ron shrugged: "Wild boars and domestic pigs are difficult to transform with magic, so making pork is much more time-consuming and expensive than making mutton... My mother said

I don't really like making pork chops.

After hearing this sentence, for some reason, Harry suddenly remembered the scene where Hagrid failed to turn his cousin Dudley into a pig, but made him grow a pig's tail.

Well, Hagrid, I know why now.

Because of Dobby's strong resistance to salary, even fighting to the death, Lockhart was embarrassed to add terms such as confidentiality agreement and advance notice before resignation.Lockhart gave his reasons for establishing these terms, and Dobby agreed, and the matter was settled.

Witnessed by the trio, Lockhart and Dobby signed an employment contract in triplicate as a formal

However, due to Dobby's strong insistence, his weekly salary was still set at one Galleon, but Lockhart added some bonus clauses to it—but if Dobby did well, his weekly salary should be able to Reach 3-4 gold coins.

As "notaries" with Hermione, they also took a contract in their hands.

"It's unbelievable." Hermione still felt a little aggrieved, "You actually lowered your salary...Are house elves as miserable as Dobby?"

Ron curled his lips: "Just be content, the other house elves won't even get a contract."

Hermione sighed: "Fortunately, only those ancient wizard families have them, and there are not many of them. There are not many elves that we need to rescue in the future."

Ron showed an incredible expression: "Rescue? Let's not talk about that... But Hogwarts also has house elves? And there are hundreds of them."

"?" Hermione's eyes widened immediately.

"" It's in the kitchen... You don't think that everything we eat every day is created by magic?Fred and George can often see them there when they go out to the kitchen at night. "

Hermione stopped suddenly.

"We've been enjoying it with peace of mind?" she asked in disbelief.Harry and Ron looked at each other, and each could see their voices in each other's eyes.

/W/Lb'

Yes, we can rest easy.

Hermione looked at the contract in her hand, and suddenly thought, "We should let all the house elves get such an employment contract, this can be used as a template."

Harry and Ron sighed and they knew Hermione was having another whim.

"It's impossible." Ron shrugged. "Not to mention that none of us are willing to pay for it, and they are themselves... You can find a chance to ask them, and they probably don't want to be free."

"Nonsense, of course they want freedom, look at Dobby." Hermione said without hesitation, "And aren't there good people like Professor Lockhart and Dumbledore among wizards?"

"The question is whether every house-elf is as weird as Dobby, and not all of them are like Lockhart and Dumbledore...wealthy enough to not care about the elf's employment fee, and not too much to care about what others think of them. his opinion."

Ron stopped in time, so he didn't say the word "weird".Then again, all Ravenclaws are kind of weird, and they really don't care much about what other people think.

Hermione disagreed: "Let's wait and see, even if you don't support me, Lockhart will support me."

Harry and Ron stuck out their tongues behind her, and the helpless expressions of the two brothers were exactly the same.

Lockhart didn't know that the contract he drafted was being used as a template again.

But even if he knew, he would just laugh it off, not proud of it.

Because it's not something to be proud of.

As a species that can apparate freely at Hogwarts, Dobby soon got his first job - returning to Lockhart's house in London and cleaning it, and delivering a message to Lockhart's mother , Tell her that now her own family has become a family with house elves.

Although it is the kind of salary.

Lockhart didn't care what others thought of him for "breaking the rules" and paying the house-elves their wages.

Anyway, under this capitalist employment relationship, the lower-class workers seem to be free, but in fact the superiors’ ability to exploit and control the lower-class workers is expanding rather than shrinking.

Money is just a symbol of value. Even if they scatter the money, the money will still flow back to them through various means, so it is not worth mentioning. What they really need to pay attention to is the control over the channel and the underlying ecology. After this, no matter how much money you spend, you can rely on others to earn back for yourself.

The employment relationship not only relieves the moral burden of those in power, but also exempts them from their responsibilities to the lower levels—anyway, if they can’t do the work, they can be fired, and what they pay is only what means very little to them. money.

It looks like a loss, but it is actually a huge profit. Lockhart can't wait for more good things like this.

It's just that not long after he sent Dobby home, Dobby returned to his office with Mrs. Lockhart's message.

"It's a good thing to have a house-elf take the initiative to go to him, but it's nothing compared to your current achievements. On the contrary, I once said that I want you to find someone to take care of yourself. That's not what you mean. You should find someone quickly." Good girl to marry, not find a house-elf, you're not too young. "The urging from his mother immediately let Lockhart know that there are some things that cannot be avoided, but he still doesn't want to find someone to make it through, because he is too arrogant.

Don't look at him like the king of the sea, he is polite to all ladies, but at the same time, he doesn't look down on any woman who can be deceived by his sweet words

Because they are so stupid.

Life is a painful process of self-reform, you can enjoy yourself in time, a cup of milk tea today and sleep until you wake up naturally tomorrow, but for those who stay in place like this, Lockhart may appreciate the other party's "free and easy" and "Small luck" attitude towards life, but from the bottom of my heart, I look down on each other.

As for some other women, they have a strong sense of fame and fortune, and they can beat their heads and blood for those vanity, but turn a blind eye to those who really care about her, and would rather indulge in the flattery of others and covet their flesh. The Brain Man Lockhart had also seen a lot, and looked down on even more.

It's not that pursuing material things is bad, but at least you have to be smart enough to know what's most important, right?

So at the end of the development, Lockhart's pursuit of a life partner is only left with the most important two - no vanity, no superficiality.

Of course, apart from that, the more beautiful the person, the better. Lockhart is also somewhat confident about his current appearance.

However, until now, he had never found such a woman.Perhaps he could maintain a good relationship with many witches or even a relationship beyond friendship, but even if the physical distance between the two parties was negative, those women had never been close to his heart.

You could say that Lockhart is too narcissistic, or too demanding, but he really doesn't want to give in.

Wizards live much longer than Muggles, even if they get married at 30 and live to one or two

Centenarians can be found everywhere, so is he going to spend the next 100 years with a woman he despises day and night?

It is precisely because of Lockhart's view on mate selection that he has never married until now, and he doesn't even have a true soul mate.

As for the urging marriage from his mother, Lockhart decided to use the way of working to avoid it.

"I'm too busy. I have to prepare lessons, arrange matters for the Dueling Club, and also be one of the school representatives to receive the upcoming guests. Let's talk about this in the middle of the year."

He tried to use this kind of rhetoric to get away temporarily, but he also knew that he could escape for a while, but he couldn't escape for a lifetime.

Even though he was still in the haze of the secret room a few days ago, on the morning of February 2th, Lockhart still received a mountain of fan greeting letters and Valentine's Day cards, occasionally mixed with a few small square boxes containing hair. Bear toys, rose ornaments, chocolates and all kinds of textiles woven with human hair.

Although it is good to be an idol all the time, one day he still has to form a real family. It is actually difficult for a politician without a "family" to gain a foothold in politics, because it is not close enough to the people and it is not easy for voters to empathize.

He shook his head and decided to put this worrying matter behind him.

Chapter 120: A World Where Rational People Suffer

At the end of March, the Duelist Club's semi-finals were finally completed.

In order to avoid the ranking error caused by the disparity in strength, Lockhart used the double-elimination system. Although this will increase the number of games a lot, considering the purpose of establishing the club, this is not a bad thing.

Slytherin became the biggest winner of the duel duel by virtue of its organizational advantages, won the championship and runner-up of the third and fifth grades in seven grades, and entered the finals in all five grades at the same time. .

Relatively speaking, the Lion Court is a bit miserable.Although they also won the first and second places in a year with Harry Potter and Hermione Granger in the second grade, but other than that, there are only George Weasley in the fourth grade and Oliver Wood in the sixth grade. Made it to the final.

It seems that the lack of organization is indeed a big problem. After all, the temporary spontaneous anti-snake club is still no match for the foresighted unity of others.

For this reason, the little lion's family was reprimanded by the parents.

These lion faction parents are very reluctant to see their children lose to the snake faction young people, the competition between the two factions can be said to be everywhere.

"You lack unity and organization, and you can't just think about your individual abilities. Whether it's a lion or a griffin, when you hunt, you hunt in groups." Their parents warned.

But the most surprising thing is not the Lion Academy, but the Eagle Academy. Among the seven grades, only Samuel Mason in the - grade entered the final grade finals, and the rest of the grades were all wiped out.

You know, even the Guanyuan School has fourth-grade student Cedric Diggory and seventh-grade student Kevin Hopwood both entering the finals, and this is still in the finals.

Kevin Hopwood was distracted from the UK Gobstone Championships.

Although Professor Flitwick usually treats people with a smile, after seeing this result, he still covered his face in pain.

He was also a duel champion when he was young, but the performance of the students in his school in the duel made him feel ashamed.

In fact, in the top eight, the number of people selected by the Eagle Academy can completely compete with the other ones, at least not less than that of the Swollen Academy, and even in the top four, it is not far behind the Lion Academy. When courageous, Yingyuan was defeated.

It seems that in terms of maintaining the honor of the academy, these little eagles are not determined to go all out.

In the sixth grade class, Flitwick tapped on the small blackboard and got angry rarely.

"Rhythm! Rhythm! Where did Rhythm go? I can understand your desire to protect yourself wisely, but why did your own rhythm get messed up after your enemy showed determination?"

For the competition in the Dueling Club, he actually secretly taught some tricks of using magic power. From small to small, the spells are gradually enlarged, and when they cast high-power spells, they will be more layered and segmented. Broaden, and when you use a small spell, it becomes more powerful.

What annoys him the most is that at the last moment of the duel, when the opponents from other schools start to exchange injuries with them, showing their determination to win the victory despite everything, the Kitty Eagles will become cautious and worry about gains and losses, and then Some are timid and out of rhythm.In fact, as long as they continue to keep calm and cast spells at their own pace, the opponent will have no chance at all.

The little hawks were speechless—after all, we are all human beings, not cold machines. Calmness is easy to say: but there are few people who can still remain calm in a critical situation.

Besides, it's just a college club activity, and the prize is just a relatively rare magic. As long as you figure out the principle, you can cast it yourself, and you don't need to hurt yourself.

Under this mentality, Ravenclaws, known for their rationality, would naturally not compete for this championship.

As the dean, Flitwick is very clear about the mentality of Ravenclaws, but he has no way to solve it, because this is completely a "systematic contradiction" of Ravenclaws.

He can't tell the students that you should also learn from the Lion Academy and the Snake Academy, and regard honor as your life, right?In that case, is Ravenclaw still Ravenclaw?

During lunch, Professor Flitwick found Lockhart and told him about his distress.

"You see, we Ravenclaws don't lack courage—after all, you are also from our college. But are we going to watch other colleges beat us in this project in the coming days?"

Hearing the old dean's question, Lockhart put down the fork in his hand.

"I'll go back to the common room in the evening, if you don't mind, and I have something to say," he said.

Flitwick was overjoyed: "You want to convince them? That would really help

"It can't be regarded as persuasion, but I just analyze it for them. I don't know the result." Lockhart smiled.

Although he had promised nothing, Flitwick could sense his confidence in his tone.

So Flitwick simply ignored Lockhart's self-deprecating words: "...you can tell them about your journey from a Ravenclaw to a master adventurer, so they may become braver."

Quite the contrary, I'm going to solve problems the Ravenclaw way.lockhart heart

Say.

Because the Eagle Academy has no password, no matter whether it is a professor or a student, as long as they can answer the knocker's question, they can enter, so Lockhart didn't ask Flitwick about the password at all.

Originally, he wanted to sneak in with the students, but he could answer the question asked by the door knocker, so he went straight there.

"Excuse me" can those two words (wrds) contain a thousand letters (letters)?"

Lockhart did not hesitate: "The Owl House (wlHuse, letter^ means "letter"). "

The knocker opened the door and let Lockhart in.

So when the afternoon classes were over and the Ravenclaws who had returned from club activities and the library returned to the lounge, they found Gilderoy Lockhart sitting in the center of the lounge.

And when Professor Flitwick wanted to take a look at the situation, Lockhart had already started to preach to these little eagles the "superior science" in Muggle universities - game theory.

We all admit that extraordinary reason and clear judgment are the foundation of our Ravenclaw, but the problem is also here-that is, the enemy also knows that we are all sane people.

—Once we let the other party know that we are rational enough, then we also lose some kind of deterrence at the same time, and the premise of the theory similar to "pirate split gold coins" is that everyone is a rational person-and this does not exist."

It can only be said that Eagle Academy is still mostly smart people, and they immediately understood Lockhart's voice field

"Are you saying that 'sanity' can also bring disaster to us?" someone asked.

"In a sense yes."