Chapter 406: Mrs. O'Neill: New Journey
Mrs. O'Neill had been a noble lady, the wife of the first-ranked heir to a viscount's family, and a citizen. Her ups and downs in life made her more resilient than the average middle-class woman. She was able to turn around after realizing that one's arms cannot lift one's thighs and that the benefits of relying on luck and unearned gains are limited.
When the lady packed her luggage and ran to the city hall to report her destination before moving, hoping that the city hall would take good care of her son, Zhao Zhenzhen gave a thumbs up to the lady for her wise choice.
My son suddenly holds a "high position", although this "high position" is very watered down... It is not difficult to fool ordinary people outside the city hall system by using the name of a company and to cheat people and make some money.
Not to mention this alien world, even on Earth, there are many people who have a relative who is an official and dare to openly use the official's name as a banner to solicit funds, set up schools, run shell companies, and solicit bribes.
How could the Public Security Department be so skilled in dragging away the man who came to the City Hall with the name of Coulson to ask for an official title? It was because the City Hall had made a plan for this long ago - making a plan in advance and rehearsing it several times beforehand was an old tradition of the national team.
"Since Coulson's mother is so wise, we can also fight for this lady."
Zhao Zhenzhen took some time out of her busy schedule to look through Mrs. O'Neill's file (Colson's blood relatives within three generations had already been figured out), picked up the intercom and started calling people: "Mia, do you need anyone over there?"
"No!" Ms. Mia said briefly, "Where is the person?"
"Coulson's mother, whose original name was Nicole Darcy before she got married, is in the reception office of the secretarial department on the second floor."
"I understand." Mia hung up the phone and immediately arranged for a clerk to pick up the new colleague.
Nicole Darcy, hearing this maiden name, Mia could think of it without much introduction, that this was the aunt of Miss China Darcy... This kind of educated woman from an aristocratic family, as long as her problems are not bigger than those of Phoebe in the past, is a useful talent.
Mrs. O'Neill thought she could go back to move after reporting in. She had just put down the water cup used by the reception department of the secretarial department to entertain guests when she was inexplicably invited to the third floor of the city hall by a clerk.
The civil servant, wearing a neat men's uniform (actually a women's uniform, a small suit with suit pants) and with a large blue birthmark on his face, strode out, smiled and nodded at the slightly restrained Mrs. O'Neill, sat down and said straight to the point: "Mrs. Nicole O'Neill, are you willing to work for the Logistics Department?"
Mrs. O'Neill: "(°口°`)?"
"When you were young, you graduated from the Rhine Women's College and are an alumnus of Princess Harriet. With your academic qualifications, you meet the requirements for recruitment as a clerk in the Logistics Department." Mia nodded encouragingly to the lady who had been a housewife since she turned 20, and briefly introduced the clerk position and salary vacant in the Logistics Department to the lady.
It is not possible for anyone to become a civil servant in the city hall right away. One must have more than one year of grassroots work experience and outstanding performance, be selected as an outstanding employee of the department that year, take an exam, and after passing the exam, undergo at least two months of pre-employment training before one can start his internship with trepidation and fear.
There are no such high requirements for clerks. As long as they have the ability to read and understand texts and have some basic knowledge of mathematics and physics, they can start their internship. In any case, all clerical staff in the city hall have to train while working, so it doesn't matter if their abilities are a little weak in the early stages. As long as they can keep up with the learning progress and don't make irreparable mistakes in their work, they can continue to work as .
After all, intellectuals are really scarce in this world, and there are still a large number of educated women who stay at home as housewives. Unless their husbands who support the family have problems, such as losing their jobs or having an accident, they will not come out to work.
Newly hired trainee clerks only have a basic annual salary of 20 gold coins, which is similar to that of some shopping mall sales clerks. However, in addition to the basic annual salary, there are also various welfare subsidies. Food in the employee cafeteria can be eaten at a 30% to 70% discount, there are bonuses for full attendance , and overtime pay for overtime. If one works diligently for a full year, one can earn about 30 to 40 gold coins.
This amount of money is not as much as the rich, but it is definitely more than enough compared to the poor - after all, the cost of three meals a day for ordinary citizens is added up, and they are guaranteed to have meat at least once a day, so the monthly expenditure is only about four or five silver coins, and most people are not willing to waste it like this.
Mrs. O'Neill had lived in a run-down apartment in the South City for many years. She knew too well how ordinary families lived because she had experienced it herself - when they were in extreme poverty, she and her son could get by on ten copper coins for a day.
The average annual salary of thirty gold coins was nothing compared to her son's annual salary as a lord, and the position of trainee clerk in the Logistics Department was really nothing compared to her son's position as an earl - but it still impressed Mrs. O'Neill.
Mrs. O'Neill's face flushed visibly. She was excited and nervous. She clutched the folds of her skirt waist with both hands, grabbing harder and harder. The veins on the back of her hands, which had become very rough from doing housework for many years, were exposed.
Mia's facial features are very obvious, and anyone who has heard of her can recognize her identity after seeing her.
The director of the Logistics Department, a senior civil servant in Dutata City whose reputation was not much worse than that of Ms. Shirley of Innadelli, came personally to invite her to work for the Logistics Department!
"I... Can I do this?" Mrs. O'Neill's voice was so excited that she even felt unfamiliar with the hoarse and anxious tone. She swallowed and said nervously, "I have never done anything like this. I am just an ignorant woman who can only do housework."
Mia couldn't help but laugh out loud: "You are too modest, Mrs. Nicole O'Neill. I heard that it is not easy to get a diploma from the Rhine Women's College. Many ladies hastily got married and gave up their studies halfway through. You have successfully graduated from the Rhine Women's College , which is better than many people. How can you say that you are ignorant?"
Mrs. O'Neill subconsciously straightened her chest and her face became even redder.
Being able to receive a diploma from Rhine College was indeed a rare and proud thing in Mrs. O'Neill's life. When her husband's death caused a drastic change in her life and she lost her home in Midtown, she was forced to move to the farm with her son. She still remembered to take away the diploma that she had carefully kept.
"I can't promise you anything. After all, it's you, not me, who will take up the clerical position and be responsible for your work."
Since she followed the Undead Expedition and was pushed by the situation to take on the logistical tasks of Westham Town, Mia herself has personally experienced the legendary experience of growing from an ignorant little woman who only needed to think about herself to being able to share the governance responsibilities for the respected Lord Mr. Yang, and finally becoming a senior civil servant in charge of logistical affairs. She can understand Mrs. O'Neill's current mood of vague anticipation and yearning, as well as fear of whether she can do it.
"But I can assure you that all the hard work and efforts you put in as a clerk in the Logistics Department will not be in vain." Mia gently encouraged the anxious housewife in front of her, her voice firm and powerful, "The work of the Logistics Department is to become a solid arm of the City Hall and a reliable backing for the people of Adler. Your merits and achievements will be attested to by countless people."
Mrs. O'Neill was breathing rapidly, and blood was almost seeping out of her face, which was not smooth and delicate but had many wrinkles on it. She immediately bowed slightly and said nervously and eagerly, "I want to give it a try, Ms. Mia. If I can't do well, I will resign on my own."
"You are someone who has already thought about taking responsibility for failure before doing anything and is willing to take responsibility for it. You are already a colleague who is worth looking forward to, as far as I've ever met." Ms. Mia smiled happily and naturally extended her right hand to Mrs. O'Neill. "Mrs. Nicole O'Neill, I hope we can work together for a long time in the future."
Mrs. O'Neill looked at Mia's outstretched right hand, and was stunned for a moment before she reacted, and quickly stretched out her hand to shake it.
The etiquette of shaking hands usually only occurs between powerful males of similar social status. Mrs. O'Neill, who was born into an aristocratic family, had only performed the half-squatting greeting in her life, and had been performed the half-squatting greeting or bowed to by others. This was her first experience of shaking hands.
Mrs. O'Neill signed the internship contract, collected the clerk uniform, and went home to prepare to start work the next day. She held the bag containing the uniform and contract documents tightly in her hands, and her steps were so brisk as if she had gone back to twenty years ago.
Throughout her life, Mrs. O'Neill had been recognized as a young girl who could marry into a noble family, and as a woman who could take on the responsibilities of a mistress in a noble family, but no one had ever told her that she could be recognized by senior civil servants in the city hall and obtain a clerk position in the city hall.
Mrs. O'Neill knew that being able to move in and out of the center of power and gain recognition from senior civil servants in City Hall symbolized social status. In her common sense, social status often belonged to men and a small number of women. She had never thought that she could be classified as one of those "small number of women."
After all, she had never been particularly outstanding since she was a child... Among the female descendants of the previous generation of the Darcy family, her appearance, like China Darcy's, did not have the original capital worthy of the family's resources; she was sent to the Rhine Women's College only because there were not many female descendants of her generation, and the family wanted to increase her chances of marrying into a family of equal status.
But even such a Mrs. O'Neill had her own self-esteem. Like all other normal men and women, she secretly longed to be recognized and acknowledged in the deepest part of her heart - not to be recognized as a woman for her ability to get married and manage housework, but to be recognized for her own talents.
That night, Coulson was not sent back until it was completely dark. He ate something and fell asleep without noticing anything unusual about his mother.
The next day, Colson was also taken on a carriage before dawn to fulfill his duties as an earl. He had no chance to see his mother change out of the long housewife dress she had worn for many years, put on a small suit uniform, and report to the Logistics Department of the City Hall with her head held high.
"This is Ms. Will." Mia took some time out to take Mrs. O'Neill to meet the person who was responsible for helping Mrs. O'Neill get familiar with the work during the internship. "Ms. Will is from Innadri. She originally worked at the Innadri City Hall. She was transferred from Innadri to support our Dutata City."
Ms. Will, with
Mrs. O'Neill was somewhat intimidated by this seemingly strong-looking woman, and instinctively squatted slightly when shaking hands.
"Please don't be so overly polite. I'm not wearing a skirt and it would look strange to return the greeting." Ms. Will knew that this lady was the mother of the Earl. Although the so-called nobility in the area ruled by the Undead Regime did not have much gold content, they still had to maintain face and etiquette. She made a joke to ease the stiff atmosphere.
Mrs. O'Neill was not so nervous as expected... A serious and old-fashioned person like Ms. Will, even if what she said was not so funny, just showing an attitude of willingness to ease the atmosphere can make people relax a lot.
So... while Coulson was being forced to run around Adler County, carrying the gilded sign of "Lord Earl" to comfort and encourage production, his mother Nicole O'Neill had already caught up with him and infiltrated the undead regime before him - and Coulson might have to visit all the industrial projects in the county that the city hall had spent money on to find out about this surprise.
On the other side, Yang Qiu, who had only rested for one night in Adler County, had already brought the lich Enwei and little Prince Andre through the southern wilderness, visited the Xinzhen village group and Yongwang Town, and arrived at Innadri City.
After the "Random Battlefield" event, which had been open for many consecutive days and was both stimulating and profitable, ended, it entered the Sage Time... Players who had entered a peaceful stage did not cause much trouble during this period.
Yang Qiu led Enwei and little Prince Andre into the City Lord's Mansion of Innadeli City. When Brother Lowell, who had received a call the day before, took the initiative to come out to greet the helpers brought back by Yang, a group of players happened to come to hand in materials in exchange for reputation.
Seeing that there was a handsome blond man beside Lao Yang (Prince Andre was automatically ignored by the players), Lao Yang even led this handsome blond man to stand together with the pretty boy to talk, and these players immediately became excited...
