Get a promotion and a salary increase
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For unmarried young ladies, men can only gently touch the fingertips with their foreheads; for married ladies, men should kiss the back of the hand gently.
Charlotte had heard that this senior sister was once engaged, but the engagement was broken for a well-known reason and she was still single. He touched the other's fingertips with his forehead, which was in line with the demeanor of a gentleman.
Meinilman whispered, "Come and work under me."
Charlotte showed a hint of resistance and whispered, "Is it a demotion and transfer?"
His indignant counter-question was just a strategy of advancing as retreating.
Under normal circumstances, for junior government staff like clerks, there is a promotion every three years. But if they are transferred to a new position, the promotion years have to be calculated from the beginning.
There has always been a saying within the imperial government that "a transfer without promotion is equivalent to a demotion".
Meinilman snorted coldly and asked, "When is your next promotion?"
Charlotte replied without hesitation, "In a month and a half, I should be promoted to a third-level clerk."
It's true that Charlotte graduated from the University of Sheffield and entered the Central Government Office with this academic qualification to become a clerk and enjoy a high salary. However, he came from a merchant family and had no connections in the officialdom. After two years in the Central Government Office, he has never received any additional promotion opportunities and still has to wait for promotions step by step over time.
As a crosser, Charlotte has far more courage than the natives of this world. He raised his position slightly by one level and indicated that he would be promoted again soon. It was simply audacious and astonishing.
Meinilman rang the bell in the room, and before long, a middle-aged officer came in. She pointed at Charlotte and said, "Transfer this person to Kilmainham Prison. The position is the chief clerk of my office."
After integrating the memories of the original owner, Charlotte was once surprised by the corruption in the imperial officialdom and the darkness in the workplace. But when the corruption fell on him and he became the beneficiary of the black-box operation in the workplace, he was astonished on the surface but extremely excited inside and had no will to resist at all.
Charlotte originally thought that this senior sister's promise of giving him the treatment of a second-level clerk and the promise of future promotions was already a huge profit. If she directly gave him the position of a third-level clerk, it would be a leapfrog promotion. He didn't expect Meinilman to promise the position of chief clerk.
The bureaucratic system of the empire is quite complex and is divided into fifty-three levels.
As the largest number of staff in the government, imperial clerks range from the lowest level 41 first-level clerk to the highest level 37 fifth-level clerk. This is the end of the position. Only by job transfer can they continue to be promoted. Chief clerk is the most common choice for the job transfer of clerks.
A first-level chief clerk and a fifth-level clerk are both at level 37 of the imperial bureaucracy, but the prospects for promotion are completely different. The former has a bright future, while the latter is dim.
He was promoted from a level 41 first-level clerk to a level 37 first-level chief clerk. It seems that he was only promoted by four levels, but in fact, it was a five-level promotion, which also implied a promotion across classes.
Incidentally, Mrs. Aldegonde, who holds the highest authority of an office, spent a full twenty-one years being promoted from a level 45 associate clerk to a level 37 fifth-level clerk. Because she couldn't transfer her position for a long time, Mrs. Aldegonde will most likely work in this position until retirement.
Charlotte really wanted to say, "I'm willing to die for the senior sister." Or perhaps, "Greetings, my lord senior sister." He also thought of the classic line: "I have wandered for half my life and crossed two worlds without meeting a wise lord. If the senior sister doesn't abandon me, I am willing to become your goddaughter." But considering the different cultural atmospheres of the two worlds, he could only reluctantly give up these thoughts and smiled very gentlemanly, "Please take care of me in the future, Senior Sister Meinilman."
Meinilman nodded slightly and said, "You are also exhausted today. Go home and rest first. Move to the prison tomorrow. There will be overtime these days. Remember to bring enough daily necessities."
Charlotte didn't mind.
Isn't it just overtime?
It's as if he never did it in his previous life.
High school math teachers didn't have the 996 work schedule, but staying up late to grade homework was a common thing. The work intensity was no less than others.
Seeing that Meinilman had nothing else to say, Charlotte left the office and hurriedly left Kilmainham Prison.
There were no public carriages that could be stopped with a wave of hand in the Marne District.
Charlotte could only walk to another district before encountering a public carriage. He waved to stop it and returned to his residence in the Alexander District.
Although the Alexander District is far inferior to the Val-de-Waz District, it is also one of the top seven districts of the imperial capital Strasbourg. The main residents are wealthy merchants. The community is quite prosperous, with several large shopping malls and markets.
Charlotte rented an apartment in the Alexander District.
This apartment was built by the Savings Association and was called the Savings Association Apartment. It was specially provided to single young people with a certain amount of savings. The living environment was very good and the services provided were also very complete.
Charlotte was "visiting" the Savings Association Apartment for the first time. The last time he came, he was someone else.
Charlotte seemed familiar with the way, but in fact, he entered this apartment very nervously.
The doorman of the apartment was very friendly and smiled, without questioning him.
Charlotte let out a sigh of relief, went up to the second floor. Because the lower floors facing the street were relatively noisy, the rent was slightly cheaper.
He used the key to open the door and pushed open his room, unable to help shaking his head.
The room was rather messy. The original owner was not a tidy person.
Besides the men's clothes randomly placed everywhere, there were also some messy women's clothes in the room.
According to the memory prompt, these clothes came from different women, and the looks and names had long been blurred.
Charlotte casually tidied up, separated the men's clothes from the women's, and prepared to take all the clothes that belonged to "himself" for washing early tomorrow morning and throw away all those that didn't belong to "him".
Collapsing into a rattan chair in the room, Charlotte suddenly had an emotional breakdown. He didn't want to say or do anything. He just wanted to stay like this quietly for a while.
He crossed over strangely, changed to another identity, and came to a completely strange world.
This is a world with gods.
He is definitely a heretic.
Charlotte Mecklenburg worried almost every minute that a stranger would suddenly jump out on the street, shout to punish you on behalf of the gods, put himself on a pyre, pour on lamp oil, and light it.
Well, and evil gods!
The predecessor died from summoning an evil god.
Every "He" in this world is "dangerous".
Perhaps with a slight mismanagement, one's spirituality would be polluted, turned into a monster, or even vanish into ashes.
The sense of burden on him is simply beyond description.
Today is the first day of Charlotte's return from vacation and also the first day of his attempt at a new life.
He chose to integrate into this world instead of resisting.
This day had an extremely perfect beginning.
This beginning was even beyond Charlotte's own expectations.
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