Chapter 417 Important Events
This is the cafeteria at nine o'clock on a sunny morning.
Since I stayed in Colorado's room last night, I had to have breakfast with Colorado this morning, and Colorado's two sisters were my companions.
Su Xia was drinking the preserved egg and lean meat porridge when he noticed West Virginia, who was sitting opposite him, picked up an egg, cracked it, peeled the eggshell, broke off the egg white and ate it all, leaving the remaining yolk on his plate.
Su Xia looked at the egg yolk on his plate. It was really round, without any missing corners. It was as if he was sleeping in Colorado's bed at night, and saw the moon in the night sky approaching the Mid-Autumn Festival through the gap in the curtains. He raised his head and asked, "West Virginia, why did you leave the egg yolk here with me?"
"Here you go," West Virginia said matter-of-factly. "You worked hard last night, so give it some to replenish your body."
"I don't need to replenish my body," Su Xia said. "My body is strong and pure."
West Virginia looked at Su Xia and said, "She is not strong at all, let alone pure."
"Even if that's the case," Su Xia said, "eating egg yolks can nourish your body."
“Yeah,” West Virginia said. “Protein.”
"Shouldn't you eat egg whites to supplement your protein?"
"Egg yolk," West Virginia paused and thought for a moment, "Egg yolk also supplements protein, and is much more nutritious than egg white. Admiral, you don't know that egg white has no nutritional value. Even the protein content is not as high as egg yolk."
Colorado, who was sitting next to Su Xia, had a sandwich with a vegetable salad and a full glass of milk for breakfast, and interrupted, "West Virginia eats by herself."
"Why does the Admiral need to supplement nutrition and protein? It's because my sister is asking for too much."
"What did you just say?" Even the steady Colorado couldn't help but clench his fists. "I think you really deserve a beating. You won't cry until you see the coffin."
"Sister, you can hit me." West Virginia said, "But don't you think the admiral needs to replenish his nutrition?"
Colorado was silent for a long time, and suddenly said, "Eat it. Admiral, eat it. Egg yolks are indeed very nutritious."
Su Xia was a little confused and said, "Colorado, how could you believe West Virginia's lies? I don't need nutritional supplements. I'm very strong."
"Even if you don't need to supplement your nutrition, it won't hurt to have more nutrition." Colorado said, "Admiral, you eat first, and I'll bring you a glass of milk."
Su Xia didn't know how to refute for a moment.
West Virginia held her chin with both hands, looked at Su Xia staring at the two egg yolks she put there, and said, "Eat, eat, Admiral, eat quickly."
"You just don't like eating egg yolks, and you want me to help you eat egg yolks... You insist on saying that egg yolks are nutritious and I need to supplement nutrition, and even Colorado believes it... It's not the first time, and we've been through the same thing for so many days. How can we be malnourished... Okay, you can eat it." Su Xia waved at West Virginia, motioning her to come closer.
West Virginia came closer and said, "What do you want, Admiral?"
"What do you think?" Su Xia stretched out her hands and pinched West Virginia's face, then rubbed it hard, flattened it and rolled it into a round shape. "This is your reward for helping you eat the egg yolk." Although it is okay to throw away the egg yolk, it is better to be frugal if possible.
West Virginia didn't resist at all, at most she blinked her eyes and let Su Xia pinch her. She waited until Su Xia took her hand back, then she stretched out her hand to rub her face, massage, relax, and soothe her face, and said, "My face feels good to touch, right? I'm very confident about my face, it's definitely better than my eldest sister and second sister's faces."
"It's really good." Su Xia admitted that her face was softer than Colorado's and felt better. She had never touched Maryland's face, but she was sure that her face, which was thinner than her older sister's, must not feel good.
"No reward is needed." West Virginia said, "Admiral, if you want to touch my face, you can do so anytime."
"Really?" Su Xia said, "I want to touch it again now."
“Okay.” West Virginia leaned forward.
Su Xia rubbed West Virginia's face again.
West Virginia said, "If the Admiral likes to rub her face so much, I recommend Empire. Although Bei Zhai's face is also easy to rub, it's still Empire's face that's the easiest to rub, it's plump... I'll tell you a secret, she likes to lie on the table reading or playing video games, and she's too lazy to move, so at this time, you can stand behind her and rub her face however you want."
"Come to think of it..." West Virginia suddenly said, "The Admiral has slept with Bismarck, right? Has he slept with Bei Zhai? I haven't heard of it, so I guess not. It's mainly because she won't take the initiative, otherwise the Admiral likes her so much... Anyway, that guy is really good, he has no experience, but he can draw a lot of books."
West Virginia chattered.
Su Xia looked at West Virginia. The girl was cute, but also had many tricks up her sleeve.
After breakfast, Su Xia went to the office as usual. She had to accompany everyone and work.
Su Xia actually doesn't have much work to do, because specific matters are handled by specific people, like Wisconsin is responsible for finance, Washington is responsible for legal affairs, in addition to logistics, equipment, technology center and so on, his job is to make decisions. However, making decisions seems to be easy and can be done with just one sentence, but in fact it is the most tiring because it requires a lot of pressure.
Then today he needs to make a decision.
"When will the Admiral plan to replace the secretary ship?"
Su Xia was drinking black tea, and was stunned when she heard Shengli's words. She didn't react until the black tea leaked from the corner of her mouth. She quickly put down the cup and wiped the corner of her mouth.
L20's reaction was particularly strong: "Why do you want to replace me? I haven't done anything wrong recently."
"You haven't done anything wrong recently..." Victory said, "You haven't done anything at all."
L20 was speechless. She was very self-aware, and she, as a secretary ship, was a mascot.
Su Xia calmed down and asked, "Victory, why do you suddenly ask that?"
Su Xia continued, "I never said I wanted to change the secretary ship."
"Hasn't it always been like that?" Victory said, "Every time we build or suppress a deep-sea flagship, there are new shipgirls joining the garrison, and the new shipgirls replace the old ones as secretary ships."
Su Xia finally understood why Victory asked that question.
When he was playing games, he kept changing shipgirls to be his secretary ship in order to improve their favor. And every time there was an event, there would be new large ships joining. And because the interval between each event was quite long, the favor of the ship previously assigned as the secretary ship would definitely be full, which meant that when a new player joined, he would almost certainly have to be a secretary ship for a period of time.
The Victory had never been mentioned because no new members had joined the garrison. Now that the Conqueror and the Royal Ark had joined the garrison, L20 had to step down according to tradition.
Games are games, reality is reality. Today is different from the past. Are we still following the old tradition? Su Xia asked, "Does Victory know why I frequently change secretary ships?"
"I know." Victory said. Secretary ships come and go, but Victory remains. She has worked in the office longer than anyone else and has experienced everything. "The admiral frequently changes his secretary ships to improve his favor. If a ship girl has been a secretary ship for a long time and is so impressed by the admiral that she is willing to accept a ring, she is basically not far from leaving the post."
L20 also realized why she could be a secretary ship when she knew nothing at all.
Su Xia hesitated for a long time and said, "What do you think of L20's impression of me now ?"
"I don't know. It should be about the same." Victory said, "L20, let me ask you, if the admiral gave you a ring, would you be willing to accept it?"
"No." L20 said that she actually didn't think about it at all, but she just didn't want to lose her well-paid job.
Victory looked at Su Xia and said, "What do you mean... the admiral plans to continue and wait until L20's favorability is full before changing it, or... let me say, the admiral has been busy for so long but still hasn't gained enough L20 favorability, and it doesn't look like it will be done in a short time. It's better to arrange Conqueror and Royal Ark as secretary ships first, and then we can deal with it after the easy things are done."
Su Xia said: "In your mind, do the Conqueror and the Royal Ark belong to the type that are easy to deal with?"
Victory thought for a moment and said, "Conqueror is one of those shipgirls who knows the current situation very well. She looks difficult to deal with, but she may be surprisingly easy to deal with. It's hard to say about the Royal Ark. It may be difficult or easy. She likes Chinese culture, and you, Admiral, happen to understand it very well, don't you?"
"Well," L20 interrupted, "I can easily fix it, but it may take some time."
Victory said, "Whether you can handle it or not, you won't be a secretary ship for long anyway."
L20 looked ashen.
"Victory, wait a minute." Su Xia said, "Victory, you may not know. I am now planning to be an excellent admiral, not a scumbag. So I will not do things like frequently changing secretary ships."
"So," Victory asked, "Does the Admiral intend to keep L20 as his secretary ship?"
Su Xia looked at L20, and saw that she looked at him with hope. They were already so familiar with each other that they could be less polite. He pointed at L20 and said to Victory: "Do you think she can be a secretary ship? A mascot is more like... In fact, I just treat her as a mascot. My real secretary ship is Victory."
"Actually, this is what I really want to say..." Victory said, "Admiral, you gave me the task of the exercise. I will be in charge of the exercise and teach everyone as an instructor. L20 will also participate in the exercise and take classes. After we leave, you will be the only one in the office."
"Admiral, are you okay alone?" Victory said, "That's why I want you to replace the secretary ship."
Su Xia asked, "What about L20?"
"Whatever we have to do," Victory said, "She is not suitable to be a secretary ship in the first place. As a newcomer, she needs to learn more. The reason she wants to be a secretary ship is simply because of the salary. Just give her a severance pay."
"How much?" L20 asked.
"Two months' salary."
"Only two months."
"That's enough. Don't be too greedy."
"All right."
Su Xia looked at L20 and asked, "Are you really not going to hold on a little longer?"
"Admiral, don't look at me..." L20 lowered her head and said, she was actually under a lot of pressure, "I can't be a secretary ship, and no one treats me as a secretary ship. Lexington, Missouri, Bismarck...anyone is more suitable to be a secretary ship than me."
"I know you care about L20, and you're afraid she'll be unhappy if you dismiss her," Victory said. "But you also have to consider what everyone thinks... If you change the secretary ship from time to time like you did before, the secretary ship will be a mascot, and everyone won't care about L20. If you really let L20 be the secretary ship for a long time, will everyone be convinced?"
Victory's reason was very sufficient, and Su Xia had no reason to refuse, so she said, "In fact, I have also thought about changing the secretary ship. Many people have mentioned this to me and volunteered to be the secretary ship... The question now is, Victory, you recommend someone to be my secretary ship."
"You asked me to recommend, I recommend..." Victory opened her mouth, she thought of a terrible thing, that is, there are too many people in the garrison who are suitable to be secretary ships, and there is no one who can surpass Quan Xiong. If you recommend this person, you will definitely offend that person. The small Victory really can't afford to offend so many people.
Victory said: "I can give the admiral a list, and the admiral can just pick someone to be the secretary ship."
Su Xia shook her head and said, "I don't know how to choose."
"Sure." Victory said, "I will write down everyone's strengths and weaknesses , you just need to click on one."
"No." Su Xia said, thinking that they were all wives, and he couldn't offend any of them. It was difficult for the admiral too.
Victory said seriously: "Admiral, can you be more decisive and responsible?"
Su Xia said, "I have only been an admiral for a short time, and I still need to learn how to be an admiral. You know that. It is important for people to know themselves. I know my own shortcomings, so I will give this difficult and glorious task to you, the Victory, who has been an assistant in managing the garrison for so many years. Isn't that okay?"
Su Xia pressed his chest and said, "If I am fully qualified to be an admiral but still procrastinate, it means that I am not decisive and responsible, but the situation now is not like that."
Su Xia said loudly: "Victory, what are you afraid of? Can't you just recommend someone? What are you afraid of? Are you afraid that someone else will retaliate against you? Isn't it enough for me, the admiral, to support you?"
"Not enough." Victory muttered.
The two people looked at L20 almost at the same time, and then looked at each other.
Victory said: "Since L20 is stepping down as the secretary ship, let L20 recommend someone."
Su Xia nodded and said, "This is a sign of respect for the former secretary ship."
L20 didn't think too deeply about it, but she was sure that the two people coming to her would definitely not do anything good. She shook her head and stepped back, saying, "No, no, I can't do that."
"Okay, you can do it." Su Xia said patiently.
"I really can't do that." L20 almost cried, "I don't want to die yet... please don't bully me."
L20 was about to cry, and Su Xia was also in a dilemma. As an admiral, he couldn't bully others too much.
Su Xia suggested: "Why not draw lots?"
"You can draw lots, too," said Victory.
"That's what I mean." Su Xia waved her hand and said, "Anyway, I'll leave this matter entirely to you, Victory."
"That's your job, Admiral." Victory said, "I'm helping you find a secretary ship."
"You feel busy at work and want a secretary ship to help share the tasks."
"I did that for your own consideration. Otherwise, you might not be able to find anyone when I'm busy."
The two of them stared at each other for a long time.
Victory was the first to speak: "It's still not possible. If we draw lots... kids like Sukhbaatar, Danyang, and Lafei definitely can't be secretary ships."
Su Xia thought of the little girl with a watermelon-like head who liked fishing and said, "That's definitely not possible."
"In that case," Victory said, "Enterprise's luck is better than others... If we draw lots, who can win over Enterprise? That's decided by fate."
Su Xia remembered that Enterprise's luck number in the game was seventy, and no one on the big ship could reach her.
"Besides, choosing the secretary ship by drawing lots is too much of a joke. It's totally outrageous." Victory is a reliable person.
"Indeed." Su Xia said.
"Otherwise, we could hold a secretary ship competition like we did before with the cooking competition, and have a competition for the job."
"Good idea." Su Xia said, "I'm familiar with this... The people with the highest scores in the practical test and the essay will be interviewed... But only three people will definitely be too few, so it's better to set a screening line to eliminate 80% of the people anyway."
"How should we do with the interview?" Victory asked. "We can't just let everyone vote like we did for the cooking competition. Forget about the cooking competition, many people aren't interested in that. In the competition for the secretary ship, there will definitely be canvassing for votes... There are three major factions in the naval base. The American faction has too many factions, the British faction isn't much better, and the Japanese faction only recognizes Akagi as the leader, so she's almost certain to win."
"Let's use the form of a leaderless group interview." Su Xia said, "And we won't give scores. Let them rate each other, remove the highest score, remove the lowest score, and finally calculate the average score."
Victory asked, "What if they are linked to each other?"
"Connecting each other?" Su Xia said, "Those who make it to the interview are convinced by each other and are willing to be supporting roles for each other. And we also interviewed the highest and lowest scorers. If there are really people who are willing to be supporting roles, and there are many of them, it means that the other person has charisma, which is a skill and can definitely add points."
Victory nodded and said, "The Admiral has an idea."
"No big deal." Su Xia said modestly.
"Is that settled, then?" asked the Victory.
"Do you have any better ideas?"
"No."
Just as Su Xia was about to nod, his cell phone rang.
The people in the garrison usually wouldn't disturb the admiral when they had nothing to do, especially now it was still working hours. Either something big had happened, or someone outside the garrison called the admiral. Victory asked, "Who's calling?"
"Ella's." Su Xia answered the phone.
Su Xia hung up the phone.
Victory asked, "What did Ella call the Admiral about?"
"Nothing." Su Xia said, "It's just about the reward for our naval base defeating the Deep Sea Eagle. She will deliver the reward tomorrow... The destroyer Chao will also come to take a look."
