Chapter 469: The Final Battle at the Forbidden City (Part 1)
The written test is nothing more than a bunch of people busy doing questions. There's really nothing interesting to see.
Interviews are different, especially when all the people participating are well-known figures in the Naval Base. You can imagine a wonderful debate, or even a fight. Is there any difference between an interview and a parliament? In parliament, violence is normal, and people will punch and kick each other if they disagree. Do you have any opinion on this?
That's the case. In addition to Su Xia as the chief examiner, there were a group of candidates participating in the interview. There were also many people watching in the conference room, hoping to see a wonderful interview and learn something, or simply to watch the fun and see how those people who usually have high positions in the garrison fight with each other.
Bismarck was eliminated in the written test. He held Xiao Zhai in his arms and stood beside Bei Zhai, who was bored and reluctant, to listen.
Veneto and Soviet stood together. The two looked similar, but one was taller than the other. They were whispering something to each other. Roma could vaguely hear something about the experience of disciplining clever people.
Richelieu also failed the exam and stood beside a lady with short, neat hair parted on the side as an audience.
In addition, a large number of people from Yorktown, Bumblebee, Constellation, Saratoga, Iowa, etc. were crowded in the corner of the conference room.
Su Xia explained the interview rules.
The entire interview is divided into four stages: the first stage is the preparation stage; the second stage is the presentation stage, where candidates explain their own views; the third stage is the free discussion stage, where each candidate fully expresses his or her opinions and forms a consensus of the group through discussion; and the fourth stage is the scoring stage, where each candidate scores himself or herself and others.
After Su Xia finished explaining the exam rules, she looked around and asked, "That's the interview rules. Is there anything else you don't understand?"
Su Xia waited for a while, but no one spoke. Thinking about the people who were able to enter the interview, they all had strong comprehension ability, and said, "That's it, let's get ready. The topic of this interview is - how to make this port area full of laughter."
"There is no material for your reference... The port area is just this port area. It's time to test your observation skills." Su Xia prepared the alarm clock. "The first stage of the preparation phase has a time limit of 20 minutes. Think about it and make an outline for your speech to prepare for your performance in the next stage."
After Su Xia finished speaking, she sat down and signaled the onlookers who had made a commotion when they heard the interview questions to be quiet.
Missouri and Wisconsin looked at each other and smiled. They had already expected today's interview topic.
Washington didn't think too much about it beforehand. From morning to afternoon, she was busy learning about the relevant knowledge of leaderless group discussion interviews and looking for a video about a leaderless group discussion on the Internet.
South Dakota was writing something on the draft paper with a pen in her hand. She was very peaceful and did her best and left the rest to fate.
Lexington peeks at Susha.
King George V of England was naturally well prepared and was full of confidence at this time.
In short, the twelve candidates sitting around the round table were either thinking or writing or drawing.
Twenty minutes was neither short nor long and it passed in a flash.
Su Xia looked at her phone and said, "The first stage of preparation time is over. All candidates stop writing."
No one was procrastinating, which could easily give others a reason to deduct points. After everyone stopped writing, Su Xia said, "The second stage of the presentation begins. Now please speak freely."
Su Xia had no experience in leaderless group discussion interviews, she just knew that there was such a format.
For this interview, of course I learned about the process of the leaderless group discussion interview in advance, but I thought that there was no need to follow that process completely, and I should adapt to local conditions. As long as the framework is similar, I don’t need to care about the details, otherwise it would be just rote learning.
Everyone looked at each other, and Led Zeppelin raised his hand. There are advantages to speaking first, and what you say is what you mean. Speaking later can modify the speech based on the speech of the first speaker, but it is easy to give people the impression of repeating others' words.
Su Xia spread her hands towards Zeppelin and said, "Zeppelin makes the speech."
Zeppelin cleared his throat and spoke.
The naval base she mentioned had a lot of problems, and three minutes seemed totally insufficient.
As Zeppelin spoke, Enterprise followed suit, and everyone spoke one after another. There were so many problems with the naval base, and almost all of them were old questions in the end.
The second stage, the presentation phase, also passed quickly.
As everyone complained about themselves in the second stage of the presentation, Su Xia, as the admiral, blushed a little. Am I such a bad admiral? I am the source of all evil. He said, "Now is the third stage of free discussion. Everyone feel free to speak."
During the first stage, the preparation phase, all candidates are not allowed to speak. During the second stage, the presentation phase, all candidates will speak one after another. During the third stage, the free discussion phase, all candidates will speak freely and even interruptions may occur. However, simply interrupting others will cause disgust and dissatisfaction among others, which is the essence of the entire interview.
"I think if we want the port to be filled with everyone's laughter, we must first establish strict rules." Washington took the lead.
King George V smiled. As she expected, Washington was a lawyer who believed that everything could be solved through the law. However, she was not prepared to speak. The first bird to stick its head out gets shot.
South Dakota looked at Washington and said, "I think Washington's idea is completely wrong. If you want the garrison to develop rapidly, strict laws and regulations are necessary. But if you want the port to be filled with everyone's laughter, cold laws and regulations will only have the opposite effect. Love is more important than regulations."
"Without rules, there will be no order." Washington argued.
"Without rules, there is no order, but too many rules will only restrict the soul." South Dakota is now mature and no longer the silly girl she used to be. Indiana, burst into tears. "Without freedom, how can we talk about laughter and happiness?"
Washington stared at South Dakota, and her impression of South Dakota was still stuck in the past.
Washington twitched the corner of his mouth, and the meaning was very clear: Are you targeting me specifically?
South Dakota looked straight ahead and remained calm.
I have grown up, but you in Washington are still looking at people with old eyes.
King George V of England looked at the Prince of Wales and the Lion and found that the two men ignored him completely. He gritted his teeth and thought, "Can't you just be tools?" Then he saw that Wisconsin and No. 13 didn't react either. "Isn't there anyone among you who can stand up and sow discord? As long as Washington and South Dakota start quarreling, he will drive the two away at once."
"I support Washington's opinion, and I agree with South Dakota's idea." Enterprise spoke up. She certainly didn't speak to smooth things over, but had unique ideas. "There is no order without rules, and too many rules make it difficult to achieve order. No matter what you do, too much is as bad as too little. The law is the bottom line of morality, and morality is the high standard of the law. Rules are used to provide a safety net, and love is the key to making this port area full of laughter. Both are indispensable..."
Missouri and Enterprise are good friends. She watched Enterprise's performance quietly, not knowing whether to help Enterprise.
Missouri thought about it and still didn't say anything.
No one spoke up, no one asked how to balance rules and love, because once they spoke up, it would give the company an opportunity to perform.
Regardless, however, the company put in an outstanding performance.
The first round ended with Washington and South Dakota losing points and Enterprise scoring.
King George V of England kicked the Prince of Wales with his foot on the conference table, signaling her to act quickly.
His sister's actions were so obvious that he could no longer play the ostrich. The Prince of Wales took a deep breath and said, "I think that in addition to setting rules, if we want the port to be filled with laughter, we must start with the admiral. The admiral is really terrible. With such an admiral, how can we make the port filled with laughter?"
Akagi looked at Lexington and smiled, thinking, this time this trap is specifically aimed at you, can you react in time?
Since it was a trap specifically set up for you, you wouldn't be able to find it so easily. Lexington was fooled as expected. Although he knew that what Prince Wales said was correct, he still couldn't help but speak up to defend his favorite admiral and refute Prince Wales: "Nonsense. I don't think the admiral is so bad, which led Prince Wales to conclude that with such an admiral around, the port area would not be filled with laughter."
"Isn't it bad to harass and bully everyone all the time, Admiral?" Because of a swimsuit, she became a wedding ship. The lustful Admiral required her to wear a swimsuit all the time. The Prince could actually say something, but how could he use himself as an example? She looked at Missouri, "Missouri is the victim."
Missouri naturally would not be willing to be the Prince of Wales's gun, and said, "I like the admiral." As she spoke, she kicked Su Xia with her foot under the conference table.
"Missouri didn't refute it, which proves the admiral's harassment." The Prince of Wales helped Missouri to make the judgment.
"In addition to Missouri, Helena, Jushita and Oyodo can all prove this," said the Prince of Wales, "as well as Archerfish, St. George, including Little Changchun and many others."
"It's just a poke and prod," Lexington said. "Maybe a little rude, but it's not harassment at all."
"Just a poke of the finger?" The Prince of Wales raised his eyebrows.
Lexington thought for a moment and said, "Missouri, Helena, and Lady Sixteen all accepted the admiral's rings. They are the admiral's wedding ships. Is it considered harassment for a husband to touch his wife? Prince of Wales, let me ask you, did the admiral touch you when he stayed in your room? Is that harassment?"
"Missouri, Helena, and Jurokuta are the admiral's wedding ships." Prince of Wales asked, "Why didn't you say Oyodo? Is Oyodo the admiral's wedding ship?"
Lexington was silent. Oyodo was not a wedding ship, but the admiral had always lifted her skirt.
"Lexington, why are you silent?" asked the Prince of Wales.
Lexington said, "It's no big deal for me, a great admiral, to lift your skirt."
"Lexington, do you dare to say this to Ooyodo?"
Lexington bit his lip lightly.
King George V of England suddenly interrupted: "Akagi, don't you have anything to say?" What she meant was Akagi, don't you need to speak up for you Japanese people?
Akagi was sure that King George V of England was trying to sow discord, and if she took action, it would be easy for her to come into conflict with Lexington, but she had to speak up.
There was no need for Akagi to give any hints. No. 13 spoke first, "Didn't Qiao Wu see that Lexington stopped talking? Qiao Wu is a bit aggressive."
King George V of England snorted. It was difficult for her to speak, otherwise she would be easily besieged.
The Prince of Wales continued, "In addition, the admiral is not very capable except for harassing and bullying us..."
Su Xia was ashamed. Although he was unhappy, he had to admit that he was not very good as an admiral.
Lexington noticed that Su Xia was looking down, so he interrupted Prince of Wales and said anxiously, "The admiral has worked very hard to learn how to become an excellent admiral."
"I don't deny it. The admiral has been studying very hard." Prince of Wales said. She would not belittle the admiral just to trick Lexington. After all, why did she want to become a secretary ship so much? Was it to get close to the admiral? Isn't it a small loss for the big? "I mean, we need to help the admiral grow."
"Lexington, what do you think?" Prince of Wales asked, "Is it necessary for a secretary ship to help the admiral grow?"
Lexington remained silent, agreeing to the Prince of Wales now meant that she was "defeated" by the Prince of Wales.
Lexington was unwilling to admit defeat. Not only was she unwilling to do so, she also disagreed with Prince of Wales's ideas from the bottom of her heart. She said, "Rather than helping the admiral grow... I want to ask Prince of Wales, isn't the job of the secretary ship to assist the admiral and make his job easier?"
The Prince of Wales was speechless for a moment.
"An excellent secretary ship should handle all matters in advance and not let the admiral worry about it." Lexington said, "It is not what an excellent secretary ship should do if the admiral has to worry about the work."
The final motive came, and King George V of England stood up and said, "Lexington, you have taken on so much responsibility and done all the work. The admiral will learn nothing and will become useless. He will not be able to do anything from now on."
"If you are useless, you are useless. If you can't do anything, you can't do anything." Lexington said, "As long as I am here, it's fine. Lexington will help the admiral do all the work. The admiral just needs to live happily. Eat when you want to eat, drink when you want to drink, play when you want to play, sleep when you want to sleep, and don't need to worry about anything."
"Then he would lose the ability to live independently."
"So what?"
"Can you still take care of him?"
"Why not." Lexington smiled, "That would be the best. The Admiral will never be able to leave Lexington."
Lexington noticed everyone looking at her and shaking their heads .
Lexington lost big points.
