Chapter 567: Planning Activities
It's ten o'clock in the morning on a sunny day.
There is no dedicated cleaning staff in the office. As a secretary, in addition to helping the admiral with his work, he is also responsible for the hygiene of the admiral's office. At this time, Qiji is wiping the dust on the glass door of the filing cabinet with a slightly damp rag, and occasionally glances at the desk to see Su Xia, who is squinting his eyes and lying on the desk.
The admiral's behavior today was really strange.
For various reasons, the admiral often arrived at the office on time, but never like today - first of all, he arrived at the office on time, and when she greeted him, he simply raised his hand in response, and as soon as he sat down, he immediately leaned on the table, and the black tea she made for him had not been drunk for a long time.
Almost once a week, after wiping the dust off the filing cabinet, Enterprise left the office, put away the rag and the bucket of dirty water, washed his hands, and returned to the office to find Su Xia still lying on the desk. He couldn't help but shout, "Admiral."
"Hmm?" Su Xia buried her head in her arms.
"Whose room did the Admiral stay in last night?" Enterprise asked.
She only knew that when she looked at the group chat last night, she saw everyone's responses. Many people invited the admiral to stay in their rooms but he rejected them all. When asked who he had made an appointment with, he was unwilling to say. He stayed in the cafe until 10 o'clock in the evening, playing chess with everyone. After leaving at 10 o'clock, he disappeared into the darkness and was said to have entered the German residential area.
Even if it was the love-brained Cologne, it can be basically ruled out that Cologne was not a marriage ship. Zeppelin was an unstable factor, but he was better than Mutsu and the others. The rest, whether Bismarck, Kitazawa, Leipzig, Hindenburg, Hutten, Moltke... they were all good kids, and Mutsu did not hurt the admiral so much. Who was so cruel?
Su Xia finally looked up, glanced at Qiye and shook her head. She would never tell anyone what happened last night.
"It's okay. The company doesn't have to worry." Su Xia said, thinking that he was a little careless, but the facts proved that one plus one is greater than two.
"Are you really okay?" Enterprise looked at Su Xia's depressed look, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't feel relieved. However, the admiral didn't want to say more, and he couldn't force her, so he could only shrug his shoulders and said, "Okay."
"It's really okay." Su Xia wanted to prove that there was nothing wrong with his mental and physical state. He gave up just as he opened his mouth. Trying to be brave would only expose his current weak state. "Well, there is indeed a problem, but there is no need to worry. Just take a simple rest and it won't affect the work."
Su Xia sat down, stretched, and forced herself to change the subject: "Yesterday morning, Ella called and said that she would come to our garrison in a few days. Did she say when she would come?"
“No,” Enterprise replied.
"Should we prepare in advance?" Su Xia asked, just asking. He knew very well that Ella had her own residence in the garrison. In other words, she stayed in the garrison longer than most of the ship girls in the garrison. There was no need for everyone to worry about her life problems.
“No need,” said the company.
"How much budget has the company prepared to decorate the garrison to make it more festive?" Su Xia asked again.
The office has a lot of money and a lot of income every month, but there are more places to spend money. First of all, everyone in the garrison has a lot of pocket money every month, and the working ship girls also have a good salary. Everyone's electricity bills, expenses, and food expenses are also not small... Anyway, everything costs money, so you can't invest too much for Halloween. Of course, you don't have to be too frugal.
"The task of decorating the garrison has been given to Missouri . As long as she knows how to decorate the garrison, what things are needed, and how much it will cost." Enterprise said, "If the admiral wants to know the budget, he needs Missouri to report it to him, or he can ask Missouri himself."
Su Xia didn't want to mention that name, the name that would become his nightmare, and said, "Just think about it, it should cost a lot of money to decorate and arrange it... The premise is that no one asks for money, otherwise no matter how much money you have, it won't be enough, and it will just be a waste of two more financial expenses."
"Of course we don't have to worry about those things." Su Xia said, "Even if we give the purchase to Santi, she won't be able to reach out for the purchase money... As a ship girl who appears in everyone's thoughts and wishes, it's okay to have some minor flaws. Some minor flaws make people like her more. There's no need to worry about major issues."
"Let's not talk about that." Su Xia leaned back in her office chair, holding the back of her head with both hands, thinking about what she would need to decorate the garrison. "I can buy pumpkin lanterns online... or should I buy a bunch of pumpkins and empty them out to make pumpkin lanterns myself?"
"Of course you can buy it directly." The enterprise had already understood the relevant matters regarding the decoration of the garrison.
"But I'm afraid many people would rather make their own pumpkin lanterns." The company thought for a while and said.
Enterprise suddenly laughed and said, "Admiral, have you been to the supermarket these days? They have bought a lot of big pumpkins there. They are preparing to make pumpkin lanterns for everyone." Santi has a business mind, and the others are not bad either. At least they know how to prepare holiday supplies during festivals. Santi is mainly good at exploitation.
"Come to think of it, I also want to make a pumpkin lantern by myself." Su Xia remembered making lanterns with the grapefruit peels left after removing the pulp when she was a child.
"By the way, the supermarket has also purchased candies. Admiral can prepare them, so that people won't make trouble if we don't give them candies... But I think even if the admiral gives them candies, people will still make trouble." Enterprise laughed, "When that time comes, the admiral can take out his own pumpkin lantern to scare everyone."
"Good idea." Su Xia was looking forward to that scene.
"Admiral, have you thought about what costume to prepare for Halloween?" Enterprise suddenly asked.
"Tell me what kind of costume you are going to wear first." Su Xia asked back. He had the impression that the company did not have Halloween costumes.
"Ghost, werewolf, vampire?" Enterprise shook his head. "I want to prepare a unique casual outfit. Considering the number of people in the garrison, if I can think of one, I'm sure everyone else can too... I don't have any ideas for now."
"I have a great idea," Su Xia said. "It feels like a great fit for business."
"What's the idea?" Enterprise asked.
" A devil from hell in a suit and tie," Su Xia suggested.
Businesses are puzzled.
Su Xia took out his mobile phone and found the game called "Helltaker".
Enterprise took the phone from Su Xia's hand and asked, "Who is this?"
"Lucifer." Su Xia replied.
Enterprise nodded.
"How is it?" Su Xia asked.
"You can try it." Enterprise asked, "Does the Admiral like this?"
Su Xia took the phone, swiped the screen, and said, "This, I like this one better, Marina... Gloomy Demon or Venomous Demon?"
"Admiral, you like that short hair, right?" Enterprise said.
Su Xia smiled.
"I really like short hair." said Enterprise.
"I admit that I like short hair." Su Xia said, "But the reason I like her is not only because of her short hair, but also because of her game nerd setting."
Enterprise nodded without commenting.
"Anyway, I have already thought about what kind of costume I will be wearing when the time comes." Su Xia said, "A headless knight with a pumpkin head." The reason why he wanted to have such a costume was one of his favorite lines in the game - My body is strong and pure! Now, let me heal your dark souls.
Su Xia was thinking about asking Yubari or Fugao to make a special set of armor that would cover his entire body, with two hidden holes on the chest armor for observation. He could stuff a drone or something on the pumpkin head that could fly up and scare people, and it would definitely scare the children. The only problem was what to do with the horse.
Su Xia remembered again that until he uninstalled the game, he still didn't have the reins of the Headless Horseman.
The two discussed for a while, and soon it was noon.
After lunch, Su Xia did not go anywhere. She did not go for a walk on the seaside embankment, nor did she take a nap in a cafe. Instead, she went straight back to the single apartment in Guanhai Building, played on the computer and browsed the forum for a while, and then slept until nearly two o'clock. She hurried to work, only to see Enterprise pouring black tea for Ella in the office.
"Ella is here..." Su Xia held the door frame and took a breath as she hurried through the office.
"Here you are." Ella looked Su Xia up and down. "You didn't get enough rest after tossing and turning all night, so you can't get up after taking a nap at noon?"
Su Xia didn't know how to explain it, so she could only laugh.
"No way." Ella held the red teacup, "Am I right?"
"What did you guess right?" Su Xia laughed.
Anyway, she changed the subject and asked, "I heard you say that the KanColle headquarters is not planning to hold Halloween?"
"It's not that we don't plan to hold Halloween... You know... The KanColle headquarters is similar to the human government. Bureaucracy is inevitable. The more you do, the more mistakes you make, and the less you do, the fewer mistakes you make..." Aila said, "There will be an event, but it feels too conventional and boring."
"So you came to us?" Su Xia asked.
Ella raised her red teacup in response.
"I know what your plans are. Tell me what you think." Su Xia said.
"That's well said. It's not impossible to consider it." Su Xia said in a very stylish manner.
Ella curled her lips at Su Xia, and after thinking about it, she decided not to make a fuss about it since this was Su Xia's home turf. "When it comes to Halloween, it's all about pumpkin lanterns, toffee, trick-or-treating, costumes, masquerade, and other things... Don't you think it's too boring to have these things every year?"
"It's OK." Su Xia said, he had never really participated in any Halloween, everything was new to him. But considering that everyone had participated in Halloween many times, it seemed necessary to add some new programs to this year's Halloween.
Ella finished her tea, put down the cup, looked at Su Xia and said, "I know your goal now is to make this port area full of laughter. It's a mission from Xiao Zhai."
"What do you mean by a mission from Xiao Zhai?" Su Xia asked back. Although he wanted to do that thing at first because it was a mission from Xiao Zhai, it has now become a sincere intention. Anyway, he can't just admit it, otherwise it will make everyone misunderstand his intentions.
"If you want the harbor to be filled with laughter, everyone must be united and friendly." Ella adjusted her glasses, "I have a way to help you."
"Tell me about it." Su Xia became interested.
"We can play tricks if they don't give us candies, too." Ella said, "We can let the American ship girls ask the Japanese ship girls for candies, and if they don't give us candies, they will make trouble. As long as everyone interacts, the relationship will become closer. Of course, if we want everyone to interact with each other, there must be rewards as an attraction."
"What kind of reward is used as an attraction?" Su Xia asked.
Ella thought for a moment and said, "I heard that your garrison has some points that can be used to redeem admiral massage coupons, admiral lap pillow coupons, admiral random fight coupons, etc. As long as it rewards points, I think everyone will definitely flock to participate."
"No, you want me to pay points as a reward?" Su Xia asked, "Why would I do that?"
"You can choose not to do it." Ella spread her hands, with an expression that said, "It's up to you."
"Okay, I understand." Su Xia surrendered. As long as he could make everyone's relationship harmonious and the port area full of laughter, he didn't mind sacrificing.
"I'm just talking, you don't have to get points ... you idiot." Compared to Su Xia, Ella knows a lot more tricks working at the KanColle headquarters. "We can set up a lottery system. As long as the American KanColle gets the candy from the Japanese KanColle, they can participate in the lottery. Gambling can motivate everyone to the greatest extent. You can win all kinds of things, such as snacks, mobile phones, computers..."
"Then," Ella glanced at Su Xia and said, "Include your photo album, private photos and so on as the finale... I don't know why everyone likes you so much... You don't need to invest too much to attract everyone. Don't give too many points, otherwise it will easily lead to inflation."
Su Xia thought about it . If everyone wants to participate in the lottery, they must interact. As long as there is communication, the relationship will definitely become closer. Even if they cheat together, they can become closer. If Lexington can make trouble for Zuikaku if he doesn't give him candy, and Hood can make trouble for Bismarck if he doesn't give him candy, the number of lottery draws can be more.
"Go on." Su Xia urged.
"That's about it," Ella said. "I have to keep some tricks up my sleeve."
"Let me ask you," Ella said, "Is it okay for me to do this Halloween plan?"
Su Xia hesitated. He was worried about Ella, but he had to admit that Ella was quite capable.
"Give me a plan." Su Xia said, "If it's okay, I can let you be Missouri's deputy."
"What? I gave you a plan to qualify you, but you can only be Missouri's deputy?" Ella said in shock. She stood up from the sofa and waved at Su Xia, "That's it... Since you have no sincerity at all, I have nothing to say. I'm leaving, just as if I had never been here."
"Goodbye, sorry I can't see you off." Su Xia said, "Anyway, I already know your idea, so it doesn't matter whether you have it or not."
"You..." Ella sat down, "Shameless, plagiarizing my idea."
"Thank you for the compliment." Su Xia said, "Do you realize today that I am shameless?"
"Asshole." Ella cursed again.
"Okay." Su Xia said, "As long as it's not excessive, I can agree with most of your ideas."
Ella thought for a long time. When you are under someone's roof, you have to bow your head.
