Chapter 214: A Different Santi
After sitting for a while, Su Xia finally reacted.
"I took a look at the business plans everyone submitted this morning, including Santi's." Su Xia thought about what happened in the office. Until the grading was over, he and L20 left the office to go to the izakaya for lunch, and Victory was still worried.
"Oh. Have you finished grading?" Santi said confidently, "What do you think of my proposal, Admiral?"
"Sure." Su Xia said.
"Just okay?" Santi said, "That's my masterpiece. I stayed up for two nights for that proposal."
"It's the best of all the proposals." Su Xia said. He looked around and asked, "I just don't understand why Santi is interested in applying for the canteen management position?"
Santi was originally walking around the bar, but when he heard his words, he stopped, looked at him, and said seriously, "I believe in my management ability, and I will definitely be able to manage the cafeteria in an orderly manner. Then, I am applying for this cafeteria management position not for anything."
Santi waved his hand and said, "Everyone says that I like money, but I don't like money. I'm not interested in money. You can't bring it with you when you are born, and you can't take it with you when you die. The garrison takes care of everything, including food, clothing, housing and transportation. I don't buy luxury cars, yachts, or watches. I just buy a few clothes occasionally. What do I do with all that money?"
Su Xia opened her mouth, but in the end she didn't complain.
"I am a little interested in the points." Santi said calmly, "but I don't want to use those points to ask the admiral to do anything. I don't want to go against the admiral's wishes. I hope the admiral is sincere. Isn't it said that the points can be transferred? If I earn points, I may give them to my friends."
Santi looked Su Xia in the eye to show that she had no guilty conscience and said, "I don't care about money or points. Why should I apply for this cafeteria management position?"
Santi stretched out his hands, tapped his chest, and said, "Many people in the garrison misunderstand me, saying that I am a capitalist who only cares about money. I admit that I am a capitalist. I own many stores and many shares. I don't know when the word capitalist changed from a neutral word to a derogatory word."
Santi said: "I am a capitalist and a businessman, but I also love this garrison and want to make some contribution to it."
"Businessmen are all profit-driven. There are things businessmen should do and things they shouldn't do. Entrepreneurs must have a sense of social responsibility." Santi said, "I admit that I had just joined the naval base and had no money. I did everything to make money. Maybe it was my actions at that time that gave everyone a bad impression."
Santi continued, "When I made a lot of money, I would never do anything illegal again. Now that I have a little bit of wealth, what I care about now is my sense of social responsibility."
"I opened so many stores, not to make money, but to create a comfortable shopping environment for everyone." Santi said, "Money is only money if it can be spent, otherwise it is just waste paper. This garrison is isolated overseas, money is not the problem, spending is the problem."
"Merchants do not produce, but they are indispensable to society. It's like a merchant opens a store here, which saves residents from going far away to shop. It actually saves residents' time costs. Residents actually benefit, and then the merchant makes a profit from it." Santi said, "Don't think of merchants as a scourge."
"In short," Santi said, "I applied for the position of manager of the cafeteria for no other reason than a sense of social responsibility. I believe that if a businessman only considers making money, he will not be able to achieve great success or go far. Only when a businessman has a sense of social responsibility can he embark on a path of healthy development."
After Santi spoke at length, Su Xia finally found an opportunity to speak. He asked suspiciously, "Really? Santi wants to compete for the position of cafeteria manager. Is that the reason?"
"Okay, I admit that I still have some other little thoughts," said Santi.
Santi crossed his arms, thinking that no one would trust a perfect person. Sometimes it is easier to gain the trust of others by actively exposing your weaknesses.
"I'll just say it straight. My purpose and my thoughts."
"In the past, I only thought about making money, and everyone called me a profiteer. When someone wanted to harm me, no one spoke up for me, and everyone applauded. Dogs bite dogs, and evildoers will be punished by evildoers. Some people even think that those who tried to harm me are heroes."
"I want to apply for the position of cafeteria manager, make a contribution to this garrison, and earn a little reputation. Then, if anyone wants to bully me or do something bad to me, no one will sit idly by. I have made contributions to the garrison, I am a meritorious official, and as long as I don't do anything illegal, I think the admiral will definitely not sit idly by if anyone wants to bully me."
Su Xia said: "Whether you manage the cafeteria or not, I will not allow anyone to bully you. In our garrison, bullying is not allowed to happen."
Santi glanced at Su Xia with his eyes slanted. She was not like L20 who had just arrived at the garrison. She had been here for quite some time and knew everything. She thought to herself that you were the most bullying person in our garrison, so as long as you didn't bully others, it would be fine.
No matter what, the position of cafeteria manager must be obtained. It is a rare opportunity to meet the admiral, and the opportunity cannot be missed. Santi said: "To be honest, admiral, I can issue a military order."
"What military order?" Su Xia asked.
"If I am allowed to manage the cafeteria, I will never embezzle. I will always be willing to accept someone from the office to check the accounts. Let Wisconsin check the accounts. She is the best accountant in the garrison. If you don't trust Wisconsin , you can also send the Victory, Lexington, Boston, anyone else."
Santi was impassioned.
"I just need a little funding and a few people."
"But I can assure you that the food in the cafeteria is delicious and healthy and can satisfy everyone's taste."
"We are all in the same tutelary fort, so we are all sisters. I will never bully my sisters. Rather, if I were to manage the cafeteria and ask Yisen, Mutsu, Fuso, Shokaku and others to come and help, I would be so bold as to bully them, enforce 996, and volunteer to work overtime."
"Anyway," Santi said, "I think the admiral has read the proposal I submitted."
"Of course I have seen it." Su Xia said.
"I promise that there is absolutely no exaggeration in my business plan," said Santi. "I will operate and manage according to the business plan."
Santi looked at Suxia and asked, "How is it?"
Su Xia fell into deep thought. This Santi was really sincere.
