The men are called into Michael's office one at a time. Andy is brought in first and asked the question by Michael. "Andy, how important is this job to you?" Andy responded with an acceptable "This job is more important to me than all the paper in the world.", and he was promptly and respectfully excused from Michael's office. Jim was called in next, and as soon as he sat down across from Michael's desk, he was asked the question, "Jim, how important is this job to you?". Though extremely nervous, Jim replied with "This job is more important to me than all the sales I make as a salesman.". Jim was given a nod of approval and excused from Michael's office. Finally, Dwight was called into the office to give his answer. "Dwight, how important is this job to you?". Dwight pondered on this for a moment and answered with a well thought out, "Michael, this job is more important to me than Oxygen.". Michael was highly offended by this fact, being an intense lover of paper. He did not understand why an element on the periodic table was more important than, what he thought, the best job and position to hold on this paper bearing planet. Extremely upset, Michael made a huge scene in front of the whole office, firing Dwight and telling him that he did not deserve to have his position or even work in the paper business. Dwight gathered his stuff, although Jim had put all of his desk supplies in jelly while he was in his interview, and ran out of the office and down stairs. The whole office watched out of the window as he ran across the parking lot and off of the company property.
Dwight knew that he had given Michael a good answer, definitely better than what he would assume Andy or Jim had answered. "Oxygen" he thought, "is necessary to human's survival. It keeps our physical bodies and the trees alive that make the paper. On another hand, paper is even necessary to humans' social survival! That job would have allowed me to support the making and selling of paper. Essentially, paper keeps us alive.". Althought his logic was reasonable and showed a deep care for paper, there was no turning back now, so Dwight had to think of a plan quickly. He walked all the way to his beet farm, sat down on the floor, and thought about his future plans while eating a ripe beet. Dwight came up with the idea to start his own paper supply company and outsell Dunder Mifflin. He got everything he would need to create this company, Oxygen Paper Supply, within a day and started making sales calls. He, of course, was familiar with all the Dunder Mifflin clients, so he started his calls with all of their customers. By offering extremely low prices and excessive charm, Dwight was getting customers left and right, more than he ever had at the office. Dwight made all of his own paper from his own pulp and it was really high quality stuff. When his shipments started going out, he got raving reviews in the Scranton Daily News.
Back at Dunder Mifflin offices, Jim Halpert was running a well organized office as the new Regional Manager. The only problem was that they were losing all their clients to this mysterious new supplier called Oxygen Paper Supply. Michael made a special trip back up to the office to see how his beloved office was doing in the midst of the competition. When he saw in the news that Oxygen Paper Supply was run by Dwight Schrute, he was furious and called Dwight to see if he would stop by the office. He refused, so Michael and Jim made a special trip out to Dwight's beet farm to see what the deal was. When they arrived, they saw a thriving business and people making beautiful paper, by hand. Jim and Michael were in complete shock and realized that Dwight really cared about this business, realizing that he created his own company just to prove them wrong and continue making and selling paper. Michael apologized to Dwight and offered his position to him. Jim pointed out to Michael that he no longer has the authority to do that, but he will gladly give up his position to Dwight because he deserves it. They all went back to the office and Dwight took his rightful position as Dunder Mifflin's new Regional Manager.
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