Dong Qiangqiang's Story of Leaving Germany

Chapter 1079. An Old Man and a Young Man

Things developed just as Xu Tongying had expected: after entering June, there were no new SARS cases reported in the country for many consecutive days, and no new cases were reported, and everything was looking forward to the good times. However, due to the rampant spread of SARS in the first half of the year, the normal teaching schedule of many primary, secondary and high schools had been disrupted. At the same time, many important sports competitions were cancelled, relocated or postponed. The 2003 Chinese Football A League, which many fans had been looking forward to, was also postponed to the end of the year.

In mid-June, after an inspection, the WHO officially removed Guangdong from the list of SARS-stricken areas, declaring that Guangdong had achieved a phased victory in the fight against SARS. In late June, the WHO announced the lifting of the travel warning for the capital, marking a phased victory in the fight against SARS in the capital. With successive victories at home and international successes, the global SARS epidemic was basically under effective control in June through the joint efforts of governments and peoples of various countries.

The effective control of SARS in China, the announcement by the World Health Organization, and other countries gradually lifting travel restrictions on China have laid an important foundation for the full recovery of China, the second largest economy in Asia. China's economic prosperity will have a multiplier effect on other parts of Asia and the world as a whole. Internationally renowned investment banks and consulting companies that have been patient for more than half a year have also made predictions. The most optimistic institutions believe that by the end of the second half of 2003, China's tourism industry will recover the fastest among all industries, and will not only have the opportunity to return to 90% of the pre-SARS level, but may even set a new record.

Having read so many reports, Dong Qiangqiang did not take the forecasts of foreign institutions seriously, not to mention that some of them were well-known reverse indicator kings. But on the other hand, he learned from the news footage on the Internet and his parents' descriptions that the number of people in the streets, shopping malls and tourist attractions increased again, and the number of SARS patients in hospitals decreased day by day. These were ironclad facts. From the powerful words in street interviews, he could clearly sense that people's confidence and optimism in defeating SARS were growing day by day, and the transportation volume of subways and public transportation in many cities was slowly returning to pre-SARS levels.

The harder a spring is pressed by an external force, the higher it will bounce when the external force disappears.

However, there is not only one voice. Although SARS has not yet ended completely, there has been a review and reflection on SARS in China. Dong Qiangqiang noticed an interview article with Mr. Jiang Yanyong by a well-known economist, and he could not help but read it carefully several times. After reading it, he did not remember much about the other parts, but only remembered one sentence that Mr. Jiang repeatedly emphasized: People should have the courage to tell the truth.

As SARS was about to pass, Dong's father recovered much faster than in the previous months. In the doctor's words, the strong return of the human immune system overwhelmed the evil left by SARS. This change was beyond the expectations of the Dong family, but it was a happy event after all. The Dong family was overjoyed. Dong's father continued his "Father's Letter" that he had been holding back for several months. He asked Dong's mother to solemnly remind her son not to just think about making contributions for himself. As the old saying goes, if you are successful, you should help the world. People overseas can also worry about the world first.

Dong Qiangqiang understood what his father meant, and immediately sent a group of photos to his parents after receiving the call. The photos clearly showed the thank-you letters and silk banners sent by Sun Tao to the preparatory group after the donation. After seeing the photos, although Dong's father could not help but give his son another lecture on "not being arrogant when winning and not being discouraged when losing", he was very pleased with his son's actions, just like Dong's mother.

The son who looked like a little child when he went abroad seemed to have grown up a lot without us noticing.

After interacting with the landlord for a long time, Dong Qiangqiang gradually discovered that the reason why the old man insisted on asking him to read books and newspapers every day was not only because he was worried about being out of touch with society, but also because he had a strong desire to talk and liked chatting with people. In addition, the old man's career before retirement was still related to the cultural industry, so he preferred reading in his spare time and did not like to watch boring soap operas on TV from morning to night. Therefore, after Dong Qiangqiang read the prescribed reading materials to the landlord every day, he no longer stuck to discussing the contents of newspapers and magazines, but talked about everything under the sun.

After returning from China in March, he told the landlord that he bought a house for his parents when he returned to China. Although the area was not small, the public area was very touching. The actual usable area after deducting the public area was much less than the building area on the house certificate. All this was thanks to that famous Hong Konger. The landlord smiled and pointed out his common sense mistake. The public area was actually invented by Americans. German houses are almost all permanent property rights. Even apartments in buildings do not have the concept of public areas when they are traded. In addition, not only are there no public areas, but the balcony area is converted into the floor area by taking half of its building area. If the height of the sloping roof of a house is less than two meters, it is usually not considered as the floor area. However, China's real estate regulations are not completely useless. For example, Germany has real estate taxes that China does not have, but the real estate taxes are not outrageously high. The average annual amount is several hundred euros, which is still a moderate amount. In addition, Germany also has relevant laws to protect tenants, especially long-term tenants, to limit the room for landlords to increase rents maliciously and avoid the situation of raising prices on the spot.

Dong Qiangqiang knew that the old man said this to reassure him, and he immediately expressed his gratitude with a smile.

Whether at home or abroad, buying a house is a personal privacy. Dong Qiangqiang could even share such a thing with the landlord. He naturally did not hide the fact that the preparatory group was framed from others. So when he told the landlord the first time that he and his partners had finally restored their innocence and reputation, the old man was happier than him.

When the old man heard him say that SARS, which had been raging for more than half a year, was about to end completely, he became so excited that he could not sit still.

Dong Qiangqiang knew the old man's reaction very well. Since he moved in, he would explain everything about the country to him whenever he got the chance, and did his best to promote the country's advantages in all aspects. Gradually, he made the old man excited and wanted to travel around China to see the world.

  Traveling is a part of life for many Germans, but unfortunately, just as the old man had this idea, SARS was looming. Now that the clouds have finally cleared, how can the old man not be happy?

At the end of the conversation, Dong Qiangqiang somehow mentioned that Lao Bai, who was kicked out by the landlord, was in the cross-border tourism business. If the landlord really wanted to visit China, once the SARS risk was completely lifted, he could let Lao Bai be in charge of the operations. Of course, in the end it would depend on the landlord's own wishes.

Dong Qiangqiang had not communicated with Lao Bai beforehand. Only after he finished speaking did he realize that his suggestion was somewhat rash. But then he thought, if Lao Bai really doesn't want to accept it, then so be it. There is no need to force such a thing. If one wants to travel to China, there are many travel companies in Germany.

  The landlord was not embarrassed after hearing this, and generously said that Dong Qiangqiang could help her arrange all the travel matters. She only cared about how much money to pay, where to go, how long to stay and where to stay, and didn't want to worry about anything else. Then she changed the subject and said that in order to be able to more immerse herself in Chinese culture during the trip, she hoped to learn a few words of Chinese from Dong Qiangqiang. Dong Qiangqiang is Chinese and speaks standard Mandarin, so there will be no problem teaching him Chinese. However, Dong Qiangqiang knew that the landlord had oversimplified this matter. Being able to speak Chinese and being able to teach Chinese are two different things. For a moment, he didn't know whether to ask Feng Chong or Lu Wei for help, and he stood there in a daze.