Dong Qiangqiang's Story of Leaving Germany

The long summer soon arrived, and there was only a month left before the exam.

Not long after the landlord and Dong Qiangqiang had reached an agreement, Dong Qiangqiang was taken away by Duanmu on a business trip. Because he was not in Trier every weekend, the plan he and the landlord had agreed to inspect the neighbor's yard together was delayed.

After he finally rushed back to Trier from Hamburg, under the joint urging of the anxious landlord and neighbor, and after they looked at the yard of a neighbor who they both thought was relatively easy to talk to, Dong Qiangqiang quickly came up with a plan.

In order to prevent being criticized by neighbors, Dong Qiangqiang borrowed a lot of Chinese courtyard landscaping from the Internet. After the design was completed, he specifically asked Tong Lele and other girls for their opinions. Although Tong Lele studied music instead of garden design, Dong Qiangqiang always felt that people who studied music have no problems with aesthetics. In addition, when he was leading a tour group in Italy before, he also heard Tong Lele talk about many aesthetic allusions, so he believed that Tong Lele's vision must be correct.

  Tong Lele made some harmless suggestions, and Dong Qiangqiang was full of confidence. Zheng Chunhua didn't say anything either, but Du Lan thought that he was putting the cart before the horse and shouldn't do these things when the exam was approaching. Although he could earn living expenses, digging a pond was like digging a hole for him. Did Dong Qiangqiang really need the money?

Dong Qiangqiang felt that he was lacking.

With the landlord's serious reminder, Dong Qiangqiang carefully studied the quotation level of the local gardening company and took out a down-to-earth quotation. The landlord boldly suggested that he reduce the quotation from several hundred euros to several hundred euros. Dong Qiangqiang accepted the advice and formally showed it to his neighbors.

But before the two sides had a deep discussion, they encountered a new problem. Although it was just a small job like digging a small pond, and the amount involved was only a few hundred euros, the neighbor insisted that Dong Qiangqiang must have a company to sign a contract with the neighbor. The trading company that Dong Qiangqiang had registered in Hanover had been cancelled as early as when he left Hanover. Fortunately, he was already familiar with registering a company, and he immediately found a local industrial and commercial agency to register a one-person limited company on his behalf.

Although it was just a small project, the necessary procedures were all necessary. However, time was not wasted in meaningless waiting. During the registration of the company, with the matchmaking and coordination of the landlord, the plan and the contract went through a complete cycle of repeated revisions, reaching a consensus, and finally finalizing and everyone was happy. When the company's bank account was opened, the plan also clarified the specific implementation progress. The final rendering was drawn by Dong Qiangqiang with a colored pen, and the contract clearly stipulated each completion node and the corresponding charging standards.

The first payment was received quickly, and Dong Qiangqiang immediately bought various materials to prepare for construction.

He first worked on it by himself for a few days, and felt that it would be more efficient to have a helper. In order to ensure the deadline, he considered asking Ji Fengping for help. Through China Week, he found that Ji Fengping was reliable and down-to-earth. However, after he communicated with Ji Fengping indirectly, he found that he had more exam subjects than him this semester, and the exams would start at the end of July. However, he could not make much profit from this job, and he had to work at night, which was definitely overtime. He could ask himself to work overtime voluntarily, but he could not ask Ji Fengping to do the same, because in Germany, it is illegal for employers to force employees to work overtime, and in order to be legal, he needs to pay Ji Fengping overtime pay. If he does not pay overtime pay and is reported by a third party, he will face legal sanctions.

  In order to earn a few more dollars and avoid unnecessary trouble, Dong Qiangqiang decided to grit his teeth and work alone. Although it would be tiring and slow to do it alone, he could control the implementation effect. Besides, he lived close to his neighbors. If he was really seen by others, it would be best if they turned a blind eye. But if he met a paranoid who insisted on reporting him, then no matter what, he, the head of the company, would be working overtime himself. No one would gossip about it, right?

The pros and cons of working alone are like the two sides of a coin. Because the final delivery date has been agreed upon, Dong Qiangqiang has to work on weekdays and cannot save it for the weekend. The disadvantage is that he can no longer stay in the library reading until closing time like before, but has to rush home before 8 o'clock in the evening before it gets completely dark. Fortunately, it gets dark later and later, and he can work for two hours when it doesn't rain, and then stop and go back to read when it is almost ten o'clock and there is no daylight.

Seeing that Dong Qiangqiang got the job of digging the pond as he wished, the landlord, who introduced him, was also very happy. Dong Qiangqiang wanted to give the landlord a commission but was rejected by the other party. She and Dong Qiangqiang have been learning Chinese for a while, and Dong Qiangqiang never asked her to pay. She didn't care about these things. But she needed Dong Qiangqiang's help to ask Lao Bai if there was any plan to travel to China for her reference. Xu Tongying asked Dong Qiangqiang to help persuade Lao Bai to give in before, but Lao Bai said he was busy when Dong Qiangqiang mentioned this. After being hung up on several times, Dong Qiangqiang stopped mentioning it.

When he contacted Lao Bai again, Lao Bai was buying a drink at a vending machine in the corridor of the stadium. Deafening cheers and powerful singing came from outside the corridor. The group of male tourists he brought had just returned from France after watching the Confederations Cup. They were now sitting in the stands enjoying the fierce Bundesliga battle. Looking at "Dong Qiangqiang" on the screen of his mobile phone, Lao Bai hesitated for a few seconds and finally answered the phone.

"Boss, what's the matter this time? You don't want me to go back and help you dig a pond? I don't have time for that." Lao Bai said jokingly.

Digging the pond was originally Lao Bai's idea. Dong Qiangqiang didn't want to hide it from him, so when he heard Lao Bai's joke, he told him with a smile that, at Dong Qiangqiang's suggestion, the landlord wanted to travel to China and did not rule out joining Le Bai's tour, but he needed him to first provide a detailed plan and quotation for reference.

"Another job for me? Thanks. It's no problem to take her there. When does she want to leave? How long will she be gone? What's her budget? Are there any particular places she wants to visit? Can she apply for a tourist visa herself?"

Lao Bai's answer did not surprise Dong Qiangqiang. Not only did he not show any resistance or refusal to take his landlord who had driven him away to travel to China, he also expressed his gratitude to Dong Qiangqiang for not forgetting to introduce the business to him.

"No need to thank me. I won't give you the benefit of the pond idea. We are even."

"Deal." Lao Bai changed the subject. "But I have to be frank. Although I am willing, I am afraid I will still be leading a tour group in Europe in August. This has been scheduled long ago. I definitely cannot take her around China in person. I can only outsource her to a domestic travel agency that has a cooperative relationship with Le Bai. But I can guarantee that her travel experience will be absolutely first-class, and the fees will be much cheaper than those German travel companies she can find, of course, if she is willing."

"I understand. You should give her a plan and quotation first. I will text you the factors she is concerned about later. You can contact her directly. If you don't have time, I can also help you convey it. But I have a request. If the landlord finally accepts your plan, I hope that the travel agency you find can ensure the safety of the elderly as much as possible. After all, SARS has not completely ended. An elderly foreigner dares to travel to China at this time. Just for this courage, no matter whether she is your former landlord or my current landlord, you should take good care of her."

Lao Bai didn't make any solemn promises to Dong Qiangqiang, but just hung up the phone without saying anything amid the noisy background. (End of this chapter)