Dong Qiangqiang's Story of Leaving Germany

Chapter 203 203. Sunk Costs
"We're all going to get the money back, why are you so sad? You don't look happy at all?" Dong Qiangqiang chased after Lei Lanting from behind, "Although the money won't come until next week, it's a happy event after all."

"I was rejected by the city council just now." Lei Lanting sighed dejectedly, "We won't be able to go to Daji to sell things tomorrow."

"what happened?"

"You don't know it when you first come, if someone wants to set up a stall on a square or street in a German city, or wants to set up a stall to sell things at flea markets, weekend fairs, special celebrations, Christmas markets at the end of the year, You must apply to the Municipal Council in advance. If you don’t apply and go to the street to sell, the city’s Order Bureau will trouble you.”

"Bureau of Order?" Dong Qiangqiang sounded fresh, "What kind of organization is this?"

"You can think of the Bureau of Order as the city management in Germany. They specifically check whether small vendors in squares or streets have business licenses. If they operate without a license, they may be driven away, their goods confiscated, or fined."

"Hey, I thought we were the only ones with urban management." Dong Qiangqiang was very curious when he heard about German urban management for the first time, "Then what did you apply for? Did they tell you the reason for the rejection?"

"I'm applying for a tourism license, which allows me to legally sell some children's toys and small commodities in the children's carnival market. I don't sell food or use food trucks, which neither involves food safety nor touch their traffic laws,
But I didn't expect to be rejected.As for the reason, people from the Municipal Council said that I am not qualified enough to operate this kind of stall independently. "

"The identity is not enough?" Dong Qiangqiang didn't understand, "What do you mean? This kind of small businessman must be a German?"

"It looks like this."

"If that doesn't work, then don't do it. Let's go directly to see Luke's stocking forest at noon tomorrow."

"You don't understand, this kind of small vendor looks inconspicuous, but it's actually very profitable. I know a Shanghai buddy in Berlin. At the beginning, he set up a stall to sell children's toys at the weekend market, and finally he didn't read any books. , directly opened a trading company, and now they all immigrated."

"Really?" Dong Qiangqiang was taken aback, "Is this how you make money?"

"He told me personally that he earned 2000 marks in one weekend, and the cost of co-authoring after tax is 1 RMB less." Lei Lanting said while making a gesture of 2, "I decided to try it after hearing what he said. try."

"The situation in Hannover and Berlin is different, and you may not be able to sell it for 2000 marks." Dong Qiangqiang reassured him, "It is still reliable to catch pigs with me."

"If you don't let me sell, then my sunk cost will be too high." Lei Lanting shook his head, feeling a little depressed.

"What sunk cost?"

"I invested more than half of the money I earned from part-time jobs. If you don't sell it, it will all go to your hands." Lei Lanting wept.

"Then what did you buy?" Dong Qiangqiang couldn't help asking.

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Dong Yiqing was busy sorting out the contract between the company and the French, and she was 10 minutes late when she got off work at noon, but she was blocked by Zhang Shuo.

In terms of the company's administrative level, Zhang Shuo, the nominal vice president, is still her direct leader.Although I don't want to see him, we are all in the same company after all.Even if she doesn't like Zhang Shuo, Dong Yiqing can't show him the face directly.What's more, Zhang Yingfang also specifically explained to her.

"The beauty still doesn't eat? So hardworking?" Zhang Shuo approached Dong Yiqing's work place with a playful smile, raised his hand and inserted a red rose into the pen holder on her desk, "Flowers for beauty, for you, You're welcome."

"Let's talk about it in the afternoon, I'm going to eat." Dong Yiqing stood up, picked up the bag and was about to leave, Zhang Shuo slid in front of her.

After experiencing Zhang Yingfei's drunkenness, Dong Yiqing was not as panicked by this action towards men as before.She looked at Zhang Shuo calmly: "Can't I go to eat now? Mr. Zhang."

"Of course, in fact," Zhang Shuo rolled his eyes, "what I want to say is to treat you to dinner."

"Thank you." Dong Yiqing just wanted to politely reject him, saying that she was not used to big fish and big meat.I also felt that it was too direct and impolite, so after thinking about it, I declined politely: "I have already made an appointment with someone at noon."

She knew that Zhang Shuo was pursuing Che Lizi, and she didn't want to get involved with him, especially when she felt that Zhang Yingfei was also pursuing Che Lizi.

"How was that night? I know there is an authentic Sichuan restaurant in Frankfurt. It's very authentic. You must like it." Zhang Shuo seemed to know the delicious restaurants in every city in Germany. It was like a living restaurant map. "I Tell my aunt that you don't have to work overtime today." Zhang Shuo always had more to say in the face of rejection.

"I'm sorry, I also arranged things tonight, let's try another day." Dong Yiqing has already got an internship, and the internship is paid, so she can't keep the company in charge, that's too inappropriate.She found a few houses close to the company on the Internet, and planned to check the houses after get off work, and try to rent them as soon as possible, so that she could go back to Hannover on the weekend to get some daily necessities, and borrow notes from other students. , Make up for all the lessons you have missed.

But Zhang Shuo didn't know her arrangement.

"Yo, Ms. Dong is really awesome. She's shaking after seeing her for a few days." Faced with Dong Yiqing's two rejections, Zhang Shuo couldn't keep up. "Don't forget, I introduced this beautiful job to you at the beginning. You didn't say that you invited me to dinner to repay me, and you were so ignorant of the answer. Isn't it a bit inappropriate for someone to do this? Huh?"

"Who told me that I could sign the contract when I came here, but then I changed the interview?" Dong Yiqing felt very funny, "If I hadn't been lucky enough to seize the opportunity on the train, would I have been able to get the job of interpreting the exhibition? ?If I don't become the contract champion at the exhibition, it depends on whether you can give me an internship? I don't have any connections, and it doesn't matter. It depends on my ability to get to where I am today. If Mr. Zhang is not satisfied with me, you can go directly to Mr. Fang to report , I'm not afraid of such things as eye drops."

Zhang Shuo didn't expect that Dong Yiqing would dare to scold him so directly, all the words he thought of were stuck in his mouth for a moment, and he was speechless in a daze.

"Mr. Zhang should spend more time with Miss Che. Maybe she has time to have dinner with you and discuss business. I have something else to do, so I won't accompany you." After speaking, Dong Yiqing took her bag and walked away on her own out.

Zhang Shuo stared at her back in a daze, and after a while he muttered in a low voice: "I really didn't see it, a leopard comes out of a listless person."

(Special thanks to this chapter: monthly tickets and rewards from the Zhao family members, recommendation tickets from shark wolf)
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