Dong Qiangqiang's Story of Leaving Germany

Chapter 886

Regarding strikes, Dong Qiangqiang only knew that before the founding of the People's Republic of China, there were well-known strikes such as the Anyuan Road and Mining Workers' Strike and the Provincial and Hong Kong Strikes. After the founding of the People's Republic, he had never heard of it. Never had an airport strike.

Since the computers in the computer room of the library were not equipped with sound cards (nor integrated sound cards), he could not listen to online news, so he ran to the Turkish barbecue restaurant closest to the university. When he was in a hurry to go home, he made a fuss.

The consumers of the barbecue restaurant are mainly college students. Because it is still winter vacation, there is no customer in the store, and it is very quiet. There is only one young guy on the bar, who is lazily staring at the TV broadcasting on the overhead TV with his hand on his cheek. match.

The long phone calls and all the raids made Dong Qiangqiang feel hungry. He ordered his favorite set meal with a large amount of barbecue, successfully requisitioned the remote control from the buddy, and directly switched to the news channel.

The buddy pointed to the TV Barabara and said a lot, but Dong Qiangqiang didn't understand and didn't care.The guy shrugged, muttered and flashed into the back kitchen.

It was nearly 21:[-], and on TV, the bustling and bustling waiting hall on weekdays became very deserted. The check-in counters of all airlines were all closed, and the flight information displaying on the big screen at the airport could not see the expected flights in the past. Information, only the lonely black that makes people speechless.

Although the airport and the airline claim to have reminded passengers that their flight was cancelled, some passengers still found that their travel was blocked after arriving at the airport. They were either dazed, complaining, or helplessly looking for service personnel in the lobby, but they suddenly found the target. They were wearing reflective vests, holding placards, and protesting in the lobby.

The hall was full of long guns and short cannons of different colors. The microphones and cameras of the reporters wanted to hit the faces of the strikers. Through the on-site question and answer, Dong Qiangqiang knew that the first time this year organized by the German Service Industry Union The strike involved eight German airports and was a continuation and escalation of last year's warning strike at airports.So far, the strike has caused the cancellation of hundreds of flights. Among them, Frankfurt Airport, Munich Airport, Hannover Airport, and Berlin Airport have been more seriously affected. The strikers expect at least 20 people at the eight airports to be affected. The purpose is to ask employers to increase wages for workers, increase holidays and improve working conditions.

The trade union representative stood at the forefront of the strike team. During the interview, he was emotionally excited, so he spoke very fast. Dong Qiangqiang could only swallow his words to understand the general idea.He first said that raising wages is a matter of survival for tens of thousands of workers. Then he changed the subject and said that the negotiation with the management was extremely exhausting. After the negotiation, the other party did not give him a clear answer. There are no optimistic expectations. If this labor negotiation fails to reach an agreement, it is not ruled out that the next Easter holiday will also be affected.

The reporter also randomly interviewed other strikers at the scene.A gray-haired middle-aged man said that this year is the second year since the euro was officially launched in Germany. As a laborer, he felt that many commodities in the supermarket were expensive. The unit of milk that used to be 2 marks per liter was directly changed to 2 euros. Yisheng, similar situations abound, and he can’t say whether it’s inflation, but the reason he joined the strike is that his real income has long been declining. He has two children, and as a man, he has to support his family, so He desperately hopes to improve the current treatment.And his wife drives a bus. There were several strikes in the public transportation industry last year, and then she succeeded in raising her salary. He also hopes to replicate his wife's success.

After interviewing the strikers, the reporter originally planned to interview the management, but encountered a hard nail of "no comment", so he had to turn around to interview tourists.A passenger complained that it was a nightmare to encounter a strike. He wanted to go back to his country but was forced to stay in Germany. Although he sympathized with the strikers, he did not want to be a victim of the strike. He believed that the strike passed on the pain to consumers, and The consumer is innocent, he doesn't understand and is outraged.

The screen cuts back to the studio, and the host asks an expert as a guest what he thinks about the strike. It will be passed on to consumers, benefiting no one and fueling inflation, so he personally is not optimistic that the strike will be negotiated successfully.

By the time the steaming barbecue meal was served, the news broadcast of the strike had been replaced by gossip about German sports stars.

Dong Qiangqiang walked to the window with a plate, and while mixing barbecue, side dishes and rice, he looked thoughtfully at the twilight outside the window: Since the German airport is down, can we fly from Paris?Thinking of this, he didn't care whether Qin Youbo was working or resting, so he called her directly.

Qin Youbo answered the phone quickly, but her answer chilled his heart faster than the barbecue on the plate: Many airports in France started intermittent strikes a week ago, some airports have not resumed work until now, some Although it claims to resume work, the work efficiency cannot be compared with that before the strike. At the same time, the airport strike is not limited to Germany and France. Staff at many European airports have recently held strikes of varying degrees due to salary and holiday issues. It should be a massive tandem strike.The media agreed that if the negotiating parties could not reach an agreement, strikes and flight delays would probably continue into the summer.In the end, she reminded Dong Qiangqiang that if he insisted on returning to China, he had better understand clearly before placing an order, so as not to waste money and time.

Dong Qiangqiang quickly finished his meal, returned to the computer room, wrote down the customer service numbers of the airports in several countries around Germany, and called them one by one until the library was closed. There was no one who could fly to China.

He walked aimlessly on Yonglu, flipping through the phone book, thinking of who could help him.

His eyes fell on the word "Sun Tao". He is from the consulate, so he must have a solution, but he doesn't have a deep friendship with the other party, and he was a little stiff because of the beating last time. He can beg someone in a low voice, but the other party may not be able to help him.

Names were fished out of the sea with high hopes and thrown back with disappointment.

He racked his brains and unconsciously walked to the front of the psychology department building.The huge bronze statue standing in front of the building silently looked at the sad young man in front of him, with infinite love and regret in his eyes.

Dong Qiangqiang finally called Duanmu.

"Hey, Duanmu, I want to go back to China to see my family as soon as possible, but now the airports in Germany and several neighboring countries are not allowed to fly. What can you do? For example, use your company's relationship to fly to the United States first, and then fly back to China from the United States. Is it possible?"

"You need a U.S. visa to fly to the U.S., do you have it?" Duanmu said politely, "If you don't have one, even if you apply for a tourist visa, which is the easiest to get, it will take 14 working days, which is considered fast. of."

Uncle, Dong Qiangqiang scolded in his heart.

"What happened to your family?" Duanmu asked concerned, "Do you have to go back now? Have you finished the exam?"

"My dad is sick. I took the exam in March, and I almost finished the review, so I wanted to go back and take a look before I came back. I didn't expect to encounter a general strike, so I recite it."

"Is your father okay? I heard that the disease has been very serious recently. Not only in China, but also in Southeast Asia. There are people I know who have also been recruited. It is risky for you to go back now."

"But I can't not return."

"Then what, old Dong, don't think my words are harsh. If you have to go back, then it's okay. We have to find a way to go back anyway. But if you don't have to go back, we'd better bear it..."

Dong Qiangqiang raised his head, dots of stars in the night sky were blinking at him, a shooting star flashed across his head, and a thought flashed through his mind.

"What if I ask Lao Maozi for help? Do you think it's reliable? He should be able to help me go back?"

"Are you looking for him?" Duanmu asked in surprise, "Are you crazy?"

"He must have a private jet." Dong Qiangqiang forced a wry smile helplessly. Of course he knew he was joking. To Sergeira, he was nothing.

Duanmu was speechless for a long time, and after a while he said: "I don't know what's going on with your dad and you have to go back, but if you want to go through Lao Maozi, I advise you not to be impulsive, you are a little...well, emotional, you should be careful Consider it."

Dong Qiangqiang was very depressed, he knew what Duanmu said was right, even he himself could feel that he was in a hurry to go to the doctor, although the money in his account was more than enough to buy hundreds of round-trip tickets, but when the airport went on strike, he didn’t even know what to do. Can't go.Maybe one day he can afford a private jet, and then maybe he'll be able to go home when he wants to.

After finally staying up until 12 o’clock in the middle of the night, and 7 o’clock in the morning BJ time, Dong Qiangqiang called his mother again, explaining that he really couldn’t go back now, and asked his mother to tell him about Dong’s father’s condition every day, and he must go back when he needed Tell him right away that he can do it no matter if he is asked to find Sun Tao or Sergeira.

But what makes Dong Qiangqiang depressed is that Dong's mother seems to be quite relieved that he can't go back, and she repeatedly persuades him to study hard. Dong's father has a good appetite this morning, and she wants to see the doctor immediately to ask for clues.

Dong Qiangqiang contacted Laobai and Tong Lele respectively. Tong Lele answered the phone quickly, and immediately said that he could go to the hospital to help Dong's mother share the burden when he was free.Lao Bai was very slow to answer the phone, his mouth seemed a little awkward when he spoke, and his reaction was relatively slow. Dong Qiangqiang guessed that he might have just had a drink and had a hangover, but his statement was the same as Tong Lele's. He felt warm and relieved in Germany.

But if you can’t go back, you can’t go back, Duanmu’s words remind Dong Qiangqiang that no matter what, he should apply for a tourist visa to the United States first, so as to be prepared, even if the visa is obtained and he does not go to the United States, he will only lose the visa fee.

Dong Qiangqiang didn't call Sun Tao, but he didn't expect that Sun Tao took the initiative to call Dong Qiangqiang.

"Hey, Dong Qiangqiang? I want to ask you something."

(End of this chapter)