Dong Qiangqiang's Story of Leaving Germany

When Fukang drove to the outer edge of the community where the old house was located, Dong Qiangqiang realized that there was no parking space on the roadside, even for a small car like Fukang that didn't take up much space. He had no choice but to circle around the nearby buildings, and finally parked his car a block away from the old house and walked there.

As he got closer and closer to the community, he unconsciously slowed down and stared at the plants and trees in the community through the guardrail. He felt that his heart was pulled by an inexplicable emotion, and countless good memories related to his growth unconsciously gurgled. gush. For a moment, he felt like he had never left.

Registration is required to enter and leave the community just like at the new home. Dong Qiangqiang's ID card, which had not yet changed his address, came into play. After a simple registration and temperature check, he successfully entered the community.

The scenery in the community seems to be little different from before he went abroad. The fitness equipment is still broken as before he went abroad. It is not clear whether it has never been repaired or whether it broke after being repaired.

There are more trash cans between buildings than before, but some people still throw garbage on the ground next to the trash cans and in the green belt. He sighed, found a tree fork, and picked the plastic bags containing the garbage into the garbage. In the bucket, I wonder when China will promote garbage classification like Germany. In addition to trash cans, there are also many more cars parked along the Ningbo Road. Coupled with bicycles and other vehicles parked in an disorderly manner, the road has become overcrowded. Although it was almost noon, there were no people in the community. He remembered that before going abroad, there would be a group of old men and women walking their dogs in the community at any time, but now there were no one. What made him feel even more incredible was that although there were no dog walkers, there were people on the road. There are different colored poops everywhere. By the time he walked to the door of his unit, the good memories of his former residence had almost disappeared.

The corridor was very quiet and the ground was relatively clean. Fortunately, there was no trace of dog poop on the corridor steps. Various small advertisements are stacked on the walls, and posters announcing the prevention and control of labor can occasionally be seen.

When he reached the door of the old house, he stood quietly in front of the cat to calm down for a few seconds. After thinking about what to say when the door opened, he took a deep breath, and then raised his hand and knocked on the door three times.

No one answered the door.

He knocked a few more times and then put his ear to the door, but couldn't hear any movement inside.

It seemed that no one was there, so he stood for a moment disappointedly, then reluctantly walked out of the building.

Standing outside the building, he looked around and suddenly thought about it. He quickly walked out of the community and went straight to the nearest housing agencies.

After asking five or six agents, he finally found the transaction record of the old house in the file of one of them.

Dong Qiangqiang expressed his desire to buy an old house to the salesperson. The salesperson reminded him that what he saw was only the previous transaction price. Although SARS is causing trouble, the house prices in Zhongguancun have risen rapidly in the past two years. If he really wants to buy it, he may You have to pay more money than the previous transaction price, and this is based on the premise that the existing owner is willing to sell the house. However, as far as the salesperson knows, when purchasing the house, the owner has made it clear that he has no short-term plans to sell the house. , after all, the house is in a good location, the owner and his wife are close to work, and there are many schools and medical resource options nearby, which is good for cultivating the next generation and taking the elderly to see a doctor. Even if Dong Qiangqiang considers increasing the price, he must be prepared to negotiate with the other party multiple times. Prepare. At the same time, he also learned from the sales that although the actual usable area of ​​the old house is larger than the place where he lives now, it is far less large than he recalled.

Finally, at his request, the salesperson agreed to try to contact the homeowner, who left his contact information and left the agency.

Although the sales may be alarmist, Dong Qiangqiang really cannot estimate how much money he may spend to buy back his old house, but he knows that if he wants to transfer more money back to China, he needs Dong's mother's foreign exchange quota.

The old house was not far from Hailong, and the car quickly stopped outside the bank next to Hailong.

Dong Qiangqiang went directly to the bank with his account book and all Dong's mother's documents. He first applied for a new card for Dong's mother, opened online banking, and confirmed the online self-service foreign exchange settlement process with the staff.

After walking out of the bank, he stood in the sun and looked up at the sky. The sky was very blue, and the clouds didn't look much higher than the top of the building. The sun was so harsh that he couldn't open his eyes. He was a little uneasy and didn't know how to talk to Dong Mu about buying back his old house, but he also knew very well that he would be more determined to do this than he was to buy a car.

When the sunlight was blocked by fast-moving clouds in the sky, his vision gradually recovered.

He looked around, and among the front houses of similar size and decoration on the street, he saw at a glance that the girl who gave him a real estate flyer last time was wearing a mask and standing at the door of the agency, working hard to sell the real estate to passers-by.

After hesitating for a few seconds, he quickly walked towards the girl. He was still a few people away from the girl and asked loudly: "Girl, can I still view the house today?" The girl was confused by his abrupt question, but the salesperson Everyone has a good memory. Dong Qiangqiang's face quickly helped her recall the last conversation between the two. She hurriedly responded: "Brother, you can see."

"Is it okay now?" Dong Qiangqiang waved his hand, "I want to see the real estate you mentioned last time."

"You can see if you can," the girl said with a confused look on her face, "but the house-viewing bus has just left, so you may have to wait for a while until the bus comes back before you can go."

"How long do we have to wait?"

"Generally one hour." The girl was worried that Dong Qiangqiang would think it took too long, so she added, "If there is no traffic jam, it will take about thirty minutes."

"Do you know the specific location of the building?" Dong Qiangqiang looked at his watch. He didn't want to spend time meaninglessly waiting. "How long will it take to get there by car?"

"I know." Seeing that Dong Qiangqiang left without turning around, the girl secretly breathed a sigh of relief and nodded quickly, "Because the shuttle bus has to pick up people watching the building at different places, it will take some detours. It won't take long to go directly."

"Then give me the address and I'll drive there."

The girl said without hesitation: "Brother, let me take you there. It's faster this way."

"Can you leave?" Dong Qiangqiang pointed to the agency, "Does your company agree?"

"It's okay, just tell the leader. Just wait for me." After the girl said that, she turned around and entered the agency.

Although he was born and raised in Sijiu City, this was Dong Qiangqiang's first visit to Changping.

Although he had expected it, Tiantongyuan was more remote than he thought. He was not surprised to find that there were no mature commercial districts, parks, hospitals, schools or subways along the way to Tiantongyuan. He originally felt that Shangdi was already very remote and inconvenient. Convenient, after comparison, he realized that he had wrongly blamed Shangdi. He even felt as if he had actually left the capital while driving all the way.

"Brother, that's where we are going." Following the direction of the girl's finger, Dong Qiangqiang saw rows of tall buildings that had been built and gray buildings that were under construction.

He had never visited a real estate before and thought that there were only a dozen or so buildings. Only then did he realize that the scale of the buildings in Tiantongyuan was spectacular and exciting. He made a rough count and found that there were more than dozens of buildings that had been built or were under construction. When the girl said that hundreds of buildings might eventually be built, he couldn't help but be shocked.

He had just seen several factories of Volkswagen in China, and now he felt that from the perspective of land size alone, even if several factories were added together, they would pale in comparison to the planning of Tiantongyuan Community.

He remembered the book "Principles of Land Economics" written by the American economist Richard, which he had read last semester and was on the recommended reading list of the professor of economics at the University. It systematically introduced the relationship between economic development, urban development and land development in the United States. According to the author's point of view, economic development will inevitably stimulate an increase in land prices, whether it is industrial land or residential land. After China joined the WTO, its economy has been developing faster and faster. Although everyone says that this year's economy will be affected by the epidemic, judging from the situation of car sales and housing construction, this year's economic development may really just slow down. rather than stagnation.

The sales center can be reached without passing through the construction site, but at Dong Qiangqiang's insistence, the girl pointed him to a road that passed through the construction site.

Through the car window, Dong Qiangqiang saw a bustling scene on the construction site. Everyone was busy, and the machinery and equipment in sight were all roaring. The huge machine sounds were intertwined with the continuous human voices. It was in sharp contrast to the deserted scene he had just seen.