Dong Qiangqiang's Story of Leaving Germany

Chapter 97
To Dong Yiqing's disappointment, the call was not from the Zhang Shuo family's Meite Bear Whale Company, nor Zhang Shuo, but from the insurance company she used in Germany.

According to relevant regulations, foreigners studying or working in Germany must take compulsory insurance every month, regardless of whether the insurance company is public or private.

Generally speaking, large-scale public insurance companies charge nearly 60 marks per month, and small public insurance companies charge about 80 to 40 marks.Private insurance companies charge a variety of standards, ranging from 400 marks to [-] marks per month, depending on the needs of consumers.

Dong Yiqing had been using public insurance before. Since her family cut off her supply this year, she has switched to private insurance in the first half of the year, paying nearly 50 marks less than before.

"Yes, I am Dong Yiqing."

"Hello. We are SPLK Insurance Company. We noticed that your account balance is insufficient to pay next month's premiums, so we are bringing you to your attention to avoid unnecessary trouble when you need insurance. Sorry to bother you. You have a good life. Goodbye." After that, the sweet-sounding customer service lady hung up the phone.

It was only then that Dong Yiqing remembered that she had deposited the money Dong Qiangqiang lent her to her account in Bank A, and the insurance premiums went to her account in Bank B every month.

The train moved quickly to the next station, Dong Yiqing stared out the window sadly for a while, thinking about how to make up for the missed classes for the past two days as soon as possible, and how to find a new job to make a living.

She opened her backpack and tried to find her notepad, but there were too many interview materials and it was troublesome to look through.She simply put the materials in the bag on the table in front of her, and only then did she find the notepad.She listed all the possible part-time job opportunities she could think of, and then she called one by one with the phone book.

Just as she was on the phone, an old man dressed in a dark brown suit with grey hair but meticulously combed walked to the seat opposite her, glanced at the ticket in his hand, and put the suitcase he was carrying lightly. on the seat, and then sat down.

When Dong Yiqing saw someone on the opposite side, she hurriedly covered her phone with her hand, speaking in a lower voice, and her tone became softer.

The old man smiled at her, took out a newspaper from the suitcase and read it.

There were not many people in the carriage, and it was very quiet, except for the regular movement of the train and the sound of Dong Yiqing's whispering phone calls from time to time.

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Dong Qiangqiang was also very happy to see Hans.He patted Hans on the shoulder: "Come on, let's go in and eat and talk. I'll treat you, what would you like to eat?"

Hans was also polite, pointing to the advertisement board standing next to the door and said, "I want a non-spicy super meal, and another one for the whole family."

Since arriving in Germany, Dong Qiangqiang has never drank any carbonated beverages, mainly because of the high price.The same brand of cola drinks sells for 2-3 yuan per can in China, but the price in German supermarkets is converted into RMB 15-17 yuan per can.Although Dong Qiangqiang likes to drink Coke, but considering the price, every time he swallows his saliva, he is never reluctant to buy it.

Taking advantage of the treat today, he finally had another drink.He couldn't wait to take a big mouthful of iced Coke, feeling the cold air rushing out of his throat, and before he could speak, an ice burp rushed straight to his forehead with a sour feeling, as if he had eaten a mouthful of mustard. Tears were about to flow.

He looked at Hans who was eating chicken wings with a small mouth in front of him, and said with a smile, "You don't look like a hunter today."

"Really?" Hans wiped his mouth with a tissue. "What's that like?"

"Like a student." Dong Qiangqiang picked up a chicken drumstick and took a bite.

"Well, I was originally a student. I studied computer science at the University of Hannover."

"You are also studying at Han University?" Dong Qiangqiang suddenly moved in his heart, "Then have you also attended the preparatory course at Han University?"

"I went to college after graduating from liberal arts high school, so I don't need to go to that." Hans asked rhetorically, "Do you need to study prep?"

"Well." Since the other party hadn't read it, Dong Qiangqiang didn't want to go deeper into this topic.He put down the chicken thigh burger and wiped his mouth, "What good news are you going to tell me?"

"First of all, I have figured out the tax. A total of 1200 marks needs to pay 15% of the tax, which is 180 marks. After tax, it is 1020 marks, and half of us each get 510 marks." Picking up a large chicken nugget, dipping it in the sauce, with a proud face, "How is it, it's not bad, right?"

"15%?" Dong Qiangqiang's eyes widened in shock, and he gasped, feeling like he had another sip of Coke, "This, is this too high?"

"High? It's still high?" Hans said sternly, "but there is one thing I want to make clear with you: this time is special, so I use my tax card to pay taxes. Because I'm not married, and my The annual income is lower than the minimum tax rate, so this tax rate is already the lowest at present. If there are similar transactions in the future, we need to pay each tax, do you understand?"

"Understood." Dong Qiangqiang heard Hanako's teeth and nodded helplessly.

Hans pushed him a cowhide envelope: "Then you order it."

Dong Qiangqiang didn't even look at it, he put the envelope in his pocket.

"You'd better count it," Hans said solemnly, "and write me a receipt if it's all right."

Dong Qiangqiang didn't expect Hans to be so stern, he was stunned for a few seconds before taking out the pen and paper.

Putting away the receipt written by Dong Qiangqiang, Hans picked up the mashed potatoes and dug up the mashed potatoes one by one: "The second thing I asked you on the phone last time, are you interested in helping people catch pigs?"

"What's going on with this 'catch a pig'?" Dong Qiangqiang looked blank, "I've never heard of it. Or catch a wild boar?"

"No, it's not catching wild boars this time," Hans put down the mashed potatoes and looked at Dong Qiangqiang's face with a smile, "this time it's catching wild domestic pigs."

"Wild domestic pig?" Hearing this sentence, Dong Qiangqiang's face was filled with question marks.

*
Looking for a job on the phone did not go well. Dong Yiqing made a phone call for more than ten minutes and found nothing.

Because of the long talk time, the phone became a little hot.She put down the phone wearily, looking out the window, thinking about what to do next.

When the old man sitting across from her flipped a page in the thick stack of newspapers, he accidentally bumped the interview materials that Dong Yiqing had neatly placed by the table on the ground.

Hearing the sound of things falling, the old man subconsciously closed the newspaper and glanced at it. He realized that it might be because he knocked over the newspaper while he was flipping through it. After saying sorry, he bent down to pick up the materials on the ground.

Seeing the old man's apology, Dong Yiqing was afraid that he would not be able to move easily due to his age, so he quickly said it was okay, and bent over to pick it up.

The speed of the old man was faster. What he picked up was a product leaflet of the Bear Whale Company. When Dong Yiqing reached out to take it, the old man suddenly asked, "Is this your company's product?"

Dong Yiqing didn't want to mention the sad thing again, she lowered her head and answered vaguely, "Yeah."

"But I heard you looking for a job just now." The old man looked at her kindly.

Dong Yiqing didn't think he looked like a bad person, but he didn't expect that his words could make people choked to death.

"I, I'm doing an internship there." Dong Yiqing defended weakly in a low voice, feeling guilty.She rearranged the leaflet and looked out the window, not wanting to talk to the old man anymore.

The old man suddenly reached out and picked up the leaflet and looked at it carefully. Dong Yiqing wanted to stop him but was too lazy to talk to him.

After turning over for a while, the old man slowly put down the materials, looked at Dong Yiqing's face and asked kindly, "I'm very interested in some of the products here. Can you introduce them to me?"

Dong Yiqing didn't know what he was thinking, and looked at him blankly, her eyes full of confusion.

Seeing the other party's demeanor, the old man immediately understood.He took out a business card from his arms and put it in front of Dong Yiqing.

Dong Yiqing glanced quickly with her eyes, and saw two rows of light blue words printed on the business card: Dr. Baidi Rastein, signed as German Badi Rastein Construction Technology Co., Ltd.

"Who are you?" Dong Yiqing looked at the old man suspiciously, "CEO?"

The old man smiled slightly: "I happened to be going to Frankfurt to attend a stone technology exhibition held there this Friday. I just saw that there is a product in your brochure that may be helpful to us, so I want to know about it with you. ."

Dong Yiqing thought to herself that she couldn't do anything else while sitting on the train, and it was not easy to find a job by calling and wasting phone bills.Anyway, idle is idle, it is better to practice speaking with the old man.Thinking of this, she asked casually, "Which one do you want to know about?"

"Here, this one. Well, there is this one." The old man pointed to the two products on the brochure.

Dong Yiqing took a closer look, and he was referring to what he had reviewed.She cleared her throat: "Then let me tell you about product A first..."

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"That's it." Hans licked the oil on his thumb after eating a chicken wing, "There are many farmers in Hanover who raise pigs and poultry. There are private mountain forests, for example, part of the wild boar forest we walked last time belongs to a private company.”

Hearing what he said, Dong Qiangqiang's mind immediately flashed the scene when he passed the wild boar forest.

“These farmers believe that it is better to free animals in the woods or wider natural environment than to keep them confined in a small space, and they think it will make the food tastier. Of course, although the range of stocking changes Big but still have fences or fences or fences or something. For birds, these obstacles are enough. But some pigs grow so fast that when they get big they can easily knock over Fences or simply knock a hole in the fence and run away. These pigs end up being feral pigs. Because they are neither domestic nor true wild boars,” Hans explained patiently.

"Why didn't those farmers catch those pigs that escaped?" Dong Qiangqiang asked in confusion, "Don't they have hounds?"

"Why not? Of course they will." Hans said disapprovingly, "but catching these pigs is a time-consuming and labor-intensive job, and the time cost is too high for many farmers. Therefore, many farmers entrust our club every year. Or some professional hunters go to catch these escaping pigs, but it is not easy. Seeing that there are more running away and less catching, some farmers will stop stocking them, but some farmers will still keep pigs even if they run away. Keep stocking. The one you caught last time doesn't seem to be a purebred wild boar. Of course, I also heard from the restaurant owner."

While listening to his introduction, Dong Qiangqiang summed up in his heart: I don't have any experience in catching pigs, let alone catching wild pigs that are alive and kicking in the woods, hiding in the east, coming and going without a trace, just give him a rope and let him tie the pigs He wasn't sure he could tie the pigs in the pen.

He had the heart to refuse, but he was reluctant. After all, the real money and silver rewards were there to summon him.

After hesitating for a few minutes, he tentatively asked, "I might not be able to do it alone. Can I ask others to help?"

"Of course there's no problem. It's definitely not possible for you to be alone." Hans took a sip of his drink. "And there are many requirements for this kind of pig hunting."

"A lot of requests?" Dong Qiangqiang was surprised.

(End of this chapter)