Dong Qiangqiang did not find it difficult to find a job in Hannover, and the fact was that he did not put in much effort. But there are many people who have a harder time finding a job than him.
There is a clear winter here.
Dong Yiqing arrived in Germany in 1999 and had never worked before 2001. Her work permit every year was very clean and she never had to worry about filing taxes. With the support of her parents, she has just completed all the courses in the basic stage and officially entered the stage of professional courses.
The German academic system is different from the American academic system: American high school graduates generally complete undergraduate studies after entering college, and then receive a bachelor's degree after graduation. Then students can choose whether they need further study to pursue graduate studies. The German academic system was still a localized education system in 2001. Its traditional education degree was Diplom, which literally translates to a master's degree. There is no separate undergraduate degree. Therefore, many Chinese people understand the German academic degree as a combined undergraduate and master's degree. The academic qualification certificate issued by the Ministry of Education also states dual certification for undergraduate and postgraduate students.
The University of Hannover is a comprehensive university. Dong Yiqing studied Diplom majoring in mathematics. Although she did not like mathematics, because mathematics was easier to apply for than other majors, she had no choice but to choose this major in the end.
Although she previously studied science in China, her math scores were average. After arriving in Germany, she spent a lot of energy and time in the language stage and basic stage, took some wrong paths, and just learned some learning rules. Unexpectedly, her parents divorced suddenly, and she suddenly lost her source of income. Survival suddenly became her problem. the primary problem.
No one can bear the withdrawal of funds from investors, let alone a person who has never worked in Germany since coming to Germany, let alone a girl.
Fortunately, she passed all the exams in the basic course and successfully entered the professional course stage. She did not need to worry about making up the exams like many students.
So from the moment the exam ended, she was like a headless fly, busy looking for a job.
However, she did not have rich working experience and channels like other classmates. After taking many detours, she realized that she should first sign up with a working agency.
Since we have missed the peak recruitment period, although there are still many workers in the agency, most of them are leftover manual jobs picked by others, such as hotel cleaners, factory workers, porters like Dong Qiangqiang, or temporary workers in fast food restaurants, etc. , the jobs that occasionally pay well are mostly hard work, require getting up early, and are located in remote locations, which is inconsistent with Dong Yiqing’s self-positioning.
Her target is CEBIT, the annual electronics show in Hannover. She had heard others say before that it was easy to make money working at CEBIT.
She originally thought that with her good appearance and excellent speaking skills, she could just put on a slim-fitting professional attire, put on exquisite red makeup, step on exquisite stilettos, and stand in front of bosses or buyers from various countries at the booth. With a charming smile, you can easily earn hundreds of marks a day.
But what surprised her was that when she rushed to the CEBIT recruitment office excitedly, she was surprised to learn that many CEBIT-related jobs had been allocated one month before the electronics show started. At the same time, many German companies will not recruit foreign image girls this year, which made her wishful thinking come to nothing. When she contacted the agency again about the jobs in her hands, those jobs had been divided up.
In the end, she only got some casual one-day jobs, such as handing out flyers on the street, or standing in front of shopping malls wearing large doll costumes to solicit customers.
The so-called house leak coincided with the continuous rain. Just when she was in a state of panic, she suddenly discovered that her visa would expire in less than a week. When she was in a hurry, she remembered that extending the visa required proof of deposit, and there was only a little money left in her account. to 500 marks.
She was completely panicked now.
In desperation, she had no choice but to shamelessly borrow money from her classmates. But she rarely interacts with other Chinese classmates. Not to mention borrowing money, she doesn't even have the contact information of other classmates.
What's more, what Chinese people fear most is borrowing money from others, let alone poor students. When everyone spends money, they wish they could break one penny into two and spend it. If they don’t have enough themselves, how can they borrow it from others?
So when Dong Yiqing, who had no friends to begin with, begged her grandfather and grandma to pay her respects, she only managed to collect 252 marks. In fact, it’s not that the Chinese students are stingy, but that they don’t have much money.
At a critical moment, one of her few female friends, Lu Wei, who studied mathematics and engineering, introduced her to a one-week job in a cosmetics store, which allowed her to reluctantly save some money.
But this amount of money is still far from a successful extension. In addition to the registration certificate for each semester, the long-term insurance certificate and the rental contract, the most important thing is how much deposit is left in the account. Dong Yiqing knows very well that the State Administration of Foreign Exchange usually decides the time to issue a visa based on the amount of money in the account. If it is only 1,000 marks, it means that she is likely to have to extend her visa again in three months.
After asking for help from people she knew and didn't know, she didn't get the number she wanted in the end. Instead, she encountered some malicious hints.
Seeing that her visa was about to be extended, Dong Yiqing was prepared for the worst.
What she didn't expect was that Dong Qiangqiang, a new arrival whom she met through Lu Wei, would unexpectedly lend her money.
And the shot was 4,000 marks. Apart from the IOU, there are no messy conditions.
This made Dong Qiangqiang's image instantly taller in her mind (although Dong Qiangqiang was already very tall). He was neither a relative nor an acquaintance, and he was willing to lend money to a stranger. How much courage and trust this requires!
Dong Yiqing was filled with gratitude to Dong Qiangqiang.
The day for Thursday's extension is quickly approaching.
The SAFE opens at 8:30 in the morning, and there are still a few minutes left before you can leave. Dong Yiqing stood outside the entrance of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange. She opened her purse and checked the material of the strap again. At this moment, a bright yellow Porsche sports car suddenly stopped on the road in front of her. A sharp sudden brake made Dong Yiqing, who lowered his head to check the materials, startled.
"Hey, beauty!" A boy wearing sunglasses in the sports car looked at Dong Yiqing with a smile.
He looks to be around 20 years old, with a middle-parted hairstyle, slightly yellowish hair permed in fluffy curls, a delicate face, fair skin, and golden earrings. He looks a bit like a Korean artist.
Dong Yiqing knew him. His name was Zhang Shuo. His family worked in engineering and he was a classmate of Dong Yiqing's language class.
Two years have passed, and Dong Yiqing has reached the professional level, and he is still taking language classes.
"What a coincidence?" Zhang Shuo said as he walked out of the car.
"Yeah." Dong Yiqing didn't expect to meet him, so she responded vaguely and looked away.
"Hehe." Seeing that she didn't speak, Zhang Shuo had a wicked smile on his lips, slowly walked to her side, and suddenly reached out and touched her butt.
