To Dong Yiqing's disappointment, the call was not from Zhang Shuo's family's Meite Bear Whale Company, nor from Zhang Shuo, but from the insurance company she used in Germany.
According to relevant regulations, foreigners studying or working in Germany must take out compulsory insurance every month, regardless of whether the insurance company is public or private.
Generally speaking, large public insurance companies charge nearly 100 marks a month, and small public insurance companies charge about 60 to 80 marks. The charging standards of private insurance companies vary widely, ranging from 40 marks to 400 marks per month, depending on the needs of consumers.
Dong Yiqing has 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 per month than before.
"Yes, I am Dong Yiqing."
"Hello. We are plk insurance company. We have noticed that your account balance is insufficient to pay next month's premium, so we are informing you to pay attention to this situation to avoid unnecessary trouble when you need insurance. Sorry to bother you, best wishes Have a nice life. Goodbye." After saying that, the sweet-voiced customer service lady hung up the phone.
Only then did Dong Yiqing remember that she had deposited the money Dong Qiangqiang lent her into the account of Bank A, and the insurance premiums went to her account of Bank B every month.
The train drove quickly to the next stop. Dong Yiqing stared out the window sadly for a while, thinking about how to make up for the missed classes in 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 so many interview materials that it was troublesome to look through them. She simply put all the materials in the bag on the table in front of her, and then found the notepad. She listed all the possible job opportunities she could think of, then looked through the phone book and called them one by one to ask.
While she was on the phone, an old man wearing a dark brown suit with gray but meticulously combed hair walked to the seat opposite her. After looking at the ticket in his hand, he gently put the suitcase he was carrying on the seat. on the seat, and then sat down.
When Dong Yiqing saw someone on the opposite side, she quickly covered her cell phone with her hand and spoke in a lower voice, and her tone became softer.
The old man smiled at her, took out a newspaper from his suitcase and read it.
There were not many people in the carriage, and it was very quiet. There were only the regular sounds of the train and Dong Yiqing's quiet voice on the phone from time to time.
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'm treating you, what do you want to eat?"
Hans was not polite, pointed to the advertising board standing next to the door and said: "I want a non-spicy super set meal, and a family bucket."
Since arriving in Germany, Dong Qiangqiang has never drank any carbonated drinks, mainly because they are expensive. The same brand of cola drinks costs 2-3 yuan per can in China, but the price in German supermarkets is 15-17 yuan per can when converted into RMB. Although Dong Qiangqiang loves to drink Coke, considering the price, he just swallows his saliva every time and is never willing to buy it.
Today, while taking advantage of the treat, he finally got to drink again. He couldn't wait to drink a big mouthful of iced Coke, and felt a cold breath coming out of his throat. Before he could speak, an ice burp hit his forehead with a sour taste, and it felt like he had eaten a bite of mustard. Tears almost flowed out.
He looked at Hans who was eating chicken wings gracefully in front of him and smiled: "You don't look like a hunter today."
"Really?" Hans wiped his mouth with a tissue, "What does that look 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."
"Are you also studying at Han University?" Dong Qiangqiang suddenly felt something in his heart, "Then you also attended Han University's preparatory course?"
"I went to university after graduating from a liberal arts high school, so I don't need to study there." Hans asked, "Do you need to take preparatory courses?"
"Yeah." Since the other party hadn't read it, Dong Qiangqiang didn't want to delve deeper into the topic. He put down the chicken drumstick and wiped his mouth, "What good news do you want to tell me?"
"First of all, I have clarified the tax issue. A total of 1,200 marks requires a tax of 15, which is 180 marks. After tax, it is 1,020 marks. Each of us will get half, so each of us will get 510 marks." Hans calmly took another He picked up a big chicken nugget, dipped it in the dipping sauce, and said with a proud look on his face, "How is it? It's not bad, isn't it?"
"15?" Dong Qiangqiang's eyes widened in shock, and he took a breath of cold air, feeling as if he had taken another sip of iced Coke, "Isn't this too high?"
"High? Is this still high?" Hans said sternly, "But there is one thing I want to tell you clearly: this time is a special situation, so the tax is paid with my tax card. Because I am not married yet, and my tax card The annual income is lower than the minimum standard for taxation, so this tax rate is already the lowest. If there are similar transactions in the future, we need to pay our own taxes, do you understand?"
"Understood." Dong Qiangqiang gritted his teeth and nodded helplessly.
Hans pushed a cowhide envelope to him: "Then order it."
Dong Qiangqiang put the envelope away without even looking at it.
"You'd better count them," Hans said seriously, "and write me a receipt if you don't have any problem."
Dong Qiangqiang didn't expect Hans to be so serious. He was stunned for a few seconds before taking out a pen and paper.
After collecting the receipt written by Dong Qiangqiang, Hans picked up the mashed potatoes and dug in spoonful after spoonful: "The second thing is what I asked you on the last phone call. Are you interested in helping others catch pigs?"
"What's this 'catching pig' thing about?" Dong Qiangqiang looked confused, "I've never heard of it. Is it still catching wild boars?"
"No, this time it's not about catching wild boars," Hans put down the mashed potatoes and looked at Dong Qiangqiang's face with a smile, "This time it's about catching wild domestic pigs."
"Rewilding domestic pigs?" After hearing this sentence, Dong Qiangqiang's face was filled with question marks.
Looking for a job over the phone did not go smoothly. Dong Yiqing called for more than ten minutes and found nothing.
Because of the long call time, the phone gets a little warm. She put down the phone tiredly and looked out the window, thinking about what to do next.
When the old man sitting opposite her was flipping a page in a thick stack of newspapers, he accidentally bumped the interview materials that Dong Yiqing had neatly stacked beside the table onto the ground.
Hearing the sound of something falling, the old man subconsciously closed the newspaper and took a look. He realized that he might have knocked it off while turning over the newspaper. He said sorry and bent down to pick up the materials on the ground.
Seeing the old man apologizing, Dong Yiqing was afraid that he would have difficulty moving due to his old age, so he quickly said it was okay and bent down to pick it up.
The old man was faster. What he picked up was a product brochure of Meite 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 anymore, she lowered her head and responded vaguely: "Yes."
"But I just heard that you were looking for a job." The old man looked at her kindly.
Dong Yiqing thought he didn't look like a bad person, but he didn't expect that he could choke people half to death by speaking.
"I, I'm interning there." Dong Yiqing weakly defended in a low voice, even feeling guilty. She rearranged the leaflets and looked out the window, not wanting to talk to the old man anymore.
The old man suddenly reached out and picked up the brochure and read it carefully. Dong Yiqing wanted to stop him but was too lazy to talk to him. She rolled her eyes at him and let him read it.
After flipping through it 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 in this. Can you introduce them to me?"
Dong Yiqing didn't know what he was planning, so she looked at him blankly, her eyes full of confusion.
Seeing the other party's expression, the old man understood immediately. He took out a business card from his arms and placed 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. Baidila Stein, signed by Germany Baidila Stein Construction Technology Co., Ltd.
"Who are you?" Dong Yiqing looked at the old man doubtfully, "e?"
The old man smiled slightly: "I happen to be going to Frankfurt this Friday to participate in a stone technology exhibition held there. I just saw 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 calling to find a job was not going well and wasting phone bills. Anyway, I am idle, so why not 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's also this one." The old man pointed to the two products on the brochure.
Dong Yiqing took a closer look and saw that he was referring to the content he had reviewed. She cleared her throat: "Then let me tell you about Product A first..."
"That's right." Hans finished eating a chicken wing and licked the oil on his thumb. "There are many farmers in Hanover who raise pigs and poultry. In addition to having professional breeding plants, some of them also There are private forests, for example, part of the wild boar forest we visited last time belongs to a private company.”
After hearing what he said, Dong Qiangqiang's mind immediately recalled the scene when he passed through the wild boar forest.
"These farmers believe that it is better to raise animals in the forest or in a wider natural environment than to feed them in a small space. They think this will make the food more delicious. Of course, although the range of the animals has changed, As they get bigger, there will still be fences, fences or pens. For poultry, these obstacles are enough. But some pigs gain weight very quickly, and when they get bigger, they can be easily knocked over Fence or simply break a hole in the fence and run away. These pigs eventually become feral pigs. Because they are neither domestic pigs nor real wild boars." Hans explained patiently.
"Why don't those farmers catch those escaped pigs?" Dong Qiangqiang asked puzzledly, "Don't they have hunting dogs?"
"Why not? Of course they will catch them." Hans said disapprovingly, "But catching these pigs is a time-consuming and laborious task, and the time cost is too high for many farmers. So every year many farmers entrust our club with Or some professional hunters will catch these escaped pigs, but it is not easy. Seeing that there are more escaped pigs and fewer are caught, some farmers will no longer let them go, but some farmers will still keep them even if some pigs escape. Keep freeing. The one you caught last time doesn’t seem to be a purebred wild boar. Of course, I also heard what the restaurant owner said.”
While listening to his introduction, Dong Qiangqiang made a mental calculation: He didn't have any experience in catching pigs, let alone catching feral pigs that were jumping around in the forest, hiding here and there, coming and going without a trace, just give him a rope and let him tie the pigs. He wasn't sure he could tie up the pigs in the pen.
He wanted to refuse, but he couldn't bear it. After all, the reward of real money and silver was there calling him.
After hesitating for a few minutes, he tentatively asked: "I may not be able to do it alone. Can I find other people to help?"
"Of course it's no problem. You can't do it alone." Hans took a sip of his drink. "And there are many requirements for this kind of pig-catching operation."
"A lot of requests?" Dong Qiangqiang was surprised.
