Lu Wei pushed the door open and walked into the office, only to see a middle-aged woman about forty years old with short dark blond hair sitting in front of her.
Her face has sharp edges and corners, deep-set eye sockets and a slight squint, a strong nose bridge, and no flesh on the sides of her cheeks, giving people the feeling of chewing cheeks. Two deep nasolabial folds announced that she was no longer young. Thin lips, corners of mouth slightly drooped. He was holding a document in his hand and looking at it intently. She must be Anna.
"Hello." Lu Wei walked up to her softly.
She said without raising her head: "Please sit down."
Lu Weixu sat in front of her, stroking his hand on the bag, waiting nervously and uneasily for her inquiry, just like a minister waiting to be summoned by the emperor.
Anna looked at it for a few more seconds before putting down the document, staring at Lu Wei and asking seriously: "Please show me your visa."
Lu Wei quickly took out his passport from his bag and carefully placed it on the table. At the same time, he also placed his student ID card next to the passport.
Anna picked up her passport and turned to the visa page. While reading it, she typed on the keyboard. All of Lu Wei's information immediately appeared on the computer screen on the table. As she read, she clicked twice with the mouse from time to time, but she didn't say a word. The only sound she made when clicking the mouse was heard in the office.
Lu Wei looked at Anna anxiously, wondering what she was looking for, and tentatively explained in a low voice: "I just signed it at the beginning of this year, and it will expire in January next year."
Anna didn't seem to hear her explanation and was looking at the information on the computer intently. After a while, he suddenly asked: "Have you brought the bank statement from the last extension?"
"Ah? The bill? I didn't bring it with me." Lu Wei showed a panicked expression on his face, "You didn't ask me to bring it this morning."
Anna said in an official tone: "According to the records in the system, the bank statement you provided when you extended your visa last time was less than 90 days old."
"That's it," Lu Wei thought for a moment and explained, "Last time, the ATM machine in the bank was broken and I couldn't print the bill. I paid it at the bank's counter, but the bill printed at the counter was different from the one printed at the ATM. The bill was a little different. The counter couldn't print out a complete three-month bill, so it ended up being two days late. At that time, the bank also issued a certificate to me explaining the situation, so my visa officer only gave me a one-year bill. …”
Anna waved her hand, indicating that Lu Wei did not need to continue: "I have read the certification document, but it is not compliant within two days. I will now change your visa to a three-month temporary visa, and I need you Immediately issue bank statements for the past three months.”
"Temporary visa?" Lu Wei didn't expect Anna's sudden appearance. He was confused and blurted out, "Why?"
"Ms. Lu Wei, can you go to the bank immediately and print out another bank statement and provide it to us?" Anna's tone was cold, leaving no room for negotiation.
Lu Wei couldn't help but feel angry: Since he wanted to see the bill, why didn't he tell her on the phone in the morning and had to wait until he arrived at the SAFE? Isn't this obvious that he was torturing people?
But the other person was the visa officer after all, so she couldn't just turn her back or throw her face away. She could only stand up, restrain her anger and said, "Then I'll come back later."
Anna looked at the computer expressionlessly without any reaction.
"Director, I am Xiaoma. I am now at the pick-up hall of Frankfurt Airport."
"What time is it now? Did you just pick up the old man?" Zhang Yingfei looked at his watch and walked to a relatively quiet corner of the booth. "After picking up the old man, go to the hotel first and let the old man take a rest."
"No, Mr. Fei," Xiao Ma on the phone hesitated for a few seconds, "I didn't receive the call from the old man."
"What did you say?" Zhang Yingfei thought he heard wrongly, "What do you mean by 'not receiving'? Is this your first time picking up an airplane?"
"How can that be possible? I am so familiar with this airport that I can walk back and forth several times with my eyes closed. But the problem is that the old man is not on this plane." Xiao Ma cried, "The plane landed at 13:30 and started at 13:50 People come out, it’s already 14:10, and I still haven’t seen the old man come out.”
"Did you go to the wrong place?" Zhang Yingfei asked through gritted teeth, "Or did you remember the wrong flight number?"
"President Fei, I have asked people in the company several times, and the flight number must be correct. And I also saw Xiao Wu, but he didn't pick up the call."
Zhang Yingfei was stunned: "Xiao Wu didn't receive it either?"
"Yes, I see he is also on the phone, maybe confirming the flight number."
"You continue to wait, keep your eyes focused, and also keep an eye on Xiao Wu. You must not let him pick up the old man first, do you understand?"
"Understood." Xiao Ma hung up the phone respectfully and looked eagerly at the gate, but did not see an old Chinese man walking out.
Zhang Yingfei looked at Zhang Yingfang in booth B in the distance, and saw her frowning and holding the phone. It seemed that Xiao Wu was reporting the same situation to him.
Zhang Yingfei felt strange: This was not the first time Xiaoma had picked up an airport, so such a mistake would not have happened. Could it be that the flight number was wrong? But it shouldn't be. It’s impossible that Xiao Wu also made a mistake at the same time. Could it be that the flight number told to them in China was wrong? Thinking of this, he made an international long-distance call to the domestic company, but the information returned by the domestic company was exactly the same as the flight number in his hand.
Zhang Yingfei was puzzled and frowned in a daze: Could an old man disappear out of thin air?
Zhang Yingfang put down the phone and was filled with the same doubts.
Lu Wei's bank account is Hannover City Commercial Bank, a local medium-sized commercial bank. It is only three or four stops away from the State Administration of Foreign Exchange. Although it wasn't far, running back and forth in the middle of the day still made Lu Wei sweat a lot.
Fortunately for her, the ATM in the bank had been repaired this time, and she easily typed out the bank statement Anna asked for.
When she rushed back to the SAFE, there was already a long queue outside the door.
She could only take the number honestly and waited in line for nearly half an hour before walking into Anna's office for the second time.
Anna held the bank statement in her hand and looked at it silently for a while, then suddenly questioned: "There is so little money in your account. How did you live and study here?"
Lu Wei leaned up from his chair, pointed at a number on the bill and said, "That's it. I have been working in a perfume shop and have a fixed income every month. This can guarantee my life and study." ”
Following her slender fingers, Anna saw transfers from the same company to Lu Wei on the bills in different months.
"Well, how long is the labor contract you signed with this company?" Anna seemed to have great doubts about Lu Wei's explanation.
Lu Wei didn't expect Anna to ask this question at all. The fact was that in her several years of visa extension experience, she had never encountered such a challenge as today.
"How long is the labor contract I signed with this company?" Lu Wei's mind went blank. She looked at Anna doubtfully and asked, "Isn't it enough to extend the contract only based on stable income? Is it possible now? Do even labor contracts need to be disclosed?”
