In the early hours of Friday morning, before Dong's father called, Dong Qiangqiang took the initiative to call back.
After receiving Dong Qiangqiang's call, Dong's father was obviously confused. "It's just 9 o'clock in China now, what time is it in Germany?"
"3 o'clock." Dong Qiangqiang answered honestly.
"Why are you messing around so late at night without sleeping?" Father Dong cursed, but he really felt sorry for his son.
"Dad, 12 noon today, German time, is the last day to register for the Hannover University Preparatory Examination. I want to hear you ask (ap) whether they can release the review results today. If you still don't believe me, I..."
"Then you have to sleep when you should. How can you not sleep in the middle of the night?" Before Dong Qiangqiang could finish speaking, Dong's father immediately stopped him with dissatisfaction, "I'm already downstairs with them now. When I was smoking just now, I have also met several parents who are in a similar situation to you, so there will definitely be a solution to this matter."
"You should have something like the receipt they gave you when they collected the materials, right?" Dong Qiangqiang asked.
"There's a piece of paper."
"Can you find a store near Liangmaqiao to scan the receipt and send it to my mailbox? I can use it."
"Okay, I'll go now." Father Dong hurriedly pinched the cigarette butt and threw it into the trash can. At the same time, he ordered, "You kid, go to bed quickly. I'll ask you the result later and then I'll beat you."
But Dong Qiangqiang couldn't sleep at all, tossing and turning like flipping pancakes.
Dong's father's call didn't come for a long time. He waited and fell into sleep.
He dreamed that he was driving on the highway, but the speed limit signs came one after another, and then only allowed him to drive to 10 miles.
The highway was filled with cars traveling at snail's speed. Dong Qiangqiang was so anxious that he always wanted to step on the accelerator. I finally made it to the exit and got off the highway. I was about to step on the accelerator, but my foot was empty. When I looked down, I saw that the accelerator was gone.
This surprise was no small matter, and he woke up quickly. Just hearing the rapid ringing of the phone screaming in the room, Dong Qiangqiang jumped up from the mattress.
"How's it going?" Dong Qiangqiang asked impatiently as soon as the phone was connected.
"They have received too many application materials recently and have not finished reviewing them." Father Dong said in a low voice, "Not only you, but others as well."
This result was the last thing Dong Qiangqiang wanted to hear. He fell on the mattress with his mobile phone and didn't know what to say for a moment.
"Look in the mailbox to see if there is a receipt from me." Father Dong reminded.
Dong Qiangqiang quickly opened the mailbox and saw the scanned copy sent by Dong's father. "Yes, I got it."
"You should ask the Germans again to see if this matter needs to be discussed." Dong's father's suggestion suited Dong Qiangqiang's thoughts, and he hurriedly responded: "I will go to the university's examination center in a moment."
Worried about the long queue time, Dong Qiangqiang went out early. When he rushed to the corridor outside the university examination center, it was not yet 8 o'clock. He originally thought that many students would come to inquire about AP, but he didn't expect that there was only a pair of young male and female students in the corridor outside the examination center.
"Classmates, are you also here to ask about AP?" Dong Qiangqiang asked directly.
The young male and female students looked at each other, and the boy nodded to Dong Qiangqiang: "You too?"
"Then we can ask together. That's what I'm here for."
Just as the boy was about to nod in agreement, the girl stood behind the boy and tugged on the boy's sleeve. When the boy turned around, the girl whispered a few words to him. The boy turned to Dong Qiangqiang and said, "You'd better ask first in that moment."
Dong Qiangqiang asked curiously: "You don't want to ask anymore?"
"Let's go back to get the materials first and come back later." When the boy finished speaking, the two of them had almost reached the stairs leading to the first floor.
"Weird." Dong Qiangqiang muttered, looking at their backs.
At eight o'clock sharp, the office opened on time, and I saw a fat German uncle sitting behind the desk in a suit and leather boots. He nodded slightly to Dong Qiangqiang and smiled at the same time: "Good morning! How can I help you? ?”
Dong Qiangqiang sat directly in front of the other party, and while placing the materials in the bag on the table, he introduced himself, "Hello, my name is Dong Qiangqiang, and I am a Chinese student. I have received the entrance examination notice from a German university, but yours But my colleague told me that I can only re-apply for the entrance exam of Hannover University Preparatory School, and I must provide the AP certificate first.”
"You are right, this is our latest regulation." The German uncle said and pushed a piece of light blue A4 paper in front of Dong Qiangqiang. Dong Qiangqiang only glanced at it and knew that the content of the paper was what he had been reading in the corridor outside the door. Been there.
"What do you call me?" Dong Qiangqiang said politely.
"You can call me Schumacher." Because of his burly stature, the German uncle made a "buzzing" sound like a speaker when he spoke.
"Mr. Schumacher, I first came to the University of Hannover after getting the notice from you, but when I came here, you changed your mind again. K, even in the face of your unreasonable regulations, I I still sent the application materials back in accordance with the university's requirements. This is the application acceptance certificate that AP gave me." Dong Qiangqiang opened the laptop he brought with him and showed Schumacher the photo of the AP acceptance receipt scanned by Dong's father. "Although I can only show you the scanned copy at the moment, the scanned copy also has the review order number issued by AP. You can call the AP review department to prove the authenticity of this order number."
"Well, Mr. Dong, you don't need to show me this. If you want to apply for the preparatory exam, you should submit the AP certificate." Schumacher explained helplessly.
"But I have to show you this, because I don't have the AP certificate in my hand now." Dong Qiangqiang came closer and said, "And the reason why I don't have this certificate is not because my application materials are fake, but because of the AP review department. .”
"I don't understand what you mean." Schumacher asked doubtfully, "Can you make it clearer?"
"The AP Review Department was established on July 1 this year, but look here, my materials were accepted on July 2," Dong Qiangqiang pointed to the photo and said, "But today is the 20th, and they haven't finished reviewing it yet. My materials. Of course I want to provide the AP certificate to the University of Hannover, but I can’t give it to you if they don’t give it to me. Can you blame me?”
"Unfortunately, Mr. Dong, this is the university's rule." Schumacher declined politely, "Every student must abide by it."
"Mr. Schumacher, I have known Germany since I was a child. There are world-famous football teams here, a variety of delicious beers, and countless universities with a long history. When I got the Hannover University diploma through my own efforts, After receiving the entrance examination notice from the university, I immediately flew here, eager to start my university life as soon as possible. But when I went through all the hardships to get here, what I got was a cold and heartless resubmission of the AP. Notice. If it were you, how would you feel? Is this how the University of Hannover treats foreign students? And as far as I know, only our Chinese students need to submit this AP, while those from countries like France, Belgium, and the Netherlands Students don’t need to submit it. Isn’t this a kind of blatant discrimination?” Dong Qiangqiang stared into Schumacher’s eyes and at the same time gave him his flight ticket to Germany, the notice of the university entrance exam, and the fact that he was studying at Beijing Foreign Studies University. The German language certificates obtained while studying German were placed in front of Schumacher one by one.
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