The time for the preparatory exam is getting closer and closer, but there is still no news about Dong Qiangqiang’s AP certificate.
He went to the prison again and wrote to Lu Wei about remitting money to Lu Shan's mother and about Lu Shan going to college in September. Lu Wei's reply was very concise, with only the word "thank you".
On the way home, Dong Qiangqiang made another special trip to the Hannover Immigration Bureau. The immigration officer told him that the longest visa period for language study is two years. If he has not passed the DH exam at any German university after two years, it will be difficult for him to extend his language study visa.
Dong Qiangqiang asked by the way if he would not have any visa problems if he opened a company or worked in Germany instead of studying. The immigration officer seemed surprised by his question, but politely replied that if he did not study, his language-study visa would be changed to a labor and employment residence visa, and the maximum duration of this visa is four years.
"I heard that you can immigrate if you open a company in Germany. If I meet the immigration requirements, but I don't want to immigrate and just work here, what will happen?" Dong Qiangqiang continued to ask.
“If you meet the requirements but don’t want to immigrate, there are two options: long-term residence and permanent residence. At that time, factors such as your company’s income, tax amount, and how many German jobs the company has solved will all have a bearing on whether you can get it. Long-term residence or permanent residence will have an impact,” the immigration officer explained patiently.
Dong Qiangqiang thought that if the company's income did not meet the standard, he would only be able to stay in Germany for four years at most. If you can find a way to increase the company's income, you can either catch pigs or follow the old white leader. No matter what, you have to make money.
From what Lao Bai said, it seems that there will be more tourist groups in summer. It can complement the business of catching wild boars. There are always more opportunities to walk on two legs.
When it comes to catching pigs, it seems Hannover has its fair share of peers. Dong Qiangqiang speculated that it might not be long before more competitors emerge. If this is the case, you must plan ahead and find an alternative as soon as possible.
Fortunately, he has already obtained his driver's license, and his radius of activity has increased a lot compared to before. Maybe hunting across the city will be a direction in the future. He further thought that if he was only considering the short term, he could rent a car, but if he was considering the long term, it might be more convenient to have his own car. But buying a car is buying a car. The general price of new cars in Germany is too expensive. It is more suitable for poor students like Dong Qiangqiang to choose second-hand cars.
Now that you have decided to buy a second-hand car, the next step is to find a job on a second-hand car trading platform.
As a habit, Dong Qiangqiang first searched the local second-hand car e-commerce platform in Hannover.
But he forgot one thing: Germany's Internet industry has been developing slowly. To this day, there are not many large Internet companies in Germany, let alone a professional second-hand car e-commerce company in 2001. Dong Qiangqiang spent a long time browsing online, and only found a second-hand car e-commerce company located in the suburbs of Hannover, as well as a few scattered sellers on eBay in Germany.
He picked out several favorite models and called several sellers respectively, but his consultation phone calls always went into the other party's voice mailbox. He could only leave his own phone number and wait for the other party to reply.
After reading it online, check it out offline.
Similar to house hunting, car sales information is posted on information boards at German universities, bulletin boards in residential areas, and some advertising boards in the city center. Dong Qiangqiang made a rough calculation and found that there were more than a dozen car dealerships of different sizes in the city. Due to the lack of information in the advertisements, he could only visit them one by one.
After running around for a while, Dong Qiangqiang finally knew what he was doing.
There are three main types of places for vehicle trading in Germany. The first is the 4 stores of high-end car dealerships or major automobile manufacturers. For example, BBA has its own authorized dealers. There are almost no second-hand cars in this kind of store, and all the new cars are as if they were the latest models of the year. In addition to the new colors of the vehicles, the prices are also very high. Dong Qiangqiang saw a Porsche sports car priced at 39,999 marks. A group of fashionably dressed German grandmothers were surrounding the sports car and pointing. Dong Qiangqiang looked at his shriveled wallet and silently crossed out this kind of car dealership from his list of choices.
The second type is mid-range car dealerships. The venues of this kind of car dealerships are larger than those of high-end car dealerships. They usually have a parking lot that can park more than a hundred cars. The cars in the lot range from high-end to low-end, but There are very few sports cars, mostly sedans, and occasionally RVs or trucks. Car dealerships usually also have car repair shops, and their business methods are mostly in the form of front shops and back offices. Most of the owners are car repair masters. The used cars sold usually also provide some basic warranty repair services. Considering the German repairman's Dong Qiangqiang feels that it is relatively safe to buy a car in a place like this due to his craftsmanship and relatively rigorous personality. The only drawback is that the price of second-hand cars seems to be slightly high.
The last type is a car repair shop or a small car shop. This model is mostly based on family workshops and mom-and-pop shops. It is similar to the second model. Although it is also a front-shop and back-office model, the cars it can provide are extremely limited, the car source is mixed, and the quality of the vehicles is uneven. Most of them are middle-aged and elderly cars. Sir, the number of vehicles for sale is only a few dozen, and the number of vehicles for sale is only a dozen.
Dong Qiangqiang didn't know much about cars, so he could only ask while watching.
With just a few words, the boss knew that Dong Qiangqiang was a newbie who had just received the car license. He immediately smiled with a smile on his face, put on an "I'm good for you" expression, and started actively marketing to Dong Qiangqiang while speaking Eastern European German.
When Dong Qiangqiang chose a car this time, he mainly focused on inquiry and had no intention of actually buying it. Seeing that the boss was enthusiastic and had a first-rate service attitude, he immediately adjusted the purpose of the chat to focus on practicing spoken English and supplemented by asking for information.
"Although I don't have luxury cars or sports cars here, they are all high-quality cars with first-class cost performance. Can you understand what I mean?"
"I don't understand." Dong Qiangqiang deliberately looked downcast.
"Many cars now are produced on industrial assembly lines, and the quality is unstable." The boss grinned, and Dong Qiangqiang suddenly felt a familiar feeling. "But many of the parts in these cars of mine are purely handmade. Do you understand? That's real German craftsmanship. Each one of them is a work of art." The old man looked lovingly at the old car with the paint peeling off the door in front of him, as if he was admiring a rare masterpiece.
"I don't need a car. Do you have a pickup truck here?" Dong Qiangqiang looked around and asked suddenly.
"Pickup truck?" The boss was stunned by Dong Qiangqiang's words, "What are you doing?"
"I use it when working on the farm." Dong Qiangqiang asked, "Do you have a second-hand pickup truck?"
"Yes, yes, but..."
"But what?"
"But pickup trucks are generally more expensive than cars." The boss smiled slyly, "Of course, if you sincerely want it, the price can be negotiated."
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