Dong Qiangqiang's Story of Leaving Germany

Chapter 1039 1039. Chinese Week (25)

When he turned around, he was surprised and unexpectedly found that it was Lao Bai who called him. He didn't expect Lao Bai to come to the university so early. He thought that the other party would be hungover after their conversation last night. After all, today is Saturday. What he didn't expect was that there were already a lot of people gathered in front of Le Bai's stall, and they seemed to be consulting Lao Bai about something.

Wang Shunan also saw Lao Bai at this time. They were old acquaintances. He immediately raised his arms and waved them vigorously at Lao Bai twice.

Since they had seen each other, it would be inappropriate to pretend not to have seen each other. Lao Bai had guests and it was inconvenient for him to get away, and there was enough time, so Dong Qiangqiang simply took Wang Shunan and walked straight over.

Seeing the two people walking towards him, Lao Bai said a few words to the students in front of him, then hurried out of the stall and took the initiative to greet them.

"Why are you here too? When did you come?" Lao Bai raised his chin towards Dong Qiangqiang as a greeting, and then turned to Wang Shunan, "I remember you were at Keele University in the north. You came all the way to help me. Boss Dong, this is really a big honor for you, right?" Lao Bai raised his thumb towards Dong Qiangqiang.

"I just arrived this morning. I visited China Week and learned from the experts. I hope I can learn the real skills." Wang Shunan put the hair that fell in front of his eyes behind his ears, looked at Lao Bai and smiled, "What about you? Dong Qiangqiang didn't say you were here too."

"I'm trying to make a living as a small vendor in Mr. Dong's territory," Lao Bai turned to look at Dong Qiangqiang, as if complaining or joking, "You didn't tell me last night, otherwise I would have gone with you to pick him up this morning."

"Wang Shunan is giving a lecture on traditional Chinese medicine this morning, and you're busy here, so I didn't want to bother you with such a small matter as picking someone up." Dong Qiangqiang pointed at Le Bai's stall, "Not bad, so many people this early? Have you made any orders?"

"You ask too many questions." Lao Bai shook his head and sighed.

"It's better to have something than nothing. Don't complain about the small amount. Every little bit counts."

Lao Bai ignored Dong Qiangqiang's encouragement and continued to talk to Wang Shunan, "It's been a long time since I last saw Shunan. After you finish speaking, let's find a place at noon. I'll invite Xiao He and Lao Lei to come. We haven't gathered for a long time. It's a rare opportunity to meet today. I'll treat everyone to lunch at noon."

"Sister He and Brother Lei are here too?" Wang Shunan said as he looked around. "They are here? Are the others here too?"

"The music program on the second day of China Week was a joint performance by Chinese students from the Hanover Conservatory of Music and international students from the Saarbrücken Conservatory of Music. Old Dong, why don't you talk to Shu Nan about such a glorious event?"

"I've only seen her for less than an hour, so I haven't had time to talk about many things."

"Before you all lived in the same city, it's not surprising that you had such a good relationship, but I never thought that you guys are still so close even though you're not in the same city now. I'm really envious." Wang Shunan said with emotion, "This is the legendary friendship. You're all true friends."

"Aren't you the same? Didn't you come as soon as he called you?" Lao Bai asked back.

Wang Shunan smiled and said, there is no doubt about this, it is indeed true.

"Is it settled then?" Lao Bai turned around and confirmed with Dong Qiangqiang again, "Call me after she finishes speaking, and I'll be responsible for notifying everyone."

"You just said that this is my territory, so naturally I should host this meal." Dong Qiangqiang originally wanted to invite Wang Shunan alone, but Lao Bai had already said it, and it would be inappropriate for him to refuse. What's more, he really should treat He Yangjin and others to a good meal. This is the most basic etiquette of being a human being.

"Did Shu Nan see that? Boss Dong is really generous," Lao Bai said with a half-seriously smile, "I'll tell you a secret, Boss Dong is rich now, remember to ask him to give you a high salary after the speech, haha..."

"Then you go ahead and do your work. We'll go prepare first." Dong Qiangqiang was worried that Lao Bai would say something earth-shattering, so he quickly waved his hand as a way of saying goodbye.

"I wish your speech a great success." Lao Bai clenched his fist towards Wang Shunan to cheer her up.

There were still more than thirty minutes before the speech, and Ji Fengping hadn't called him yet. Worried that Ji Fengping wouldn't be able to handle it, Dong Qiangqiang thought it would be better to take Wang Shunan to the speech classroom first to see the situation. If anything unexpected happened, he would be able to deal with it quickly. He couldn't let Wang Shunan make a wasted trip.

The two of them had only taken a few steps away from Lao Bai's stall when Dong Qiangqiang heard a female voice not far away. "Boss Li, why are you giving me back my money?"

When Dong Qiangqiang heard Zheng Chunhua's voice, he immediately stopped and looked around.

"Ms. Zheng, I can't take this money."

The second person to speak was Mr. Li, the boss of Wanfu Restaurant. Dong Qiangqiang looked in the direction of the voice. It was just early in the morning and Wanfu’s stall hadn’t opened yet, but there were already several people busy preparing ingredients and stock in the stall. After looking carefully, he actually saw Zhao Ke, but didn’t see Mr. Li.

He took a few more steps and looked around, but didn't find the two people who were talking. However, he suddenly saw a familiar figure next to the automatic coffee vending machine.

  Lu Wei? She hasn't left yet?

He was just hesitating whether to go up and say hello to Lu Wei, when Wang Shunan asked in a low voice, "Are they the ones you're looking for?"

Following the direction of Wang Shunan's finger, Dong Qiangqiang discovered the figures of Zheng Chunhua and Boss Li.

When he turned around again, Lu Wei had disappeared.

He sighed and walked towards the two of them with Wang Shunan.

"Good morning, Boss Li. What are you doing?" Dong Qiangqiang saw a few Euro banknotes in Boss Li's hand from a few meters away.

"Xiao Dong, you came at the right time. Ms. Zheng brought people to support me and gave me money after the meal," Boss Li said righteously, with a righteous look on his face, "Don't you think this is a slap in my face?"

"Boss Li," Dong Qiangqiang, who knew Zheng Chunhua well, chose to stand by her even though he didn't know the whole story. "If she doesn't pay after eating, wouldn't that be considered a free meal? If the student union president doesn't pay for her meal, it will be very unpleasant if it gets out. She's a girl, what are you going to let her do in the future?"

Zheng Chunhua nodded with a smile and agreed: "Look, Boss Li, he said the same thing, right?"

"No, Xiao Dong," Boss Li was sweating anxiously. His Mandarin was not standard to begin with, and it sounded even harder to understand than German. "If she brought friends or came alone, I would definitely charge her money. After all, favors are favors and money is money, but I would give her a very nice discount. But the people she brought to support me just now were all reporters from local and surrounding newspapers. You don't know that after their first day of reporting, my business was extremely good on the second day. It's the same in Hanover. If a reporter comes to my restaurant to eat, I will definitely give them a discount, because their report is my best advertisement. I am willing to give them a discount, but it doesn't make sense to charge them the original price."

"I understand what you mean, Boss Li. You are happy to be taken advantage of by them." Dong Qiangqiang joked.

Boss Li also smiled and said, "I am a businessman. I do business to make money. Giving profits to the other party is not taking advantage of. It should be considered mutual benefit."

"Boss Li, they will write reports for you seriously even if you pay them. You don't have to worry about it. It's their job." Zheng Chunhua wanted to say, "You don't have to do what they do in China," but suddenly she wondered if Germany had a similar practice, so she swallowed the last sentence back.

"Ms. Zheng, just listen to me. I've been in the catering business for a while, so I can still make the calculations. Besides, I've already found a location for my new restaurant, and I've started discussing leasing and renovation. If everything goes well, it will be open during the summer vacation. By then, I'll have to trouble your journalist friends and other bosses to come and help us." The more Boss Li spoke, the redder his face became, and he became more and more excited, as if he was really angry. "Everyone knows that I put loyalty first. If you don't take it back, you're looking down on me..."

Dong and Zheng naturally understood what was said. Dong Qiangqiang said in a roundabout way, "Since Boss Li has said so, we should just obey his orders and accept it."

With the ladder, Zheng Chunhua naturally went down the slope and got the money back.

Boss Li's wish was fulfilled, and he turned around happily to go about his own business. Dong Qiangqiang then introduced Wang Shunan to Zheng Chunhua.

Zheng Chunhua expressed her warmest welcome and gratitude to Wang Shunan for coming, but since there were several groups of reporters waiting for her on the other side, she had to leave after a few words. Before parting, she specifically instructed Dong Qiangqiang to entertain Wang Shunan well, and then whispered to him that Boss Li had transferred all the first day's income to the China Week account, and the donation amount far exceeded her expectations. The specific details would be discussed during the review in the evening.