Dong Qiangqiang's Story of Leaving Germany

Chapter 1073. Suddenly, a spring breeze came

When the sun breaks through the mist in the early morning, the moon quietly peeks over the top of the mountain, blue tits and owls alternate between day and night, the pale pink apple blossoms politely decline the apple tree's invitation, the wisteria leaves lavender leaves on the shed, the clematis climbs up the fence when no one is paying attention, the hummingbird's mouth is busy sucking juicy nectar, the vibrant and lively courtyard is filled with colors and fragrance every day, and the wild flowers growing wildly outside the courtyard are not willing to be lonely and dye the path leading to the ridge orange, yellow, white and pink. Dong Qiangqiang even saw a fox peeking out of the grass outside the fence.

All the seeds planted in the spring have undoubtedly grown into plants, flowers and vegetables. The vegetable garden has harvested its first crop of lettuces, and the landlord has planted new vegetable seedlings for future use.

Almost no one noticed the passing of early summer, because there were too many unexpected things in this crazy world, and at this time the world's attention was without exception on China.

In early May, the BJ China-Japan Friendship Hospital was put into use as a designated SARS hospital. One day later, the Emergency Regulations on Public Health Emergencies were officially promulgated and implemented. With the implementation of various SARS prevention and control measures and the resolute execution of the broad masses of people, the proportion of SARS infections has shown a clear downward trend. In mid-May, more German companies donated medical equipment including ventilators to China. On the 5th, Peking University People's Hospital was released from isolation. On the 5th, the number of new SARS cases in BJ dropped to single digits. On the 17rd, more than 19 close contacts of SARS in BJ were all released from isolation, the SARS transmission chain was completely cut off, and the treatment of SARS patients began to enter the final stage. On the 23th, BJ had its first record of zero new SARS cases. On June 29st, the Ministry of Health announced the cancellation of the BJ SARS Prevention and Control Command.

The situation in other countries is similar. SARS, which had been a headache for all countries just a month ago, suddenly seems to have become a short-lived ghost that will not survive this summer.

When no one was mentally prepared, SARS seemed to be over suddenly.

The deep waters of the Moselle flow downstream to join the wider Rhine at Koblenz.

Dong Qiangqiang attended classes, did exercises, copied textbooks, and discussed knowledge points with professors/teaching assistants. Sometimes he really didn't understand, sometimes he just wanted to improve his oral English, and of course he seized every opportunity to discuss and exchange ideas with foreign students in the same class. When he really couldn't concentrate on learning, he would play badminton, learn rock climbing, and other new things to relax his mind.

In addition to attending classes, Dong Qiangqiang's daily duties include paying attention to the progress of SARS in the country, reading books and newspapers for the landlord, and regularly cleaning the yard and bathroom. Occasionally, he would cook at the landlord's request and make a soulless Chinese meal for the landlord. The so-called soulless means that there should be no smoke when cooking. Even though the process of sautéing the wok is omitted, the landlord would always praise his cooking skills.

When Duanmu was busy, he would not be able to supervise Dong Qiangqiang to write reports. When he was free, he would "exploit" Dong Qiangqiang to the point that he wanted to part ways with him completely. However, the cunning Duanmu would always give Dong Qiangqiang some good news before the last straw fell on him so that Dong Qiangqiang could continue to swallow his anger. In late May, senior executives of the German Audi Group solemnly stated in Beijing that SARS would not affect Audi's strategy in China, and Audi would have more effective cooperation with Chinese partners. At the same time, relevant German departments also made it clear that since the 5th, German companies with partners in China have fully lifted the travel ban to China caused by SARS.

For those at the bottom of the valley, it seemed like just a blink of an eye, and the situation turned from chaotic to very good.

The rise in Volkswagen's share price made Duanmu smile with joy, but for those who didn't buy Volkswagen, the rising share price brought clenched teeth and unhappiness in their hearts. As the saying goes, the cooked duck flew away.

At the end of May, the report of "corruption" by the China Week preparation team was finally revealed after nearly a month of investigation. After a thorough investigation by the superiors, including questioning the parties involved and surrounding personnel, conducting a comprehensive review of the finances, and verifying the authenticity of all data, no evidence of corruption was found, so the report was determined to be unfounded, and the investigation of the anonymous whistleblower was initiated.

The official conclusion that the preparatory group was innocent completely cleared everyone's suspicion and dispelled the haze hanging over everyone's head. Everyone who had been suppressed for a month had accumulated a lot of resentment and anger in their hearts because they had done nothing wrong. Now they were finally released, and the girls even cried and held their heads in their hands.

After being delayed for a month, the work related to the China Week commemorative cover, the last activity of this China Week, was officially launched at this time. Although it was much later than the announced time, all the people who had restored their reputations were now fully focused on completing the last stage beautifully, so they had no complaints about working overtime to select photos, vote, discuss, finalize, print and mail, etc.

While everyone was celebrating, Sun Tao took out a photo and told Zheng Chunhua and others about another matter. A week ago, a domestic business delegation participating in the Frankfurt exhibition reported to the consulate that the delegation had hired a male foreign student who claimed to be studying economics at the University of International Business as an accompanying translator after a simple interview due to exhibition work needs. The daily salary was 180 euros, paid on a daily basis, and the delegation provided food and accommodation, and the foreign student only had to file his own tax return.

Everything was going well as planned, but the boy was exposed within two days of work. Not only did his translation fail to be accurate, fluent, and elegant, but he also failed to meet the expectations of the business group when communicating with foreign customers. His translation was also overly enthusiastic, and he liked to ask customers about everything, which made the customers very disgusted. After being criticized by the business group leader, he began to complain about the business group's low salary and high workload. After working for a few days, he even boasted to the female employees of the business group that he would definitely stay in Germany to develop and would never return to China. Although he did not dare to make a move, his words intentionally or unintentionally hinted that the female employees should throw themselves into his arms. After being rejected, he was still harassing them verbally. The business group asked the female employees to collect evidence and report it, but the boy found out and started to be late and leave early again. The business group was hurt and almost missed business. When the exhibition was over, the business group, unable to swallow the bad breath, decided to report the boy to the consulate, hoping that the consulate would remind other business groups to be careful of him.

After hearing this, everyone felt that there are all kinds of birds in the world. Dong Qiangqiang had experience leading tours, so he knew that there are all kinds of people in the world. This is an eternal truth that applies to all places. He was not surprised. But when he thought that the other party claimed to be a special university student and was studying economics, he couldn't help but feel curious.

Sun Tao explained that after verification, the student ID card that the boy showed to the business group during the interview was not his own. The business group did not suspect anything because the boy looked like the photo on the student ID card. The original owner of the student ID card was in Northern Europe during that time and could not have worked as a translator in Frankfurt. The student ID card was also accidentally lost during the China Week. So after obtaining the original owner's consent, Sun Tao sent the original owner's other photos to the business group. The business group replied that they were indeed not the same person, and that the boy did not leave any photos when he was working. In the end, the business group could only provide a photo of the boy's back and a copy of the student ID card for Sun Tao as a reference. He then took the things provided by the business group to verify with Zheng Chunhua and others.

The back figure in the photo is indeed just a back figure, and the front face cannot be seen. After passing the photo around, several people said that they could not be sure which classmate from the university it was.

After looking at the copy of the student ID, Dong Qiangqiang looked carefully at the back of the figure in the photo. He felt that the figure looked very familiar, and a strong sense of déjà vu lingered in his mind.