Dong Qiangqiang's Story of Leaving Germany

Chapter 1097. Belated Apology

The University of Trier usually announces the test results in the last week of August. Before that, students who have finished the exams, regardless of whether their results are ideal or unsatisfactory, will choose to relax their nerves that have been tense for the whole semester, seize the remaining happy time of the summer vacation, and recharge and accumulate energy for continuing to fight in the next semester.

Students who are not short of money will choose to use this time to take a vacation, or enjoy the waves, sunshine and beaches of southern Europe, or ride on the snow-capped mountains of northern Europe. Students who hope to seize every minute to accumulate work experience will choose to find a favorite company for internship to add bricks and tiles to their resume. Students who are short of money and need living expenses can only work part-time, and if they can't find a suitable hourly job locally, they have to go to other places.

Dong Qiangqiang felt relieved after taking five exams. It was rare that he no longer had to get up early every day, but his biological clock, which he had developed over a long period of time, allowed him to get up on time or even earlier even without an alarm clock. After all, the loyal roosters in the yard did not follow the landlord to the ancient East. After the landlord went on a long journey, he no longer had to insist on morning reading to practice his tongue, and could cook all kinds of Chinese food according to his mood, such as stir-frying, deep-frying, frying, stewing, braising, simmering, grilling, and frying. No one would nag him about this and that, too much smoke, and other clichés. However, he felt bored after only cooking twice. The expected exhilaration did not appear in his heart. Instead, when facing the empty room, a faint, empty sense of loss would linger in his heart.

Dong Qiangqiang wanted to go to Munich to visit Du Lan, but he didn't know that Du Lan had exams every week in August. After all the exams, he would have to take a break for a while before the new semester started, and the summer vacation was completely a vacation. He knew that this kind of long-term exam was extremely exhausting, and he didn't dare to go to Du Lan's house to upset her. He could only call her every day to comfort her and encourage her that victory was not far away.

Du Lan told Dong Qiangqiang that she heard that Lao Bai's travel agency was fighting a price war with many of its German counterparts in order to snatch domestic customers. Several small travel agencies in Munich were severely affected by him, one of which was owned by "Roe Deer" Zhou Zhihai. Because the two had a feud before, Lao Bai was particularly ruthless this time. He specifically put up several ads to snatch Zhou Zhihai's customers, and would rather not make money than ruin his tour. The two sides fought fiercely, and Lao Bai, who was stronger, had the upper hand.

Dong Qiangqiang hates the name Zhou Zhihai. When he thinks about how he encountered SARS in the first half of the year and the vindictive Old Bai in the second half of the year, he can only say one thing: Sooner or later you will have to pay for what you have done.

Since China Week, Liao Cheng and his circle of people have not contacted Dong Qiangqiang again. Liao Cheng and others rarely go to the university to take language classes, and Dong Qiangqiang does not like shopping, so the two sides rarely have the opportunity to meet.

However, Dong Qiangqiang heard from other classmates that some people had seen motorcycle gangs speeding by in groups on the road near the university late at night. The leader was wearing a helmet and his face could not be seen. Only the red and black Ducati and the banner he was holding could be seen. The big words "Warmly Celebrate the End of SARS" on the banner were very eye-catching in the dark. Dong Qiangqiang sincerely hoped that the motorcycle gang was not Liao Cheng and others, but he was too lazy to confirm with Lao Bai whether the other party had completed the motorcycle driving license.

Despite the disturbance of rain, all the ponds were completed on schedule under Dong Qiangqiang's rush. With nothing to do, he tried to contact Lao Bai to ask if there were any tourist groups or business groups that needed help recently. When Lao Bai answered the phone, he was leading a group of Germans to drink beer in Qingdao. In 1903, the German Beer Company Qingdao Joint Stock Company was officially established, which was the predecessor of Qingdao Brewery. On August , Qingdao Beer just celebrated its th anniversary. He gathered a German group to Qingdao to drink beer under the banner of the th anniversary.

Lao Bai's words puzzled Dong Qiangqiang: Lao Bai had vowed that he had no time to take the landlord on a tour of China, but then he quietly took a group of people to Qingdao. Since he was taking Germans back to China, why didn't he take the landlord with him? Dong Qiangqiang really thought that Lao Bai wanted to cultivate the landlord as Le Bai's German seed customer, but Lao Bai didn't tell the truth. But then again, Lao Bai was able to organize a German tour right after the SARS epidemic ended. This ability to organize a tour should not be underestimated. But since he had such great power, why did Lao Bai choose to lie down and do nothing during the SARS epidemic? This doesn't seem like something that the same person can do. He was puzzled.

After listening to Dong Qiangqiang's straightforward remarks, Lao Bai did not beat around the bush and frankly admitted that all of Le Bai's tours were currently fully booked. After asking Dong Qiangqiang about the time he could lead the tour, Lao Bai promised to contact him later. At the same time, he urged him to study the German Wine Road carefully and come up with a travel plan as soon as possible. Trier, as the starting point of the Wine Road, has world-renowned Riesling, and will surely shine during the beer festivals and wine festivals in September and October, so preparations must be made early.

Zheng Chunhua recommended that his part-time job as a university foreign affairs office worker continue during the summer, but the workload and working hours would be much less than during the semester.

After being choked by Dong Qiangqiang's cold response, Wang Shunan didn't call again. Although Hamburger Wanfu was indeed recruiting summer workers, Dong Qiangqiang thought she must be very busy with so many things to do, so he didn't feel comfortable calling her again.

When Wanfu opened, Dong Qiangqiang promised to help Zheng Chunhua contact Lu Wei. Before the exam, he called Lu Wei several times to help connect them, but Lu Wei didn't answer any of them for some reason. He thought that the other party was still angry with him. Unexpectedly, Lu Wei contacted him between the second and third exams and apologized profusely, explaining that he had been busy with exams and preparations to teach Chinese at different universities. He would be disturbed by all kinds of trivial matters as soon as he opened his eyes, coupled with some minor accidents. Once he was busy, he tended to forget things. Not only did he not call Dong Qiangqiang back in time, he didn't even have time to help Lu Shan move.

Dong Qiangqiang had already received a call from Lu Shan announcing the good news, so he was not surprised to hear that Lu Shan had moved. He guessed that this might just be an excuse for Lu Wei to call him, so he pretended not to know about it.

Lu Wei said in a joyful tone that Dong Qiangqiang had not heard for a long time that Lu Shan had been admitted to the Automation Department of the Technical University of Munich. Dong Qiangqiang believed that this was not only an affirmation of Lu Shan's learning ability, but also had great significance for their family.

  Following Dong Qiangqiang's words, Lu Wei thanked Dong Qiangqiang for his long-term care for Lu Shan, especially when Lu Shan landed in Germany, Lu Wei was still in prison, and wanted to help his brother but was unable to do so. Fortunately, Dong Qiangqiang and Lao Bai and others helped him solve many problems that freshmen had to face after landing in Germany, such as helping him solve the accommodation problem that many newcomers would have a headache with. This step alone saved Lu Shan a lot of time and energy, and also made it possible for a series of things such as going to the city hall to register for household registration, opening a bank account, applying for a bank card, applying for insurance, and opening a mobile phone card to be quickly implemented, so that Lu Shan could concentrate on preparing for the exam. After he was admitted to the preparatory course, Dong Qiangqiang and others gave him various support in his studies. It can be said that Lu Shan has not wasted a single day or taken a detour since arriving in Germany. Although he has made his own efforts to achieve today's results, the Lu siblings all know that although it is a bit corny to say that Dong Qiangqiang has done the Lu family a favor, it is not an exaggeration. However, Lu Wei lied to him for petty profits, which was truly repaying kindness with ingratitude, and he felt ashamed of himself.