Seeing that Director Li had no idea about the consumption level in Hong Kong, Xu Yiyang couldn't help but shook his head, turned to Mr. Hu and said: "Mr. Hu, I have always respected you, so what I want to say is not directed at you. I just want to say, can you say hello to the school leaders later? If we really don’t have this condition, don’t come out to have any exchanges. Isn’t it good to stay at home? I have a total of more than 7,000 that I exchanged before. Hong Kong dollars, there’s nothing you can do even if you try hard!”
In 2000, UnionPay was not even established. Mainland bank cards could not be used in Hong Kong. Even if I had tens of millions in my account, I would not be able to use them in Hong Kong.
Mr. Hu sighed softly and said: "This is my mistake. This is the first time for the school to come to Hong Kong for exchange. We don't know the situation in Hong Kong. Moreover, the hotel booking may be due to the fact that the execution link was not clear. I I really didn’t know this was the actual situation before I came here.”
As he spoke, he asked Director Li: "How many Hong Kong dollars have we prepared this time?"
Director Li said: "I brought a total of 70,000 Hong Kong dollars."
"Seventy thousand?" Mr. Hu sighed: "Why so little?"
Director Li said helplessly: "According to the school's standards, each person has 50 yuan for meals and 100 yuan for other expenses per day. For 20 people, it is 3,000 yuan a day. A total of 23 days, 69,000 yuan, so the school gave 70,000 yuan."
Mr. Hu was also a little sulky and said, "The school's budget is too generous!"
Director Li spread his hands: "Mr. Hu, there's nothing I can do about this..."
Mr. Hu sighed and said to everyone: "Let's put down our luggage first, go out and relax, and then I will communicate with the school to see if there is any solution."
Now that everyone is far away in Hong Kong, it is really not that easy to solve the problem. Although everyone has complaints in their hearts, they can only accept the reality for the time being.
Everyone temporarily put their luggage in the extremely dirty hotel, and when they came out, they still had a musty smell all over their bodies.
Mr. Hu and Director Li took the map of Hong Kong and led everyone to find the bus stop. They hoped to take everyone to Victoria Harbor to have a look and divert their attention.
But when they think about going back to sleep here at night, everyone feels a little unimaginable.
While walking, Shen Lele whispered to Xu Yiyang in her hometown dialect: "Actually, there is that kind of thing under the bed in my room, as well as used toilet paper and urine in plastic bottles. I didn't say it because I was afraid of scaring Ning Ruolin..."
When Xu Yiyang heard this, he cursed angrily: "This is so nonsense."
Shen Lele said helplessly: "Hey, I almost want to go back..."
Xu Yiyang comforted her and said: "Mr. Hu must express his position to the school. This matter must be resolved. Otherwise, there will be no communication at all. We can just go back to Zhonghai."
Hu Bingwen was also anxious. He bought a mobile phone card at a roadside shop and couldn't wait to call the school leader.
As soon as the phone call came through, Hu Bingwen reported the situation here to the school leaders truthfully.
The school leaders did not expect that the hotel booked in advance would turn out to be so bad, so they immediately checked with the person responsible for the matter and found out what had happened.
First of all, this hotel was booked by an old classmate of the school staff who works in Hong Kong.
The old classmate said very well at the time, saying that this was his friend's hotel, very close to the University of Hong Kong, with convenient transportation, clean and tidy, and cost-effective. It was at least 200 cheaper than other hotels of the same level outside. Anyway, he said The sky is the limit.
These days, it is impossible to book a hotel in Hong Kong through the Internet. China Overseas has no similar experience in Hong Kong and foreign affairs, so it can only find various channels for help.
The school employee had never been to Hong Kong and had no doubts about the old classmate, so he reported the situation to the school. When the school heard that it could save a lot of money, it immediately decided to book the hotel with this person.
However, the school did not expect that it would actually be so bad.
Now this person can no longer be contacted, and it is obvious that he has cheated China Overseas.
Secondly, the school cannot provide any solution now, because the school cannot send them Hong Kong dollars from thousands of miles away.
Therefore, the school’s solution was just four words: “Hold on.”
Hu Bingwen was naturally very angry, but anger was useless. Water from afar could not quench the thirst for nearness.
The school is also willing to pay, but how to convert the money into Hong Kong dollars is a problem.
In other words, it is a problem that cannot be solved at all.
When Hu Bingwen reported the news to everyone, everyone at the scene had very ugly expressions.
So that means there is no solution
When everyone came, they didn’t bring much cash, and their financial conditions were limited. Most people only exchanged a few hundred Hong Kong dollars, and the most could only bring more than 7,000 Hong Kong dollars.
After all, most of them were students, so most of them saved a few hundred Hong Kong dollars and bought some souvenirs when they were ready to leave. Even the money they spent was not enough to cover the cost of a hotel room for one night.
Even if you add the 70,000 Hong Kong dollars in cash prepared by the school, it's not much money at all.
Even if all the food expenses for the next twenty days are included, it is impossible to cover the cost of changing hotels for twenty people.
Mr. Hu had no choice but to apologize to everyone, explaining that it was not the school deliberately saving money, but the school also spent money, but the result was that he met someone unkind and was cheated.
Director Li also said: "Fortunately, that bastard still has some humanity. At least he booked a hotel for us. If he just took the money and ran away, we people would have to sleep on the streets."
Mr. Hu said: "This man seems to be very smart. If he takes the money and runs away, it is a definite fraud. But if he books a substandard hotel for you to deal with errands, even if you call the police, I'm afraid it won't be easy to pursue him." …”
Xu Yanan, the student council president next to him, said seriously: "Mr. Hu, Director Li, let's talk about it. It is true that the school is treating someone unkindly, but if the school is not greedy for cheap, can it be fooled by this?"
Director Li said awkwardly: "Oh, Xu Yanan, Mr. Hu just said that the school is indeed a little difficult now..."
Xu Yanan said aggressively: "The school even spent tens of thousands of yuan in program preparation funds for the New Year's Day party, not counting the day's stage construction and equipment rental costs. At that time, I never heard the school leaders say that there were difficulties. We say we want to achieve results and create momentum, but why is it so difficult to communicate?"
As he said that, Xu Yanan asked again: "Isn't the school afraid that if we live here and smell moldy and smelly every day, we will lose face to the school when we go to the University of Hong Kong for exchanges?"
Director Li scratched his head and found that it was indeed a bit difficult to wash the school's floors at this time.
Xu Yiyang, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly remembered a key point and asked: "Director Li, how did the school give the money to that person? If the school has the ability to give the money to him, why can't it give the money to us?"
Director Li sighed and said, "Isn't it because of the strict foreign exchange control? It's very troublesome for our school to exchange foreign currency, so the person in charge offered to remit the equivalent value of RMB to his relatives in the mainland. Then he used Hong Kong dollars to book a hotel for us in Hong Kong, which was equivalent to 'exchanging currency across the air'. It was a bit of a sideshow. Now that person is missing, there is nothing we can do... "
Xu Yiyang suddenly realized.
Why didn’t I think of this mode of operation
So he opened his mouth and said to everyone: "Then let me think of a solution."
After saying that, he also went into the store and bought a mobile phone card. After replacing the card, he called Fang Junhui, a lawyer with whom he had cooperated many times in Guangcheng.
Although Fang Junhui is based in Guangcheng, the company also does a lot of business in Hong Kong, including the business of registering a company in Hong Kong. He is helping to handle it and is very professional. They are close to Hong Kong and have connections in Hong Kong. There must be a way to solve the problem. .
So, Xu Yiyang made a direct call. After revealing his identity, he asked directly: "Lawyer Fang, I am in Hong Kong now and need about ten or two hundred thousand Hong Kong dollars. Can you do it here?"
(End of chapter)