The arrest of Russian students in China reflects the plight of working.

Russians have a strong heroic complex. If you are a strong person with a good personality, they will cherish and admire you. But in the eyes of some Russians studying in China, Moscow is a rather gray city, and they endure all kinds of humiliation for money. The arrest of Russian students in China reflects the plight of working.

Recently, a Russian student from China was arrested for working illegally. It is reported that since the beginning of April, the Russian Immigration Bureau in St. Petersburg has arrested dozens of China students in St. Petersburg scenic spots, Chinese restaurants and buses frequented by tour guides on the grounds that China students travel without a license, and filed a lawsuit in the local court. According to Russian immigration law, once convicted, these international students will face high fines, deportation and imprisonment.

On April 19, a well-known host of CCTV forwarded relevant news in Weibo and commented:

? Alas, I can't say it. A few years ago, I went to St. Petersburg with a student from China. It is especially difficult to know them. They are often blackmailed by various people (including Russian police, of course). But they do have something to catch. Poor China. ?

In his speech, he sympathized with the hardships of international students who worked as tour guides in Russia. In fact, it has been a long time since China students took tours without a license. This incident was reported by the local tourism industry, and the enforcement measures of St. Petersburg authorities were criticized by some people in China. Strike.

According to Sina International, there are about 500,000 China tourists visiting St. Petersburg every year, which greatly boosts the local GDP. Because they are familiar with the situation in St. Petersburg, China students who are part-time tour guides are one of the main forces to receive tourists from China. Generally, they don't have a tour guide card. During the tourist season and foreign exchange earning period, St. Petersburg authorities turned a blind eye to this phenomenon of unlicensed tour groups and created momentum in the off-season of tourism? . It is worth mentioning that it is not uncommon for local people to take a group without a license. ? There are more than 1600 travel agencies in St. Petersburg engaged in the formal boarding registration of China tourists, and there are less than 200 Russian tour guides who have formal tour guide cards and can speak fluent Chinese. ?

There are two voices in public opinion when studying abroad. Most people think that at the moment when Sino-Russian relations are harmonious, it can be said that Russian police arrested Russian students. Bite the hand that feeds you? ,? Too boring? . But it has also been pointed out that this is a Russian law enforcement agency? Normal handling of cases according to law? There is no political factor at all. It is against the immigration law for international students without legal work status to engage in business for the purpose of making money. It is completely understandable that the authorities of a country maintain the fairness and justice of the law according to the rights conferred by the law. On the contrary, the arrest of an unlicensed tour guide reflects that China students' legal awareness is weak, and their awareness of abiding by the law abroad needs to be strengthened, which should arouse public concern.

Study abroad shows that people who come to study in Russia, if they have no Russian foundation at home, mostly come to break through the barriers of the college entrance examination. In recent years, prices in Russia continue to rise, and the cost of studying abroad continues to rise, which is becoming more and more unbearable for some ordinary families. Therefore, these international students will naturally look for some job opportunities after passing the initial language barrier.

Russian universities have low requirements for courses, and domestic students can complete their studies by correspondence or full-time face-to-face lectures. Even for full-time courses, there are night classes to choose from. If students can't study during the day due to economic reasons, they can also transfer from full-time day classes to night shifts. Such students, if they study well and work hard, will be especially appreciated and helped by their teachers. Such young people are often regarded as positive and inspirational models in Soviet movies. There are many lazy people in Russia, and many lazy people also like to drink and make trouble. Therefore, people who love life and work, have no bad hobbies and have professional knowledge will win the respect of society. Part-time college students, while working and studying, have accumulated social experience and obtained degrees, and some naturally stay in their work units and continue to engage in related work. Will such a person be promoted in this job? Let's go

China students who have a good language foundation and quickly integrate into the local culture after coming to Russia will soon become a hot commodity in the labor market. The purpose of their going out to work is to make money; The second is to better improve the Russian level, integrate into the local society, and accumulate experience for future employment. Among the international students, some people come to Russia to work and earn money under the guise of students.

The arrest of Russian students reflects the plight of Russian students working in foreign countries. Russian students generally have part-time experience in China, among which there are many twists and turns and even painful lessons. Anna, a senior white-collar worker who studied in Russia and chose to stay in Moscow for international trade after graduation, told Study Abroad about her personal experience with her friends.

Story 2: Russian literary youth sink? Only learn Russian to curse.

LAM Raymond, one of the interviewees of Study Abroad magazine, is 32 years old and has worked in Moscow for ten years. He comes from an artistic family, and his father plays the trumpet in a provincial symphony orchestra? Go home.

When he was in middle school, Feng's father resigned and went to sea to open a high-end restaurant in a university in Beijing. 10 years ago, when LAM Raymond was a freshman, his father planned to send him to the United States to study, but it failed, so he transferred to Russia to study. After spending a year in a southern town, he transferred to Moscow University. Too bad he brought his tuition? Yes 7000 dollars! Because he didn't want to tell his family, he was self-reliant and embarked on a difficult road to work.

LAM Raymond once blinked his eyes behind his thick glasses, looked fixedly at me and said, "Can you imagine my pain at that time? I only eat one meal a day. Get up at five in the morning and deliver Chinese newspapers by bike. Come back after nine o'clock and earn 30 rubles. ? I recall that when I came to Moscow, a bottle of yogurt sold for 30 Lu? Cloth.

Later, LAM Raymond and his girlfriend opened a restaurant selling box lunch in the dormitory. Then he went to a big market and worked for a boss who sold bags in China. From carrying bags to managing money, there are food and shelter. Several young men of similar age lived happily together, eating and drinking, and earning some money; There were days of quarreling and fighting, and finally the business collapsed and they separated. Later, he worked in various jobs of different lengths: as a translator at exhibitions, he earned one or two hundred dollars a day; Working as a salesman in a logistics company run by Russians, pulling orders, and finally being cheated by China people; Driving for the big boss as a messenger, trying to serve all kinds of dignitaries from China; As a tour guide, I try my best to tell jokes to entertain tourists; Handled all kinds of complicated emergencies; I worked as a buyer for a Russian company and was finally dumped by the manufacturer. As a salesman of a convention and exhibition company, in order to pull business, it is inevitable to engage in some crooked ways to convey benefits. This kind of life continued until he found a large domestic enterprise to set up a company in Moscow and became the general manager.

LAM Raymond is envious of my Russian level, and there are no obstacles in listening, speaking, reading, writing and translating. What he often tells me is: If my Russian is as good as yours, so much the better. ?

His pet phrase is always mixed with national abuse. I once asked him: When did you learn to curse?

He squinted at the time, looked at the distance and said simply: In the market. Hey, you don't know, people there talk like this, and I didn't learn anything in the market, so I learned to scold Russian. ?

Seeing the disdainful look in my eyes, he took out his mobile phone and showed me some photos. There is a handsome young man in the photo, tall, with shoulder-length hair and white marks? T-shirts and white jeans, leaning against the railing, reveal the unique melancholy of literary youth in their eyes.

? Who is this? I asked.

? You really can't see it? This is me! When I first arrived in a small Russian town to attend a preparatory course, I just learned Russian, painted and played the piano every day. ? He was a little disappointed.

I'm surprised that I can't find any connection between this short, fat, foul-mouthed northeast man and the little fresh literary youth in this photo. To prove that he is not bragging, LAM Raymond once played some tunes for me, including Chopin's serenade and some euphemistic pop songs. Is he intoxicated when he plays the piano and sings? himself

At that moment, I suddenly felt a little sorry for this friend: if he went to America, if he didn't lose money, if he didn't go to the big market to find a job, if he met a good boss, he might not be who he is today: he should be an artist or a painter; At least a senior white-collar worker in a decent company. Now, in addition to thinking sadly about how to sell steel every day, he always looks at all kinds of opportunities to make money.

? Do you still have ideals? I asked him.

LAM Raymond's tone is firm: Yes! When I earn money, I will go back to Beijing, buy a big house, marry a daughter-in-law, have a son, open a comic book studio and specialize in painting. But, damn it, I still have to work hard to make money now! ?

Story 3: Uncle Taxi with student's name on his head.

Jianxin Lin is the high flyers of a university. He is about forty years old, strong and muscular. A bony head, shaved. Often wearing a black dress with a set of incomprehensible patterns printed on the back makes people feel like gangsters. Although the student's identity and appearance are far apart, this does not prevent him from making a living as a student in Moscow.

He goes to that school for a language class once a week. This school is not well-known and seems to be a language college. Jianxin Lin stayed in this school for four or five years, so he chose this school because it can provide him and many China people with legal residence status. Without paying attention to his studies, Jianxin Lin's school status is not worthy of the name. His real occupation is a taxi driver.

There are many Chinese in Moscow, and there are also many taxi drivers. They pick up and drop off airport passengers, take customers from China for sightseeing and shopping, accompany them to participate in exhibitions and negotiations, and handle various annual inspection procedures for vehicle purchase or transfer. Sometimes it is to be a courier to send a document, buy a bucket of milk powder and send it to the place designated by the customer. This is a drudgery that consumes a lot of physical strength, especially in a city with extremely serious traffic jams like Moscow. Fortunately, this kind of work has brought him rich benefits.

Jianxin Lin comes from an underdeveloped small city in the northwest of China. He studied Russian in China for two months, and then went to a country in Central Asia for a few days. I came to Moscow to make money. From the beginning, he was ready to suffer hardships: when he came to Moscow, he carried a mountaineering bag with a sleeping bag inside. He plans to sleep on the grass in Moscow. But he doesn't know that no one can sleep on the grassland in Russia. In winter, people will freeze to death if they sleep outdoors at MINUS 20 degrees at night; Even if it doesn't freeze to death, it will be taken away by the patrolling police.

Fortunately, when I came to Moscow, a fellow villager provided a place to live and a job selling goods. He worked as a translator on the construction site and ate boiled cabbage for three months. As a result, the construction boss ran away without getting a penny. After that, I went to a building materials company as a driver and business. He drove all over the cities in central and western Russia. Later, he simply bought a car and became a taxi driver.

Jianxin Lin told me about the past and said some interesting things. For example, some bosses who are owed money by Russians will take him with them when they ask for the bill. He was muscular and bald, and sat at the dinner table without saying a word, which made the Russians who owed money tremble.

Being a taxi driver is not Jianxin Lin's ideal. He is looking forward to finding a manufacturer as an agent to open a booth in the market. However, with the continuous improvement of Russian laws and the strengthening of law enforcement against gray customs clearance, the income from practicing stalls in the market is getting less and less, and the prospect of such work is not optimistic.

In recent years, there are more and more taxi drivers in Moscow, and the competition is becoming more and more fierce. Jianxin Lin has been dealing with China people all day, and his Russian has not improved much. He has seen many China people making money by various means in this land, suffering from all kinds of insults, bullying and deception, and holding a rather negative attitude towards Russia, people around them and even life. He loves and hates this city. This kind of feeling can cause * * * in most people who do business in the market.

Studying abroad shows that in the eyes of these people, Moscow is a relatively gray city, and Russia is a particularly bad nation. China people come here to make money. With money, they can take it home, buy a big house and a luxury car, so that people around them can see that XXX has lived well in Russia in recent years.

For this goal, they can endure the blackmail of the police, the black eyes of the Russians, and the cramped situation in which several people or a dozen people share a room. For them, dignity is not here, but in their hometown thousands of miles away. Those advanced spiritual and cultural needs, such as experiencing different cultures, truly integrating into the local society and settling in this country, are not their goals. To tell the truth, with their poor Russian, it is impossible to appreciate the profound culture of Russia. They have almost no rest days. If they have time, they would rather sleep in a rented place and let the spring flowers bloom outside.

"Studying abroad" policeman Anna has something to say.

Russia is constantly improving its immigration law, and new immigrants should take three courses: Russian, Russian history and Russian legal basis. In the future, the operation mode of China big market will be withdrawn, and there will be fewer and fewer related job opportunities around the big market, and the income will be reduced accordingly. Therefore, if you want to stay in Russia to work and live, you still have to reform yourself and learn Russian well.

You know, it is not worth burying your youth and life in this land far from the motherland just for money. Russia is not the easiest place to make money. If you work hard here, your family can be rich.