In many people's impression, international students are equivalent to the rich second generation. In fact, most international students are not so rich, so they have to be careful and save money, so they have also practiced a lot of "financial tricks". The Yangcheng Evening News reporter recently visited several international students who are basically "self-sufficient" to see how they pay their daily expenses after completing their studies.

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"Don't say that you can't find a part-time job."

This year is the second academic year of Zhang Bin, an international student at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is most proud of two points when he is about to get his master's degree: first, he is basically excellent in all subjects; Second, he hasn't reached out to his family for money since his third month in Hong Kong.

"Don't say that you can't find a part-time job to earn money, and don't say that you don't have time." When it comes to part-time jobs, Zhang Bin is really "senior". In the first month of school, after getting familiar with the campus environment, he began to ask the relevant departments of the school if there were any suitable part-time jobs. "Working at school is also a wonderful job. First of all, you don't have to leave school, saving a sum of transportation expenses. Secondly, the salary given to students is relatively reasonable, and there is no need to worry about being infringed. " Zhang Bin's first job was working in the school library, at HK$ 50 per hour. "The upper limit for students to take part-time jobs at school is 18 hours. If possible, I will try my best to work 65,438+00 hours a week, so there are 500 Hong Kong dollars a week and 2,000 Hong Kong dollars a month. "

Soon after, he was introduced to make up lessons for his children. "I go twice a week, and my employer gives me 3000 yuan a month. Because I am a primary school student, I can teach everything, and I feel very relaxed and can cope. " Later, he found that teaching Hong Kong people to speak Mandarin has become an industry in Hong Kong. "I went to the market and found that the fees charged by professional training institutions were not low, so I gave up tutoring and started teaching adult Mandarin." With the increase in the number of customers, Zhang Bin earns a maximum of HK$ 654.38+5,000 a month by teaching Mandarin. But making money every month is not so easy. In Hong Kong, basically all part-time jobs will be suspended one month before the final exam. "The exams there were not so easy to deal with, so the income for that month was basically zero."

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"Be good at using your resources"

Unlike Zhang Bin, Lin of Hong Kong Baptist University works part-time at home, but his income is not worse than that of Zhang Bin. Lin majored in translation. When she applied to Baptist University, the biggest advantage was that she got 8 points (out of 9) in IELTS.

"At first, only a junior asked me how to prepare for IELTS. People often send me compositions to help me revise them. Later, one introduced the other, and many people asked me for help to modify it. If you don't know, give me a revision fee. " Lin told reporters that her income from revising a composition ranges from 10 yuan to 30 yuan, "depending on the degree of revision".

In fact, revising the composition fee is nothing new. IELTS writing has always been the biggest hidden danger for candidates. Generally, if you want to get high marks, you must be trained. Yangcheng Evening News reporter inquired about a well-known English training institution in China and found that the cheapest training course for IELTS English is 1.250 yuan.

When helping to take the IELTS test, many people will ask Lin some questions about university application. "Later, I began to take over the translation and production of some application materials." Lin said frankly: "These will be more expensive to do a full set of materials, about 5,000 to 8,000 yuan." Lin said that as an international student who has successfully studied abroad, she is familiar with the application process. "These experiences are your wealth. You know, compared with many overseas institutions, our cost performance is very high. "

In addition, Lin, who loves shopping, and her roommates opened a "Gangdai" store on Taobao. "I just wanted to try it at first, but I didn't expect business to be good." She said that it is one thing how much money purchasing can earn, mainly because she also likes shopping. "When shopping in Hong Kong, I will take more samples when I buy it. I basically use samples. I have basically never spent money on skin care products. "

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