Chinese media extensively reports ‘bottom-up success stories’
The response is that young people who want to earn easily are seen as an example.
Criticism for encouraging free-time employment during the worst employment crisis
Chinese delivery king who earned 200 million won in 3 years. [사진출처 = 연합뉴스]
Local media is attracting attention because it is extensively reporting ‘success stories from the bottom’ of Chinese youth who are struggling due to economic slump and employment difficulties.
On the 13th, Fengpai Newspaper introduced the case of a young man in his 20s who had not even graduated from elementary school and earned 1.02 million yuan (190 million won) in three years while working as a delivery driver.
According to the newspaper, Mr. Chen Si, 26 years old, borrowed 800,000 yuan (150 million won) to open a restaurant in his hometown, Fuzhou, Jiangxi Province, but closed it down after 5 months after suffering a large loss.
He went to Shanghai and started working as a delivery worker there. He became famous enough to be nicknamed the ‘King of Delivery’, earned a lot of money, and paid off all his debts.
He succeeded in making a comeback by repaying most of the loan he had taken to buy a house in his hometown, with only 100,000 yuan (18.6 million won) remaining.
Mr. Chen said, “I thought there would definitely be more opportunities if I went to a big city, so I went to Shanghai in 2019. I worked in a restaurant kitchen and received a salary of 13,000 yuan (2.42 million won), but I liked making more money as a delivery driver, so I started this job after a year.” “I jumped in,” he said.
He slept only three hours a day and spent the rest of his time focusing on delivery, emphasizing, “I processed 180 to 200 cases a day, and there are many people who doubt whether it is possible, but I did it anyway.”
On the 15th, Haibao Newspaper also told the story of Sheansong, a man in his 30s who worked as a manual laborer at a construction site, paid off his debt after 7 years, and bought a house.
A native of Anhui Province, he learned the trade of a bricklayer in Jinan, Shandong Province, at the age of 18, bought a car within two years, and seven years later, paid off all his parents’ money and even bought a house.
He said, “If a family of three rushes in, they can earn around 40,000 yuan (7.44 million won) including material costs for 15 days,” adding, “It’s better than most salaried workers.”
Chinese netizens are reacting to this by saying, “There is nothing you can’t achieve as long as you work hard,” “It’s hard work, but you can make more money than a clumsy office worker,” and that it is an example for young people who want to make money easily. However, some say that there is a different intention. There are also comments.
In a situation where the authorities are unable to come up with a proper employment policy despite the worst employment crisis, the question is whether they are encouraging young people to pursue free employment instead of regular employment.
Chinese authorities are currently conducting a rural job provision program that allows young people to work as grassroots executives or volunteers to solve the unemployment problem.
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2024-01-17 08:27:47
