A Day of Job Hunting

 Navigation, you went

the wrong way, it's

so annoying! How could you go the wrong way? Now my

battery is dead halfway there.

Where am I supposed to go? Ugh, I'd rather not come out to work. I'm out working and there's no electricity, I have to walk. Ugh, why did you design this thing? Just find a job nearby, why do I have to go so far? Is it easy for me to earn money? Ugh, yeah,

where am I?

Ugh.

This road is so hard to walk on. [The following appears to be unrelated and possibly

machine- translated text:]

Effectively alleviates the indigestion and blood

deficiency caused by weak spleen and stomach

, right? [The following appears to be unrelated and possibly machine-translated text:]

From the root of bone health. [The following appears to be unrelated and possibly machine-translated text:]

Keep going, back of the head, perfect verification

I'm not going to your place anymore, your navigation keeps making mistakes, once, twice, three times, every time, so I can't find

the university

and process there. [The following appears to be unrelated and possibly machine-translated text

:] Wiring, to ensure effective operation. [The following appears to be unrelated and possibly machine-translated text:]

Fully release, in the current Chinese

health era,

first

, hehe,

you should

change your homework. [The following appears to be unrelated and possibly machine-translated text

:] Oh no, I lost my electric bike.

Where is the Cainiao Station? Do you know? Well,

I guess

I'm really here now.

Ugh, I told you today wasn't a good day to go out.

He insisted I work, work, work, and now my electric scooter is stolen.

My scooter's stolen, and I can't even find my way around. Won't I have to pay compensation? Over 1000 yuan!

The worst thing I did was open only one window, or rather, only one row of drying racks. In 200 seconds, the interior temperature only dropped by 4-6 degrees.

I can't find your place. I looked around, and there's only one mom's rest stop, Yunda Express.

Yunda Express supermarket, but it's closed. I still can't find your place; it's too far. I ran out of power halfway there, so I'm

giving up. I'm going home first

. Even though

the ventilation from the front and back windows is

pretty good, it's still very tight.

I took my scooter to a charging station, but I forgot to add them on WeChat. My scooter's stolen, so I can't go looking for you today. I'll be lucky if I can find it; if I can't, there's nothing I can do.

Oh well. It's ¥79

now . ¥76 makes it even more affordable, ¥79 makes it even cheaper. Last chance to send it out, last chance to buy. (A series of seemingly random characters ) Jumping around , quickly checking the patrol car speed. It's okay, it's okay, it will definitely be okay. Are you... are you applying for a job? Ah, yes, I just contacted them, looking here. I searched for a long time and couldn't find it, but I found this drawing and that in an instant . Are you applying for a job? Ah, I'm applying for promotion. Ah, okay. Well, now, we want to see if any of our audience members here have used moxibustion at home to regulate their bodies . (A series of seemingly random characters ) I've deleted you, I've been looking for so long , is that right? First, are the wood decoration business? Okay, can you block it for a moment, let me see, okay? Okay, this is too hard to find. Oh dear, oh dear. Oh, you said promotion before, or what? Let me see. Ah, right, what kind of position are you recruiting for? Can you communicate with the electric heater and power supply? Store manager and staff, when can you give me a reply? I saw that the Cainiao Post next door is also hiring. Okay, let 's go in and spray water and get everything done. If you have any problems, tell me. Getting angry is just a feeling. We communicated the situation, and after specifically reviewing and understanding the situation, I want to say that I care about this first thing , because of this meaning, because of these meetings, I haven't actually given timely feedback to Mr. Zhou. I came here to do this , right? Ah, you, this kind of thing, just keep it in mind . Take a look, understand? Yeah, you know what the situation is. You say how to talk to him, we won't argue, but let's talk about it. Understand? Okay, yeah. Tell me. No, you sit down. Take a look, let me briefly understand, see what you've done recently . It's okay, I haven't worked since 2019, and I've been doing this until now. I've changed many jobs. Sometimes the boss didn't like me and fired me, and then something happened. Then I felt a lot of pressure, so I quit. What exactly did you do during 2020 and 2021 , according to the voice in your medical record ? In the medical record, oh, the convenience store? Ah, right. The convenience store was... uh, I'd come in the morning to receive goods, um, according to the menu, after receiving the goods I had to arrange the stock, um, arrange, organize, sort the stock, um, after sorting, um, then I'd go home. Um, because no, no, after sorting, I'd put my hands down. Um, if someone bought something, I'd put my hands down and watch them scan the code to pay. Um, if no one bought anything, I'd stay there, organize the stock, um, check the dates and stuff, um. Check the dates, clean up the stuff behind the items.

What exactly do you do at this advertising store? I do design work at the advertising store, um, I occasionally design things. How many hours a day do you work? At the advertising store. The hours are the same, 7-8 hours, 7-8 hours. Um, this is at the courier store. What do you do at the courier store? At the courier store, um, when the goods arrive in the morning, we sort them. Sorting, according to the tracking number, um, scanning the barcode and putting them into the warehouse, um, scanning the barcode and putting them into the warehouse. After putting them into the warehouse, we pick out the wrong items, um, pick out the wrong items, um, pick out the wrong items, then put them aside, and then sort them again. um, take out the wrongly sorted items, then take out the store items, and then put the rest into the warehouse. Yes, the rest are put into the warehouse and shelved, arranged according to the tracking number, then um, put the bags in one shelf, then the small boxes in another shelf, the large boxes in another shelf, and the large items are placed aside. Have you ever looked into our industry? This is my first time here. Ah, you haven't looked into our industry, have you? Um, ah, you asked me about our industry yesterday. We don't discriminate against anyone based on their education level. You saw it when you came up from our shop; it's this size, mainly targeting middle-aged and elderly people. Um, do you dislike elderly people? I have elderly people in my family. Um, do you dislike elderly people? Elderly people, so what does this shop mainly do? For example, every day when they come in, we'll... well, create a lively atmosphere, make them happy and entertained, and then we'll

explain our daily work. Have you ever given a lecture? Yes,

I have . Ah, where have you given lectures? I often write, does that count as lecturing? I... I often read from a script. Writing and lecturing are different. Writing is using a pen to record, using your heart to express some facts. Lecturing is about expressing what you think with your mouth; they're two different concepts. Um, yes, because I didn't study Chinese language and literature, I didn't pass the teacher's exam. Um, so I'm not very good at lecturing. Yes, we require you to be able to give lectures. Do you think you can handle that? For example, to give a simple example, our daily work involves being on stage, talking to the elderly, and then showing a large video of the lecture, followed by a post-lecture summary. Is there a guaranteed base salary? We don't have any quotas. No, right? We don't have any quotas, but we pay you a monthly salary. Okay, so it's just chatting with the elderly, right? Giving lectures, right? Not exactly chatting, just one part of the job. You also need to give lectures and provide services, you know? What kind of services? For example, sometimes our store organizes member activities, things like that, understand? Understand? Okay, okay

. So, you see, you see, I think it's okay, I want to try. If it doesn't work out, there's another place. Well, if you want to try, you might have to go to that station, to a store near the train station. Okay, a partner station, right? Ah, yes, it's right across from the train station, diagonally opposite. Ah, yes, this is just a temporary office for me here; my colleague also works here. Okay, sure. Why did you stop studying after junior high? Well, because I didn't get into high school after junior high, so my dad took me to Hengshui to study nursing at a vocational school for two years. Then I dropped out at 19 and started working. Where did you study nursing? Hengshui Health School, I dropped out and started working. Yes, because he asked for 15,000 yuan. Where are you from? I'm from Gucheng County. Oh, you're from Gucheng, but you're living in Hengshui now, right? Yes, your parents brought you to live in Hengshui. Yeah, you started working at 19. You should really improve yourself. It's true, because looking at your experience in this industry, you haven't stayed in any jobs for very long. You've been on leave since 2024. No, I... I... I was on leave from last year until now. Looking for work. Last November... I went home for Chinese New Year and spent two or three months with my parents. I just got back. Yeah, right. Oh, your parents are in Hengshui, right?

Yes, this job is quite challenging for me. Oh, yes, it's definitely challenging, but how should I put it? Is the difficulty level of this job high? It's not that high. It mainly depends on your comprehension and learning ability, you know? Because no job in this world is easy. Even if you work at a courier station sorting packages, you still have to use your brain—where to sort this, where to sort that, right? You didn't say you could just hand over the stuff and distribute it, right? Yeah, well, I think the most important thing right now is that I want to try this job. Yeah, yes, but you can try, but we need to discuss it in the group chat. Yeah, understand? Yeah, get it? We welcome everyone to join us. We don't discriminate based on gender, age, or education. Let's add each other on WeChat. Yeah, I accidentally deleted you earlier. I thought I couldn't find you.

Searching for

a bit, let's add each other on WeChat. Yeah, come on, let me scan your QR code.

I'll send you

something like this...

Do you have any work experience? Yeah, I did some legal consulting at Country Garden before, and it wasn't very effective. Although, I'll do any kind of legal consulting.

Legal consulting is, yeah, you know, that green pillar, and I was responsible for promotion. I promoted for a long time but it didn't have much effect. It was quite stressful.

Promoting the law, promotion... I think... you didn't study law, how did you get involved in law? Yes, because of my boss, he thought highly of me and paid me 800 yuan a month. I started working there back in 2024. What kind of law did he promote to you? Well, he promoted all kinds of laws, saying he could handle any case. He was a university graduate, and I was just a junior high school graduate because I dropped out early. I saw his job posting and asked if I could do it for a lower price. He said yes. Because at the time, many jobs wouldn't hire me, so finding him was lucky. I worked at a restaurant for a month. I worked at a restaurant for a month, and then I had a fight with my mom. Why did I have a fight? Because it was around the time of my wedding, and he wouldn't let me get married. He said I was a useless woman who only stayed home and was annoying. So I worked incredibly hard, and that's how I got dumped.

I broke up with my boyfriend. After that, I worked at a restaurant for a month. I washed dishes and basins. Then, an old man thought I was wasting water by using clean water, so he made me use dirty water. As a result, all the dishes were dirty, and that's how I got fired. Thinking about these things later still makes me feel quite depressed. Why?

What's making you depressed? It's work; you have to follow the rules. You can't just do whatever you want. There are rules everywhere, right? Since they're paying you to do this job, they must have some responsibility. But I had no choice. While I was washing dishes, that old man was sitting there, constantly bossing me around. He said in a rather rude tone, "Is this how you waste water? Do you know how expensive water is these days?" "What are you doing that's wasting water?" I asked. "Washing dishes." Washing dishes is normal; it's not like you're just wasting water. What do you mean by wasting water? Yeah, that old man thought you were just wasting water, right?

Anyway, I felt really pressured when I was washing dishes for him. Yeah, I quit, I quit. Yeah, he said he'd provide accommodation, and he made me sleep on the floor, so I had no choice but to sleep on the floor. So, where were you? At a restaurant in Hengshui. Later, I got angry and deleted him. Why do you like deleting people so much? You can't just do whatever you want at work, you know? Yeah, because you're working for someone else, you have to follow their rules to learn how to survive. I felt pressured because I couldn't get the dishes clean, so I left. Future City, Future City District 3, you're here now, um,

is this a house your family bought or rented? This is a house my dad bought. We're planning to sell it and buy a new one soon. Why? Um, my dad doesn't want it anymore.

"This place is good, I think." He plans to sell it for 470,000. "Where will you buy it after that?" "Buy another one, another one from Hengshui." "Isn't it good to live here?"

He just... he doesn't want it anymore. "Hmm, you're living with your parents now, right?" "Yes, I need to earn some money to rent a place. I'm not married yet, I need to earn some money to rent a place. Why do I need to earn some money to rent a place? My parents won't give me money. My parents won't give me money to use." "Ah, my parents won't give me money, I'll just work myself."

"No, can you talk to me about why your parents won't let you start your own business?" "Because all parents in the world want the best for their children. Like my parents, because I didn't want to, my parents didn't want me to rent a place, but they

interfered too much. For example, when I was writing novels, I planned to sign a contract with 17k. Sign a contract with what? 17k Novels, um. Then I wrote nearly 300,000 words, nearly 12 books." Yeah, I have 5 books I'm writing and 12 books I've already written.

But if I want to sign a contract, I need to use my own phone number, the one registered with my ID card. But right now, this phone number belongs to my mom, and I can't even afford it. Why don't you have your own phone number? I used to have my own phone number, but my mom got angry, and she thought it would be cheaper to change it to this number, so I changed it to hers. Yeah, this number is a family number she opened. Oh, so you don't have your own number, right? Right, right? Yeah.

When you write novels, what kind of genre do you mainly focus on? What kind of plot do you write? The plot is about youth and adolescence, so I write stories about youth. Yes, because I'm 25 years old this year, so I write about youth and adolescence. Yeah, your writing is good, so why are you looking for a job? Doesn't writing bring income? Writing doesn't bring income. You sold the book, and people...