Trending Search Exploded — This Is What They Were Suppressing! Taking Someone Away Mid-Livestream, Beijing Is Too Outrageous! How Long Can the Fig Leaf Still Hold? Qiqibaba TALK Episode 1013 20261028

This episode discusses the incident where the influencer Feng Ge was reportedly taken away by the police shortly after gaining extremely high view counts for live-streaming and filming the lives of low-income day laborers and their harsh living conditions in places like Majuqiao, Beijing. At the same time, the program reflects the survival plight faced by the lower- and middle-class populations in China under the current economic downturn, wave of unemployment, and high-pressure environment through multiple social segments.

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Hello everyone, welcome to Qi Qi Baba. I am Qi Qi. Over the past couple of days, there is another matter that I think should have been trending and discussed for a while, but it cannot make it to the trends because Mbappé is dominating the screens. That is, the very, very popular major influencer Feng Ge was suspected of being taken away by the police midway through a live stream.

[Video Clip] What do I have? Who is knocking? What's going on?

[Video Clip] Quiet, Feng Ge.

[Video Clip] Ah!

[Video Clip] I'm, I'm fine.

[Video Clip] I've seen many levels of second-hand things. Alright, then I'll start. Let me first. Turn off.

[Video Clip] It seems like.

[Video Clip] Squad leader, come over. Something's up.

automóviles The reason is very simple. He shot a video exposing some aspects of life at the bottom, and this footage was actually carefully edited by him—meaning, ah, it wasn't the raw footage he originally intended to release, but rather something already edited. Let's take a look first.

[Video Clip] Can a person live in this room? This room is modified from a kitchen, huh, and now there's a bed placed in it.

[Video Clip] That's the toilet, that's the wash basin.

[Video Clip] Well, this must be a bit expensive.

[Video Clip] Not sure about this, because when I stayed here before, this wasn't here. When I first came, I also stayed here.

[Video Clip] Yes, well, this at least I think must be thirty. A bedroom modified from a kitchen, and this is the toilet. Yes, oh, this is the toilet, and this is the washing area, ah, that's pretty good, it has everything.

[Video Clip] Look. The environment is just.

[Video Clip] This is.

[Video Clip] Let's choose a few more beds. The upper bunk is fifteen, the lower bunk is twenty. Junior college graduate, um, what did you study? Traditional Chinese Medicine. Well, isn't studying Traditional Chinese Medicine pretty good? There are no job openings, just a junior college diploma doesn't cut it. After the internship ends at most, you're not needed anymore.

[Video Clip] Meaning even if you do odd jobs, you can't stay.

[Video Clip] Can't stay, and then you head straight to Majuqiao.

[Video Clip] Yes, I thought about working for a couple of days, and once I have some money, I'll do something else.

[Video Clip] Um, as a result, not really.

[Video Clip] Not doing so well.

[Video Clip] Um.

[Video Clip] What do you mean? When I came, I brought a little over three thousand, and now I have twenty-eight hundred left in my hand.

[Video Clip] How come?

[Video Clip] If he runs a deficit, he can't save anything. If you have no money, you have to dip into your savings. There's no other way, when I came here I only brought 3,500, just 3,500. Can't you find odd jobs every day? Not necessarily, but for sure there are some.

[Video Clip] Yeah, yeah. So we work for a while, and then plan to leave.

[Video Clip] Right.

[Video Clip] Well, this environment is really a bit hard to describe.

[Video Clip] Any description is fine. I've persisted for over a month, and if I wanted to keep going I could manage it. I just feel it's meaningless, totally meaningless.

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[Video Clip] That's what I thought. With a college diploma, I have no background, no family connections, and thirdly, no special skills. I figured if I had some skill certificates and a college diploma, it would be easier for me to develop my career abroad in the future. I think it's the same everywhere, as long as the salary is slightly higher, giving me the ability to help my family. That's what I was thinking.

[Video Clip] So what are you doing now? Delivering? Food delivery? How many days?

[Video Clip] For the money?

[Video Clip] Express delivery, right?

[Video Clip] Express delivery, yes, yes, yes.

[Video Clip] My personal income is around 5,000-plus. Ah, about how many days do you run? Basically, I don't rest much during the month. Sometimes when I feel like resting, the station is busy and the station manager won't let me take a break. But actually my daily workload isn't huge, and I get off work relatively early. Look, I get off at 5 o'clock now. Ah. Those who deliver a lot might do double my daily orders in a day. Yeah, maybe delivering until 8 or 9 PM, late.

[Video Clip] Erba Hotel.

[Video Clip] Delivering 100 orders a day, 100 orders, yes. Making close to 400 yuan a day.

[Video Clip] That's how you can make over 10,000 a month.

[Video Clip] Right, when you can't even get your own life in order, you certainly won't be thinking about finding a partner, or even getting married, you can't consider any of that. Even home, you don't want to go back to.

[Video Clip] Right.

[Video Clip] Coming home in glory, you can only return home when you've achieved glory. It's no good if you're mixing around poorly.

[Video Clip] Using a Lalamove van to carry people is a violation in itself, right? Yes.

[Video Clip] You definitely can't do this.

[Video Clip] I don't dare talk about it, afraid of getting into trouble! Getting into trouble is a hassle! Can't talk about these things. Fuck! Wait, wait, wait, Lalamove, mixing cargo and passengers, right? It's not like that.

[Video Clip] That Lalamove just...

[Video Clip] No, it can normally carry people.

[Video Clip] Wait, wait, there's some empty space in the back, gave me a start.

[Video Clip] I thought you were going to, I thought we'd use that kind of customer vehicle. Sitting in normal seats.

[Video Clip] Right, at least you get a seat. Worst case I can sit by the back door, that's a minor issue. Would I let you sit by the back door?

[Video Clip] Okay, the driver is in the front passenger seat, and one is in the back. Actually, strictly speaking, that space in the back can only hold cargo, not people. I thought you were sitting in the back.

[Video Clip] There are also those cars, then. It's fine, I've arrived, I'll tell them. Anyway, there are definitely seats, worst case I'll sit in the back.

[Video Clip] Don't know. It's not about who does it, it's just about whether it violates regulations. Is this thing a violation in itself, what are you doing?

[Video Clip] As an experience, after experiencing it I never want to come back. Seriously, no kidding, for ordinary people...

[Video Clip] The Dalai Lama is coming over. Taking photos? Look, look, film the water again, drinking water. Uh, two people sitting in the front. Uh, drive a bit slower, have a good trip, ah, sit, don't speak, drive slowly all the way.

Friends are probably wondering why so many people film the lives of ordinary bottom-tier people and nothing happens, yet when Brother Feng films this person, he gets taken away by the police? The reason is very simple. First of all, what he filmed was Beijing. Secondly, before this video was deleted, it reached 3 million views in a very short period of time, and that was just on Bilibili alone, so its scale is completely different from those self-media accounts with only tens of thousands of followers. In addition, the video Brother Feng shot did not take the heartwarming route. Most self-media bloggers, even when filming the lives of the lower classes, do it for emotional appeal or storytelling. They will beautify the content to a greater or lesser extent, and the ultimate conclusion is always that life is still very happy. But Brother Feng's content is starkly grounded in one word: suffering. If he doesn't get taken away, who does? In fact, he probably even anticipated that publishing this content might get him taken away by the police.

[Video Clip] Feng Ge, can you film a video of yourself doing day labor on the side of the road? I did film it. I finished filming, but I don't plan on posting it. You know the reason, right? How could I post it? I have no choice. If I try to post it, I'll be detained. I'm saying it's that serious. Well, it's not just serious; in fact, it might be even more serious than what I'm saying. It's not about whether it can be posted or not, and it's not a censorship issue. I'm telling you, you guys are naive. It's not a censorship issue. There are several ways censorship works, but if I post this, someone will lose their job. Yeah. No one dares to post it, no one dares to post it, the temporary workers. But what kind of work are you doing as a temporary worker? Right? There might be easy jobs, but could there also be dangerous jobs? If you take a dangerous job, you aren't qualified to do it in the first place. But if someone makes you do a dangerous job, and it looks like a massive project, you shouldn't even be there. That's not just a violation of rules; it involves illegal activities, right? If there were any safety accidents, who would guarantee your safety? To put it bluntly, if you really ended up in the hospital, no one would even know your blood type. No one would know your name. Ah! No one would know if you have social security, no one would know if you have medical insurance, no one would know your blood type. So, some projects look very grand, but they might be filled with migrant workers underneath. Calling them migrant workers is being polite; many of the people actually doing the work are day laborers, temporary workers. Majuqiao. I really understand Majuqiao, I've looked into it quite deeply. Ah, I've filmed the living conditions in Majuqiao, I've filmed everything that should and shouldn't be filmed. But it's truly terrifying! Why am I saying this? If this were happening in Shenzhen, I would dare to post it. But if it's happening in Beijing, I think I should have a bit of awareness; it's really not necessary.

But he probably didn't expect that even after his careful trimming, editing, and deleting, it still wouldn't work. Not to mention, it's not just the bottom layer now; the middle class isn't doing much better either.

[Video Clip] Look at the supermarkets now. Besides the stock clerks and cashiers, how many customers are there? Drinks aren't selling, bread isn't selling, fruit isn't selling, and no one is buying the deli food either. How could ordinary people dare to eat that? So many preservatives, so many additives, so many artificial colors. I used to think hospitals were places that sold medicine, but it turns out the food bought in supermarkets is also medicine. Restaurants are closing one after another, malls are empty and deserted, only the hospitals are packed with people, crowded and swarming. People get sick from the medicine they eat at supermarkets and restaurants, then come to the hospital to see a doctor and buy more medicine. So, these food companies deserve to go bankrupt; every single one of them. When will you start eating what you produce every day before you put it up for sale?

[Video Clip] The market this year is getting harder and harder to understand. No one wants mooncakes, whole cases of milk aren't selling, even the popular staples aren't moving, and no one is even looking at the gift boxes that used to be hot sellers in previous years. Pedestrians on the road are becoming increasingly scarce. What on earth is going on?

[Video Clip] Do you know what happens to people who have been unemployed for over a year in Shanghai? Sixteen months, 492 job applications, zero interview invitations. A gap in your resume feels like an original sin. When I first quit, I only felt relief. I thought this was a restart of my life, but soon the freedom turned into another kind of torture. I finally gathered the courage to look for a job, only to be brought back to reality. Slowly, I started sleeping at dawn, waking up in the afternoon, and scrolling through recruitment apps until I was numb. When I received the 100th, 200th, 300th 'read but no reply,' my emotions finally exploded. I started to fear phone calls from home, fear the concern of friends, and I started to doubt why I couldn't do anything right. Until I found posts about the workplace on Xiaohongshu, where eight out of ten sisters are unemployed. Behind every success story of landing a job are hundreds of resumes that sank into the sea. My rent is due in August; I either land a job or crawl back to my hometown. This time, I want to push myself one last time. If you are going through this too, remember you are not fighting alone. Let's turn 'job mismatch' into 'congratulations on your hiring,' and turn 'unemployment anxiety' into 'motivation for a comeback.' Everyone can leave your job hunting progress in the comments section, and let's turn this lonely battle into a team sport.

[Video Clip] Seeing the vast sunny sky, birds are flying over the sea.

No matter how Chinese people live nowadays, it is always wrong. What stage is the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) at? It is squeezing the Chinese people to death; if they don't die, it keeps squeezing them to death, and then, until you truly die. After you die, it will discard you like trash, and then continue to squeeze those who are still alive, until everyone is gone. I think that is exactly the plan. Alright, that is all for this episode. If you would like to support me, please join the membership channel. And a special thanks to the friends for their continued support. That is all for this episode, see you next time.