The Great Dilemma of Shanghai, 20 Million People Locked Down! The Trendsetting Cities Have All Collapsed! Who Wouldn't Shed Tears at the Current State of So-Called Respect for the Elderly and Love for the Young!? Qiqi Baba TALK Episode 1015, 20261030

This episode mainly discusses the difficult living conditions of the elderly and children in China's current society. Combining the incident of reused needle tips at a school in Shenyang and the case of a student who was cyber-bullied and forced to apologize for improperly wearing a Red Scarf, it analyzes how the system ravages the mental health of the populace and the abnormal mindset of political apathy among the public. At the same time, the program focuses on the severe employment dilemma, store closure wave, and the phenomenon of people leaving Shanghai in tier-one cities, pointing out that the overall decline of the four major tier-one city bellwethers reflects a comprehensive crisis in the country's macroeconomy.

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Respecting the elderly and loving the young has always been a traditional virtue of the Chinese nation. Let us look at the realistic status of the elderly and the young in this so-called Chinese nation-state at present.

Knowing that some people are endlessly far away, I am still trapped in the same spot. Moon, go look by his side, is anyone accompanying him through the long nights? The Moon tells him, I still vividly remember the scars hidden in my heart. Moon, go check on his recent situation, is the care I gave him all right? As promised.

Ha, haha, haha, haha. Going to the bathroom.

The young are almost driven to death by pressures that shouldn't belong to their age! And the elderly? They are almost dying of hunger because they can't make money and afford meals. This is respecting the elderly and loving the young. There is also a student who didn't wear his Red Scarf properly, and then, uh, made some rather funny and abstract video content, which led to him being cyber-bullied and forced to come out and make a special apology.

If you wear the Red Scarf like this, I'm going to post it online.

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I am Gai, people are warm, the shorter people's hair gets, the more awesome they are. I'm sorry, I was wrong, fan friends, hello. I solemnly apologize for my behavior of desecrating the Red Scarf. I'm sorry, I was wrong. After school on October 10, urged by my classmates, I wore the Red Scarf on my head as a headband, imitating a rapper and singing inappropriate lyrics. Later, when I got home, my mother severely criticized and educated me. Only then did I realize that the Red Scarf is sacred, dyed with the blood of revolutionary predecessors. I must respect and cherish it. I apologize once again for my behavior of desecrating the Red Scarf.

You see, as long as you don't blindly follow the orders of the Party like a fool, treating everything the Party does as sacred and inviolable—even if it's just a red polyester string produced in a factory—then you are guilty. Let alone this incident that just happened in Shenyang, which I talked about in my last video. I think anyone who hears about it would be shocked. I feel that the dangers inside schools might be even greater than out in society. For example, reusing needles without changing them—I am still deeply shaken by this to this day. From the moment I learned about this until now, I keep wondering, how could such a thing happen? Furthermore, seventy-eight students all sharing a single needle. Coupled with their constant, everyday attempts to brainwash all the students into mindless Little Pinks, right? And then trading that for all of this, what do Chinese students pay in return? They pay with their complete mental health. I just cannot understand it. You could say that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) government naturally doesn't care whether your child lives or dies, because what it needs is a fanatical mob of ignorant people to sing its praises. But parents also seem not to care very much either. As for the elderly, needless to say. They worked diligently and paid public grain contributions for half their lives when they were young, and now that they are old, they can only rely on picking through trash to eat. I can only say that the promises of the CCP are just like this: whoever believes them is in bad luck, because they can change their tune at any moment, and then they pretend that what they said before never happened, and pretend that past events never happened. Then, you believed in the moment, you paid the price, and then you kicked the bucket, it's over—basically, that is the situation.

So, sometimes I am extremely skeptical; I truly and seriously doubt whether most Chinese people, when looking back—or many people saying they will reflect and review their lives... such things are very popular now, but have they really reviewed them? Have they reviewed the entirety of their own lives? Uh, what is the biggest factor affecting things to this point? I think most people have never even considered or thought about this question. Everyone is still saying, "Let's not care about politics, let's not care about what the government is doing, that's not something we can manage." When you think about a matter this way, then who bears any consequences arising from this matter? They haven't thought about the fact that any consequences arising from things you completely ignore and don't care about are borne by every single one of us ordinary people. Something whose consequences you have to bear, yet you couldn't care less about it? Isn't that completely abnormal? Right? It's equivalent to buying a house and doing renovations, but you don't care at all, you don't care what kind of job the construction team does on your house—that's impossible, right? You would definitely worry a lot about every single detail, and then you would carefully inspect it, because you are going to move in later. And if something isn't installed well here, or easily breaks there, it will have a huge impact on your life. But in reality, the severity of a policy rolled out by the government affecting us is far greater than a house not being renovated properly. Yet, surprisingly, no one feels that they should consider this matter, or that they should pay attention to it themselves. Every time it's just, "Oh, we wouldn't dare mention the masters' business." Isn't this extremely bizarre? At least to me, it's extremely bizarre, because an issue that could completely affect your life—just any small decision they make—yet you completely don't care, completely disregard it, this truly violates human nature, my friends.

Finding a job in Shanghai is really getting harder and harder. You simply can't find a job on Boss Zhipin. You send out a hundred messages, ninety are unread, and out of the ten that reply, eight are e-commerce and two are loan companies. You go to an interview and they ask some bizarre questions. Some HR personnel really drive me crazy. Otherwise, why would I work, just to serve the country and the society? The salary is identical to when I came to Shanghai to look for a job five years ago, and one person has to do the work of several people, getting more and more involuted (rat race). Now I can't find a job at all. I've been lying flat in Shanghai for a month and still haven't found a job. Anyone else looking for jobs together? I am.

Folks, what is going on in Shanghai? The closure of shops in Shanghai has become a hot topic of discussion. On commercial streets that were once bustling with crowds, you can now see "for lease" or "closed" signs everywhere; the scene of desolation is truly lamentable. At the same time, the topic of the "exodus of Shanghai drifters" is rampant, with more and more people helplessly choosing to leave this city that once carried countless dreams. Everyone knows that Shanghai was once the land of dreams for many, a synonym for success through hard work. But today, consumption downgrades have made people tighten their purse strings, shop foot traffic has dropped significantly, workplace involution is severe, competition for job opportunities is fierce, and coupled with the fluctuations in the overall economic environment, many people simply cannot hold on. With no business, shops have no choice but to close; with no jobs, workers have to look for other ways out. Shanghai has always been a city of vitality and opportunity, an important engine for China's economic development. Even though it is currently facing unprecedented and severe challenges, we still firmly believe that it has strong resilience and potential to once again become a hot land for people to strive for their dreams.

This time, it really isn't what it used to be; it's heartbreaking! A couple of days ago, I scrolled through several videos saying that Guangdong is overcrowded, and many people there are facing the reality of employment difficulties—they just can't find work. Then another blogger said that on those direct-hiring websites, if you search for jobs or positions on those platforms—uh, like those offering two-day weekends, room and board—after filtering through them, there are basically almost no companies hiring. However, looking at Shanghai, it's the complete opposite. I originally thought that after September, there would be more people coming out to Shanghai. Uh, because in August and July, the weather was too hot, many people didn't want to go out, or children were on vacation, so some parents were definitely taking their kids out to play, plus it was the busy farming season. The idea was good, but the result is that our domestic service company, including the human resources companies here, uh, the number of aunties coming in for consultations every day is basically the same as the previous month or two, maybe just a few more people a day at most. Compared to Guangdong, it's a stark contrast. And that client, you say that over in Guangdong, right, many of those direct-hiring websites, you search and there are no positions, no jobs to be found. But look at the recruitment websites in Shanghai now, you can scroll through the pages endlessly! Also, many of our clients in the domestic service industry, looking for operations staff or nannies, are shouting every day that there are no suitable aunties, no suitable candidates, and they have to wait for days. The same goes for nursing homes and caregivers in hospitals. So folks, what on earth is going on? I really don't understand! If you compare Shanghai and Guangzhou, both being first-tier cities, our overall wages in Shanghai, especially in domestic services and manual service industries, are definitely higher than in Guangzhou, right? Ah, even among first-tier cities, it should be ranked at the top. And yet, even with this situation, even with that current state, over there it's already overcrowded, right? Many people can't find jobs, while in Shanghai, since April and May, there has been a persistent labor shortage. But why do these people insist on going to Guangzhou instead of coming to Shanghai? So, everyone in front of the screen, I've been in domestic service and human resources for over seven years, and really, especially these past two years, I truly don't understand what is going on.

What can we do? There is simply no way around it. We must focus on Shanghai, Shenzhen, Beijing, and Guangzhou. I've actually mentioned this reason before, and it's very simple: these cities serve as a weather vane, just like that. If a violation were to occur in just one of these cities, we could still say it's an isolated phenomenon. Maybe that city's pillar industries haven't been doing well lately, are sluggish, or ran into trouble. But right now, all four are sluggish and plummeting downward, so we can only say that the whole country is somewhat coming to an end, because this isn't a single issue, it's systemic. Alright, that is all for this episode's content. I might be doing a livestream in a couple of days, so friends must keep an eye on the community's livestream schedule announcements. That's it for this episode, see you next time.