Xi Mingze Confirmed as Successor, Two Signals!! The Most-Commented Livestream!? No More Teasing — the Topic Everyone Cares About Most! Qiqi Baba TALK “Refresh Your Mind 782” 20260928

In this episode, host Qiqi discussed the mysterious identity of Zhang Quan, a new secretary accompanying Xi Jinping and his wife during their visit to the United States, amidst public speculation that she might be Xi Mingze. Through numerous netizen comments and short video clips, the episode reflected the severe wave of unemployment, lack of job opportunities, and economic hardships currently faced by various industries across mainland China, pointing out that the survival pressure on ordinary people will further intensify in the future.

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Hello everyone, welcome to Qiqi Baba, I am Qiqi. I hope everyone enjoyed watching and chatting during the consecutive two days of live streaming this weekend. Finally, I still want to wish everyone a happy Mid-Autumn Festival, and let's get into today's content. I won't keep you in suspense and will start right away. Let's talk about the matter that the most people have been concerned about over the past two days: is Xi Jinping preparing to start the succession process? Here is what happened. Peng Liyuan and Xi Jinping brought a new face with them to the United States this time. After cross-referencing with the roster, people locked in the high probability that she is Peng Liyuan's new secretary, Zhang Quan. However, if you search for this name and for information such as Peng Liyuan's secretary, you will find that there is no public record whatsoever. In other words, her alma mater, political career, and so on are almost completely blank. At least you cannot easily search for them casually; anyway, I did a rough search and found nothing. This means she was parachuted directly into the center of power. That's right, everyone, you need to know that a translator and a secretary are completely different positions. For figures like Xi Jinping and Peng Liyuan, the position of their secretary is extremely... critical. You could say this is because they handle a lot of documents or information, or attend certain occasions, making this identity very special. Moreover, actually within the internal political structure of the Chinese Communist Party... many, for example, a governor's secretary is very likely to have his secretary-general take over his position after the governor retires, so it is actually a very, very crucial position.

Now, this point is already quite suspicious, because almost nothing can be found online about the previous person, and the celebrity who parachuted in out of nowhere is Yang Lanlan. Oh right, that was in Australia, and to this day, this matter, well, she still hasn't faced any punishment. In this case, Yang Lanlan basically has almost no background information you can search for online; she is a complete blank slate on the internet. Naturally, netizens started pondering this person's identity. First, someone even guessed she might be Zhou Yu, a senior translator for China, but that is definitely not the case. Everyone can take a look at the comparison photos, because first of all, Zhou Yu is already in her 50s now. Furthermore, we can see there is almost zero similarity, and the age simply doesn't match either. This means that this Zhang Quan basically appeared out of thin air. I know many friends might say that ordinary people like us, before holding important positions or gaining any fame, wouldn't have any of our information searchable online either, right? That is indeed true. The problem lies in the fact that her position is far too important; she isn't just going to be the secretary of some county magistrate or a village party secretary, where you could say she was parachuted in and her previous resume is blank, which would be normal. But she is Peng Liyuan's secretary, yet she apparently had zero prior political experience before this. This is truly, extremely unreasonable and very abnormal. Because for people at their level—let alone a secretary, even a translator, or just an assistant carrying bags—their political resume cannot possibly be a complete blank. They definitely have one. As long as they have been involved in politics or something similar, even in very small positions, as they climb all the way up, there will certainly be traces left online. For example, which leader attended some event and brought them along, right? These things are also written in official documents; it's impossible for you not to find anything at all. Therefore, even if this person is not Xi Jinping's family, her identity is definitely not simple.

Now, there is another piece of information that is even more unusual, and that is her seating arrangement at the banquet. This was also dug up by netizens. Everyone, take a look at where this Zhang Quan is sitting. That's right, she is sitting right next to Peng Liyuan, right beside her in an official seat, not towards the back or off to the side. She basically has a formal seat belonging to her at the main table, the banquet's main table. Let's look at where Xi Jinping's translator is sitting, and then look at this Zhang Quan, and everyone can compare. At this point, I know someone will surely say, well, she's a secretary, right, not a translator; if her identity is simply that of a secretary, then even if there is a seat, it would be impossible for her to sit next to Peng Liyuan, and even more impossible to sit at the main table. There wouldn't even be a seat for her at that table. If she were just a secretary, because translation is needed, she would probably sit behind Peng Liyuan, just like Xi Jinping's translator. If she were a secretary who also undertook translation work, she would logically still be seated towards the back. It is simply impossible for her to have a dedicated seat of her own at the main table, and this is completely unreasonable. Her rank doesn't match. Moreover, regarding this kind of thing, everyone shouldn't think that seats can be casually changed or just sat in anywhere, right? People abroad aren't that casual about it; it's not like that. Especially since even if the US side doesn't care, the Chinese side definitely would care, and would care very much. Even if the US side said it doesn't matter, just sit anywhere, China would never agree to it. With so many eyes watching, you, Zhang Quan, just over 30 years old—a very young age for politics—and as Peng Liyuan's secretary, actually have your own exclusive seat at the main table. If her identity weren't special, everyone would find it absurd. Chinese people definitely wouldn't accept it. With so many officials going there and so many personnel present, everyone would feel a sudden jolt in their hearts, right? Everyone would feel something is very wrong, and this is simply impossible. Furthermore, we can see that her entire posture is very relaxed; when sitting next to Peng Liyuan, there is no sense of being cautious or restrained. Coupled with a resume that is almost completely blank, and making her very first public appearance right here as Peng Liyuan's secretary, this is truly very unusual. Therefore, just as I said above, even if netizens' guesses might be wrong and she is not Xi Mingze, her identity is definitely not simple at all, and she is definitely not just some ordinary girl or anything like that. So, do friends think this makes sense?

[Video Clip: 31-year-old job seeker] Do you feel like your life is unbearable right now? Like you can barely go on living? I can't even afford to eat anymore. How bad is it for everyone today? For the past two years, I've felt that every industry is in a slump. Whether you talk to relatives, friends, or strangers, everyone says money is hard to earn. Whether you're a boss or an employee, everyone says it's tough. I bet if you tried to borrow two or three thousand from anyone, you wouldn't be able to. I can barely go on living. Born in 1995, 31 years old. We don't have money to eat, so we gamble. We work like this day after day. You might not believe how bad the economy is right now. The state-owned enterprises... it's like moving a mountain. Very few people can genuinely smile. These past few years, it's been... [unclear]. Now, what stage have we reached? We've reached the most terrifying point. This year, it's not even inflation; it's not just a common term, it's mental retardation. Others are living their lives; we are just trying to survive. Unemployed since '86. I can barely go on living. Since graduation, I haven't worked for nearly three months. I've sent out a pile of resumes, but nobody wants me. In the current environment, how much longer can ordinary people hold on? The environment in Suzhou is just death; it's forcing us to die. What is this, World War III? Why are they messing with employment? Why not give us young people a way to live? I still haven't found a job today. I spent another whole day looking for work. It is truly hard to find. Recently, many followers have commented saying they've been laid off, can't find work, and feel very lost, anxious, and even on the verge of depression.

[Video Clip: Migrant worker] That must be so heavy. Wait, sister, can you handle it? I can carry it. Even if I can't, I have to. I can earn a few dozen yuan. I carry it up like this just to pay for my child's living expenses. We live like this every day. I've been doing this for 3.7 meters... [unclear]. Keys, hands are convenient. Really? I was fired. The probation period didn't pass, and I was fired directly. I resigned from my previous job and switched to a new one because the old one owed me wages. I started looking for work last year and didn't find anything until March this year. As a result, I only worked for two months before being betrayed by the school. I'm 35 this year, and I don't know what I should do next. I find it so hard to find a job. Friends, why do I feel like there are so many unemployed people today? College students graduating in '26 have already started looking for work, but many '25 graduates still haven't found anything. If you have any leads, let me know. I'll go get it. Thank you all.

This year's general environment is very, very bad, so bad that many of us can't even imagine it. My girlfriend works at a big tech company in Suzhou, and recently I feel like she's about to be laid off too; the whole company is in a state of panic. It's a pretty famous big company, I won't mention the name, but many departments are being disbanded entirely. Alibaba, ByteDance, Tencent, Meituan—they are all laying people off. This wave is very dangerous. I feel this year's environment is far worse than last year's; it's very cruel, very, very cruel. The reality is that for many of us who are unemployed after 40, earning even 3,000 yuan a month is a luxury. If you aren't unemployed yet, you think you're worth something, but once you lose your job, you can't even find a 3,000-yuan job. If you find one, you don't want to do it; the ones you want to do, they won't give you. Hey, family, what should we do? I'm now terrified of going out to look for work because I've found that I go out, spend a lot of money on subway fares and such, and then I just can't find anything. Why is it so hard to find a job today? There isn't a single suitable one. Oh my god. This door, 31 floors, everyone tells me to work hard, and work hard for what? For a few pennies? Because we are poor. I failed in two business ventures and am 1.77 million in debt. I really can't take it anymore. I originally thought I was the only one without a job, but after seeing the previous video with over a million views, it turns out so many people are unemployed. At the age of 35, the age of being laid off, the biggest feeling is that money is too hard to earn. I'm truly at a dead end. I'm just an ordinary short-drama actor with no halo. My income from acting wasn't high to begin with, barely enough to maintain a living, and I was a 'moonlight' (living paycheck to paycheck) every month. Ever since AI short dramas came out, many crews don't use real people anymore. My acting work was cut off all at once, and I'm completely unemployed. From the Lunar New Year until now, for several months, I haven't earned a single cent. I'm really at my wit's end. I'm truly at a dead end.

[Video Clip · Scavenger Li Huiling] You haven't eaten for two days, you don't have money, this is my business, then why did you run so far to pick up so much, if not picking up junk what is it, it's like you can't even pick up anything there, you guard those trash cans of theirs, about having nothing average, on average you can't even get a coin in two or three days of collecting, in Nanning it's a bit more right, ah a bit more, knowing these few, you can come out of that parish and let him go, how far do you young people order takeout, leftover leftover, what do you think I am, this is a 50-year-old shop, no such thing, because eating what others throw away as leftovers, oh yes yes he is also like this, after he wraps it up and wraps it up, he eats the leftovers so don't eat the big ones, it's not like it's thrown away, thrown from inside into the trash can, thrown onto the ground and then eating that is not that kind, that 20 yuan just happens to pack to your place right, um that can give you 30 for this ah, go go go eat something tomorrow eat breakfast ah, go go go, what's your name, my name is Li Huiling, this is your your your your hair, couple ah couple ah yes yes.

Are there really people nowadays who can't even pull out 1000 yuan? Do you think there are still any? Humph, I'm telling you, let alone 1000 yuan, some people can't even pull out 500 yuan, do you dare believe it? Then you tell me, has sinking to this point really got to do with an individual's personal capability? All the wage laborers, street vendors, family-run mom-and-pop shop owners, Huolala truck drivers, today I'll put my words here, in the next two years at least half of the people will be ruthlessly eliminated. A few years ago, driving Didi or delivering takeout, working your ass off could get you a monthly income of over 10,000 yuan, but what about now? Shops on the street close and open, open and close, transfer notices pasted layer upon layer, channel suppliers get crushed by livestreamers, distribution middlemen get crushed by direct factory sales, even vegetable vendors have their livelihoods stolen by community group buying. You work early and late for 12 hours, and the money you earn is not even enough for rent and utilities, you bust your gut saving a little money, open a shop and lose it all, and in the end you're still drowning in debt. It's not that you're not working hard, it's that the ways to make money have completely changed. In the past, with no education or special skills, selling physical labor could get you a meal; in the next two years, you won't even have a place to sell your physical labor. Go take a look at how many restaurants on a street have transfer signs, go ask how many supermarket owners don't regret it; you just haven't died yet temporarily, it doesn't mean you won't die.

Actually, during the public livestream the day before yesterday, on Saturday, many staunch friends already left messages saying that life is hard and the economy is really poor. Now, actually, the hardest hit are ordinary people, or rather, ordinary people in the lower-middle class have it the hardest, because their lives basically have zero margin for error, with mortgage and car loans weighing on them. And their wages are calculated strictly day by day, so once either person in a couple has a problem with their job, it's basically a fatal blow to their entire family. And the more people from this lower-middle stratum who slide down from the middle line into the poverty range, the faster this economy will collapse. Although it can be said that China has never had a true market, a forged market is at least a market; honestly, I feel that in the future we might even lose this fake economic market. Alright, the above is all the content for this episode. If you'd like to support me, please join the member channel, and I especially hope to chat with you in real-time during the next livestream. That's all for this episode, see you in the next one.