Major Incident in Henan, the Whole Internet Silenced!? In Just 30 Seconds, Over 100,000 Likes, Then Deleted? Will We Have to Fight Even to Pick Up Trash!? Qiqi Baba TALK "Refreshing Your Mind 803" 20261019
This episode focuses on the severe employment and economic situation in mainland China, exploring the phenomenon of videos about excessive working hours being deleted across the entire internet, the low wages and intense involution in the food delivery and service industries, the tragedy that occurred in Zhengzhou, the struggles of the grassroots population amidst the wave of unemployment, and the profound impact of the trend of remaining unmarried and childless on the social economy and the pension system.
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Hello everyone, welcome to Qiqi Baba, I am Qiqi. Let's take a look at what kind of videos get deleted inside the Great Firewall, and what kind of process this deletion generally follows.
Everyone, please pay more attention to the assembly line workers working two shifts, twelve hours of repetitive day-night cycles, standing for long periods, many of whom have developed chronic back and leg pain and varicose veins, their biological clocks completely disrupted, and insomnia has become the norm. Even though the legal working hours are eight hours, the ultra-long shift system has become the norm in many factories, completely trading workers' health for income. A-Dian suggests whether factories could appropriately shorten working hours while increasing night shift subsidies. Every unit of output on the assembly line is squeezed out of blood and sweat. At the same time, A-Dian also hopes that everyone will pay more attention to frontline workers, wishing that their hard work can be seen and their efforts can be treated with kindness.
Demanding attention to the twelve-hour working hours of workers, demanding attention to the two-shift system. Well, this is considered an unforgivable offense inside the Great Firewall. As for this video, first, the comments were largely cleared, leaving only a few dozen bot-like messages, and then the comment section was closed. As of now, this video has been directly deleted and has disappeared. Ah, the process of handling a video inside the Great Firewall generally follows such steps: first, they cut off your comment section, then they clear your comment section, and then the video is simply gone. Even if the video's popularity might have faded later, and no one is even paying attention to it anymore, rest assured, the government people are watching, the platform people are staring at it, you can be sure. At this point, they will just delete it instantly, and after deleting it, it's as if it never happened, never appeared, and no one ever called for it. Everyone is very, very much in favor of the twelve-hour, two-shift system for workers. I can only say that this issue of working hours will not only not be resolved, but in the future, you might even have to fight to get such jobs, because work is really, really too difficult.
If kind-hearted netizens don't tell me, what can I do? I have three children at home and an elderly person who is ill. Is there any work I can do? I'm currently delivering food; I've been doing it for eight days and have only earned 200 yuan. And I feel like I've taken so much abuse, haven't eaten lunch a single day. For seven days straight, my lunch has just been one tomato and one egg.
Uh, friends should know that delivering food is a test of physical strength, so it's really a disadvantage for women compared to men. Also, many people say that delivering food can earn at least 5,000 or 6,000 yuan a month, but that's actually considered a very good income. And that was in the past; now everyone knows how many people have flooded into the food delivery industry. It's become so involuted (rat race) that you can't even comprehend it. The unit price is almost half of what it used to be, and it's really, really hard to do food delivery now. This woman here is the same, right? For her children, for her family, she just finished crying and complaining. But actually, on the 17th, the Zhengzhou government just reported a tragedy. Yes, it's that they couldn't go on living, so the whole family left together. This kind of situation actually appeared more often during the Cultural Revolution, because even when there was a great famine, there was still food to eat. But for a whole family to just decide to leave this world together is really rare, really rare. Because, uh, simply not having enough to eat doesn't really make someone say, 'I'm leaving this world, I don't want to live anymore.' The reason that makes people want to leave this world can only be extreme pain, and it must be mental pain. Many people think that torture or physical suffering will definitely make people want to die, like not wanting to live anymore. It does, of course it does, but the probability of not wanting to live due to things like depression is definitely higher than that caused by physical torture, because mental pain is definitely greater than physical pain. The entire society under the current rule of the CCP, I think, is already a very pathological society. It's like Chinese people living are just completely trying to find ways to have enough to eat, just how to eat, how to survive; it's really completely this state. Don't talk about enjoying life; they have no life at all. It's just like being a resource pool to supply the upper echelons of the CCP, until they are drained dry.
Who on earth is working for a salary of 2,000 yuan a month? It's already 2026, and I really can't believe there are still jobs for 2,000 yuan. Averaged out to a day, that's only about 60 yuan, not even enough to buy groceries for a day. Although my salary isn't high either, only 3,500, I would definitely not take a 2,000-yuan job. I don't know what everyone thinks.
No, that's not it. Salaries in Xi'an are already 2,200 now, not even 2,800, and even master's degree holders are finding jobs for just over 2,000. Damn, that's too exaggerated. I was planning to go to work this morning, and I said, if it really comes to it, I'll be a waiter. But I had a phone call with my mom yesterday, and damn, my mom said, 'You're going to be a waiter? I paid for your college, and you end up finding a job as a waiter? Is there no work in Xi'an?' There is truly no work. Actually, I've received many private messages in the last few years from people who haven't found a job in three months at home; they really have no work. What does this have to do with individual ability? Right? I said I'd go be a waiter, and my mom wouldn't even let me. So in the end, all that's left is deception, saying I'm going to be an operations staff member, while actually going to be a waiter. Do I really have to be like this? Oh, it's too hard.
Haven't you all heard, brothers? In the trash cans of the four provinces of Shanhe, not a single mineral water bottle or piece of cardboard can make it to the waste station.
Now I pick up trash every day, collecting paper boxes. Hey, I spent all day at it, what I picked up in the morning should sell for 70 or 80 yuan. Not bad.
Congratulations to myself, I've been unemployed for ten months now. I've been looking for a job for about seven months, and, uh, I still haven't found one to this day. Hey, this state now, compared to before, is like, how should I put it, we just, hey, it's just that I can't find one, I just can't find one, and we don't know why. Now, even new job postings are basically not showing up; they are all ones I've seen, scrolled past, applied for, or interviewed for. There are basically no new job postings.
Unemployed and with nothing to do, I saw that Mixue, not far from home, was hiring, so I went to ask about it. The salary was 2,600 RMB, plus a 300 RMB full-attendance bonus, which means at most it’s 2,900 RMB a month. And you only get one day off per month—yes, you heard that right, only one day off a month, with no time off allowed on Fridays, Saturdays, or Sundays. Breaking it down, that’s about 80 RMB a day. They claim it’s a 10-hour workday, but I bet it’s definitely more than that, because bubble tea shops have all kinds of annoying cleaning up after closing that easily takes at least another hour. I calculated the hourly wage, and it’s far worse than delivering food or driving for Didi. I don't know what is wrong with this world. Forget it, I won't look for a job anymore, I'll just scrape by and make do.
Who said that? You think delivering food is no big deal, huh? You think delivering food is easy? This is my lunch, and this is my earnings for four hours.
Running orders at night is so tough; it's all just delivery riders.
Making fucking 100 RMB a day, what the fuck am I running for? Damn it!
Deliver my ass! Can't even make fucking 50 RMB a day, fuck! Are there really no designated drivers left nowadays? Is everyone just fucking taking cabs? It's so dismal, what the fuck! Living expenses.
Early this morning, while I was taking a big dump, suddenly a call came in asking if I hadn't paid my social security. I asked what was wrong, and they sent me a link telling me to pay my flexible employment social security. Believe you my foot! I hung up the phone with a snap. These new types of scams are getting so tricky and completely lawless!
To my brothers coming to Guangzhou to do odd jobs in the second half of the year, I suggest you bring a bit more money with you. Otherwise, if you have no money on you and can't find a gig, survival itself becomes a problem, my brothers. Today is already September 14, and many brothers still haven't found any work this month. It's tough out there, brothers. Just went to the basketball court earlier, and an old buddy, that sub-landlord, said a brother sleeping in a bunk bed hasn't been able to pay rent for eight days. Brothers can't hold on, brothers. So if you come to Guangzhou to do odd jobs, you must bring more money, otherwise you won't survive.
You keep talking day in and day out about how this is number one, that is number one, this is leading the pack, and that is leading the pack. To see whether a country is developed or not, you only need to look at one thing: whether ordinary people are living well. Everything else is just bullshit.
Sorry, friends, I am going to send coordinates to the Trisolarans, because I am too tired from going to work, and I've decided to let all of humanity perish with me.
When we arrive in the new world of communism, there are no classes, no exploitation, everyone lives the most wonderful and happiest life, and the toiling masses have become the masters of the country. Please.
All children can go to school, landlords no longer drive people to death, there is no more imperialist aggression, and even less selling of sons and daughters.
Finally I know why so many people are depressed nowadays. How are you all doing, those of you facing mid-life unemployment? I'm born in 1997, 29 years old, with elderly parents to support below and a baby waiting to be fed above. Unemployed for two months and still haven't found a suitable job. Every day I like to be alone, either looking for a job or just staying by myself, not wanting any contact with my family. It's not that I'm irresponsible, it's just I don't know how to talk to my parents. Every time I call, it's always "Did you find a job? How are you getting by out there?" Even now I don't even want to video call my kid, because I feel like I'm not a qualified father. At 30 years old, I don't even have a stable income. The old saying goes that a man should be independent at 30, but right now I can't even support myself. I feel like I've failed my family, failed my own child. How are you guys doing now?
I am truly fucking done for! Really done for! Can someone just let me die knowing why? I just want to ask, simply ask two questions. Is 58 RMB for a haircut right now expensive? The second question is, how much do you guys usually pay for a haircut locally? Ah, can you let me die with some clarity? Is getting a haircut for 58 RMB really this expensive? From 9:00 AM until 1:00 PM this afternoon, not a single person has come in, not a single opening. What should I do? What the fuck!
With how the market is this year, never mind saving money to get your son a wife—if your own wife doesn't run away from you, you should thank your lucky stars. Well, that makes sense.
Would you believe it? In the past, this location required at least hundreds of thousands in transfer fees or entrance fees just to get a spot, and this is right at Huashan Hospital! There are actually empty shops now; not only are there no transfer fees, but the rent has also dropped significantly. The fact that they can sit empty here shows that shops really aren't easy to rent out this year! People used to fight over this location.
Now Guangzhou is full of vacant properties, and properties in Guangzhou can't be rented out, so these landladies come to this bridgehead super early to look for tenants.
In this market this year, whether you make money or not has absolutely, positively nothing to do with how hard you try. Let me put it this way: you look over at the north end and there isn't a damn soul there, and you still expect to make money? Let me tell you, even if you stripped butt-naked, there wouldn't even be anyone to look at you, and you still expect to make money? Whose father's money are you going to make?
People can't survive, they really can't survive anymore, brothers. Look at this, there are so many cars, but not a single person. Go stick a needle in it.
Whose family doesn't have 500,000? Chinese people aren't that poor. How many stock investors in China don't have 500,000? I've done the calculations, almost none. Various professors holding high the banner of retail investors actually know very well in their hearts: the average household asset in China is now 3 million.
Where did he get that data? Can you please invite him in front of me? I'll help you thoroughly test him. During the Western Jin dynasty, the country suffered a massive famine, and the common people had nothing to eat, with many starving to death. When Emperor Hui of Jin heard about this, he said: 'If the people don't have rice to eat, why don't they eat meat porridge?'
I heard that a lot of people lost their jobs this year and all chose to lie flat. Let me venture to ask: what do you all live on after losing your job? How do you make money? Where does the money come from? Where does the living expense come from? In the year I spent lying flat at home, I felt like I couldn't make ends meet. I wanted to make money so badly I was going crazy. I thought about making money the moment I opened my eyes, and I dreamt about making money, but I just couldn't make any money. I don't know what I can do, I don't know what else I can do, um, what should I do?
Why can't China withstand a society where everyone chooses not to marry? I can tell you the truth in one sentence: it's not that the older generation loves to pressure people into marriage; it's a requirement for the operation of our entire society. It simply cannot handle everyone refusing to marry. Once being single becomes the mainstream, the first things to collapse will be the economy, elderly care, and overall social stability. Look, first of all, marriage is the country's strongest engine for domestic demand. Take a young person, for example: if they are single, their expenses are extremely low. They are well-fed and have no one else to worry about. They don't need to buy a house, a car, or take out loans, and they certainly won't engage in any major consumption; they live a relaxed and comfortable life. But this provides almost no stimulus to the economy and is meaningless in that regard. However, once you think about getting married, the entire economic chain is instantly activated. You have to empty your family's savings to buy a house and renovate it. Then, don't you need to buy a car? You also have to hold a wedding, pay the bride price, and manage the flow of money. This can directly revitalize the real estate, building materials, home furnishing, and automotive industries—the entire industrial chain. Now look further: after getting married, isn't it time to have children? That's decades of continuous, rigid consumption, starting from maternity and infant care, then education, medical care, and tutoring; in fact, you can't avoid any of it. To put it bluntly, marriage is about releasing the labor force of ordinary people for the next twenty or thirty years in advance to support the economic cycle of the entire society. Second, marriage is the country's most hardcore safety net for elderly care. Don't think that the idea of 'raising children to provide for old age' is outdated. When people get old, look at the bedside nursing, the day-and-night companionship, signing for medical procedures, and personal care—these trivial yet heavy tasks are things that the national treasury and nursing homes simply cannot handle for the entire population. For thousands of years, the pressure of elderly care has been absorbed within the family. If young people generally choose not to marry or have children, there will be elderly people living alone everywhere in the future. The tsunami of elderly care needs will directly overwhelm the social security and welfare systems, and no one can withstand that. Third, marriage is the society's largest and most stable ballast. People with families, mortgages, and children have 'weaknesses' and responsibilities; they know how to endure, how to hold on, and dare not resign impulsively. But the single population, who are completely free and unburdened, have fewer concerns, are more unpredictable, and have extremely high mobility. Think about it: people without 'weaknesses' are the hardest to stabilize and the hardest to bind. The family is actually an invisible net that locks in hearts and stabilizes social order. Finally, let me tell you all a heart-wrenching truth: society desperately needs marriage and population, but young people today can no longer afford the price of marriage and the costs of raising children. This is the most real and unsolvable contradiction of our current era.
Honestly, looking at the current situation, I'm really afraid that in the future, we'll even have to fight over picking up trash, my friends. Alright, that's all for this episode. If you want to support me, please join the membership channel. I also really look forward to chatting with everyone in real-time during the member-only live streams. That's it for this episode, see you next time.