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There is no need to clock in to work, walk-away travel, and a decent income, and the work and living conditions of some flexible workers attract young people. But behind the glamour there is also an unknown heartache and effort, and the issues related to flexible employment, labor employment and social security have also aroused attention.
Fill the car with oil, the trunk is filled with the necessities of the long journey, write the content to be updated the next day of the Xian Xia novel in advance, and set the sending time, the post-95 online author Qilin, all the way from Shanxi Yuncheng to Chengdu, Sichuan, he wants to find inspiration for writing. In recent years, with the continuous emergence of new formats, many young people's choice of career is no longer limited to "punching in to work with a unit", but starting from hobbies, trying to write online articles, "script killing" creation, self-media bloggers and other more free and personalized new career tracks.
There is no need to clock in to work, walk-away travel, and a decent income, and the work and living conditions of some flexible workers attract young people. However, behind the brilliance there is also an unknown heartache and effort, and the issues of flexible employment and employment and social security continue to arouse attention.
Make love a profession
At the end of April last year, Fu Diya, a 25-year-old girl from Tianjin, began to work on the creation of "script killing", and the reason for choosing this job was love. "When I was a kid, my dad played all kinds of puzzle games, and when he grew up, he liked to read novels, listen to stories, play video games, and escape rooms."
In 2018, "script killing" rose in China, and fu Diya liked this immersive entertainment activity after experiencing it several times. At a "Script Kill" distribution show, Fu Diya met the creator Backfire and chose to join his newly founded studio.
"Doing the work you like, although tired, can harvest growth and happiness, if you do not like things, it will only be tired and painful." 」 Fu Diya said that the relatively free and flexible commuting time now also makes her feel that she used to spend two or three hours a day commuting when she used to work, wasting time and energy.
Taking love as a profession is also the reason why Qilin engages in online literary creation, "When I was in high school, I did not get good grades in cultural classes, and as an art student, I had no talent in fine arts, and I studied art just to be able to get into college." But he has loved to read novels since he was a child, including the martial arts novels of Jin Yong and Gu Long, and the popular online literature in the market.
But compared to love, Qilin said that the most direct reason why he chose to write online articles after graduating from college was that he did not want to be constrained. Strict commuting times, the oppressiveness between the upper and lower levels of the office, and the complex interpersonal relationships make it difficult for him to adapt. Qilin said that if he did not write online articles, he would rather deliver takeaways than work in a closed workplace.
"I'm a novel writer, I eat by my ability, and I don't have to envy or curry favor with anyone." In his view, compared with the fixed salary, many freelancers have a high income ceiling, which is easy to make people have more expectations for the future, and through a stage of effort can realize their dreams, which is why many young people choose freelance.
The booming industry offers opportunities
Every morning, I get up at four or five o'clock, write until noon, rest in the afternoon and evening, read a book, exercise, or have a small gathering with friends, which is the daily work and living state of Qilin . "Turning on the computer is dry, as little as 6,000 words a day, as many as tens of thousands of words." Up to now, he has published more than 10 works on the online platform, with more than 9 million words.
According to the data of the online literature industry development report, the scale of online literature users in the mainland has exceeded 460 million, the group of online literary creators has accumulated more than 21.3 million, and a large number of young authors after 95 and 00 have poured in. The "2021 Portrait of Online Literature Writers" data previously released by Reading Group shows that online literary creation has ushered in the post-95 era.
Yuzu, who is also an online author, showed the reporter his one-month writing record, and the word count of only 1 day is more than 2,000 words, and the rest are more than 10,000 words. Yuzu's online writing experience is slightly bumpy. In 2019, her mother died of illness, and her wife divorced her, leaving behind two children, Yuzu, who was still a decorator at the time, and was helpless in the face of sudden changes.
"During that time, I didn't want to do anything, I played games at home every day, and people were almost depressed." Yuzu said. Later, I began to read online novels, and after watching them for a few months, I felt that I could also write, and the important thing was that this job allowed him to work from home and take care of children. At present, Yuzu is writing 3 novels, and after getting up at 6 o'clock every morning, he first makes breakfast for his two children, sends them to school, and starts writing at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, writing almost every day until the early hours of the morning. By writing online articles, Yuzu has a monthly income of about 18,000 yuan.
The vigorous vitality revealed by the new format has allowed some young people to seize the opportunity and give them the confidence to persevere. Relevant data show that in 2021, among the offline trend entertainment methods preferred by consumers, "script killing" ranked third with 36.1% of the choice, second only to watching movies and sports and fitness. Fu Diya said that the development of the times has given her the opportunity to turn her hobby into a career, and she is full of confidence in the future development of the industry.
Some of the worries faced by new careers
After graduating from college, Qilin's online writing income has continued to rise, from a few thousand yuan per month at the beginning to 30,000 to 40,000 yuan per month now. This allowed him to buy his own house and car in his hometown of Yuncheng, Shanxi Province, quickly after graduating from college. But despite this, Qilin is often confused about its self-identity.
"Since there is no specific work unit, I often do not know how to fill in the work unit column when filling out some forms. If you want to buy a house in a big city, you are worried that there is only bank flow, no provident fund, no social security, and the bank does not provide loans. Qilin said.
Problems such as salary opacity and "overlord contracts" are also problems he directly faces in his work. "Every salary is like a lottery, and the number of websites is how much." Although it has been written for several years, Qilin still can't figure out how the platform's fee is calculated. The "overlord contract" of some platforms also made him quite angry, "The copyright of the works he has painstakingly written belongs to the platform, and the author has no right to decide on the copyright of his own works." ”
Yuzu told reporters that the salary settlement method of the online writing platform includes calculating money according to the number of words, relying on platform advertising shares, and directly buying out copyrights on the platform. "But not every author can achieve high returns, some write for several years, or hundreds of dollars a month." The platform's February revenue statistics show that fewer than 300 people earn more than 10,000 yuan a month in the author team of several thousand people.
In this regard, some experts suggest that the definition standard of "flexible employment personnel" in the existing social security system be supplemented and refined to facilitate the registration and payment of social security contributions. Yuzu heard that his online writing platform is studying how to provide more protection for authors, but he can't say when to introduce an implementation plan. (Reporter Tao Wen)
Source: Workers Daily