Original title: Post-90s guys travel around China by delivering takeaways! The places he ran the most after coming to Qingdao were...
"The essence of cycling is loneliness,
No rebuttals are accepted. ”
One electric car, 87 cities,
More than 20,000 kilometers ...
A Yang, a young man from Guiyang,
One thing is being done:
Travel around China by delivering food.
Riders are people with stories. Ah Yang left junior high school, opened large goods, worked in construction, and was in debt of 170,000 yuan. In 2021, he became a takeaway rider and spelled out a "single king" with a monthly income of 15,000 yuan. In September 2022, he was "debt-free and lightweight". On January 28 this year, he began his cycling journey: delivering food in the lively parts of the city during the day, and walking through the country lanes at night, without street lights and companions for seven or eight hours, a loneliness that is difficult for those who have not experienced it to understand.
On June 28, Ah Yang came to Qingdao; On July 1, he set off again for the next city, Zibo. Recently, a reporter from all media on the peninsula talked to Ah Yang and listened to him tell the story on the cycling road...
"Ah Yang goes to war, not an inch of grass"
My name is Ah Yang, a delivery boy in Guiyang. A lot of people say I'm about 35 years old, but I'm actually 27 years old.
I am ashamed that my education is not high, and I dropped out of school before completing the nine years of compulsory education. Don't look at my low level of education, but I have had a lot of energy, a hard work, a drive since I was a child. I think a man has to do it, he has to rush, he has to fight.
I am only one meter seven meters tall and weigh 120 pounds, but I am the "single king" of Guiyang takeaway. The average daily run is about 11 hours, 28 to 29 days a month, and the average monthly income can be more than 15,000 yuan. I have to run 80 orders a day, that is, more than 500 yuan, otherwise I basically won't leave work. In January of the previous year, I set a record and ran more than 34,000 yuan in a month.
I like to make short videos to record my life, and the opening line of the video is: "Ah Yang goes on a campaign, and there is no grass." "As soon as I go out, the orders are basically grabbed by me because I like to climb the stairs when I run takeout.
On January 28 this year, I set off alone with an electric motorcycle from Guiyang City, Guizhou Province, the first stop was Nanning, after Nanning was Guangzhou, passing through many places on the way, including Shenzhen, Xiamen, Fuzhou, Nanchang, Wuhan, Nanjing, Chongqing, Chengdu, and then to Henan, from Zhengzhou to Qingdao, passing through about 87 cities.
When I first started riding, I was not used to it. Because there are many roads and mountains in Guizhou, they are basically provincial roads and rural roads. These two days are relatively hot, I prefer to rush to the night, saying that I am not afraid that it is fake, in this case, I usually put on headphones to listen to some music and relax my mood.
There will be some episodes along the way, before I arrived in Nanning, the calf electric car I was riding was too fast, the controller was overheated, and the electric car started short circuit protection, there was no one around at that time, I waited there for a few hours, only to meet a few locals, they helped me pull the car to a place to repair.
Then there will be heavy rain on the cycling road, which is a regular occurrence. Just like I sometimes say to everyone at the end of the video: life is all kinds of taste, life needs to laugh right.
I will reflect and dream
I divorced three years ago, the eldest daughter is 6 years old and the youngest son is 5 years old, led by my parents, there is still pressure. Now speaking of it, the divorce is still because I am relatively young, immature, and often quarrel with my wife, and I feel that the two of us are not very suitable. Overall, I feel a little sorry for her.
In the past, I worked on site decoration, drove trucks, drove ride-hailing cars, drove taxis, and then came into contact with the food delivery industry, and this year is the third year of food delivery. Because he lost money in his previous investment and business, he was also deceived by friends of some money and owed more than 170,000 yuan in foreign debt.
Working in other industries required either a certain number of contacts or a certain amount of money, and the point was that I had no money on me at the time. At the beginning of takeaway, I borrowed 1,000 yuan of start-up capital from others, spent 650 yuan to buy a second-hand electric car, rented a battery, and spent a total of more than 900 yuan.
At that time, I was so poor that I didn't even have the money to rent a house, and after buying an electric car, the first 300 yuan rent was paid in installments, first gave 150 yuan, and the rest was made up within 20 days.
When I finished paying off the bill in September last year, my mood slowly improved, and I thought about coming out to take a look. Because the people who come into contact in Guiyang are basically friends in that circle, surrounded by those scenery, and they can contact more things and people when they come out.
I often reflect, just say that the current job of running takeaways, I don't think I can run for a long time, first run for a period of time when the price is most suitable, and then have to plan my life well. For example, how long do you have to run each day? How many days a month do you have to run? Once you've earned money, you have to plan what you'll do in the future. Even if it is a small façade, it is a dream.
When I first started from Guiyang, I had a few thousand yuan on me. At that time, I was very good at running takeaway in Guiyang, and basically no one could beat me, so I thought about running takeaway every city to increase my income, and by the way, my dream of traveling around China came true.
Target Mohe, watch the sun rise early
In every city, I have to go to the busiest shopping district to deliver food. Why? Because only to the most prosperous business district, there will be more orders.
When I arrived in Qingdao, I ran on the CBD side of Shibei, the unit price should be a little higher, the orders were a little more, I could earn more money, and I would not waste time. When I came to Qingdao from Zhengzhou, I was planning where I was going to Qingdao and how long it would take.
Delivering food in an unfamiliar city isn't that simple: the hardest part is finding a merchant, and then finding a delivery location. If the delivery address says negative ground floor, such as B1, B2, or the house number is zero and a few such office buildings, high-rise residential areas, I generally will not accept it. The orders I take are basically shops, because they are all on the side of the road, and it is easier to pick up the goods.
Currently, one of the most difficult places to deliver takeaway is Chongqing. When I was in Chongqing, I took 5 orders at noon, and two orders were timed out. Why? At that time, I was overconfident, but I didn't expect that the route between the merchant and the delivery place in Chongqing was beyond imagination, so the next two orders overtimed, the longest of which lasted nearly 20 minutes.
Now I am also doing self-media, so there will be some friends and brothers in many cities, walking through so many cities, meeting so many people, overall everyone is very enthusiastic, and the heart is very good. Even when arriving in a certain city or leaving, there are many local friends who greet you. The most impressive time was when I arrived in Changsha, and at two or three o'clock in the morning, there were still forty or fifty riders waiting for me there.
My character is to rush forward, to work, to work hard. Having a dream, fulfilling the dream, and realizing it, that's the main thing.
On July 1st, I set off from Qingdao for my next destinations, Zibo and Jinan, and this time I planned to go from south to north, as far north as Mohe, to see how early the sun rises. The bits and pieces that happen during the ride will also have a profound impact on my future life path, so after walking in a circle, I will re-examine myself, whether it is my life or career, I must re-plan, be down-to-earth, and do everything well.
You all ask me what exactly is the meaning of riding? This question is the same as asking about the meaning of life - you don't know until you go.
● According to Peninsula All-Media reporter Gu Chaoming