In this seemingly mundane urban story, a family pays a huge price for their children's dreams. This sad and magical story profoundly reflects the hardships and helplessness of the workers at the bottom of modern society.
The protagonist of the story is Li Yuekai, a delivery man, whose parents sold their real estate in order to create a better future for their son, scraped together millions of funds, and sent him to study in Australia. This is undoubtedly a beginning full of expectations, an inspirational story of parents looking forward to a better future for their children.
However, reality is always full of dramatic reversals. After graduating from studying in Australia, Li Yuekai found that his career path was not as he wished. He had tried to start his own business, and he had tried various things, but five or six years later, the results were not what he expected. So, under the pressure of making a living, he chose to become a delivery man, and food delivery became his new way of life.
However, behind this seemingly mundane job lies a heart-wrenching conflict. On the sixth day of food delivery, he had a violent confrontation with the community security guards, which eventually led to his tragic death.
This incident has triggered deep thinking in society about the contradiction between delivery workers and security guards. In the article, we learned that the contradiction between the delivery man and the security guard is not accidental. Under the dual pressure of the algorithm of the food delivery platform and the regulations of the property company, the conflict between these two groups has existed at the bottom of the society for a long time.
Delivery workers are bound by the system, and more delivery means that the order of dispatch decreases, and the dispatch timeout, bad reviews, and cancellation of orders will make them suffer the punishment of deductions. Security guards are also faced with the difficult task of managing closed communities, and they will be fined for letting delivery workers go without permission. The institutional conflict between these two fronts has put them in an inextricable predicament.
This story makes people deeply regret that a young man who struggled for his dreams went to tragedy because of the problems of the underlying social system. In this context, we need to think more about whether we can start from the perspective of food delivery platforms and property companies to provide a more humane working environment and system for low-level workers. Perhaps, through joint efforts, such a tragedy can not be staged again, and the people at the bottom can work together instead of tearing each other apart. I hope that such a story can arouse more people's thinking and attention.