With the intensification of the involution of the online car-hailing industry, the profits of online car-hailing drivers have been repeatedly compressed, and more and more drivers have compared themselves to Mr. Lao She's camel Xiangzi.
Like Shoko, they did the job of soliciting customers for a living, getting up early and greedy for darkness, walking the streets and alleys, coming and going in the wind and rain, and they were eager to change their lives through their own efforts, but the reality was often unsatisfactory.
Whether it is professional circumstances, social status and life pressures, online ride-hailing drivers look on par with Shoko. But the heart-wrenching truth is that compared with Camel Shoko's income, online car-hailing drivers are far behind!
First of all, let's take a look at the freight rate of rickshaws at that time. There is an enamel plate of rickshaw fare in the Shanghai History Museum, which was issued by the highest administrative body of the concession at that time, clearly indicating the price of rickshaws, and hanging in the places where rickshaws gather, to prevent drivers from charging indiscriminately, just like the tariff standard set by our current platform.
As you can see from this sign, there were two billing methods for rickshaws at that time. One is based on the mileage alone, and the other is based on the length of use.
If you calculate the money by mileage, the starting price is 1 jiao of Xiaoyang, and you will be charged an additional 1 jiao for every half mile. If the chartered bus is charged according to the length of the hour, the fee is 6 jiao for one hour, and 3 jiao for every more than half an hour.
So how many are these 1 corner, 3 corners, and 6 corners? You may not have any idea, so let's take the price of rice at that time as a reference. Chen Mingyuan's book "How to Survive in the Lu Xun Era" mentioned that between 1911 and 1919, the price of rice in Shanghai was constant at "3.4 cents per catty of rice, and 1 silver dollar can buy 30 catties of high-quality rice", which means that 1 dime can buy 3 catties of high-quality rice.
Then our current prices, a better rice Wuchang rice is about 7 yuan a catty, 3 catties is almost 21 yuan, if according to today's standards, the starting price of rickshaws is at least 20 yuan, and 1 hour is 180 yuan. At that time, the fixed monthly expenditure of an ordinary family of five was about 15 yuan, and taking a taxi may be the living expenses of a family for a day, and it was very luxurious to take a rickshaw once.
Let's take a look at the current freight rates of online car-hailing, everyone wants to compare with Camel Xiangzi, but there is really no comparison. In the past, those who took rickshaws were rich people, and now they are all "poor" who play a fixed price, and the era of online car-hailing for 1 yuan a kilometer has passed, and now it is a few cents a kilometer, buy a pound of high-quality rice, you can take a taxi twice, if four people take a car with a starting price, it can be much cheaper than the bus and subway.
In the past, Xiangzi could support himself by pulling a rickshaw, but now online car-hailing drivers can't hold on if they don't do some fancy work. In the off-season, it is becoming more and more difficult for drivers.
Someone quits the house and lives directly in the car
First, it saves costs, and secondly, it is convenient to take orders for a long time
There are also drivers who sell sports cars at peak peaks and sell melons at peak times
So
The masters must stop talking about their camel Xiangzi
Today's ride-hailing drivers
Maybe not even Shoko the camel!