It has been 12 years since Ma Wenchao went to Sichuan to learn Sichuan opera and change his face.
Until now, he still remembers the scene when he set off from his hometown of Zhongwei, Ningxia to study opera in Sichuan - a person dragged his luggage and took a day and a half of a green train to Chengdu, Sichuan, 1,100 kilometers away. In Chengdu, practicing and muscle memory every day is a few hours. "At that time, I was relatively young, and I learned things quite quickly." After half a year of study, the master took him to find a job in the performance.
Ma Wenchao's first job was as a performer at a hot pot restaurant in Sichuan. "At first, I was quite reserved, but with the master, he would give us some guidance, and then the master felt that I could become an apprentice, so he began to allow me to go out and find a job on my own. About 2 years later, I returned to Ningxia. He recalled. In addition to changing his face, Ma Wenchao also went to Heze, Shandong to learn monkey opera. Studied under Yu Shang, the actor of the six-eared macaque in the 83rd version of "Journey to the West".
After returning to his hometown with a full set of skills, Ma Wenchao soon joined the local performance group. There are often news of some wedding performances in the group, "If there is a suitable job, I will go to the other party to chat about the specific details, and pay the deposit to go over to perform." Ma Wenchao said that most of the people who came to him to perform were some entertainment venues and shopping malls opened. In addition to Ningxia, I have performed in places like Gansu and Shaanxi within a radius of five or six hundred miles. Because I can perform two projects by myself, many bosses prefer to come to me to save some costs and I can earn more performance fees. The face-changing performance lasts about 8 minutes, the Monkey King is 20 minutes, if it is a single show, the income is about 1500-2000 yuan, and if it is performed for a few days, it is 500-600 per day to settle for me. In addition to participating in commercial performances, he is also actively involved in public welfare. In 2016, Ma Wenchao volunteered in his hometown of Ningxia and participated in a number of charity performances of the Zhongning County Volunteer Association, bringing wonderful performances to the local audience while spreading social welfare and volunteerism.
Now, 32-year-old Ma Wenchao has long since stopped doing face-changing performances, but has changed careers to become a truck driver, driving his 6.8-meter refrigerated truck to shuttle on large and small highways across the country. Work has changed, and life has changed.
When it comes to changing careers, it may be more of a coincidence. "Because of the epidemic, many wedding companies were facing closure at that time, and after I couldn't receive demand for performances, I wanted to see if there were good opportunities in other industries. After observation, it was found that driving a truck is a good choice, the requirements for the driver are not very demanding, and the investment is not too large, and the time is relatively free. He said, "I originally drove a 4.2 meter car, and I just changed to a 6.8 meter one in March this year." ”
Everywhere the wheel goes, it is a yearning for a better life.
In the past two years, Ma Wenchao and his lover have been running transportation across the country together. Two days ago, he had just pulled a cart of grapes from Dali, Yunnan Province to Gaobeidian, Hebei, and found a cart of goods back to Ningxia from Yunman. Usually, the list of cold and fresh goods is the majority, according to his own summary, relatively speaking, the source of goods in Ningning is relatively fixed. Generally, beef and mutton are transported out, because the quality of Ningxia Tan sheep is relatively good, and there is demand in many places across the country. "There is also the small tomato over there in Helan in Yinchuan in August and September, and some fruits will be shipped out at that time. Huining's goods are not fixed, and they are generally found on the goods search software, and orders will be accepted if there is a suitable one. In terms of income, it is neither too much nor too little, on average about 100,000 yuan a year. ”
Because it is often necessary to run the green pass, the customer has strict requirements for the transportation time. So sometimes it is up to his lover to do the job of finding goods and receiving orders. "It's all found on the Yunman platform." Marven Supercar In the past few years, his lover has basically been by his side, one is to take care of his daily life, and the other is that he is usually very tired from his sports car, and she can help share part of it. "She's always been very supportive of my sports car, and thanks to her, I've been able to keep going until now."
In recent years, as the impact of the epidemic has gradually faded, the performance market has also recovered rapidly. "Some time ago I went to a company's annual meeting and did a performance. In fact, there have been a lot of performance needs in the past year, but I still focus on sports cars, and I will only go if there is a particularly suitable performance opportunity, after all, I can have an extra income. Ma Wenchao said.
Recently, like Master Ma, truck drivers with outstanding talents are signing up to participate in the national solicitation of star drivers organized by Yunmanman, which is guided by the Jiangsu Provincial Federation of Trade Unions, hosted by Yunman and Yunmanman Freight Logistics Trade Union, Yunmanman hopes to build a meaningful platform, so that more talented drivers can be seen, and the organizers have also prepared a rich prize pool, oil vapor card, cash, light truck use rights...... We look forward to more truck drivers joining us.