Desperate Unemployed Sleep on Streets, Going Hungry; Urban Decay Is Shocking

It's really easy to find a job. Just having food is enough? Yes, I just need food for these two days, nothing else. Where are you from? Hunan. Why do you want to be so miserable? I can't find a job, so I want to come here to help for two days, just to have some food. After eating I will have the strength to find another job. Haven't eaten? No, I haven't eaten for a day and a half. I will cook you a meal. I can do my work first. No, no, wait outside. Thank you. You're welcome. The restaurant owner later told the media that he noticed the man seemed to have a limp and that what he said didn't sound like a lie, so he cooked for him. He also told the man, If you don't have money to eat, come to my place anytime. I won't charge you. After all, it's not easy to be alone outside. This video moved and saddened netizens. Is it so difficult for young people to find jobs now? Others lamented, It's not that young Chinese people don't work hard, but it's getting harder and harder to survive. Sadly, this situation is now common in China. Many videos have been uploaded on mainland social platforms, showing people going to other places to find work, running out of money, failing to find a job, and fainting on the street from hunger. Some people are so hungry that they want to jump off a bridge. Hello brother, why do you live here? What do you want to do? Let's record it. We are here to help people like you. Have you encountered any difficulties? If not, how can you live here? It's so cold. How old are you this year? In your 20s? You can definitely choose to find a job. I can't find my ID card. Did I lose it long ago? If you lost it, you can apply for a new one. I have been wandering for a while. I can't get the internet to work and I haven't found a job. I really have no other choice. Later, I thought about it and decided to pick up some bottles to exchange for living expenses. Picking up bottles is temporary. I think if I collect a few thousand yuan, I will go hiking. I have no other choice. Otherwise, I will really starve to death outside. Then what can you do here? Find a job. Find something to do. Then how many days have you been looking? I've been looking since today. Almost more than 10 days. Then where is your hometown? I'm from Henan. Henan. Brothers, if you come to Dongguan and have no place to live, don't panic. Look below. There are people living under the bridge. They live quite well. There are several guys living here. Look, there is still a person sleeping below. Brothers, if you come to Dongguan and have no place to live and no money to rent a house, don't panic. There are many bridge holes and many bridge bottoms in Dongguan where you can live. As long as you don't mind the poor environment, you can live anywhere. Seeing the current employment and living conditions of Chinese people is truly distressing. The mainland economy is in decline. And there are more and more unemployed people. The internet is full of wailing. Many people are crying while looking for jobs. They live in anxiety and confusion every day, not knowing where to go in the future. The current factory situation in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai may not be visible to workers who have just started working. Why are so many workers pulling their suitcases back home? It is possible that you come here to work and support the vendors and landlords, but you can't support us workers. Not to mention support, there isn't even a job. If you want to talk about good jobs, there are none that pay more than 8,000 or 9,000 or even over 10,000. The only jobs available are the kind that recruit every day, every month and every year. A factory that used to be looked down upon, you have to stand while working, it's an assembly line and the dormitory is far away, now has people squeezing in at the door. Goodbye Zhejiang. I will never come to Zhejiang again. This sentence makes many people sad and reluctant to leave Zhejiang. Recently, hundreds of thousands of migrant workers stranded in Zhejiang have started choosing to go home because they cannot find suitable jobs. Many people go home every day because Zhejiang's good companies are no longer short of workers. I am a migrant worker who grew up in Hangzhou. I can barely make it. If the locals hadn't relied on demolition compensation, they would probably be eating pickles at every meal. What happened to Hangzhou? Wages haven't increased, but housing prices have fallen sharply. The price hikes can't be stopped. It costs hundreds of yuan to park on the roadside every day. I think it's only 150 yuan to park illegally. Brother, aren't you forcing us uneducated people to park randomly? Let's talk about the employment environment. I have a friend who wants to find a job with a salary of more than 5,000 yuan. He browsed the recruitment website for two months and couldn't find one. How miserable is it now? Behind unemployment is the visible economic downturn. A large number of companies have shut down, and street shops have closed one after another. Whether in manufacturing, service, or technology industries, wage cuts and layoffs have become common in China. The latest data released by the National Bureau of Statistics of China shows that both consumption and production declined in February, further highlighting China's severe deflationary pressure, which may have a greater impact on economic growth. My God, there are so few people here these days. I don't know why. Do you? How much did you make yesterday? I only made a little over 3,000 yuan, and the rent is 190,000 yuan. Look, I need to break even at 5,000 yuan a day. This is a lost day. I've been losing money these days. What's the situation? Every morning, I still go to work on time at 7 o'clock and get off work on time at 12 o'clock. Look at the store across from me. It hasn't opened yet. It closed at 8 o'clock yesterday and still hasn't opened. This business is really hard to run. March is supposed to be the busiest season. Today, the governor comes. Tomorrow, the mayor comes. But they won't let us do business. How can business survive like this? There's no one here. All the outsiders are poor. This year's business, I think, is quite difficult. Why? Because there are no people anywhere. You can see that there are no people in the communities, shopping malls, or even office buildings. Where have they gone? Have they returned to the countryside to retire, or have they moved to a bigger city to develop? Can anyone tell me where all the people have gone? This business is really hopeless now. I no longer have any expectations or hopes for this store. In the past, when I came to the store in the morning, I would think, I don't know how much money I can make today. Now, when I come to the store, I think, I don't even know when it will open. Opening the store itself has become a problem. I don't know how your business is doing now. Anyway, you can see that there is no one here. Let me take you outside to see what the situation is like. This is what it looks like outside. Is there anyone? Let's see if there is anyone here. This is the situation. There's no one. Not only are there no customers in our restaurant, but the streets and even the vegetable market are empty. This morning, I went to the wholesale market to buy vegetables for the store. In the past, it was so crowded that you could barely walk. Now, 99% of the people buying vegetables are elderly. The most they buy is 5 yuan worth of green onions, 1 yuan worth of greens, and for those who buy a little more, it's Chinese cabbage and radish. These vegetables seem to sell the fastest in a day, while the more expensive ones remain unsold. No one is interested in them. Even the garlic sprouts, which I love to eat in this season, and cost only 10 yuan per pound, aren't being bought. The real estate industry, once a hot commodity, has also lost its halo. Those white-collar workers who were envied in the past now have to change careers. Many have even joined the so-called triathlon, working in food delivery, ride-hailing, Didi, and express delivery to support their families. Countless middle-class people have fallen into poverty overnight, as if waking from a dream. A few years ago, during the bubble boom era, everyone was comparing cars and houses. Now, sudden poverty and loneliness have created a huge gap, leaving countless people feeling helpless and lost. My company went bankrupt last December, and hundreds of employees were laid off. I worked as a front-line operator in the company for 8 years. I have no skills, no technical expertise, and no higher education. Are the only three options left for laid-off middle-aged men, Didi, food delivery, and express delivery? I still don't know what to do.