In the past three years, I watched Xiao Zhu and his wife buy a house in their hometown and a car in Shanghai. From time to time, someone left a message asking: How much can they earn from media?
Xiaoyu replied to the camera: "At first, it was a few cents and a few yuan, and it took half a year to start a few hundred yuan a month. Now it is almost the same as salary, with a monthly income of 5, to 1, yuan."
From filming to playing, Xiao Zhu's husband and wife are treated as a job now. The division of labor is clear: the topic is discussed together, Xiaoyu is photographed, and the editing belongs to Xiao Zhu. After the video goes online, Xiaoyu has to answer many netizens' messages, and she is often busy until late at night.
Wearing factory blue overalls, Xiao Zhu and Xiao Yu told the camera about their working lives
"How easy is it to make money?" Xiao Zhu said, "The most important thing is persistence. Many people give up when they clap. It's really tiring. We have to go to work during the day and often stay up late at night to think about materials and cut films. " For a while, Xiao Zhu felt confused, as if he had filmed everything in his life, but he couldn't "stop" and was so anxious that he couldn't sleep.
In Xiao Zhu's view, the biggest difference between their generation of migrant workers and their parents is that the Internet has broadened their horizons. Xiao Zhu's cooking, editing and subtitling skills are all learned from short videos. Because communication is more convenient, they have closer ties with their local relatives.
have dinner in the factory dormitory
Every night, Xiao Zhu and his wife will make a video call to tutor their son's homework remotely. My son has been in the second grade of primary school. Xiao Zhu and his wife plan to send him to Shanghai to go to school next year. To this end, Xiaoyu changed his job from the workshop to the office to engage in clerical work, hoping that his son can spend more time with him when he comes.
During the summer vacation, my son came to Shanghai, and Xiaoyu helped his son with his homework.
"When I graduated from junior high school, I went out to work. When I was young, my ideas were too simple and I suffered a lot from illiteracy. I hope my son will read more books, at least better than us." Xiao Zhu said.
Although she likes Shanghai, Xiao Zhu still wants to go back to her hometown with Xiaoyu in the future, "because the roots are there." He wants to work harder, earn more money in Shanghai, decorate the house he bought in his hometown, take his parents to live together, and his children can receive a better education. You can also drive a car, take your family to travel and see the world.
"Before we leave Shanghai, our family must visit the Oriental Pearl once." Xiao Zhu said with a smile.
column editor: Shi Chenlu text editor: Shi Chenlu
Title: Xiao Zhu and his wife are on the Bund, with the Oriental Pearl behind them. Image source: Respondents provide source: Author: Tong Wu Guo Sheng
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