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Dai Guohong came here full of confidence, after talk with a few company
perhaps he thought this too simply
There are lots of positions here, yet they all have high requirements
With only a middle school education, could he find a suitable job?
He isn't too sure now
Hi, I'm asking if they would hire drivers?
They do, but they need to a guarantee from local person
-Why do you need a local guarantee? -Think about it, if they give a vehicle to you
If you jack the car and disappears, who will they contact?
-Oh, like that? -Yeah, they have that concern
So you need to find someone to guaratee you
It's probably difficult to do
-I'll go somewhere else then, thank -you're welcome
Do you guys hire drivers or something like that?
There are some, what kind of licience do you have?
I have a B licience
Do you have a guarantor or willing to pay a deposit?
Do you have a guarantor or willing to pay a deposit?
I don't have a guarantor, how much is the deposit?
Every company is different, it's about 500 to 5000
-Wait a bit -okay
Hi, I'm from Hui'an. do you still need a driver?
Already hired someone?
It's okay, call us next time you needed one. Okay, bye
They just hired someone
We walk around the job fair with Dai Guohong for while
Even though there are some suitable jobs for him
Like securiy, look at his size
But he didn't have a licience or veteran's card so he can't get that job
The job he really wanted is driver, but someone else took that position
It looks like we can't get a good ending today
Let's try again tomorrow
After we left the job fair, we asked to look around his home, he agreed
His home is in Gaoyin Village, Dalang Town
He and his wife own a small convenient store next to a factory
Business isn't good lately
Do you need to pay inventory for these shoes?
They bring these here, we sell them here and get a commission.
Oh, you sell tickets here too
lots of people buying these?
There's no people
-No people, that's the problem -True
-You got cake etc. everything here -yeah
-Business isn't good -True
Are people buying these shoes?
Very little
His home Guangyuan was heavily damaged in the 2008 earthquake
His old house was completely collapsed
In order to build a new house for his parents, they take out a bank loan
This made the already hard life even harder
It's very crude here, working out here, oh well
Brother, It much better than when I was sent to the countryside
Of couse, how can we compare to your generation
Gas stove
Toilet, well, it's simple and clear
-Where do you shower, here -yeah here
It's alright if the envirnment is a bit hash it's much better than when we first arrived here
When they first arrive in Dongguan, he and his wife only have 300 yuan on them
They lived in the cheapest rent house even though they moved out long ago
Sometimes they still come back to take a look
We lived in a small rent house in this community
The houses then are old and crammy
It was tiles before, not it'steel. It was wooden doors, not this now steel door
let's go in
The envirnment is bad, lots of misquitoes, flies and rats
When my wife first saw it, she was in tears
It feels like we came to suffer here Even though we're poor at home, but we won't live like this
His first job here was a factory worker in Longzhi factor in Dalang town
The monthly salary was 350 yuan, he was deligent and serious
And salary was raised to 700 yuan
But because of his limited education, he was never premoted beyond it or find a better job
To get a better life, he borrow money and bought a van. making money transporting good, sometime people as well
Unexpectedly, this van give him his deepest set back
3am on May 1st, I got 6 people to city.
Usually illegal taxi would ask customers to pay before they get in. But Dai forgot it that day
He asked for money at the destination
There was two plain clothed police near us
I never saw their car
When he I saw me taking the money, they lit up and came to us
I didn't even place the money in wallet yet
Then he start asking about us etc.
Because he was caught in the act, he was fined 30,000 yuan
To him, it is an unbearable set back
After I came back that night, I didn't believe in anything. There is no hope
My wife brought rice in front of me, and I can't eat anyting
She said, it's just money. It's no big deal. We had nothing when we came here anyways
So it's just start from beginning, she tried to encourage me
I though, it's just 30,000 yuan, it's not like a live right.
Since we don't have the money, so we'll have to borrow more
Dai have live in Dongguan for 8 years, and have experience many failtures and tragedies
He feel that he is stuck in a cycle of finding jobs and losing jobs
But these difficulties made him even stronger and more opportunistic
I feel it's okay if we didn't have any money
As long as everyone is healthy and happy. then that's enough
He understood the reason for his diffculties is because of his low education
The biggest wish he and his wife is that their son would study hard in school and find a good job in the future
What's your name?
Dai Pengcheng
Pengcheng (Ambition of Peng, a mythical bird in Zhuangzi, meaning Great Ambition )
That's a good name
You name the great hope your parents have place on you. how's your grades in school?
It's so-so. Around 60 to 70 (C student)
It's a bit bad
Let grandpa write a quote for you
Knowledge changes destiny, you know that?
-Say thank you Grandpa Yang -thanks