After the epidemic, Meituan has 950,000 more people delivering food! Another 600,000 have been added in the past two months, and the number of food delivery drivers has increased exponentially.

On May 20, Meituan reported that since the outbreak, the number of new riders earning income on the Meituan platform has exceeded 950,000.

Meituan’s last report showed that from January 20 to March 18, the Meituan platform had recruited 336,000 new riders.

Comparing the two, within two months, Meituan added about 600,000 new riders, an astonishing increase.

This is only Meituan’s data. The situation of Ele.me is unknown, but if added together, the number of new riders has already exceeded one million.

I came across a recruitment notice that appeared to be a crowd-sourced food delivery driver from Ele.me in Hangzhou.

It seems that delivery service is a very, very hard industry.

After the epidemic, many people’s livelihoods have been affected, and a steady stream of people continue to join the takeout army.

The cake is so big, but there are too many people, how much is left for everyone?

Behind the myth of high salary, it is really not that easy for delivery workers, especially the million-level newcomers who are waiting for food, to make money through hard work.

After the epidemic, 360 people from all walks of life across the country have become full-time and part-time delivery workers. Among them are small and micro entrepreneurs, technical workers, self-media bloggers, sanitation workers, group actors, Chefs, programmers, designers, teachers...

The "2020 Ele.me Blue Rider Research Report" shows that more than half (56) of the riders have "multiple identities."

Among them, 26 are small and micro entrepreneurs, 21 are technical workers, 4 are self-media bloggers, and 1 is a sanitation worker.

In Hangzhou, takeaway boy Chen Jian wears many hats. While delivering takeaways, he also walks among various production crews, large and small, and provides art guidance to the crews. He is proficient in design, painting, calligraphy, and food delivery.

In Hengdian, takeaway boy Li Ruifeng happened to encounter a piano when he was delivering orders to the hospital. With permission, he "couldn't help" playing "Dream Wedding". Li Ruifeng was originally an extra in Hengdian. With the introduction of other group members, Li Ruifeng, who had been without food for two months, changed his career to a part-time delivery boy. Every morning, Li Ruifeng still insists on going to the park to sing and make his voice heard; after get off work in the evening, he just plays the piano and sings without stopping; when he has no orders, he will practice singing on the roadside.

At the intersection of Hongli Road and Xinzhou Road in Futian District, Shenzhen, the traffic light suddenly failed. Delivery boy She Youchun resolutely acted as a temporary traffic commander, directing drivers to pass in an orderly manner amidst the chaos. Afterwards, the Shenzhen traffic police gave him a "Traffic Police Bear" and hired him as a "Road Traffic Safety Information Officer."

In addition, other excellent takeaway riders also emerged during the epidemic. Food delivery riders have many talents, and a bright future may be expected.

Behind the Hidden Dragon and Crouching Tiger team of delivery workers are the hardships of people from all walks of life to save themselves after the epidemic, and their persistence in trying to make a living.

If everyone is working so hard, why should we not work hard in life?

Do you still remember the takeaway boy Lei Haiwei who won the championship of the "Chinese Poetry Conference" 2 years ago?

Back then, Lei Haiwei was first a courier boy, and later a takeaway boy.

Every day when delivering food in the wind or rain, he never forgets to recite poems - when waiting to pick up the food, he is reciting poems; when waiting for customers, he is reciting poems.

Lei Haiwei said: "Usually when an order of takeout is delivered, I also memorize a poem, and I feel very happy."

At that time, the host of the "Chinese Poetry Conference" Dong Qing said to him:

"Any time you spend studying will be rewarded to you at a certain moment.

I feel that all your running and hard work in the sun and rain, wind and rain, and all the poems you memorized secretly in the bookstore, bloomed with a particularly dazzling brilliance at this moment. "

When Lei Haiwei won the championship in the "Chinese Poetry Conference", Dong Qing said to him again,

"Congratulations, Lei Haiwei! Not only did you defeat all opponents, you also defeated yourself and life! "

Beginning in 2018, Lei Haiwei was hired as a full-time teaching and research teacher at Xintian Huakai School. Since then, he has won the Global Chinese Traditional Chinese Academy Communication Award and was recommended as the 17th " "Hunan Youth May 4th Medal" candidate.

Lei Haiwei has inspired many struggling takeaway knights and others to accumulate strength and wait for opportunities. Those who are capable can always bloom and let their brilliance illuminate their lives.