Chapter 1570 Thesis

"It's true that there are three hundred and sixty professions, and every one of them produces an expert."

"Yeah, this delivery guy can deliver food to this extent, he's really awesome. This effort deserves his monthly salary of over ten thousand."

"Although it's physical labor, it's much more comfortable than working in a factory or on a construction site. No wonder there are so many delivery guys; this job really makes money."

"I see some delivery guys complaining about low wages, but actually, it's their low efficiency. Look at this delivery guy; he can earn a monthly salary of more than ten thousand. That's already higher than the salaries of many white-collar workers."

"But there are many prerequisites to earning that much money."

"So what if there are many prerequisites? He can do it, but you can't. Isn't that still because your efficiency isn't good enough? Delivery does make money, but it's not a place to support lazy people. If you're lazy and can't improve your efficiency, and don't provide better service to customers, then of course you'll earn less."

Many viewers were impressed by the delivery guy's excellent performance and even envied these delivery guys a little.

After all, many people's salaries are not as high as these delivery guys.

After introducing the daily work of these delivery guys, the last part is the real focus.

The people who recorded the show asked the delivery guys a few questions, one of which was whether they would like to have more rest time, such as having to rest for 10 minutes after delivering for an hour to prevent over-fatigue.

Or set a daily limit on the number of orders, and not be able to take any more orders after exceeding this limit.

Or stipulate that the number of orders received at the same time cannot exceed 10.

Originally, it was thought that this was a measure to reduce the burden on the delivery guys, but unexpectedly, it was unanimously opposed by the delivery guys.

"That definitely won't work, why would you do that?"

"Has this regulation considered our feelings?"

"We don't need to rest, we just want to make money. Resting for 10 minutes means we earn a lot less money."

"I can now take 15 orders at the same time, but if you force me to reduce it to 10 orders, what about the money from the remaining 5 orders?"

"That's right, the formulation of this rule can't just be a spur-of-the-moment decision; you also have to consider it from our perspective."

All the delivery guys unanimously opposed these opinions.

Although this video does not explicitly state specific viewpoints, Zhai Ju Waimai can still guide public opinion by publishing some obviously biased comments in the comment section.

And this kind of public opinion guidance focuses on two aspects.

First, emphasize that the delivery industry is inherently a field where more work means more pay. The delivery guys' hard work is their own choice. Even if the delivery platform wants to lower the requirements for the delivery guys and let them take fewer orders, the delivery guys will not accept it.

Second, emphasize that the delivery platform has already given many subsidies to the delivery guys, merchants, and customers; otherwise, it would be impossible to simultaneously achieve high salaries for the delivery guys and low delivery fees for the platform.

This argument is a bit like what Sheng Yun Express said before: you can deliver goods from the merchant to your home for a delivery fee of only three yuan. What else are you not satisfied with?

Aren't the cornerstones of these low delivery fees and delivery guys' high incomes all created by the Zhai Ju Waimai platform?

This is obviously a counterattack against the previous episode where the person in charge said he would deconstruct the delivery routine.

And the effect is not bad, because this kind of statement is indeed deceptive!

Especially when coupled with the statements of the delivery guys in the video, it seems even more convincing.

And everyone knows that most other delivery guys also have this attitude. They are delivery guys to make money. If their order volume and working hours are restricted, they will have a lot of complaints.

Pei Qian looked at Ma Yang: "Lao Ma, what do you think of this video?"

Lao Ma scratched his head: "I feel like there's something wrong somewhere, but I can't put my finger on it."

Pei Qian nodded slightly. He saw a little more than Lao Ma and could roughly explain some of the tricks.

But he doesn't plan to attack Zhai Ju Waimai head-on for the time being, because the current delivery platform is still a relatively active and healthy platform.

Although these Internet innovation platforms will have a series of adverse effects after forming a monopoly, at least in the current situation, they are still active and progressive.

Just like the impact of online car-hailing platforms on the taxi industry, although online car-hailing platforms will have various problems after monopolizing the market, it did facilitate the industry and integrate demand at the beginning, which has great progressive significance.

Many things still need to be viewed in two, truthfully, objectively, and fairly.

Of course, these words of Zhai Ju Waimai cannot stand scrutiny, and once you get serious, you will find that there are various problems behind it.

On the one hand, merits and demerits cannot be offset. Making contributions cannot deny the objective problems existing in the platform.

On the other hand, even if these platforms have a certain degree of progressiveness, it cannot prevent more excellent platforms from replacing them.

It's just that Pei Qian doesn't think it's necessary to completely kill these platforms now. He can let them be active for a while longer.

Even the Fenda Alliance's vigorous resistance gave Pei Qian some hope.

Not only Pei Qian's hope but also the hope of the entire industry.

Through this kind of public opinion war, everyone can have a deeper understanding of the routine and a clearer understanding of the problems, so as to guide the industry in the right direction.

Is Tenda's standard a golden rule that cannot be questioned? Is Tenda always right?

Of course, Pei Qian doesn't think so.

In fact, Pei Qian also felt that the person in charge said that this column was going a little too smoothly. Every time he deconstructed the routine, he was greatly welcomed by ordinary people. This kind of influence is actually a double-edged sword and has dangers.

Pei Qian hopes that ordinary people can also listen to opinions from other parties, be able to independently think and judge whether something is right or wrong, instead of completely following Tenda's ass and blindly catering to it.

"Okay, let's play here today. I'm going back to rest."

Pei Qian stood up and prepared to leave.

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April 21st, Sunday late at night.

Yu Ping An finally finished a day's work and said goodbye to Master Li.

Master Li gave a thumbs up and praised: "Not bad, young man. Your efficiency has been getting higher and higher these days. I believe you will be able to complete your apprenticeship soon!"

"I really didn't expect that you, such a refined person, could actually do this job. Just this kind of perseverance is worthy of praise."

Yu Ping An shook his head with some shame: "Alas, no, Master Li, I'm still far behind you."

Master Li smiled: "Practice makes perfect. A lot of time is squeezed out by exploring. The more eager you are for money, the faster you will definitely deliver food."

"According to my observation, you should be a person who doesn't lack money. It's already very difficult to experience life at the grassroots level to this extent."

Yu Ping An didn't want to explain anything and nodded: "Thank you for your care these past few days, Master Li. I won't come tomorrow."

Yu Ping An is just a crowdsourcing deliveryman for Zhai Ju Waimai and is not a fixed employee. Moreover, his current job is still at Moyu Waimai. He has to work normally from Monday to Friday, and only has time to experience Zhai Ju Waimai during the weekend.

Moyu Waimai's deliverymen have a 5-day work system with two days off each week, which are not necessarily on certain days.

After all, Yu Ping An is here to experience life at the grassroots level, so he received a little care in this regard and arranged his days off on the weekend.

Yu Ping An was riding his electric scooter back, and was still thinking about the hard work these two days, when he suddenly looked up and unexpectedly met a familiar face.

"Oh, isn't this Teacher Wang?"

Yu Ping An stopped the electric scooter, and the other party also stopped the electric scooter after calling out.

Both of them were wearing Zhai Ju Waimai's delivery uniforms. They looked at each other, feeling like they were looking in a mirror.

Yu Ping An was a little surprised: "Teacher Wang, didn't you say before that you wanted to write a thesis on delivery? Then you are..."

Teacher Wang smiled: "I'm going to write a thesis, and the thesis is almost finished. Only after conducting in-depth research can you have the right to speak. I deliver food during the day and write a thesis at night."

Yu Ping An suddenly realized: "I was still saying that after experiencing the life of a deliveryman, I would share it with you to help you write your thesis. I didn't expect you to personally take the field!"

Teacher Wang is a young lecturer at Handong University, teaching sociology.

He is also a cooperative lecturer of Useless App and Tuwei Live, and has very unique insights on many social issues.

Seeing Yu Ping An mentioning the thesis, Teacher Wang took out his phone: "Look, my thesis is almost completed. This is the abstract of the thesis."

Yu Ping An took the phone and saw that the title of the thesis was "Labor Order Under Digital Control."

The subtitle cuts into the direction of the thesis: "A Study on the Labor Control of Delivery Riders."

From the abstract, this thesis studies the labor process of delivery riders from the perspective of organizational technology and science and technology.

The platform company seems to have given up direct management of riders, but in fact, it is to dilute the employer's responsibility, and labor disputes are also transferred to the platform system and consumers accordingly.

Digital control has been upgraded from physical machine computer equipment to virtual software and data platform systems. Through imperceptible collection and analysis of basic data, and application of the data results to riders, the labor order becomes possible.

Digital control not only weakens the rider's awareness of resistance, erodes the space for them to exercise their autonomy, but also makes them participate in the management of themselves unconsciously. This leads to the capital control means not only shifting from autocracy to hegemony, but also from physical to virtual.

After simply reading the abstract, Yu Ping An's first feeling was that it was very profound and a little difficult to understand.

But he believed that carefully studying this thesis could at least answer half of the confusion he faced.

Yu Ping An had also seen the video released by Zhai Ju Waimai.

He vaguely felt that this video seemed to deliberately blur certain issues, causing some misleading to the audience, but from the surface of the video content, Yu Ping An was not sure where the error was for a while.

Especially the words said by the delivery guys, which truly expressed the desire of grassroots practitioners to make money urgently to the extreme.

Even Yu Ping An himself had some doubts. Could it be that the Moyu Waimai model and the Zhai Ju Waimai model can actually coexist?

Moyu Waimai's delivery guys are indeed much happier than Zhai Ju Waimai's delivery guys, because their work has full guarantees, and the working hours and working environment are also relatively guaranteed.

But Moyu Waimai can't possibly take down all the delivery guys after all, and this model can't be applied to all businesses.

Sheng Yun Group was suppressed by Nifeng Logistics so much that they couldn't find the north because Sheng Yun Group had indeed aroused public anger.

His face and eating habits are too ugly, and it is already known to everyone.

The same is true for Zhujia Group's rental business, because these two companies have roughly completed the occupation of the market, so there is nothing to restrain them from doing things.

But Zhai Ju Waimai is different. After all, it has not yet occupied a true dominant position, and many of the regulations are still relatively conscientious.

Some delivery guys even have feelings for this platform. After all, delivering food on this platform earns them more money than they do in factories or on construction sites.

Who would disagree with money?

In this case, wanting to win the public opinion war is far from as simple as what Lü Mingliang had to do at the time.

Zhai Ju Waimai is also seizing this point to conduct a counterattack in terms of public opinion.

At this time, it is difficult without some professional theoretical support.

Although Yu Ping An is just an ordinary deliveryman, he still has the mentality of a person in charge and hopes from the bottom of his heart that Moyu Waimai can win.

Yu Ping An said to Teacher Wang: "Teacher Wang, after this thesis comes out, you must publish a column article on the Useless App and go to Tuwei Live to give us a good lecture!"

Teacher Wang nodded: "That's natural."