Real-life story: The inspiring journey of a delivery driver, from earning 300 yuan a month to achieving entrepreneurial success.
That winter, the rain fell in fine droplets, hitting the windshield of his electric scooter like countless tiny days. Li Ming had only recently arrived in the city, living in a cramped shared apartment, with only an old mobile phone and a second-hand electric scooter to his name. The early days of delivering food were tough: low platform subsidies, inconsistent orders, sometimes earning only 300 yuan a month . From that 300 yuan, he still had to squeeze out money for transportation, phone bills, and a few hundred yuan to send home to his family. Life felt like a narrow zipper, always tight and suffocating. He had considered giving up. But when he thought of his elderly mother at the dinner table in the countryside, wiping away tears and saying, "It's not easy for you out there," he gritted his teeth and persevered. Day after day, he learned the rules of the game from delivery routes , peak order times, and the speed of food preparation at different restaurants. He began...