Zhu Yinghui joined Xu's Fast Food Restaurant as a delivery rider last weekend after being introduced by an online friend.
He was fairly satisfied with his job as a delivery rider at Xu's Fast Food Restaurant. He could earn forty or fifty yuan a day by working just over two hours. As he became more familiar with the roads, his income finally broke through the fifty mark today, reaching sixty-two yuan.
If I work harder tomorrow, I might be able to earn seventy yuan, which is about two thousand yuan a month, similar to a regular job, but with fewer hours.
'Beep beep beep!'
Just as Zhu Yinghui was envisioning the future, his cell phone rang; it was an unfamiliar landline number.
Hello, who are you?
"Hello, hello, are you Mr. Zhu Yinghui?" A young woman's voice answered, her voice very gentle.
"Yes, that's me. What do you need me for?"
“It’s like this, Mr. Zhu.” The girl quickly explained the purpose of the call: “More than 30 fast food restaurants in Shanghai have jointly established the Shanghai Fast Food Association. Tomorrow is the first day of launching their delivery service. We understand that you have a wealth of delivery experience. Would you be interested in working here?”
Shanghai Fast Food Association? Could this be a scam call?
Just as Zhu Yinghui was hesitating whether to hang up the phone, the girl on the other end seemed to sense something and spoke again.
"The Haishi Fast Food Association was initiated by Yipinxiang Fast Food Restaurant, which has twelve branches in Haishi. The president is Ren Peng, the founder of Yipinxiang Fast Food Restaurant. The benefits for riders in this event are quite generous. Would you like to learn more before making a decision?"
Generous benefits?
These four words caught Zhu Yinghui's attention. He thought, "Why don't I listen and see how generous it is?"
What kind of benefits are offered?
"The delivery fee is 50 cents per order, but we have a guaranteed minimum wage of 20 yuan."
The guaranteed minimum wage is 20 yuan, which is 600 yuan a month. That's not low; it's equivalent to delivering two orders of 20 boxed meals each at Xu's Fast Food Restaurant.
Although Zhu Yinghui was very tempted, he instinctively felt something was wrong and didn't agree immediately, vaguely saying, "I'll think about it."
After hanging up the phone, Zhu Yinghui opened QQ and found that a delivery rider he met at Xu's Fast Food Restaurant had messaged him privately and sent him a group chat invitation.
Click to join the group chat, and four group messages will pop up instantly.
"Did you receive a call from the Shanghai Fast Food Association? Is it real or fake?"
"It seems to be true. A friend told me they held a press conference in the small square yesterday."
"Wow! Twenty yuan base salary, are you guys interested?"
'I wonder how this association delivers its fast food. If it's like Xu's Fast Food, then it's profitable. I'm worried they deliver it one serving at a time; how many trips would they have to make to earn the money from just one delivery?'
'Can someone ask if they're delivering them one by one?'
'Let me ask.'
There was a long silence after that sentence, as everyone seemed to be waiting for the outcome of the question.
"It's based on the number of stores; one person is responsible for two or three stores in the vicinity, and the number of boxed meals delivered at one time depends on the number of customers ordering."
What about working hours?
"Eight hours in total, from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM and from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM."
'.'
Eight hours is equivalent to working a full day. It's not worth it. Forget it. It's not as comfortable as working for two hours at Xu's Fast Food Restaurant and earning sixty yuan.
Zhu Yinghui turned off his phone, put it in his pocket, and rode his bicycle home.
The next morning at eight o'clock, Xu An exported and printed out the backend data.
Due to the intervention of the Haishi Fast Food Association, the number of orders from Haishi Library and Red Brick Creative Park decreased by nearly 500, but the number of orders from companies such as Elsa Clothing Company and Qingya Community remained stable.
With 500 fewer orders, we won't need as many riders today. Let's set the number of riders at 12 for today!
Xu An opened QQ and sent a message to the delivery rider group of Xu's Fast Food Restaurant.
We need 12 riders today. If you're interested, please reply with "1".
The first to reply were still Lao Han and his roommates and classmates, who flooded the screen with eight '1's. It took another two minutes for all twelve people to reply.
Normally, the number of people is full the moment the message is sent out, and there are still extras. Are there so many people who are busy today?
However, since the number of riders had already met his expectations, Xu An did not delve into the reasons behind it. He sent a message to the group saying, "Please make sure the above twelve people arrive on time," and then put away his phone.
Zhu Yinghui originally intended to continue working at Xu's Fast Food Restaurant, but he forgot to bring his keys when he went out to buy breakfast in the morning, and his phone had been left uncharged the night before and automatically shut down at 7:57.
By the time the locksmith came and opened the door, and I went back to my room to charge my phone, it was already 8:21. Xu's Fast Food Restaurant had already filled its rider quota for the day!
At this moment, Zhu Yinghui thought of the Shanghai Food Delivery Association. Although the working hours were a bit long, at least there was a base salary of twenty yuan, which was better than having no income at all today.
He dialed the landline that had called him yesterday, and the same girl answered. She readily agreed to Zhu Yinghui's request and told him the meeting place—Yipinxiang Fast Food Restaurant, not far from the Haishi Library across the street.
Because Zhu Yinghui was responsible for delivering boxed meals in the Haishi Library area when he worked as a delivery rider at Xu's Fast Food Restaurant, the Haishi Fast Food Association assigned him three fast food restaurants near the library to deliver orders from these three restaurants.
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