I'm going to college, I have a dream, everyone is amazing

　　"Good afternoon, classmates, the new semester has begun..." One sunny afternoon, the delivery boy Yang Jinlong deliberately took a leave of absence, prepared paper and pen, and sat upright in front of the computer in the station, participating in the new student online Live class meeting.

This is 6 years after graduating from high school, when Xiao Yang heard the name "classmate" again, Yang Jinlong felt warm in his heart.

　　Yang Jinlong was born in 1998. His hometown is Linyi, Shandong. After graduating from high school, he distributed leaflets and learned to cut hair.

His older sister, who is 7 years older than him, settled in Hangzhou after graduating from university.

In 2019, Yang Jinlong also came to Hangzhou and became a delivery boy.

　　Recently, with the support of the company, Yang Jinlong enrolled in the logistics management major of the Open University of China.

"I heard that I can go to university. My sister is even happier than me. I must do my best to get a degree."

I'm in college

　　Anyone who has a dream is amazing

　　24-year-old delivery boy gets funding to go to college for free

　　Food delivery is the most paid job I can find

　　Yang Jinlong's hometown is in Linyi. He said that there is a mountainous area, and his parents are authentic farmers. He knew when he was a child that his family's economic situation was not good.

　　In middle school, Yang Jinlong's grades were pretty good, but his parents worked in a sheet factory all the year round and were in poor health. After Yang Jinlong went to high school, the financial pressure on his family increased, and he himself lost the will to continue his studies.

　　"I didn't go to school after high school. My first job was to distribute leaflets to a company that produced solar water heaters, and I did it for half a month." Later, Yang Jinlong started to work odd jobs and changed several jobs. He still studied Had a haircut and worked as an apprentice for three years.

　　After the Spring Festival in 2019, Yang Jinlong came to Hangzhou.

"My sister told me that Hangzhou is good, the quality of people is high, and the environment is good."

　　Come to Hangzhou, what to do?

"My sister said that with my education, it is easier to find jobs, one is food delivery, and the other is driving online car-hailing. After thinking about it, it seems that food delivery is the most earning job I can find at this stage."

　　In this way, Yang Jinlong became an ordinary takeaway brother around us.

Not going to college was the biggest regret of him and his sister

　　Yang Jinlong's relationship with his sister has always been very good. At the beginning, he chose to deliver food in Xiasha because it was close to his sister's house.

　　Yang Jinlong told reporters that his sister and brother-in-law relied on their own efforts to buy a house in Hangzhou. He also hopes to settle down in this city through his own efforts.

"We don't expect great wealth and greatness, and plainness is a kind of happiness."

　　Food delivery has always been a hard work and a harvest.

It was very hard at the beginning. Yang Jinlong sometimes ran down one day, and the soles of his feet were blistered, so he put paper on it and continued to work.

　　He remembered very clearly that the first month's salary was the least, 7,200 yuan. Later, when he was familiar with it, his income also rose, basically around 10,000 yuan, and even more than 20,000 yuan at the highest.

　　There were times when I didn’t want to do it, but when I thought about the warm moments that this profession brought me, I persevered: when picking up meals and waiting for meals in the dog days, the merchants would send a cup of green bean tea to cool off the heat; every month During the morning meeting, the traffic police will tell everyone about traffic safety; the riders will also help each other.

"The team is full of real people who can play together."

　　Yang Jinlong also wanted to do something for the city, delivered every order of takeout in a down-to-earth manner, and became a pioneer rider.

The most unforgettable thing for him is that he once delivered a meal at night and found that the customer's cat was lost. He helped him to find it for 3 hours, and finally found it at 12 o'clock in the middle of the night.

　　Yang Jinlong has a great sense of achievement for his little brother's career, but he did not continue his studies after graduating from high school, which became a common regret of Yang Jinlong and his sister.

"My sister has always told me that learning is very important, and I can gain a lot of knowledge and knowledge. Before, she suggested me to sign up for the adult self-examination. So a few months ago, I heard from the company that if I had the opportunity to study for free, I immediately put the I told my sister the news."

　　Yang Jinlong said that riders who learn modern logistics management don’t have to pay tuition fees. The family and the station are very supportive. They signed up when they saw it.

　　The platform survey shows that 50.17% of riders have the need to obtain education and training and improve their academic qualifications. Meituan Takeaway also hopes to provide riders with a more comprehensive and convenient personal growth channel.

In the spring semester of 2022, the Open University of China and Meituan Waimai once again reached a second phase of cooperation, and opened an undergraduate course for riders for the first time.

The second batch of riders consists of 88 riders, including 36 undergraduates and 52 junior college riders, including party member riders, retired riders, rural poverty alleviation riders, traffic safety model riders, and pioneer riders.

Anyone who has a dream is amazing

　　The delivery guy is very busy with his daily work. How to arrange his future studies and being a rider?

　　Yang Jinlong told reporters that the form of teaching is online teaching. The courses for modern logistics management majors include compulsory and elective courses. Among the compulsory courses, there are not only professional knowledge such as Introduction to Logistics, but also computers and English.

　　If you want to apply for a degree, you need to complete the required credits, achieve a certain score in the exam, pass the thesis defense, and pass the foreign language test.

　　"For me, it's a challenge."

　　Yang Jinlong has already planned that he will only deliver takeaways during the peak hours two times a day, and spend the rest of his time reading and studying.

　　The reporter learned that in terms of career promotion, the Meituan Takeaway "Station Master Training Program" provides a smooth promotion channel for riders. Through selection, riders can be promoted to positions such as team leader, deputy head, assistant head, and head. Opportunity to become a reserve force for partner management positions.

　　For Yang Jinlong, going to university is only the first step. He also hopes that he can develop into management in the future and provide greater value to the society.

　　"Anyone who has a dream is amazing." Yang Jinlong said.

　　Our reporter Chen Jie