Coquettish Rebirth

This is not an exaggeration!Just like what Jia Hongjian knew before, in 2004, thieves from all over the world began to steal manhole covers after nightfall, cut them, sell them to waste collection stations, and then ship them to China!At such a time, China has become a never-rising empire-after every corner of the world has entered darkness, there will be people stealing everywhere for China's metal needs!This is a manifestation of China's rapid development that has caused a large demand for metals, and it is also a manifestation of the helplessness of these old industrial cities in the United States.Just like China's old industrial cities are empty and economically impoverished after their resources are exhausted, the United States also has these problems.Originally, under the impact of cheap Japanese cars in the 80s, the production and sales of American cars were not very good. Later, China's market competitive advantages were revealed, and Americans moved their factories to China one after another.

Under such a situation, the factory building was gone, the machines were gone, the jobs were gone, and a large number of people with some spare money left, leaving only some old blacks who couldn't leave.Isn't this city the same as a ghost town?And in such a ghost town, selling all kinds of waste resources is obviously a kind of business.Obviously, it is also very reasonable to sell the steel and iron bones of the outdated old-top-point-small-speak-industrial centers in the United States to China to build their new industrial centers.It's just that this doesn't quite match the image of "America is number one" that the United States has been shouting!Picking up junk every day, to a certain extent, really made Diz feel better than living in other cities.He is also in his 40s, if he goes to another city to find a job.Not easy.The job you find is likely to be only five or six hundred dollars in two weeks-don't think that Americans can earn thousands of dollars or even tens of thousands of dollars a month!There are many low-wage monthly jobs in the United States, and many poor people have to work several jobs a day, because one job cannot support themselves and their families!For example, working at McDonald's, McDonald's loves its employees, and set up a website with a company to teach McDonald's part-time employees how to manage money.

As a result, after an investigation, it was discovered that ordinary employees in McDonald's stores have no way to support themselves by working at McDonald's!According to other people's statistics, as a full-time "temporary worker" at McDonald's, if you want to achieve an annual income of 2.47 US dollars, which is 3000 US dollars lower than the median annual income in the United States.So on average, such an employee has to work 80 hours a week at McDonald's!The average day is close to 12 hours!And there is no weekend!If you want to rest 2 days a week.In the other 5 days, I have to work 16 hours a day!And if calculated according to the working hours of 40 hours a week, the income of an employee in January is 1105 US dollars after tax. This money is basically not enough to support themselves in the United States, and it is completely below the poverty line!McDonald's then advised employees to work outside of McDonald's 40-hour work week.It is best to find a second job to work.Basically, you have to work more than 70 hours a week.$2060 monthly income is possible!

有人可能说美国这边物价很多东西比中国便宜多了，但是别忘了很多东西的物价美国也比中国贵多了！比如说租房子的价钱！在纽约市中心一点一个8平方米的单间都特么的一个月750美元！这靠在麦当劳打工每周40个小时一个月1000美元的收入75%都要交房租了好么！而且按照麦当劳跟人家网站做的一个理财模板来说，人家模板中的租房费用是一月平均600美元！这价钱在其他城市租房子是靠谱的。但是在纽约或者洛杉矶之类的市区里面租房子那是完全不够的！而且一些北方的房子房客还需要自己交取暖费，平均下来一个月50美元呢！

Then, according to McDonald's financial management template, the monthly consumption limit of each employee in addition to rent is about 800 US dollars.According to statistics from the United States Department of Agriculture, men spend an average of $230 a month on food in supermarkets, while women spend $200, plus about $100 a month on various clothes.That’s already $300+, and Americans don’t have much savings, so they have to pay in installments when buying a second-hand car. If you just bought a second-hand car, you may need to pay $150 a month for the purchase of a car in installments for two or three years. , that's almost $500 a month for men.In addition, as a driver, you have to buy insurance. Drivers who are almost 30 in the United States basically pay about 650 US dollars for half a year's insurance, and the younger you are, the more expensive the insurance premium is charged by the insurance company!Basically, it is impossible for young people under the age of 24 to reduce their vehicle insurance expenses to an average of $100 per month by reducing insurance types!If you do the math again, you will spend $700+ in that month.

There are other commercial medical insurances purchased by oneself—don’t expect McDonald’s to buy too comprehensive medical insurance for employees, and this kind of employees are still temporary workers with hourly wages!So if you buy insurance yourself, the money in the early part of 1000 dollars per month is basically just enough to live on, and it is considered good if you can save one or two hundred dollars a month!This kind of life is really the so-called busy poor in China!I am busy all day long, but I still can't make any money!Under such a situation, wouldn't it be better to pick up junk in the broken city of Detroit!Next, Jia Hongjian and the others rolled up their sleeves and began to help Diz with his work-maybe the filmmakers of the documentary should not help according to reason, but who said Jia Hongjian and the others were making a documentary?Only by going up to help can we draw in the relationship and get more words out!

Soon, after Jia Hongjian and the others helped, the metal bracket was dismantled into sections of metal bars.After everyone helped to pull out the copper wires of the cables, the matter was finally done.After carrying such a pair of items that could be sold for money into the car and transported them away, Jia Hongjian and the others helped Diz transport the items all the way to the waste collection station for sale.To be honest, the waste collection stations in the United States give people the feeling... not much taller than the waste collection stations in China.Although China's waste collection stations give people the impression that they are mainly dirty and messy, and this place is at most a little tidy, but it is not very clean in terms of cleanliness!The wall here is also made of red bricks, and the whole waste collection station is relatively decent, mainly because it doesn't accept other household waste here.

This Diz sold the copper cable and earns about 90 US dollars. On the way back, this Diz talked to Jia Hongjian and the others about the current affairs in Detroit, and by the way led Jia Hongjian and the others. "Tour". "This city, now it's become a city of crime. Today's young people can't find a job. If they want to make money, they can only rob, steal or simply sell drugs. In short, either take the road of crime and hurt people. Others, or I am tired of myself. There are quite a few people in our industry now, and many abandoned buildings in the city center in the early years are now really empty, and everything that can be sold has been sold... ..." As he spoke, Diaz directed Jia Hongjian and the others to the Michigan Central Railway Station where they first agreed to meet.Such a train station was the largest train station in Michigan at that time, and it was also the hub of Detroit.But in the [-]s, such a train station was abandoned.After entering the train station, it was really a scene of survival after a war or disaster—the whole train station was in a mess!

What kind of chaos?First of all, after entering the gate, I saw a super large arched hall inside, which is really like the deserted and abandoned city of Chernobyl in the game, with broken stones and sticks everywhere. What, there are all kinds of printing paper thrown around, messy wrapping paper and so on.I don't know what happened to the light-transmitting glass in the hall, but it was basically broken anyway.Then there are all kinds of graffiti painted by bear children in the waiting hall. Obviously there are still people in such a city, and such a station is still in the urban area, so it turned out to be so deserted.It really gave Jia Hongjian a very mysterious feeling!In his imagination, it seems that such abandoned buildings should only appear when the entire city is abandoned.Otherwise, like in China, if a building is no longer used, it must be demolished and replaced with a new one!Where is there a building that has been abandoned and left like this?

As for such a train station, it was really swept away. No matter how tall the chandeliers in various rooms were, they were all dismantled, and even the wires hidden in the walls were dug out and skinned. The compartment door and all have been removed, just for a few loose leaves and a few loose brass corners.It can be said that in such a building, except for the various window frames and the steel bars of the reinforced concrete, all the metals in the other buildings have been removed!Then all kinds of messy "construction waste" left over from the demolition of metal makes people feel that such a building really seems to have experienced a war. Anyway, such an abandoned station in the urban area makes Jia Hongjian such a The Chinese find it incomprehensible!

In addition to such a train station, Detroit also has a large number of abandoned buildings. In 1950, Detroit's population peaked at 180 million, and now it is around 70.Across the city, 8 homes are left vacant.At the same time, Detroit's unemployment rate is almost three times the national average unemployment rate, and half of the population over the age of 3 cannot find a job.In mid-16, Detroit was rated No.2004 among the most dangerous cities in the United States by Forbes magazine... (To be continued..)