Lin Yunxiu, 27, is an actor.
"I will feel anxious, because I never know when the next play will come after this play is finished. I don't dare to rent an expensive house either, because sometimes I can't go home for a few months after going out to shoot, and it's a pity that the house has been empty. " There are countless young people living in this big city of Beijing. They came here for their dreams, hoping to live the life they want. Lin Yunxiu is one of them. Lin Yunxiu is an actor. At this time, she is auditioning for the cast. Because I have worked with the crew I met this time, Lin Yunxiu standing at the door of the audition room seems relatively relaxed.
In the preparation time before the audition, Lin Yunxiu found that she had some personal ideas about the script lines, and was discussing with the director whether she could play them and add some of her own lines.
After the daytime trial, Lin Yunxiu also needs to go to a high-end yoga club to take a yoga bed course, perhaps because of the day's rush. It's a little difficult for Lin Yunxiu to do movements at this time. As an actor, Lin Yunxiu has no fixed income. Where there is drama and activity, there is income. When there is no time, there is only a variety of consumption. After filming a play, we always need to continue looking for the next one. Lin Yunxiu said that she will always be in a state of employment, unemployment and re-employment, and her life is under great pressure.
Xia Bo, 23 years old, special agent.
"When I first came to Beijing, I was very aggressive. Now I'm not so aggressive. I just want to make money. Whenever my family has a birthday, I feel that my family is one year older. "
After living in Beijing, most empty nesters face a more cruel reality than their dreams. They came to first-tier cities such as Beishangguang with the dream of making money and starting a career, but most of them held meager salaries. In an old residential area in Dongzhimen, the dilapidated walls are covered with various small advertisements, and the average house price here is 8w/ flat. Xia Bo said that this kind of house may not enter his hometown because it is too shabby, but in Beijing, Xia Bo took buying a house in Beijing as his goal. The picture shows Xia Bo standing in the rented corridor.
Whenever the sun goes down, Xia Bo will stand at the window and look at the outside world, thinking that he is so small in such a big city.
Xia Bo can't work without her mobile phone and computer. If he wants to have a rest, he will turn off his cell phone and computer and leave himself alone.
Gu Rong, 29, is a human resource manager.
"One person buys furniture, one person takes photos and one person climbs the mountain. The loneliest time is at night. I often feel tired at work. When I got home, I lay on the sofa and played with my mobile phone until late, then I washed and slept. "
Gu Rong has all kinds of appliances and tableware in the kitchen, but she says she seldom cooks with fire, and the juicer has been useless for a long time.
When Gu Rong is alone at home, he is used to sleeping on the sofa. Sometimes when he is tired of playing, he sleeps in the living room. Netease news data shows that loneliness is the main theme of empty nest youth life. Among them, 68% people feel lonely within a week, and only 14% people never feel lonely. The peak loneliness of different sexes is also different. For empty-nest young men, 10 pm is the loneliest. The peak of loneliness of empty nest young women is 9 pm.
Recently, Gu Rong feels a little sick and needs a minor operation. After arranging the operation schedule, Gu Rong arrived at the hospital 1 hour in advance on the day of the operation, avoiding the traffic jam. At this time, she is filling out the hospitalization information form. Hospitals in Beijing are not deserted in the morning. Although they didn't officially start work until 8 o'clock, after 7 o'clock, the hospital registration office began to line up, and Gu Rong was among them. It's already ten o'clock in the morning after a round of formalities. Gu Rong was lying in a hospital bed, calling her mother in Shenyang, hoping that her mother could come and stay with her that day, because she needed to be hospitalized for several days to recover. Young people who live alone in big cities are more likely to feel lonely when they are ill than before.
Shark Wang, 27, is a graphic designer.
"In the first three years, for various reasons, I kept changing rooms, such as sharing roommates to go home, rising rents, being cheated by intermediaries, and so on. I am very tired. I used to die in the second ring road, and I couldn't kill myself. I live far away now, but I am more practical. " Shark Wang comes home from work every day, watching TV is a scheduled program. He claimed that he played too many games at school and overdrawn his happiness in advance. Now he seldom uses the computer except to go home to work. Lying in a fixed place every day, covered with a blanket, wasting the last few hours of the day.
Shark Wang likes to sleep in the corner, but he doesn't dare to sleep too presumptuously. Because there is heating in the next room in winter, the wall will be baked warmly at night, so he gradually developed this habit.
"Before, my biggest interest in sleeping was dreaming. Later, there was no dream to do, and the time to sleep became slower and slower. Although every day is not very beautiful, I don't want to end it too soon. I always want to waste more and waste more. " But the last few hours of every night can't be wasted-watching TV and working overtime are commonplace for empty nesters who work hard in big cities. The picture shows Shark Wang working overtime in front of the computer. The items in the rented room were arranged in good order by him. He said that he likes the feeling that all the furniture fits perfectly. A businessman in Wang's community was blown away by the strong wind. The 28th green mountain bike behind Shark Wang was eliminated by him. He scrimped and saved some time ago to buy a motorcycle, in order to save the time cost of running on the road, so that he could spend more time with TV in the evening and bed in the morning.
In fact, the life of empty nesters is not passionate and decadent. Even though the slogan of "escape from the North to Guangzhou" is rampant, most empty-nesters still do not intend to leave the first-tier cities. Only 17% people regret coming to first-tier cities, while others dream of unremitting struggle. I hope these young people who are far away from home can realize their dreams one day.