The summer night in Nanning is the taste of rice noodles, barbecue and tropical fruits.
24 hours a day, Lao Pan and his employees would ride trams through the warm streets and alleys.
They are a group of wild errand runners from Nanning. Their daily work is to solve the various order needs of citizens.
Buy sanitary napkins, buy condoms, carry drunken men and women back from the wine table, and accompany insomnia office workers to fall asleep...
At 7 o'clock in the evening, citizens were blowing on the side of Yongjiang .
When the night fades, the streets become brighter, and orders come in more densely.
holds a parent-teacher meeting, writes essays for elementary school students, helps delete friends circles, helps run, and then takes photos and posts to your friends circle...
A Pan asks the runner to take photos by the way, and then picks out the most bizarre lists every day and simultaneously to your friends circle. Some customers saw it, took a screenshot and posted it on the Internet.
Just like that, Lao Pan and his company became popular on the Internet.
Strange singles that became popular on the Internet
Netizens were surprised by the colorful work content of the errand runners, and sighed that they could do everything. Media also flocked to them, from local media in Nanning to portals, and also called them "urban superman".
Lao Pan disagreed with this, "My life has not changed much, and the orders have become more nervous!"
"It's okay to watch people sleep, but it can't sleep with them."
A Pan said that the reason why he named the company "Rookie Running Errands" was that he wanted to gain some of Alibaba's glory.
The company name sounds fashionable, but the operation method is still somewhat "primitive" -
1 is the address of the office, located in an old house on Weiwu Road, Minzu Avenue.
If it is not an advertisement on the wall, it is difficult to find that there is an office inside.
The second is the way to take orders. Customers all use acquaintances to add WeChat, or call to place orders.
delivery order is calculated based on the distance, with a total of 15 yuan within 5 kilometers, and a total of 3 yuan per kilometer after that.
Other orders are calculated by time, and the first hour is 50 yuan, and then each hour is 30 to 35 yuan.
No matter how weird the needs are, as long as you are willing to spend money and are within the "legal scope", runners can meet them.
Customer Service Xiaomi sits in front of the computer every day, processes customer orders, and then publishes them in the WeChat group.
Check-in and help with meetings are common. Some meetings require careful listening and note down the key points, and some can sit down and go to bed. At the beginning, Lao Pan felt that it was quite fresh. He went there more times and got tired of it.
There is also a boyfriend who pretends to be a client and takes the girl out of the chaotic alcoholic party. Old Pan specially sent a handsome guy over with bulging biceps on his arms.
and help primary school students do homework. Of course, parents pay for the money, hoping to help their children reduce their burden. This kind of work requires a ugly errand runner to do it. As for the content, you can copy it online.
homework is usually a one-time price, and a primary school student essay costs between 50 and 100 yuan.
If you ask Lao Pan what orders he received every day and where he went, he couldn't answer. There are too many repetitions and I can't remember them clearly.
Only a few "specially weird" orders can be engraved into the mind and become a topic of conversation after a meal.
For example, a list that jumped out in the middle of the night requires the runner to take yellow chrysanthemums to the cemetery to burn incense at midnight. Everyone was in a panic, and the last bold employee took the order.
A parent asked the runner to track his child to see who he had contacted after school.
Another time, a beautiful old customer had insomnia and asked someone to "come here to sleep." Old Pan hesitated for a while and decided to take the order. He watched TV in the living room, and the girl tried to fall asleep in the bedroom.
Two hours later, the girl was not asleep, so she paid and sent him away.
Before leaving, Lao Pan still mustered up the courage to ask the customer if he could take a photo and post it on WeChat Moments.
It is OK to watch people sleep, but it is not OK to sleep with them.
One night, an old customer asked someone to go over and "applaud for love". Old Pan thought it was a joke, but he didn't expect the other party to come true, so he quickly refused.
When there is no order, the runner will stay in the company and wait. The guy only took a few minutes to rest and went out to set up an order.
Nowadays, there are tens of thousands of friends lying on Lao Pan’s WeChat. Every two or three months, he goes to Taobao to buy powder testing tools and deletes inactive IDs.
There are about 2,000 regular customers who can remember them, and at least hundreds of orders come to you every day.
business can be said to be booming.
However, it was a necessity for Lao Pan to develop the "rookie running errands" business.
Five years ago, the newly established Cainiao Company was mainly responsible for the pick-up and delivery of goods in Nanning. Later, large companies joined the competition and kept spending money to reduce prices.
In order to retain customers, Lao Pan could only lower the delivery fee. This led to the "rookie" losing 20,000 yuan a month and on the verge of bankruptcy.
On the streets of Nanning, a whole row of electric vehicles are parked.
in the end I couldn't stand it anymore, so Old Pan decided to find another way and started running errands.
At that time, the company had only one employee and he and one employee, and the WeChat list was more than 1,000 friends. As long as you give money, you will accept everything. One order after another, and reputation gradually became established.
Initially, customers just placed orders step by step, delivering goods, queuing, and buying things. Gradually, regular customers found that they were convenient and reliable, and their demand grew endlessly, which gave birth to this series of weird orders that became popular on the Internet.
City Superman riding a motorcycle
Nanning in May is already 35 degrees. After standing outdoors for a while, Lao Yang's skin quickly became sticky due to sweating.
He is one of the rookie errand runners, he is forty years old, but looks only in his early thirties.
Lao Yang said that it is very tiring to do this job, and it depends on maintaining the mentality and passion of young people.
Before running errands, Lao Yang stayed on the assembly line for making cables for three years, with a monthly salary of four or five thousand.
"So boring", he couldn't stay there, "My butt is sharp."
Now he has changed his job of running errands, and he can still earn more than 10,000 yuan a month when he walks around every day.
In the evening, the traffic flow of Lao Yang often passed by Yongjiang Bridge began to increase.
At 4:30 in the morning, Lao Yang's alarm clock rang. He took a shower and brushed his teeth quickly, then rode his bike to the hospital to register. He can always be at the forefront of the line.
The sky gradually turned white, the number of people in the hospital increased, and customers finally arrived at 7:30. The task is completed.
left the hospital, and Lao Yang immediately reported to the boss. There are two orders in the afternoon, and he wants to take the time to go home and make up for his sleep.
Lao Yang bought buns and went home while eating. In this business, it is difficult to regular three meals.
In the Cainiao, each employee is responsible for different fields, and Lao Yang’s main business is queuing.
"It's not easy to queue."
He spoke with a strong Guangxi accent, and the ending sound was melodious.
queuing can be divided into many types. He counted me with his fingers: You have to queue up when you receive a doctor. You have to queue up when buying a house, car, or banking. You have to queue up for a midnight snack.
Among them, registration is the most frequent order.
While waiting for registration, Lao Yang found a stool in front of the window and sat down and started eating chicken.
You can always see customers crying and robbing the sky and the earth when you go to the hospital. You either have no money or can't be cured. Lao Yang has seen a child with muscle atrophy, with a big head and a small body, "so pitiful".
In order to protect privacy, the boss did not post this order on his circle of friends.
There is also a well-known traditional Chinese medicine clinic, which Lao Yang often goes to. The Chinese Medicine Center is on the third floor, and the people queuing up to sit down step by step, and some "cooked customers" will bring small stools.
At 6:30 in the morning, there was already a lineup of people in the Chinese Medicine Center. Photo provided by Lao Yang
Two years ago, Lao Yang bought four electric motorcycles. Ask him why he doesn't buy a motorcycle?
"Oh, electric bikes are cheap."
He made up for me: two cars are fully charged, and you can run for less than 10,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity for two days, which is only a few cents. But a motorcycle runs dozens of kilometers a day, and it costs at least ten yuan.
It started raining in Nanning, and Lao Yang put on his raincoat and continued on his way. After the company became famous, many people were looking at making money and wanted to join.
But Lao Pan is very cautious and will not trust it unless there is an acquaintance. In their career, integrity is above everything else.
"The customer entrusts you with tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of things, and you turn around and take the things and leave. What you lose is not the company's reputation."
Therefore, the company now has seven or eight full-time and more than 30 part-time jobs. When encountering large-scale business, it still has to go to old employees.
Many locals imitate them, took errands on WeChat, and then synchronized them to their circle of friends. There are also errand runners who have left their jobs and turned to open the same company.
also needs to face competition from large companies. Two years ago, , Ele.me, and Meituan launched an errand business in Nanning. Although the scope is limited to purchasing agents, it has actually taken a part of the market.
Lao Yang felt much pressure about this, but Lao Pan was fine, "Just do your best."
100,000 secrets of urban life
Wandering in the city all year round, Lao Yang quietly saw the other side of people.
There is a female client who asked him to come to clean the house. She has a model of about 1.7 meters, exquisite makeup, full of famous brands, and a precious pet dog.
"Glossy, very shiny."
Unexpectedly, the girl lives in an old and dilapidated house in a village in the city, and the used aunt towels are placed directly on the sink.
Nanning Urban Village.
There is also a man who is over 1.8 meters tall and strong. The task of placing an order is to ask him to come to catch mice.
Lao Yang checked the room and couldn't find it. After searching again, he found that the tricky mouse was hidden in the groove behind the TV. He reached out to catch the mouse, and the mouse ran away, and was later found in the air conditioning pipe.
The mouse ran away again and jumped down from the balcony at a desperate situation.
The balcony on the twenty-five floors is unknown whether the mouse dies or lives.
The time for runners to eat is not fixed, and the location is not fixed. Today, Lao Yang bought groceries and cooked, and had dinner with a few young men who didn’t go to the order.
and the most lively bars in Nanning, Lao Yang doesn’t like to go there very much.
"I'm all the people who have played with it. I'm not like those young people."
Every weekend, there are a lot of orders from bars, and most of them are helping young people take up seats. Before going, the runners usually take a shower and change into "slightly shiny" clothes.
They call this "Batai".
is not consumed. Some customers are generous and will save wine for errand runners. But most of the time, they just sit there bored for three or four hours, siping boiled water in small sips.
You can’t drink too much water. Once the urge to urinate, once the butt leaves the seat, the position occupied will be invalid.
errand runner A Zhou came to the bar at half past nine and waited until half past ten, but the customer still did not show up.
At first, the waiters at the bar were very polite to them, treated them kindly, and kept pouring water. Later, I found out that it was a errand running, and my attitude became impatient, and I kept urging me to buy wine and order orders - "Sir, do you want to open this bottle of wine?"
"Some wines cost thousands of yuan, and I dare not open them randomly." Whenever I encounter such a scene, Lao Yang will feel that he is "like a stupid*".
Someone also invited them to drink, and if the customer is happy, they will have money to get it.
One night at eleven o'clock, the boss Apan called from the bar and asked Lao Yang to come and save the situation. At that time, Lao Pan had already drunk one foreign wine and two beer, which made the customers slightly drunk. Lao Yang took over and drank the customer until he fell down.
The next day, he was exhausted and slept for most of the day but didn't go to the order. Lao Yang joked that it was "slight alcohol poisoning".
You can get at least 300 yuan when drinking alcohol. The money comes quickly, but it really hurts the body.
A Zhou is taking the seat. He used to work in a company and worked at a fixed working hours. He prefers errands to work, fresh, free and high income.
If you can choose, Lao Yang likes to take long-distance orders in the city, listen to songs, and see the scenery beside the road.
Especially when riding on Jiangbei Avenue, the wind from Yongjiang River pounces on his face with water vapor, without saying or thinking.
After summer enters, Nanning City people often go to the Yongjiang River to swim and cool down.
has been in this industry for a long time, and I chase the order every day, and the process becomes blurred.
The same is true for those customers. Their interactions are limited to a few words on WeChat and the few minutes of handing over registration orders or sneakers. Sometimes I don't even have to call me.
They don’t know what this errand runner looks like, how tall and thin.
I don’t know that he got up at 6 o’clock this morning and went to bed at 3 o’clock last night. He got sick a few days ago and didn’t run very well.
I don’t know that the designated late-night snack stall does not exist on Baidu map at all. The runner rode his bike around and asked three neighbors before finding it.
I don’t know that he had a marriage and occasionally missed his daughter who was not by his side.
That's it. He is the superman of the city, a panacea, and an ordinary middle-aged man.
He rode the electric bike he bought with great care and then remitted it to the electric bike traffic on the streets of Nanning. You can't see him in the crowd.
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