Tuesday, 21 Jan 2020 01:59 PM MYT
BEIJING, Jan 21 — It was freezing and the streets were slick as substitute driver Liu Pengfei bade farewell to his mother, wife and son before riding into Beijing on his tiny scooter. “My orders after midnight have grown a lot, and a third more of my customers are asking me to drive them to the next entertainment spot instead of going home,” Liu said. “ business makes the most money in the later half of the night.”The high payoff has lured Liu to travel 20km from his home in nearby Hebei province daily. He earned ¥12,000 a month on average last year. In some months, he raked in nearly ¥19,000, more than two times the average Beijing salary.
The drivers check their phones as they wait, ready for their first customer of the night to contact them through a mobile app.
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