Braving loneliness and unfamiliar cities, young Chinese professionals are flocking to alternative career options. Their choices reflect broader changes in the world's second-largest economy after decades of breakneck growth.
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00:00Someone is trying to kill someone.
00:17I don't know what the people in front of me think of work.
00:21What I think of work is a job.
00:26For me, work is to fill up my free time.
00:33And the most important thing is to be happy.
00:50I have a stable income every month.
00:53I don't have to worry about not having enough money.
00:56I came to Hengdian with my own savings.
01:00I don't have a lot of pressure.
01:03If I don't have savings, I might feel a little bit of pressure.
01:08Because when you start filming,
01:11it's not like you can choose to film whatever you want.
01:23You don't have to pack your own goods.
01:27You don't have to pack your own goods.
01:44After I graduated, I started to work as a waitress.
01:49It's like a wedding.
01:51The atmosphere of starting a business is very strong.
01:55Why do I come to Yiwu?
01:57The environment is very important.
01:59Most people who come here want to start a business.
02:02They want to do e-commerce.
02:04They want to make money.
02:06They want to do e-commerce.
02:08They want to start a business.