A good friend on days of loneliness

First person | Ren Yanqiu

Ren Yanqiu, 25, is a drywall finisher in a construction team. He hails from Yueyang in Hunan province.

I came to Beijing two months ago and plan to buy an iPhone by the end of the year. Young people like me are always curious about new things. Since so many people in Beijing, even old ladies, use iPhones, I guess it must be fun to own one. Nowadays, most migrant workers can afford smartphones - after all, in two months work at the construction site, I can save as much as 10,000 yuan ($1,600) from my wages.