If he didn't drop out of school, 25-year-old ROMA would work on a ship with his classmates and earn a handsome salary every month, traveling back and forth on international routes in Asia, America and Europe.
Before dropping out of school, he was a student at a well-known maritime school in the north of China. But now, he rents a house near Xizhimen in Beijing and becomes a freelancer. When there are more projects each month, he can earn more than 8000 yuan, but in bad times, he can only earn about 2000 yuan.