A 21-year-old man spent seven days and six nights trekking 360km from Chengdu to Chongqing in China on the hunt for a job, Chinese news site Xinhuanet.com reported this week.

Jing Weiquan, or ‘Brother Trudge’ as he has been affectionately named by thousands of netizens, left his home in Sichuan province with just several hundred yuan. After an unsuccessful first stop at Hangzhou city, he continued on his journey, still jobless and virtually penniless.

After another fruitless stop in Chengdu, Jing set off on his seven day journey to Chongqing, surviving on ditch water and fruit found on the ground to survive, and sleeping on roadsides.

Meanwhile, a micro blog titled ‘He is really crazy, trudging on the old Chengdu-Chongqing road for seven days and six nights just to look for a job’ had drawn much public attention to Brother Trudge’s quest, and just two days after his arrival in Chongqing, Jing was presented with over 30 job offers from employers impressed with his spirit and perseverance.

He now works for an IT company. “This is the warmest time in my life,” he told Xinhuanet.com.