"And then..."
Zhuang Wenxing asked softly, his voice trembling, "Why do they hate us so much?"
Zhou Sheng slowly shook his head. "Actually, when the reforms first began, relations between naturally born people and communally raised people weren't nearly as strained as they are now."
"Especially with Parliament's publicity campaigns, many naturally born people felt a great deal of goodwill toward the well-educated communally raised people."
"But that changed once naturally born people entered the workforce."
"Thanks to their education at the Social Child-Rearing Center, communally raised people were slightly more capable on average than naturally born people, so..."
"Communally raised people quickly took over large numbers of jobs held by naturally born people."
"The wave of unemployment changed many naturally born people's views of communally raised people."
Understanding dawned on Zhuang Wenxing.
"But that was only the beginning," Zhou Sheng continued.
"Communally raised people hadn't established themselves yet, after all, so almost all of them held entry-level jobs."
"At first, management was made up almost entirely of naturally born people."
"It was perfectly normal for naturally born people living in City Three to be related in one way or another."
"And so, the flames of hatred gradually spread to company management."
"Many managers began suppressing communally raised people, whether deliberately or otherwise."
Zhou Sheng's words left Zhuang Wenxing silent.
"Is that why those human resources departments won't hire us..."
He sighed softly and asked in a low voice.
Zhou Sheng withdrew his vacant gaze from the window and glanced at Zhuang Wenxing. "No."
"Management's deliberate suppression didn't hold communally raised people back for long."
"After all, the Proxima Centauri Humans Civilization had a comprehensive promotion system. For someone capable enough, getting promoted wasn't difficult."
"When the first communally raised person entered company management, the situation deteriorated again."
"When all