A Higher Social Class

"Why did you start livestreaming?"

Outside the gates of Yucai Middle School, Song Fengying ended her livestream, and Zhang Xuezhou asked her a very direct question.

"Because I had a dream. In it, lots of ordinary people changed their fortunes through livestreaming. It was one of the few ways for people at the grassroots to move up the social ladder!"

What one thought about by day, one dreamed about by night. Song Fengying spoke of a dream she had once had.

In that dream, she had seen many ordinary young women, some far less attractive and capable than she was, make their first pot of gold through livestreaming and change their fortunes.

"You don't understand... Haven't you noticed that even children who attend prestigious schools these days only hope to find a good job once they enter society?"

Seeing that she was having trouble convincing Zhang Xuezhou, Song Fengying turned the question around on him.

"What's wrong with finding a good job?" Zhang Xuezhou asked, puzzled.

"Once society reaches the point where most people think that's perfectly normal, its social classes have basically become fixed," Song Fengying said. "The society you know and the society of the upper class are two completely different worlds. If possible, your dad and I still hope you can get a look at a higher level."

"A higher level? What's that like?"

"It's a completely different world!"

"How could the world possibly be different..."

"Take education, or medical care," Song Fengying said quietly. "Even the lifespans of people at a higher level are different from those of ordinary people."

"With good medical technology, it's common to live longer by replacing organs!"

"What if they altered their genes to make themselves younger, so that people in their eighties were physically no different from young people around