For many born in the 90s in Beijing, getting a good college education is almost the single most important goal in life. But how did this generation of Chinese kids born to an “elite life” come to terms with the rest of the Chinese society where hundreds of millions of people work in agriculture and physical labor? Full transcription in Chinese and translation in English available at lifeinchinese.com (https://lifeinchinese.com/2021/01/s1e3-whats-it-like-to-work-at-a-mcdonald-as-an-18-year-old-in-china/)