Rant Show: I Angrily Criticized a Million Parents

Chapter 25: How to view young people's "lying flat" attitude?
However, Chen Siyu hadn't finished speaking.

She continued.

"You keep saying that society is too oppressive to young people."

"But many people say that it's not that young people are being put under too much pressure, but that they are too spoiled, can't endure hardship, and are full of fallacies and shirking responsibility."

"For example, there's a saying recently that Gen Z is 'reorganizing the workplace,' which is clearly just Gen Z being too dramatic and shifting the blame onto the company."

"Many young people advocate 'lying flat,' which is a complete form of capitulationism."

"So when you appeared, all the young people went crazy supporting you because you represented their interests."

"Many of your views are biased and mindlessly speak for young people."

"In particular, the emergence of the 'lying down' rhetoric is an insult to those who strive."

"These are some opinions and viewpoints we selected from the internet."

What are your thoughts on these viewpoints?

Finally, Chen Siyu finished speaking.

A problem was now facing Zhou Yang.

At this moment, the audience both at the scene and in the live broadcast room were extremely excited.

Because this is indeed a very sharp question.

It can be said that this is an interrogation and questioning of Zhou Yang and the younger generation he represents.

These problems are indeed very common.

People of different ages have very divergent views on these issues, making them highly controversial.

Everyone wanted to know how Zhou Yang would respond.

Some viewers in the live stream have even started to complain and criticize these issues.

"The host is absolutely right. Young people these days are so pretentious. A new person joined our department and complained about the low salary. He left after only a month."

"Yeah, they treat them like royalty. I scolded one of my young subordinates who just graduated, and he dared to yell back at me! It's infuriating!"

"Young people today are really unlike our previous generations. They couldn't endure any hardship, they complained about this and that, and they had many demands despite not being very capable."

"No problem, all talk and no action, it's speechless."

"Yes, what do you mean by 'lying down'? It just means you're all useless and good-for-nothings!"

"If they lived in our time, most young people in China would probably starve to death and wouldn't be able to survive."

"So I seriously doubt whether these kids, who can't even endure hardship, can really shoulder the heavy responsibilities of the country?"

"Zhou Yang has overly romanticized them; I'm afraid they might actually believe it themselves."

……

Just as the viewers in the live stream were complaining.

Zhou Yang spoke calmly.

"Host, I'd like to ask, where are you from, and where do you live?"

"I'm from Beijing, and I own a house here." Chen Siyu answered truthfully.

Zhou Yang nodded and continued to ask questions.

"Then I'd like to ask, what is the average salary in Beijing, especially for graduates in their first three years of employment? How much salary can they expect to earn in various companies?"

Hear the question.

Chen Siyu found it a bit strange because she didn't know why Zhou Yang would ask such an irrelevant question.

Is it to test her knowledge?

But this was no problem for her, because her husband owns a company and she is very familiar with the market rates for college graduates' salaries.

Therefore, she could easily access this data.

He then blurted out, "The average annual salary for graduates in Beijing for the first three years is 10800."

Zhou Yang nodded.

He continued to ask.

What is the average house price in Beijing?

Chen Siyu was stunned. She was now completely being led by the nose by Zhou Yang, which made her, who was used to asking others questions, feel a little uncomfortable.

But Zhou Yang is a guest after all, and he's very popular.

She could only continue answering. "In Beijing, there's a significant price difference between the city center and the suburbs. The average price in the city center is over 100,000 yuan, while the average price in the suburbs is around 60,000 to 70,000 yuan."

Having said this.

Chen Siyu looked at Zhou Yang calmly, as if the price she had just mentioned was perfectly normal.

This is because.

She has never worried about housing; she is a native of Beijing and has had a house to live in since she was a child.

After she grew up, she married her current husband.

Her husband is the owner of a media company with hundreds of millions in assets and several houses in Beijing.

So she never worried about these things.

Zhou Yang frowned and pressed for an answer:
"What is the average monthly rent in Beijing?"

This question stumped Chen Siyu, because she had never rented a place before.

She lived at home before college, then lived at her boyfriend's house after college, and now lives in her husband's house.

She has never stayed in a rented room for even a single day.

"I'm sorry, I've never lived in a rented apartment before, so I don't really know anything about rent, but it should be around a few thousand yuan."

Chen Siyu said calmly.

Only a few thousand dollars?
Hearing her "Why don't they eat meat porridge?" remark, Zhou Yang instantly became angry.

He directly retorted:

"We'll look at it based on the income and housing price data you just provided."

"The average monthly salary for young people in the first few years after graduation is only 10,000 yuan."

"Ten thousand yuan a month, that's 120 yuan a year, and 12 million yuan in ten years."

"Based on the housing prices in Beijing that you provided, even the cheapest suburbs cost more than 6 yuan per square meter."

"If a young person wants to establish themselves in the capital, own their own home, and then consider getting married and having children in the future, they need to buy a three-bedroom apartment, even the smaller ones are at least 70 square meters!"

"Based on the calculations, this house will cost at least 450 million!"

"Based on the current down payment ratios of banks, even at a standard rate of 30%, the down payment alone would be 1.5 million!"

"That means a young person earning 10,000 yuan a month would need to save up for a down payment in almost 13 years without eating or drinking!"

"But is it possible to go without food and water? Of course not!"

"And the average rent in Beijing."

"Although you don't know it, I know it very well."

"The average rent per person in Beijing is around 3000 yuan."

“Besides rent, we also have various living costs. With a salary of 10,000, we can only save about 4,000 at most.”

"Based on this calculation, a young person would have to work themselves to the bone for 30 years to earn enough for a down payment on a 70-square-meter house in the suburbs."

"Of course, this is still assuming that the ratio of housing price growth rate to wage growth rate is equal."

"It's clear that housing prices are growing much faster than our wages."

"This doesn't even include all sorts of unexpected situations, such as family members getting sick, weddings and dowries, and the expenses for children after they're born..."

"30 years is already a conservative estimate!"

"Of course, many people might say that this is just the housing price in Beijing, not the housing price in other places."

"That would be a huge mistake."

"It's similar in other places. Although housing prices are much lower in second-tier cities, wages are also lower."

"Take Jinghai City, where I live, as an example."

“The average house price is over 8,000, but the average salary is only 3,000 to 4,000. After deducting rent and living costs, young people can hardly save any money.”

"Graduating at 20, it will take until 50 to save up for a down payment."

"Why do you think young people shouldn't just give up? Are you trying to work yourself to death?"

Zhou Yang's debt.

This completely shocked the middle-aged and elderly viewers in the live stream.

(End of this chapter)