Just like the natural food chain, the economic chain of the Chinese dream starts with the smallest players: the workers who extract raw materials in the mines or work in huge factories on long production lines. The middle class continues to grow: a huge population of buyers and sellers, a class that is at the heart of consumer society. Finally, there is the elite, the super-rich who are always looking for new ways to satisfy their hedonism and escapism. Each level of this economic and social ladder rests on the previous one, with the real Chinese dream becoming reality for only a happy few.