Read in the original, titled [(Bei Jing Zhe Die )] . 
 Seems to me to be a didactic story of social inequality and lack of mobility, though some of the metaphors and images were cleverly presented. I didn't even realize until later that Di Yi Kong Jian (First Space) could be taken as a metaphor for Di Yi Shi Jie (The First World), and the use of unclear economic terminology to justify inequality and the tacit acceptance of it by elites and the middle class. 
 [(Zhe Hua Shuo Zhao You Dian Leng . . . Ke Jiu Shi Zhe Hui Shi . . . Ren Jiu Mu Liao , Hao Duo Shi Er Mei Fa Gai Bian , Ye Zhi Dang Na Yao Hui Shi Liao . )]