There was a clear definition between those who held power and influence and those who did not.
Those who had the wealth and power could easily make it so that they would have many others to block danger from ever being able to reach them even if it was at the risk of their own lives.
It was like the world had been made for them and that they could do as they wished.
Everyone else was just pawns that could be used and discarded based on their whims.
Everyone else who was there acted as a shield wall all around him to protect him from any danger since they needed what he and his family could give them.
They needed to earn a reputation for themselves to have a better position in the Capital and they needed the money to support themselves and to keep their operations running.
