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After all, getting into a big company has its thresholds. Minimum academic requirements are degrees from places like New Tokyo University or Technology University, and most people don't have such high degrees. They're ordinary graduates from normal schools, common infantrymen who have completed their service, barely scraping by with the lowest level of citizenship—put simply, they are the pure, toiling masses.
This group of people is the mainstream of the 0791 world, with monthly salaries ranging from 2,500 to 10,000. Aside from some individual business owners and those working in small companies known as Social Livestock, most people make ends meet through temporary online gigs, freelancing, and part-time jobs—like being internet hosts, purchasing agents, review brushers, or play companions—without formal contracts or employer credibility.
