今日在外灘這些百年大樓內辦公的新一代白領，無疑是上海最上層最精英的白領一族，月入六、七千元以上的比比皆是，萬元上下的也不足為奇。他們大多是年輕的俊男美女，加之上海人從來有講究生活質素的傳統，這些人只要拿出一半的工資用來買衣服，再加現今上海人大多是獨生子女，毋需拿錢補貼家用，他們完全可以十分瀟灑地進行高消費。

譯文：Today， a new generation of the white-collars in the age-old buildings on the Bund obviously belongs to the top elite with a salary of 6 to 7 thousand yuan， or even up to 10 thousand yuan. They can easily afford their high consumption with half of their salary because they， with most of them being the young， follow the tradition of the Shanghai people in striving for a quality life； and because they are the only children in their families and thus do not have to give money to their parents.