Grace Qi on June 19, 2014
From what I know, 老细 means 老板(boss) in Guangdonghua(广东话) which comes from Cantonese. So my understanding of the sentence is "I eat bones while my boss eats the meat" which implies he's been taken advantage of by his boss. Or in the context you mentioned, maybe they are involved in some corrupt activities and his boss profited way more than he did even he put in all the work.

That's how I understand it:)
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