Even when Wang Ye mentioned that he had started two companies, his father managed to keep his cool.
After all, owning a company doesn't necessarily mean much; there's a vast difference between one company and another.
Some companies can have a market value of tens or hundreds of billions!
But some others might not even have a proper office address, with the company account barely able to spare a few hundred bucks...
Dad probably guessed that the so-called two companies Wang Ye had started were just shell companies.
You could tell by the type of businesses they were involved in; one sold phone cards, the other a study abroad agency.
But when Wang Ye continued, mentioning that he had bought three hundred shop spaces, his dad was finally taken aback...