This blow hit Teacher Chen's son hard. He'd been moping around at home, unable to eat or drink. The last time he'd been this devastated was when he'd had his heart broken.
Teacher Chen was worried to death that his son wouldn't be able to bounce back. He actually supported his son's thinking. There's an old saying: a man's greatest fear is choosing the wrong career, and a woman's is marrying the wrong man.
With department stores on the decline, it was the right move to hurry up and switch to shopping centers—the current mainstream of commerce—while he was still young. In a few more years, his mindset would become rigid, and it would be much harder to make a change.
Once An Ping heard what it was about, he didn't dare make any sweeping promises. Bragging was one thing, but his hundred-million-yuan business meant nothing to Xinyue Group.
Besides, he usually dealt with the investment and operations side of things. How could he possibly have a say in their personnel decisions?
