In fact, John Wick has always been a pawn of hightable and has been used all the time. The service industry he is engaged in cannot control his own destiny. Winston called him son, of course it is absolutely impossible to be his own son, I think it is more out of pity. In the first episode, Winston smiled mysteriously when he saw John, but he was happy "one of my most powerful chess pieces has finally returned". At the end of the fourth episode, I even suspected that the death of John's wife was also planned by hightable.