Ryan Knudson

In the absence of regulation, fertility industry groups have recommended that businesses not work with parents who are seeking more than two simultaneous surrogacies.

But that's just a recommendation.

An account linked to Shubo posted that he was ultimately able to get those four babies, or at least a few of them.

According to surrogacy lawyers Catherine spoke with, Xu Bo could have simply refiled his parentage petitions in another jurisdiction.

So how is Xu faring in this quest of his to have a megafamily?

On social media, accounts linked to Xu Bo have posted multiple videos of children.

The little girl, in a floppy pink sun hat, holds her duck up to the camera.

Baba, she says.

Dad, a little duck wants to hug you.

A little boy adds, I want to hug you.

In another video, the children do puzzles and recite Chinese verses for the camera.

For so many people, the fertility industry has made the impossible possible.

It's brought hope to people who might never have been able to have children of their own.

But in the absence of meaningful rules, the industry has also become a playground for the rich.

There's one more video that Catherine showed me.

It was posted by an ex-girlfriend of Shu Bo's.

It's pretty crudely cut together, but it shows a parade of little boys.

They're in their PJs.

We don't know exactly how many kids Shubo has now.

That ex-girlfriend said he has over 300.