As per convention, every time Mr. Lu celebrates his birthday, he would announce some important things.
Liu Ruying's body suddenly stiffened and her expression became tense.
It has been speculated for a long time that Old Master Lu might announce the marriage between the Liu family and the Lu Ruixiang family at this birthday banquet.
Liu Ruying had long since given up hope of the marriage arranged by Old Master Lu. After learning Chen Ya's true identity, how could she still think that Chen Ya could really be controlled by the Lu family?
But she was still nervous.
What she was nervous about was that if Old Master Lu really brought up the past, what would Qin Yunchu and Gu Yuqing, who were sitting next to her, think of her?
I feel like... I'm bound to offend people!
At this moment, Liu Ruying could only pray in her heart that Old Master Lu would not mention that matter again.
"I have something important to announce." Old Master Lu's eagle-like sharp eyes swept over all the Lu family members in the room, and everyone suddenly felt a chill on their backs.
"I was an orphan and a poor kid. In the old society, I worked in the coal mines to dig coal for the mine owners since I was a child," said Old Master Lu.
"You may not know that the coal mines at that time had poor technical conditions. Only people of short stature could go down into the mines, so child labor was widely employed in the mines, and I was one of them."
"At that time, my salary was just two cold steamed buns a day, and I only had hot meals when I went down the mine. That's why I was stunted since childhood. I'm lucky enough to have lived to this age, all thanks to the country."
After listening to what Old Master Lu said, the people in the audience were a little confused.
The story the old man told was too far away not only for the others present, but even for the children of the Lu family.
What era is it now? Not to mention malnutrition, many of the Lu family members don’t even know what it feels like to be hungry. They have no idea what Old Master Lu said.
Old Master Lu ignored the emotions of the people below and continued:
"The country was kind to me, saying I was of good family background and letting me manage the mines. I went from being a child laborer at the bottom of the society to a manager. Many of you here, including your parents, were my brothers and sisters back then.
"Looking back now, the gap between the first half of my life and the second half is huge, huge. Not only the gap in life, but also the gap in realm."
He suddenly smiled wryly, pointed at the pile of dazzling gifts behind him, and said:
"This so-called house full of gold and jade, who in my time had ever seen it? If someone told me this scene in my early life, I wouldn't believe it myself..."
At this point, Old Master Lu suddenly changed the subject: "But what use is there for an old man like me, half buried in the ground, to have these worldly possessions?"
His expression became serious, and the air in the field seemed to freeze for a moment.
"Boss Pei, didn't I just say that I've received the third gift? I've just seen your boss. He gave it to me personally."
When Pei Hu heard this, he hurriedly stood up and looked around, trying to find Chen Ya. The others also started to make a noise.
"Is Beichen's boss here too? Where is he?"
"Is Beichen's boss...finally going to show up?"
“…”
Old Master Lu continued with a stern face, "The gift your boss gave me was a promise. To repay his gift, I also want to show my generosity."
After saying that, he took a deep breath, as if he had made up his mind, and said:
"Effective immediately, I will withdraw from the board of directors of Lu Holdings Group and transfer all the shares I control to the boss of Beichen. From now on, I will live in seclusion in Guihe Manor and will no longer be involved in any public affairs."
"Also, from now on, there will no longer be a Lu family. From now on, I don't want to hear anyone walking around in the world using the Lu family's name. Everyone, bear witness here. From now on, when you meet any Lu family member, you don't have to give me face."
"What I mean is, I don't care what happens between relatives, but I don't want to hear anyone using my name anymore. As an old man, I'm not going to care about anything anymore. I can just let this stall of tea get cold."
After that, there was silence.
Especially the tables of the Lu family members, all of them were stunned, unable to believe what they had just heard.
It was a long time before people finally realized what Old Master Lu was talking about.
Lu Holdings’ shares will be transferred to Beichen, and from then on, Lu Holdings will no longer belong to the Lu family.
Old Master Lu has made up his mind to retire.
The Lu family, one of the four great families, will become history from now on.
In the side hall, some members of the Lu family's branch could not accept it no matter what, and some even began to sob secretly.
Even when they learned that Aiwa Company was acquired, they were not as touched as they were today.
You know, just half an hour ago, their confidence and pride in the Lu family had swelled to an incredible height—
Yes, even without Aihua Company, the Lu family can still invite so many celebrities from all walks of life, and everyone has to give them face.
But in just half an hour, they experienced a fall from heaven to earth.
Many people only realized at this time that even if Aihua Company was gone, the Lu family would still be the Lu family;
But now that Old Master Lu is gone, the Lu family no longer exists in this world.
Lu Qingxuan's emotions were relatively stable, but she couldn't help feeling sour in her heart.
Although she had long anticipated the decline of the Lu family, she did not expect that the end of her status as a member of the Lu family would come so suddenly.
I have been running around for the Lu family's affairs recently, but I didn't expect that the final result would be to hear Old Master Lu announce the end of the Lu family at the birthday party I personally organized.
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