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Chapter 1734 Lu Group
Cao Jinghua slowly put down the phone receiver, her expression slightly grave. After a moment of silence, she gently pressed the intercom button to summon her assistant.

"Xiao Liu, come in for a moment."

"Attorney Cao, you wanted to see me?" Xiao Liu walked quickly to the desk and asked respectfully.

"Xiao Liu, inform everyone that the meeting scheduled for 10:00 AM today needs to be postponed to tomorrow. Also, go and drive my car downstairs right now; we need to run some urgent business later," Cao Jinghua instructed concisely.

“Okay, Attorney Cao! I’ll do it right away.” Xiao Liu agreed without hesitation and quickly turned to leave to carry out the task. She was already used to such last-minute schedule changes. After all, busy and famous lawyers like Cao Jinghua often encounter various unexpected situations and emergencies, requiring them to adjust their work plans at any time.

About ten minutes later, Cao Jinghua turned off the computer, stood up, and walked out the door with firm steps.

When she arrived at the lobby of Chutian Building, she immediately saw the black sedan parked quietly at the building entrance. Assistant Liu stood in front of the car, waiting for her arrival.

"Attorney Cao, everything is ready. We can depart now," Assistant Liu said to Cao Jinghua with a smile as he opened the car door.

Cao Jinghua nodded slightly in acknowledgment, then got into the car and sat in the spacious and comfortable back seat.

"Cao Lu, where are we going?"

"Go to Dongshan, to the Lu Family Manor."

The address Jiang Muyang just gave her is the Lu Family Manor.

That was the Lu family's old house.

"Ok."

The car started smoothly and drove forward.

Throughout the journey, Cao Jinghua fell into deep thought, his mind constantly searching for any details about the Lu Group...

Even though Cao Jinghua wasn't the Lu family's legal advisor, he still knew a thing or two about the Lu Group's situation. The Lu family was a very well-known family in Jiangcheng.

The person currently in charge of the Lu family business is Lu Qitai, a figure well-known to the citizens of Jiangcheng. His fame stems not only from his personal charisma and exceptional talent, but also from the vast business empire he relies on—the Lu Group.

The Lu Group has a wide range of businesses and a large scale, involving many industries: from busy international shipping lines to sophisticated textile production; from advanced medical facilities to a thriving real estate industry... all of which demonstrate the Lu family's strong strength and far-reaching influence.

Tracing their historical origins, the Lu family has been a prominent family in Jiangcheng for a long time. As early as before the liberation, they controlled most of the important economic lifelines in Jiangcheng, monopolizing industries such as shipping, yarn mills, textile factories, and even department stores.

Furthermore, a significant portion of the Lu family descendants expanded their business empire to distant overseas regions. However, with the founding of the People's Republic of China and the advancement of the socialist transformation movement, the policy of joint public-private ownership impacted the Lu family businesses to some extent. Shortly thereafter, this once illustrious family gradually faded from public view until it disappeared altogether.

Time flies, and the era of reform and opening up arrived in the blink of an eye. It was at this time that Lu Qitai emerged and successfully led the Lu family to re-emerge and make a strong comeback! With his outstanding wisdom and decisiveness, he quickly conquered most of the Jiangcheng business world, and his business scope extended to many fields.

Cao Jinghua still vividly remembers this period of history. When she was studying at Jiangcheng University, she deeply felt the enormous influence of the Lu Group. Many scholarship programs established at the university at that time were funded by the group's generous donations, and she herself was fortunate enough to be a member of one of them, from which she benefited greatly.

Moreover, throughout his long career, Cao Jinghua repeatedly submitted his resume to the Lu Group, hoping for an opportunity to join this powerful company as a legal counsel. Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned, and his former classmate, Jiang Muyang, beat him to it. For the past twenty years, Jiang Muyang and his team have consistently handled the Lu Group's legal affairs. Therefore, at this moment, facing Jiang Muyang's call, Cao Jinghua felt a complex mix of emotions...

Thinking that Jiang Muyang had mentioned missing person services, Cao Jinghua felt a surge of doubt and worry. She frowned deeply, staring into the distance as if trying to see through the layers of fog to uncover the truth.

What kind of person could possibly require the massive resources of the Lu family to find? This person must be extraordinary! Cao Jinghua pondered to herself. She began searching her mind for clues that might be related to this search mission, slowly piecing together the relationships among the Lu family members.

According to the information she possessed, Lu Qitai had three sons and two daughters. As early as the early 1990s, his eldest son, Lu Zhiyuan, had already shown promise, gradually taking over the family business. However, Lu Zhiyuan and his family were tragically killed in a devastating war overseas. This sudden tragedy dealt a heavy blow to Lu Qitai, causing the once-spirited entrepreneur to gradually become despondent and hand over power to his second son, Lu Huaijin. Now, Lu Huaijin has taken over as the group's general manager and is expected to become the next head of the Lu family.

The third and fourth daughters of the Lu family are both women. The third daughter, Lu Wanting, married and moved abroad and is not involved in the Lu family business; however, she still holds a portion of the Lu family's shares and only returns to Jiangcheng to appear on major holidays or at shareholder meetings. The fourth daughter, Lu Wanyun, is responsible for managing the Lu family's department store business, demonstrating exceptional business acumen and leadership skills, becoming a powerful businesswoman in Jiangcheng.

As for Lu Huaiyu, the youngest child in the Lu family, he had no interest in the family business but was passionate about the entertainment industry. In recent years, he has devoted himself to the entertainment companies he founded, successfully creating a number of highly regarded stars.

Besides the relatives directly related to the Lu family mentioned above, this family also has numerous collateral relatives and kinship ties formed through marriage. Some of them choose to rely closely on the Lu family for their own development, while others prefer to leverage their own resources and connections to engage in deeper cooperation with the Lu Group. In this way, through long-term accumulation and operation, a vast and intricate chain of interests has gradually been built in the bustling city of Jiangcheng.