After cursing them out, Chairman Lu finally remembered that family scandals should not be aired in public. Under the gazes of the travelers coming and going through the airport—and with plenty of busybodies secretly filming on their phones—Chairman Lu was so ashamed and mortified that he fainted in a fit of anger.
On the other end of the phone, Lu Chengxuan was completely dumbfounded when he heard everything.
Chapter 117
Cheng Lang was not at all surprised by everything Lu Chengxuan had gone through.
In fact, the reason Lu Chengxuan had encountered so many setbacks after leaving Lu Group, aside from his own character flaws and moral failings, was mainly due to the seemingly intangible yet critically important transfer of fortune.
As the domineering CEO lead in an old-school tragic romance novel, the Original-Work Consciousness had naturally bestowed plenty of fortune upon its male lead to make him more appealing. It ensured that even if the male lead devoted himself entirely to romance, his company would still sail smoothly and flourish. This was also an important reason Lu Chengxuan had experienced almost no setbacks in his decades of life. The protagonist's halo automatically helped him make the right choices.
But that halo was thoroughly shattered after Cheng Lang joined forces with Zhao Corporation to acquire Lu Group. Once the domineering CEO lead lost his identity as a domineering CEO, it was equivalent to the protagonist shedding his halo. Lu Chengxuan was completely revealed for what he was. After losing the fortune surrounding him, he was reduced to an ordinary person. If Lu Chengxuan had learned from his mistakes and worked diligently to build a business from the ground up, then while his protagonist's halo had not entirely dispersed, he might have been able to establish New Lu Company. Perhaps the