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Hong Kong, a shining jewel on the banks of the bustling Victoria Harbour, has an irreplaceable place on the global wealth map. Bathed in the gift of sunshine and sea breeze, countless wealthy families with unparalleled financial resources have been born. Their wealth is as glorious as the city's history, full of ups and downs and unpredictable.
Among the many wealthy families in Hong Kong, the Luo family is undoubtedly the most eye-catching. Although their fame may be a little more low-key than that of the Stanley Ho gambling family, their family story is far more colorful than one might think.
As early as the beginning of the last century, Luo Dingbang has emerged in the textile industry and created his own world. His father-in-law, Chen Shimin, was at the helm of a well-known yarn factory in Shunde, and his family was wealthy. At the age of 23, Luo Dingbang married Chen Chusi, the daughter of the Chen family, and gradually took over the family business.
After marriage, they had five sons and one daughter, namely the eldest son Luo Lefeng, the second son Luo Shukai, the third daughter Luo Jiasui, the fourth son Luo Jiabao, the fifth son Luo Jiasheng, and the sixth son Luo Jiaju. In the 50s of the last century, the family decided to move to Hong Kong, starting a long and arduous entrepreneurial journey.
When they first arrived in Hong Kong, the family lived in slums, struggling to make ends meet. It was during those hard years that they also encountered a sudden fire that brought the entire family to the brink of collapse. Thankfully, with the help of others, they were able to survive the crisis.
However, the trick of fate did not end there. At the beginning of 2020, when Luo Beier decided to go to South Korea to undergo plastic surgery in order to celebrate her 35th birthday, she never imagined that this surgery would become the end of her life journey.
During the operation, the entire medical team was caught off guard by a sudden accident. Robelle's originally youthful and beautiful face gradually lost its blood, her lips took on a palpitating purple-black, and bright red blood continued to gush out of her mouth and nose. Although the doctors immediately sent her to the hospital for full treatment, this noble daughter from the Hong Kong textile giant Shibaolong finally left this world with endless regrets.
The cruelty of Luo Beier's departure is like a burning flame, once again igniting and exposing the contradictions and conflicts that have been accumulating and intensifying in the Luo family. As Luo Jiaju's only daughter, she should have inherited the inheritance of the family's billions of wealth without suspense, but unfortunately died in a foreign country, which is lamentable!
To delve deeper into the cause of this incident, we must trace the roots of the long history of the Luo family, which is full of twists and turns and controversies. All the contradictions can be traced back to the deceased old man Luo Dingbang.
It was he who, when his career was at its peak, personally brewed a marriage tragedy. The textile tycoon, whose motives are mysterious, fell into an inglorious affair with an unknown mistress, not only giving birth to an illegitimate child outside, but even giving away a third of the family fortune to her.
The news of Luo Beier's death was like a thunderclap, hitting the hearts of everyone in the Luo family. As her father, Luo Jiaju fell into extreme grief and despair.
As a wealthy family with a deep historical heritage, Luo Jiaju naturally hopes to handle this matter in a low-key and gentle manner, and try to avoid attracting too much attention and speculation from public opinion. After all, it is difficult to predict whether such a scandal will bring irreparable damage to the family's reputation if it is exposed by the media.
However, Luo Beier's husband Xu Yinglong didn't care about it. The son-in-law, who is sitting on hundreds of millions of assets, does not seem to care about his wife's reputation after her death, but openly announces her death and threatens to demand high compensation from the hospital.
The move is truly jaw-dropping. A person has already passed away, why should he be obsessed with financial interests? Xu Yinglong's behavior undoubtedly angered his father-in-law, Luo Jiaju.
The contradiction between the two intensified, and Luo Jiaju publicly accused his son-in-law mercilessly, resolutely stating that he would not provide any financial assistance.
After a heated dispute, Xu Yinglong finally realized his mistake and had to withdraw the compensation lawsuit against the hospital, waiting for the final results of the police investigation.
However, this open father-son duel undoubtedly made the outside world clearly see the disputes and contradictions within the Luo family.
Luo Beier's death once again pushed the Luo family to the center of the storm of public opinion, and the source of all these contradictions can be traced back to the will left by Luo Dingbang decades ago.
According to Luo Dingbang's last wishes, the huge family property was carefully divided into three parts. However, in addition to the two special and important inheritances that were specially left to the mistress whom his wife loved before his death, and the foundation that focused on charity, the remaining huge wealth was actually entrusted to Luo Shukai, so that he was fully responsible for the distribution. This huge empowerment undoubtedly made the second son Luo Shukai hold unparalleled authority within the family.
However, Luo Shukai's favor during Luo Dingbang's lifetime has surpassed that of any other son. He not only received his father's deep love and high attention, but also became his father's most beloved child. However, this excessive doting did not win the approval of the other brothers, but instead provoked a deep resentment in their hearts.
Especially the eldest son Luo Lefeng and the fourth son Luo Jiabao, with their own strength and outstanding talents, they have carved out a world of their own in the business world and accumulated tens of billions of family assets. However, the terms of their grandfather's will excluded their "outstanding" children, which undoubtedly made them feel extremely unfair.
In order to compete for this family property, the brothers had already launched a fierce competition before Luo Dingbang's death. As the second son, Luo Shukai knew that he had to stabilize his position in his father's heart, so he arranged for his cronies to closely monitor Luo Dingbang's whereabouts, and even found a mistress named Miss Zhang for him.
When Miss Cheung became pregnant, Luo Shukai felt that the situation had become extremely complicated, and he was worried that the illegitimate child might divide up his family property, so he tried to coerce and lure Miss Cheung to leave Hong Kong.
At the same time, Luo Jiabao, a young and promising son, has also emerged in the business world and gradually won the praise of Luo Dingbang. Seeing his younger brother's rise, Luo Shukai was deeply disturbed, so he began to maliciously slander Luo Jiabao behind his back, causing the relationship between him and his father to deteriorate sharply.
In the end, even Luo Jiabao, like his eldest brother Luo Lefeng, chose to leave the family and seek another development. So far, the huge family business left by Luo Dingbang has all fallen into the hands of Luo Shukai alone.
Luo Beier's death was like igniting a blazing fuse, instantly detonating the long-standing contradictions within the family. However, it was another young man who really kicked off this family infighting - Luo Yingyi.
As the eldest daughter of Luo Jiabao, Luo Yingyi has thrived under the influence of the law since she was a child. Not only did she successfully graduate from the University of London, but she also stayed by her father's side to help manage the family business.
An in-depth study of her grandfather Law Tingbang's former will revealed that there were many perplexing mysteries contained in it. In the exciting year of 2007, full of resentment against her second uncle, she resolutely decided to join forces with other distinguished uncles to launch a shocking lawsuit, urging Luo Shukai to unreservedly and publicly display the detailed accounts of the family trust fund in order to reveal the truth hidden behind it.
This is undoubtedly a serious and far-reaching challenge to the authority that Luo Shukai has accumulated over the years, and he has struggled to control the huge Luo family's wealth with the will left by his grandfather, and now he is suddenly facing the scrutiny of a young niece, and he will definitely feel the pressure like never before.