It wasn't until Li-yung had his first solo exhibition in Taipei's Rainbow Gallery in 1993 and was invited by Hsinchu mayor Tung Sheng-nan to put on a show at the Hsinchu Municipal Cultural Center the following year that the elder Lu, seeing his son's wonderful photographs, reconciled himself to Li-yung's career choice.
直到 1993 年，他在台北彩虹藝廊推出首次個展，隔年新竹市長童勝男又邀請他在新竹市立文化中心舉辦個展，父親看到他所拍攝的精彩照片後才改觀，從此不再反對。