I am a historical film director in the entertainment industry.

In this situation, both men kept their mouths shut and kept urging Xu Fan to drink. Before long, Xu Fan's face was flushed and he was delirious. He started to talk incoherently and revealed his scheming, his desire to use Cheng Sheng to help Lao Feng, and his ambition to rise to the top in the entertainment industry.

Throughout these conversations, Cheng Sheng remained completely calm and secretly recorded the conversation on his phone, preserving complete evidence.

When Xu Fan was completely drunk and passed out on the table, Cheng Sheng's expression turned cold, devoid of any gentleness. He had already investigated Xu Fan's background: this man loved to stir up trouble, secretly take gossip photos, use other people's privacy as leverage for blackmail and profit, and secretly schemed around, exchanging resources by revealing insider secrets. He had done despicable things like coercion, riding on others' popularity, and spreading rumors to smear others more than once.

Cheng Sheng meticulously compiled all these past scandals, along with Xu Fan's drunken revelations of ambition and blackmail schemes tonight, and held them firmly in his hands, making them a fatal handle to restrain him.

Not long after, Xu Fan slowly sobered up, his head throbbing. He suddenly remembered that he had come to put Cheng Sheng in his place and was about to speak to put pressure on him.

Cheng Sheng was the first to raise his eyes, his tone calm but full of pressure: "Xu Fan, you secretly took private photos of me and Chen Hong and used them to blackmail me into writing a script for Feng Dapao. You wanted to use this to climb the social ladder and gain resources. You're quite cunning."

Xu Fan's expression changed drastically, and he panicked instantly: "You...you're talking nonsense!"

"Whether I'm talking nonsense or not, you know it in your heart." Cheng Sheng said calmly, "I have recorded every word you said tonight after you were drunk. I also have solid evidence of all your past deeds of secretly filming and leaking information in the industry, blackmailing your colleagues, and spreading rumors to gain popularity."

He looked coldly at Xu Fan: "Now you only have one choice: hand over all the original photos, backups, and cloud drive archives that you secretly took, destroy them completely in front of me, and swear that you will never use this matter for any further purposes, nor will you harass Chen Hong or use it for publicity again."

After a pause, Cheng Sheng raised his voice, seizing the crux of the matter: "I have all this leverage over you. If you refuse to cooperate, I will immediately hand over your actions to the industry association, the media, and the police. Not only will you be completely disgraced in the film and television industry and never be able to work there again, but you, Feng Dapao, will also be implicated, and you, the wife of a famous director, will also lose your position."

Xu Fan's face turned deathly pale instantly, and cold sweat broke out on his back.

She never expected that her attempt to use leverage against others would backfire, as Cheng Sheng seized all her weaknesses and dirt on her, leaving her completely under his control.

"Aren't you afraid that we'll fight to the death?" Xu Fan said through gritted teeth.

When Xu Fan realized that his soft approach wasn't working, the fawning expression on his face vanished instantly, and his tone turned cold, carrying a hint of threat: "Director Cheng, don't push your luck. I have photos of you and Chen Hong in my hands. With just a click of my finger, I can send them out, and your reputation, your film crew, everything you've worked so hard for will be ruined. Are you sure you still want to fight me?"

Cheng Sheng chuckled, slowly took out his phone, and lightly tapped the screen with his fingertip, placing the evidence in front of Xu Fan. His eyes were full of mockery and coldness: "Destroyed in an instant? Miss Xu, you're overestimating yourself and underestimating me."

On the phone screen were chat logs and transfer receipts showing Xu Fan's past acts of secretly filming celebrities' private lives and blackmailing his peers for profit.

In order to control Xu Fan, Cheng Sheng spent a lot of money to have someone investigate Xu Fan.

Fortunately, there was some information about Xu Fan in the other world, which allowed him to find relevant evidence. Otherwise, he really wouldn't have been able to do anything about Xu Fan.

Xu Fan's face turned deathly pale instantly, her pupils contracted sharply, and she reached out to grab the phone, but Cheng Sheng grabbed her wrist with such force that she couldn't help but frown.

"How...how do you have these things?"

Her voice trembled, all traces of her previous arrogance and allure gone, replaced by panic.

Cheng Sheng released her wrist, his tone icy and piercing, each word a sharp slap in the face to his scheming and seduction: "You can secretly photograph others, but I can't collect dirt on you? You think you can control me with a few photos and a few sweet words? Your seductive tricks are nothing but a farce of a clown in my eyes; the so-called 'secrets' you have are utterly insignificant compared to your shady secrets."

Xu Fan slumped in the chair, his whole body cold, his back already soaked with cold sweat.

She never expected that her attempt to manipulate others and take shortcuts through seduction would backfire, as Cheng Sheng had seized all her leverage. Her previous attempts to please and seduce had become a huge joke, a slap in the face.

Looking at her panicked appearance, Cheng Sheng curled his lips into a cold smile: "I'll give you ten minutes to think it through. Stop having those wishful thinking ideas, and stop trying to show off your cleverness in front of me."

The private room fell into dead silence. Xu Fan lowered his head, his face ashen, his eyes filled with regret and fear. His arrogance and flamboyance from before had vanished without a trace, leaving only a disheveled and helpless state of being completely controlled.

Before ten minutes had passed, Xu Fan raised his head, trembling, his tone humble, completely devoid of his former arrogance: "Director Cheng, I was wrong. I shouldn't have taken photos of you secretly, shouldn't have threatened you, and shouldn't have been so delusional as to try to seduce you or climb up to you. I will give you all the photos and backups now and destroy them in front of you. I will never bother you and Chen Hong again, and I will never have any more crooked ideas."

Xu Fan didn't want to die together with Cheng Sheng. If she really had that intention, she wouldn't have secretly filmed Cheng Sheng, much less tried to blackmail him.

As he spoke, he hurriedly took out his phone and then rummaged through his bag for a USB drive. He handed it to Cheng Sheng with both hands, his voice trembling: "Director Cheng, the photos are all in the phone's album and this USB drive. There are no other backups. I'll delete them now, and I'll delete them cleanly right in front of you."

Cheng Sheng didn't answer, but just glanced at it coldly: "Delete it cleanly, don't leave a trace. If I find any omissions, you know the consequences."

Xu Fan nodded hurriedly, his fingers frantically manipulating his phone, deleting photos one by one. He then placed the USB drive on Cheng Sheng's desk, even emptying the phone's recycle bin. After confirming several times, he dared to look up at Cheng Sheng, his tone becoming increasingly humble: "Director Cheng, it's all gone, really all gone, not a single thing was missed."

Cheng Sheng put the USB drive in his pocket, then took the other person's phone and personally checked it to make sure all photos and backups were completely deleted before returning it to Xu Fan. His tone was icy as he said, "Remember what you said today. From now on, disappear from my and Chen Hong's sights. Don't try to find out anything about us again, and don't do anything like secretly filming or blackmailing us. Otherwise, the evidence I have will make you pay a heavy price." (End of Chapter)