Damn it, I'm surrounded by insane Alphas!

The man, who looked to be in his early thirties with a buzz cut, was lying on the carpet of the suite with his hands tied behind his back.

Only the core personnel of Huanyu remained in the room; the curtains were drawn, and the atmosphere was oppressive.

Gu Chen sat on the single sofa opposite him, his posture elegant, but he exuded a sense of oppression.

The man looked around, still struggling, shouting, "This is illegal detention! I'm calling the police!!"

Gu Chen didn't even lift his eyelids. "Do you think you have a choice?"

"I know you're from Huanyu, what do you want?! I'll call the police, I'll sue you!"

"This isn't within our borders," Gu Chen slowly interrupted him, his voice low and deep. "There are a million ways to make you disappear without a trace."

As soon as Gu Chen said this, the surrounding executives couldn't help but exchange glances, their eyes filled with apprehension.

Even Shi Ran rarely saw Gu Chen so gloomy and flamboyant.

In the story, the Gu family is involved in some gray industries, especially Gu Chen's later expansion into Southeast Asia, where the methods are far from as glamorous as they appear.

At this moment, Gu Chen revealed the chilling side beneath his elite exterior.

The man was clearly frightened by Gu Chen's words.

Just then, the head of the technical team knocked on the door and came in, walking over to Gu Chen and whispering a few words of report.

Gu Chen's expression remained unchanged, and he sneered, "Not bad, you even know to set a timer to send it in advance? You're quite cautious."

The man stubbornly refused to speak, trying to stall for time.

Gu Chen didn't give him a chance and continued to question him, "What explanation do you have for those private photos of Jiang Wanwan on your hard drive?"

The man remained defiant, "What's there to explain? This only proves that your security at Huanyu is terrible! You couldn't even stop a paparazzo like me!"

"So, the fact that her agent transferred 500,000 to you, and those chat logs instructing you on your actions... doesn't prove anything?"

"How did you find it? I definitely deleted it!"

The man's face instantly drained of color, his legs went weak, and he knelt on the ground.

He's absolutely kicking himself now!

He should have refused when Jiang Wanwan's team approached him.

Although he is a paparazzi, he has always worked alone to secretly photograph and expose news, and has never done anything like colluding with an artist's team to stage a scene.

But the other party's asking price was too high, and they repeatedly assured him that the plan was absolutely safe, so he was blinded by greed and accepted the job. He never expected that things would escalate to such an extent that the entire global security team would come to investigate.

He only started to get scared when he realized things were getting out of control. After getting the money, he didn't dare to fly back to China immediately and wanted to extort another sum of money from Jiang Wanwan's team to cover his escape.

As a result, the other party turned their back on him and accused him of overcharging, leading to a bitter argument between the two sides.

In a fit of anger, he secretly slipped back to the vicinity of the resort.

Jiang Wanwan had given him a pass before, and the pass hadn't expired yet. He was thinking of doing something big himself, maybe he could get something even more valuable.

As a result of his stakeout, he actually managed to capture some shocking scandal involving the CEO of Huanyu!

This is much more valuable than Jiang Wanwan's petty troubles!

He was overjoyed and immediately sent an extortion email, demanding a staggering ten million.

He never expected that the people from Huanyu would be so ruthless, exposing all his secrets!

Gu Chen stared at the lifeless man in front of him, knowing that he was no pushover and that his mental defenses had been so easily broken.

Not interesting.

He gestured to Shi Ran with his eyes, signaling him to continue handling the rest of the matter.

Although she hadn't communicated with Gu Chen beforehand, they immediately understood each other perfectly and stepped forward.

The situation is actually quite clear now, but we still need some strategies to handle it well.

If we directly blame the paparazzi now, public opinion won't buy it.

When it comes to manipulating public opinion, you have to choose public figures, the more popular the better.

So in the end, Jiang Wanwan still had to be brought out.

He had just received a chat log from the tech team; the paparazzi had broken up with Jiang Wanwan, which made things easier.

Now, all we need to do is get him to turn against us and work together to destroy Jiang Wanwan, and we can turn public opinion around.

Shi Ran squatted down in front of the man and said, "Actually, this isn't entirely your fault. Paparazzi are just doing this for a living. It's just a pity that you chose the wrong partner this time. Do you know how much Huanyu's market value has evaporated in the past two weeks? Someone has to be held responsible for this."

The man's expression was very unpleasant. What the person in front of him said was right. This was no longer a simple scandalous publicity stunt, but rather suspected commercial defamation.

If Huanyu investigates, he will go to jail.

He wasn't stupid; he immediately understood the implication and hurriedly replied, "I...I understand! I've kept all of Jiang Wanwan's records! I'll give them to you."

Shi Ran smiled slightly, "We don't need you to give it to us. We already have the information. But that's not enough. We want you to tell the whole truth in public."

"Say it in public? That...that won't do. Can I at least not show my face?"

Shi Ran shook his head. "If you don't show your face, you're just an actor we randomly pulled in from all over the world. You have to show your face and have your identification."

The man in front of him immediately looked troubled. This was tantamount to breaking ties with the entire industry, and he would lose his job completely.

Shi Ran timely proposed conditions for winning him over, saying, "Someone has to take the blame. Jiang Wanwan won't just sit idly by; she'll probably use every means to smear you."

The paparazzi's expression changed upon hearing this. He had already experienced the shamelessness of Jiang Wanwan's side, and now he didn't care about his reputation. His top priority was to save his life and avoid being sent to prison.

He, who had been wavering, immediately stated his position: "I'll listen to whatever you say."

Shi Ran turned around and exchanged a glance with Gu Chen behind her. Gu Chen raised an eyebrow in satisfaction.

He hadn't expected Shi Ran to handle things so well; this was no longer a matter of interpersonal relationships, but rather crisis negotiation and strategic maneuvering.

Even if it were Wang Cheng, he probably couldn't do it.

Where did he learn all this from in the past two years?

Meanwhile, on the shore outside the resort, Jiang Wanwan was happily surfing with Cheng Ye.

Her agent rushed over, his face ashen.

"Wanwan! Something's happened!"

Jiang Wanwan's mood was interrupted. "What's the matter that's so urgent?"

"Come here! Come here right now, I have something to tell you!"

Sister Li was so anxious that she kept stamping her feet, and her forehead was covered in sweat.

"Oh dear, I'm busy!"

"Zhang Ji has been arrested!"

Jiang Wanwan's smile froze instantly. She lost her balance and, with a "plop," plunged directly into the sea!

She emerged from the water in a disheveled state, no longer caring about her appearance, and scrambled ashore.

"Didn't he already take the money and go back to his country?!"

Sister Li was both angry and scared, her voice trembling, "He's been secretly hiding near the resort. I heard he secretly filmed President Gu of Huanyu last night and even sent a blackmail email demanding ten million! Now he's been caught red-handed by Huanyu's security team!"

"Is he crazy? Why would he try to blackmail Gu Chen?! It's all over, everything's ruined..."

Sister Li was also filled with regret, complaining with a tearful voice, "I told you then and there that this move was too risky! But you wouldn't listen! Now look what's happened, how are we going to clean this up?!"

Jiang Wanwan's mind was in chaos. How could she not know that this was a risky move? But at the time, she was simply too blinded by emotion.

Just as her rival had somehow found a sugar daddy and suddenly had access to better resources, she was caught up in a dating scandal.

Although she immediately denied it, many of her career-oriented fans were disappointed and stopped supporting her.

Just then, the Universal Resort invited her to experience it, and a crazy idea popped into her mind: why not take this opportunity to play the victim and completely win over and solidify her fanbase?

Some members of the team objected, feeling that the risk was too great and that things could easily go wrong.

But she was blinded by the momentum and anxiety of her rivals and insisted on doing it.

They found this paparazzi known for his audacity and had him act out a scene where "the goddess is frightened but remains strong after a failed attempt to follow and photograph her."

Things started off smoothly. Zhang Ji acted according to plan, and as expected, the fans were outraged, and the data immediately looked much better.

But she didn't expect that this matter would be blown out of proportion and even affect the stock price of Huanyu.

Even more unexpectedly, it alarmed the elusive CEO of Huanyu, who personally came to handle the matter!

When Zhang Ji tried to extort hush money from her, she resolutely refused, thinking that Zhang Ji would disappear obediently if he didn't get the money...

Who knew this idiot! This madman!

He actually turned around and tried to extort Gu Chen! Now he's been taken down along with everyone else!

It’s over.

She knew she was really in trouble this time.