"..."
The Caucasian director furrowed his brows and began to subconsciously contemplate Zhou Yuan's words. Moments later, he violently shook his head, his expression souring as he snorted coldly, "Smooth talker, playing dumb—that won't save you."
As an American, he indeed harbored fear towards the IRS, having witnessed many people devastated by the National Revenue Bureau's heavy crackdown on tax evasion. Furthermore, the man's words seemed to carry some sort of magic power, causing him to almost believe such nonsense!
[He passed a willpower check and was not fooled by you, unfortunately. If there had been a group of women here, they would surely have been charmed by your unparalleled charm into defecting on the spot.]