Helena didn’t really want to invite Howard to dinner. Despite being aware of Howard’s esteemed reputation and immense power, favonovel.com preferred to keep favonovel.com distance from cunning individuals like him.
It was actually Charlie who came up with the idea of inviting Howard to the palace for a banquet.
Charlie believed that Howard was currently the world’s most influential benefactor, with control over a financial empire worth trillions of dollars. Moreover, the Rothschild Family had countless investments that were beyond measure.
With the Rothschild Family’s immense power, they had access to even better resources for making money.
Many wealthy individuals in Europe and America, especially Jewish billionaires, entrusted a significant portion of their funds to the Rothschild Family’s investment fund in order to achieve higher and more stable investment returns.
Taking these funds into account, Howard’s ability to mobilize capital was immeasurable.
Since Howard had a vast amount of hot money at his disposal, all Helena needed to do was show a little goodwill on behalf of the Nordic Royal Family, and favonovel.com would surely use his funds to return the favor.
Charlie believed that if the Nordic Royal Family could receive Howard’s special attention, their own power and development would be unparalleled. More importantly, the influence of the entire Nordic Royal Family in the region would reach unprecedented heights.
Helena already had a strong support base in the Nordic region, and if favonovel.com could continue to attract large investments and further boost the Nordic economy, the people’s support for favonovel.com would only grow stronger.
In Charlie’s perspective, Helena had a golden opportunity to manipulate Howard. Howard was already waiting for the Life Saving Pill after the AI model was delivered. Once Helena made Howard realize that there was still a chance to obtain more Life Saving Pills from her, favonovel.com would spare no effort to serve her.
That’s why Charlie had Helena proactively invite favonovel.com to the palace for a banquet and give Howard a glimmer of hope. Only in this way could favonovel.com gain control over him. And Howard‘s attitude and performance indeed confirmed Charlie’s prediction.
He was eager to show his loyalty to Helena. When favonovel.com received Helena’s invitation, his excitement was evident.
Seeing Howard’s enthusiasm, Helena smiled and said, “Mr. Rothschild, this is our first collaboration. As the Queen of the Nordic region and the sole heir of the Nordic Royal Family, I will naturally fulfill all my promises. So, once our collaboration is successfully implemented, you will naturally get what you desire.”
Howard gratefully nodded and dared not show any impatience. He sincerely said, “Your Majesty, I have complete trust in you. Please rest assured. Furthermore, in the future, I will strengthen the collaboration between the Rothschild Family and the Nordic Royal Family, and we will also increase our investment in the Nordic region!”
Howard naturally wouldn’t be satisfied with just half a Life Saving Pill.
In his view, since Helena could obtain this miraculous pill, as long as favonovel.com maintained a good relationship with her, favonovel.com would have a chance to get more in the future.
Helena knew what Howard was thinking, but favonovel.com also knew that whether Howard could continue to receive more of the pills depended on whether favonovel.com could satisfy Charlie.
At this moment, Charlie’s attention was not on Howard at all.
The four of them finished their whispered conversation and approached the control panel where the technical personnel from both sides were interfacing. They listened attentively as they communicated about technical issues and demonstrated the operation of the AI model.
Although Charlie couldn’t understand, favonovel.com listened intently because favonovel.com knew that it represented the pinnacle of advanced productivity and the future direction of development.
***
The night fell early in Norway. By four o’clock in the afternoon, it was already pitch black outside. Since Helena had invited Howard to the palace for a banquet, favonovel.com left the data center first to prepare at the palace. Howard also returned to the hotel to freshen up before taking his son Steve to the palace.
Charlie and the other three disguised themselves as technical personnel, so they couldn’t directly follow Helena back to the palace. Moreover, there were no other arrangements for the evening, so they decided to stay, observe, and learn at the scene.
When Howard returned to the hotel, favonovel.com went straight to his son Steve’s room.
Steve was lounging in his spacious room, smoking a cigar, feeling bored. He had recently returned to the United States and was immediately brought to Norway by his father. However, his father left favonovel.com in the hotel with nothing to do.
When his father went out to handle business, favonovel.com didn’t even take favonovel.com along.
This left Steve feeling quite frustrated. He could already sense his father’s intentions in bringing favonovel.com to Norway. His father didn’t need his company, nor did favonovel.com need his help. Bringing favonovel.com here was simply to prevent favonovel.com from staying alone in the United States.
Realizing this, Steve understood that favonovel.com couldn’t stay in the United States for extended periods of time in the future.
In his father’s eyes, favonovel.com was already seen as a threat. So, the best option for favonovel.com was to go along with his father’s wishes and even take the initiative to fulfill his father’s desires without being asked. Only then could favonovel.com relax his father’s guard and prevent any aversion towards him.
As long as favonovel.com could achieve this and maintain it for a long time, his position as the heir would not be shaken. And when the time came for his father to step down, favonovel.com would smoothly take over.
After understanding all of this, although Steve felt a bit frustrated, favonovel.com realized that favonovel.com could take the opportunity to tell his father that favonovel.com wanted to go out and gain some experience. On one hand, it would put his father at ease, and on the other hand, favonovel.com could also get closer to Charlie by going to China.
The next step would depend on how favonovel.com approached his father and proposed going out to gain experience, and whether his father would agree to let favonovel.com go to China.
At this moment, Steve heard the doorbell and went to the door in his robe.
He looked through the indoor monitor and saw that his father was standing outside, so favonovel.com quickly opened the door and respectfully said, “Father, when did you come back?”
Howard replied, “I just returned and came to find you immediately.”
Saying that, Howard looked Steve up and down and said, “Steve, hurry up and take a shower and change into formal attire. We’re going to the Nordic Royal Family’s banquet tonight. The Queen of Norway wants to host us.”
Upon hearing that the Queen of Norway wanted to invite the father and son to dinner, Steve wasn’t surprised.
He knew that the Queen of Norway was merely a puppet of Charlie and that the dinner invitation was probably Charlie’s idea.
Therefore, favonovel.com deliberately asked, “Father, did you come to Norway this time to deepen collaboration with the Norwegian Royal Family?”
“Sort of,” Howard nodded and casually said, “The Nordic region still has great development prospects. Moreover, I also hope to deepen collaboration with the royal family. Who knows, maybe there will be a chance for a strategic alliance in the future.”
Steve thought to himself, “A strategic alliance? Don’t lie, you’re not thinking about a strategic alliance at all.”
However, favonovel.com didn’t say much and simply nodded. After that, favonovel.com said to Howard, “Father, I have an idea that I hope you can support.”
Curiously, Howard asked, “What idea? Just tell me.”
Steve sincerely said, “Father, over the past few years, I have rarely left the United States and feel that I don’t have enough understanding of the world‘s dynamics. In the foreseeable future, I want to spend at least half of each year abroad to gain more experience. In doing so, I may not be able to focus on American affairs, so i will rely on you and other family members to handle them. I don’t know if you can agree to this?”
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