Helena's reschedule would be officially announced in a few hours. What awaited next was to see if Harrison would urge Royce to go to Canada.
If everything went according to plan, Charlie could take Julien's helicopter and fly to Canada with Royce.
Either way, Julien and Royce were now his so-called hostages. He did not have to worry about them spilling the beans. In fact, he could constantly control and threaten them using this collaboration, which was much more practical than psychologically manipulating them.
Psychological manipulation would be risky as those who were most familiar with them would be able to sense the abnormality sooner or later. Hence, Charlie preferred this kind of mild blackmail, which would be efficient when facing a strong opponent. The harder the opponent struggled to break free, the tighter he would be bound.
Julien and Royce were bewildered as they watched Charlie finish the phone call with Helena.
They didn't expect that Helena, the Queen of Northern Europe, who was so busy that Prime Ministers and Presidents of various countries had to line up to make appointments for visits, would agree to Charlie's request so casually.
Seeing the shock in their eyes, Charlie pointed at Royce and said to Julien, "When the news of Helena's early visit to Canada is announced and Harrison doesn't ask Royce to go to Canada, I'll hold you responsible!"
"Don't worry!" Julien blurted anxiously. "My father is more concerned about this matter than I am!"
He continued, "The only thing that our family has worked on for two centuries but has never realized is to marry a member of the European royal family!"
"Although Helena is famous, her royal family has always struggled financially, and her people are not wealthy enough. The whole situation is bleak. For example, some internet celebrities are famous and popular, but they don't make much money and can't even afford a car or a house."
"Harrison thinks that this situation is the most beneficial for us because to him, the royal families have the same characteristics. They think they are more noble than anyone else just because they are loaded and will look down on us, whose bloodline is not as noble as theirs. If we propose marriage to them, they will despise us yet want our money."
"Only when they are in trouble financially and can't even maintain the basic aristocratic demeanor will our prominent families have a chance."
Charlie nodded and said, "Your analysis sounds about right, but we will soon know if it's really the case."

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