is my decision.”
“Tier 7? I thought that there were only five , and how is Elias the same tier when you are his superior?”
“I mentioned that each tier has several level s within itself, I am tier 7 level 10, Elias is tier 7 level 9, which means that he has access to the same things I have. Tiers besides being a way to structure our employees are also a way to discern an employee’s clearance level. There are many staff members with the tier 5 or 6, such as Elias’s and my assistants, tier levels also indicate the level of trust a person is given. No one on this project is of a lower tier than 5. Tier 7 is reserved for those on top and there are currently only two persons with a tier 7 ranking.”
“So what tier would I be given if I accept the job?” She asked.
“Elias is the head of security, he has many sector chiefs, beneath him that take care of day to day stuff, but he is in charge of it all, there are four other sectors that have no heads, I was hoping that you would accept the job of being the head of Research and development. So you would be given the same, tier 7 level 9.”
Hyeon looked at him with mouth agape for a few moments, visibly shocked before she responded
“You would have put me in the leadership position of Olympus? I haven’t even worked for Olympus before?”
“I told you that sometimes people we hire are given a tier from the start, and that extensive background checks are done before any such decision is made, I have been looking for the potential heads for Olympus for decades, I was lucky when I found Elias, and then I found you, though you kept turning my offers down, but I was convinced that I would change your mind eventually, this project came at just the right moment for me to use it for this purpose, I knew that I only had to show you the kind of work we do here to change your mind.” Tomas stopped for a moment, looked the startled Professor in the eye and said softly.
“Seo-yun, I know that you are the right p erson for the job, I have known for the past twenty years, you are brilliant, and have a mind that needs to push its boundaries, reach for new unimaginable things. You are very much like Elias and me, and that are the kind of people that I want working, no, not working, living for Olympus, because we are a family, and we always seek to better ourselves. Together we can accomplish anything we want, and if you accept you will learn about things you can’t even conceive of yet.” He finished, and waited for her response.
He knew by the look in her eyes that he had her with that speech, because deep down she was the same as him, she had the same need he had, to advance those around them, Tomas accomplished that by using Olympus as his proxy, she guided young minds in hope of widening their horizons.
“You know, you are not at all the person I believed you were.” She said after a moment of thought. “You are driven, more than I am, and I can see why you accomplished all that you did. I’ll accept the offer.”
“Great, welcome aboard Professor.” He said with a grin.
“You may call me Seo-yun, if we are going to work closely together we might as well drop the honorifics.”
“Welcome then Seo-yun.” Tomas offered his hand and she shook it.
“Though, I still believe that you have megalomaniac tendencies, but I would need to observe you for an extended period in order to be sure.” She added with a smirk.
At her words his grin quickly turned to full blown laughter that echoed throughout the chamber, which prompted people around them to look in their direction. When Elias returned with the rest of security team in full light assault armor Tomas was still laughing. Elias approached with his helmet beneath his left arm his N20 assault rifle slung over his right shoulder, he glanced at Tomas and then turned to Seo-yun.
“ Did you break him?” He asked in a deadpan voice
“I believe that I must have, either that or my previous diagnosis was dead