Hollywood Zenith

Chapter 1004: Aion

After their departure, Samuel went back to work. He only had few days to sort out everything before heading back to London.

Nicole who had already ’lost’ few of her friends quickly got over it. She already made friends with Candice and was laughing and chatting together.

She who was timid and serious person before coming here was acting her age and enjoying life. He shook his head leaving them alone and quickly called Henri to ask him to arrange the conference room.

Walking to his office, he took out the thick manuscript that held all of the ideas he had for the team of genius. He did encounter Linh but she acted like nothing happened which put his heart at ease. He grew fond of seeing her expressionless face without a hint of emotion.

After all twelve people assembled in the conference room, he simply passed out the thick atack of paper without any explanation. He wanted to see what they would think of his ideas.

They still haven’t given him any concrete answer to his proposal but seeing their relaxed faces, he knew this could become the catalyst to change minds of those that were cusp of agreeing.

As expected, he saw their faces change colour, the thing he gave them were only general overview of his plans with most critical information safely hidden in his office. He didn’t want these information to leak after people left the team.

" This...can this be done?"

" Maybe but there are many technical difficulties, we wouldn’t have sufficient hardware to support even of we succeed in creating something like this."

" There is also the issue of conceptualizing relevant codes. I mean, we have to employ several large databases to merge together for that there need to be a common ’language’!"

Samuel just sat in the middle seat seeing them go around discussing things without a care in the world.

His abstract ideas were novel by today’s standard but these people who lived and breath machine, could see the end point from just his detailed descriptions.

" Everyone quiet down! What is the meaning of this?" Tom was the first one to speak. Even Linh stayed quiet fully immersed in reading what he provided.

" It’s self explanatory. I want you to work for me. You don’t have to care about anything else, from your daily necessities to anything regarding your personal need will be taken care of. That’s the most I can do because of the risks involved with this project." He stopped for a second before explaining everything to them.

He knew it was foolish to hide things from these self proclaimed hackers so he depicted his whole plan without holding back.

He also told them that they would be part owner of the firm but the ultimate decision would be in his hand. He would tell them where and how the company would be operated, they would be the minds behind it while he would be the one to conceal their existence.

He told them about the various problems that they would be facing in the future. From espionage to treason, goverments would apply pressure on them. He couldn’t protect them outright but they would be hidden in the shadows.

Then he told them about the technological leap they would be making along with immense wealth that would come from this cooperation.

He spoke for half an hour detailing his plans but also told them they would not be taking part in anything illegal still they had to work in the gray area which would become clear for them in the future.

He had already planned everything, Alphabet was already a behemoth in the industry but it was still a private company with few of it’s subsidiaries listed in stock exchange. This would be light, their company would be the gateway to the darker part of his plan which would include many new companies along with his charity foundation.

It would be an all encompassing void, like the snake eating it’s own tail but the scale it would shed from time to time would become the food for the desperate individual which was his ultimate goal.

" This..." Tom was shocked to hear him say such grandiose things. If it was anyone else he would have dismissed him as being crazy but for some reason he believed, the young man who was clearly ahead of his time, could do it.

" What should be the name of the company?" While everyone else was dazed by his words, Linh spoke disturbing their thoughts.

" Aion. The primordial greek god, the god of eternity. He was a ghostly primordial deity who personified the meaning of time. In Greek, Aion means "century". Although incorporeal, he was also portrayed as a monster with a snake body and three heads: one human , one bull and one lion.

According to a myth, Aion and his companion, Ananke, wrapped themselves around the cosmic egg and broke it to form the "sorted" Universe, earth - sky - sea."

" Good name." Linh said with a smile. She didn’t know much about history but she read the whole small library in her hometown, she remembers the names well enough.

" I will not force you nor discourage you from leaving. I just want what’s best for you. But if you really promise to join my team, I am confident to say you will not regret it. I will give you exactly twenty four hours to decide." Samuel stodd up and looked at each one fo them one last time.

He really wanted to employ these bright minds but he also knew they would have their own pride and egos. Most of all, they were already scarred by some similar to him so they were even more apprehensive to trust him.

" By the way, please keep whatever we talked about here a secret. Things would get complicated beside you already know what I am capable off. We can part ways in amicable manner, there is no need for any of us to act in an uncivilized manner." With these parting words he left. These people had many things to consider about such a huge bombshell!