Chapter 216: Reward Part 2
With the help of Zhang Jue, the Foundation successfully recovered Site-237 which had been lost for many years. To be precise, without Zhang Jue, the Foundation might have even forgotten the name of this site.
What's even more about that. Zhang Jue also assisted Yang Wensong to defeat SCP-3125 once again. We know that the Zhang Jue only stopped the Site-14 Infiltration and nuclear bomb detonation, saving hundreds of thousands of people in Jiangzhou.
Then this time, it could be said that he indirectly saved all of humanity. The Foundation could not be clearer about the horror of SCP-3125. Therefore, how to reward Zhang Jue became the biggest headache for the Foundation headquarters, or the O5 Council.
Originally, Zhang Jue was already a Class B personnel, with Level 4 clearance level, and a Special Advisor to the Foundation, just directly under the O5 Council. His authority is so high and his position so sensitive that even if the Foundation wants to promote him again, there is not much room.
He can't be pulled directly into the O5 council. The O5 Council couldn't even consider about material rewards. But still, Zhang Jue's work were too great.
If we were to reward money. No matter the amount, I'm afraid we couldn't get an exact estimate how much we need and wouldn't that be treating all of humanity as a joke? How much money could be worth the lives of all people?
It is better to award something that made Advisor Zhang interested while not becoming the Foundation to be petty about it. Of course, there are those who oppose it. For example, O5-2. His reasoning was also very simple.
A few months ago, Zhang Jue rode SCP-682 to destroy the Foundation's headquarters and robbed many useful SCP objects, and the Foundation had not been able to punish Zhang Jue in a substantial way. This time, although his credit was great, if he was awarded regardless of his past, it would only fuel his arrogance.
In the future, he will not take the O5 Council seriously. The majority of the 13 O5s were neutral towards Zhang Jue, but they also agreed with O5-2's statement. So there was a meeting, it was fine to reward Zhang Jue, but not to magnify the reward and make Zhang Jue realize that although the Foundation wanted to reward him for his merits, it also remembered the absurd things he had done, and it would be better to make him control himself.
It had to be said that although these O5s were considered a master at playing tricks, they had misjudged Zhang Jue. If he knew that the O5 Council had such an attitude, the reward would be accepted, but I'm afraid the O5 Council would have even less prestige to speak of.
Transferring so many people to Zhang Jue's staff had to make these adults feel worried. After all, the greatest characteristic of Zhang Jue has a doubtful characteristics. You don't know when he's going to make a bit of a mess.
But after the final vote, Zhang Jue was elected with a 9 to 4 vote. For a reason that there is no one more suitable than him.
Out of the several titles, the least controversial was the Foundation Star. It was almost unanimously approved. Perhaps in the opinion of the O5s, as long as Zhang Jue didn't gain actual benefits, not to mention the Foundation Star, the Earth's Star, the Humanity's Star, whatever the title is. It's just a matter of printing a plaque.
After reading it, O5-8 smiled and looked at Zhang Jue and expecting his reply. Yang Xue glanced at Zhang Jue. Even she couldn't predict what Zhang Jue would say next. After all, if you could guess what he was thinking, then he wouldn't be Zhang Jue.
Seeing both of them looking at themselves. Zhang Jue lifted his head. He was able to distinguish the meaning behind each reward represented. Upgrading his clearance level was to show the Foundation's honesty.
The promotion to Deputy Site Director was to give him a territory of his own. As for the Honorary Site Director of Site-237 and the Head of Antimemetics Division, it was because the Foundation couldn't find such a suitable person anymore.
Each of the Foundation's Antimemetics Division personnel are wonderfully ravishing people. The department is so important that even if they risked putting it in Zhang Jue's hands, because they couldn't hand it over to a watered down person.
Zhang Jue grunted. "I know that this is the biggest reward you can give. But even if it is, I won't accept it unless"
After hearing the first sentence, O5-8's heart sank. But hearing the rest, he realized that there seemed to be a turnaround.
He hurriedly asked, "Unless what?"
Zhang Jue cupped his chin. "How about adding another plaque? With the big words like 'Humanity's Defender' written on it. Oh, and with the autographs of your thirteen O5s. Which I'll hang in my office from now on to see who dares to turn against me!"