There was no need to mention the six Asgardians. After this, they would surely see Earth in a new light and visit it more often.
Hawking himself was also very curious about Asgard.
So, by providing them with houses, they would stay there whenever they came to Earth, naturally giving him more chances to interact with them.
Whether he recruited them to work for his company or had them show him around Asgard, either option would be good.
As for those S.H.I.E.L.D. people, aside from Black Marvel, who was Nick Fury's wife and would follow him no matter what happened in the future—
The others would not actually stay with Nick Fury for long.
Carter and Steve had their own ideas to begin with, and they did not particularly like Nick Fury's way of doing things.
According to the information Hawking had received, if Old Bucky in the hospital had not been one of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s founders, the two of them would not have listened to Nick Fury and joined this tournament.
Hawkeye had already married Agent Mockingbird. Before long, they would have children, and he would no longer want to continue being an agent.
Because of Hydra, Black Widow already had a thorn in her heart. She had joined S.H.I.E.L.D. to atone for her sins, only to find that S.H.I.E.L.D. had been under Hydra's control all along.
If he gave them houses, then if they no longer wanted to work for S.H.I.E.L.D. in the future, he might be able to recruit them all into the Hero Alliance.
Being a Super Hero did not involve so many schemes and conspiracies. They only had to focus on saving people, and it was far freer than being an agent.
Besides, with a powerful backer, they would no longer need to worry about being