Chapter 609: Chapter 390: On Resource Allocation_2

Even if he were to stop earning a single cent from now on and waste all his money, it would still take several lifetimes to exhaust his wealth.

Besides, he knows that he will be even wealthier in the future.

He has been the world’s wealthiest person more than once, but Mr. Clark doesn’t find that particularly interesting.

Although he has always been frugal, it doesn’t mean he is obsessed with money.

In the past, he loved money because he was poor, and without working hard to earn it, he wouldn’t have enough to spend, resulting in a tiring life.

However, when money becomes just a figure, he loses interest in it.

After all, even with all the money in the world, he still can’t buy the future of human civilization from the Compound-Eyed Observer.

His business endeavors and growing wealth are not for fulfilling personal extravagant desires or, like other prominent businessmen, to pursue self-achievement and a sense of social responsibility.

Ever since he half-voluntarily and half-involuntarily decided to shoulder the burden of being the Solution, his sense of satisfaction and responsibility had maxed out.

In the past, he needed money to control resource distribution, which allowed him to invest wholeheartedly in aerospace, attempting to intercept Voyager 1 and 2.

Now, with the ultimate motivation that supported him through multiple timelines gone, he no longer needs to frantically rush forward and can adopt a strategic change.

With a more peaceful mindset, he can approach technological advancements, stepping out of aerospace, material science, and energy fields, to view all scientific fields of civilization from a more macroscopic angle.

Under the premise of focusing on materials and energy, he can follow the thoughts presented in Planning, allocating more resources into biotechnology, medicine, artificial intelligence, etc., to achieve the best effect with simultaneous progress.

Of course, aerospace is still essential and must remain a focus for development. By pushing it to a sufficient extent sooner, he can send even more advanced colonial and exploration ships out of the Solar System to secure more territories before the next war.

However, he no longer needs to recklessly launch “fireworks” like before when the technology was not yet capable of ensuring safe travels.

He can save that part of the money and invest it into other industries instead.

At the same time, Harrison Clark continues to reflect on some core ideas within Planning.

It’s unclear whether these people intentionally did so or were merely obtuse. Even though they claim to create a “500-year development plan for human civilization,” the central idea still revolves around concentrating all resources into Harrison Clark’s Summit Ventures.

Harrison Clark acknowledges their good intentions.

But he no longer needs to launch fireworks, so why accumulate so much money? For warmth like a blanket?

Changing the mindset of launching fireworks naturally leads to a decrease in his desire to control resource distribution.

His thoughts take a different path.

It is much better to have the same amount of money benefit society as a whole, rather than hoarding it for himself.

So, the money doesn’t necessarily have to be entirely in his hands.

Firstly, with his assets constantly expanding, Harrison Clark cannot intervene in every single expenditure.

He must, and can only think from a more macroscopic angle.

Therefore, the importance of talent becomes apparent at this point.

Good talent can help him expand his territory within a specific field and optimize resource allocation partially.

Competent individuals can bring about twice the social value by spending just a dollar.

However, the abilities of talented people are usually limited and specialized to a certain field.

Allocating corresponding resources to each talent will maximize the social value of their respective wealth.

And then, he will collect even more talented people…

Clark believes he should shift his mindset from recklessly accumulating wealth to reasonably accumulating wealth.

His wealth should not be solely money in the bank account; those are just lifeless figures stored in the bank.

Instead, he should act as an intermediary.

His money should be transformed into various industries, supporting more people and creating more current and future value.

For example, it could be turned into manufacturing plants, workshops, equipment; vehicles and warehouses for logistics; server centers and cloud computing centers for the internet industry; storefront leases for real estate agencies; land contracts for farms, or germinating seeds in the fields; laboratory equipment and chemicals in research institutions with strong research and innovation capabilities, among many others.

Regardless of whether it’s the primary, secondary, or tertiary industry, there will always be something of real value that can also support many people.

These valuable industrial resources will continuously absorb external funds and then redistribute them through wages, operation costs, taxes, charitable investments, and depreciation of physical assets.

On the surface, the value of these industries still belongs to him, generating profits for him.

However, on a deeper level, these industries create value for their employees, suppliers, and society as a whole.

At the same time, his wealth, while appreciating, is continuously invested, transforming into more viable industries under his and his talented subordinates’ control.

When his wealth grows, it will no longer be isolated personal wealth expansion, but rather a comprehensive overall expansion based on various industries around him.

As his fixed and liquid assets grow simultaneously due to favorable business conditions, a siphon effect will emerge. Larger fixed assets will attract more significant liquid assets, and more massive liquid assets will retain a portion to become even larger fixed assets.