Tycoon: From Planets to the Stars

Reporter: Mr. Cen, some people wonder why you invested so much money in certain research projects early on, even though some of them still seem to have no economic value. What do you say to that? Cen Shi: I already have more than enough money, so naturally I want to pursue things that are more idealistic. Reporter: Mr. Cen, research funding and resources are subject to diminishing returns. Once a project receives a certain level of investment, putting in more won't speed up the research and will only waste resources. What is your view on that? Cen Shi: That's true. Diminishing returns do exist. Cen Shi: But quantitative change builds up to qualitative change. More resources can make a difference on a larger scale, and eventually all those effects will converge on a single point, solving the problem we want to solve. Reporter: Mr. Cen, could you give us an example? Cen Shi: For instance... if a project lacks talent, we can build a school to train people. Reporter: ... If there are diminishing returns, then we'll smash through the limits of diminishing returns. He is the best client any number of researchers could ask for, and also the most wicked. Countless researchers suffer, yet are happy. They're happy because of the research environment he has built, a utopia with generous pay and excellent benefits. They're miserable because they are always fretting over how to spend all their research funding, and worrying that their institutes will go under from running a deficit. And they have to endure research demands that keep getting more and more 'excessive.' The whole world dances in the palm of his hand.