Chapter 192: Chapter 155: The First Five Hundred Years l
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Following his long-term vision of establishing himself in Oxfordshire, he once again turned his attention to Summit Ventures.
Since 2020, Summit Ventures has been sweeping the music industry with unstoppable momentum.
Especially during the years 2020-2023, with dozens of music copyright pieces distributed by Harrison Clark gradually taking shape, and completed products emerging, the influence of Summit Ventures grew day by day, and its overall revenue began to rise steadily.
After that, numerous changes occurred.
Carrie Thomas, the highly regarded top-notch songwriter and singer, began to reduce her creative output, with almost no new work produced.
After completing Lucy Haywood’s first album and Ward Owen’s second album, the company’s boss, Harrison Clark, stopped writing and creating music as well.
Summit Ventures gradually transitioned from a purely creative company to one that sought and collected songs created by others.
Thanks to Harrison’s amazing discerning ability, not only could he compose music, but he was also good at selecting and purchasing songs, so his withdrawal from writing did not cause significant damage to the company, and his personal fortune continued to grow.
In 2031, Summit Ventures ventured into the movie-making field, with Harrison himself becoming a movie producer. At first, people did not understand and were skeptical of this move.
Unexpectedly, Harrison went on to steadily produce sci-fi movies at an average rate of one every two years, almost all of which achieved both box office success and critical acclaim.
At the same time, he began to sponsor a wide range of innovative scientific research enterprises on a global scale.
Companies in the UK, Silicon Valley, India, Europe, and other regions all received investments from him.
Under the capable control of his outstanding manager Julia Lambert, Harrison had both profits and losses, but overall his gains outweighed the losses.
Harrison became wealthier and wealthier.
In 204.7, after twenty-seven years, Harrison’s personal assets finally exceeded $3 billion, reaching their peak.
Subsequently, the situation took a dramatic turn, as Master Harrison began to devote himself to the space industry with an attitude that ordinary people could not comprehend.
He brought together China’s space and SpaceX, two major state-owned and private aerospace companies, to work on a big project.
He wanted to develop a supersonic spacecraft that could maintain high-speed propulsion even beyond the Solar System.
Many people thought he was crazy, but all he said was, “The hope for humanity lies beyond the Solar System. What I want to do is to take a solid first step towards manned flight beyond the Solar System.”
Others argued, “Why not establish a Martian colony before pursuing this?”
Who else had ever set their goal beyond the Solar System from the very beginning, taking such a huge step without fear of failure?
Ignoring all detractors and naysayers, Harrison continued to push forward.
Unexpectedly, this effort would take twenty-five years.
New Materials were developed.
New propulsion technologies were verified and put into practice.
New energy technology – highly efficient solar photovoltaic film was produced.
Ion engines were constantly improved, and with their extremely high specific impulse conversion ratio, just one kilogram of propellant was required to accelerate a thousand-ton detector to escape velocity once in low Earth orbit.
In 2072, the two massive spacecraft named Elite Army 001 and Elite Army 002, as designated by Harrison, embarked for space, venturing into the unknown depths.
Some observant people noticed that the trajectories of the two Elite Army ships followed the paths of Voyager 1 and Voyager 2.
People began to speculate, but Harrison denied any connection, as if the two magnificent fireworks he had set off at great expense were unrelated to him.
In just four years, Elite Army 001 and 002 had completely broken through Pluto’s orbit and entered the deep space of the Solar System, gradually moving further away.
During these four years, the once-miraculous entertainment mogul Harrison who initiated the new era of the Renaissance lost his magic touch, becoming an ordinary person.
He made mistakes and went bankrupt overnight.
He squandered his fortune, wasted countless precious resources, and in the end, released only two meaningless fireworks.
His irrational actions made him misunderstood and even abandoned by many.
Although these people did not turn against him, they had no choice but to leave him.
The blind admiration of the world for him dissolved.
The twilight years of Master Harrison were bleak, but fortunately, Carrie Thomas remained by his side, allowing him to live out his old age in peace.
In 2076, Carrie completed “Morning Wind” at the age of 77, and the two old spouses held their century-long wedding celebration with silver hair.
The couple lived out their days together, but lacking passion or ability, they left no offspring.
It was rumored that they tried to leave some backup plans, such as attempting in-vitro fertilization during their youth, but for some inexplicable reason, all attempts failed.
Thereafter, the couple lived to be over a hundred years old.
Between the ages of 77 and 100, Carrie still wrote numerous popular songs.
The quality of these songs was not low, and although she no longer had her once-powerful voice, she still found the best homes for these songs.
Her creative drive was not lost due to her sweet love.
She did not fall into trouble.
Her artistic pursuit proved exceptionally resolute, beyond Harrison’s imagination.
When Harrison himself saw this through his historical review, he felt a tinge of regret and began to seriously consider whether he should give Carrie and himself a more fulfilling life next time around.
Meanwhile, it emerged that the creative stagnation of Master Carrie for most of her life had been for the sole purpose of composing “Morning Wind” for Harrison..