For a Nobel Prize laureate, making money was a very easy task.
Even though most investors had rich investment experience and financial knowledge, they didn't know much about science. Therefore, this kind of investors usually either avoid investing in esoteric science fields, or they would just consult experts.
When it came to experts, it seemed that in the eyes of ordinary people, there was no better proof than a Nobel Prize winner.
In a situation like this, even if a concept looked quite unreliable, as long as there was a Nobel Prize big-name vouching for it, a ton of investors would be eager to invest… even if they didn't know what exactly they were investing in.
This didn't only happen in the controllable fusion field. This type of thing was very common.
For example, blockchain…