The Rise of Australia

The shipbuilding plan has the support of Prime Minister Raul, and there is no problem in being approved by the cabinet.

Finally, the shipbuilding plan was submitted to Arthur's desk and was successfully approved by Arthur.

On April 1, 1931, Australasia officially announced its five-year shipbuilding plan that began in 1932.

This shipbuilding plan quickly attracted attention from countries around the world and was considered a direct response to the island nation.

There is no way, there are currently only these two powers on the Pacific coast, and the naval arms competition between these two countries has naturally attracted the attention of many countries.

Arthur was unconcerned with the island nation's reaction, as Australasia's first Television Expo was about to take place.

Television, if promoted well, will definitely bring a lot of benefits to Australasia.

The television-related industries and those engaged in television filming alone can bring hundreds of millions or even hundreds of millions of Australian dollars to the economy of Australasia.

Moreover, the cultural output capability of television is what Arthur really values.

Relying on the large number of TV series about the Australasian nation, Arthur is even confident that he can complete the shaping of the Australasian national concept more than ten years ahead of schedule.

This plays a vital role in national cohesion and unity, and can also take Australasia's comprehensive national strength to a higher level.

The TV Expo is expected to be held in mid-April, which is about half a month later.

In order to hold this expo well, Australasia also attaches great importance to it.

Not only did they extend invitations to large capitals around the world, they also borrowed the large venue of the National Stadium and urgently built a TV tower that could operate stably.

More importantly, with Baird's help, several film companies have begun to convert their movies into radio signals that can be received by televisions, so that they can be broadcast smoothly at future TV Expos.

More than ten movies have been successfully converted so far, all on different channels. Testing has already begun, and we strive to enable domestic and foreign capital to achieve smooth TV channel changing and stable broadcasting at the TV Expo.

Arthur knew that as long as he could do this, TV sets would have no problem selling.

By the way, with the construction of TV towers and the conversion of radio signals, Australasia can still make more money.

In addition to inviting domestic and foreign capital, this TV Expo is actually open to the domestic public.

Of course, because the venue cannot accommodate too many people, it can only accommodate up to 2,000 people at the same time.

Of course, in order to increase the sales of televisions in the future, the expo will be extended by one week to demonstrate the usefulness of televisions to the domestic public.

I believe that after this TV expo, Baird's TV company will be able to receive a large order.

April 13, 1931, Sydney, Australasia.

"Val, have you heard? There will be a TV expo to be held at the National Stadium in the next two days. It is said that His Majesty is organizing it himself!" In a cafe on the streets of Sydney, a young man dressed as a worker looked at his side with a mysterious face. friend said.

"Television Expo? Your Majesty personally organized it?" Before the boy's friend could answer, the group of people chatting at the table next to him fell silent instantly, and someone asked impatiently.

"This..." Seeing that the news was accidentally leaked, the young man could only say truthfully: "Yes, the venue is the National Stadium in the suburbs.

It is said that it is to promote TV series that can play movies. At that time, many domestic and foreign companies and capitalists will participate. "

"Since it is held by His Majesty himself, will His Majesty show up then?" The crowd asked the question they were most interested in.

"I don't know, but if the scale of the expo is relatively large, His Majesty may show up." The young man thought for a while and gave an unclear answer.

Sadly, he underestimated the appeal to Australasians of Arthur's personal involvement.

Hearing the topic about Arthur, everyone in the cafe immediately gathered around him, and the boy became the protagonist in the cafe.

"So when was the expo held? Is there an exact time?" A middle-aged man in a suit suddenly asked.

"Just three days later, on the 16th of this month." The young man answered honestly.

In fact, logically speaking, the holding of the expo should be public news, and most people in Sydney should get the news.

However, due to limited space, the government was worried that too many people going to the expo would cause congestion, so it postponed the dissemination of the news.

There are only three days left until the expo is held, and the government has announced the news of the expo around the stadium.

Because it didn't last long, the boy was among the first people to see the news, which led to the news being blocked from most people in the cafe.

If it takes two more days, as the news spreads, most Sydneysiders will know about the expo.

After getting the specific time and place, the crowd in the coffee shop left very satisfied, even abandoning the coffee they had just ordered and not taken a sip of.

They were very excited at this time and wanted to pass on this important news to their friends and family.

For most Australasians, the activities Arthur hosts and participates in are the activities they should participate in most, and where Arthur is present is where they want to go.

In the past few decades, their feelings for Arthur have long since changed from recognition to admiration, from love to fanaticism.

Especially the civilian class who benefited from the subsidies and welfare policies formulated by Arthur, their love for Arthur has reached its peak, and their enthusiasm for Arthur's rule has reached madness.

It is precisely with the support of these people that Arthur's throne is extremely stable and cannot be shaken by any individual or force.

Regarding this situation, the European media once sincerely praised: "Other monarchs can order their own armies, but His Majesty Arthur can order the people of the entire country.

When a country is united from bottom to top, its war potential is the most terrifying. "

In the mouths of media around the world, including the Australasian media, Arthur has become recognized as the greatest monarch of the early 20th century, and was selected as the most influential figure in the world in the thirty years from 1900 to 1930.

It can be said that in terms of public love and recognition, Arthur's achievements have surpassed those of Kaiser Wilhelm II, Tsar Nicholas II, Austrian Emperor Franz, and British King Edward VII during the same period. and figures such as George V.

What Arthur didn't expect was that due to numerous accidents like the coffee shop, the news of the TV Expo spread throughout Sydney very quickly.

What kind of crazy scene was created?

The news of the TV Expo was announced on April 13, and the next day, the National Stadium was filled with curious and expectant crowds.

This directly caused the roads around the stadium to be blocked and traffic was paralyzed.

There was no other way. The Sydney government could only urgently organize a large number of police officers to maintain order around the stadium and to evacuate traffic on surrounding roads.

At the same time, the Sydney Municipal Government used wireless broadcasts and document notifications to try to advise people to stay at home and not to affect traffic around the stadium.

After emergency treatment by the Sydney Municipal Government, normal traffic was finally restored on the roads around the National Stadium before the TV Expo was officially held on April 16.

It was also on this day that the TV Expo was officially held, and Arthur also attended the ceremony that day.

Of course, Arthur's appearance was brief, only a few minutes.

After welcoming capital from home and abroad, Arthur hurriedly left the expo.

After all, if Arthur stays at the scene, it will interfere with the order of the expo.

Of course, when leaving, Arthur did not forget to wave to the people surrounding the expo venue.

Such behavior received a fanatical response from the people, and the people's heartfelt cheers resounded throughout Sydney.

With the support of the public, this TV Expo was held very smoothly.

On the third day, Baird reported to Arthur the results of the entire TV Expo with a smile on his face.

The first is about the technical sales of televisions. It is impossible for Australasia alone to capture the world's TV market. After all, the world is too big, and governments will definitely favor their own capital.

Rather than waiting for capital from other countries to develop their own TV sets, it is better to make money from them before the research and development of TV sets in other countries is completed.

With this idea in mind, Baird has reached cooperation with major powers, including Britain and France, and European countries.

The TV technology was sold in a package, including TV manufacturing technology, radio wave conversion and reception technology, and TV tower construction technology, etc., for a price of 35 million Australian dollars.

This price is indeed not high. After all, whether it is the sale of TV sets or the filming and sales of TV series, the market behind it is far more than 35 million Australian dollars.

Because of this, Baird quickly reached cooperation with more than a dozen European capitals, including a small amount of American capital, and sold a total of 17 TV-related technologies and patent rights.

Logically speaking, the selling price of 17 related technologies should be as high as 595 million Australian dollars.

Although domestic and foreign capital is very strong, 35 million Australian dollars is still not a small number.

The currency has depreciated, but it has not depreciated to a quite exaggerated figure. The current 35 million Australian dollars is nearly half a year's fiscal revenue for a medium-sized country, and it is also a huge amount of money that is difficult for large capital to come up with.

But there is no solution. If you really can't raise AU$35 million, you can convert it into shares in a new TV company.

In other words, these capitals mortgaged part of their shares to Baird Television Company in exchange for a complete set of television-related technologies.

After making money, they can choose to buy back the shares at market price, or directly let Baird TV Company become one of their shareholders.

Although companies all over the world have been devastated by the economic crisis, these large-scale capitals are not as damaged as imagined.

Their market value is still very high, and there is no loss at all in exchange for their shares. Moreover, most of these capitals are headquartered in Europe. If World War II breaks out in the future, they will definitely be greatly affected.

In other words, this can also be regarded as Arthur's property damage. After the war ends in the future, we can rely on these property losses to demand more benefits.

In the end, the revenue brought to Baird from the sale of TV-related technology was approximately A$225 million.

Although it may seem like a lot, this amount of money is not a one-time payment. According to the agreement reached between Baird Company and the other party, in this year, 1931, Baird Company can obtain up to 75 million Australian dollars in funds.

Baird will receive $50 million per year for the next three years until each consortium pays off its debt.

This is equivalent to A$150 million temporarily owed to Baird by these capitals. Regarding this large debt, neither Arthur nor Baird was actually too worried.

After all, to put it bluntly, behind Baird Company is Arthur's royal family consortium and the entire Australasia, and other consortiums also understand this.

If you want to rely on Arthur, you have to consider whether your country is a rival of Australasia, and whether their country will risk war with Australasia to save their company.

The majesty of the royal family and the country cannot be violated. This is the basic principle that a country must abide by if it wants to maintain its external status.

Especially for a powerful country, its own status must be maintained by itself.

If the dignity of a strong country can be trampled on by a weak country, can this strong country still be considered a strong country?

I dare not say anything else. If any country wants to challenge Arthur and the majesty of Australasia, Arthur will make this country understand why this era is an era of the weak and the strong.

Compared with diplomatic protests that have no lethality, Arthur believes that only a real war with real swords and guns will make those weak countries understand who is the strongest.

Especially when dealing with some more evasive enemies, only hitting them with real pain can make them understand that the tiger's butt cannot be touched.

Based on the actual shares of Baird Company, Arthur was able to obtain A$220.5 million out of a total of A$225 million sold.

Baird, the main force in the research and development of televisions and the actual controller of Baird Company, can also earn up to 4.5 million Australian dollars in income.

Although it is far less than the 220.5 million Australian dollars that Arthur received, he still has an income of more than 3 million Australian dollars after tax, which makes Baird very satisfied.

A$3 million is not a small number. Based on the current per capita annual income level, it would take an ordinary Australasian to save 20,000 years to get 3 million Australian dollars.

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