Rise of Australia

Chapter 285 Cultural Export Plan
On July 1910, 7, Arthur ended his visit to Europe and returned to Australasia on the battleship HMS Australasia.

When going to Europe, in order to catch up with Edward VII's funeral, under the full escort of the battleship Australasia, Arthur arrived in London in just over 20 days.

But this made the rest of the supply fleet suffer, and they could only catch up slowly under the escort of the battleships Australia and New Zealand.

There was no rush to go back, so the fleet could be merged into one and slowly headed for Australasia.

In late August, after more than a month of hurried travel, Arthur finally arrived in Sydney Harbour.

Prime Minister Walter and Minister Andrew went to prepare government affairs and work separately, while Arthur, who had nothing to do for the time being, returned to the palace to tease his children.

William and Anna are almost a year old now and can already crawl and walk by themselves.However, their mothers, Princess Louise and Queen Mary, love these two little guys very much. Except for letting them crawl for a while to exercise every day, the two little guys are basically hugged at other times.

This also made it impossible for Arthur to hug the two little guys. Princess Louis loved her grandchildren very much, and Queen Mary also had a soft spot for these two little guys. Anyway, Arthur felt a little cold.

But Arthur didn't care about these, shook his head, and devoted himself to the busy government affairs.

After resting for a few days, Arthur summoned the person in charge of the Royal Dockyard and asked about the current progress of the Royal Dockyard.

The news I got is still very good. At present, most of the construction progress of the two unified-class battleships has been completed. It is expected to be completely completed around the end of this year and enter the HNA testing stage.

If the test goes well, it should be able to officially enter the naval establishment from the end of 1911 to the beginning of 1912 to strengthen the naval power of Australasia.

The Russian order will also start construction around the end of this year to the beginning of next year. By the end of 1914, it will be no problem to complete the construction of the four Russian warships.

When he learned that neither of the two unified-class battlecruisers had installed cannons, Arthur had an idea and immediately issued an order to ask the shipyard to suspend the installation of the main guns after completing other hull construction.

After all, we have obtained the 50mm artillery technology with 305 times the diameter from the British, so it is better to directly replace the artillery of the two unified battlecruisers with 305mm and 50 times the diameter artillery, so that the firepower of the battlecruisers becomes more powerful .

If there is no accident, British aid, including relevant experts, should be able to arrive within a month.

In theory, it is too late to replace the artillery, and basically it will not delay the completion of the two battlecruisers by the end of this year.

After arranging the affairs of the shipyard, within a few days, on August 8, Arthur welcomed guests from afar from the Qing Dynasty.

For this country, the situation in recent years has not been very good, and various natural and man-made disasters have continued.

In early August, heavy rains caused floods in some areas, and floods spread across several provinces. Although it was not as serious as the previous disasters that affected the whole country, it was still a big loss for a country.

And they came to Australasia for two reasons.One is to buy more food from Australasia to quell various famines caused by floods and man-made disasters in the country.

The second is to invite envoys from Australasia to visit. The reason is that under the guidance of experts in Australasia, the constitution has achieved certain results, and even the Senior Council, which was built with a lot of money, is about to open.

The Zizhengyuan was built by the Qing Dynasty and was prepared for the parliament. It was a central advisory body modeled on the legal system of Australasia.

The reason why the Zizhengyuan was established was because the authorities considered that the upper and lower houses could not be established for a while, and the construction of the Zizhengyuan laid the foundation for the establishment of the parliament.

Among other things, the Zizhengyuan is also the capitol building of the Qing Dynasty, and the construction is quite magnificent.

Inheriting the consistent style of the Eastern Empire, it is luxurious and high-end, with a high-profile atmosphere and connotations.Aside from the obvious disadvantage of being extravagant and costly, it has to be said that the Qing State’s Advisory Council has surpassed the Australasian Council of Government in terms of scale and construction.

But this is also normal. After all, one is a country with a population of just over 800 million, and the other has a population of 4.2 million (according to the Qing Dynasty's own census a month ago). The income and economy of the two sides are completely out of comparison.

Hearing the news, Arthur shook his head.If they can use this money to build the army and navy, then at least they can build the number one navy and army in Asia, right?
After all, the country has been corrupted to the root, and it is definitely not something that can be changed by a little superficial reform.

As for the Council of Government in Australasia, Arthur has no idea of ​​expanding it in a short time.At present, it is barely enough to accommodate the cabinet government and various departmental governments, as well as other departments of the national government, and it is not very crowded.

At least before the crowding affected the office, Arthur felt that it was enough for everyone to be crowded in the current Government Affairs Council.

As for the country's finances, save as much as you can, and use them for other constructions or the expansion of the army and navy, isn't it good?
As for sending envoys to attend the opening ceremony of the Senior Advisory Council, Arthur decisively handed it over to Foreign Minister Andrew.

Before their top management is determined to carry out a thorough reform, this is destined to be a superficial reform with no beginning and no end.

Arthur felt that there was no need to participate. Of course, if they wanted to order battleships, Arthur was also welcome.

As for the request to buy food, Arthur agreed decisively.The current floods in East Asia are relatively serious, and there are millions of refugees, which has also had a considerable impact on food prices.

Among other things, it is normal to increase the price of food by [-]% on the basis of the original price, right?Don't underestimate that this game can bring a lot of income to Australasia, and it just happens to take the opportunity to replace the old grain in the strategic grain reserve.

In addition to these news, there is another piece of good news at the end of August, that is, Edison successfully invented the sound film, which brought the film into a new era.

Of course, the so-called invention is actually the invention of commercially available sound film technology.

In fact, as early as ten years ago, in 1900, the world's first sound film was shown in Paris.

But after all, the technology at that time was still immature, and sound films could not be commercialized at all, and their influence was naturally not great.

Arthur pays more attention to sound films. After all, since its birth in 1910, sound films have only developed for more than 20 years, and sound films have become a global phenomenon, making Hollywood in the United States the most influential cultural and commercial center in the world.

Of course, it was the skepticism of many European filmmakers and critics about the new technology that made the United States succeed in surpassing European countries in sound films.

They worried that too much dialogue would weaken the special beauty of silent films, so sound films were not as highly valued in Europe as in the United States, which made Hollywood successfully become a symbol of world cinema.

The birth of sound films marked the coming of the era of great development of the film industry.

Arthur is naturally aware of the importance of movies. It is not only an extremely important means of earning money, but also an important means and method of external publicity, cultural transmission and increasing international influence.

When it comes to cultural output, nothing beats the movies.Traditional books, music, and art can only affect a small number of people who are interested in these, and the progress is still very slow.

But movies are different. Movies can easily affect the whole world in just over an hour.

Australasia had film studios and played silent films a few years ago.

But Arthur was really not interested in this kind of silent film, so after watching it for the first time, he stopped paying attention.

After the sound film was born, Arthur learned about the current development of the film industry in Australasia by asking Kent Butler, and it was generally good.

Different from Arthur's point of view, the Kent butler is very interested in silent films, so the royal consortium has also invested a lot of money in several film studios.

At present, there are three major film studios in Australasia, namely Royal Film Studio, Victoria Film Studio and Australasian National Film Studio.

It can also be heard from these names that all three film studios have the background of the royal consortium, and the holdings are basically more than 60.00%.

In fact, this is also easy to understand. After all, Australasia has a total of more than 800 million people and can support three film studios. Without the help of the royal consortium, it is impossible.

The development of films in this era is not as great as that of later generations. Before the birth of sound films, it was easy for these silent film studios to lose money or even go bankrupt if they did not have good works.

Now that the sound film was born, the cultural export of Australasia could also begin.

Of course, there is another more important purpose, which is to form an inherent impression in the hearts of Australasians through various movies, that is, all immigrants are Australasians, and Australasians Should unite.

Using a new nation to include all immigrants in Australasia is the best way to solve the immigration dispute in Australasia.

The good news is that this part of Australasia was formerly a colony, and before that it was even a wasteland.

This also led to the fact that if Arthur wanted to tamper with the history of Australasia through various movies, it was actually quite easy.

For example, in the nation of Australasia, no one would compete with Arthur for the right to interpret, which also led to Arthur being able to allow all immigrants to join the nation of Australasia, trying to unite the people in the country.

Whether you are from England or Germany or France, Russia, now, there is a common name, that is Australasian.

Don't underestimate the influence of these literary works, movies and the like on the subconscious mind of the people.

With the help of the film, Arthur is confident that within ten years, all Australasians will be convinced of the concept of Australasia, and at least half of the Australasian immigrants will be united. In the national framework of Australasia.

For this reason, some European writers, writers, and novelists are also within the scope of Arthur's wooing of talents.

Australasia has already recruited hundreds of literary talents from Europe before, plus more than a dozen literary talents attracted by Arthur during this trip to Europe, as well as the talents trained by the literature majors of all universities in Australasia, It is enough to write a variety of stories about ethnic groups for Australasia, and then select better ones to adapt them into scripts, make them into movies, and broadcast them nationwide in Australasia.

The public is blind. Under such a large influence, I believe that in a few years, outsiders will say that certain immigrants are not from Australasia, and those immigrants will not be willing.

The good news is that the technology of the early sound films was relatively simple, and it is not difficult to develop sound films with the current technology in Australasia.

To put it bluntly, the simplest sound movie is to show the sound while showing the film, so as to achieve the effect of sound and picture synchronization.

It is not difficult to implement this technology. The simplest is to use a gramophone to play the sound, but it requires a certain coordination of sound and picture.

A little more complicated is to use two negatives with different photosensitive properties, one to record the picture and the other to record the sound track.Then, through a series of processes, the sound track and picture can be printed together on a positive film to make a film copy for projection.

During the projection, the projector is also equipped with a sound reproduction device, which can restore the vitality to sound while projecting the picture, achieving the effect of a sound movie.

Objectively speaking, these two technologies are not difficult, and they are also sound film technologies that can be commercialized.

Arthur handed over all the two sound film technologies to the three major film studios, and then each gave them a budget of [-] Australian dollars.

Arthur had only one request, and that was to develop sound film technology as soon as possible, and then write a large number of historical scripts about the Australasian nation, which were filmed into sound films and widely played in Australasia.

To this end, Grant's publicity department will cooperate with the actions of the three film studios.The Propaganda Department is responsible for publicity at home and abroad, and Australasian newspapers and media are under the control of the Propaganda Department.

It is perfectly fine for those in the Propaganda Department to combine writers and writers, as well as novelists who are good at making up random stories, to write the history of Australasia.

In addition, the three film studios are working hard on the sidelines, striving to compile the written stories into scripts as soon as possible, make them into movies, and then put them on the big screen.

At present, the main export is still in Australasia.However, some films can also be considered for screening in Europe and the United States.

As for other regions similar to Asia and South America, they were temporarily abandoned by Arthur.

After all, even if it's just a very simple movie at present, you need to spend money to buy movie tickets to watch it.

Most people in the areas that have given up do not have spare money to watch movies at present, so it is better to leave the opportunity to watch movies to Europe and Americans.

The good news is that the current restrictions on movies are not that serious. As long as they are not openly satirizing the local national government, or spreading ideas and cognitions that are not recognized or banned locally, there are generally no restrictions on movies.

Perhaps it is good news for some directors in the island country.Because today's movies don't have strict age ratings, in theory, the movies they make can be played anywhere.

It's a pity that they can't enjoy such a prosperous age, otherwise the movies of the island country can go to the world, but the reputation is not very good.

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