Chapter 305 The Dream of Australasia

As time entered December 1911, the summer of Australasia finally arrived.

However, the temperature in Sydney was not that hot. Perhaps because it was just the beginning of summer, the average temperature in Sydney was about 20 to 25 degrees, which was just right.

Of course, the real reason for Arthur to come out was that the first sound film of the Royal Film Studio was about to be completed, and Arthur was invited to inspect it, and it was also the time to shoot Arthur's scenes.

Speaking of this, we have to mention the first sound film in Australasia.

This is a film invested and filmed by the royal family, and it is destined that the first sound film has a full political color.

This film is named Australasian Dream, which can be divided into 4 short stories, focusing on the national origins of Australia and New Zealand, the poor conditions of the Australasian people during the colonial period, the disasters in Australasia and the unity of the nation, and finally the story of Arthur becoming the Duke of Australia, the Duke of New Zealand and the King of Australasia.

Arthur is the protagonist in the last two stories, which means that Arthur will definitely appear in the movie.

But this actually made it difficult for the Royal Film Studio. After all, if an actor was found to play Arthur, and if he could not show Arthur's majesty and fame, the angry Australasian people would be enough to shut down the Royal Film Studio immediately.

But the story of the movie cannot be without Arthur, because the current unity of Australasian is mostly due to Arthur's great fame between Australia and New Zealand.

Therefore, the head of the Royal Film Studio thought for a long time and finally decided to ask Kent, the butler.

After Kent asked Arthur's opinion, it was decided to let Arthur play himself and complete the final shooting of the movie.

The movie is expected to be released on National Day, January 10, and will be screened simultaneously in all cities in Australasia with a population of more than 100,000.

This will be a feast for all Australasians. During the seven-day Australasian National Day week, the movie will be played once a day.

This is a film with too much political color, and it is unlikely to be widely released in Europe.

After this film, if the sound film is successful, the three major film studios will continue to shoot more sound films, satisfying the leisure life of Europeans while making a lot of profits from them.

Anyway, Europe and Americans are the richest in this era, and making money from them is equivalent to robbing the rich to help the poor.

Royal Film Studio.

Arthur's arrival attracted a lot of attention, and even brought the filming of the film to a standstill.

There is no way. With Arthur's current popularity in Australasia, the only people who can see Arthur up close without being excited, except for those who can't recognize him, may be those who don't have a high sense of national identity.

For ordinary people, even if they have a general good impression of the monarch of the country, when the monarch stands in front of them, they will definitely be nervous and panicked.

Spending two days shooting at the Royal Film Studio also made Arthur feel the feeling of shooting a movie a hundred years in advance.

Of course, the current film shooting technology is not as advanced as that of later generations, and the methods and techniques of filming movies are also very different from those of later generations.

At Arthur's inquiry, the Royal Film Studio said that the final filming of the film would only take about a week and could be completed before January.

In fact, this Australasian Dream was jointly filmed by the three major film studios, and it will be screened nationwide in the future, which is also the cooperation of the three major film studios.

This also shortened the filming time of the film, which is also the fundamental reason why the film can be screened nationwide.

After all, although the Royal Film Studio is the largest film studio in Australasia, it is not easy to play movies in all cities with a population of more than 100,000 in Australasia.

Arthur is still very satisfied with what has been filmed so far.

I have to praise those things conceived by writers, writers, historians and novelists. The ratio of six true and four false makes the whole movie look like the chronicle of Australasia, recording the rise and fall of the Australasia nation from hundreds of years ago to the present.

If we talk about the climax of the whole movie, it must be the period after Arthur's arrival. Although this is only one of the four short stories, the length accounts for one-third of the whole movie, about 50 minutes.

This length was decided after a lot of research. A little more or a little less would not be so good. One third is exactly the golden ratio.

It is worth mentioning that the opening of the film is Arthur's speech announcing the establishment of the Kingdom of Australasia, which is exactly the theme of the film, that is, the dream of the rise of Australasia.

At the end of the film, the national anthem of Australasia, "Australasia, Forward!", is played.

The echoes between the front and the back, in this era of entertainment culture vacancy, the impact on people is not small.

It is not an exaggeration to say that this is the world's first patriotic sound film, and the changes it brings to Australasia are absolutely meaningful.

The more such films, the better. In any case, Arthur is very willing to see patriotic films like the Dream of Australasia blooming in the Australasia film market.

However, this will be hard for those writers. After all, it is not easy to create such a classic movie. Even if hundreds of writers work together, the time spent is calculated in half a year.

In fact, if this movie is changed to a paid version, there should be many people watching it in Australasia.

After all, in an era when sound films have not yet become popular, such a classic sound film is definitely epoch-making and has a much greater influence than silent films.

However, after careful consideration, Arthur still feels that it is unnecessary. After all, charging a fee may make some money, but Arthur obviously does not lack this money.

It is better to make it free so that more Australasia people can see it and more Australasia people can be influenced by this movie, becoming more patriotic and loving this nation more.

After all, the political significance of this movie is definitely far greater than the actual benefits, and Arthur still knows how to choose.

As the year draws to a close, there is another good news, that is, the Northern Railway is about to be completed.

The construction of the Northern Railway began at the annual summary report meeting in 1906 and officially started in January 1907.

Originally, the construction of the Northern Railway was expected to take about eight years, which means it should be completed around 1915.

However, because the government attached great importance to it and paid more funds and manpower, the construction period of the northern railway was finally shortened to five years, and it was expected to be completed in January 1912.

The northern railway is very important to Australasia, and its importance is not inferior to the industrial railway in the south.

More importantly, the northern railway and the industrial railway are connected to fully connect Australia, the core area of ​​Australasia, and become Australia's veritable island railway.

This will greatly facilitate domestic transportation in Australasia and closely connect the sparsely populated northern Australia. It can not only effectively control the northern part of Australia, but also spread its influence to Southeast Asia north of Australasia.

It is no exaggeration to say that this even eased the military pressure on Australasia.

Even now, Australasia's vast territory still has only more than 200,000 troops stationed, and they are scattered in various colonies and territories.

The smooth flow of the northern railway allows the Australasia army to reach every corner of the core area of ​​Australia at any time, greatly improving the army's radiation to Australia.

At the same time, the efficiency of the army's trip to Southeast Asia has also been greatly improved. In the past, if you wanted to go to Southeast Asia, it would take much longer to travel by land than by sea.

But the transport ships in Australasia could only carry two divisions at most, so it was impossible to quickly dispatch a large force to Southeast Asia.

But when the northern railway is opened in the future, the army can first take the railway to the northern seaport of Australasia, and then take a ship there, which will greatly save time.

If the construction goes smoothly, the official completion of the northern railway can even be completed before the National Day, and it can be announced on the National Day, making all Australasia happy.

Arthur should attend the completion ceremony of the northern railway, but he has no intention of experiencing the northern railway in person.

When the industrial railway was built before, Arthur took a train to experience it out of curiosity and the importance of the first railway of more than 2,000 kilometers.

But the speed of trains in this era was not fast, and there were not many entertainment facilities, so taking a train was even more painful than in later generations.

More importantly, for the sake of the monarch's dignity, Arthur could only sit on the train and pretend to experience it, but in his heart he had long been thinking about when to stand up and stretch.

Arthur said he would never experience the completion ceremony of the Northern Railway in a while.

Facts have proved that it is better not to take the train in this era.

Arthur is even looking forward to the large-scale commercial use of airplanes. After all, airplanes are comfortable and convenient. You can reach your destination after a short nap.

Speaking of airplanes, the current scale of military aircraft in Australasia is large enough, with a total number of more than 600.

However, Australasia's aircraft are currently military secrets, and training is also conducted quietly inland, and there is no news reported.

There is no way around it, although because of the previous achievements of airships, European countries generally pay more attention to airships than airplanes.

But if the news of more advanced aircraft is exposed, I am afraid that the major European powers will invest a lot of money in researching aircraft. At that time, the speed of aircraft renewal will be absolutely fast, which may be a waste of several years of development for Australasia.

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