Chapter 321 The Olympics Are Coming

As time entered June 1912, the popularity of the Dawn airship's trip around the world decreased.

But at the same time, the Sydney Olympics became one of the main topics of discussion among people around the world, and it became the focus of European and American countries.

Especially under the premise of constant disputes among European countries, sports competitions also have a considerable influence at the national level.

Especially when facing a deadly enemy country, no country wants to fall behind, otherwise it will face crazy provocations from domestic and foreign media and public accusations.

The people are blind. Under the guidance of some domestic and foreign media, who knows whether they will transfer their anger to the government?

With the development of the previous Olympic Games, the Olympic Games is a way for a country to compete for national face and dignity in a peaceful way.

If domestic athletes perform well in the Olympics, they can bring good reputation to the government and the country.

But if domestic sports performance is mediocre, especially when facing hostile countries, if the performance is somewhat unsatisfactory, not only will the athletes be held accountable by the public and the media, but the government may also be implicated.

This point is vividly reflected in later generations. Because of the development of the Internet in later generations, this situation can be seen almost everywhere. In a word, the winner is the king and the loser is the enemy.

If you win, you will be praised to the sky. But if you lose, especially if you lose face in front of the hostile country, even if you have made great contributions before, you will be portrayed as a sinner by the media and people with ulterior motives.

At present, many media from many European and American countries have arrived in Australasia. It is conservatively estimated that there are thousands of media teams.

Before the start of the Olympics, there should be at least hundreds of media teams arriving.

After all, even newspapers and media can be divided into large and small. Larger newspapers and media can naturally afford the cost of the airship, but small newspapers and media may not be.

The Australasia National Stadium on the outskirts of Sydney.

The construction of the stadium was completed more than a month ago and has been opened to all athletes not long ago.

In theory, the stadium and all its affiliated training venues can be provided free of charge to all athletes from home and abroad.

But this is only in theory. The sports teams that occupy the most stadiums and affiliated training facilities are naturally the sports teams from the major European and American powers.

The sports teams of Australasia are not among them. This does not mean that Australasia is not qualified to compete with these powerful countries. Even if it is based on the relationship between Australasia and Britain and Russia, it is impossible to occupy the training venue.

The main reason is that Arthur has built an independent training venue for the sports teams of Australasia. The training facilities inside are varied and complete, so there is no need to compete with other countries.

Unlike the Olympic Games in later generations, the athletes participating in the current Olympic Games are still the white population.

The athletes of the major powers are basically white people. Only a small number of them come from Asian and South American countries, and there are yellow athletes.

As for the black race, even if these people have good talents in sports, they will not be recognized by countries around the world and have the qualifications to participate in the Olympics.

You know, racism in Europe is still very popular. The major European powers look down on the nations of other powers, so how can they look down on the races of wild lands?

This can also be well reflected in Australasia. If Arthur was really just pursuing population, he could have absorbed a huge population from Asia and easily made the population exceed 10 million.

But this was totally unnecessary. Racism and racial discrimination in this era are no joke, and the colored population is impossible to be recognized by the white population.

A colored Australasia would naturally not be recognized by Western countries, let alone receive a lot of aid from Germany and Britain.

For example, the current island countries are just a pawn for the British to support against Russia and the United States.

Countries like island countries can never become true allies of European powers when they are at their peak, and can only be used as pawns of European powers.

If the island countries really become a top power in such an era, they will definitely be targeted by other powers.

It is worth mentioning that this Olympics, like in history, still faces many political disputes over nationality and flags.

The most intense and famous dispute is the dispute between the Finnish and Bohemian teams.

Of course, the dispute is not between these two countries, but between Russia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

These two countries are generally weak, so they have long been occupied by Russia. Parts of Bohemia were governed by the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Before participating in the Olympics, Finland and Bohemia made a request, that is, to insist on independence and represent Finland and Bohemia respectively.

This request was naturally rejected by Russia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. After all, if these athletes were allowed to participate in the competition in the name of Finland and Bohemia, wouldn't it mean that they were confirmed as invaders and give the people in these two regions a reason to resist their rule in disguise?

Faced with such a conflict, Arthur decided to use the means that Sweden used to resolve this conflict in history.

Historically, Coubertin proposed sports geography to solve this diplomatic incident, which also allowed the Stockholm Olympics in Sweden to be held smoothly.

The so-called sports geography means that the participants in the Olympics do not have to be an independent country, but can also be a region with an independent nation. The geography of sports can sometimes be distinguished from political geography.

When Finland and Bohemia participate in the Olympics in the future, they will only raise the team nameplate, not the team flag, at the opening ceremony, and raise the flag of the occupied country when the award flag is raised, and raise a triangular small national flag of the country below to show the difference from the athletes of the occupied country, so as to solve this problem more satisfactorily.

Russia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire expressed understanding and recognition of this solution, and the athletes of Finland and Bohemia also achieved their own pursuits, so naturally they would not have any opinions.

After perfectly resolving such a flag dispute, the Sydney Olympics was able to enter preparations.

According to the preparations of the International Olympic Committee and the situation in Australasia, this Sydney Olympics is expected to officially start in June, and the closing ceremony is expected to be around the end of July.

Because the time is approaching, the opening ceremony of the Olympics has begun rehearsals, and tickets for various Olympic events have begun to be pre-sold.

The national stadium of Australasia is expected to accommodate more than 50,000 spectators at most, so the ticket revenue is definitely not low.

In particular, the Olympic Games will last for nearly two months, during which dozens of events will be held, and tickets will be sold for each event, so the accumulated revenue is definitely not low.

Before the tickets were pre-sold, the ticket price became a headache for Australasia.

If the price is set too high, Australasians may not be able to afford it. If no locals watch their own Olympic Games, it will be embarrassing.

But if the price is set too low, it may also miss an opportunity to make a lot of money.

After a long period of comprehensive consideration, combined with the actual situation of the previous Olympic Games and the economic situation of Australasia, the final ticket price for each event is expected to be around 2 to 3 Australian dollars.

Of course, the actual ticket price will definitely change. If you are an Australasian citizen, you can enjoy a 40% discount when buying tickets.

As for tourists from other countries, they can only buy at the original price.

However, the ticket price of about 2 to 3 Australian dollars is not too expensive, at least for those Europeans and Americans who can afford to travel abroad, this price is quite cheap.

According to the Olympic events, even if only 20,000 tickets are sold for each event, a profit of about 40,000 Australian dollars can be obtained.

Adding up all the events, it is easy to make a profit of more than 2 million Australian dollars, which can be regarded as a return on investment.

However, Arthur's purpose of hosting the Olympics is definitely not to make money, but to use the Olympics to increase Australasia's international reputation and status.

According to the current situation, this Olympics and the previous round-the-world voyage plan have brought Australasia tens of thousands of foreign tourists in the past few months.

These tourists have made a considerable contribution to the economy of Sydney and nearby cities, and it is expected that this year's fiscal revenue should also increase a lot.

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