Chapter 547 Christmas Broadcast Test

Arthur's orders are absolute in Australasia, and everything must give way to Arthur's orders.

After informing the government, the Royal Dockyard quickly received the construction funds for three R108-class battleships. The construction funds for each R108-class battleship were as high as 9.51 million Australian dollars. Together with the additional expenses of emergency mobilization of personnel, the total construction funds amounted to 30 million Australian dollars.

In addition to the quick arrival of funds, experts and technical workers from Melbourne Shipyard and Auckland Shipyard were also urgently mobilized to rush to Sydney.

If nothing unexpected happens, they will spend at least two years in Sydney to ensure that the three R108 battleships can be completed within two years.

For these three battleships, except for the ongoing construction of aircraft carriers, the construction of other warships can be stopped.

After all, small and medium-sized warships can be built at any time. If this super-large battleship is not completed before the signing of the treaty, it will be difficult to complete it without revealing any news under the supervision of the major powers.

Moreover, once the binding force of the treaty is broken, this treaty used to restrict the development of the navies of various countries will be like a piece of waste paper.

Without constraints, the pace of building navies in various countries will be very exaggerated, and Australasia does not have the capital to compete with countries like the United States in naval arms.

This is also the reason why Arthur supported the British in promoting the naval restriction treaty, because this treaty is beneficial to Australasia.

After leaving Melbourne, Arthur took a special train to Adelaide without stopping.

Adelaide is the capital of South Australia. It is a veritable forest city. The environment ranks among the best in all cities in Australasia, and the air quality is unexpectedly good.

Although Adelaide's population is not large, and even the population has just exceeded 700,000.

But the scale of this city is far greater than that of Perth with the same population. The most fundamental reason is Adelaide's shocking green area.

In the central urban area of ​​Adelaide, you can still see high-rise buildings representing advanced civilization and technology.

But the area of ​​the central urban area is not large, and the total population is only over 300,000.

Outside the central city, there are still 400,000 people living in the suburbs, and most of them are single-family houses and villas.

Almost every house has a small garden, and every few houses have parks of different sizes, making Adelaide a green city at a glance.

Arthur stayed in Adelaide for two days, and after experiencing the unique urban planning, he took his family to the Leonora Industrial Base.

There is nothing much to say about the next journey. We went all the way from Western Australia to Timor, New Guinea and Queensland, and then visited the two states of New Zealand, and returned to Sydney before Christmas.

This trip took more than a month. When I left Sydney, summer had not yet arrived, and when I returned to Sydney, it was already midsummer.

It is quite unique. Because Australasia is located in the southern hemisphere, the seasonal climate is completely opposite to that of the northern hemisphere countries.

Although it is also Christmas, Australasia is Christmas in summer, and most parts of the country cannot see snow, which is completely different from the situation in the UK.

Although the climate is completely different, this does not prevent immigrants from Europe from spending this wonderful festival in their own way.

As usual, the palace was decorated a few days in advance to spend this happy festival with the civilians.

Christmas in the West is like the New Year in the East. It is an important festival of the year and a festival that all Europeans pay more attention to.

Fortunately, the palace has Queen Mary and a few little guys to dress up. Arthur, who has been tired for more than a month, can finally rest for a few days and return to his soft big bed in the palace.

Arthur is glad that the era he lives in is still relatively advanced, and at the same time it is not too close to the new century. The royal power of various countries is still quite reserved.

It is precisely because of this era that Arthur can enjoy the changes brought to society by technological changes while controlling a considerable amount of royal power. This is something that monarchs before and after cannot experience.

The power of the monarchs in ancient times was indeed high, but the poor hygiene and medical conditions were enough to discourage most people who wanted to travel through time.

Don’t look at Europe now as a beacon of mankind all over the world, the most developed and prosperous region in the world.

But hundreds of years ago, Europe was in the Middle Ages, and was still relatively backward and ignorant.

December 23, Sydney Palace.

In the office next to Arthur's bedroom, a group of people in workers' clothes were busy coming and going in this office.

"How are the preparations? You must check carefully. This matter cannot be sloppy at all, and there must be no mistakes." The director of Sydney Radio Station suddenly walked in and asked the busy radio technicians.

"It's almost ready, Director, you can start testing at any time." Several busy technical workers stopped their work and answered.

"Everything is ready, Your Majesty. When will the test start?" The director secretly breathed a sigh of relief and came to the next door to report to Arthur.

"Is it installed? What range can the radio wave signal cover at present?" Arthur asked with interest.

According to the custom in Australasia, Arthur has to give a speech every Christmas.

After the birth of radio wave technology this year, Arthur suddenly had an idea and decided to use this new technology to broadcast live across the country so that more people can hear Arthur's speech.

"After more than half a year of hard work, we have achieved coverage of most urban areas in Sydney and Melbourne. The test range this time is also in Sydney and Melbourne. It is estimated that at least 2 million people can hear your Majesty's radio speech." The director of Sydney Radio Station gave a reasonable number after careful consideration.

"Only Sydney and Melbourne?" Arthur was a little disappointed, but soon adjusted his mood.

After all, the improved radio wave technology has only been born for ten months. In such a short time, it has been the result of the joint efforts of various units to achieve most of the coverage of Sydney and Melbourne.

Of course, in addition to the coverage of radio waves, Arthur is more curious about how to determine the number of people who receive the broadcast signal.

"What is the situation of the radio company? The radio should have started to be sold among the people, right?" Arthur continued to ask.

Although the radio is destined to be a sure-win business, Arthur still chose to hand it over to the noble consortium to give the nobles a project that can generate a steady stream of income.

In addition, Arthur has been traveling recently and is not very familiar with the research and development and manufacturing progress of the radio, as well as the sales situation.

"The radio has started to sell, Your Majesty. Because there are not many radio stations at present, and there are no radio programs, our radio sales are not high. Sydney and Melbourne have only sold less than 100,000 units. In order to ensure that your speech can be heard by more people, we temporarily installed tens of thousands of large radios in Sydney and Melbourne to ensure that the audience of the speech can reach at least 2 million people." The director of the radio station smiled and said, "Of course, after your speech, I believe that the sales of radios will surge. By next year, we won't have to install radios ourselves, and the radios of the people will be enough for most citizens to hear your speech."

The cost of the radio is not high, and the price is not high. The real reason for the low sales volume at present is that there are not many radio stations, and there are no real radio programs.

Moreover, the radio waves currently only cover Sydney and Melbourne. For cities that are not covered, it is naturally impossible to sell radios.

However, in the new year, radio waves are destined to cover more cities, and radios are destined to be sold in more cities.

Coupled with the promotion of Arthur's Christmas speech, real-time speeches are destined to be more gimmicky.

Apart from anything else, just being able to hear Arthur's real-time speech at Christmas can make a considerable number of people in Australasia take the initiative to buy radios.

People may have to consider for a while if they spend money for themselves, but if they want to hear Arthur's speech, a large number of people don't need to consider it at all, and just buy it without thinking.

Arthur did not comment on the director's flattery, but was concerned about the test of the radio waves.

The content of this test is very simple, which is to announce Arthur's speech on Christmas to the public and ensure that the signals within the coverage of the radio waves are in a relatively stable state.

As the time came to one o'clock in the afternoon, the test of radio waves officially began.

In Sydney and Melbourne, the streets and squares where radios were placed suddenly rang with noisy radio waves, and soon turned into human voices, which were the announcements about the test.

This test attracted the attention of quite a few people. The broadcast sounded in such a large area at the same time, and the sound was completely audible, which was completely different from the previous broadcasts and loudspeakers.

This also led to a large number of people in Sydney and Melbourne buying radios temporarily from the 23rd to the 25th, and under the guidance of radio salesmen, they learned to adjust the frequency of the broadcast so that they could receive Arthur's speech on Christmas Day.

December 25, 1920, Christmas Day.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, Arthur's speech started on time.

"My people, I am very happy to spend Christmas 1920 with you.

Australasia is becoming rich and prosperous. This is not the credit of any one person, but the result of the efforts of all Australasians.

On behalf of the country and the royal family, I thank all Australasians for their contributions. It is because of you that Australasia can achieve its current prosperity.

But our goals are far more than this. Technology is advancing. The same is true for Australasia.

My people, let us pray to the great God together. With the efforts of all Australasians, Australasia will become stronger. Great, will protect every Australasian who works hard for it.

My people, take action! For Australasia, for all compatriots and Australians, work hard in your positions and contribute to the construction of the country.

God will bless us, and will bless every hard-working Australasian. May you and I be with God, and long live Australasia! ”

When this speech was heard by more Australasians with the efforts of countless radio base stations and relay stations, as well as the reception of radios, a large number of newspapers and media were also listening carefully and recording it word for word.

It's not that these people are overly enthusiastic. Past experience has long made them understand that any news with Arthur's name will be a hot news that is welcomed by Australasians.

Although this year's Christmas speech has increased the audience, it still only covers most areas of Sydney and Melbourne. There are still most cities and people in the country who have not heard Arthur's speech. These people are definitely loyal audiences of newspapers about Arthur's speech.

Moreover, even if some people in Sydney and Melbourne have heard Arthur's speech, they definitely don't mind buying another newspaper about the speech.

In this way, whoever can print a newspaper about the speech first can make a lot of money from the newspaper sales the next day.

When it comes to their own profits and the income of the newspaper, no newspaper dares to be careless, which is why these newspapers listen more carefully than the public.

You know, the propaganda department of Australasia is still strict in reviewing the content published by newspapers.

Although news about Arthur is not impossible to publish, there cannot be any typos and mistakes like Arthur's speech.

You can't change the content of Arthur's speech according to your own subjective intentions, which violates the laws of Australasia.

Of course, news about the royal family must also be strictly reviewed before it can be released, so that it is highly likely to prevent rumors and slander about the royal family.

As for those benign news, although the Propaganda Department will also conduct censorship, the intensity is not so strict.

After all, Australasia is a free country, and there must be leniency in some aspects.

After the speech, Arthur was relieved.

Although such a speech draft must be typed several times to ensure that there will be no mistakes. But after all, it is the first speech to millions of people, and it is impossible to say that he is not nervous.

It's just that Arthur is used to big scenes, so he can calmly suppress this nervousness and ensure that he will not make mistakes because of nervousness.

After the speech, it's the two-day Christmas holiday. If you count Christmas Eve the day before, there are actually three days of Christmas holiday.

This is also good news for Australasia. Holidays such as Christmas, New Year's Day and National Day are basically required to be off.

Even if some important positions cannot be off, they must be paid double wages, plus a certain amount of gift compensation, in order to comply with Australasia's labor law.

Because of the Australasia labor law formulated by Arthur, Australasia has a nickname at the international level, that is, the paradise of workers and the hell of capitalists.

Of course, it is not that exaggerated. It is indeed a paradise for workers. After all, their various welfare benefits and basic rights can be guaranteed, which other countries do not have for the time being.

But for capitalists, it is far less exaggerated than hell. It's just that the labor law protects the interests of the civilian class, which will naturally damage the interests of capitalists.

This kind of damage is beneficial to the development of the country. After all, the country will become rich only when the people are rich. It is not a good thing for property to be in the hands of a few people, because monopoly will only create a bigger monopoly.

Let the people's income be guaranteed, which is the foundation for the development of Australasia.

The capitalists dare not oppose the policy of Australasia, and the public's support is also very enthusiastic.

After all, Arthur, as the country's largest capitalist, has firmly implemented the labor law, and even the benefits of the employees of the royal consortium are more exaggerated than the labor law.

His Majesty's companies have honestly implemented the labor law. Do other capitalists' companies dare not implement the labor law?

Apart from anything else, many private company employees are very limited in the benefits of royal company employees.

If there are really capitalist companies that ignore the existence of Australasia's labor law, then those employees will not give up the bonus for reporting. After all, once the report is successful, it will be several years of income.

It is precisely because of such policies that although the capital of Australasia is developing, the development scale is not so exaggerated.

In general, the capitalist class in Australasia is completely controllable. Capital has little impact on Australasia, and it has no impact on Arthur.

As the largest noble and the largest capitalist in Australasia, Arthur's rights have no class that can affect him.

This year's Christmas was not affected by influenza, and the festive atmosphere in Australasia was still quite strong.

At a time when all parts of the country were in a sea of ​​​​festivities, Arthur was not without any action.

The founding time of Australasia is not far from Christmas, which is also a blessing for Australasia. They can experience a seven-day national day half a month after Christmas.

On Christmas night, the palace sent out more than 100,000 Christmas cards, representing the royal family's blessings to the people.

A small part of these cards also have the autographs of several little guys, which is also an extra benefit. Let's see if there are any lucky ones who can win.

In addition, 20 royal salutes sounded outside the palace, accompanied by many super-large smoke, rendering the sky above the palace into beautiful colorful fireworks.

People watched this beautiful scenery one after another. These salutes and fireworks are also witnesses of the royal family and the people spending Christmas together.

This fireworks carnival lasted for more than an hour before it finally disappeared.

But the celebration has just begun. Christmas Eve is destined to be a sleepless night for most people.

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