Chapter 585: Benchmarking Hollywood World Cinema City

Chapter 585 Benchmarking Hollywood - World Cinema City

The first thing the new cabinet did after its establishment was to swear allegiance to Arthur, and Arthur was quite satisfied with the members of the new cabinet government.

However, the change of the cabinet government did not have much impact on Arthur. After all, the cabinet government was still under his control, and it didn't matter who held this position.

After the cabinet government was put into operation, the affairs of Australasia came to an end.

Because compared with the stable Australasia, the chaotic international situation is the current focus.

Compared with the peaceful 1922, there were really many international events in 1923, which also involved many countries including major powers, and to a certain extent affected the development of the world situation.

On July 1, 1923, under the witness of many countries, the Russian Civil War was put on the surface, and the major powers led by Britain, France and Australia began to mediate this civil war.

The Russian Civil War really started in early 1919, and it has been more than four years since now.

Coupled with the previous revolution and World War I, Russia has not had peace and stability for nearly ten years, which is a huge blow to Russia's development and even directly destroyed Russia's economy and industry.

As a superpower that dominated Eastern Europe before World War I, Russia's current industrial level is far behind that of countries like island countries, and even worse than Italy, the weakest among the powers.

The economic collapse is even more serious. If Soviet Russia is struggling to support itself with a centralized distribution system, then Tsarist Russia ruled by Nicholas II is not relying on the accumulation of wealth of the Romanov family for hundreds of years and a large amount of debt to survive.

According to Russian data, Tsarist Russia has owed foreign debts of up to 300 million pounds since the beginning of the civil war.

Although this amount of money does not seem to be much, it was owed by Tsarist Russia after it was weakened by World War I and the revolution. For Russia, where the ruble has depreciated significantly, this is already a huge debt that cannot be repaid at all.

The other powers naturally understand this. After squeezing Russia for four years, it is time to give Russia some breathing space and let Russia restore its economy.

Because of the participation of Britain, France and Australia, this mediation was also highly valued by both sides of Russia, and they sent their own important representatives to participate.

This is actually inevitable. The Russian Civil War has been going on for so long that both sides are exhausted, and the soldiers are extremely looking forward to the arrival of peace.

Both sides understand that this is an internal consumption of Russia. But the problem is that no one can bear the consequences of failure, because this represents the fall of a government and the demise of a country.

Both sides have advantages in the situation of the Russian Civil War, but after the intervention of the World Alliance’s intervention forces, the advantage is in Tsarist Russia.

At present, many areas including Ukraine and Poland have been recovered by Tsarist Russia, but they are actually occupied by the World Alliance’s intervention forces.

To put it bluntly, there is no winner on both sides of the Russian Civil War. If you have to say the winner, it is countries like Britain, France and Australia that have absorbed a lot of profits in the civil war.

Australasia alone has obtained nearly 1,000 tons of gold reserves from Tsarist Russia, as well as countless mineral resources, including various manpower, etc.

Australasia has the priority mining rights for a considerable part of the mineral resources of Tsarist Russia. These mineral resources can only be mined after the situation in Russia is peaceful, which is also the reason why the Russian Civil War has to enter a peaceful period.

At the beginning of the war, the situation in Russia was distributed between the north and the south, but now Tsarist Russia has regained the advantage.

In addition to the areas around Moscow, the other side also controls a large area of ​​poor areas to the east.

On the contrary, Tsarist Russia occupies most of the developed areas in Eastern Europe, but if Tsarist Russia wants to smoothly receive these territories from the intervention army, it may have to pay a considerable price.

If many countries in the World Alliance were not unwilling to do their best, I am afraid that this war would never be so tense.

Although the ideas of the revolutionary party have a great influence on the people, the current Soviet Russia still cannot stand up to the powerful aircraft, tanks and many advanced weapons of European countries.

Although this peace negotiation has attracted a lot of attention, the progress of the peace negotiation is destined not to be too fast.

On the contrary, the naval limitation treaty was finally signed in the expectation of various countries. The issue of limiting submarines, which had been debated for a long time, was strongly terminated by the French.

After all, if the development of submarines is restricted, the navies of other countries will really have no hope of catching up with the Royal Navy.

However, the British did not gain nothing. They successfully built two super battleships before the signing of the Naval Limitation Treaty, further strengthening the strength of the Royal Navy.

When the eyes of countries around the world were on the peace talks in London, Australasia had already built the world's largest movie city - World Movie City, also named Sydney National Movie City.

Arthur's purpose in building this movie city was to imitate Hollywood in later history, to build Australasia's entertainment center, and to frantically export culture to other countries.

Although Hollywood in the United States was established earlier, American movies are not as influential as Australasia movies, and will not be Australasia's opponent for the time being.

This is actually normal. Although Australasian films are the most famous in the world, this cannot hinder the development of films in other countries.

Many countries, including Britain, France, and Germany, also have their own film companies, and they shoot a large number of movies every year.

However, judging from the current advantages of Australasia, World Cinema is the most promising to develop into the Hollywood of later generations, become a benchmark for the global film industry, and create a leading brand in the film industry.

In order to increase the reputation of the World Cinema City in Australasia, Arthur personally attended the opening ceremony of the World Cinema City, delivered a short speech, and also watched the movie "Special Hero - Rui Xixi" that was officially released that day.

In fact, this is also inevitable for the development of movies. There are not only movies that tell stories of characters, but also movies that tell stories of non-human beings.

Rui Xixi is a heroic dog movie filmed in Australasia that saves children, captures thieves and tracks desperadoes. It uses a special perspective to tell the story of human partners and the contribution of dogs to mankind.

There is also a particularly famous film company in Australasia. Its boss is Charlie Chaplin, the famous actor, screenwriter and director in the film industry in the 20th century.

Chaplin was born in London, England, and began writing, directing, and starring in films in 1915. After Australasian films became famous at home and abroad, Chaplin brought his friends to Australasia to start his own film company.

At present, Chaplin's film company has become one of the largest comedy film companies in Australasia. The films in which Chaplin personally participated are also deeply loved by domestic and foreign movie audiences.

There are currently three most popular films in Australasia: patriotic films with official status, comedy films produced by private companies like Chaplin Films, and films about male love. Movies about female love and knight-errant stories, in which the protagonist is a macho man with strong muscles, or a beautiful woman who looks innocent and cute, making people fall in love with them.

There are already many movie stars in Australasia, and their values ​​are constantly rising.

At present, the salary of famous Australasian film actors has reached more than 50 Australian dollars. Their income from shooting a film is equivalent to the annual income of ordinary people. This has also attracted a lot of fresh blood to the film industry.

However, the government still has certain control over the film industry. Not only must the content of movies be strictly censored, but there must also be certain restrictions on the income of actors in the film industry.

For easy, high-income jobs like movie actors, the tax rate is relatively high compared to ordinary people.

Film actors whose income is below the per capita income are taxed in the same tax bracket as ordinary people.

But for movie actors whose income is more than twice the per capita income, the tax is already as high as 25%, which is already considered a heavy tax.

Next, there are movie actors whose income is greater than five times and ten times their annual income. The tax ratios they face are as high as 40% and 55%, which limits the income of movie stars to a certain extent.

Although such a tax ratio is unique, after all, the film industry has just developed, and the government does not have much opposition to formulating such tax rules.

For the people, a considerable part of the tax revenue received from movie stars will be used for the development of people's livelihood. This is beneficial to the people, and the people will naturally not object.

Moreover, such a tax policy also has Arthur’s nod of approval. Who in Australasia dares to oppose Arthur’s policy?

Because of Arthur's personal visit, the opening of World Cinema and the release of several movies attracted a lot of domestic and foreign media reports.

World Cinema will not only serve as a benchmark for the Australasian film industry, but will also be a venue for concerts, operas, movies, and fairy tales, just like Hollywood in history.

World Cinema City can accommodate up to 200,000 tourists, and its total coverage includes an entire hill.

The top of the mountain is the main venue of World Cinema City, while the halfway up and down the mountain are facilities responsible for receiving tourists and undertaking some commercial content.

If it develops well, its role in the movie city will be no worse than that of a luxurious commercial street, or even far beyond.

After all, Hollywood in later generations is already the best example. The movies produced by Hollywood account for half of the world's movies. Whether a movie star can enter Hollywood has become one of the criteria for measuring whether a movie star will go international.

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