Chapter 485 Movie Release
"Henry! Please hurry up, please? The movie is about to start. Can we still get seats with you like this?" In a private house in Sydney, a teenager was shouting anxiously into the house.
"Got it, Kaili!" came the response from inside the house, and not long after, a young man rushed out in a hurry.
"gogogo!"
The two looked at each other and without any hesitation, rushed to the place with the most taxis nearby.
As the capital of Australasia, Sydney's taxi industry has developed very rapidly.
Currently, Sydney's population of more than 2 million has at least thousands of taxis, and more than 5,000 private vehicles.
The two of them were lucky. After a while, an empty taxi arrived. The two of them waved to each other and hurriedly got in the taxi.
"Are you going to the Palace Square?" Before the two of them could speak first, the taxi driver asked with an expected look on his face.
"Yes, please hurry up, sir, we still want to grab a good seat." Henry nodded and requested.
"Don't worry, my driving skills are famous among all the taxis in Sydney. I guarantee that you can get a good seat." The taxi driver did not hesitate at all and immediately started the car and rushed towards the Palace Square.
It is about 20 kilometers away from the Palace Square. At the usual speed, it will take up to an hour to arrive.
But today is really a bit weird. More than half an hour has passed, but the distance is less than half, which makes the driver who just praised Haikou blush a little.
Fortunately, taxis nowadays don’t have a bad review system. Otherwise, the two impatient teenagers might have to give the taxi driver a bad review.
After an hour and a half, the taxi finally stopped near the Palace Square. After paying their fare, the two teenagers hurried to the movie screening point in the Palace Square.
It's no wonder that the two teenagers were so impatient. There were many young people like them in the palace square, rushing to the movie screening point, trying to get their favorite seats.
Today is March 17, 1919, a theoretically not special day.
But for Australasia as a whole, today is actually quite special.
As early as the beginning of this year, the three major film studios jointly announced that the movie "Hero" co-produced by the three major film studios will be broadcast for free at major movie screening points across the country.
Starting from March 17th and lasting for two months, movies will be played at least twice a week.
Today happens to be the first screening of this movie. Not only are these teenagers looking forward to the movie, but the media in Australasia are also anxiously waiting for the news.
Speaking of which, we have to praise Australasia’s cultural promotion efforts.
Arthur attaches great importance to the film industry. Not only is it an industry that can generate a lot of income, but it can also provide cultural output through film and television and related peripheral cultural works.
Leaving aside the issue of export, these films can better carry out political propaganda to the people and subtly teach them the idea of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism.
In this era of underdeveloped entertainment facilities, movies are definitely a novelty that can attract the attention of everyone from the elderly to children.
Movies that promote patriotism and loyalty to the emperor are all shown for free at movie screening points. This is also Arthur's propaganda method.
Just imagine, a young man who has been raised under the film education of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, his loyalty to the country and the royal family is definitely far higher than other normal teenagers.
The influence of words on a person is limited, but the influence of movies with visual sense on a person is unlimited.
Teenagers who are influenced by movie scenes can also influence their families and expand the influence of cultural propaganda.
After a period of preparation, the movie Heroes officially started screening.
As you can tell from the name, this is a story that celebrates heroes who have made contributions to the country.
The beginning of the movie is the scene of Australasia's investiture ceremony. It was also at that moment that Australasia gave birth to a noble class of nearly two hundred knights and more than ten barons.
The movie is very long, lasting over two hours. But the movie is very short, each of the three stories does not even exceed forty minutes.
The three stories are about soldiers, scientific researchers and ordinary people, telling the stories of their contributions to the country in battlefield research laboratories and in daily life.
The story is absolutely passionate. After all, it was completed through the efforts of a large number of professors and experts in the Australasian literature industry, as well as some novelists, and the adaptation of real events.
At the end of the story, the real protagonist of the incident will stand up and tell the story of the incident. The main theme is a truth. It also allows people watching the movie to see hope. They also see the hope of making contributions to the country, receiving a knighthood, and being respected by the whole people. .
There is no doubt that these three people in the story are all national heroes, and they are all worthy of being on the National Heroes Monument.
The battlefield full of bravery and passion is the scene that young people look forward to, and the result of gaining military exploits and receiving large rewards is the future that these young people dream of.
It can be seen from the faces of people watching the movie that the strategy of subtly influencing the people through movies is very successful.
Many media have even conducted interviews with Australasian students and teenagers before, asking them who they most want to be and what industry they want to work in in the future.
Most of the results obtained indicate that they want to be soldiers or scientific researchers, and only a few of them want to be big bosses or engage in other jobs.
This result is definitely the most satisfying to Arthur. Military personnel can maintain national stability and ensure the country's independence and sovereignty.
Scientific researchers are an important guarantee for the development of all aspects of the country, and they also play a role in ensuring national strength.
It is much better to make students want to be soldiers or scientists than to make them useless actors.
Arthur's support for scientists is definitely not just superficial.
According to a survey by the Victoria Newspaper, throughout 1918, the average income of Australasian scientific researchers was four times the per capita annual income, and the average income of famous scientists was more than 15 times the per capita annual income.
Such a situation is healthy for a country. Only when scientific researchers have enough income to protect their lives can they have enough energy to carry out their research work.
It’s not even just the research industry, it’s true across all walks of life in Australasia.
Arthur also emphasized more than once in cabinet meetings that practical action is greater than empty talk, and only practical action can make the country strong.
No matter how much money he has, Arthur will always only want to subsidize agriculture, animal husbandry, scientific research and other practical industries to ensure the income and living standards of these people.
It is worth mentioning that under Arthur's order, major cities in Australasia have strict restrictions on housing prices.
The largest real estate manufacturer in Australasia is the royal family consortium. It is very simple for Arthur to control housing prices throughout Australasia.
Take the Sydney area as an example. It costs about 8,000 to 12,000 Australian dollars to build a residential building on the outskirts of Sydney. When divided into each room, the cost is about 200 to 300 Australian dollars.
The public selling price of a house is about AUD 220 to AUD 330, and residents of this country can also enjoy certain discounts.
People can choose two ways to buy a house, one is full payment, and you can get the ownership of a house with a minimum of 210 Australian dollars.
Another option is to choose a loan from the Crown Bank. As long as you have a job in Australasia, you can qualify for a loan with extremely low interest rates.
A house worth 210 Australian dollars, if you choose to pay with a loan, can be paid in fifteen or twenty years, with the house price being 220 Australian dollars and 225 Australian dollars respectively.
It can be seen that housing loans in Australasia are still very low. After all, the government wants to ensure that people have enough housing.
In addition to buying a house, Australasian citizens and immigrants have another option, which is to rent low-cost apartments.
Generally in the suburbs of cities or near factories, there will be government-led low-cost apartments built by other construction companies that can be rented to citizens or immigrants.
The cost of an apartment like this will not exceed 120 Australian dollars, and the cost of renting it will not even exceed 10 Australian dollars per year. The main feature is two words: cheap.
Of course, compared with ordinary residential buildings, such houses have many disadvantages.
In addition to saving money, such a house has almost all disadvantages. First of all, the area is relatively small. This kind of low-rent housing is basically two bedrooms and one living room or one bedroom and one living room, so the number of people who can live there will naturally be much smaller.
Secondly, the sound insulation and heat preservation of the house are not very good. It can only be called a barely lived place, but it is definitely not a place to live for a long time.
However, another advantage of such low-rent housing is that some factories and companies will reward their outstanding employees for free.
After all, the cost of renting such a low-rent house is about ten Australian dollars a year at most. It is used as a reward for outstanding employees. Not only does it not cost much, but it can also win the favor of employees.
Some companies in the royal consortium, including the Royal Machinery Factory, provide a batch of low-rent houses every year to reward outstanding employees and let them live for free for one year.
Whether it is a low-rent house or a residential building, all are supplied with water and electricity. This is also the biggest change in the development of Australasia in more than ten years, that is, basically all cities have access to electricity.
Of course, the city here refers to urban areas, and some low-rent buildings in the suburbs still have no electricity, or the power supply is unstable.
But in any case, being able to connect all important urban areas with electricity is definitely an important achievement of the Australasian government in this era.
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