Chapter 620 Colonial Incident

Although the cost of current TVs is a huge problem, it is simply impossible to give up the development of TVs.

It goes without saying how important rearview TV is to people. Who wouldn’t want to watch a movie or TV with their family in their spare time?

Of course, this must be done in your spare time. If people cannot be guaranteed to have enough free time after work, buying a TV is simply about having a TV, not watching TV.

It now seems that it is impossible for television to truly spread to thousands of households without decades of improvement.

But the good news is that Australasia has achieved most of the popularization of wireless broadcasts and radios, just in time to allow television to develop for a while and radio to make more profits.

"Let's carry out small-scale production first, Mr. Baird. The improvement of televisions cannot be stopped. I am optimistic that this guy will replace the radio and become people's first choice of home appliances." After thinking for a while, Arthur gave the order.

There are still many middle-class and wealthy people in Australasia, and these people are the real consumers of current TVs.

It just so happens that TVs can also be used as prizes to reward those who have contributed, and by the way, they can also increase the popularity of TVs.

No matter what you do, there is no loss. It is necessary to occupy the TV market in advance. After all, brand and popularity are the guarantee of the market in an industry.

"I hope to be able to reduce the production cost of the TV to less than 100 Australian dollars as soon as possible and improve the stability of movie playback as much as possible. This is the key to making this guy popular in more families." Arthur said with a smile.

There must be enough profit between cost and selling price, which also means that based on current costs, people may have to spend 3 to 5 years of income to buy a TV.

If the production cost can be reduced to less than 100 Australian dollars, there is hope for TV to expand the market in a short period of time.

After all, the purpose of television is just to play movies. Compared with the cost of more than 100 Australian dollars, why don't people go to the cinema to watch cheaper movies?

More than 100 Australian dollars is enough to take your family to watch it dozens of times. It is much more cost-effective than buying a TV.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

The high cost of televisions is the biggest problem with current televisions. In fact, as long as the cost can be reduced, current televisions can already meet Arthur's requirements.

After all, the real popularization of television in history had to wait until after World War II. Even if television was born this year and next year in history, the development time of more than 20 years actually proves that the current television in history is not as good as the current Australasian research. Results.

As soon as Arthur returned from the Royal Academy of Sciences, Foreign Secretary Daze hurriedly asked to see him and brought news that surprised Arthur: "A large-scale rebellion has broken out in the Dutch East Indies!"

The reason why Arthur was surprised is that the current Dutch East Indies only have Java Island, Sumatra Island and most of Borneo. The distance between these three islands is not far away, and the pressure to control these lands is far less than before. All of the Dutch East Indies.

The size of the Dutch colonial army has not been reduced, so why can't they even control the smaller Dutch East Indies?

It wasn't until he heard the explanation from Foreign Secretary Daze that Arthur nodded and understood the current situation of the Netherlands.

The Netherlands, once a coachman on the sea, is now a second-rate country in Europe. To put it bluntly, it is even considered a third-rate country.

After Australasia invaded part of the Dutch East Indies, the Dutch could only increase their exploitation of the East Indian natives again to maintain a balance in their income in the East Indies.

This made the natives of the Dutch East Indies very dissatisfied, and an even more serious rebellion broke out than before.

The rebellion at this time was still at a stage that the Dutch government could control. After all, the Netherlands was still a European country, and it was easy to suppress the indigenous rebellion.

But since World War I, every country has been facing serious economic problems. Although the Netherlands was not a participant in World War I, the economic problems in the Netherlands were also quite serious. Who made the economic ties between the Netherlands and Germany closer before?

The Germans suffered huge economic losses after World War I, which also seriously affected the Dutch industry and economy.

In order to preserve the local economy of the Netherlands, the Dutch could only once again set their sights on the tens of millions of indigenous people in the Dutch East Indies, and squeezed the indigenous people even more crazily to alleviate domestic economic problems.

Such oppression led to common dissatisfaction between colonial immigrants and indigenous people. To put it bluntly, the Dutch East Indies was just a colony, and the treatment of the Dutch here and the native Dutch was completely different.

The people who the Dutch raised taxes also included the mixed Dutch and Dutch people in the Dutch East Indies. This naturally aroused the dissatisfaction of those Dutch people, and even small-scale demonstrations broke out.

In fact, this is nothing. Which country doesn’t have some parades? The colonial government was also relatively polite to these pure-blooded Dutch, and it was only through persuasion that these Dutch people gave up the parade.

But the Dutch march gave hope to the natives, who believed that the colonial government was already weak.

Led by some mixed-race people with ulterior motives, the indigenous people of the Dutch East Indies also broke out in demonstrations, and even went on strike in some mines and factories to resist the colonial government's harsh taxes and cruel policies.

The mixed-race people fanned the flames, and the number of indigenous people participating in the demonstration exceeded hundreds of thousands in a short period of time, directly threatening the colonial government's rule.

This naturally caused dissatisfaction with the Dutch colonial government. After all, those Dutch are different from these natives.

No one can bear the risk of massacring fellow citizens, but there is no risk in massacring the indigenous people. Even if the demonstration is quelled, it will receive domestic praise.

With this idea in mind, the Dutch colonial government launched a brutal suppression of the demonstrations in the Dutch East Indies. They used force to suppress them twice and forcibly repulsed two large-scale demonstrations.

These two crackdowns killed at least thousands of indigenous people and injured at least tens of thousands. This treatment, which was completely different from the Dutch demonstrations, made the indigenous and mixed-race people very dissatisfied. The demonstrations intensified and even general strikes were held in some cities.

A large number of natives began to attack some cities in the colony, and even successfully robbed a city's weapons depot.

This also gave hope to the indigenous people. They believed that the current Dutch government was too weak and it was time for the Dutch East Indies to become independent and free from the cruel rule of the Dutch.

Without the participation of any country, the number of people demonstrating and striking in the Dutch East Indies has exceeded one million, and the number of armed rebellions has reached tens of thousands.

This is no longer controllable by the current Dutch East Indies government. The current Dutch East Indies still have tens of millions of indigenous people. If they really unite to resist the Dutch rule, even if the Kingdom of the Netherlands tries its best, it may not be possible. Able to suppress indigenous rebellions.

But this is actually inevitable. The Europeans' indifference to indigenous lives meant that it was impossible for these indigenous people to submit to European rule.

It's okay if the country is strong, but these indigenous people will give in. Once a country like the Netherlands enters weakness, these indigenous people will try their best to escape from Dutch rule.

"How are the Dutch people reacting now?" Arthur asked with a hint of curiosity.

The current situation is very difficult for even the Kingdom of the Netherlands to deal with, which makes Arthur very curious about what the Dutch will do next.

After all, the Dutch East Indies was also a colony composed of three large islands with tens of millions of indigenous people. It was also very close to Australasia. It was impossible for Arthur not to be tempted.

Perhaps this is also Australasia's best opportunity to intervene in the Dutch East Indies, and even obtain the entire Dutch East Indies from the Netherlands through interest exchange.

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