Chapter 657 Crisis at the Automobile Factory

Sure enough, after the enthusiasm brought by the infrastructure plan gradually dissipated around the world, the number of immigrants in the second week was greatly reduced, with only less than 60,000 people.

Although this is still good news, after all, there are at least 240,000 immigrants a week, and the number of immigrants in a year even exceeds 2.5 million.

But the problem is that such immigration numbers are destined to decline. If the Australasian government had taken no action, this would have been about the amount of immigration it attracted during this economic crisis.

Population has always been Australasia's biggest shortcoming. Arthur has always understood this truth, so it is impossible to miss a good opportunity to increase population.

The reason why the scale of immigration will decrease rapidly does not mean that the attractiveness of immigrants to Australasia has decreased.

In fact, if given the choice, I believe that most of the unemployed people in the United States and Europe would still be willing to come to Australasia.

But the problem is that these people are unemployed, and their food and clothing are a problem. Naturally, it is impossible for them to pay high shipping fees to come to Australasia.

In other words, if we want to keep immigration at a high figure, we must properly solve the problem of ferry tickets for unemployed people from the United States and Europe to come to Australasia.

How to solve such a problem? There are actually two options.

The first is to directly register the immigrant population through the diplomatic embassy, ​​and advance ship tickets to these registered immigrants, so that they have money to buy ship tickets to come to Australasia.

But the problem is that this method cannot prevent people from pretending to be immigrants just to defraud the advance fee for purchasing ship tickets to buy food for themselves and their families.

Under normal circumstances, there are many people who do this, not to mention those who are about to starve to death because they and their families are unemployed.

Therefore, the first option was quickly eliminated by Arthur because this option would cause the government to bear huge financial losses.

More importantly, doing so will alleviate the pressure of the U.S. economic crisis, which Arthur does not want to see.

Another plan is for Australasia to urgently increase the number of cruise ships between Australia and Europe and the United States, and even allow the immigrants to ride for free and provide them with meals on the way.

The advantage of this is that the money is spent directly on those who want to immigrate, and there is basically no one pretending to be immigrants.

After all, they were heading to Australasia when they got on the ship. Regardless of whether they wanted to or not, they had to save enough money to buy a ship ticket before they could return home.

More importantly, Australasia's wage system is basically linked to nationality, and only citizens of the country can enjoy the highest level of minimum wage.

Fake immigrants like them who are unwilling to take Australasian citizenship will not only be arbitrarily exploited and abandoned by those factories, but it is even more impossible to earn enough income.

You know, the Australasian Labor Law protects Australasia. For those who come to Australasia but are unwilling to take Australasian citizenship, although there is no discrimination in the labor law, those greedy capitalists can always find various ways to squeeze these people.

In the end, the second method was quickly adopted and successfully implemented in Australasian embassies in various countries.

People who are willing to immigrate to Australasia can apply to the Australasian Embassy. After passing the review, they can take a free ship and enjoy free meals to Australasia.

This all looks very good, but the premise is that the people who enjoy these services must be real immigrants.

As for those who are unwilling to join Australasia, their fate after arriving in Australasia may be worse than that of serfs.

1. With the implementation of Australasia’s new immigration policy, the number of immigrants received every day has increased significantly.

In famous ports like Sydney and Melbourne, you can see a large number of ships going back and forth between other countries and Australasia every day. All the ships carrying them are European and American white people who have to come to Australasia to seek life because of unemployment. .

With more than half of the government's affairs settled, Arthur turned his attention to dealing with the royal family consortium and other consortiums.

The risks faced by enterprises in the economic crisis are much greater than those faced by the government, and there may even be a risk of bankruptcy if not handled carefully.

The good news is that because the domestic economic environment in Australasia is relatively stable, Arthur does not have to worry about problems with several of his consortiums.

Loss is certain, but as long as it caters to the country's policies, bankruptcy is completely impossible based on the size of Arthur's several consortiums.

Moreover, Arthur currently has no less funds than the government, and several groups in the royal family are still relatively profitable.

It is no exaggeration to say that the income brought to Arthur by the Benz Automobile Factory alone over the past 20 years has been able to support all consortiums through this economic crisis.

On August 22, Arthur met with Kent Steward and Yajdine Blanc to inquire about the current status of several consortiums.

"Your Majesty, fortunately with your announcement and guarantee, the royal family consortium has not experienced a large number of bank runs on withdrawals. In the past more than a month, less than 1 million retail investors have made withdrawals, and the total withdrawal amount is less than 100 million Australian dollars. We are still Within the acceptable range." Yajdine Blanc reported with a smile.

As the most credible bank in Australasia and the issuing bank of currency, the Crown Bank generally does not have to worry about the risk of bankruptcy.

Currently, the total funds stored in the Royal Bank are more than 500 million Australian dollars, but only one-fifth has been withdrawn, which is nothing to the Royal Family Consortium.

Moreover, those retail investors who withdrew money will definitely have to make new deposits after seeing that the Australasian economy has not been greatly affected.

After all, it is difficult to start a business during an economic crisis. Apart from putting money in the bank, there seems to be no good option.

After all, there is interest in the bank, so holding it in your own hands has no benefit other than being more secure.

The Royal Bank is a bank built in the name of the royal family, and its credibility is worth protecting. At least in Australasia, people still trust the Crown Bank.

"Pay close attention to the current situation of those small and medium-sized enterprises, and provide loan assistance to some special industries and enterprises with potential to ensure that the number of our bankrupt enterprises will not be too many during this economic crisis." Arthur nodded and ordered: "

Compared with the established powers, our foundation is still far behind. The bankruptcy of small and medium-sized enterprises is also an unbearable pain for us. This will greatly affect our development and destroy our economic and industrial scale. "

After all, Australasia's development is still too poor. After all, it has only been more than 20 years since the Principality of Australia.

On the other hand, a powerful power like the United States, which has already formed a climate, has bankrupted thousands of banks and tens of thousands of factories and enterprises during the economic crisis, but the country can still operate normally. This kind of background is something Arthur is very envious of.

If the same number of banks and companies in Australasia went bankrupt, it would even owe hundreds of banks.

Although the number of factories and enterprises is barely sufficient, a considerable part of Australasia is small-scale private workshops, which are completely inferior to the scale of the bankrupt small and medium-sized enterprises in the United States.

It can only be said that Australasia still has a long way to go in terms of the number of enterprises and banks. This cannot be made up for by short-term rapid development and can only be made up by long-term support.

The good news is that both Europe and the United States have lost a large number of businesses in this economic crisis.

This is equivalent to narrowing the gap between Australia and Europe and the United States. At least the economic and industrial scale of the United States is not so unattainable.

Even if Australasia can attract enough immigrants during this economic crisis, when the population increases to nearly 40 million, it will basically be able to secure its position as the third great power after Britain and the United States, and further enhance its own foundation.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Yajdine Blanc nodded respectfully to show that he understood.

"What's the current situation of other consortiums? They should all be in the red, right?" Arthur looked at Butler Kent and asked.

The royal consortium is the least to worry about. After all, the royal consortium is composed of the royal bank and the military industry, and each one's position is more stable than the last.

Needless to say, the Royal Bank is the enterprise least likely to go bankrupt in Arthur's hands. And those military industries are unlikely to face the risk of bankruptcy because of Arthur's presence.

After all, it can be seen from the fact that Australasia's warships are still under construction during the economic crisis that Arthur attaches great importance to the development of military power.

On the contrary, non-military enterprises such as machinery factories, automobile factories, engine factories, etc. are at greater risk in this economic crisis.

After all, whether it is a machinery factory or an automobile factory, it needs a large number of orders from the private sector to support itself.

Although the economic crisis has not greatly affected Australasia, people's daily lives will become more conservative, and the reduction of orders from machinery factories and automobile factories is also inevitable.

As for the engine factory, if there are no orders from the automobile factory and the machinery factory, they can't sell engines to the private sector alone!

Butler Kent nodded and responded: "Yes, Your Majesty. The Benz Automobile Factory is currently at a loss. 52% of car pre-orders have been canceled. Sales orders in the past month have dropped compared to a month ago. 77.1%.

However, the situation at the main factory is far not as bad as that at the branch factories. According to the news from other branch factories, our car sales in Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States each decreased by 2%. There are a large number of unsalable cars in the warehouse. Each branch has Factories are constantly losing money.

If those unsalable cars cannot be sold, I am afraid that the combined losses of these branches will not be less than 5 million Australian dollars per month. "

The economic crisis is a fatal blow to the sales of automobile factories, because it is impossible for the civilian class to buy cars during the economic crisis, even those who still have a certain amount of funds.

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