On 17 July 1910, Arthur returned to Australasia aboard the battleship Australasia after his visit to Europe.

When he went to Europe, in order to catch up with the funeral of Edward VII, Arthur arrived in London in just over 20 days under the full escort of the battleship Australasia.

But the rest of the supply fleet could only catch up slowly under the escort of the battleships Australia and New Zealand.

When I went back, I was not in a hurry, so I was able to combine the fleet into one and slowly rush to Australasia.

In late August, after more than a month of hurried travel, Arthur finally arrived in the port of Sydney.

Prime Minister Walter and Minister Andrew went to prepare their own government and work, while Arthur, who had nothing to do for the time being, returned to the palace to tease his children.

William and Anna are almost a year old by now and are able to crawl and walk on their own. However, the mother, Princess Louise and Queen Mary, are very fond of these two little ones, except for letting them climb for a while every day to exercise, the other time the two little ones are basically held.

This also makes it impossible for Arthur to hug the two little ones, Princess Louis loves her grandchildren very much, and Queen Mary also has a soft spot for these two little ones, anyway, it makes Arthur feel a little cold.

However, Arthur didn't care about this, shook his head, and threw himself into the busy government affairs.

After a few days of rest, Arthur summoned the head of the Royal Dockyards to inquire about the current progress of the Royal Dockyards.

The news is still very good, and at present, the construction progress of the two Unification-class battleships has been completed for most of the time, and it is expected to be completely completed around the end of this year and enter the HNA test stage.

If the tests went well, it should have been possible to strengthen Australasia's naval forces by the end of 1911 and early 1912.

And the Russian order will also start construction around the end of this year and the beginning of next year, and by the end of 1914, it will be completely no problem to complete the construction of four Russian warships.

Knowing that neither of the two Unification class battlecruisers had yet to be equipped with cannons, Arthur had an idea and immediately issued an order for the shipyard to postpone the installation of the main guns after completing the rest of the hull construction.

After all, they all got 50 times the diameter of the 305 mm gun technology from the British, so it is better to directly replace the guns of the two Unification class battle cruisers with 305 mm 50 times the diameter of the gun, so that the battlecruisers' firepower becomes more powerful.

If nothing else, British assistance, including relevant experts, should be able to arrive within a month.

The replacement of artillery is theoretically in time, and basically there will be no delay in the completion of two battle cruisers by the end of this year.

After arranging the affairs of the shipyard, a few days later, on August 24, Arthur welcomed guests from all the way from the Qing Kingdom.

For this country, the situation in recent years has not been good, and various natural and man-made disasters have been endless.

At the beginning of August, heavy rains and floods spread across several provinces, and although they were not as severe as the previous disasters that affected the whole country, they were also a big loss for a country.

And they came to Australasia for two purposes. One is to buy more food from Australasia to quell the various famines caused by floods and man-made disasters in the country.

The second is to invite Australasia to send an envoy to visit, because under the guidance of Australasian experts, the constitution has already achieved certain results, and even the Legislative Council, which has been built with a lot of money, is about to open.

The Senate was built by the Qing Dynasty as a body for parliament, and was a central advisory body modeled after the legal system of Australasia.

The reason for the establishment of the Senate was that the authorities considered that the upper and lower houses had not been established for a while, and the establishment of the Senate laid the foundation for the establishment of the Senate.

Not to mention anything else, the Capital Administration Yuan, which is the parliament building of the Qing Kingdom, is quite magnificent.

It inherits the consistent style of the Eastern Empire, with luxury and high-end grades, and a high-profile atmosphere with connotation. In addition to the obvious shortcoming of being more extravagant and spending a lot of money, it has to be said that the Qing State's government council has surpassed the scale and construction of the Australasian government council.

However, this is also normal, after all, one is a country with a population of just over 8 million, and the other has a population of 420 million (according to Qing's own census a month ago), and the income and economy of the two sides are completely incompatible.

Hearing this, Arthur shook his head. If they can use this money to build an army and navy, then at least they can build the largest navy and army in Asia, right?

In the final analysis, the country has decayed to the roots, and it is absolutely not something that can be changed by a little superficial reform.

Australasia's Government Council, Arthur has no idea of expanding in a short period of time. At present, it is barely enough to accommodate the Cabinet Government and the various ministries of government, as well as other branches of the national government, and it is not very crowded.

At least before the congestion affected the office, Arthur felt that it was enough for everyone to be crowded into the current government council.

Wouldn't it be good to save the country's finances and use them for other construction or the expansion of the army and navy?

As for sending an envoy to attend the opening ceremony of the Senate, Arthur decisively handed it over to Foreign Minister Andrew.

Until their top brass is determined to carry out a radical reform, this is destined to be a superficial reform with no beginning and no end.

Arthur didn't feel the need to get involved, and of course, if they wanted to order battleships, Arthur would welcome it.

As for the request to buy food, Arthur decisively agreed. The current floods in East Asia are relatively severe, with millions of refugees, and have also had a significant impact on food prices.

If nothing else, it's normal to raise the price of food by 10%, right? Don't underestimate the fact that this can bring a lot of income to Australasia, and it is just the right opportunity to replace the old grain in the strategic grain reserve.

In addition to these news, there was also good news at the end of August, and that was that Edison successfully invented the sound film, which pulled cinema into a new era.

Of course, the so-called invention is actually the invention of sound film technology that can be commercially used.

In fact, as early as 1900, ten years earlier, the world's first sound film had already been screened in Paris.

But after all, the technology at that time was not mature, and sound films could not be commercialized at all, and their influence was naturally not great.

Arthur attaches great importance to sound films, after all, since its birth in 1910, it has only developed for more than 20 years, and sound films have become a global phenomenon, and Hollywood in the United States has become the most influential cultural and commercial center in the world.

Of course, what has allowed the United States to succeed in surpassing European countries in sound films is actually the skepticism of many European filmmakers and critics about new technologies.

They feared that too much dialogue would diminish the special beauty of silent films, so that sound films were not valued as much in Europe as in the United States, which allowed Hollywood to succeed in becoming a symbol of world cinema.

The birth of sound films marked the arrival of an era of great development of the film industry.

Arthur was well aware of the importance of film, which was not only an extremely important means of collecting money, but also an important means and way to publicize the film, transmit culture and increase international influence.

When it comes to cultural export, nothing beats the movies. Traditional books, music, and art can only affect a small number of people who love them, and the progress is still very slow.

But movies are different, and in just over an hour, movies can easily impact the world.

As early as a few years ago, Australasia had a film studio and broadcast silent films.

But Arthur was really not interested in this kind of silent film, so he only watched it for the first time and stopped paying attention to it.

After the birth of sound films, Arthur learned about the current development of the Australasian film industry by asking the Kent butler, which was generally good.

Contrary to Arthur's point of view, the Kent butler was very interested in silent films, so the royal consortium also invested a lot of money in several film studios.

At present, there are three major film studios in Australasia, namely the Royal Film Studios, the Victoria Film Studios and the Australasian National Film Studio.

It can also be heard from these names that all three film studios have the background of a royal consortium, and the holding is basically more than 60%.

In fact, this is also very understandable, after all, Australasia has a total of more than 8 million people to support three film studios, and it is impossible without the help of the royal consortium.

The development of films in this era is not as huge as that of later generations, and before the birth of sound films, it was very easy for these silent film studios to lose money or even go bankrupt if they did not have good works.

Now that sound films were born, Australasia's cultural export to foreign countries can also begin.

Of course, there is also a more important purpose, which is to form a stereotype in the minds of Australasian people through various films, that is, all immigrants are Australasian people, and Australasian people should be united.

A new ethnic group that includes all Australasian migrants is the best way to resolve the Australasian migration dispute.

The good news is that this part of Australasia was a colony before, and it was even a barren land before.

This also leads to the fact that Arthur is actually quite easy if he wants to tamper with the history of Australasia through various films.

For example, in the Australasian nation, no one will compete with Arthur for the right to explain, which also leads Arthur to let all immigrants join the Australasian nation and try to unite the people in the country.

Whether you're from England or Germany or France or Russia, now, there's a common name, and that's Australasians.

Don't underestimate the influence of these literary works, movies and the like on the people's subconscious.

With the help of the film, Arthur is confident that within ten years, all Australasian people will be convinced of the national concept of Australasia, and at least half of the Australasian immigrants will be united in the national framework of Australasia.

For this reason, some European writers, writers, and families are also within the scope of Arthur's talents.

Australasia has already attracted hundreds of literary talents from Europe, plus more than a dozen literary talents attracted by Arthur's trip to Europe, as well as the talents trained by the literature majors of all Australasian universities, enough to write a variety of stories about the nation for Australasia, and then select better ones to adapt into scripts, make movies, and broadcast them throughout Australasia.

The people are blind, and under such a large influence, I believe that in a few years, people outside will say that some immigrants are not Australasia, and those immigrants are unwilling.

The good news is that the technology of early sound films was relatively simple, and it was not difficult for Australasia's current technology to develop sound films.

To put it bluntly, the simplest sound movie is to show the sound while showing the film, so as to achieve the effect of synchronizing sound and picture.

This technology is not difficult to implement, the simplest is to use a gramophone to play sound, but it requires a certain degree of coordination between sound and picture.

A little more complicated is to use two negatives with different light sensitivity properties, one to record the image and the other to record the sound trace. Then, through a series of processes, the sound and the picture can be combined on a positive film, and the film is made into a copy of the film for projection.

During the projection, the projector is also equipped with a sound reproduction device, which can restore the vitality to sound while projecting the picture, so as to achieve the effect of a sound movie.

Objectively speaking, neither of these technologies is difficult, and both are sound film technologies that can be commercialized.

Arthur gave both sound film technologies to the three major studios, and then gave them a budget of $100,000 each.

Arthur had only one request, which was to develop sound film technology as soon as possible, and then write a large number of historical scripts about the Australasian people, and make sound films to be broadcast throughout Australasia.

To this end, Grant's propaganda department will cooperate with the actions of the three film studios. The propaganda department is responsible for domestic and international propaganda, and the newspapers and media in Australasia are under the control of the propaganda department.

It is perfectly fine for those in the Propaganda Department to combine with writers and writers, as well as those who are more adept at making things up, to write the history of Australasia.

In addition, the three film studios are working hard to compile the written story into a script as soon as possible, make it into a movie, and then put it on the big screen.

At present, the main export is still in Australasia. However, some films could also be considered for screening in Europe and the United States.

Other regions such as Asia and South America were temporarily abandoned by Arthur.

After all, even if it is just a very simple movie at the moment, you need to spend money to buy a movie ticket to watch it.

Most of the people in the abandoned areas do not have the money to watch movies at present, so it is better to leave the opportunity to watch movies to Europe and Americans.

The good news is that the current restrictions on films are not so severe, as long as they are not openly satirizing the local national government, and there are also disseminating ideas and perceptions that are not recognized or banned in the local area, there are generally no restrictions on films.

Perhaps for some directors in the island nation, it is good news. Because the current movies are not strict about the age rating, theoretically, the movies they make can be played anywhere.

It's a pity that they can't enjoy such a prosperous world, otherwise the movies of the island country can go to the world, but the reputation is not very good.

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