"Henry! Would it be nice to get in trouble a little faster? The movie is about to start, can we still grab a seat like you? In a private house in Sydney, a teenager was anxiously shouting into the house.

"Got it, Carey!" There was a response from inside the house, and it wasn't long before a teenager rushed out.

“gogogo！”

The two glanced at each other, and without the slightest hesitation, rushed to the place with the most taxis nearby.

As the capital of Australasia, Sydney's taxi industry is growing rapidly.

Sydney currently has a population of more than 2 million, at least 1,000 taxis, and more than 5,000 private vehicles.

The two of them were lucky, and after a while, an empty taxi arrived, and the two hurriedly waved and hurriedly got into the car.

"You're going to Palace Square, right?" Before the two of them could speak first, the taxi driver asked with a look of anticipation.

"Yes, hurry up, sir, we still want to get a good seat." Henry nodded and pleaded.

"Don't worry, my driving skills are famous among all the taxis in Sydney, and I guarantee that you will be able to grab a good seat." The taxi driver did not hesitate at all, and immediately started the car and rushed towards the palace square.

The distance to the Palace Square is about 20 kilometres, and at the usual pace, it can be reached in a maximum of an hour.

But today is really a bit weird, more than half an hour has passed, but the journey is less than halfway, which makes the driver who just boasted about Haikou blush slightly.

Fortunately, there is no good or bad review system for taxis nowadays. Otherwise, the two anxious teenagers may have to give the taxi driver a bad review.

After an hour and a half, the taxi finally stopped near the Palace Square. After the two teenagers finished paying the fare, they hurriedly rushed to the movie screening point in the palace square.

It's no wonder that the two teenagers are so anxious, there are many young people like the two of them in the palace square, hurrying to the movie screening point, wanting to occupy their favorite seats.

Today is March 17, 1919, a day that is not theoretically special.

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 film "Hero" jointly produced by the three major film studios will be broadcast free of charge at major film screening points across the country.

By March 17, the film will be shown at least twice a week for two months, starting on March 17.

Today happens to be the first screening of the film, and not only the teenagers are looking forward to the film, but even the media in Australasia are anxiously waiting for the news.

Speaking of which, we have to praise Australasia's cultural propaganda.

Arthur attaches great importance to the film industry, which is not only an industry that can generate a lot of income, but also can export culture through film and television and related surrounding cultural works.

Not to mention the export, these movies can better carry out political propaganda to the people and imperceptibly teach them the idea of loyalty and patriotism.

In this era when entertainment facilities are not developed, movies are definitely a novelty, which can attract the attention of everyone from the elderly to children.

All films about the idea of patriotism and loyalty to the monarch were shown free of charge at the film screening point, which was also Arthur's propaganda method.

Just imagine, a teenager who has been growing up under the film education of loyalty and patriotism, his loyalty to the country and the royal family is definitely much higher than that of other normal teenagers.

Words have a limited impact on a person, but a film with a sense of picture has an unlimited impact on a person.

Teenagers who are affected by the film can also influence their families and expand the influence of cultural propaganda.

After a period of preparation, the film Heroes also officially began to be screened.

As the name suggests, this is a story that celebrates heroes who have dedicated themselves to the country.

The beginning of the movie is the scene of the canonization ceremony in Australasia, and it was also at that moment that Australasia gave birth to a noble class of nearly 200 knights and more than a dozen barons.

The duration of the movie is very long, even reaching a little over two hours long. But the time of the film is very short, and each of the three stories is not even more than forty minutes long.

The three stories are soldiers, scientific researchers, and ordinary people, and tell the stories of their contributions to the country in the battlefield research room and ordinary life, respectively.

The story is absolutely bloody, after all, it is a story that has been completed through the efforts of a large number of professors and experts in the Australasian literary industry, as well as some workers, plus the adaptation of real events.

At the end of the story, the real protagonist of the event will stand up and tell the story of the event, focusing on a truth, which is also a hope for those who watch the movie, and the hope of making contributions to the country, obtaining a knighthood, and being admired by the whole people.

There is no doubt that all three types of people in the story are national heroes, and they are all characters who are enough to climb the National Heroes Monument.

The battlefield full of bravery and blood is the scene that the teenagers look forward to, and the result of obtaining war exploits and receiving a lot of rewards is the future that these teenagers dream of.

As you can see from the faces of the people watching the film, the strategy of subtly influencing the people through the film is still very successful.

In the past, many media outlets have interviewed Australasian students and teenagers, asking them who they most want to be and what they want to do in the future.

Most of the results are that they want to become military or scientific researchers, and only a few want to become big bosses or do other jobs.

Such a result was definitely the most satisfying for Arthur. Military personnel can maintain the stability of the country and guarantee the independence and sovereignty of the country.

Scientific research workers are an important guarantee for the development of the country in all aspects, and they are also a role in ensuring the strength of the country.

It's much better to make students want to be soldiers or scientists than to make them useless.

Arthur's support for scientists was by no means superficial.

According to a survey by The Victoria Newspaper, throughout 1918, the average income of scientific researchers in Australasia was four times the average annual income per capita, and the average income of famous scientists was more than 15 times the annual income per capita.

Such a situation is only healthy for a country. Only when scientific researchers have enough income and can ensure their own livelihood can they have enough energy to carry out their own research work.

This is true not only in the research industry, but also in all walks of life in Australasia.

Arthur also emphasized more than once in cabinet meetings that hard work is greater than empty talk, and only hard work can make the country strong.

No matter how much money he has, Arthur will always only think about subsidizing agriculture and animal husbandry, scientific research and other practical industries, so as to ensure the income and living standards of these people.

It is worth mentioning that under Arthur's orders, major cities in Australasia have strict restrictions on housing prices.

The largest real estate developer in Australasia is the royal consortium, and Arthur wants to control the housing prices of the whole of Australasia is quite simple.

In the Sydney area, for example, the cost of building a residential building on the outskirts of Sydney is about $8,000 to $12,000, and the cost is about $200 to $300 per apartment.

The public sale price for a home is around $220 to $330, and there are some discounts available for residents of the country.

People can choose two ways to buy a house, one is to pay in full, and you can get the ownership of a house with a minimum of 210 Australian dollars.

The other option is to take out a loan from the royal bank. As long as you have a job in Australasia, you will be able to qualify for a loan with very low interest.

A $210 house can be paid over 15 or 20 years if you choose to pay with a loan, and the price is $220 and $225 respectively.

It can be seen that the mortgage in Australasia is still very low, after all, the government wants to ensure that the people have enough housing.

Apart from buying a house, Australasian citizens and immigrants have another option, which is to rent a low-cost apartment.

Generally on the outskirts of the city or near factories, there will be government-led, low-cost apartments built by other construction companies that can be rented out to citizens or immigrants.

The cost of such an apartment will not exceed 120 Australian dollars, and the cost of renting it will not even exceed 10 Australian dollars per year.

Of course, such a house has many disadvantages compared to ordinary residential buildings.

In addition to being able to save money, such a house is almost entirely a disadvantage. First of all, the area is relatively small, and this kind of low-rent housing is basically a two-bedroom or one-bedroom apartment, and the number of people who can live in it will naturally be much less.

Secondly, the sound insulation and warmth of the house are not very good, and it can only be called barely inhabited, but it is not destined to be a long-term residence.

However, there is another advantage of such low-rent housing, which is that some factories and enterprises will reward their outstanding employees for free.

After all, such a low-rent house can cost about 10 Australian dollars a year at most, which is used as a reward for outstanding employees, which not only does not cost too much, but also gains the goodwill of employees.

Some companies like the Royal Consortium, including the Royal Machinery Factory, offer a batch of low-rent housing 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 of them are supplied with water and electricity. This is also the biggest change in the development of Australasia in the past decade, that is, the city is almost completely connected to electricity.

Of course, the city here refers to the urban area, and some low-cost rental buildings in the suburbs still do not have electricity, or the supply of electricity is not stable.

But in any case, being able to connect all important urban areas to electricity is definitely an important achievement of the Australasian government in this era.

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