Chapter 526: Real Estate Depends on Speculation
The technology that goes hand in hand with wireless broadcasting is naturally the radio technology that has long been phased out in later generations.
Whether it's a base station or a relay station, they're just facilities for sending signals. The radio is a device that receives radio wave signals in order to convert radio wave signals into audio that can be output.
In fact, Australasia has a radio station, after all, broadcasting technology has been available for more than ten years, but the technical limitations are very large.
Australasia is confined to the southeastern part of Australia, to be precise, only the cities of Sydney and Melbourne have their own radio stations, and the coverage is even less pitiful, basically only a few squares.
The biggest role of these radio stations is actually to announce the current political news of the whole country, as well as some temporary policies and so on.
Because the audience is relatively limited, there is no income, just additional publicity expenses for the government to better communicate the policy.
The capitalists naturally did not dare to enter the government radio station when they saw that it had no source of income, and they were the ones who could not afford to lose more than the government.
In fact, this is also the trend of capitalist development. Any emerging industry and thing, if it can't quickly achieve profitability, and the people who promote this industry are not very capable, and the big net worth of high-ranking officials and nobles basically means that the industry cannot develop.
This also makes the entrepreneurial environment around the world not so good. The background of this era is much darker than that of later generations, and if you don't have much power or capital, it is very difficult to start a business from scratch and succeed.
Because capital always has a way to plunder your resources and seize your market.
A little more civilized will go crazy to suppress you, and then buy your business at a low price.
And those arrogant and domineering capitals, under the premise of colluding with the government, can make the entrepreneur's hard-earned net worth disappear and make a wedding dress for others on a trumped-up charge.
Arthur also saw this, so he asked the Royal Bank to help the entrepreneurial environment in Australasia, including capital loans for some entrepreneurs, etc., which can also be invested.
This action also saved Australasia's entrepreneurial environment, which is why Australasia has given birth to a large number of middle classes and small capital.
After all, the largest capital in Australasia is Arthur, and Arthur has no need or idea to interfere with these people's entrepreneurial behavior.
On the contrary, the success of these people in entrepreneurship is also helpful to the economy of Australasia.
As long as he was not the kind of capitalist who had no conscience, Arthur would have liked to see the birth of more small bourgeoisie in Australasia, thereby raising the economic level of Australasia.
As for those who will gradually develop into big capital, the government also has corresponding responses.
At least in Australasia, the power of the capitalists will not be so high, and capital will always be in the hands of the government and Arthur.
The government can have an impact on capital, and capital cannot have an impact on the government, which is the most suitable system for the development of a country.
Compared to the study of radio waves, the research and design of radios is actually very simple, and the corresponding equipment has been available for more than ten years.
There are two main types of radios that are currently popular, one is an ore radio that does not require a power supply, and the other is a tube radio that needs to be plugged in.
Ore radios do not require a power source and are even very simple in structure. But it is precisely for this reason that the ore radio needs an antenna up to five meters long to receive the signal, which is also one of the few disadvantages of the ore radio.
Of course, in addition to this, the ore radio is less sound, which is not suitable in more open places.
Tube radios do not have these limitations, but they need to be plugged in, which is one of the oldest types of radio.
In fact, the technology of these two types of radio is not difficult, and the Australasian Academy of Sciences has carried out certain research on the existing radio technology, and soon imitated and improved it into a radio technology unique to Australasia.
Compared with the two types of radios, the ore radio is a relatively simple radio receiving device, so it is cheaper to build, generally selling for around 20 to 30 Australian dollars.
Tube radios, on the other hand, are more expensive because they are more complex and smaller than ore radios, with prices generally reaching $30 to $50.
After the decision was made to roll out radio base stations throughout the country, the manufacture and sale of radios became a top priority at present.
You know, the research of the Academy of Sciences is much more than that, including the eight-line image device, which is the so-called early television set.
If you really have to wait until the early days of television are developed, then the importance of television will definitely be more important than radio.
This also means that the heyday of radio is not a few years away, and sooner or later it will be replaced by television.
Therefore, taking advantage of the full popularization of radio now, and making a lot of profits from Europe and the United States, this is what Arthur wants to do.
The Americans, in particular, are still very rich now, and if they don't squeeze it well, they are sorry for the radio and radio technology that Arthur mastered.
There are countless broadcasting devices in the market, and radios have been installed in cars and mobile phones.
However, in the era of the great development of the Internet, radio stations were eventually defeated by the Internet. It seems that except for a small number of people who are accustomed to listening to the radio, most people have entered an impetuous and fast modern life, and have no time to listen to the radio quietly.
But in any case, this is also a matter of tens or hundreds of years later. The radio market can definitely cover the whole world, and before the Internet is completely popularized, radio can still hold on for a while, and it can also bring a lot of profits to Arthur.
Compared with the large number of base stations and relay stations that need to be built for wireless broadcasting, the investment in radio does not require much cost.
The relevant production technology, a production line, and the right number of workers can form a radio production plant, thus creating huge profits.
It was clear that this was a huge business opportunity, so Arthur decided to hand it over to the royal consortium and the joint consortium of nobles to invest in.
The first is to increase a little competition in the radio industry, and the second is to create some income for the aristocratic consortium, after all, those nobles can't rely on Arthur to feed, can they?
While Union Bank is already generating significant revenues, Australasia's aristocracy is growing and is bound to prepare for the future.
In addition to these overt means of making money, secretly, several of Arthur's consortia have not stopped their steps.
After determining the real estate policy for the United States, under Arthur's orders, several consortia began to buy land and real estate in large cities in the United States, preparing to ignite the real estate industry in the United States.
There is a clear difference between countries like Europe and the United States and Asian countries, that is, the difference in urbanization rate.
This is not only because of the degree of development of the country, but also because of the different population sizes between regions.
Take the current British Empire as an example, as the most powerful country in the world, its urbanization rate is very high.
According to historical records, 70 years ago, the urbanization rate of the British Empire had reached a terrifying 50.2%, and urbanization had been basically realized.
By the beginning of the 20th century, the British Empire had become a highly urbanized country with an urbanization rate of more than 75%.
Although the increase in the level of urbanization has gradually slowed down so far, the urbanization rate of more than 70% is enough to prove how exaggerated the British Empire is at present.
As the capital of the British Empire, London currently has a population of more than 7 million people, making it the most populous city in the world, which is enough to see how exaggerated the development of the British Empire is.
The United States, the theoretical industrial and economic power, is not too much, the urbanization rate has reached 51.9%, and New York has become an international metropolis on a par with London, Berlin, Paris and other big cities.
Of course, there are many famous international metropolises in this era, such as Sydney and Melbourne in Australasia, which are also megacities with a population of more than 2.5 million, and occupy an important place in the world's urban population rankings.
But in any case, Sydney and Melbourne are still quite far from the above four cities, after all, the development of these countries is dozens or even hundreds of years ahead of Australasia, and it is not Australasia that can catch up in a short period of time.
As the current industrial and economic leader, Americans are still very proud of their development.
At a time when major European newspapers and experts are boldly predicting that London will become the world's first city with a population of more than 10 million, American experts are also predicting that New York will become the second city in the world with a population of more than 5 million.
Such a theory is very suitable for Arthur to speculate in real estate in the United States, so Arthur very unceremoniously borrowed the exaggerated propaganda of the Americans, and the major American media began to report on the situation of the big cities in the United States, publicizing that the big cities in the United States, led by New York, are the shining pearls of the world and one of the most economically developed regions in the world.
The prospects for the development of the city, the future population skyrocket, etc., are all in the news reported by the newspaper.
Since the economy is the most developed and the population is about to skyrocket, transportation and housing will definitely be a problem next.
After all kinds of publicity, the rise in housing prices has become a matter of course, and there is even a tendency that the rise in housing prices can be worthy of New York's status.
At the end of February, the average home price in New York remained at just over $370, and in early March it rose to more than $410, and it still has no intention of stopping.
At this time, the New York housing market was not only controlled by Arthur, but also a large number of capitalists who took advantage of the chaos to buy houses.
After all, there are still a considerable number of capitalists who have a good investment vision, and the recent over-publicity of the development potential of large American cities, coupled with the abnormal growth of housing prices in the United States, has made people guess that there is a driving force behind the scenes.
But with or without push, following up on buying a house has become the choice of most American capitalists.
Even if it's just a short-term holding, you can earn at least a few tens of dollars per house. If you buy more, this is an income of thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars, and you can't tolerate those capitalists refusing.
Under such an exaggerated trend, hundreds of thousands of homes in New York and other cities have been sold out in just over a month.
Most of the people who buy these houses are capitalists, not the commoners who really need them.
The listing is out of stock!
The news led by this headline instantly became popular throughout the United States, and people became more and more convinced of the impact of urban development on housing and transportation, and in the hot wave of national housing purchases, they also wanted to stock up on a house for themselves in advance, and even buy more to wait for the appreciation.
Under such a crazy wave of Americans, the rise in housing prices is even more exaggerated.
At the beginning of March, the price of New York housing remained at the early $400, and in mid-March it reached $420, and it is still in a state of no price.
Basically, no one wants to sell their home for $420 because the increase in house prices continues, and you can make more money by selling later.
It is worth mentioning that because the newspapers write not only about the housing crisis, but also about transportation.
This has also led to the fact that in addition to houses, the sales of cars, which had been leveling off, have also become hot.
Although car sales are not as exaggerated as house prices, according to Benz Motors' sales data in the United States, sales in the United States have increased by more than 15% per day on average since March.
After housing prices skyrocketed by $50 in less than a month, the extent to which housing prices will rise has become a topic of concern for all Americans.
Now there is no need for Arthur to push behind it, those capitalists who have bought a large number of real estate, at this time have mobilized their own public opinion power, frantically promoting the development prospects of the city and the value of real estate, which also makes the growth of housing prices without any stopping trend.
In addition to buying ready-made properties, many capitalists who have seen the dividends already have plans to build a large number of properties for sale at this time.
You know, land in New York is actually not expensive, and the cost of building a house can be controlled at about $280.
This also means that according to the current housing price, the net profit of a house is at least $140, and the construction of 10,000 houses is $1.4 million.
Who would refuse the temptation to become a millionaire by owning real estate?
In addition, the capitalists frantically promote the benefits of the real estate economy, which affects the support of US congressmen for real estate agents.
Those capitalists are ashamed to say that real estate can drive the development of industries such as steel bar, cement and even doors and windows, and provide more job opportunities for all Americans to solve the employment problem of Americans.
To vigorously promote the popularization of the real estate economy in the United States, Americans can not only completely solve the problem of unemployment, but also get more income from civilians, accelerate the circulation of the American economy, and win-win for both capitalists and the government.
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