The Rise Of Australasia

The shipbuilding plan had the support of Prime Minister Raul and faced no issues getting passed by the Cabinet.

Ultimately, the shipbuilding plan was submitted to Arthur's desk and was smoothly approved by him.

On April 1, 1931, Australasia officially announced its shipbuilding plan set to commence in 1932 and to span five years.

This shipbuilding plan quickly drew the attention of nations worldwide and was seen as a direct response to the Island Nation.

There was no helping it, as there are just these two Powers along the Pacific Coast, and the naval arms race between these two countries naturally garnered a lot of international interest.

Arthur wasn't concerned with the Island Nation's reaction since Australasia was about to welcome its first television expo.

If marketed well, television could bring considerable benefits to Australasia.

Just the television industry alone and the realm of TV productions could bring hundreds of millions or even billions of Australian Dollars to Australasia's economy.

Moreover, what Arthur truly valued was the capacity of television for cultural outreach.

With an abundance of TV dramas about the Australasian ethnicity, Arthur even had the confidence to shape the concept of an Australasian ethnicity more than ten years ahead of schedule.

This was crucial for national unity and cohesion and could take Australasia's comprehensive national power to the next level.

The television expo was scheduled to take place in mid-April, roughly half a month from now.

To ensure the success of the expo, Australasia was taking it very seriously.

Not only had they invited major enterprises from around the world, but they also borrowed the large space of the National Stadium and quickly constructed a television tower to ensure stable operation.

More importantly, with Baird's help, several movie companies had begun converting their films into signals that televisions could receive, facilitating smooth broadcasting at the upcoming television expo.

More than ten movies had already been successfully converted onto different channels. Testing had already begun to ensure that at the expo, domestic and international capitalists could seamlessly change television channels and enjoy stable playback.

Arthur was aware that if all these could be achieved, TVs would have no trouble finding a market.

Additionally, with the construction of the television tower and the conversion of the broadcast signals, Australasia stood to make another tidy profit.

Apart from inviting domestic and international capitalists, the television expo was indeed open to the general public.

Of course, due to the venue's limited capacity, it could only accommodate up to 2,000 people at a time.

Naturally, to secure future sales of televisions, the expo would be extended by one week to showcase their uses specifically to the domestic public.

After this television expo, Baird's television company could expect to receive a large number of orders.

April 13, 1931, Australasia, Sydney.

"Walter, have you heard? In two days, there will be some television expo at the National Stadium, and it's said to be organized personally by His Majesty!" Inside a coffee shop on Sydney Street, a young man dressed like a worker mysteriously told his friend.

"A television expo? Organized personally by His Majesty?" Before the young man's friend could answer, a group at a nearby table who were in conversation fell silent instantly, and someone impatiently asked.

"This..." Seeing that he had accidentally leaked the news, the young man could only tell the truth, "Yes, it will take place at the National Stadium on the outskirts.

It is said to be to promote TV dramas that can play movies, and it will involve many enterprises and capitalists from both inside and outside the country."

"Since it's organized personally by His Majesty, will His Majesty make an appearance then?" The crowd asked the question they were most interested in.

"I don't know about that, but if the expo is large scale, maybe His Majesty will appear," guessed the young man, providing an uncertain answer.

Regrettably, he underestimated the appeal of Arthur's personal involvement to the people of Australasia.

Upon hearing the conversation about Arthur, everyone in the coffee shop immediately gathered around, and the young man momentarily became the center of attention.

"So when exactly is the expo taking place? Is there a specific time?" A middle-aged man in a suit suddenly asked.

"It's in three days, on the 16th of this month," the young man honestly answered.

By rights, the news of the expo's occurrence should have been public, and most of Sydney's population should have been informed.

However, due to the venue's limited capacity and the government's concern about potential congestion from the crowds arriving at the expo, the spread of the news was temporarily postponed.

Now, with just three days left until the expo, the government had only just started to announce the event around the vicinity of the stadium.

As the timing was rather short, the young man was among the first to see the news, leading to the information gap among most people in the coffee shop.

In another two days, as the news spread, the majority of Sydney's populace would learn of the expo.

With specific times and locations now known, the crowd in the coffee shop left satisfied, abandoning even the coffee they had just ordered and hadn't tasted.

At that moment, they were too excited and eager to share this significant piece of news with their friends and family.