The Rise of Australasia

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Technologies that naturally complement wireless broadcasting are, in fact, radio technology that has long since been eliminated in future generations.

Whether it’s base stations or transit stations, they are just signal transmission facilities. Radio is the device that receives radio wave signals, transforming radio wave signals into output audio.

Australasia actually has broadcast radio stations, after all, radio technology has been available for over a decade, although the technology is quite limited.

In Australasia, it is only limited to the southeastern part of Australia. To be precise, only Sydney and Melbourne have their own radio stations, and the coverage is even more limited, barely covering certain urban squares.

The primary function of these broadcast stations is to announce nationwide current affairs news and temporary policy declarations, among other things.

Since the audience is limited, there is no revenue, and it is just an additional promotional expense for the government to better disseminate its policies.

Seeing no revenue from the government stations, capitalists naturally dare not enter the market. Compared to the government, they are the ones who can least afford to lose.

This is also the trend of capitalism development. Any emerging industry or business, if it cannot quickly realize profit and the people promoting it are not powerful or wealthy, then it basically means that the industry will not develop.

This also makes the entrepreneurial environment in the world not so promising. The background of this era is much darker than that of the future generations; it is challenging to start from scratch and succeed in business without significant power or funds.

Because capital always has a way to seize your resources and capture your market.

Those slightly more civilized will suppress you madly and then acquire your business at a meager price.

As for those domineering capitalists, under the collusion with the government, any unfounded charge can easily let the hard-won wealth painstakingly built by entrepreneurs be reduced to ashes for others.

Arthur also saw this point, which is why he allowed the Royal Bank to provide some help to the entrepreneurial environment in Australasia, including providing financial loans to some entrepreneurs and making investments.

This move also saved the entrepreneurial environment in Australasia, which is why a sizeable middle class and small capital were born in Australasia.

After all, the most significant capital in Australasia is Arthur, and Arthur has no need or desire to interfere with their entrepreneurial behavior.

On the contrary, the success of these people’s ventures benefits Australasia’s economy.

As long as they are not utterly conscienceless capitalists, Arthur is happy to see the birth of more small-capital bourgeois in Australasia, thereby improving Australasia’s economic level.

As for those who will gradually develop into big capitalists, the government also has corresponding countermeasures.

At least in Australasia, the power of capitalists will not be so high. Capital must always be in the hands of the government and Arthur.

The government can have an impact on capital, but capital cannot have an impact on the government; this is the most suitable system for a country’s development.

Compared to the research on radio waves, the research and design of radios is straightforward; the equipment existed more than a decade ago.

There are currently two popular types of radios, one is the crystal radio that does not require a power source, and the other is the tube radio that needs to be plugged in.

Crystal radios do not require a power source and even have a straightforward structure. However, due to this reason, crystal radios need a five-meter-long antenna to receive signals, which is one of the few shortcomings of crystal radios.

Of course, apart from that, crystal radios produce a small sound, making them unsuitable in relatively open spaces.

Tube radios don’t have these limitations, but require a power supply, making them one of the oldest types of radios.

The technology of these two radios is not difficult. The Australasia Academy of Sciences has conducted certain research on the existing radio technology, quickly replicating and improving it into unique Australasian radio technology.

Comparatively, crystal radios are simple radio wave receiving devices, making them cheaper to produce, and generally sell for about 20 to 30 Australian dollars.

Tube radios, on the other hand, have a more complex structure and are more compact, making them more expensive, with prices ranging from 30 to 50 Australian dollars.

After deciding to lay wireless base stations across the nation, the manufacturing and sales of radios have become the top priority.

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It’s worth noting that the research at the Academy of Sciences is far from simple, including the research of an eight-line image device, also known as the early television.

If the early television is developed, the importance of television will certainly surpass that of radios.

This also means that the heyday of radios won’t last for many years, as they will eventually be replaced by televisions.

Therefore, making radios universally available and reaping huge profits from Europe and America is what Arthur wants to do right now.

Especially Americans, who are very wealthy at the moment. Not exploiting them thoroughly would be a disservice to the radio and wireless technology Arthur holds.

Late-market broadcasting equipment is innumerable, and radios have been mounted on cars and mobile phones.

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