The Rise of Australasia

"Has it been installed already? What is the current coverage range of the radio waves?" Arthur asked with interest.

According to the tradition of Australasia, every Christmas, Arthur needed to give a speech.

This year, after the birth of radio wave technology, Arthur had a whimsical idea and decided to use this new technology to broadcast live nationwide so that more people could hear his speech.

"After working hard for more than half a year, we have now covered most of the urban areas of Sydney and Melbourne. This test coverage is also specifically in Sydney and Melbourne, where we expect at least 2 million people to be able to hear Your Majesty’s broadcast speech." The station chief of Sydney Broadcast Radio Station gave a reasonable number after careful consideration.

"Only Sydney and Melbourne?" Arthur was a little disappointed, but he quickly adjusted his mood.

After all, the improved radio wave technology had only been born for ten months. Being able to cover most of Sydney and Melbourne within such a short period was the result of the joint efforts of various units.

Of course, aside from the coverage range of radio waves, Arthur was even more curious about how to determine the number of people receiving the broadcast signal.

"How is the radio company doing? Radios should have already started being sold to the public, right?" Arthur continued asking.

Although the radio business was destined to be profitable, Arthur still chose to entrust it to the aristocratic consortium, providing the nobles with a continuously income-generating project.

In addition, Arthur had been traveling abroad recently and was not familiar with the progress of radio research, manufacturing, and sales.

"Radios have started to be sold, Your Majesty. However, due to the small number of broadcast radio stations and the lack of any radio programs, our radio sales are not high, with less than 100,000 units sold in Sydney and Melbourne combined.

In order to ensure that more people can hear your speech, we have temporarily installed thousands of large radios in Sydney and Melbourne, ensuring that the audience will reach at least 2 million people." the station chief of the broadcast radio station said with a smile, "Of course, after your speech, we believe that radio sales will skyrocket.

By next year, we won’t need to install radios ourselves; the people’s radios will be sufficient to allow most citizens to hear your speech."

The cost and selling price of radios were not high. The real reason for the current low sales volume was actually the small number of broadcast radio stations and the lack of proper radio programs.

Moreover, radio waves only covered Sydney and Melbourne at present. Naturally, cities that were not covered could not sell radios.

However, in the new year, radio waves were bound to cover more cities, and radios were bound to be sold in more cities.

In addition, with the impetus of Arthur’s Christmas speech, the live speech was bound to be more appealing.

Not to mention, just being able to hear Arthur’s live speech on Christmas alone would prompt a significant portion of the Australasian population to actively purchase radios.

People might still hesitate to spend money on themselves, but for a large portion of the population, there would be no need to think, they would simply buy radios without further consideration if it was to listen to Arthur’s speech.

Arthur remained indifferent to the station chief’s flattery and focused on the radio wave test this time.

The content of this test was simple: announce to the public Arthur’s Christmas speech, ensuring that the signals within the radio wave coverage area were relatively stable.

As the time approached 1 PM, the radio wave test officially began.

In Sydney and Melbourne, streets and squares filled with radios suddenly emitted noisy radio wave sounds, which quickly turned into human voices announcing the test.

This test attracted quite a lot of attention, as broadcast voices were heard simultaneously over such a large area, and with complete clarity, contrasting the previous broadcasts and amplifiers.

This led to a large number of people in Sydney and Melbourne temporarily purchasing radios between the 23rd and 25th, and under the guidance of radio salespeople, they learned to adjust the broadcast frequency in order to receive Arthur’s speech on Christmas Day.

December 25th, 1920, Christmas Day.

At 8 PM, Arthur’s speech began on time.

"My fellow citizens, I am delighted to celebrate the Christmas of 1920 with you.

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Australasia is on its way to prosperity and wealth, and this is not the result of any one person’s efforts but the combined efforts of all citizens of Australasia.

I represent the nation and the royal family in thanking all the people of Australasia for their contributions. It is because of you that Australasia has achieved its current prosperity. Stay connected with empire

But our goals go far beyond this; technology is advancing, and so is Australasia."

Fellow citizens, let us all pray together to the great God that, through the efforts of all Australasian people, Australasia will become more powerful and protect every individual who endeavors for it.

My fellow citizens, take action! For Australasia, for all your compatriots and fellow citizens, work diligently at your posts to contribute to the nation’s development."

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