Rise of Australia

Chapter 318

Afterwards, the scene in London and Rome is no different from that in Los Angeles, USA.A large number of media, curious people, capitalists with ulterior motives, military forces with solemn faces and other forces and groups formed tens of thousands of people who watched the airship Chenxi.

Every time the Chenxi airship arrived at a place, it immediately became the focus and hotspot of the local area and even the country where it was located, and was widely reported by the local media.

It is not even an exaggeration to say that this round-the-world voyage plan has made a lot of money for many European and American media, and it has also given a new life to many small newspapers that are on the verge of bankruptcy.

According to estimates, more than 70 people went to watch the airship around the world during this round-the-world project, and more than 500 million people paid attention to the voyage around the world.

The airship in Australasia instantly became the most famous technological product in the world, and people all took it as their lifelong goal to board the airship and travel around the world.

On May 1912, 5, after a lapse of one month and ten days, the airship Dawn returned to the sky above the city of Sydney again, and was also welcomed by a large number of Australasians.

This is the first time that Australasia has been in the forefront of the world in the history of circumnavigation. It is an Australasian, and it is the flying equipment developed by Australasia. It is the first time to complete the mission of circumnavigating the world.

At this time, the outskirts of Sydney were already crowded with people, and the media from all over the world had come to surround this area.

Everyone knows that if this round-the-world voyage is successful, Sydney will temporarily become the most dazzling pearl in the world.

To get the first news of the airship's voyage around the world, and the developments after that, these foreign media had to go to Sydney.

This is also good news for Arthur. At least in the past month, Sydney's consumption level has risen a lot. These foreign media and tourists from afar have made a considerable contribution to Sydney's GDP.

As the Dawn landed on the open space in the suburbs with air currents and dust, the band that had already prepared immediately played cheerful music to celebrate this commemorative moment.

After a while, the hatch of the Dawn airship gradually opened, first the attendants came out, then the passengers of the airship, and finally the pilot of the airship and Director Theodor.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you have accomplished a great moment together. On behalf of the royal family and government of Australasia, I would like to extend my congratulations and encouragement to you and present you with commemorative badges." Arthur smiled on the high platform that had been built Open your mouth.

The souvenir of this voyage around the world is a gold-clad silver badge.The front of the badge is the appearance of the Dawn airship, and a sentence is clearly engraved on the back: This badge is only used to commemorate the self-developed AU-3 airship in Australasia, code-named Dawn, which launched a circumnavigation plan on April 1912.4.10, 1912.5.21.The plan lasted a total of one month and eleven days, and was successfully concluded on May [-], [-], and was commemorated with this badge.

The total weight of this badge is as high as about 100 grams, of which the gold content exceeds 30%, which is about 30 grams.

According to the current estimate of the value of gold and silver, the cost of this badge is as high as ten pounds or more, which is a few months' wages of ordinary people in Australasia.

Of course, the commemorative significance of such items far exceeds the actual value.If the commemorative significance of this badge is included, for people in Australasia and certain areas, the value may be several times or even dozens of times.

For Australasians, such a badge is truly memorable.In addition to the commemoration of this round-the-world voyage, this badge was issued by Arthur himself, which also added a lot of intangible value to this badge.

Although for passengers whose tickets cost thousands of pounds, such a badge costing no more than ten pounds is nothing.

But after all, the workmanship is very small and exquisite, and it has special commemorative significance, so the passengers who received the commemorative badges are quite satisfied.

On the Australasian side, naturally, all the passengers on the airship were invited to the celebration banquet held tonight.

There is nothing wrong with the passengers, after all, there is no reason not to participate in a grand and free banquet.

For some capitalists who already have ideas about airships, the most important task at present is to inquire about the situation of the Australasian Airship Company, so this banquet has become a necessity.

After everyone left temporarily, Arthur looked at Director Theodor and said with a smile: "Thanks for your hard work, Director Theodor. You have completed a project that is enough to be recorded in the history of Australasia. Incident, you are the hero of the whole of Australasia!"

Although the performance of the airship produced by the aviation laboratory is already very reliable, it is the first time to conduct an ultra-long-distance circumnavigation around the world, and it is impossible to say that there is no danger.

Director Teodor, as the director of the Aeronautical Laboratory, was able to personally take charge of the circumnavigation of the world, risking the possibility of crashing and dying, and completed an operation that made Australasia stand out. Said to be the greatest contribution.

"It's what I should do to make contributions to His Majesty and the country. What's more, the performance of the Dawn airship is trustworthy, and our trip is more like a public trip." Director Teodor said respectfully replied.

"Okay, take a good rest for a few days! After attending today's celebration banquet, I approve a three-day vacation for you and all operators. After three days, I'm afraid the aviation laboratory will have a more difficult task. It is estimated that this time The demand for airships is not small." Arthur patted Director Theodor on the shoulder and said.

It is impossible for Arthur not to know the actions of capitalists from Europe and the United States, and he naturally knows what they are coming to Sydney for.

To be honest, this is a good thing for Arthur and Australasia.The more airships sold, the more profits Arthur could make, and the more countries in Europe and the United States could walk into a deep pit.

Just imagine, a few years later, all kinds of airships developed by various countries are flying in the sky, and when they are about to bombard the enemy country, the Australasian aircraft appears in the sky, instantly causing all-round crushing and damage to these airships. Massacre, how exciting will the faces of European and American countries be?
You know, the current most advanced AU-3 airship, if you look at the selling price, for every airship sold, Arthur's profit will be as high as at least [-] pounds.

These profits are just enough for Australasia to build an airplane, or save the profits of dozens of airships, and build a super dreadnought.

The celebration banquet that night was very large, including high-level Australasian government officials, the royal family, businessmen and capitalists in Australasia and abroad, well-known media and newspapers with good influence in the world, all the passengers on the previous plane, and the controllers. He and his attendants were all invited to this banquet.

Arthur also attended the banquet briefly, but he did not overwhelm the guests. Instead, after encouraging everyone, he handed over the banquet to Director Theodor and the Aeronautical Laboratory.

After Arthur and the senior government officials left, the originally somewhat serious banquet became more relaxed, and everyone started talking and laughing, as if there was no difference in rank.

"Director Theodor, I wonder if your firm can sell an airship like Dawn to promote the development of the world's aviation industry?" When the banquet was at its climax, someone took advantage of Director Theodor's mood Looks good, took the opportunity to ask.

"Well, this is a question." Director Theodor pretended to think for a while, saw that everyone was looking at him, and after waiting for his answer, he continued: "Actually, everyone can see that we The AU-3 airship really has the ability to travel around the world. Even if there are no stops, on the basis of only carrying less than 40 people, it can sail for at least half a month, that is, at least [-] The distance of kilometers. It is no exaggeration to say that this airship can go directly to anywhere in Europe or America, and it only takes about half a month."

"This also means that such an airship has extremely high strategic value. Theoretically speaking, the relevant technology must be kept strictly confidential."

Although it was determined from the beginning that there was no need to keep such an airship secret, Director Theodor would naturally not be so stupid as to tell the whole story to these capitalists.

According to Arthur's instructions, let these capitalists beg Australasia to sell airships instead of Australasia begging them to buy airships, so as to maximize their benefits and suppress these greedy capitalists.

Seeing the disappointment on the faces of many people, Director Theodor said unhurriedly: "However, things are not without a turn for the better."

"Director Theodor, what do you mean?" Someone asked boldly.

"In addition to the extremely important strategic value in the military, the value represented by this airship in the aviation industry is also crucial to the development and life of mankind. As for the consideration of these factors, Your Majesty You specifically told me that if you can ensure that the purpose of purchasing the airship is for non-military use, we can now sell the AU-3 type airship to the outside world." The session of whetting the appetite was over, and Director Theodor also began to answer.

After hearing Director Teodor's words, many people present breathed a sigh of relief.After all, not many of them came here for military purposes, and who would be so stupid as to openly buy Australasian airships for military purposes, except for some countries that have really good relations with Australasia.

At this time, the U.S. military formulated two plans to encourage some domestic capitalists to go to Australasia to buy airships, and then see if they could get one or two airships from these capitalists for research.

At the same time, the United States is also preparing to vigorously carry out research on airships.The U.S. military does not believe that it will take five years for the entire United States of America to catch up with the development of airships in Australasia.

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