Rise of Australia

Chapter 321 The Arrival of the Olympics

As time entered June of 1912, the popularity of the Chenxi airship traveling around the world decreased a little.

But at the same time, the Sydney Olympic Games has also become one of the main topics of discussion around the world, and it has become the focus of European and American countries.

Especially under the premise of constant disputes among European countries, sports competitions also have considerable influence at the national level.

Especially in the face of rival countries, no country wants to fall behind, otherwise it will face crazy provocations from domestic and foreign media and criticism from the people.

The public is blind. Under the guidance of some domestic and foreign media, who knows if they will transfer their anger to the government?
With the development of the previous Olympic Games, the Olympic Games is a way for a country to use peaceful means to compete for national face and dignity.

If domestic athletes perform well in the Olympics, they can bring good prestige to the government and the country.

But if the performance of domestic sports is mediocre, especially when facing hostile countries, if the performance is somewhat unsatisfactory, not only the athletes will be held accountable by the people and the media, but the government may also be implicated.

This is reflected vividly in later generations.Because of the development of the Internet in later generations, this situation can be seen almost everywhere.To sum up, the winner is king and the loser is bandit.

If you win and win, you will be held in the sky.But if you lose, especially if you lose face in front of hostile countries, even if you have made great contributions before, you will be rendered as a sinner by the media and people with ulterior motives.

At present, there are many media from many European and American countries. It is conservatively estimated that a media team of thousands of people has arrived in Australasia.

Before the start of the Olympic Games, there should be at least hundreds of media teams arriving.

After all, even newspapers and media can be divided into big and small.Larger newspapers and media can certainly afford the cost of flying boats, but small newspapers and media may not.

On the outskirts of Sydney, the National Stadium of Australasia.

The construction of the stadium was completed more than a month ago, and it has been opened to all athletes not long ago.

Theoretically speaking, the stadium and all its affiliated training venues can be provided free of charge to all athletes from home and abroad.

But this is only in theory.The sports teams that occupy the most stadiums and affiliated training facilities are naturally sports teams from major European and American countries.

Australasia's sports teams are not among them. This does not mean that Australasia is not qualified to compete with these great powers. Even if it is based on the relationship between Australasia and the United Kingdom and Russia, it is impossible to occupy the training ground.

The main reason is that Arthur has long established an independent training facility for Australasian sports teams. The training facilities inside are various and complete, and naturally there is no need to compete with other countries.

Different from the Olympic Games of later generations, in the current Olympic Games, the most participating athletes are still white population.

The athletes of the major powers are basically of Caucasian race, and only a small number of countries from Asia and South America will have athletes of yellow race.

As for the black race, even if these people have a good talent in sports, it is impossible for them to be recognized by all countries in the world and have the qualifications to participate in the Olympic Games.

You know, racism is still very popular in Europe at the moment.The major powers in Europe look down on the nations of other powers, so how can they look down on the races of the barren land?

This can also be well reflected in Australasia.If Arthur is really just pursuing the population, he can absorb the huge population from Asia and easily make the population exceed [-] million.

But it's totally unnecessary.Racism and racial discrimination in this day and age are no joke, and it is simply impossible for a population of color to be recognized by a white population.

A dyed Australasia is naturally impossible to be recognized by Western countries, let alone receive a lot of aid from Germany and the United Kingdom.

For example, the current island country is just a pawn for the British to support against Russia and the United States.

A country like an island country, when the European powers were at their peak, could never become a true ally of the European powers, but could only be used as a pawn of the European powers.

If the island country really becomes a top power in such an era, it will definitely be targeted by other powers.

It is worth mentioning that this Olympic Games, like in history, still faces many political disputes in terms of nationality and national flag.

The most intense and well-known dispute is the dispute between the two teams of Finland and Bohemia.

Of course, the dispute is naturally not between these two countries, but between Russia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

These two countries are generally relatively weak, so they have already been occupied by Russia.Parts of Bohemia were under the jurisdiction of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Before participating in the Olympics, Finland and Bohemia made a request, that is, to insist on independence and represent Finland and Bohemia in the competition respectively.

This request was naturally rejected by Russia and Austria-Hungary.After all, if these athletes are allowed to compete in the name of the countries of Finland and Bohemia, doesn't it mean that they have confirmed their status as invaders, and also give the people in these two regions a reason to resist their rule in disguise?

Faced with such a conflict, Arthur decided to use the means used by Sweden to resolve this conflict in history.

Historically, Coubertin proposed sports geography to resolve this diplomatic incident, and also allowed the Stockholm Olympics in Sweden to be held smoothly.

The so-called sports geography refers to participating in the Olympic Games. It does not have to be an independent country, but it can also be a region with independent ethnic groups.The geography of sport can sometimes be distinguished from the geography of politics.

When Finland and Bohemia participate in the Olympic Games in the future, they will only raise their team nameplates in the opening ceremony, not the team flag, and raise the national flag of the occupying country when they win the award, and raise a small triangular national flag below it to express peace. The difference between players from the occupying country can solve this problem more satisfactorily.

Russia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire expressed their understanding and approval of such a solution, and the athletes of Finland and Bohemia have also obtained their own pursuits, so naturally they will not have any opinions.

After perfectly resolving such flag disputes, preparations for the Sydney Olympic Games can begin.

According to the preparations of the International Olympic Committee and the situation in Australasia, the Sydney Olympic Games is expected to officially start in June, and the closing ceremony is expected to be around the end of July.

Because the time is approaching, the rehearsal for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games has already begun, and the tickets for each event of the Olympic Games have been pre-sold.

The National Stadium in Australasia is expected to hold more than [-] spectators at the maximum, so the income from tickets is definitely not bad.

In particular, the Olympic Games will last for nearly two months, during which dozens of events will be held, and tickets for each event will be sold once, and the accumulated income will definitely not be low.

Pricing became a headache for Australasia before tickets went on pre-sale.

If the price is set too high, Australasians may not be able to afford it, and it will be embarrassing if no locals watch the Olympic Games that have created their own country.

But if you set the price too low, you may miss an opportunity to make a lot of money.

After a long period of comprehensive consideration, combined with the actual situation of the previous Olympic Games and the economic situation of Australasia, the final ticket price for each event is expected to be around 2 to 3 Australian dollars.

Of course, actual ticket prices are bound to change.If you are an Australasian citizen, you can also enjoy a [-]% discount when purchasing tickets.

As for tourists from other countries, they can only buy at the original price.

However, the ticket price of about 2 to 3 Australian dollars is not too expensive, at least for those Europeans and Americans who can afford to travel abroad, the price is quite cheap.

Calculated according to the events of the Olympic Games, even if only [-] tickets are sold for each event, a profit of about [-] Australian dollars can be obtained.

Adding up all the projects, it is easy to make a profit of more than 200 million Australian dollars, and it can be regarded as a little bit of capital return.

However, Arthur's purpose of hosting the Olympics is definitely not to make money, but to use the Olympics to increase Australasia's international prestige and status.

Judging from the current situation, the Olympic Games and the previous circumnavigation plan have brought tens of thousands of foreign tourists to Australasia in the past few months.

These tourists have made a considerable contribution to the economy of Sydney and nearby cities, and it is expected that this year's fiscal revenue should also increase a lot.

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