The Rise Of Australasia-Chapter 1025 - 772: Commercial Television Use_2

The remaining 2% of shares were given to Baird as a reward, also serving as motivation to encourage him to develop more new types of televisions and to accelerate the technological progress of the television industry.

The news of Arthur's imminent arrival was conveyed to Baird in advance, which thrilled and excited him, and he decided to organize some of the company's upper echelons and employees to welcome him.

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Had Arthur not been known for his dislike of making a big fuss, Baird might even have considered organizing the entire company's workforce to receive him.

At noon on this day, Arthur's motorcade finally slowly arrived at the gate of Baird Television Company.

The enterprise was located in the industrial area outside of Saint Arthur Castle, occupying a significant piece of land.

Due to the vast size of the industrial area, Baird Television Company not only had a large storage area, but its main entrance also looked very upscale and grand.

This was Arthur's first visit to his own company, and his current impression was quite good, proving that Baird did place a lot of emphasis on this television company.

After all, Baird owned 2% of the company's shares, which were already valued at over forty thousand Australian dollars.

As long as Baird worked hard for the television company and strived to develop more new types of televisions, the value of his shares would only increase.

Moreover, up to this point, the television company had not sold a single television set.

As long as the released televisions could gain the trust of the people, a drastic increase in the company's market value and profits were inevitable.

"Where's the latest model of the television?" Arthur asked impatiently upon meeting Baird.

The initial television models had been a bit disappointing to Arthur, but according to Baird's description, the latest models had greatly improved in size and screen area, reigniting Arthur's interest.

"They're all ready in the testing area, Your Majesty," Baird said with a smile, "Our newest model of television can now be assured to cost less than 150 Australian dollars each, and in our previous tests, all televisions received broadcast signals very stably, with basically no issues during use."

Arthur nodded, quite satisfied with such a cost.

Although the initial televisions cost just under 140 Australian dollars, the Australian dollar had not experienced significant depreciation at that time.

Even though 150 Australian dollars seemed like more now, for most people, it was just over a year's income—a spendable amount.

Of course, the actual retail price would definitely be more than 150 Australian dollars. However, within Australasia, the selling price of televisions would definitely not be exaggerated.

After all, Arthur was more interested in leveraging televisions for his own propaganda and information control, as well as to extensively spread cultural works abroad, rather than relying solely on the sales of televisions to make money.

"How big is the screen of the current television? Will there be any pauses or blurriness during the broadcast?" Arthur continued to inquire.

The first experimental televisions occasionally experienced pauses and blurriness when receiving and broadcasting images.

At that time, the television was in its initial version and was several years ahead of the world, so Arthur did not mind, only asking Baird to solve these issues as much as possible.

But now, televisions weren't such a leading-edge technology worldwide anymore.

Television industries definitely existed in various countries, it's just that the products made did not meet the people's expectations, or the prices were too expensive and the potential audience was not the majority of common people.

But for capitalists and the nobility, who held a lot of funds in their hands, a television was nothing more than an entertainment expense that was not too large.

"Our latest model of television screen has now increased to one and a half times the size of the previous one, which is about the size of six apples," Baird rapidly continued, seeing Arthur's less than pleased expression, "But we have also made improvements to this. The latest television comes in two versions, a standard model and an enlarged version.

The standard television has a screen about the size of six apples, while the enlarged version's screen is about the size of eight apples, probably the largest television screen in the world."

The standard and enlarged versions differ only in screen size, with a cost difference of 10 Australian dollars.

Following Your Majesty's instructions, the standard television will be priced at 178 Australian dollars each, and the enlarged television will be priced at 188 Australian dollars each.

According to our tests, both new types of televisions are stable in receiving signals and displaying images, with no stuttering or blurring occurring."

Using apples to describe the size of a television screen actually began when Arthur first saw the first-generation television and remarked that its screen was only the size of four apples.

Because this description was so apt, Baird voluntarily used the size of several apples to describe the screen size, making it easier for Arthur to judge.

In fact, for the current television industry, a screen the size of eight apples is really not small, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say it's the largest.

Had it not been for Australasia's intervention and participation, the rise of the television industry would have had to wait several more years; it has been advanced by several years as it is.

The actual testing of the television soon arrived.

Although it was only a black and white TV, Arthur, who hadn't seen a television in a long time, was still very much looking forward to it.

Although both TV dramas and movies display images, there is a big difference between the two.

While movies have no set length, the typical duration of Australasian movies is currently about 2 to 3 hours, rarely too long or too short.

After all, the utmost goal of most film factories is to make money, and the length of a movie also affects the people's desire to watch it.

Due to the issues of movie rights and profits, the majority of movies will definitely be hard to see on television.

That's what makes movies and TV dramas so different. Televisions, as household appliances, will definitely enter the homes of the common people.

For Arthur, the cultural impact and dissemination that TV dramas can have are, to some extent, much greater than that of movies.

Moreover, shooting a large number of TV dramas with the certain ideology that Arthur needs can subtly influence the thoughts of the people.

Put plainly, it's brainwashing. Through this kind of brainwashing method, the people will accept it more easily and willingly.

As long as televisions can be widely used commercially and accepted by the people, Arthur will immediately start shooting a large number of TV dramas promoting the ideology of the Australasian ethnicity.

Under the influence and constant barrage of numerous TV dramas, the acceptance of Australasian ethnic concepts by the people is bound to increase.

Influencing adults, educating children. Within a few years, Australasia will have only one ethnicity, that is, the Australasians.

Arthur will also be able to easily control the public opinion of the entire country using various information output devices, including televisions.

Even if war breaks out in the future, Arthur will be able to easily mobilize the national sentiment of the country with the help of propaganda, uniting the nation as one to better cope with war.

"How is the construction of the production line going? When can these televisions enter mass production?" After the final tests were completely finished, Arthur was already eagerly anticipating the future where he could further control public opinion through television.

"At the moment, we have built four production lines, and we can produce up to 3,500 televisions each week," Baird answered.

"That's not enough, Mr. Baird," Arthur shook his head and said somewhat dissatisfiedly: "Just the domestic television market is definitely not limited to a few thousand units.

Looking at the world, it would be very easy for television sales to break through hundreds of thousands of units. I hope that in the coming period, you can focus on establishing production lines, aiming to break through a weekly output of 10,000 televisions."