The Rise of Australia

Chapter 585 Competing with Hollywood - World Cinema City

The first thing the new cabinet did when it was established was to swear allegiance to Arthur, and Arthur was quite satisfied with the members of the new cabinet government.

However, the change of cabinet government does not have much impact on Arthur. After all, the cabinet government is still under his control, and it does not matter who holds this position.

After the cabinet government was put into operation, the affairs of Australasia came to an end.

Because compared to the stable Australasia, the chaotic and complicated international situation is the current focus.

Compared to the peaceful 123 years, there were indeed many major international events, involving many countries including major powers, and affecting the development of the world situation to a certain extent.

1 Witnessed by many countries, the Russian Civil War was brought to light, and the great powers led by Britain, France, and Australia began to mediate in this civil war.

The Russian Civil War really began in 1 and it took more than four years.

Coupled with the previous revolution and World War I, Russia has not ushered in peace and stability for nearly ten years. This was a huge blow to Russia's development and even directly destroyed the Russian economy and industry.

As a superpower that dominated Eastern Europe before World War I, Russia's current industrial level lags far behind that of countries like the island countries, and is even worse than Italy, the weakest among the powers.

The economic collapse was even more serious. If Soviet Russia relied on the centralized distribution system to support itself, then the Tsarist Russia ruled by Nicholas II did not rely on the Romanov family's hundreds of years of wealth accumulation and a large number of of borrowing money to survive.

According to Russian data, Tsarist Russia has owed foreign debts of up to 300 million pounds since the beginning of the civil war.

Although this amount of money may not seem like much, it was owed after Tsarist Russia was weakened by World War I and the Revolution. For Russia, whose ruble has depreciated significantly, this is an amount that it cannot afford to pay back. Huge debt.

Other major powers naturally understand this. After squeezing Russia for four years, it is time to give Russia some breathing space and let Russia recover its economy.

Because this mediation involved Britain, France and Australia, it also attracted great attention from both Russia and Russia, and they each sent their important representatives to participate.

This is actually inevitable. The Russian Civil War has been going on for so long. No matter which side it is, it is exhausted, and the soldiers are extremely looking forward to the arrival of peace.

Both sides understand that this is an internal consumption of Russia. But the problem is that no one can bear the consequences of failure, because it represents the fall of a government and the death of a country.

Both sides in the Russian Civil War had their own advantages, but after the World Alliance's intervention force intervened with force, the dominant side was Tsarist Russia.

At present, many areas, including Ukraine and Poland, have been recovered by Tsarist Russia, but it is the intervention forces of the World Alliance that actually occupy them.

To put it bluntly, there were no winners on either side of the Russian Civil War. If we have to talk about the winners, they are countries like Britain, France, and Australia that absorbed a lot of profits from the civil war.

Australasia alone received nearly a thousand tons of gold reserves from Tsarist Russia, as well as countless mineral resources, including various manpower and so on.

Australasia has priority mining rights for a considerable part of the minerals currently in Tsarist Russia. These minerals cannot be mined until the situation in Russia is at peace. This is also the reason why the Russian Civil War has entered a peaceful period.

At the beginning of the war, the situation in Russia was divided between the north and the south, but now Tsarist Russia has regained the advantage.

In addition to the areas around Moscow, the areas controlled by the other side also include large poor areas in the east.

On the contrary, Tsarist Russia occupies most of the developed areas in Eastern Europe. However, Tsarist Russia may have to pay a considerable price if it wants to successfully receive these territories from the interventionist forces.

If many countries in the World Alliance were not unwilling to use their full strength, I am afraid that this war would never be so anxious.

Although the ideas of the Revolutionary Party do have a great influence on the people, the current Soviet Russia still cannot withstand the powerful aircraft, tanks and many advanced weapons of European countries.

Although this peace negotiation has attracted a lot of attention, the progress of the peace negotiation is destined not to be too fast.

On the contrary, amid the expectations of various countries, the naval limitation treaty was finally signed. The issue of restricting submarines, which had been debated for a long time, was forcefully suspended by the French.

After all, if the development of submarines is restricted, the navies of other countries really have no hope of catching up with the Royal Navy.

However, the British were not without gains. They successfully built two super battleships before the signing of the Naval Limitation Treaty, further enhancing the strength of the Royal Navy.

While the world's attention is focused on the peace talks in London, Australasia has built the world's largest cinema city - World Cinema, also named Sydney National Cinema City.

Arthur's purpose in establishing this movie city was to imitate Hollywood in later history, create a cultural entertainment center in Australasia, and crazily deliver culture to other countries.

Although Hollywood in the United States was established earlier, American films are not as influential as Australasian films, and they will not be Australasia's rivals for the time being.

This is actually normal. Although Australasian films are the most famous in the world, this cannot hinder the development of films from other countries.

Many countries, including Britain, France, and Germany, also have their own film companies, and they shoot a large number of movies every year.

However, judging from the current advantages of Australasia, World Cinema is the most promising to develop into the Hollywood of later generations, become a benchmark for the global film industry, and create a leading brand in the film industry.

In order to increase the reputation of the World Cinema City in Australasia, Arthur personally attended the opening ceremony of the World Cinema City, delivered a short speech, and also watched the movie "Special Hero - Rui Xixi" that was officially released that day.

In fact, this is also inevitable for the development of movies. There are not only movies that tell stories of characters, but also movies that tell stories of non-human beings.

Rui Xixi is a heroic dog movie filmed in Australasia that saves children, captures thieves and tracks desperadoes. It uses a special perspective to tell the story of human partners and the contribution of dogs to mankind.

There is also a particularly famous film company in Australasia. Its boss is Charlie Chaplin, the famous actor, screenwriter and director in the film industry in the 20th century.

Chaplin was born in London, England. He directed and acted in his own films. After Australasian films became famous at home and abroad, Chaplin brought his friends to Australasia to start his own film company.

At present, Chaplin's film company has become one of the largest comedy film companies in Australasia. The films in which Chaplin personally participated are also deeply loved by domestic and foreign movie audiences.

There are currently three most popular films in Australasia: patriotic films with official status, comedy films produced by private companies like Chaplin Films, and films about male love. Movies about female love and knight-errant stories, in which the protagonist is a macho man with strong muscles, or a beautiful woman who looks innocent and cute, making people fall in love with them.

There are already many movie stars in Australasia, and their values ​​are constantly rising.

At present, the salary of famous Australasian film actors has reached more than 50 Australian dollars. Their income from shooting a film is equivalent to the annual income of ordinary people. This has also attracted a lot of fresh blood to the film industry.

However, the government still has certain control over the film industry. Not only must the content of movies be strictly censored, but there must also be certain restrictions on the income of actors in the film industry.

For easy, high-income jobs like movie actors, the tax rate is relatively high compared to ordinary people.

Film actors whose income is below the per capita income are taxed in the same tax bracket as ordinary people.

But for movie actors whose income is more than twice the per capita income, the tax is already as high as 25%, which is already considered a heavy tax.

Next, there are movie actors whose income is greater than five times and ten times their annual income. The tax ratios they face are as high as 40% and 55%, which limits the income of movie stars to a certain extent.

Although such a tax ratio is unique, after all, the film industry has just developed, and the government does not have much opposition to formulating such tax rules.

For the people, a considerable part of the tax revenue received from movie stars will be used for the development of people's livelihood. This is beneficial to the people, and the people will naturally not object.

Moreover, such a tax policy also has Arthur’s nod of approval. Who in Australasia dares to oppose Arthur’s policy?

Because of Arthur's personal visit, the opening of World Cinema and the release of several movies attracted a lot of reports from domestic and foreign media.

World Cinema will not only serve as a benchmark for the Australasian film industry, but will also be a venue for concerts, operas, movies, and fairy tales, just like Hollywood in history.

World Cinema City can accommodate up to 200,000 tourists, and its total coverage includes an entire hill.

The top of the mountain is the main venue of World Cinema City, while the halfway up and down the mountain are facilities responsible for receiving tourists and undertaking some commercial content.

If it develops well, its role in the movie city will be no worse than that of a luxurious commercial street, or even far beyond.

After all, Hollywood in later generations is already the best example. The movies produced by Hollywood account for half of the world's movies. Whether a movie star can enter Hollywood has become one of the criteria for measuring whether a movie star will go international.

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