The Rise Of Australasia

Chapter 302: Chapter 266: Sudden Change of the German Olympic Committee

It has be over a month since the tour began, and ev though Arthur had prepared himself beforehand, he was already starting to feel homesick.

After all, it was Arthur's first time as a father, and he had be away from Sydney for more than a month, guinely missing his little one.

From the time he returned to the native land of Australasia, Arthur's tour became much simpler.

After all, Arthur's control within Australia was still strong, and with the help of the Royal Security Intelligce Bureau, he had a handle on the information in each state, making the tour more of a formality.

At the very least, these officials needed to know that Arthur would check in on their work from time to time, suring that they maintained a cautious and active attitude, better helping the developmt of Australasia.

On this tour, Arthur mainly inspected three aspects: first, the living conditions of the residts in the city, which esstially boiled down to the local people's stimts and support for the governmt.

The second and third aspects were the industrial and agricultural conditions near the city. The importance of industry, regardless of its type, plays a crucial role in the developmt of a country.

Agriculture was ev more important. As the saying goes, "people regard food as their primary need." If ough food couldn't be produced, th education, medical care, and industry would all be insignificant.

Without adequate access to food, Arthur couldn't guarantee that his citizs wouldn't take drastic measures.

Therefore, the governance strategy of Australasia was simple: first, sure that all citizs were well-fed and not hungry before considering national developmt issues.

The currt governmt and Arthur had both done a good job in this regard. Although the population of Australasia continued to grow, they could guarantee that every citiz wouldn't go hungry.

After staying in the Leonora Industrial Base for a few days, Arthur finally embarked on his return journey aboard the industrial railway.

The Leonora Industrial Base played a critical role in the industrial developmt of Australasia in rect years, which was also why Arthur stayed there indepdtly for a few days.

Not only did he inspect the currt construction situation of the Leonora Industrial Base, but he also sured that there were no instances of corruption or embezzlemt in the establishmt of the industrial base, which Arthur absolutely couldn't allow.

If the construction wt smoothly, the Leonora Industrial Base would become the largest and most conctrated industrial base in Australasia's future, with West Australia becoming its industrial cter.

This construction couldn't be hindered by anyone, as it not only concerned the future of national developmt, but also the fate of Australasia in the upcoming two wars.

After leaving the Leonora Industrial Base, the remaining tour became much simpler.

Arthur spt just over a week on the tire industrial railway journey, finally returning to Sydney a mid-December.

As it was approaching late December, Australasia was about to welcome another Christmas.

Recalling last year's Christmas, wh the good news of Que Mary's pregnancy arrived, Arthur hadn't had much time for official business for almost a whole year.

Upon returning to Sydney Palace, William and Anna were already two months old. Although they couldn't clearly call Arthur yet, their babbling, affectionate actions, and curved lips told him they were trying to call him.

Arthur had tried to teach the two little ones to call him "Dad," but ultimately gave up in frustration.

After all, they were only just over two months old, and learning to call someone was asking too much of them.

Just as Arthur was joying the happiness of having both a son and a daughter, Foreign Minister Andrew and Propaganda Minister Grant visited together, interrupting his idyllic life.

"Your Majesty, the Chairman of the German Olympic Committee suddly passed away, and the Germans may give up hosting the next Olympic Games," said Foreign Minister Andrew hurriedly upon seeing Arthur.

Since the first Summer Olympic Games were held, four editions have be held as of 909.

The number of participating countries and athletes in each Olympic Games has be steadily increasing, especially during the last London Olympics, setting a record.

That Olympic Games ev caused a stir in almost half of Europe and the Americas, barely becoming a globally noteworthy evt.

Moreover, any country hosting any edition of the Olympic Games would receive worldwide atttion during the evt, and with good planning, the evt could leave a significant impact.

This would be extremely helpful for a country to hance its international influce, and to frequtly appear on the international stage, which is exactly what Australasia needs right now.

If hosting the Olympic Games can expand Australasia's international influce and attract more immigrants from Europe, th hosting an Olympics is not a loss at all.

"Is the news accurate? What is the reaction of the International Olympic Committee?" Arthur immediately became interested and asked.

"The news should be correct, Your Majesty. The Germans did not conceal this news, and they ev have shown inttions of giving up their right to host the Olympics," Foreign Secretary Andrew quickly responded.

"This is good news. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs should immediately contact the relevant German departmts to inquire if they will give up hosting the Olympic Games. If they choose to relinquish them, ask if they will directly transfer the hosting rights to us," Arthur contemplated for a momt and immediately made up his mind.

Such an evt also happed this year in history, but it was in May.

At that time, the German Olympic Committee Chairman suddly passed away, and Germany immediately announced that they would give up hosting the 5th Olympic Games.

Because there were less than three years until the evt, the fifth Olympic Games became a mess at that time, and Swed, which had be eager to host the Olympics for a long time, finally won the bid.

Arthur originally thought that the historical incidt would not occur, but the German Olympic Committee Chairman, who had escaped May, evtually passed away suddly before the New Year arrived.

However, there were two pieces of good news for Australasia. The first is that the timing was more postponed, the mess would be ev worse, and Swed would have to consider taking over.

The second is that giv the close relationship betwe Australasia and the Germans, if the Germans really want to give up hosting the Olympic Games, there is a high chance that the Germans will transfer the hosting rights to Australasia.

Such a thing might seem unimaginable in later gerations, but in this era of great power rivalry, sports were indeed controlled by politics.

As the second powerful country in the world, if the German Empire were to announce the transfer of hosting rights oply, would other countries compete for the rights?

Hard to say, but there shouldn't be that many foolish ones.

"Yes, Your Majesty. I will immediately contact the German Sports Departmt and the German governmt. If it is confirmed that Germany would like to give up their hosting rights, I will request the German governmt to transfer the rights to us in our governmt's name," Minister Andrew immediately nodded and said.

"Hmm, this matter needs to be done quickly. We are not the only country that wants to host the Olympics, we cannot let others pick the fruit first," Arthur nodded and signaled Minister Andrew to make the connection immediately.

Upon receiving the order to leave, Arthur looked at Minister Grant of the Propaganda Departmt and ordered: "Minister Grant, if we really win the right to host the next Olympic Games, your Propaganda Departmt's task will be very heavy."

Grant Wilson solemnly nodded and made a promise: "I understand, Your Majesty. Please rest assured that the Propaganda Departmt will do its utmost to promote our Olympic Games both domestically and internationally, spreading them widely."

Although the Olympic Games have be valued by many countries so far, no one can guarantee that any unexpected evts will occur during the Olympics held in Australasia.

The best way to prevt accidts is to promote Australasia's Olympic Games to an eye-catching level worldwide.

Some countries may not participate in an ordinary sports evt, but what about an Olympic Games that have caught the world's atttion and involved many great powers?

This imbues the Olympics with many political implications. Big countries, for the sake of their international influce and reputation, will inevitably participate and compete with other countries they have mities with.

Wh big countries participate, are the small countries sheltered by the big countries dared not give face and participate? After all, if the big brothers go on the field and the little brothers do not, isn't that disrespecting the big brothers?

In this way, one link after another, Arthur does not believe that the Olympic Games he hosts will be worse than the previous ones. Ev if they cannot surpass the London Olympics hosted by the world's first superpower, the British Empire, they should at least be better than the previous three Olympic Games!

Of course, Arthur still has some backup plans. After a little thought, Arthur looked at Grant and smiled, "Minister Grant, in addition to your Propaganda Departmt's job, I have another task for you."

Hearing Arthur's words, Minister Grant immediately sat upright and listed carefully and quietly.

"It's not a big deal, Minister Grant. If we successfully obtain the right to host the Olympic Games, we will inevitably sd many athletes to participate in this Olympic Games. But as you know, Australasia's currt sports system is not mature yet, and many people in the sports industry are participating out of interest rather than true love.

If possible, I hope you can seize the establishmt of the sports departmt, build a complete sports system for Australasia to cope with future Olympic Games, can you do that?" Arthur smiled and made the originally serious atmosphere a little more relaxed.

Minister Grant quietly breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly said, "No problem, Your Majesty. There are currtly two years left for us to establish the sports departmt and train a group of athletes. However, to achieve good results in the Olympic Games with these newly trained athletes may not be a simple thing."