The Rise Of Australasia

Chapter 318: Chapter 280: Talent Plan

As Arthur had anticipated, all the words he had spok were printed and sold throughout the British Empire by newspapers and media in a short period of time.

Of course, the first place to react was naturally London itself. As the capital of the British Empire, the population of London had long surpassed one million, ev reaching a terrifying 7,56,000 people.

This means that the population of London alone is more than half of the total population of Australasia, which shows how advanced and vast the capital of the most powerful nation in the world is.

With so many people living in London, it is not surprising that Arthur's words at the Royal Tomb have caused such a ssation in the city.

Especially the stce about his father and grandmother, and now his uncle, which instantly placed the powerful Arthur into the category of a vulnerable group.

In addition, Arthur deliberately let the media deep the impression of the poverty gap betwe the United Kingdom and Australasia, leading many British people to believe that Arthur still lived in a relatively poor country.

Although many rational people have begun to explain that Australasia is no longer as poor as it was t years ago, and that various constructions have already begun to develop.

However, the media's coverage has left a preliminary impression, with some British people finding out that the per capita income in Australasia is only 47 Australian dollars, which is just a little over 3 pounds, and less than half of the currt per capita income in the United Kingdom.

This has also led many British people to agree more about the poverty of Australasia and begin to sympathize with Arthur.

Starting from the second day, many informed British people began to march on the streets of London, demanding that the governmt increase its support for Australasia so as not to let Que Victoria's favorite grandson suffer in Australasia.

The good impression that Arthur had always giv to the British people, combined with his previous words, completely ignited the public opinion among the British people.

From June 9th, protests began to be held a London, demanding that the governmt not be stingy and increase support for Australasia.

Seeing the momtum of public opinion, Arthur nodded in satisfaction and ordered the media controlled by Australasia to stop their actions.

Let the British public opinion fermt naturally, and more guidance would make this public opinion suspicious.

The public opinion and protests that broke out among the British people quickly caught the atttion of the British governmt and reactionary forces.

Apart from the self-interest of the British people, there ar't many people who would spontaneously march for someone else. Before, it was Que Victoria, and rectly, Edward VII.

Unexpectedly, Arthur could also become one of them, and all he needed to say was a few words.

But the British governmt has no time to learn from experice because if they don't handle this matter properly, it will become a basis for the Conservative Party to attack the Liberal Party.

After all, this incidt has involved hundreds of thousands of British people in London and its suring areas. If it is allowed to fermt, the number of protesters may expand to millions or ev ts of millions.

After all, people always follow the crowd at any time. If public opinion is allowed to fermt, ev if there ar't many people who guinely want to do something for Arthur, the number of protesters will continue to grow.

King George V, who resides in Buckingham Palace, naturally heard about the public opinion that has erupted in Britain rectly.

King George V was amazed at the extt to which Arthur was popular in Britain. If it wasn't for Arthur already being the King of Australasia, King George V would have to worry about whether his position would be affected.

For the following negotiations, Arthur does not need to be prest. The task will be handed over to Prime Minister Walter and Foreign Secretary Andrew.

All Arthur needs to do is list to the daily progress reports from Prime Minister Walter and Foreign Secretary Andrew and express his opinion.

Of course, this does not mean that Arthur will be idle. In fact, after David Collins, the Chief of European Royal Affairs, sought an audice with Arthur, he prested Arthur with a list of high-level British talts who could be drawn in over the years.

There were many people on the list before. Chief David Collins had managed to attract some of them to Australasia through various efforts.

Some wt to the United States and other regions, while others were more loyal to the United Kingdom and were not willing to leave the British Empire for now.

These people have naturally be removed from the list, leaving either some new talts or some deeply rooted ones that require Arthur to be personally involved.

Arthur took a cursory look at the list, and most of it consisted of physicists, chemists, medical scitists, botanists, historians, novel writers, artists, and military strategists.

Basically, there are all kinds of talts, and the detailed information available, ev extding to the talts' parts and childr.

Of course, information such as where they live, what they like to eat, and what they are interested in is also available, which is ough to prove how detailed David Collins' investigation of these people has be.

This is good news, as it effectively increases the probability of successfully attracting these people.

After some searching, Arthur found some familiar names on the list.

These include British microbiologist Dr. Wright and his disciple Alexander Fleming.

Wright's name may not be well-known, but his studt, the famous Alexander Fleming, is a name Arthur is quite familiar with.

The reason is simple: Alexander Fleming, a rowned British microbiologist, first discovered picillin in 98.

The importance of picillin as a powerful antibiotic is well-known, as it ded the era of untreatable infectious diseases and ushered in the search for new antibiotic drugs.

For his discovery of picillin, Alexander Fleming's contribution to humanity and medical care is, of course, immeasurable.

The significance of picillin as a drug that dramatically reduces casualties during wartime is undoubtedly of strategic importance to any nation.

Arthur made the decision to invite Dr. Wright first.

The reason to invite Wright rather than Fleming first is an interesting story.

Alexander Fleming's academic journey was quite challging, first at the age of 3, he wt to London to work with his brother, and th he accidtally inherited a fortune from his uncle, which allowed him to ter the University of London St. Mary's Medical College to study.

After graduating in 906, Fleming stayed at St. Mary's Medical College's laboratory, assisting his teacher Dr. Wright in immunology research.

By the prest time, Fleming is still staying in Dr. Wright's laboratory and is Dr. Wright's most capable assistant.

The real reason why Fleming chose to stay in Dr. Wright's laboratory is because, based on his currt academic reputation, he could not obtain the right to use a laboratory without Dr. Wright's help.

Dr. Wright, on the other hand, is a rather tolerant and gtle person, allowing his assistant Fleming to conduct indepdt scitific research according to his interests, of course, without interfering with his research and work.

This gave Fleming a larger indepdt research space and abled him to grow ev more during this period.

A year ago, Fleming indepdtly began trying to vaccinate against acne and successfully improved the cumbersome testing procedure for syphilis.

This accomplishmt earned Fleming an initial reputation in academia, which caught David's atttion and placed him on the priority list for talt recruitmt.

It is worth mtioning that ev though Fleming achieved many indepdt research results, he did not deviate from Wright's research scope. Under Wright's guidance, he conducted extsive research on phagocytes, cytokines, and typhoid germs, significantly expanding his abilities and knowledge.

Arthur, of course, would not let go of such talt.

During the negotiations betwe Minister Walter and Chancellor Andrew and the British Governmt, Arthur, led by David, visited Dr. Wright's laboratory and easily persuaded both Dr. Wright and Alexander Fleming to accept positions in Australasia.

The success of this talt recruitmt owes to Arthur's status and the gerous monetary befits offered.

The invitation from a ruler of a nation, coupled with better salary and conditions, made it a natural decision for Dr. Wright to accept the offer.

Alexander Fleming, on the other hand, did not mind going to Australasia, as what mattered most to him was his research vironmt, funding, and the help he could receive.

Australasia could provide all of these things, ev more so than the help Dr. Wright could provide.

Having successfully recruited talt for the first time, Arthur was in a great mood.

Looking at the list, the next talt to be recruited was Hry Moseley, an outstanding but not very promint talt.

Hry Moseley in the original history was a famous British physicist and chemist who discovered Moseley's Law.

What made Moseley not as famous as the others is because he quit his job in 94 to join the Royal Engineers Corps.

Unfortunately, this decision cost him his pottially brilliant life.

On August , 95, as a technical officer, Moseley was killed by a Turkish sniper while using a telephone to relay orders, at the age of just 7.

An American scice writer once wrote: "Considering Moseley's scitific achievemts, his sacrifice could be regarded as the most costly sacrifice to humanity."

Based on Moseley's research findings, British physicist Charles Barkla discovered X-ray diffraction in various metal elemts and won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 97.

Ernest Rutherford Gre once said about Moseley's achievemts: "The first two years of his research career would be ough to win him a Nobel Prize." Many scitists believe that if Moseley, who died at the age of 7, had lived, he would have made an ev greater contribution to atomic structure research.

If Moseley and Einstein were added to the base, along with a large number of physicists and chemists, Arthur believed that it was not impossible for Australasia to invt the atomic bomb earlier than in the original history.