Chapter 975: 732: Oppenheir
After the coronation of the two young rulers, Arthur did not hasten to leave the United States; instead, he concurrently arranged the governance of the two new kingdoms while also taking the opportunity to tour this nation that was about to beco the world’s hegemon in history.
To be honest, when Arthur first arrived in this world, he had never imagined that one day he would be able to eliminate this country known as the world’s police.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the economy and industry of the United States were already imnsely strong, strong enough to compete with the world’s hegemon, the United Kingdom, arm to arm.
At that ti, Australia, which Arthur controlled, was a colonial country with only 4 million in population and an economy that was considerably inferior to Europe and Arica.
Without the support of Queen Victoria, Arthur could not have gained such power upon his arrival in Australia, let alone lead the country to its current state.
World history is written by the victors; no matter how powerful the original history made the United States, it has now co to be divided into multiple smaller nations.
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As one of the actual conquerors of the United States, Australasia naturally had the right to deal with the Arican legacy.
The infamous Hollywood in latter-day history now only fell short in fa to the World Movie City established by Australasia.
Of course, after the occupation of Los Angeles, a considerable part of Hollywood’s infrastructure and many movie companies were forced to relocate to the World Movie City in Australasia.
This was inevitable. Even if they didn’t relocate, Hollywood’s developnt would definitely not proceed as smoothly as it had in history.
The Kingdom of California, where Los Angeles is located, clearly could not support the developnt of a massive movie city.
Therefore, when those movie companies relocated, they were very proactive. After all, only by moving to the more colossal Australasia, could they have a chance to make a significant coback.
Besides arranging the governance for the two kingdoms, the officers of Australasia had another task, which was to examine the Arican universities in the two regions, select appropriate and strong universities, and establish their branches in Australasia.
At the sa ti, they absorbed a large amount of talent located in the United States, transferring them to Australasia as much as possible to strengthen Australasia’s talent reserves.
Although the United States had an abundance of talent, not many were significant enough to attract Arthur’s attention. However, after the nurous officers toiled in the United States for a while, they still reported back to Arthur several tis.
The first to catch Arthur’s attention was the famous Arican “Father of the Atomic Bomb,” the principal leader of the Manhattan Project, and renowned Arican physicist, Robert Oppenheir.
When it cos to the history of the United States developing nuclear weapons, many may associate it with Albert Einstein.
But in reality, it was Oppenheir who was the principal leader of the Manhattan Project, which was focused on researching the atomic bomb.
While this does not an Einstein’s contribution to the atomic bomb was any less significant than Oppenheir’s, acquiring such a talent was beneficial for both Arthur and the nuclear weapons enterprise of Australasia.
If Oppenheir could collaborate with Einstein, as he did in history, then the progress of Australasia’s developnt of nuclear weapons would be greatly accelerated.
The of eting him.
Nevertheless, Arthur personally sought out Oppenheir and offered him a very generous package, comparable to that of Albert Einstein.
As Honorary Vice President of the Australasia Royal Science Academy, Vice President of the Physics Institute of the Royal Science Academy, an annual salary of 200,000 Australian dollars, research funds exceeding 2 million Australian dollars per year, and the opportunity to establish his own physics research laboratory—these were the terms Arthur offered to Oppenheir.
Such terms were undeniably substantial, more than most other countries in the world could offer.
For the 25-year-old Oppenheir, these terms were indeed very attractive.
Besides these terms, Arthur also promised that Oppenheir could bring his family to Australasia and would arrange a residence for them at Saint Arthur Castle.
In addition, Oppenheir would take part in an extrely important research project, collaborating with top physicist from around the world and so on.
Youth undoubtedly love a challenge, and this made Oppenheir swiftly agree to Arthur’s terms and his willingness to go to Australasia for convalescence.
Seeing Oppenheir’s decisiveness, Arthur was also very pleased, stating that Oppenheir would continue to receive his salary normally during his period of recuperation.
An annual salary of 200,000 dollars was but a re trifle for Arthur; if it could secure a top-ranking physicist, it was undoubtedly a bargain.
With the joint efforts of Oppenheir and Einstein, Arthur believed the research on nuclear weapons would advance significantly, and expected tangible results within a few years.
Beyond Oppenheir, Australasia also discovered nurous Arican talent in California, including many world-renowned experts.
This talent pool, covering fields such as physics, chemistry, mathematics, and biology, greatly filled the gap in Australasia’s demand for top-tier talent.
Of course, Arthur understood that the talent located in California represented only a small portion of Arica’s total talent pool.
The Arican East Coast housed many renowned universities, including the prestigious MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).
Attracting a portion of these talents to Australasia would be a significant boost to Australasia’s developnt.
Moreover, capturing talent that Britain had not yet discovered would reduce Britain’s talent reserves.
Among these talents were experts who had made outstanding contributions to nuclear weapons and other armants. Bringing these experts to Australasia would effectively weaken the British.
It must also be acknowledged that Arica’s previous policies regarding talent had indeed attracted many individuals.
of various technological research in Australasia would be much slower.
The impact of this would not only affect the speed of national developnt but also Arthur’s ability to shape the global situation, making the rapid developnt of Australasia impossible.
Technology is crucial for advancing human life. Australasia’s developnt also depends on the efforts of these scientists.
All Arthur can do is to ensure these scientists have their research needs t, allowing them to devote ample energy to their work and contribute significantly to Australasia.
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