Jia Liang's cousin Jia Li also went back. Zhu Xiaohua thanked her for taking care of her in the past few days.

In the past few days, the photo studio has been generally smooth, and several tourists have come to inquire about taking pictures, and I heard that there is no film, and the owner of the photo is not there. People also just ask, look, and then turn around and walk away.

At present, the photo studio has just opened, and it is empty, except for the self-employed business license, it is basically impossible to see that this is a photo studio.

The window at the door, on the surrounding walls, and on the tables in the photo studio, there is not a single attractive photograph.

Such a photo studio is clearly not qualified.

Customers have a business and basically don't know what they are doing here and what services they can provide.

Zhu Xiaohua decided to decorate the photo studio.

He rummaged through the film negatives wrapped in a cloth bag, said a few words to his sister, and hurried out the door.

He went straight to the window of the scenic spot to develop the photo, and it was time to get off work. The staff was about to close the window in a hurry, but Zhu Xiaohua blocked the window.

Zhu Xiaohua said: "I have film to develop. ”

The staff hadn't seen Zhu Xiaohua for two days, and said in surprise: "Where did you get the film?" ”

She remembered very well that Zhu Xiaohua came to buy film that day, but she thought that the film was too small and expensive, so she turned around and left. She originally expected that Zhu Xiaohua would come over today to buy film. Unexpectedly, he came to develop the film.

Zhu Xiaohua said: "You don't care about this. Anyway, there are many places that sell film, do you wash it or not? ”

The staff stretched out his arms, looked at the plum blossom watch in his hand, and said, "It's five o'clock now, and it's time to get off work." Or you come with me to the office. ”

The staff motioned for Zhu Xiaohua to take his hand out of the glass first.

Zhu Xiaohua withdrew his hand, and the staff neatly closed the window and locked the door, and came out from behind.

She carried her satchel cross-body, a notebook and a pen in her hand.

She led Zhu Xiaohua to enter the scenic spot through the side door, and the staff at the gate did not stop them, and entered with them at will.

The two walked along the scenic trail, to the west, secluded and unmanned along the way, walked out of a distance of twenty or thirty meters, a separate courtyard appeared on the side of the road, and there were several red brick houses in the courtyard.

The two stopped at the gate of the small courtyard. There is a sign at the door that reads: Work is heavy, tourists stop.

The staff member walked to the gate and knocked on the door, and soon someone in the yard opened the door.

The two entered the courtyard, and the staff said, "There are very few people who develop photos today, so I brought you directly over." ”

In the room, there are several staff members of the scenic spot who are busy.

There is a sign hanging at the door of the adjacent rooms, which reads: Ticket Office, Ticket Counting Office, and Accounting Office.

When Zhu Xiaohua was about to ask where to print the photo, the female staff member had already walked through the hallway, walked around the corner, and turned to the adjacent house.

Around the corner, a hallway leads to the second house.

Entering the second house, you are greeted by a large room, and on the door is also hung a bronze plaque that reads: Printing Room.

The staff knocked on the door and the two entered the room. It's a suite, dimly lit on the outside and dark on the inside.

There was only one extremely faint red light overhead.

An operator is busy at his desk, his front is full of old film and photos.

Zhu Xiaohua took out a roll of negatives and handed it to the operator.

This roll of negatives was shot by him for the actors at the Zhengcheng People's Auditorium.

Seeing so much film that needed to be printed, the operator asked curiously, "Recently, there is a shortage of film, and basically no one has developed photos, where did your film come from?" ”

Zhu Xiaohua: "I recently bought a batch of film, which has just arrived. If you need film, you can come to the Seagull Photo Studio to find me. ”

The operator counted, a total of eighteen films.

The operator took out two pieces of white photo paper, handed them to Zhu Xiaohua, and asked: "Now there are two kinds of photo paper here, one is the old-fashioned ordinary photo paper, and the printing cost is one dollar." One is the new Los Angeles No. 1 photo paper, which costs five pieces to print. Which do you want? ”

The old-fashioned ordinary photo paper is not stored for a long time, and after a long time, the photo is easy to fade and various cracks appear.

The operator took out a photo of a person who could no longer see clearly, pointed to the lines, and said, "After three or five years, the old photo paper will crack and become like this." ”

Because the new Los Angeles No. 1 photo paper is newly launched, it is claimed to last for decades without fading, but no one can guarantee that there will be no other problems in a few years. For example, the photo turns red or yellow, or the image of the person appears mildew.

Zhu Xiaohua, as a person thirty years later, of course knows that the Los Angeles No. 1 photo paper is only a transitional photo paper. Thirty years later, no one has ever heard of this kind of photo paper, and no one uses it anymore.

However, he believed Professor Shao's words.

He believed that what Professor Shao had told him at the time would not be wrong. L.A. One photo paper is definitely a major innovation of this era.

Zhu Xiaohua said: "Let's use the Los Angeles No. 1 photo paper." ”

He took out twenty-two dollars and five cents from his pocket and handed them to the female staff.

The staff took out the paper and pen in their hands and registered them one by one.

Zhu Xiaohua only figured out at this time that she had come out with paper and pen to collect money when she came out just now.

After the female staff member collected the money, she explained to the operator and left work.

Zhu Xiaohua decided to stay here for the first time to see the effect of the print. He also couldn't wait to see how the photos taken at that time would look when they were printed.

The operator places the film on a machine rack with no photographic paper underneath, but a two- or three-centimeter-wide strip of test paper.

He divided the strip of paper into six equal parts, turned on the machine, and exposed it little by little.

First, block the remaining fifths of the note, expose the first note, and wait for three seconds. Then expose the second note, the third note.

Each time he exposed a note, he extended the exposure time.

By the time the sixth equal note was exposed, the time had reached eighteen seconds.

Eventually, the note was exposed to the test.

He took the note to the red light and looked at it.

The six identical photographs on the test paper are in sequence from white to black, and the colors are from light to heavy. The operator pointed to the sixth photograph in the darkest color and said, "This is an overexposed photo." The first whiter sheet of paper is underexposed, and the figures on the screen are lighter. ”

He pointed to the two clearer images in the middle and asked, "What do you think of these two?" ”

This photo is a photo of actress Bai Suzhen not long after her appearance, holding Ganoderma lucidum in her hand, and the clouds and mist behind her are fluttering.

The two identical photos in the middle are just the right amount of clarity, neither too faint nor too intense.

Zhu Xiaohua nodded: "The exposure of the middle two photos is just right." ”