The operator eventually pointed to the photo to the right and said to himself, "In this case, a 10-second exposure time is the best." ”

He took out a snow-white Los Angeles No. 1 photo paper, put it under the machine, adjusted the time, turned on the machine and began to expose it. The moment the machine is turned on, blue light shines down from above, covering the entire photographic paper.

Ten seconds later, he placed the paper in the first square container. The container is soaked in a semi-pool of clear liquid, which is a prepared developer.

After soaking in the developer for ten seconds and turning it on both sides, he took out the paper and immersed it in a second square container.

At this point, a clear color image has appeared on the photographic paper.

"This second container is filled with water, which is used to stop the developing reaction," the operator explains. ”

After soaking in water for a few seconds, he placed the paper into a third, adjacent square container. After soaking for about a minute, put it in a fourth container.

The liquid in both containers is the same color, both are light brown.

Zhu Xiaohua asked: "These two are probably fixers, right?" ”

The operator nodded, but did not explain further.

After the photo is developed, it needs to be taken twice.

In both pools, there is a fixer mixed with water.

This is a confidential part of the photo development, and of course he can't tell Zhu Xiaohua everything.

After dipping in the two square containers, he placed the photographs in a fifth container.

The fifth container also contained water.

In the clear water, color photos are already clearly visible.

The operator beckoned Zhu Xiaohua over and said, "Look at this photo to be satisfied?" ”

Zhu Xiaohua looked at the photo paper, the figures on the photo paper were clear and brightly colored, and even the ethereal clouds and mist behind Bai Suzhen were vividly photographed.

He nodded in agreement.

The operator prepares to change the negative, develops the next photo. Zhu Xiaohua grabbed him.

Zhu Xiaohua said: "Wait, this negative will be printed with two more copies." ”

Zhu Xiaohua felt that such a perfect photo was just right for setting up a photo studio.

He decided to pick a few of the films, develop a few more copies, and keep a backup for hanging in the photo studio window.

The operator took out two pieces of L.A. No. 1 photo paper again and said, "If you want to print it, you need to add money." These two extra portions don't seem to be counted in the one just now. ”

Zhu Xiaohua had no opinion, Zhu Xiaohua said: "Don't worry, when all the printing is completed, I will settle the settlement to you at one time." ”

The operator nodded and continued to busy.

Zhu Xiaohua watched him develop all the negatives one by one.

Zhu Xiaohua picked three negatives respectively, one of Xiaoqing and Bai Suzhen took a group photo, one of the soldiers lined up holding a "Silence" signboard, and one of the revolutionary martyrs holding explosives bags. He reprinted one of the three negatives.

and developed out the photos of Jia Liang breaking and Yang Shilang Gao Shijie squatting on the ground to pick up the helmet one by one.

In the end, I washed ten more photos.

The operator takes the paper to the sink and takes a hose to drain the water.

After about 20 minutes of processing, I took out the washed photo clip and sent it to the ventilation room next door.

This room, which is dedicated to drying photos, is well ventilated, warm and dry, with not a trace of dust visible on the floor and windowsill.

In the middle of the room hung several ropes with clips hanging from them.

The operator holds the photo with a clip and gently attaches another clip underneath the photo to keep the photo flat and vertical.

When he was done, he found a towel and gently wiped the water off the photo.

That seriousness is like wiping a work of art.

In a short time, more than two dozen photos were all hung in the room.

The operator looked at everything in front of him with satisfaction and said, "Now I can come and pick it up when the photos are dried tomorrow." ”

Zhu Xiaohua thanked him and was about to go back. The operator found a man who looked like a leader.

The operator said to the leader: "He said that he has a lot of film there, and we are not short of film recently, and the business is much worse." Isn't it possible to consider buying some film from him? ”

The leader looked at Zhu Xiaohua.

When the operator told him that Zhu Xiaohua was running a photo studio, his attitude immediately changed.

Zhu Xiaohua said: "I did buy a batch of film from Zhengcheng recently. If you want, you can come to the Seagull Photo Studio. ”

The leader asked the price and did not say anything on the spot.

The next day, Zhu Xiaohua paid for the other ten photos and successfully took the photos and negatives.

Zhu Xiaohua hung the printed photos one by one in the window of the photo studio.

The style of the whole photo studio immediately looks fashionable and upscale.

Zhu Xiaohua was pasting the last two photos on the window, and the staff of the scenic spot came over.

It was the same female staff member who charged yesterday.

She greeted from afar: "Zhu Xiaohua, you're busy." ”

Zhu Xiaohua didn't know what she was going to do when she came to visit suddenly.

She crossed the street, walked to the door of the photo studio, saw a whole wall of cardboard boxes, and asked in surprise, "This is the film you bought from Zhengcheng, right?" ”

Zhu Xiaohua didn't say anything, continued to be busy with the work in hand, only greeted her, and said, "Go and sit in the house." ”

She stood on the side of the street for a while, looking at the photos in the window, and exclaimed, "This is the photo that was developed yesterday, it looks really good." ”

She chatted with Zhu Xiaohua for a long time without words, and finally went to the photo studio.

When Zhu Xiaohua came down from the window, she finally stopped beating around the bush and said, "Actually, our leader asked me to come over." The leader said that he wanted to buy some film from you, and asked if you could make it cheaper. ”

Last time Zhu Xiaohua went to the window to buy film, they raised the price of film to 30 yuan a roll, and she was worried that Zhu Xiaohua would also return a tooth for a tooth.

Zhu Xiaohua's offer to the leaders of the scenic spot yesterday was 25 yuan per box of film.

Thinking about the film that this scenic spot used to sell to himself for twenty-eight yuan a box, Zhu Xiaohua felt that he was already very benevolent.

Zhu Xiaohua said: "Of course, it can be cheap, and the quantity is preferred. If you only buy a box of film, it's twenty-five dollars, three dollars cheaper than what you used to sell me. If you buy a hundred boxes of film, it's twenty-four dollars, four dollars cheaper than what you sold me. Isn't it a good deal? ”

The female staff member said, "I don't mean that. We used to buy it, and the wholesale price was eighteen dollars a box. Can you sell it to me at wholesale price? The amount of our scenic area needs is very large. It's just a little bit of turnover from you for now. ”

Zhu Xiaohua said: "Then you can continue to buy from the original wholesale channels. By the way, you can introduce it to me by the way, and I'll buy some more. ”

The female staff was speechless.

Their original wholesale channels are also out of stock, and the scenic spot will suddenly run out of film. If the original channel was available, she would not have come to Zhu Xiaohua.