Zhu Xiaohua took out three boxes of film and said, "Tonight, I am in the inner room, and you two are in the outer room, and we can work together to develop these seventy or eighty photos together." I'm going to show the operators of the scenic spot, and without them, we can still develop the photos.

"And in the future, we will advance the time for the development of photos, and try to produce photos on the same day."

Tang Yimin and Xiaoding were also quite surprised, saying: "If it can be realized, we will break the old rules of developing photos." ”

In this era, it usually takes three to five days to develop photos, and Seagull Photo Studio has achieved a speed that other photo studios cannot achieve by taking photos at sunrise.

If the photo is changed to the same day, then the other people who take pictures may not have a way to live.

In other words, at the same price, if you can achieve the ultimate speed of photos, Seagull Photo Studio will be the first in history. And for a long time no competitors could be found.

Tang Yimin and Xiaoding were also a little excited.

They all wanted to see if Brother Zhu could create a myth in the photography industry and create a new speed.

Both nodded in agreement.

What's more, the darkroom is separated from their dormitory by a wall, so if you are sleepy at night, you can rest whenever you want.

Xiao Ding proposed: "If that's the case, Brother Zhu, you can simply move in with Xiao Tang in the future." It is also convenient for everyone to communicate business. ”

Zhu Xiaohua did not object, and said: "If the flushing is successful tonight, I will have to be busy in the future." ”

Zhu Xiaohua immediately connected the power supply, replaced the red light bulb, and arranged the five sinks in turn.

The first sink is the developer, which needs to be mixed with developer powder.

The second sink is clean water, which is used to stop the development reaction.

The third and fourth sinks are both fixers.

The fifth sink is also clear water.

Zhu Xiaohua found the film negative of the actress Bai Suzhen and put the negative into the magnifier. Find a note of photographic paper and place it on the magnifier console.

Based on his memory, he reexposed the note under a magnifier for testing.

He remembers that when he watched the operator's operation in the darkroom of the scenic spot, the exposure time ranged from three seconds to 18 seconds.

He followed the operation, turned on the magnifier switch, divided the paper strip into six equal parts, blocked the other five, exposed the first one to the light, waited three seconds, and turned it off.

Immediately afterward, the second one is exposed to the light and waits six seconds to turn it off.

And so on. Finally, the exposure of the entire strip of paper is completed.

After the strip of paper is exposed, it looks like an ordinary blank sheet of paper.

Zhu Xiaohua prepared the developer, he mixed it according to the proportion on the manual, and poured it into the first sink.

The prepared developer looks like it's transparent.

Zhu Xiaohua put the paper slip into the sink, and after a second or two, an image appeared on the slip, and on the six equal strips, the color of the image was from light to dark, and the first one had the shortest exposure time and the lightest color. The sixth has the longest exposure time and the darkest color.

The first face is not yet fully revealed.

On the sixth part, the face has blended into the surrounding background color, turning into a black mass.

In the middle two equal parts, the 9-second exposure and 12-second exposure look the clearest, and the color shade is the most appropriate.

He then placed the note in a second sink to stop the development.

It wasn't until the fixer was mixed that Zhu Xiaohua discovered a problem.

On the outer packaging of this barrel of fixing powder, I don't know if a large part of the text description was torn off by a boring person, and the blending instructions became incomplete.

Where the proportions should have been written, half of the wrapping paper was left torn.

Zhu Xiaohua looked for the bottom of the barrel and the lid of the barrel, but there was no broken wrapping paper.

Tang Yimin, Xiao Ding and others were outside, and when they saw that a long time had passed, Zhu Xiaohua did not print the first photo. The two asked through the door, "Brother Zhu, have you encountered any problems?" ”

The two looked at the sky outside, it was already night, and it was pitch black outside. It was a challenge for them to print out more than 70 photographs and dry them before dawn tomorrow.

It was the first time they had made their own photos, and both wanted everything to go well.

Zhu Xiaohua found two bottles and mixed them once according to the ratio of the developer. The color of the liquid is extremely strong, which is obviously different from what you saw in the darkroom of the scenic spot that day.

He put the developed test paper in, and no obvious change was seen on the paper.

Zhu Xiaohua is not sure if the developer is working. He decided to go through the whole process and compare them.

He soaked the test paper in two parts of fixer for one minute and two minutes respectively, then put it in a pool of clean water for a few minutes.

Finally, the rinsed test paper is brought to the light.

The image on the test paper looks a little blurry, not very clear, and there is a big difference from what I saw in the darkroom of the scenic spot.

The proportion of the developer is prepared according to the instructions, and the rest of the stopping reaction is operated according to the soaking time of the operator on the day. There will be no difference.

Then the only thing that went wrong was with the fixer.

Zhu Xiaohua cut out a test paper again and repeated the whole process. When preparing the second fixer, more water was intentionally added to make the fixer look lighter.

He repeated the entire printing process. Take the test strip to the light again.

The image on the photo is still blurry. There is still a gap with the photos printed in the darkroom of the scenic spot. There are some unknown dark spots around the face in the photo, which looks like it has grown hair. There are also spots on the clothes of the people in the photo, and the original fairy clothes suddenly became the floral skirt of the village aunt.

Zhu Xiaohua looked at the printed photos and wanted to laugh a little, if the customer saw that after taking the photo, he instantly changed from a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl to a fifty or sixty-year-old aunt, I am afraid that he would vomit blood and die.

Zhu Xiaohua stopped the test and walked out of the darkroom.

Zhu Xiaohua asked Tang Yimin and Xiaoding to take care of the dark room.

He rode out of the house and went straight to the store in the downtown area. He's going to go to the owner there to see if the broken wrapping paper is still in his shop.

Or, if you can't find the wrapping paper, you can ask the owner there. This boss has printed photos before, and the proportion of the fixer should be clear.

Zhu Xiaohua rode to the downtown entrance, where the bustling intersection during the day was now only a dark mess. The doors and windows of the shops were closed, and the street was deserted.

Occasionally, the autumn wind rolls leaves, confetti, and plastic bags past your feet, and you find the sound of small pieces.

Zhu Xiaohua parked the car in front of the Feixiang Electric Store and knocked on the door.

I knocked for a long time, but no one responded. He looked through the crack in the door, and it was pitch black, and there was no movement.