Their dresses and positions are too formal, and what Chen Xing hates the most is this kind of formality.

If he had a choice, he would most likely invite everyone to dress casually, go to the café for a cup of coffee, or go to the bar for a drink or something in the evening, which is Chen Xing's favorite chat atmosphere.

Nadan and Chen Xing walked in front of a few people, and the vice president named Andy came over to shake hands.

Although Chen Xing didn't like this way of communication, he also smiled, and the two of them smiled like old friends who hadn't seen each other for a few years, and then Andy said first: "Chen, our company is guessing every day when you will come to Sweden, and today we are finally waiting for you." ”

The sales manager next to him said a word in Swedish, and then explained in English: "This is a Swedish proverb that probably means that those who wait for good things never wait too long. ”

Chen Xing was a little confused.

I'm so famous in your company, why can't I understand what I'm saying?

It made me look like some big guy.

At this point, Nadan's work was almost over, but he still followed behind and waited for orders, and Chen Xing and the other three high-ranking colleagues of Hasselblad Company politely boasted to each other.

I don't like this kind of occasion, but Chen Xing never loses face on the scene.

After entering the hall on the first floor of this building, there were more people inside, and I don't know if it was air conditioning or heating, anyway, as soon as I came in, the temperature was high, and the two girls who received the huge round front desk even wore only blue uniform shirts.

Of course, I also wore pants.

Just to show that the temperature in here is high.

Most of the people who come and go are also in shirts, and it can be seen that Hasselblad likes blue very much, and blue accounts for a large element on the company's uniform, and some people greet a few leaders when they pass by, and then look at Chen Xing curiously.

This curiosity is not unrecognized.

There is a wall on the left side of the hall, which is usually used to promote company policies or benefits, but in the past few months, it has been used to show the beautiful works of X2D, and basically there must be a Chen Xing in about five photos.

The photo will be accompanied by a personal introduction by the photographer.

Therefore, the whole Hasselblad company basically knows Chen Xing, and the content on this wall is not only on the factory side, but also in the Hasselblad building in Gothenburg.

Inside the building there is a product exhibition hall.

Here you can see all the products of Hasselblad from its inception to the present, one by one, you can see how their appearance has evolved, each one basically conforms to the aesthetics of photographers at the time, but there is also a stubbornness, that is, for the effect of the picture, thus losing the focus speed.

Chen Xing only uses one Hasselblad camera, which is the latest X2D.

This camera is good at everything, but the focusing speed is a bit worse than the Sony A73 that Chen Xing used before.

I wasn't used to it at first, but I was able to adapt to it after a long time, and I even liked the sound of pulling the bellows in the process of focusing, which has a kind of mechanical charm.

"I thought that slow focusing was just a disadvantage of the X2D, but I didn't expect all of your products to have this disadvantage."

Andy shook his head and said: "I can't say that this is a shortcoming, just like God will only leave you a door or a window, we sometimes have to lose something while ensuring the quality of the photo, and the focusing speed is the window that is lost." ”

"Focusing speed is no longer an issue." The executive who was engaged in technology was full of confidence, "We have mastered the new and cutting-edge technology, and we will use it in future camera models." ”

Maybe the words were too full and slightly inconsistent with the real situation, Andy hurriedly made up for it: "He means that we will slowly solve this problem in the future." ”

"Chen, apart from focusing speed, do you have any other opinions about our camera?"

"No, I like him a lot." Chen Xing looked at the other models of Hasselblad cameras in the glass cabinet and said without looking back.

Otherwise, I wouldn't have given up the Sony I used before after I got my hands on it, and immediately turned to Hasselblad.

After thinking about it, Chen Xing continued: "I like your monitor very much, compared to other monitors, the Hasselblad X2D's display is a little bit more colorful, and it can reflect the vivid world in front of the camera, which is very important to me. ”

Speaking of this, the tech executive laughed.

The reason why Hasselblad is expensive is not because of its brand value, but because the spare parts on various cameras are top-of-the-line.

Whether it's a lens, glass, viewfinder, monitor......

Walking to an office on the seventh floor, before Andy could explain what was going on here, Chen Xing saw a girl with a surprised face, and then regardless of the boss being next to Chen Xing, he came over with a notebook and pen, and asked crisply, "Mr. Chen?" Can I ask for a signature of yours? ”

"Me?"

"Yes, I really like the photos you take, and the videos you make are very good."

Chen Xing smiled and said thank you.

Signed, group photo.

Then someone asked, "How is that old tree now?" Mr. Chen. ”

"The local government is already protecting it, and a large area around it is now a protected area and no logging is allowed."

"Great!"

"It's thanks to Mr. Chen."

"That girl named Julie is also very brave......"

The people in the office whispered discussions.

Andy coughed lightly and said, "Keep working!" Then he said to Chen Xing, "Mr. Chen Xing, let's go to the cafeteria to chat, see if you have any opinions on the customized camera, and we will fulfill the contract and customize your X2D camera according to your ideas." ”

Chen Xing's spirit was shocked, you can be regarded as getting down to business.

Unhurried downstairs.

As a large park, Hasselblad's cafeteria is a separate building, with a special appearance, and there are a lot of people when you walk inside, because it is a restaurant.

Naturally, they don't eat on the first floor, and on the second floor there are small rooms built specifically for receiving guests.

Through the glass window, you can also see the cafeteria below.

Chen Xing glanced at it a few times and asked incomprehensibly: "There are so many people in your company, why do I always hear that Hasselblad's cameras and lenses are produced very slowly?" ”

Andy said with a smile: "You see there are a lot of people in the cafeteria, but not all of them are from our project department, Hasselblad is not only a camera manufacturer, but also some other projects, and now everyone is working in this park." ”

"That's right."

"That's it, if you're interested, we can take you to see other departments in the afternoon, but there are a few items that belong to the military or have higher secret clearances, so I can't take you there, please understand."

"No, no, no." Chen Xing immediately shook his head, "I didn't mean that. ”

He wanted to grab his camera and go out to continue shopping.

Meeting friends and enjoying the scenery is much more interesting than watching the production line in a company.

However, depending on the situation, Chen Xing can't get this custom camera now.

Now I'm just discussing the design, and it's probably going to be some time before I actually get the camera, and I don't know if I can get it before I leave Northern Europe.

By now, Andy didn't talk much, and listened to the technical executives chatting with Chen Xing about customization while eating.

The overalls-clad tech executive's name was Fabinho and he was in his thirties. Like many people in charge of technology, his thinking is less focused on socializing, and his speech is not as smooth as Andy's. For example, Chen Xing said that he wanted to put the latest technology he said into his own fixed mechanism, but Fabinho said that he would not allow anything.

Andy interjected: "This matter still needs to be reconsidered, because Mr. Chen Xing, no matter how much your customization machine is changed, first of all, it is also an X2D, and it is impossible to change it to X3D or X4D for you, this is impossible, I hope you understand." ”

"Yes, yes, I hope you understand." Fabinho said immediately.

"Hmm." Chen Xing nodded and asked again, "What about the appearance?" Can you use Chinese style? To put it simply, I put the color style in my work in the look of the camera. ”

"I don't quite understand what you mean, but it's possible to change the look." Fabinho said.

The abrasives in their factory were all handmade at the beginning, and some of the more powerful old employees could completely re-create a new X2D appearance for Chen Xing, which was not difficult for them, and it was even easier to get a sticker directly.

But Fabinho didn't bother to do so.

Using stickers is too perfunctory, and Chen Xing is not a photographer who came to their company by luck, and his request Hasselblad does not want to fool around.

This is a person whose video directly doubles the pre-sale of Hasselblad, in case Chen Xing is not satisfied and sends a video to criticize, Fabinho is not good to say, and the careers of Andy and another sales manager named Pastto may be affected.

If it weren't for this kind of influence, they wouldn't have treated Chen Xing as formally as they do today.

Fabinho also showed Chen Xing a few plans they had made in advance.

It's about drawing the exterior on a computer.

Among them, there are two Chen Xing likes very much, one is 'Retro Fun', which is based on Chen Xing's previous works, which has the feeling of a camera in the last century, and the other is called Snow Awakening, which is a look created based on Chen Xing's snow series.

"The appearance can be changed, but the scope of change is not large, otherwise the loss is the comfort of the hold, and the performance will be optimized for you according to the best, but it is really impossible to update it...... You want to add some Chinese elements, what about pandas? ”

"Forget the panda......"

Too many foreign and domestic products have panda elements, and when they go out to take pictures with a camera, people look at black and white, those who know that it is a panda, and those who don't know think that you have worn the leather bald, too vulgar.

Finally, I decided to make some changes to this retro style.

Fortunately, Chen Xing's sketching skills are very good, otherwise it might take a few days to explain this step to Fabinho.

He only thinks that the photos taken by Chen Xing are good-looking, but why they are good-looking and what is the Chinese style, he really doesn't understand...... He's just a cameramaker, and it's normal for people who don't know how to use a camera to think.

In the afternoon, I watched the production of the camera in the park, which satisfied Chen Xing's curiosity.

Before leaving, Andy also gave Chen Xing a set of the latest lenses, as well as a 35-75 zoom that Chen Xing had never bought.

Chen Xing sometimes shoots portraits, sometimes landscapes, sometimes he has to shoot buildings when he encounters good buildings, and it is troublesome to replace several prime lenses all the time, and it is really inconvenient to not have a good zoom lens.

But I couldn't buy it all the time.

At least this year, nothing from Hasselblad cameras is hard to buy.

It may be related to Chen Xing's video, before the news of X2D broke, Chen Xing was very easy to buy when he got this camera, at that time Chen Xing directly bought three fixed focal points for commercial photography, and later he had money, but the product could not be ordered.

Either it's too expensive and someone will be cheated, and the merchant who sells the lens is not official, Chen Xingxin can't believe it.

Or let you pre-order, and you don't know when it will be shipped to you.

Let's just talk about this zoom, Chen Xingdu has been booking it for three months in an official store in the east, and there is no news yet.

When I arrived, I had a small bag with a camera, and when I left, it became a camera bag from Hasselblad, which contained four lenses — not counting the zoom head on the camera itself.

What a good harvest.

Chen Xing was in a good mood, and he was still humming a song when he took the car back to the city.

Nadan listened to Chen Xing hum a few songs and asked, "Mr. Chen, do you want to sing together at night?" I think you sing very well. ”

"Thank you." Chen Xing said with a smile, understand it with a good voice.

Amateur music lover ceiling.

After a while, Chen Xing reacted and asked, "Is there a KTV in Gothenburg?" ”

"What is KTV?" Nathan asked in turn.

"It's a place for singing."

"You're talking about bars?"

"No, nothing, what did you just want to say?"

Chen Xing heard him say that he sang and thought that Sweden had KTV, there are few of these things in Paris, basically they are opened by Koreans or Chinese, and Chen Xing doesn't dare to go to the location of these stores, so he has been abroad for so long, and Chen Xing has not sung in Europe...... Bars don't count.

Some of the more lively bars do have drunk people who shout and sing, but Chen Xing rarely gets drunk.

He didn't go to the bar to drink.

"I'm talking about singing at a party in a bar, it's a group of music lovers who like to sing......," Nadan explained, and then he said, "Mr. Chen, I'm very interested in the KTV you said, this is a place dedicated to singing?" ”

"Well, there are more Asians, and I rarely see you in Europe."

It turned out to be a bar.

There are many bars in Europe, Chen Xing generally goes to open on the street, a little more conspicuous, a little more lively, this kind of bar people go to have fun, and there are more tourists like Chen Xing, it is easy to find some people to talk to.

The other one is more secretive.

But it doesn't mean that this kind of bar is informal, on the contrary, they are much more formal than the bar Chen Xing went to, and the people who went there were basically friends, or people who were brought over by friends.

This kind of bar is like a gathering of small circles.

If a European friend is willing to take you to such a bar, it means that he really treats you as a brother and is willing to introduce you to his other friends.

(End of chapter)