Chapter 230 Photographer's Style

Gao Mingcheng never expected that the roll of film he bought had already been used for shooting in the village before he went to the county.

He planned to take a few photos of his grandmother and her family, but Xuanyuemei suggested taking a few photos of her second sister and brother as well, to which Gao Mingcheng agreed.

When taking pictures in the village, his behavior instantly attracted countless people to watch, and everyone was talking about the camera and taking pictures.

Taking photos is a new and fashionable thing these days. People from their village have gone to the county to take photos before, but this is the first time they have seen someone rent a camera back to the village!

The film Gao Mingcheng bought was a domestic brand called Lucky Film. In the early 1980s, Kodak and Fuji entered the domestic market with color films, which caused a sensation.

After that, Baoding's Kodak brand emerged and became the first domestically developed color film. It protected the domestic film market and was also exported, becoming the most popular brand at the time.

In the 1990s, the red Lucky Film, the yellow Kodak and the green Fuji sparked the "red, yellow and green" war. Lucky Film was hit hard, but still held on.

It is precisely because of the existence of Agfa that people in China can buy cheap film. For example, the film Gao Mingcheng bought is Agfa's ordinary color 135 gold 100-degree film, which costs 12 yuan and comes with 36 photos.

If you buy Kodak or Fuji brands, it will cost you 20 yuan. In comparison, the cost-effectiveness of Kodak will naturally win the favor of many consumers.

Even Gao Mingcheng is happy to save the money, mainly because when Kodak was first developed, the quality was indeed not very good, but now it is very good, and at least there will be no problems in using it.

"Ming Cheng, take a picture of our house as well! I can pay you!" Gao Fanmao's loud voice rang out. After he finished speaking, he called out to his wife and children at home to come over quickly.

Gao Fanmao is Gao Mingcheng's uncle. He knows that this thing is not cheap, so he offered to pay for it and would charge the same as the price of going to a photo studio. However, Gao Mingcheng could not accept the money.

So he said generously: "We are all family, why should we give money? Uncle, aunt, don't worry, you can go change your clothes and comb your hair before coming back!"

He saw that everyone in Gao Fanmao's family was in a hurry and was wearing clothes for working in the fields, so he kindly reminded them.

"Yes, yes, I'm going to change my clothes!" Aunt Gao hurried back home. As a woman, she still cared a lot about her image.

Her two sons also went back to change clothes. Only Gao Fanmao grinned and said, "Women are always fussy! What is there to change? Don't we have to go to the fields to work later?"

He didn't move, obviously not planning to change. Gao Mingcheng saw that he was shirtless and only wearing a pair of patched trousers, and thought that the style of painting was quite realistic and simple.

He didn't persuade her too hard, but chose a place with good scenery and light, and then took pictures of my grandmother's family first.

But after Gao Fanmao asked to take a photo, other people in the village also asked for permission. The first to speak were naturally those who were relatives of Gao Mingcheng's family.

In Gaojia Village, most people are related to you. If you agree to one thing, it would be difficult to refuse another, otherwise your reputation will be bad.

Gao Mingcheng originally wanted to take more photos of his grandmother's family, but seeing this, he had to cut back and only took one photo of his grandmother alone, and then another photo of the three of them.

After taking the photo of her grandmother, Luo Xiaohua quickly took Gao Mingcheng back home. She complained, "Why didn't you tell me you wanted to take the photo yesterday? Why didn't you let your family prepare first?"

Gao Mingcheng said, "I originally planned to take pictures for you when the beams were put up."

Luo Xiaohua's anger finally subsided after hearing this, but she added, "Take a photo of our home first! Your father said that if the weather is good next year, he will build a house the year after! We won't be able to see this old house anymore!"

Gao Yuanjian was originally going to water the plants, but seeing this he agreed to take a photo first.

Like Gao Fanmao, he did not change his clothes because he would have to change clothes and go to the county after watering the plants.

"Grandma, please sit on the stool. I'll take a picture of you alone!" Gao Mingcheng said to Grandma Gao, guiding her to sit upright on a bamboo chair.

It was Grandma Gao’s first time taking a photo, and she was so nervous that her whole body was stiff. It was Gao Mingcheng who helped her adjust her posture and said a few words to make her laugh, which made her relax a little.

In the camera, the sun is rising and the morning light is shining down. The yard is brightly lit, and Grandma Gao is sitting on a bamboo chair with a bun and a silver hairpin in her hair, with a gentle expression.

Click, the camera imprints this scene on the film.

The next step was to take a family portrait of themselves. Although it was called a family portrait, two people were actually missing: Gao Mingwan and Gao Mingcheng were not there.

As the only person in the village who can take photos, he has no choice but to take on the responsibility of taking photos and try his best to serve everyone.

The next step was to take pictures of Gao Fanmao’s family. These relatives and friends did not have the right to take individual pictures, so all of them were family portraits.

But they are already very satisfied with this.

Click, click, click.

Before I knew it, a roll of film had been completely shot!

Seeing that there were still a few people who were not in the photo, Gao Mingcheng had no choice but to say, "There is no more film. We can't take pictures of the rest! Let's go and take pictures again when we have a chance!"

After hearing this, the people who had gathered here to watch the fun left with satisfaction.

Those who had taken photos were in a very good mood, while those who didn't were a little disappointed, but not dissatisfied. After all, Gao Mingcheng took photos in order of closeness of relationship. A roll of film could take thirty-six photos, and most people had their photos taken in the form of family portraits.

Only Grandma Xi and Grandma Gao have individual photos, but there is a reason for this. Because they are old, they need to prepare a solo photo in advance. A hundred years later, they will have to enlarge it, print it, and then frame it and place it in the mourning hall.

There were no cameras in the past, so many descendants had no idea what their ancestors looked like. But now with photography technology, many people will prepare a photo in advance for future generations to remember.

In later generations, there was even a new technology that was to print photos directly on porcelain, so that they could be preserved longer.

Because of some delays, the group did not set out from the village until 8:30. Gao Mingcheng drove the car, Xuanyuemei sat in the passenger seat, and the others could only sit in the back compartment of the pickup truck.

It was not safe to stand, so we got some small stools and sat on them, swaying with the car and blowing in the wind as we headed to the county.

This time all the family members came. Originally, Grandma Gao said she couldn't come, but the filial Gao Yuanjian specially brought a bamboo chair for Grandma Gao and put a cushion made of old cotton wool on it to cushion the bumps.

Originally, Gao Mingcheng asked Grandma Gao to sit in the passenger seat, but Grandma Gao enjoyed her son's filial piety. With the help of Gao Yuanjian and Gao Mingcheng, she got into the car and sat down steadily.

We drove all the way to the county and directly to the new house.

The contractor and his team had been waiting there for a long time. When they saw the owner coming, they all gathered around.

Many beauties helped take down the melon seeds, peanuts and candies, while Gao Mingcheng said to the contractor, "Wait a minute, I'll go buy some film!"

I should have bought two rolls of film yesterday. Luckily the photo studio was nearby, so I quickly bought a new roll of film.

When he came back, the contractor had already arranged for someone to pass the message to Gao Guobing, and then Gao Guobing and Zhao Dongmei came over on their bicycles.

When they met, there was naturally some greetings.

"It's the auspicious time. Can we start?" The contractor stepped forward and said. For many things, there are auspicious times. If you follow the auspicious time, everything will go smoothly.

"Well, let's get started!"

With Gao Mingcheng's words, the beam-raising ceremony officially began. As the host, Gao Mingcheng needed to do something, but now, his parents helped to sprinkle sugar on the pedestrians who gathered to watch the fun, while he concentrated on taking some classic scenes with his camera.

At this moment, he felt that he had the style of a photographer.

Gao Guobing and Zhao Dongmei both had to go to work and couldn't stay here for too long, so they left one after another.

Their special arrival also allowed Gao Yuanjian and others to see clearly that their son, who was unwelcome in their eyes, was actually quite popular among others.

After realizing this, Gao Yuanjian and Luo Xiaohua both felt a little weird.

Next, Gao Mingcheng took his family to the People's Park. The People's Park was quite close to here, so there was no need to drive there. It would take only ten minutes to walk there.

There aren't many places to play in the county now. Even the People's Park has not been fully renovated and opened, so the scenery is pretty average. It's just some amusement facilities that attract people to take a second look.

But I won’t play.

Luo Xiaohua curled his lips and said dissatisfiedly: "What's the point of this park? These flowers and plants, aren't there enough to see in the village? Mingcheng, take us to the mall."

Well, Gao Mingcheng suddenly realized that for city people, a park with many flowers and plants is worth a visit, but for country people, a shopping mall with a wide range of goods is more attractive.

Think about it, why do country people come to the city? One is to sell things, the other is to buy things!

"Okay, the shopping mall is nearby." Gao Mingcheng agreed and took them to the mall.

Just now, his thinking was from the future, so he subconsciously took people to the park. He just thought that his family had never been to the park, but he didn't expect that the park didn't have much appeal to them.

After entering the mall, everyone's expression was indeed different.

Luo Xiaohua and Huang Su'e, who was holding the child, immediately started discussing and then headed straight for their destination. It turned out that they had already agreed to take the opportunity to come to the county to buy some things.

Women are very slow when it comes to shopping. Not to mention that they buy a lot, even if they don't buy or can't afford something, it's enough to make them stare at it for a long time.

Gao Shufang was the same, of course. She looked at the beautiful shopping mall with curiosity, looking at this and that. Now she had some money in her hand, which was given to her by Dong Feixia. It wasn't much, but it was enough to buy some little things the little girl wanted.

So many beauties accompanied Gao Shufang to shop, Luo Xiaohua went shopping with Huang Su'e, and as for the men, although a little impatient, they were also willing to walk around in this mall.

"It's great in the city!" Gao Mingpeng looked at the grand shopping mall with a hint of envy in his eyes. He secretly swore in his heart that he must work hard to make money and then move to the city to live.

Through Gao Guobing's relationship, his two younger brothers had the opportunity to move to the city, but Gao Mingpeng didn't think about this. He was now doing a good job on the construction site with his cousins, and now he could get the wages of a skilled worker.

He plans to set up his own construction team in a few years and take on jobs himself, so that he can earn more.

"Yes, the city is great." Gao Yuanjian responded, his expression full of emotion. Who would have thought that when he was young, the county was still in shabby condition.

But now, not only are there such large shopping malls, but there are also many fashionable stores that he has never seen before.

(End of this chapter)