Chapter 28 Camera
Xia Zhizhi wrote a reply letter to Tan Xiaoying. Yangshi is not far from Haishi and is considered a water town in the south of the Yangtze River. She focused on describing the culture, customs and landforms of Yangshi, and told her the numbers of several stamps that she was still missing, asking her to help collect them.
Finally, she went into the space and rummaged through a Polaroid camera, wanting to take a picture of herself and send it to her good pen pal. She was silent for a while as she looked at the color photo. Well, although she couldn't share it, she could keep her own beauty.
She checked the time and it was only 12 o'clock. She took the bus to the park, changed her clothes and went to the black market to find Uncle De.
After all, as a girl, if you want something, you have to get it immediately.
Uncle De was a little surprised to see her. She had just been here a few days ago, and it was unusual for her to come again so soon.
She got straight to the point: "Uncle De, can you get me the camera ticket and film approval slip?"
You don't necessarily need a ticket to buy a camera, but if you don't have a ticket you need a letter of introduction from your unit, and you also need an approval slip for film. In short, none of these are common outside and are difficult to buy.
If she asks Fang Zheng for help, maybe he can help her get approval from the newspaper, but the trouble is, he will definitely ask about the color of her ancestors' underwear.
Her family dotes on her by buying her some clothes and skirts and collecting stamps, but it doesn't seem like they would give her money to buy her a camera to take pictures for fun.
These days, it's pretty strict to make a profit of 500,000 yuan, so she should not be too arrogant, lest she gets into trouble. Being able to spend money to get things done is a very good choice for her.
Look for the black market first. If that doesn't work, think of other ways.
"Of course I can, but I don't have anything ready right now. I have to find someone to help me, and I don't know if it's convenient for them." Uncle De frowned, looking a little embarrassed.
It sounded like there was something going on, but the old fox just liked to keep things a secret. Xia Zhizhi said, "Uncle De, ask me for help. Don't worry, I won't let you suffer in vain."
"No, Brother Jia has already asked for help, so isn't it my duty to help? I just don't know when I need it?" Uncle De asked.
Xia Zhizhi looked at her watch: "I need it now, I have to leave by car at 4 o'clock."
Uncle De waved to a short-haired guy and told him, "Tell Dongzi to go on his bike. Go fast and don't delay my brother's work."
While waiting for the approval, Uncle De was not too busy and chatted with her: "Brother Jia, I know you are a capable person when I see you. You must have other goods in your hands. Please take care of me when you have the chance!"
"Well, to be honest with you, Uncle De, I do have other businesses in Yang City and Hai City, but you see, small items are easy to deal with, but big items are too far away and it's not convenient to bring them here. If they get bumped or scratched along the way, it's not worth it."
Anyway, she didn't want to carry two baskets of sandals on a shoulder pole anymore.
As for leaving it in an empty place and waiting for the handover, she did want to do that, but the only area nearby that was still deserted was the glass factory. Even if the glass factory was deserted, it wouldn't matter if one or two people hid there, but if there were too many people, they would definitely be discovered, and if they were reported, that would be a big deal.
Other places, even the woodshed, might be occupied by someone, but the main thing was that she had no shortage of these little things and was too lazy to bother.
"That's true." Uncle De nodded.
Although the things Xia Zhizhi took out were small, they were not cheap. If she were selling rice, she could only get one or two thousand yuan for 10,000 kilograms of rice. Lifting and moving them would make people tired to death.
Dongzi quickly delivered the things, which cost 70 yuan. Xia Zhizhi paid an extra 10 yuan as a reward, and then hurried to the department store.
There are only two models of cameras in the department store in Yangshi, Haiou 205 (also called Shanghai 205) and Shanghai 58-2. Haiou 205 was just released last year, while 58-2 has been released for several years. Seeing her coming with the approval slip, the salesperson strongly recommended 58-2 to her. It was said that the factory price was 217 yuan, but now it is on sale for 120 yuan, which is a good deal.
This was the first salesperson she had seen after traveling through time for so long who had some of the air of a future salesperson.
Since others have said so, what else can she say? She must have spent 240 yuan to buy the Seagull 205.
Most cameras now use 135 film rolls, also of Shanghai brand. There are only 12 rolls left, each roll costs 3.56, and one roll can take 36 photos. Pressing the shutter button costs about 0.1 cent, and one and a half eggs are gone.
The salesperson told me that the Shantou brand seems to be cheaper, but it is not available here and you have to go to the provincial capital.
From this perspective, the price of 45 cents for a 2-inch photo and 60 cents for a 3-inch photo next to the park is basically a conscientious business.
12 rolls can take 432 photos, which sounds like a lot, but it will take a long time to use. (If you don't agree, you can take a look at the number of photos you took on the day of your makeup)
I bought all the film rolls, which cost me 42.72 yuan, and spent another 30 yuan to buy three boxes of photo paper, three-inch and four-inch sizes.
Since she ignored the advice and didn't buy the 58-2, the salesperson became less enthusiastic towards her, but she didn't care. She put the film and photo paper in her pocket and put a box around the camera so she could carry it away.
I went to Liulichang to change back into women's clothes and put all my things in the space. On the way back, I felt very happy.
After all, when a woman gets what she wants, the feeling of satisfaction is very pleasant.
As soon as I got home, I started researching. The Seagull 205 is a compact camera with an aluminum alloy body and brass stamping upper and lower covers. It is fully mechanical and does not require batteries. The mechanical performance is stable and the lens is excellent.
This camera will occupy a place in the market for the next 20 to 30 years, which is quite outstanding in this era.
If I have to point out its shortcomings, it is that it has a camera-to-camera shutter, you cannot change lenses, and it does not have a flash.
But Xia Zhizhi is a real novice, and she found it too troublesome to get started. This is just right. After studying it for a while, she found that the macular focus, shutter and focal length are all controlled by the lens, which is super simple.
She first stood there and took pictures of the flowers in the yard, then she knelt down and took a picture of the jumping rabbits, and then she took a picture of the grazing cattle, and she couldn't let go of the colorful rooster either. In a few clicks, the whole roll of film was used up.
3.56 yuan, two rolls of Li Dongmei's soil will take a week of hard work. ... It turns out that the saying that photography will make three generations poor is not just a saying.
Although the film is expensive, who cares? The most important thing in life is to be happy.
She changed her clothes and hairstyles several times, posed in various postures, and took a lot of photos of herself from every angle. In this space, her mental power was almost omnipotent, so it was not difficult for her to control the camera to take a few photos of herself.
I played with great interest for a long time before I remembered that I still had a letter to open.
The girl who sent the letter is called Cheng Rong. She is 18 years old this year and is about to graduate from high school. She is from Shandong. When she was in her teens, she and her parents were transferred to Haishi with the army. The letter she wrote was quite naive.
I also exchanged a lot of stamps for Xia Zhizhi, and got her several sets of yellow, purple and blue military stamps.
Hai City is close to Yang City, so a letter would arrive in four or five days if it was fast, and in a week if it was slow, so the two of them sent letters back and forth several times.
I guess she had no one suitable to confide in at home, so she used her as a tree hole. Every time the little girl wrote her three pages of letters, two pages were about a boy named Zheng Yang.
In her eyes, he was the best in the world, with good grades, good looks, and a strong character. The only shortcoming was that his family conditions were not good. But in this era, even if conditions were poor, people would not openly despise him.