Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 2862 Trial Operation (Part )
"I told you to take a rest, but I didn't tell you to pick up girls!" Elder Huang Yaomin watched the young man chatting and laughing with two young girls, and he felt jealous. Elder Huang had seen all kinds of beauties at the TV station, but as a TV worker, he had never had the good fortune of getting close to a beautiful woman.

After becoming a veteran, he could have as much personal secretary as he wanted, but he was no longer young. The regrets he had in the past left old scars in his heart.

"Date, date!"

He immediately called a clerk over: "You! Go and call Chen Shixin in!"

The clerk saw that the old man had a bad look on his face and thought, this time no one came into the studio without knocking, why is he so sullen? Just as he was about to go out to call for help, he saw Chen Shixin had already walked in with two girls.

"Chief!" Chen Shixin greeted Huang Yuanlao as soon as he entered the door, "Business is booming today!"

Huang Yaomin nodded. This guy is quite sensible! Seeing him bring two girls in, he couldn't help but look at them curiously. One of them looked familiar, but he couldn't remember who she was. Judging from their hairstyle and clothes, they should be naturalized workers, and they are not low-class.

Realizing Chief Huang's gaze, Chen Shixin quickly introduced He Xiaoyue and Guo Xier, saying that he had brought them here today specifically to "open their eyes."

Hearing that she was the designer of Wan Zi Pavilion, Huang Yaomin thought that Mr. Hong was really amazing, and the female employees he recruited were so charming. It was a waste to work in logistics in the army!

"Ah Xin, today is the first day of trial operation, the store is very busy..."

Chen Shixin quickly said: "I'm here to help. I just want to show them around the store, you see..."

Seeing that he was so tactful, Mr. Huang was very pleased and immediately agreed to let him take the two girls to "visit activities" in the store, on the condition that he helped take pictures.

After several months of internship, he has already mastered the entire operation and has been able to complete the operation on his own for a long time. Although he is not planning to become a professional photographer, Huang Yaomin feels that the skills of several specially trained photographers may not be as good as his.

While the door was not open yet, Chen Shixin took the two girls around the photo studio.

"... beep... beep... da, the last beep just now was 8 o'clock, Lingao time."

As the hourly time was announced by the "chatterbox" at the street corner, the trial operation of the Coconut Grove Photo Studio officially kicked off.

"Chief, please open the door," the female clerk at the front desk reminded.

"Open the door!"

As the glass door opened, the "customers" who were lined up by the police at the door began to enter one by one. Since tickets were required for entry, order management was much better, but the nature of watching the excitement made the customers squeeze in involuntarily.

“Line up, line up, don’t push. I won’t give a number to anyone who cuts in line... You... you... I see you cutting in line, go to the back...” As soon as the door opened, a dozen people rushed in at once. There was also a group of people outside the store who were eager to try out. The staff had to control the entrance and shout to maintain order.

In order to separate the people who came to watch the fun from those who came to take pictures, the flow was divided into two sides starting from the entrance. Because there were so many people who wanted to take pictures, it was crowded, so Huang Yaomin asked Chen Shixin to take control of the third camera position to speed up the shooting progress.

Guo and He became Chen Shixin's "assistants". In this era when camera technology was still very primitive, photography not only required assistants, but the assistants' work was also quite heavy. In particular, they had to appease the restless crowd waiting outside and guide the customers who didn't know where to put their hands and feet during the photo shoot.

Chen Shixin roughly told them what to do and what to pay attention to, and then the two of them started to "take up their posts".

This place is a completely different environment from the Wanzi Pavilion they are familiar with. It’s their first time here, so everything they see is new and everything they do is interesting.

"Sister, is this the photo row?" Just as He Xiaoyue came out to call the number and was about to return, a voice came from behind. He Xiaoyue turned around and saw a man in a neat Fu Bo Army sergeant uniform with two old men standing behind him. The old man kept wiping his sweat with a towel, and the soldier was also sweating all over his forehead, with sweat stains on his collar. If it weren't for the military discipline requirements, he would have taken off his hat to fan himself.

"Yes, several of you are taking photos too. Where are your numbers?" "Here, here." The soldier hurriedly handed over the note.

He Xiaoyue took it, took a look at it, and handed it back: "This is a visit ticket, not a photography experience ticket."

"Well, can I pay for it myself?"

"You can't pay for it yourself. You can only take photos with coupons these days. Why don't you go to the counter outside to get a trial coupon? Come back in a few days. Taking photos during this period is free." He Xiaoyue explained.

The soldier took back the ticket in disappointment, looked at his parents behind him anxiously, and whispered, "My parents are over 50 years old and have never been to the city. They missed the public carriage, so I came here as soon as I picked them up. I didn't expect there would be so many people... I came back for vacation this time, and I thought I could take a photo as a souvenir."

Although He Xiaoyue had never worked in a photo studio, she had already developed a delicate mind in dealing with customers at Wan Zi Pavilion. She had experience in this kind of thing. There were so many people gathered at the scene. If she agreed to his request and others made the same request, it would definitely cause more trouble. She thought for a moment and said:

"I need to ask for instructions on this matter. Please wait a moment." After saying that, he went in and talked to Chen Shixin.

"It's definitely not possible now. Those who have coupons haven't finished their bids yet?"

"Can you add a number? It's not easy for them to take their parents into the city for a photo when they're on vacation." He Xiaoyue pleaded.

"I'll give you an extra number, but you have to come later." Chen Shixin thought for a moment, "You can ask them to come at four in the afternoon. They're almost all booked by then. It won't be a problem to add another number."

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He Xiaoyue took out the coupon with a plus sign, but she did not give it to everyone in public. Instead, she said loudly with a stern face, "Today's quota for photo coupons is full, and no more numbers can be added. Why don't you pay for it yourself? You don't have to queue or wait for a number. Just come directly at 2 pm." When she said "at your own expense", He Xiaoyue winked at the soldier and emphasized the word "afternoon". Seeing that he smiled at her and nodded, it seemed that he understood.

He Xiaoyue pretended to lead them out and brought them to the door, then she quietly handed the photography ticket to the soldier.

"You have to come on time in the afternoon. If the photographer leaves, there will be no photos to take."

"I know! I know!" The other party nodded repeatedly.

The photo studio uses a Flagship camera produced by the Lingao Optical Factory. Wet plate photography is not fast, and what is more troublesome is that the required base plates and solutions must be prepared in advance before taking pictures. The prepared base plates and solutions cannot be kept for a long time, so they can only be prepared according to the number of releases. Today's release number is 40, but considering the failure of photography and other uncontrollable factors, Huang Yaomin actually prepared 50 photos of consumables, and there is no problem with adding one or two people's numbers.

Back at Studio 3, Chen Shixin was already busy. The first few photos were all single-person photos, mostly taken by young people who were curious and wanted to try taking photos. It was not until the sixth photo that a couple in their early thirties, both wearing factory work clothes, and with two children, a boy and a girl, appeared. They were simply the model naturalized immigrant family in the Australian propaganda posters.

"Would you like to take a family photo? What kind of background do you want? We have the holy ship, Bairen Town, farms, factories, and various Western and South Asian landscapes here..." Guo Xier learned everything on her own and introduced in Chen Shixin's tone.

The so-called background is a set of painted backgrounds and props that make the photos look less dull. The background wall here is a large oil painting specially customized from Trini Studio by Huang Yuanlao at great expense. It is colorful and realistic, and is installed on a suspension that can be quickly replaced.

The couple took their child to visit several background props and sample photos hanging on the wall. They discussed for a while before deciding to choose the farm background. This made Chen Shixin a little proud, because he made the tractor panel in the props used for this background.

He arranged the couple and their children to sit in fixed seats, and then pushed the prop tractor backdrop behind them, making them look like they were sitting in front of an Australian tractor.

It was obvious that the couple had dressed up carefully for the photo shoot. Their clothes were new and their hair was combed. The two children were also dressed neatly. However, the older child's clothes were probably altered from her mother's clothes, which didn't match her age of about ten years. Chen Shixin gave her a set of girls' uniforms from Fangcaodi Primary School without the school name or badge, and gave her a prop schoolbag and a prop book "Selected Stories of the Elders" in her hand. The child was only four or five years old. Chen Shixin originally wanted him to sit on a toy wooden horse, but the child kept shaking when he sat on it, so he had to give him a ball and let his mother hold him, with the wooden horse under his feet as a prop.

After the couple and the children were all in position, Chen Shixin took them through a drill, keeping them still for ten seconds. The two children were relatively obedient, so there was no need for a fixed stand, which made Chen Shixin feel relieved. He took out a plate that he had just prepared in the morning from the workshop, mounted it on the camera, lit the gas lamp covered with a white cloth, and reminded them again not to move, and then stood next to the camera lens.

Chen Shixin shouted "start", then took off the lens cap and shouted numbers loudly as a count. The couple and their two children were very obedient, looking at Chen Shixin motionlessly, waiting for him to count from one to ten, then covered the lens cap and said "OK", and then he exhaled deeply. Chen Shixin removed the base plates and returned to the workshop to register. These base plates would have to wait until the photo shooting work was finished today before they could be developed.