Lord of Industrialization

It was a sunny day today, and Duke Edwards of Milan was chatting with some old friends in the garden. Grandson Gianni and his fiancée Anita were also present.

These old friends are all old nobles of the Kingdom of Sardinia, and have known Edwards for many years. Jenny can only consider himself a junior in front of them.

As soon as Edwards heard that Frederick was going to deliver birthday gifts, he immediately called him in.

Frederick brought a large group of people, many boxes, and a large tent.

Edwards was waiting for Frederick's people to set up the tent and prepare everything. He saw someone placing a large black box on a tripod and asked curiously: "What, you want to paint a portrait of me?"

The technique of using pinhole imaging and camera obscura to create reflections is already very mature, and Edwards also used it several times.

Frederick smiled and said: "This time is different, please take a good posture."

There was a wisteria wall in the garden. The servant moved a chair to the front. Edwards adjusted his clothes and sat on the chair, posing skillfully.

Frederick watched with great interest as a photographer man was tinkering. It was this guy who had taken a photo of himself and a pig.

The camera they used was similar to the one they used on the day they took the photos of Frederick and the pigs. It was about the size of a microwave oven. One side was a lens, this time with an aperture, and the other side was translucent snow-white silk. Edwards's reflection appeared on the silk. .

After the adjustment is completed, the photographer adjusts a small mechanism next to the lens, confirms that the light shield covers the lens, then pulls out the iron frame with white silk, replaces it with an iron plate film, and then pulls out the light shield in front of the film.

The steps are written on the side of the camera, and there is a small slide behind each step. When you are finished, turn the slide to the "completed" position to ensure that you will not mess up or miss a step.

The photographer said to Edwards: "Sir, please look at the camera. After I count down to one, please don't move for five seconds."

Edwards didn't know what they were doing, but he nodded in agreement.

"3...2...1..."

When the countdown is over, the photographer turns the lever to open the visor behind the lens, and at the same time relies on the pocket watch to keep time, and immediately moves the lever to close the visor as soon as the time goes down.

He put back the shading plate of the iron plate film and immediately sent it to the tent next to it.

Frederick told Edwards with a smile that it was done and that he should hurry up and bring up the delicious snacks.

The leader was eating and drinking, and his subordinates were busy non-stop.

They first developed and etched the film, then printed the image on a transparent film with water-soluble black dye, and then transferred the image to a larger iron plate film through optical instruments, and then developed and etched the large film. Finally, ten black and white paintings were printed.

This printing method works well. When I explained it to Frederick this morning, there was an image of him taking a photo with a pig. Not to mention Frederick, the wrinkles on the pig's nose were clearly visible.

"It's wrong to draw so fast..."

Edwards thought it was a painting, but he immediately noticed something was wrong. Not to mention himself, the strings of wisteria flowers in the background were the same in every painting.

They also took them to the site for comparison and found that they were all exactly the same.

If these places were drawn by hand, it would be impossible to draw them in a short time.

Edwards asked Frederick: "How is this done?"

Frederick said: "I don't know the details, I just have a general idea."

He really didn't understand some details of this camera, especially the lens, which accounted for 80% of the price of the entire equipment, and the other 15% was the film enlargement equipment.

Frederick explained, but no one understood it.

He simply ignored it and turned to ask Jenny: "Now is an opportunity. Would you like to take a photo with Anita, print it out and send it home to His Majesty the King and the Queen?"

Jenny had already thought about it and agreed immediately, and Anita had already gone to bring the chair.

After Edwards learned that these photos could be printed just like copper plate paintings, he signed all ten photos and gave them to his old friends as a souvenir.

In order to eliminate the impact of his group photo, Frederick said on the sidelines: "These portraits are unprecedented and have historical value. If you collect them, they will be sold for thousands of gold coins in a few hundred years."

Everyone thinks it makes sense.

Edwards asked Frederick: "Can it be printed in color?"

Frederick replied: "For one or two pictures, you can find someone to color the base plate alone. Large-scale printing requires special tools, which will take a while."

He only found out today that someone wanted to sell Frederick's photos. It was normal to hang portraits of kings and lords at home, but this matter was suppressed by Psyche.

It's very simple. Every household in the Duke of Wesson has a black and white portrait of Frederick. Psyche doesn't dare to think about how Frederick's face will react when he comes back.

If you want to take color photos, you can only start with coloring. We are currently researching and the results are expected to be available soon.

Frederick continued: "I have given you this set of equipment. You can arrange for some smart people to learn from it."

Edwards's face smiled as brightly as the sun in the sky. After Jenny and Anita took a few photos, he invited his old friends to come over to take photos, and then asked Frederick to take a group photo.

Finally, Edwards called the whole family to take the world's first family portrait of more than two people.

He couldn't put it down now, and held a buffet dinner in the garden that night. Not only did he display the large photos during the day, he also took photos with several senior parliamentary officials.

The painter, with the help of the photographer, colored the iron film and printed out a huge color photo.

The guests were amazed, many of them were staring at their eyes, and many young girls and wives kept rubbing against Frederick.

Now Frederick was thinking about how to make money and had no energy to pay attention to them.

At this time, Edwards came over and teased Frederick that he was lucky in love, and then asked: "I want to open a store to take pictures for people, is that okay?"

This equipment was given by Frederick, and he wanted to make money with it, so he naturally had to ask clearly.

As the saying goes, photography will make three generations poor. At present, it is not self-deprecating or ridiculing. Only the nobles can afford it.

He also understood the reason that people would not give fodder when they gave a horse, so he asked the price of consumables, and then waved his hand and bought it by the car.

If you don't keep the iron film but keep the transferred plastic film, and the iron film is recycled, the cost of photography is not ridiculously high.

After calculating the cost of a photo, he felt that it could be used to make money.

Frederick laughed. Cameras have to be sold, and the smooth iron film and consumables such as photosensitive and film-developing materials are the biggest profits.

He replied: "No problem. A photo studio is also being planned in Weissenberg."

"Let me tell you, photo studios make money very quickly."

"For example, if a child takes a photo when he is born, and takes a photo every year on his birthday, isn't it very memorable?"

"Also, like the family photo you just took today, if someone gets married or has a new child in a few years, do you have to take another photo?"

"And those schools, when everyone graduates, do you have to take a photo as a souvenir?"

"When Adele and Jenny got married, did the bride and groom take a photo as a souvenir?" ? "

"Ordinary people don't need such large photos. It will be much cheaper to take a palm-sized photo, so you can take a lot of photos."

"You can also learn from the curtains on the stage and paint the scenery of various places. You can take a lot of background photos indoors. What do you think?"

"And those businessmen, you have newspapers, take a photo of the product and advertise it in the newspaper. You decide how much to charge."

After listening, Edwards sighed: "I used to think that you can make money by stealing other people's ideas. Now I am convinced. You are really a genius in making money. You can think of so many ways in a short time."

Frederick smiled. What he said was not wrong.

Then someone asked him if he could buy a set.

During the day, Jenny asked the Griffin Knight to send the photo of himself and Adellie back to Diberli City to his father and mother. Not long ago, an urgent telegram came: "I want one too!"

Frederick called back: "Please wait half a year!"

More than a dozen sets of photographic equipment were made, but the key is that the yield rate of the lens is too low. Now one set is sent out, and the 1st Division on the front line of Hanma City and the 3rd Division heading to the Kingdom of Tarago each have three sets. The rest will be left in Weissenburg City to open a photo studio to recover funds.

So Frederick replied regretfully: "I'm sorry, the lens of the camera is extremely troublesome to make, and it will take at least half a year before a new machine can be available."

"Even so, whether some of the machines can be sold here at that time is also a problem."