Chapter 256

(Chapter 254 has been lifted, hehe!)

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The flash lights kept on lighting up in the bedroom, flashing away, recording this beautiful picture.

Ren took a dozen photos in one go, then sat back and said with a smile, "It's finished, but it takes two or three hours to develop the photos, and you can see them at noon."

Viola finally came to her senses, her face was blushing, she was both ashamed and angry: "You actually took this kind of photo of me."

"Ugh...it's art!"

Ren fiddled with the camera without any evil thoughts in his eyes.

"Art?" The half-elf is a believer of the long-haired lady, and she is very serious about everything related to the long-haired lady's priesthood. "Is taking pictures considered art?"

"Of course." Ryan explained solemnly: "This is not simply taking pictures, I call it photography. The art of photography is to record beautiful moments. It can reflect the various conditions of life and natural phenomena, and express the thoughts of the photographer. Feelings, bearing aesthetic style, made into photos with artistic appeal."

"Photography is like painting, music, it is a new art."

Viola's eyes gradually lit up, his expression fell into deep thought, and he muttered to himself: "The art of photography... expresses feelings, records life..."

As the long-haired lady's choice, she has a high artistic talent and quickly understood the concept of photography, convinced that it is indeed an art!

If the art of photography can become popular, it will definitely be of great benefit to the spread of the faith of the long-haired lady.

Ren snickered twice.

Photography is indeed a kind of art, and it is quite advanced. In fact, he himself does not know much about it, and he is almost a layman, but this does not affect his making cameras.

Allenus already had a camera, but he used the "wet plate photography method", which was relatively backward in technology. When taking pictures, he needed to keep a certain posture for several minutes without moving. The pictures he took were not clear enough, and moving was troublesome.

Nonetheless, photo booths have been popular in Empire for many years.

Ryan saw the carriage-style mobile photo tent on Longsand Street last year. At that time, he thought that the manufacture of portable cameras would definitely replace the "wet plate photography method" and earn countless gold shields.

It was only after getting to know Viola that he changed his mind and switched to a phonograph.

With his current ability, it is not difficult to make a camera. The key point is that the film, that is, the photosensitive material, needs to find silver bromide to replace the collodion used in wet plate photography.

From hundreds of alchemy materials, Ryan synthesized silver bromide, and then successfully "invented" film and camera, and it only took more than half a month.

Wren named it the Kodak camera.

Compared with the bulky box cameras, Kodak cameras have great advantages. They are light and compact, and anyone can use them without learning skills, just press the shutter.

He took out a stack of photos from the ring, which he had taken casually before and then developed.

"Look."

Viola took the photos and looked, and found that these photos were much clearer than the photos she had seen before. Although they were still in black and white, the characters and scenes on them were all lifelike, every expression, every brick and stone , even every leaf is clear.

"Can the photos be taken so clearly?"

Surprised, Viola took the camera, followed Ryan's method, and took a few photos in the room.

"It's so convenient!"

She immediately realized that once the camera came out, it would definitely be able to replace those photo studios and completely monopolize an industry just like the gramophone.

"Ren, how much does a camera cost?" Viola asked excitedly.

"If mass-produced, it can be controlled within one gold shield."

"Lady up!"

Viola suddenly lost his composure and exclaimed, the cheaper the camera, the easier it is to sell, and more people are able to buy it, forming a huge market and getting more profits.

At the same time, this can also promote the development of the art of photography and increase believers for long-haired ladies.

The camera was as good as the gramophone.

Viola didn't know what to say. Ren was not a believer of the long-haired lady, but he presented two inventions that were comparable to artifacts.

Who is qualified to be the god-chosen lady with long hair...

Viola's face was complicated, and she sighed: "You can always give me a big surprise, which is far beyond everything I can give you. Even if your body and mind belong to you, it still feels like it's not enough."

"It's just a gift." Ren smiled lightly, "As long as you like it."

The half-elf was moved beyond words, and there were tears in his eyes.

Ryan continued: "I named it 'Kodak' camera, it sounds like the sound of the shutter, simple and easy to remember."

"I have written a booklet on the production method of the camera, and I will hand it over to you later. If there is anything you don't understand, you can ask Kenieji for advice. The most important secret here is the material of the film, and it must be kept secret. measure."

"I suggest that you form a new company, independent of Silver Star Records."

"Of course, you still have to give some shares to Your Excellency the Duke, but you can't give her too much. I have already asked the teacher for instructions. Kodak can be affiliated with the teacher's name, as long as you give the teacher 10% of the shares."

"How to allocate the specific shares, you can figure it out."

"If you don't have enough funds, I can take 100,000 gold shields for the initial investment."

"There is also a camera business model, which is similar to that of a gramophone, but there are some differences in details. The price of the camera is set at about two gold shields, and each camera is given a film, which can take 50 pictures. When the film negatives are finished, they cannot be exposed. , let the customer send the camera back to the company, help them develop the photos, and charge a fee."

"Our profit from selling film negatives is actually higher than selling the camera itself."

"Currently the camera can only take black-and-white photos. I will develop color photo technology in the future, but we will launch a color camera after most willing customers buy the camera, so that we can sell the camera again."

"In addition, you have to use your status in the Meishan Church to let art associations around the world hold photography art exhibitions to promote cameras, so that more people can master this brand new art..."

Ren talked eloquently, summed up the experience of his previous life, and said it without reservation.

Viola listened carefully and nodded repeatedly, but her mind was a little distracted.

She suddenly regretted it.

Regarding the camera and the company's business strategy, Ren must have prepared such a detailed plan for a long time, and it was not because he allowed him to find a lover that he took it out as compensation.

He gave such an important invention as a gift, which shows that his position in his heart cannot be measured by a golden shield or anything at all.

Viola remembered what Ryan said just now, "I'm different from other men." He was indeed different, and he was never an ordinary man.

She realized in her heart that she might have missed the chance to become "the only one", and she gave it up voluntarily.

"Goddess! What have I done?" A wave of remorse bit Viola's heart. She wanted to take back what she had said, but she couldn't open her mouth.

Ren noticed that the color of her soul was changing drastically, and thought she was too moved.

He stopped and asked concerned: "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine."

Viola sniffed, wiped the corners of her eyes lightly, and showed a bright and beautiful smile on her face: "I'm just so happy, I really hope to be by your side all the time."

"It's actually not difficult." Ren laughed, "When I come back from the Thane Plateau, I will also build a teleportation array in Winterring Castle, connected to my castle, but every time teleportation will consume magic materials , the teleportation array itself is not cheap..."

Before he finished speaking, Viola said decisively: "I will pay for the construction of the teleportation array no matter how expensive it is."

"Okay, I'll give you a list of materials, and you prepare it in advance." Ren promised.

This kind of long-distance teleportation array requires at least 50,000 gold shields to build, and the most important item is the astral crystal pillar, but only one astral crystal pillar is needed as the center, and it can be connected to multiple teleportation arrays.

With Ren's mastery of teleportation technology, he can connect up to twelve teleportation locations at the same time.

In his plan, in the future, every teleportation array will be utilized and arranged around the world, with his own castle as a hub, forming an ultra-long-distance real-time transportation network, and even be able to project his own power to new continents and alien planes !