Courtyard House: Passing through the Silly Pillar, Activating the Blessed Cave Heaven

48

"Master Huang, I heard that what I asked for has been secured?"

"Young man, it really took a lot of effort to find this camera for you this time," Mr. Huang sighed. "A military attaché at the American embassy has a Leica IIIC camera with five lenses, but he's not selling them separately; he wants to sell them all together."

It also comes with 20 rolls of film, a flat price of $800. Just bring the money to pick it up tomorrow.

"Deal!" He Yuzhu agreed without hesitation.

"Then let's meet tomorrow."

The next day, He Yuzhu brought eight hundred US dollars as agreed.

After having Da Shan carefully examine the banknotes and confirm that there were no problems, Master Huang turned around and took out a wooden box.

The moment the box was opened, Mr. Huang laid out the cameras and lenses inside one by one in front of He Yuzhu.

"Young man, everything you asked for is here. Take a good look."

He Yuzhu walked quickly to the table and saw a camera wrapped in a leather protective case in the box.

He carefully took out the camera, lifted the leather case, and revealed the camera body.

This camera is equipped with a 35mm lens, with a chrome-plated top that gleams with a cool sheen. The "leica" logo is engraved in the center, and the word "DRP" is below the logo.

The upper part of the camera is smooth and bright, the middle part is wrapped in metal with black texture, the bottom is also chrome-plated, and all the buttons are made of metal.

He Yuzhu brought the camera close to his eyes and looked through the viewfinder; the image inside was clear and sharp.

他把相机重新套好，目光又转向箱子里的四组镜头：分别是35毫米F3.5爱尔玛广角镜头、120毫米F4.5爱尔玛长焦镜头、135毫米F4.5爱尔玛长焦镜头，还有300毫米F4.5爱尔玛长焦镜头。

After carefully checking each item, he gently put the lens back in its original position and closed the lid.

"Mr. Huang, could you please give me the twenty rolls of film you mentioned you would include?"

"Here, you'll get what I promised you." Master Huang smiled and handed over a small wooden box.

He Yuzhu took the box containing the film rolls and said with a smile, "Master Huang, you're joking. How could I not believe you? It's just that I can't contain myself after getting such a wonderful treasure. I want to go back and study it as soon as possible."

"I am truly grateful to Master Huang for his generosity today. I will definitely visit you again another day to express my gratitude." After saying this, he clasped his hands in a fist salute, picked up the box, and turned to leave.

Although He Yuzhu traveled from the future, he knew nothing about this old-fashioned camera.

In his time, everyone used mobile phones to take pictures, and even if someone used a camera, it was a digital model with autofocus.

He was thinking to himself that he needed to find a photo studio and ask the photographer there to teach him how to use it.

In August 1948, when the Nationalist government implemented its second currency reform, He Yuzhu had already amassed 8 billion yuan in legal tender.

He immediately ordered six of his men to exchange the legal tender for gold yuan notes, while secretly buying up gold, silver dollars, and foreign exchange at prices 10% higher than those offered by banks.

After exchanging all his gold yuan notes, He Yuzhu deliberately spread rumors, revealing that the authorities' forced exchange of gold was actually a way to plunder the people's money, and predicted that the gold yuan notes would be even less valuable than the legal tender in the future.