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Why is the photo studio in Wang Kai famous all over the country?

Wang Kai photo studio is also a famous photo studio in Shanghai. Its owner's name is Wang Chikai, so it was named "Wang Kai".

During the period of 1927, the Far East Games held trials in Shanghai, and the organizers of the Games invited investment to contract all kinds of sports photography for the Games by means of bidding.

Wang Kai Photo Studio won the right to photograph the Far East Games by bidding at a high price. Wang Kai selected four groups of highly skilled photographers to shoot at the sports meeting. These photographers, who are active in every corner of the sports meeting, captured many wonderful scenes with brand-new small cameras during the competition. "Wang Kai" developed these photos overnight and sold them to the newspaper at a low price, on condition that the words "Photographing in Wang Kai, Shanghai" were printed under the published photos.

Due to the great influence of the Far East Games, all the newspapers reported this event, and the sports photos taken by Wang Kai Photo Studio were naturally favored by newspapers. From August 27th to September 7th, 1927, Shanghai Daily published 49 sports photos, of which 37 were taken by Wang Kai Photo Studio. "Wang Kai" is famous all over the country.

Wang Kai photo studio is famous for its high quality, low price and good service attitude. At that time, the monthly salary of photographers all over the country was generally 20 ~ 60 yuan, while Wang Kai hired famous teachers with a high salary of 100 silver dollar to improve the shooting level. Photographic equipment also uses brand-name products, and inferior equipment is resolutely not used. In order to avoid the impact of vibration on shooting, Wang Kai Studio also laid rubber mats on the stairs and the studio. In terms of lighting, Wang Kai has also made improvements, and the photos taken are clear, bright and full of energy.

Wang Kai Photo Studio is very strict about the quality of photos. Wang Chikai often checks photos himself. If he finds some defects, such as broken eyebrows, different eye sizes, reflective glasses, bad shape and incorrect tone, he asks the photographer to retake, reprint and rebuild them until the customer is satisfied.