Zhao Wenjin and her group set out early in the morning the next day to head to the airport and embark on their month-long journey in Xinjiang Province.
They first traveled south, then headed north. In the span of just over a month, there was simply not enough time to take in all the stunning views. The cameras they brought were constantly clicking away.
At first, they would keep track of the film, but later on, they stopped worrying about it altogether because they simply ended up buying rolls of film by the suitcase.
Everyone was initially surprised by how relentlessly Liao Kai snapped photos. After all, film costs money, and so does developing it.
"Liao Kai now often submits our travel photos for publication, and the earnings are pretty decent," at least enough to recoup the cost of traveling.
Submitting photos for money, now everyone understood. Don't think that just because they're all painters or the like, that they're aloof from worldly concerns.
