universal repair shop

Chapter 13 The Olympic Rings Phonograph

Xue Gui's stalking, Tianze didn't notice that Tianze was very busy because there were so many guests.

Phone repairers, computer repairers, CD player repairers...

Tianze never refuses anyone who comes.

No, when I was busy, it was night before I knew it.

Amaze counted the banknotes in the drawer.

Good guy.

A total of more than 6000 yuan!
This was the second day of opening, and the daily turnover soared to 6000 yuan. Tianze stuffed the money into his wallet with a happy face, and was about to close the door and go home.

"This thing, can you repair it here?" A voice full of anger sounded.

Tian Ze raised his hand and saw that it was an old man.

Looking at his appearance, he was over eighty years old, with gray hair on the sideburns exposed under the military cap, and against the backdrop of the cap badge and collar badge, he showed a self-evident identity.

Although the old man was old, he still stood upright, maintaining a unique demeanor of a soldier.Hidden under the old man's eyelids are a pair of charcoal-like light spots, staring at Tianze scorchingly.

Tian Ze looked at the old man's hands.

A brown box.

No, there is Columbia's trademark on the outside of the lock, and the abbreviation of Tianjin (TT) is printed on the bottom. These are not the point. The point is that there is a five-ring logo on the front of the box. This is an Olympic five-ring phonograph!
The reason why Tianze was able to recognize it as a gramophone at a glance, and to name the brand of the gramophone, was because Tianze had specifically researched the historical materials of China's participation in the Olympic Games.

The Chinese Legion sent 1936 members to the 69 Berlin Olympics, much more than the first time they participated in the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics. The atmosphere at that time was quite warm.In order to strongly support the Olympic Games, Tianjin Zhongyuan Department Store cooperated with American Columbia Company to launch the Olympic five-ring phonograph specially for the Chinese market.Since this is the first time for China to participate in and issue Olympic souvenirs, its historical and cultural significance is self-evident. Regarding the economic conditions at that time, Tianjin Zhongyuan Department Store has paid too much hardship and effort for this matter, and paid for China's participation in the Olympic Games. It has made an indelible contribution, and at the same time, it also reflects the Chinese people's yearning for the Olympics for many years, and has been working hard. In order to integrate into the Olympics, they have gone abroad to realize the Chinese people's Olympic dream.

Even in those days, there were very few phonographs of this version.

What's more, now?

Perhaps, the one in the hands of the old man is out of print.

Antique!
Absolutely more than it's worth.

"Can it be repaired?" the old man asked again, Tian Ze could hear the longing in his voice.

"Let me consider."

Tianze didn't guarantee it.

The PS system is awesome, but it's only level 1 now!Only one repair function is enabled, and it can only repair broken things (provided there are no missing parts). Once this Olympic five-ring phonograph is "missing arms and legs", even black technology will not work well.

"Well, let's see." The old man carefully placed the phonograph on the counter. Looking at his cautious appearance, it doesn't look like he is treating a phonograph.
Snapped!Tian Ze opened the lock, revealing the true face of the phonograph.

Seeing this, Tian Ze couldn't help frowning.

It is simply appalling!
The hand-operated phonograph can be simply divided into: turntable, loudspeaker, tone arm, and cartridge. The turntable is broken into several petals and wrapped in a piece of paper; the big speaker is skillfully placed in the corner of the box. , at this time, there was also a clear small pit on the top, which almost flattened the speaker; the tone arm was also crooked, turned 90 degrees, and almost broke into two parts. These are actually not a big problem, because the parts are all It is still complete, and it is a piece of cake for the ps system.

The big problem is the cartridge part, specifically the needle in the cartridge is missing, which is beyond the repair scope of a level 1 ps system.

Who did this?What a waste of money.

It's a crime...

Tian Ze thought angrily.

old man?Seeing how cautious the old man was with the phonograph just now, it is obviously impossible for him to do it.

"Can't it be repaired?" The old man looked disappointed and his voice was unspeakably sad, gently stroking the scars on the phonograph, with crystal tears in his eyes.

However, as a soldier, the old man could only stop his tears.

"Can you tell me its story?"

Tian Ze asked curiously.

"It was the early days of the China/Communist/cooperation. I met her. She was a gymnast. She was so beautiful at that time. She gave me this phonograph. She participated in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. It was only destroyed later, but people were lucky to be alive at that time..." The old man fell into his own memories, sometimes smiling, sometimes resentful, sometimes sad, and even Tian Ze was brought into it.

For half an hour, the old man talked and Tianze listened.

Time seems to have stopped...

"Hey, I'm old and talk too much, which wastes your time." Finally, the old man shook his head, gently closed the case of the phonograph, picked up the phonograph carefully, and turned around with a lonely face to prepare leave.

The old man's back was straight and a little hunched.

The pace faltered too...

"Wait, wait." No one came, Tian Ze yelled to stop the old man.

The old man turned his head and looked at Tian Ze strangely.

"Grandpa, if you trust me, leave the phonograph with me. You can just pick it up tomorrow, and I promise to fix it for you." Tian Ze patted his chest and said.

"Okay!" The old man stared into Tian Ze's eyes for a few seconds, put the gramophone back on the counter without hesitation, and left in a big stride.

This kind of trust made Tianze feel warm in his heart.

You know, even if this Olympic five-ring phonograph is broken, it will be worth a lot, at least it can be sold for millions.Besides, for the old man, this is not only a phonograph, but also a kind of longing for her. This phonograph is entrusted with her breath!
He didn't say anything, didn't go home, locked the door of the store from the inside, and Tianze started working directly.

"System, load it into the attention machine on the workbench."

Tian Ze summoned the system.

"Drip! Start loading." Amidst a burst of electronic sound, the holographic image of the phonograph appeared in the blue three-dimensional space of the PS system.

"Turn on the scan function."

Tianze then ordered.

"Drip! Start scanning."

It took a full half a minute for the ps system to complete the scan, and the electronic voice sounded again, "Drip! The scan is complete, and the phonograph damage rate is 66%, and the main damage location is the gramophone cartridge, which reaches 90%. Due to the lack of Important parts are parts that cannot be completely repaired. Other damaged parts include turntables, casings, loudspeakers, and tonearms, and the damage rate ranges from 20% to 70%. Do you want to start the repair function now?"

Immediately, the holographic image of the gramophone in the space changed, from the original gray to green and red.Unlike other things Tianze had repaired, the holograms of the phonograph were almost all red, showing how badly it was damaged.

"Open it, and repair all parts except the shell."

Tian Ze immediately said.

"Drip! The order is confirmed, and the repair is officially started. Now the repair part is the gramophone cartridge, and the repair progress is 10%, 11%, 12%..." With the continuous sound of the electronic sound, the red color in the screen image is fading little by little , the gramophone cartridge on the workbench is also recovering rapidly at this moment.

"...79%, 80%, drop, due to the lack of important parts, the repair cannot continue, the solution is to upgrade the ps system to level 3." Sure enough, as Tianze expected, except for the lack of the needle, everything else has been repaired.

"Now start to repair the turntable, the repair progress is 83%, 84%, 85%..."

"Now start to repair the loudspeaker, the repair progress is 66%, 67%, 68%..."

"Now start to repair the tone arm, the repair progress is 31%, 32%, 33%..."

"Drip! The repair is complete."

Five minutes later, the phonograph on the workbench was completely new.

Looks like new except for the case.

"This... seems a bit exaggerated!" Tian Ze scratched his head, isn't it!This Olympic Five Rings phonograph is an antique decades ago, and now it looks brand new except for the outer shell.Even fools know there is a problem!

"It doesn't matter, let's make a stylus first." Tianze shook his head, and stopped thinking about it, and began to prepare materials to make a stylus.

That's right, Tianze is going to make a needle by hand.

In fact, the needle structure of this hand-cranked phonograph is very simple. To put it bluntly, it is made of steel needles.The characteristic is that the tip part of the stylus in contact with the record should be cut into a triangular prism, the sharper the better; the part installed on the cartridge should be made into a cylindrical shape, which can be inserted into the pinhole, which is very important for Tianze. too easy.

Tian Ze is a senior technician.

Even with the simplest tools, it is enough to make a qualified stylus.

Just do it, Tianze immediately got busy.

(End of this chapter)