Later, in his fourth year of high school, at a time when a teacher's monthly salary was only 30 Japanese yen, his father went so far as to spend 275 yen to buy a Minolta for young Lee.
中學 4 年級時，父親甚至花 275 元日幣買了一台 Minolta 相機給他，當時教師的月薪不過 30 元。