Chapter 416: The Rest Are Noise (Add. 9/11)
Speaking of "salons", most literary and artistic youths who have never participated in it must think of the luxurious parlors decorated with large oil paintings and artworks in French high society. The "salon" will definitely have a beautiful hostess and her amorous girlfriends. The topics of the salon must be very broad and elegant, and the people who frequent the salon are celebrities. They are like-minded and gather together, sipping drinks and listening to elegant music, while holding knees and talking freely on various issues of common interest.
Perhaps this is the kind of opulent or elegant salon scene we often see in European films, novels and plays.
But after the height of the "salon" of the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries, until now, the salon has shed its veil of nobility and mystery, and can be said to be everywhere. It's just that there aren't many salons that force high standards, and most of them are actually engaging in lectures that sell money under the guise of salons.
After all, "Art Soul" is one of the best clubs in the theater, and the salon held is basically out of low-level fun, held every two weeks, with one to two hours of keynote speakers, and then the next time is to speak freely, and the participants have a high-quality collision of ideas. In the evening, there is a buffet, and after the buffet there is a small cocktail party, and it is time to socialize.
The salon held by "Art Soul" is one of SH's very artistic salons, and it also has a great reputation in the literary and art world. The people who can be invited are all celebrities in the cultural circle and the literary and artistic circles, and they are not invited if they have money. That's why Chang Yue was so excited and asked Cheng Xiaoyu to go.
The reason why Cheng Xiaoyu is qualified to accept the invitation is naturally not because of Pei Yanchen, but because he is the creator of "Liang Zhu", if it were not for this, even if Pei Yanchen asked, Lei Xin would not lower his price and send out an invitation in a roundabout way.
The weekend's "salon" was held in a book bar called "Luowei", the afternoon of January SH was cloudy, it seemed that the rain was about to fall, the sky was hanging low as if it was next to the tall buildings in the distance, "Luowei" was not too far from the opera, in the middle of the three schools of Fudan, Jiaotong University, and Shangxi, the hard-pressed Luo Kai was not interested in participating in such a party, and still went to the piano room to practice in order not to miss the course. Chang Yue drove, Wu Fan looked for "Luowei" according to the address, and Cheng Xiaoyu asked Chang Yue to stop and went to the store on the side to ask for directions.
As soon as the winter solstice is over, the sky itself is dark early, and the time is more cloudy and obscure, in the large and small signboards on the street, the blue and white "Luowei Book Bar" four words seem ordinary and quiet in the dark skylight. Cheng Xiaoyu approached the book bar and began to marvel at the spirit of urban people to change the world. At present, when they are busy building a spiritual cement forest, there are often some whimsical innovations, and then they only remember modernization, but forget the charm and spirit of the ancient Chinese people, and this "Luowei" is everywhere revealing a classical Chinese humanistic atmosphere.
Inside, the shop is not very large, and there are very few people at this time, probably because it is time for dinner. Cheng Xiaoyu and Chang Yue Wu Fan entered the book bar, and there was a different world, just like the bookshelves in the hall of the bar that were almost spread out in the shape of the word "Hui", and there were desks and cloisonné table lamps by the window.
Cheng Xiaoyu took a copy of the book, the content was related to art, and after reading the introduction, it seemed that it was necessary to read it, Cheng Xiaoyu remembered the title of the book, and planned to buy a copy later. In all fairness, the academic works in this small bookstore are quite dense, and literature, history and philosophy are almost all over the world, and of course it does not exclude popular books such as "Toshiro's Diary" and "It Looks Beautiful". Different books are stacked in rows on the shelves, or "Shulin Qinghua" next to "Mental History Series", or Dickinson suppresses Zweig, which is a bit of a hero's place to be born.
But roughly speaking, there are still classifications for "small" books. New books are always placed on the platform at the entrance, generally on the left is Chinese literature and history, and on the right there are often Western theoretical books; Language is indispensable as a communication tool for communicating Eastern and Western cultures, so the inside of the platform is always a linguistic monograph.
Of course, this is just Cheng Xiaoyu's rough guess, and he doesn't know whether such an explanation is in line with the original intention of the bookstore owner. Many of the books on the shelves are standing reference books, as well as many academic classics. This is not only because "Luowei" is close to the graduate dormitory in Fudan South District, but also because the academic flavor of the book bar and the easy-going closeness of the clerk are even more appreciated. The clerks are all girls, although they are not pretty, but they are also delicate, and wearing Republican-style student clothes in this elegant bookstore is also a unique taste.
The salon was held on the second floor of the book bar, and there were roll-up posters at the staircase, and a girl wearing a long-brimmed top hat was looking out of the train window with a cup of tea.
The first line in the middle of the poster reads the theme of the salon: "TheRestisNoise".
In the lower right corner, there are three keynote speakers, the first of which is Lin Xi (a graduate student in the Department of Music of Shanghai Opera and a doctoral student in the Department of Psychology of Fudan University) -- the main topic of the lecture is "Western Music in the Twentieth Century". When Cheng Xiaoyu saw this first name, his mind "buzzed", like fireworks suddenly exploded, this is their counselor. Cheng Xiaoyu had to look at the name with a black line, and he didn't know that this beautiful counselor was actually a doctoral student in the Department of Psychology at Fudan University.
Cheng Xiaoyu, as an out-and-out scholar, is naturally not afraid of counselors, but as a rather incompetent class leader, he naturally still has scruples, and he made up his mind right away, just wait to sit in a remote corner and not attract attention.
The second keynote speaker is Leng Jun (famous host, music critic) - the main topic is "The Humanistic Atmosphere of Music Tapes".
The third keynote speaker is Lei Xin (President of the Art Soul Literature Society, Director) - the main topic of the lecture is "Eight Minutes of Entertainment and Reflection - Director's Choice".
Seeing Lei Xin's name, Cheng Xiaoyu felt a pain in his brain again, and felt that he had been tricked.
At this time, Cheng Xiaoyu had no reason to say not to go, nor had any reason to be afraid, so he followed Chang Yue and Wu Fan to the upper floor, and a delicate waiter at the staircase registered their names and let them in.
The second floor is not as luxurious as Cheng Xiaoyu imagined, the furnishings are relatively simple, there is a candlestick chandelier on the top of the hall, and the wall opposite is a bookshelf full of books, and the projection screen is rolled above the bookshelf, which can be turned into a projection at any time. The hall is surrounded by oil paintings made of mosaic tiles, which adds a bit of luxury to this space.
There is a circle of sofas around the hall, there is a long wooden coffee table in front, the whole is still relatively empty, a bit similar to the luxury of KTV large private room, there is definitely no problem with more than 20 people sitting on the sofa.
Outside the hall, there is also a terrace with a large area covered with waterproof wooden floors, on which there are a few parasols, round tables and a few chairs, many people are drinking tea outside at the moment, and some people are sitting on the sofa, Cheng Xiaoyu shook around and didn't know anyone, and then turned his head to look at the terrace outside, as soon as a girl stood up, Cheng Xiaoyu felt a little bad.
The one wearing black silk heels, an A-line skirt with a blue blazer, and a white hairband is not Pei Yanchen, who can it be?
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