Chapter 220: Traveling Together
After chatting with the teacher for more than an hour, Fang Yi got off the line here and chatted with his parents for a while, everything was fine anyway! Life in Paris is like paradise, so that the parents can rest assured! Then I took a shower, lay down on the bed, put my hands behind my head, turned off the light, and considered the teacher's words.
He is indeed a new person in the European oil painting market, and his painting style is obviously Chinese. It's not that the style with a Chinese style is bad, but the mainstream European oil painting market is not very acceptable to this style. Now there is only one person who has been unanimously praised for his Chinese flavor, Mr. Zao Wou-Ki, a French-Chinese master. Mr. Zao Wou-Ki did not become famous overnight, and it is indispensable to the accumulation of years.
Thinking of this, Fang Yi began to think about how long it would take for him to make a name for himself in Europe, after thinking about it for more than half an hour, Fang Yi came to the conclusion that he still didn't know the way, and even if the experience in his mind had reached the master level, he would not be sure whether Fang Yi would be recognized or not. Again, it's people who are aesthetic! And there is no uniform standard for art.
Thinking of this, Fang Yi sighed and told himself: Take your time!
Putting aside the idea of when he became famous, Fang Yi pulled up the sheet to cover his head, and after a while, his breathing stabilized and fell asleep.
The next day, I got up early to run and exercise, and after breakfast, I went out with three of my works to sell my paintings. At the end of the day, Fang Yi was turned away by three galleries again. Although after listening to the teacher's persuasion, Fang Yi lowered his inner requirements, but none of these three galleries proposed to let Fang Yi keep the paintings, and there was not even a price of a few hundred euros!
When he drove back to Charlotte's house, Fang Yi was wondering if he should go back to the gallery last time, but his inner self-esteem tried his best to dissuade Fang Yi from going back so quickly? Eventually, that bit of pride got the better of me again! Fang Yi decided to continue trying like this. I won't be back in the gallery that costs 600 euros until I have to!
Back in his room, Fang Yi checked some of the habits of the Spaniards on the Internet, as well as some small taboos in daily life interactions, lest he accidentally touch these things when he and Beronica go out tomorrow.
In the morning, Fang Yi didn't wear a suit anymore, but wore a pair of light blue thin jeans under a T-shirt, and a pair of soft-soled sneakers on his feet, and looked at the time before coming down from the upstairs.
Charlotte looked at Fang Yi, who had changed her clothes. said with a smile: "The first time I went on a date with a girl, I behaved better!" Talk more about topics that people are interested in! Don't be cold! ”。
Fang Yi looked at Charlotte and smiled: "I just asked Beronica to visit Montmartre!" It's not a date! ”。
"Alright then!" Charlotte also smiled and said: "At least this girl doesn't have a boyfriend yet, if you think it's good, you can pursue it and try it!" You haven't gotten along with her, so how do you know if she's a good fit? ”。
Fang Yi walked forward with a smile and hugged Charlotte: "Then I'll go out first!" It's almost time! ”。
"Go ahead!" Charlotte patted Fang Yi on the back. Seeing Fang Yi walk to the door, he still said behind him: Be smart!
Listened to this. Fang Yi smiled and nodded. Pushed open the door and walked towards his car.
Outside of Beronica's residence, Fang Yi drove the car and was looking for a place to park, when he turned his face and saw that Beronica was already standing under a soft cloth canopy, he hurriedly leaned over the car slowly, pressed the window and called Beronica!
"Fang! You're late! As soon as Beronica sat in the car, she pulled up her seat belt and opened her mouth to Fang Yi.
Fang Yi explained with a smile: "What's the matter, I also specially searched for some of your Spanish habits" Speaking of this, he looked at the watch on his wrist: "It says that it is usually ten to fifteen minutes later than the agreed time is appropriate!" I'm just right now! Is it hard that what I'm seeing isn't right? ”。
Listened to Fang Yi's words. Beronica froze for a moment, then laughed.
Fang Yi was a little confused: "What are you laughing at?" ”。
Beronica said: "I also specially learned about your Chinese habits, and it is said that being punctual is a kind of politeness!" So I came down according to the time, and who knew that Lu Dao stood in the sun and waited for you for ten minutes! ”。
"It turns out that we got into a mess," Fang Yi said with a smile when he heard this. At this point, he turned his head to look at Beronica's earlobe. What Fang Yi saw was that Spanish women must wear earrings when they go out, if it weren't like they were not wearing clothes, now when they saw that Belonica's ears really had a big earring, looking at the diameter of the earrings, Fang Yi estimated that they were five or six centimeters!
"Why don't you find a place to eat first?" Fang Yi asked Beronica as he drove the car.
"There are a lot of restaurants in Montmartre, and there are a lot of good cafes, so when you're tired of having fun, you can just find a bite to eat!" ”。
Fang Yi smiled and said, "I can't get enough of the things in the café!" If I don't have any meat at a meal, I feel like I haven't eaten at all, and I'll be hungry soon! ”。
"Turn ahead!" Beronica looked at Fang Yi's automatic navigation and said, "The road over there is often blocked, it's better to take this side of the road!" ”。
"What a shame!" Fang Yi turned on his turn signal and walked to the turn as Beronica said.
"I can't eat too much meat, I have to stay in shape!" Beronica watched Fang Yi turn to the driveway before saying.
With this topic, the two talked about their respective diets. All the way to the edge of Montmartre. Montmartre is said to be a high hill, but it is actually a small hill, on top of which is the famous Sacré-Coeur Basilica, and then the famous Piazza dell'Painters, the Moulin Rouge and the Wall of Love.
Montmartre used to be just the urban-rural junction of Paris, and at that time this place was similar to the urban-rural junction in China, attracting Manet, Van Gogh and Renoir, in addition to the scenery, the most important thing is that the houses here are the cheapest rents! Of course, these masters didn't have the fame they had when they were squatting here! It is estimated that during the period of squatting here, everyone's small life was not very rich, and it was impossible for Picasso to have a big castle behind during the period when he lived here, and Comrade Bi lived in a laundry boat here!
In addition to the Basilica of the Sacré-Coeur, the best thing to do here is the footprints left by the masters, which is the origin of the place of artistic wonders in Montmartre! It is also the only reason why this place can attract Fang Yi! With so many nameless masters soaring into the sky here, can you not bring a little grandeur to this place?
After finding a place to park the car, Fang Yi and Beronica walked down the steps to the small hill. I have to say that Fang Yi's invitation to Beronica is a good choice, it is like bringing a free tour guide, and this tour guide is quite eye-catching, when he arrives at a scenic spot, Beronica will explain it to Fang Yi, and the two of them just walked towards the Sacred Heart Cathedral on the top of the hill while watching.
"Hey! Buddy! A black girl in a strange French voice came up to Fang Yi's side, saying hello while tying something like a red rope to Fang Yi's wrist.
Beronica hurriedly said, "We don't need these things! After speaking, he reached out and gently pushed Fang Yi's arm.
Fang Yi reacted at this time, quickly retracted his hand, shook his head at this black girl with a smile, and followed Beronica away from this black buddy.
As soon as he took two steps, another black buddy beckoned to Fang Yi with the Eiffel Tower model in his hand: "Friend! Come to one? ”。
Fang Yi had no choice but to wave his hand again!
After taking a few steps, Beronica said to Fang Yi, "They put something around your wrist and ask you to collect the money!" ”。
Fang Yi smiled and said, "I thought they welcomed me very warmly, but it turned out that they were collecting money!" ”。
Beronica glanced at Fang Yi and said, "This is one of the few chaotic neighborhoods in Paris, where mainly Afro-French and Arab-French live!" The security has been very bad! At night, it's best not to walk around alone, it's very dangerous! ”。
Hearing this, Fang Yi nodded, and all the way Fang Yi found that in some places, several young people with dark skin or Arab descent gathered together, smoking cigarettes and talking and laughing loudly, cigarette butts on the ground could be seen everywhere in some places, and some slightly remote paths could smell the smell of general urine as soon as they walked by, which was really a little unpleasant. In addition to some clean roads, this kind of invisible place, it is directly dirty and messy! It's much worse than the urban-rural junction of Stone City.
Moreover, there are few good places in the 'extemplar area' of a city. When wealthy Chinese people come to Paris, I am afraid that the performance in this Moulin Rouge is a must-see.
Standing in front of the cathedral, Fang Yi raised his head to realize the majesty of this white building, and there were leisurely crowds everywhere here, gathering together one by one, and there were even a lot of people sitting on the steps in front of the cathedral, let alone sitting on the lawn. Anyway, the impression that Fang Yi was like arriving at the Mausoleum of the Founding Sun in Stone City, and his eyes were full of people!
From this point of view, Fang Yi has a slightly different view of the 'good quality' of Europeans that some people in China say, looking at these people sitting in front of the Sacred Heart Cathedral, there are few Asian faces, these white faces sit on the entire steps and even make people walk in a circle, it is really impossible to mention any quality or anything like that. At least Fang Yi couldn't see such a dense crowd sitting on the steps of the Mausoleum of the Sun Yat-sen!
"The Basilica of the Sacred Heart is built of a white stone, which secretes a white substance when washed by rain, so it looks like the whole cathedral is white, and the two statues at the entrance are King Saint-Louis and Joan of Arc!" The tour guide of Belonica was very competent, and immediately explained the cathedral to Fang Yi.
Fang Yi looked up at the cathedral and followed Beronica inside. After a round in the church, the two of them walked directly to the Painters' Square. All afternoon, the two decided to spend their time in the square. (To be continued......)