Chapter 121: New Talent
The space in this subway station is relatively small compared to the subway stations in China, and there are many passages, if this is not a subway station, then it will be very popular to change it to an escape room, and the space above the head and the surrounding tiles look very old, which inexplicably reminds Chen Xing of the air-raid shelter.
When he was a child, he used to go to the air-raid shelter near his home, and the brick walls and arches inside were exactly the same as the lobby station.
"Xing, you're from Huaxia, what does your subway look like over there?" Chen Xing pondered for a few seconds and said: "The subways in Huaxia are very wide, the passages are bright and white, and the sense of science and technology is relatively strong, which is completely different from here. Abel nodded and said: "It seems that your country is developing very well now, we have seen from the book that Huaxia is a country with an area comparable to the whole of Europe and a history of 3,000 years, and I must go to see it when I make enough money." Chen Xing corrected: "The history of our country is far more than 3,000 years, from the documented period of the Yellow Emperor for more than 4,700 years, and the cultural relics excavated over the years are gradually confirming that era. ”
"More than 4,000 years? We always thought it was only 3,000 years. ”
"Maybe your textbooks are slow to respond." Chen Xing is not a professional in history, and he is also ignorant of these situations.
Personally, he thinks that Europe and the United States are intentionally or unintentionally depressing the value of China, and even if they are very friendly if they don't splash a little dirty water, how can they admit that they have not fully verified the two thousand years?
Huaxia is still a little conservative. Europe can take Homer's epic poems as official history, so if they take the Classic of Mountains and Seas as official history, wouldn't they be beating all countries in the world.
Back to the question of the subway. Because the Paris subway was built too early, a century earlier than the Chinese subway, their underground transportation seems so old and dim.
But it is precisely because of the early development that it is not an exaggeration to describe the whole of Paris as having underground transportation in all directions, and the vast majority of tourists, whether locals or locals, prefer to use the metro to get around.
Entering the subway, the car is not much different from the domestic one. Buildings can exist for a century, but cars obviously can't, and the cars of the Paris metro have been changed many times.
Walk out of the subway and you will see the Champ de Mars on the exit. Chen Xing saw a chestnut tree, which was exuding its aroma, and a couple sat on a bench below him, surrounded by vendors with chilled champagne on their backs, who served champagne in transparent wine glasses for only 10 euros.
Chen Xing also saw a vendor holding a large bouquet of roses. Champ de Mars is an excellent location to see the Eiffel Tower, many pictures of the tower circulating on the Internet are taken here, there are many couples, selling roses here is definitely a good business, if the industry is not so rolly, a month of income is even more than opening a shop and being the owner.
Abel went to order two glasses of champagne and said to Chen Xing.
"Thank you for letting me be your tour guide, this glass of wine celebrates our encounter." The vendor washed the cup with water, then pressed another valve to let the champagne from the tank behind it flow from the tap into the glass.
Chen Xing picked up the cup and looked at it for a while. This is probably the first time he has drunk champagne, and he has only drunk beer and liquor before.
The wine was white with a hint of brown, and the rising bubbles made him look like a Sprite, but the light was very transparent.
Abel also got his own wine glass and said to Chen Xing: "à tasanté"
"Santé" glasses crash in the air. Chen Xing first took a sip, and then drank most of the cup in one gulp, the rich aroma first filled the mouth, and then the whole exploded, the taste had the aroma of multiple fruits mixed together, apples, bananas, grapes, cherries and the like.
And it doesn't feel spicy at all. Abel finished drinking and returned the glass to the champagne seller and asked, "Do you speak French?" ”
"Is there one?" When was I exposed? Chen Xing suddenly remembered that she said a word of French when she toasted, and she subconsciously said a word.
Under normal circumstances, no one would think about what language they spoke, especially Chen Xing, who was a native speaker of the three languages, and when he heard what others said, he would say it himself, and he would not think about it carefully.
"Yes, your pronunciation is pretty standard, santé."
"What does that mean?"
"You really don't understand, do you? Anyway, it's the meaning of cheers. Abeka looked at Chen Xing with suspicious eyes and said.
No wonder she was puzzled, Chen Xing's pronunciation was too orthodox, not like a person who didn't understand French. The two walked along the path in the park, and there were more sisters-in-law selling flowers.
There are many tourists on this road, who are coming down from various means of transport to get to the Eiffel Tower, or coming back from the Eiffel Tower, will take this route, and there will be people coming and going, and occasionally you can see some excitement on this road.
For example, all of a sudden, someone is on their knees. It is not a kneeling of the five bodies of worship, but kneeling on one knee facing his girlfriend.
It's so heavy, it's obviously a marriage proposal. Chen Xing has seen two successful couples along the way, one of which is a man who was improvised, he didn't have a ring, but the girl was still very moved to accept the proposal, and there was a round of applause around.
Chen Xing took two photos. He thinks it doesn't matter if you have a ring or not, if a woman wants to come to Paris with you, she will definitely be willing to accept your marriage proposal.
Abeka was complaining that the man was too careless and didn't bring a ring. In Europe, a wedding ring must be given when proposing.
After marriage, women wear rings on their ring fingers, a tradition that has been passed down from Europe and the United States.
They will wear their wedding rings all the time, no matter what the circumstances are, it doesn't matter if they are diamonds or not, or most wedding rings are not set with diamonds, because it will be inconvenient to do housework.
Abeka and Chen Xing explain the marriage culture of European countries. Chen Xing listened and asked at the same time, feeling that he was reshaping the three views.
Not to mention the rest of Europe, at least the Parisian marriage traditions he learned from Abeka are completely different from the so-called Western-style weddings in China.
The ring is a symbol of marriage, and if it is not removed, it symbolizes the unswerving marriage until death. Powerful people can naturally buy diamond rings, but the value of diamonds is even less romantic than the names of both parties engraved on the inside of the ring.
They don't even take wedding photos, at most a few engagement photos before the wedding. Abeka also pointed to the person who was taking wedding photos under the Eiffel Tower in the distance and said: "Look, if you see such people anywhere in Paris, don't think about it, even if you are short-sighted, you can guess that they are from Asia, and most of them are Chinese." ”
“……”
"This is the difference in culture, not all Chinese people are like this, I prefer traditional weddings, the traditional weddings in our country wear red wedding dresses, phoenix crowns, and they are also very beautiful." Abeka nodded and said with a smile: "When your tour guide can still know a lot of knowledge about Huaxia, I also received two tourists from Huaxia last month, they rarely talk to me, often we talk, they only care about shopping and nodding." As they spoke, they went back to the Eiffel Tower, where the two had met before.
Abeka said, "Shall we go up and have a look?" ”
"Let's take a picture in a moment." Chen Xing took out his mobile phone and turned to the shooting mode, instinctively looking for an angle in the square.
Abeka asked, "Need my help with the shooting?" ”
"No need." Chen Xing found that if he wanted to take a group photo, it was best to take a panoramic view of the tower on the part of the road where he just got off the subway, and he could only take a partial picture when he walked under the tower.
They were also on that tree-lined road where there were many people proposing, and there were leaves on both sides, but the foliage in winter was not dense and could be used as a medium view.
In this way, the photo becomes a close-up view of Chen Xing, a mid-view of the leaves, and a distant view of the Eiffel Tower...... The system did not require Chen Xing to take a group photo to look good, but it can only be said that Chen Xing is completely out of rigor in photography, which is why he is so meticulous about this mobile phone photo.
It's hard to get a close-up view of a person, but if you can find this kind of photo on the Internet, it's harmonious.
The people in it must also be very good-looking...... [Take a photo with the Eiffel Tower] [Young people have their own way of expressing love, simple, intense, and bent on going their own way.
People who live well-thought-out often have one more thing called obsession than others, and for this obsession, even if he is stabbed in the back by love, he must come to Paris all the way to take a photo of himself under the Eiffel Tower] [Congratulations on your talent: color] This time it's not a skill, it's a talent?
Chen Xing first looked at the results of the system reward, and then looked back at the long message. Yes? Do I have to take a photo under the Eiffel Tower?
Isn't that your job? Chen Xing can't deny that deep down he really wants to come here to have a look, but if he compares this idea to an obsession, he must come to visit, it would be a bit too much.
Is this an artistic process? That's pretty good. It's just a little bit like you're talking about me. How to use color talent Chen Xing didn't pay attention to, talent and skill are different, skills appear directly in your mind, just like you have studied for this skill for decades, and then you haven't used it for a year or two, and you can use it after a little familiarity.
Talent is not good, you have to slowly discover it in life. For example, he doesn't know the impact of his current talent for friendliness, but the effect often exceeds expectations.
In order to see the system news, he stood in place for a while, Abeka curiously stood behind Chen Xing to look at the photos taken by Chen Xing, the photos were taken very clearly, the Eiffel Tower was on one side of the photo, Chen Xing's body was on the other side of the photo, and the blue sky and leaves above his head were the sky.
In the picture, Chen Xing didn't know what she was thinking, her eyes were not as energetic as she saw in daily life, her left hand reached forward to hold her mobile phone, and the other hand was in her pocket.
So handsome! Abeka thinks that Chen Xing in the photo is even more handsome than reality, and those black eyes are simply amazing!
Except for the color, like James McAvoy Yin. That's her idol, and Abeka rarely compares the men she meets in reality with her idols.
When Chen Xing came back to his senses, he saw that Abeka's face was getting closer and closer to his mobile phone, and he carefully looked at the picture in the phone.
That's right, it's the photo I just took, Abeka's eyes Chen Xing thought he had opened some secrets.
Putting away his phone, Chen Xing said, "Okay, if you want to take pictures, I'll take a few photos for you for free." Abeka's eyes followed the mobile phone all the way to Chen Xing's pocket, and then said, "Do you still charge for taking pictures?" Chen Xing smiled and motioned for Abeka to stand over.
In other words, is it better to earn a lot more money as a photographer in Europe than in China? When he came to Paris, Chen Xing felt that everything was very expensive, food was expensive, accommodation was expensive, and even taking the subway was much more expensive than in China, and the shortest one-way subway also cost 1.9 euros, almost 14 yuan, which was several times more expensive than Huaxia.
After taking a few photos in a row, Chen Xing sat on the bench and checked the photos, and Abeka asked on the side: "I can't see it clearly, how did you take it?" ”
"It's not bad, the camera screen is a little small, it'll be good to send it to your phone tomorrow." Putting the camera on, Chen Xing tilted his head and moved his cervical spine, thinking about the photo he had just taken.
It turns out that this is the talent of color, and I have improved my sensitivity to color. Abeka thought that Chen Xing was looking at the Eiffel Tower, so she took the initiative to introduce: "When this tower was first built, the Parisians hated him very much, thinking that such a tall building standing here destroyed the cityscape of Paris. ”
"Why?"
"Maybe it's because the buildings in our city are not tall, and the appearance of the tower is too abrupt, so it's very annoying, but by the time my grandfather's generation the situation got better, and we slowly accepted the existence of the tower and loved it deeply." Chen Xing smiled, felt that Abeka's theory was quite interesting, and asked, "Then what do you think of the Eiffel Tower?" ”
"Didn't I say that? Deeply loved. She emphasized the deep love. Chen Xing nodded, stood up and looked at the dense queue at the bottom of the tower, and asked, "How much does it cost to line up?" ”
"The cost to go to the top of the tower is 25 euros, and there is a restaurant on it, which tastes pretty good, but it's hard to make a reservation, it's a long time in advance, do you need to make a reservation?"
"What about the cost? Let me die. Chen Xing joked. His money is enough to live in Paris for a month, but forget about going in and out of these luxury stores, the restaurant on the Eiffel Tower is a luxury store for Chen Xing, and for the countless restaurants on the street, it is flashy.
The people queuing up to take the elevator rubbed shoulders, and the long wait and intensive contact during the queue made Chen Xing begin to consider whether to go up today.
He wanted to stand on a high vantage point and see the view of Paris. But if you climb the Eiffel Tower, you can certainly see the view, but the only thing missing is the Eiffel Tower itself, which best represents Paris.