Chapter 250: After all, this is Jiangnan
The next day. Abbott looked at the photo sent by Chen Xing in his office. There are not many of these photos, about 100 of them, but they are all carefully selected by Chen Xing, and some of the works that he feels can be enlarged for exhibition, there are no flaws.
It's good. But...... There are different styles. Abbott and the gallery manager looked at the pictures on the computer together, and this thought came to mind.
The deepest imprint of Chen Xing's style is the architectural pictures taken during the trip, followed by the scenery, and finally some works with people as the theme.
Abbott liked the architecture that Chen Xing photographed in China. He especially likes the things taken in Chunmanzhai and Xinchang Ancient Town, and he feels that there is oriental culture in these works, which is rooted in Chen Xing's works, which can be strongly felt by him, a Frenchman.
The manager likes the portraits taken by Chen Xing and feels that they have a vigorous temperament. However, he also knows that these portrait works are useless at present, and they need a large number of works that are the same as the style of Wanjia Lights to create the character of Chen Xing's Huaxia cultural photographer in a short period of time.
Abbott picked and chosen, and only found a total of about 20 works that could be used.
"What is Chen doing?" Abbott asked.
"He's requested a small presentation at the arena tomorrow afternoon, so he's supposed to be thinking about a script, right?" The manager thought for a moment and said,
"He needed an agent and his own team, he did these things so messily, he could have had a reputation far greater than he has now."
"You can't just think of him as a photographer, for him, the ease and casualness of travel is what he values most." Abbott picked out the works that could be used one by one, admired Chen Xing's talent in his heart, and said to the gallery manager: "He has two commonly used social software, but he has never promoted his identity as a photographer much, but has always said that he is a traveler in the video." I think such a person may not care much about his achievements in photography, which is just an extension of his travels. Perhaps this is one of the things he likes about Chen Xing, and his works are full of unexpected surprises.
"Chinese people don't pay much attention to art, but Chen himself is well-known in their country, you can use this to promote more, buy more advertising space, and then there is ......" Abbott thought about it, he still has a way, but now he can use too few works.
If the painting can't be expanded, then Chen Xing's fame in Europe will never expand.
"Let him hurry up and shoot a little more!" …………………… The speeches of the photographers were not too passionate, and most of them were just straight and straightforward, introducing themselves and their works.
Most of the people who came were people who had seen Chen Xing's works in the past two days and wanted to know more about the photographer.
"I'm a not so professional photographer, I'm a Chinese, my name is Chen Xing. Unprofessionally, I think it's been less than two years since I picked up the camera. I don't care too much about the rules and regulations of the photos I take, I just take them as I want. I just want my photos to speak for myself, not what everyone is saying, and it won't be interesting...... "There are about 60 people in this small room, half of whom are Asian.
I don't know if it's from Huaxia. But there are definitely islanders. There were several islanders in the row closest to Chen Xing, and Chen Xing often let out a sound of surprise when he demonstrated his work on a screen behind him...... Although Chen Xing doesn't like them very much, the island people have a strong ability to appreciate photography and painting.
This also has to do with the fact that they have been in the international art scene for the longest time. I don't know what the photographer named Yamazaki looks like, Chen Xing hasn't seen him since he came here for a few days.
The room was always quiet, only Chen Xing's voice echoed in it.
“…… I will continue to shoot, use my images to leave memories of China, use my photography to record the Chinese culture from thousands of years ago to the present, our living conditions, thank you, I wish you all a happy trip in Arles......" The lights turned on, and applause rang out in the room.
Chen Xing put his hands behind his back, bowed slightly to the audience who came to see his speech, and then left the room.
Naturally, the people of the organizing committee will clean up the things. Holding a lollipop given by a Chinese tourist before, Chen Xing looked at his mobile phone and walked out of the side door of the Arles Arena, and after walking a few steps, Chen Xing saw a person he had just met, smiled and said hello.
"Good afternoon, Seth." Seth was introduced to Chen Xing by Abbott, and he was very young, eight years older than Chen Xing, but he was already the manager of Perenna Gallery, and helped Abbott manage the gallery for five years.
After graduating from university, he interned in a gallery, and after a year, he directly became a manager, and no one believed him when he said that he had no background...... Temperament has the appearance of being a boss.
"Good afternoon, very well spoken speech."
"Are you there too? But I didn't see you. ”
"The old guys arranged your room so small that many people couldn't get in, and we all listened at the entrance." Seth said, spreading his hands.
He came by pinching, but there were two accidents. First, I didn't expect the room arranged by the organizing committee for Chen Xing to be so small, only a few dozen people can sit, and second, I didn't expect Asians to grab seats so quickly.
There were still twenty minutes before Chen Xing's speech began, and the seats were already full. The people near the front are mostly Asians.
Outrageous. No wonder Mr. Abbott was confident that Chen Xing would compete with the islander, and it seems that as Mr. said, Chen Xing's work has a unique attraction to Asians.
Seth hugged Chen Xing, and then said, "I'm here specifically for you, Chen." ”
"See, Mr. Abbott is alright?"
"It's good, but he's worried about your photo exhibition, you have so few works that it's hard to hold up a photo exhibition with these photos, and it makes us all nervous." Chen Xing smiled, shook his head and said, "Forgive me for just getting into photography. ”
"That's not the reason, we need you to take more photos of Chinese architecture, ancient buildings, just like your works in this photo exhibition."
"I've given you all my saved works." He understood what Seth was saying, but he couldn't conjure up a picture out of thin air, could he?
In the past two years, he has only been to these ancient towns in total, and if there are dozens of films that can be used, Chen Xing's film production rate is very high, but he thought of something and said: "I have a lot of works shot in Tibet, can't I?" Seth thought of Chen Xing's work and said, "It can be used, but the style is different." I don't know what you have in China myself, but Mr. Abbott said that the only thing that can be accepted by all Asians is the ancient town you photographed for the time being. Chen Xing couldn't help it, and said, "What should I do then?" ”
"There are still solutions." Seth said with a smile,
"That is, if you go back to Huaxia now, hurry up and take some photos of the ancient town, if the photos you take have the night view of the exhibition as good." As soon as Seth's words fell, Chen Xing's eyes were hot.
The system is bubbling. [Do you really know the ancient town] [History has endowed the ancient town of China with a peculiar charm, whether it is the architectural style or the folk culture, it has gradually formed and stabilized in the changes of history.
When you step on the bluestone slabs and wander back to the mottled sheep farm, or take a small boat to wander in the small river in front of the ancient town, or chat with the old people of the town about history, or listen to the evening bells of the temples on the mountain.
Taste carefully, these ordinary, all full of the vicissitudes of history] [Huaxia Ancient Town series of quests open - find the most beautiful 100 ancient towns, and each ancient town you find will give you a lot of rewards] New long-term tasks?
It's been a long time since I've had a long-term mission, and I used to climb mountains and live in houses with different nationalities, or buildings with inheritance, but Chen Xing felt that it was almost the same thing, and he couldn't go to the Forbidden City to sleep.
Hiss...... Wouldn't it be better to stay one night at these well-known attractions?
"Chen?"
"I'm sorry......" Chen Xing thought about something and was in a daze.
"So I'm going back to China now?" Seth was stunned, he didn't expect Chen Xing to be so simple, how much he wanted to leave here.
If it weren't for his boss liking Huaxia, he probably still thought that Huaxia was a backward place in that kind of movie, but now it's just like that, he rarely sees excellent photographers from Huaxia.
But he likes some of Chen Xing's works very much. So he has always felt that it is best for Chen Xing to stay in France to develop, but this kind of opposite view to the boss is better not to say it, after all, the boss does not just rely on this gallery to make money, this is just a hobby of the boss.
It's really going to upset him, and he probably won't be able to keep his position.
"This ...... If you'd like to go back, you can, because we'll keep an eye on it for you. Hearing his good news, and then activating the new long-term task of the system, Chen Xing's somewhat depressed mood in the past few days turned cloudy and sunny in an instant, and he felt that the air he breathed was a little more comfortable.
He and Seth chatted about their future career plans as they walked. The main thing is that he said, Chen Xing listened.
He didn't like the way Seth opened his mouth and closed his money, but he also understood that he was doing this for the good of the company's photographers, which is what a helmsman should think, but he just didn't like it.
When it was time to part, Seth said, "One more thing, I said I would help you set up a studio, but Mr. Abbott refused. But I think you can form one yourself, at least it can help you get some business. Chen Xing nodded.
"I see." This was originally a planned thing, and I will see it after returning to China, or see if the seniors have any good people to recommend.
Chen Xing happily went back to pack his things. Professor Nobel has already left after helping to introduce the elder, and now Chen Xing, an outsider, lives in his friend's house, which also makes him a little embarrassed.
Chen Xing didn't know that when he and Seth left, Kintaro Yamazaki also happened to come out of the arena after listening to Chen Xing's speech.
Kintaro Yamazaki looked about thirty years old, and his appearance was not unusual, and when he blended into the crowd, it was difficult for some people who knew him well to recognize him wearing a hat, even if some people who knew him well passed by.
He knew that after Chen Xing's speech, he came from other places. He came to the Arles Photo Festival as soon as it opened, and at first glance, he knew that Chen Xing's works were his biggest opponent to win the award this time.
However, judging from the response of the judges and the audience, his works are more popular than Chen Xing's.
But only among Asian tourists, even island people, they have to admit that Chen Xing's works look more beautiful.
It made him haunted. So this time, when I learned from a friend that Chen Xing was giving a speech, he came from out of town, and before he even found a seat, he stood at the entrance and listened for half an hour.
What Chen Xing said in his speech is also what he is doing now. Spread the culture of his own country and shoot scenes of the prosperity of the contemporary motherland, but why can he shoot the night scene so well.
At the end of July, he returned to China once, and he used Chen Xing's same technique to photograph a village in Kagoshima from a similar angle, but he did not have the charm that Chen Xing filmed.
"Although you are strong, I will not lose to you on the battlefield this time...... ".................. Chen Xing did not return to China directly, and hurriedly went to Paris to take photos for two days before stepping on the plane back to China.
He doesn't like Seth's copper-stinky body, but it's true that he's short of money. And he is going to return to China, and there will be fewer opportunities to make money at that time, even if someone asks him to take pictures, he will not make as much money as taking pictures of celebrities in Paris, and he hasn't seen any domestic stars let him shoot anything.
I have seen all the French first-line stars Chen Xing, and I have seen them from other countries a few times. When Chen Xing returned to China this time, he didn't buy any gifts, and he traveled lightly.
On the way, I stopped by to study the ancient towns in China. Let's not mention that the gallery needs to provide more Chinese-style landscape photos, let's just say that the long-term task given by the system is also worth Chen Xing's finding more ancient towns to shoot and see what the system's so-called 'large number of rewards' are.
If it's cash, it should be at least more than 100,000, right? Otherwise, what is it called a lot. Since you are going to the ancient town, the first choice must be in the south.
There are many rivers in the southern region, the water network is dense, and most of the houses are built according to the water, and this kind of house built on the water's edge is really the most beautiful ancient town in the hearts of Chinese people, and it is also the place with the most traditional significance.
It's also strange to say, the previous long-term task was to go to a place and give money once, but now Chen Xing has to go to find it himself.
Huaxia is so big, there are so many provinces alone, not to mention the urban area, and there are county seats in the urban area.
It's extremely difficult. However, even so, Chen Xing believes that there must be an ancient town in the south of the Yangtze River, or an ancient town recognized by multiple systems.
After all, this is Gangnam.