If he hadn't gotten up late, Chen Xing would have been in the gallery at this time.

But he was woken up by Hedwig's phone call after ten o'clock.

Ten o'clock is the start time of Chen Xing's photography exhibition.

Hanging up the phone, Hedwig felt a little aggrieved.

She asked Chen Xing yesterday if he could bring her with him, but Chen Xing said that he would come to the gallery early to give him a good rest and wait for the exhibition to start. As a result, Chen Xing is still sleeping in the hotel.

In other words, when he left the hotel, he was next door to him......

I knew I was going to knock on the door.

Chen Xing didn't come, and Hedwig was embarrassed to go to Seth, so she chose to buy tickets to enter like ordinary tourists.

Ten euros for a ticket, which is not too expensive.

At the beginning of the photo exhibition, there were not many people coming, but there was no need to queue up.

Covering an area of more than 1,000 square meters, Perenne Gallery is a first-class large gallery in the city of Arles, which originally had many works such as oil paintings, watercolors, and photographs, but now they are all off the shelves and put in the warehouse, and only Chen Xing's works are in the entire gallery.

When you enter the entrance, you will see that the beige walls of the gallery are brand new without a single stain.

Chen Xing's works are printed out and placed on the wall, and the interval between each work is about 1.5 meters, and the intense, heavy colors almost jump out of the picture, and a large number of such works are put together, which highlights the magnificence of the colors.

Hedwig walked slowly and watched carefully.

Most of the tourists who came to visit around were just as serious as her, carefully observing each of Chen Xing's works. These people look in suits and leather shoes, even if they are women, they are all well-fitting professional attire, and they are the kind with money in their pockets.

Are these people collectors?

Hedwig was taken aback by her own thoughts, there were ten Chen Xing's works in the small corridor where she was, and there were seven or eight people here, it was impossible for all collectors to be in the same corridor as herself, right?

In addition to the corridor, there is also a hall.

Hedwig walked into the gallery's original lobby.

This hall has a huge skylight, and through the designer's brains, the light transmission of this hall is as bright as the outdoors, and most of the time it is not exposed to direct sunlight.

The light needed in the gallery is quite special, and the skylight can be opened, but it must also be opened skillfully.

When she and Chen Xing came before, they hadn't paid attention to so many external details, and they felt that this gallery was already a rare work of art.

There were more people in the hall.

There are reporters with microphones, wireless microphones are basically self-media or Internet celebrities, and some tourists with cameras are also shooting with cameras.

There is nothing secret about this exhibition, so you don't have to worry about people taking photos and sending them out.

Anyway, no matter how much you restore it, it won't have the clarity of the original film.

When she saw a painting, the person in front of her seemed to be the anchor on YouTube, who was introducing Chen Xing's works live broadcast, but it was just a few words over and over again - good-looking, a little interesting, this one is okay, this one is not.

What do you understand?

Just as she was plucking up the courage to explain, someone said it behind her back.

"Sorry, it's late."

Hedwig forgot anything when she heard the sound and turned around with a smile.

Chen Xing didn't wear a casual outfit today, but wore a black suit, which looked very formal. His hair was combed back, and he looked like a big man, and he was much older than his real age.

"It's coming quickly, and you're still going to get your hair done at such a short time?"

"Still need to be done? It's good to just comb it, isn't it pretty? ”

"It's beautiful." Hedwig said.

"That's it." Chen Xing let go of the thought of looking for a place to take a look, and said with a smile.

As soon as he came in through the side door, he saw Hedwig from among the hundreds of people in the hall at a glance, which has to be said to be a kind of fate.

Many of the more than 100 people in the hall are in pairs, plus some guests in the corridor, so there are about 200 people in the gallery now? It's still new, and there will definitely be more people in the afternoon.

There is a small terrace on one side of this hall where guests can be served some drinks, drinks and so on.

Chen Xing went over to say hello and came back with two glasses of lemonade.

"You bought your own ticket to come in?"

"Yes."

He was about to tell Hedwig that it wasn't a bad thing to get more friends to help him, but Seth, who knew that Chen Xing had arrived, had already called someone to come and look for him. The young assistant came up and said, "Chen Xing, the boss asked me to inform you to come over." ”

The boss she calls is not Abbott, but Seth.

Abbott has other businesses of his own, and if he doesn't have anything special, he doesn't usually come here.

As for looking at Chen Xing's works.

He's seen enough in the past few days, so he doesn't have to come with these tourists.

Chen Xing nodded and said, "Okay, I see." ”

Then he said to Hedwig: "You can go shopping by yourself for a while, I'll go and get busy first." ”

"You go first, I'm going to have a good look."

Chen Xing felt very comfortable when he said this, nodded and followed the female assistant to the gallery's office.

In addition to Seth, there were three other people, one of whom was Dellin, who had previously said that he was going to see Chen Xing's photography exhibition, but he didn't tell Chen Xing when he would come. The other two seemed to be together, a white woman in her forties, dressed quite stylishly, and the other was supposed to be her assistant.

Seeing Chen Xing come in, Dellin greeted loudly: "Hello! Chen, my good junior brother! You're developed now. ”

Chen Xing went over and hugged him.

Although the two of them often chat on the Internet, they haven't seen each other for a long time.

Seth waited for them to finish greeting before introducing the woman next to him: "Ms. Buffett, this is Chen Xing, Chen, this lady is a reporter from European Art from the United Kingdom." ”

Chen Xing shook her hand and said, "Hello." ”

If it is said that it is Buffett, many people will think of the stock god, but these two should be okay, in Europe and the United States Buffett is a relatively large surname, just like there are many people in Huaxia with the surname Chen, but with the same surname.

"Call me Sadie, I like your work very much, this time the Buddha light has improved significantly compared to the last time I saw the Oriental Ancient Village, and your color is the most natural photographer I have ever seen."

"Thank you."

Chen Xing looked at Seth with some confusion in his eyes.

What's going on? Do you say a few more words, is it an interview or what?

Without waiting for Seth to speak, Sadie continued.

"Can you tell us about your experiences? How did you and Mr. Dellin meet, and how did Mr. Seth find you? If I could, I would like to take a picture with you, your girlfriend shouldn't mind, right? ”

Chen Xing shook his head.

She probably saw herself chatting with Hedwig.

Dellin was wearing a denim jacket and hooked up with Chen Xing and said in a particularly good tone with us:

"Chen Xing and I met in school, although I have graduated for a long time, but I often go to the school to meet my teacher, Chen Xing is a man of the year in our school, many people know him......

Chen Xing was shocked again, what is the situation of you, you have behaved too much!

Dellin talked eloquently, Sadie stood and looked at him with a smile, and Chen Xing suddenly felt that he had understood-does the senior like women who are much older than him? I knew before that he liked Sophie Marceau and Ellie, and now Sadie is also about forty years old......

What he said was probably true, including taking Chen Xing to shoot stars later, which was welcomed by a lot of things.

Sadie said with a smile: "It turns out that Mr. Chen Xing is also famous in commercial photography, and he has already cooperated with so many French celebrities and fashion brands. ”

"Fluke." Chen Xing said modestly.

Seth also did not mention the name of the boss Abbott in the story, and he proudly said:

"Chen Xing is my biggest surprise this year, as soon as I saw his works in this Arles photo exhibition, there was only one voice in my heart, that is, I must sign him, and his Chinese style will definitely lead the fashion trend in art in the next few years......"

Why didn't you know Seth's acting skills were so good before?

Our boss, Hercule Abbott, who owns half of Arles, is the one who signed him against the odds.

Among them, it is estimated that there is also a needle thread of his own teacher Nobel.

But when Seth first met him, didn't he think Huaxia style was a little low?

Dellin took advantage of Sadie's interview with others, and whispered to Chen Xing: "Say a few good words to the seniors, in case the name of my brother also appears in European art, my brother will take you out and enjoy it for a few days." ”

"This European art is famous?"

"Famous! Very famous! Dellin looked at Sadie again, continued to lower his voice and said to Chen Xing, "People are in the art circle, and they have nothing to do with me, who is in the fashion industry, but if I can make a name for myself in the art world, then will my photo shoot be even higher?" ”

He compared a small action that Chen Xing taught him to rub money with his index finger and thumb.

"O~"

Chen Xing understands now.

Dellin is well-known in commercial shoots, but the name is only in a circle.

Professor Nobier didn't let Chen Xing shoot too many commercial shoots for this reason.

Commercial photography is a market with a great demand for photographers, and there are many practitioners, and their school has sent countless talents to this aspect.

But it's not art!

How can making money be an art?

So says the original billionaire Professor Nobel.

The art world thinks so too.

Dellin, of course, makes money, he goes to shoot a group of works for people, two hours, tens of thousands of euros will be in hand, a house can be earned by taking photos for only a few days, but this can only say that he is a good photographer, not an artist.

What is an Artist?

Chen Xing barely counted.

You have your own style and ideas in photography, and there is no fixed price for a work after you shoot it. If you take out this work, someone may buy it for 10,000 euros, or someone will buy it for millions of euros.

This is art, and it is also the direction that Professor Nobel hopes Chen Xing will go.

Seth's braggadocio continues.

"I'm very glad that my speed was fast enough to sign Chen Xing before most people could react, otherwise when Chen Xing has the fame he has now, maybe we won't be able to sign him, and my colleagues in Paris are much better than us."

Sadie laughed.

"Fate makes you attract each other, and I always hear Chen Xing's name in the UK, so I guess you have spared no effort to promote Chen Xing. So Mr. Chen Xing, how did you get into photography? I heard that you studied business management before? ”

"You're right." Chen Xing recalled the experience of the past two years and said.

"I first came into contact with cameras two years ago, when my friend and I were dining in a very old restaurant, and the owner stumbled upon a photo I had taken with my phone and invited me to take a picture of their dishes."

"This is your first pot of gold?"

"That's right, I used the money they paid to buy the first camera in my life, and then I passed the Paris high school exam when I was traveling in Paris, and gradually came here, and the teachers in the school, as well as Dellin's senior, gave me a lot of help during this period."

"Is this true? It's only taken two years since contact? ”

"Yes."

Sadie was surprised at this time, because now Chen Xing is already a well-known new star in the photography industry, and this time the Arles Newcomer Award is 99% sure that it is him, and it only took two years to go from a novice to this level?

"It's so talented, that's all I can think about. So how did you come up with your current style? ”

Even Chinese photographers rarely have such a strong Chinese style as Chen Xing, just like some works taken by island people, in the eyes of Europeans and Americans, they have a unique style that they can shoot by themselves.

Huaxia actually has such a style, but it is called Hong Kong style.

Some time ago, Chen Xing brought a wave of popularity, and many photographers who can shoot Hong Kong style made a fortune again.

As for the local style of China.

Maybe not before, but now they found it here in Chen Xing, and it is still in the time period when Huaxia International's strength is getting higher and higher, and countless countries have begun to pay attention to it.

"Maybe it's the history of our country." Chen Xing was silent for a moment and sorted out his words.

"From the ancient mythological era to the prosperity of the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, from the contention of a hundred schools of thought in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, to the glory of the Qin, Han, Sui and Tang dynasties, from the glorious culture of the Sui and Tang dynasties to the end of the feudal imperial system in the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, when I study history, this diversity comes to me. It can be said that everything in our country has created the current Chinese people and my current style. ”

There are also some Chinese people in the gallery at the moment.

When they appreciate Chen Xing's works, they have a deeper cultural touch than Europeans and Americans.

Especially when you see the foreigners around you facing the buildings in your own country in the photo, you let out a low cry. That kind of self-evident liking gave them a lot of confidence in their own national culture.

Sadie liked what Chen Xing said very much, and he also asked the assistant in a low voice if he had recorded it.

After he went back, he would put this paragraph in the first paragraph of his article, the kind that was enlarged and bolded.

Looking at the time, she said, "Mr. Chen Xing, let my assistant take a photo of us." ”

After this interview, Chen Xing plans to go to the exhibition hall to walk around, accompany Hedwig, or introduce his photos to some people who don't understand his work, and tell them the stories in the photos.

But Seth stopped him:

"Where are you going? There are several critics waiting for you, and they've been waiting for you for a long time. ”

With so many exhibitions held in Europe during this time, Sadie is not the only one who is curious about Chen Xing, and those art journalists or critics from Northern Europe, Italy, and even Asia are looking forward to meeting Chen Xing once and asking some questions in person.

(End of chapter)