After chatting with this old hippie for a while, Chen Xing turned around and saw Hedwig standing at a loss with a bunch of leaflets in her hand, looking pitiful, full of protectiveness, but no one bullied her.

Chen Xing took the flyer and said, "Dance drama, opera...... Do you want to go to a show? ”

"They gave it to me."

Chen Xing looked at these leaflets and asked, "Then do you want to go?" ”

"Yes."

The repertoire on these leaflets can actually be seen on the houses on both sides, and it seems that there are not many plays that can be performed in Avignon, and several of them are old operas with new actors.

After all, this is a theater festival, so how can you not watch a drama here?

So Chen Xing chose a classic story among these photos - the pearl diver.

And what else is there to be in this Trojan, the beautiful Horlena. There is no need to watch dance dramas, now Chen Xing only agrees with one kind of dance drama, that is, Chinese dance, the dance of Europeans is like a dancing god, can it be compared with Oriental dance?

Chen Xing admits that this is a personal bias, well, he doesn't want to watch dance dramas anyway.

He pulled out the leaflet, shook it and said, "Then let's go see this today, and let me, a foreign old hat, also be influenced by high art." ”

Hedwig laughed too.

When Chen Xing saw her, he suddenly reacted and said, "You too, we two old hats." ”

This is not unreasonable, the Europeans consider their opera to be elegant, and look down on people from other places. Needless to say, Chen Xing is a Chinese, and when Hedwig is not smiling, she looks like a cold and noble princess, but she is an American.

They identify with the United States as a powerful nation, but art?

What art can America have?

So now these are the two old hats.

Hedwig didn't care what Chen Xing said, just nodded in agreement anyway, she believed that Chen Xing wouldn't really make fun of her.

Perhaps it is the theater festival that has made many tourists put down their shelves in their hometowns, and many people have put on costumes and taken to the streets, a bit like a comic con.

Comic Con is not unique to Asian countries, Europe is also holding Comic-Con now, in July this year, the Island Country Animation Exhibition was held in Paris, Chen Xing did not have time at that time, but many students went to participate.

It seems that photographers everywhere have no resistance to cosplay.

Some children in fancy clothes may play the role of some kind of monster, and will come to scare them because they see Hedwig beautiful.

It's annoying.

When the parents pulled the child away, Chen Xing snorted and said:

"That's why I hate children."

Hedwig pulled Chen Xing's arm and said, "Don't be angry. ”

Fortunately, after leaving the old town, where the festival atmosphere is strongest, this situation disappears, and the people on the road are ordinary tourists. But without the people in fancy clothes and the old houses full of character, it's not much fun to take pictures.

The sun was also very strong, so they put away their cameras and switched from sweeping the streets to ...... Another form of street sweeping.

Although the city of Avignon is small, it has many tourists.

Many luxury and trendy stores have opened stores here, and the outside of the store may look ordinary, but as soon as you walk into these stores, you will find that these luxury stores are brightly decorated, and the walls are white and bright, as if they are inlaid with diamonds, which is incompatible with the outside environment.

But this is luxury, they use the gorgeous appearance to maintain their brand, so that the value of the brand completely covers the value of the product itself.

Is there really such a big gap between an LV bag and a bag handmade by a leathermaker in his hometown from calfskin?

In fact, the quality is the same, and the added value of the brand is expensive.

Anyway, it's all shopping, Chen Xing took Hedwig like an ordinary tourist, looking at the streets one by one, and when he walked into the Chanel store, Chen Xing found a necklace that was sold out of stock in Paris.

"So I still have this necklace here."

Hedwig took a look.

This is a platinum necklace, there is a small sapphire on the pendant, and I don't know what material the jewelry wrapped in the sapphire is, plus the sapphire is about the size of a soybean, but it is very beautiful.

"This is a set of promotional photos I took for them half a year ago, and it was out of stock in Paris shortly after the promotional photos were released, so I didn't expect to see them here."

Chen Xing can't remember how many luxury goods he has photographed.

As a young commercial photographer who has made a name for himself in France, Chen Xing doesn't know how many pieces of jewelry he has photographed.

The main thing is that Chen Xing can still remember the model who was photographed by himself wearing this necklace. At that time, she was wearing the kind of shiny fish-scale one-piece dress, her figure looming, and she wore this necklace around her snow-white neck.

Grunt~

Chen Xing can't help but swallow when he recalls the figure of that supermodel now.

He looked at Hedwig.

Hedwig has a little more meat than the supermodel last time, but European models have always been thin, so her figure is actually a little healthier - if only you could trick her into wearing tighter clothes sometime, Chen Xing thought to himself.

How did she manage to eat sweets without gaining weight?

And she doesn't like sports, if she doesn't pull her out for a walk when she's fine, then Hedwig can stay in her room until she's old.

Chen Xing pointed to the necklace and said, "Take this out." ”

The shopping guide of this store was full of smiles, and the service was also in place, and after taking out the necklace that Chen Xing wanted, he stood aside and waited, and he did not have the same problem as other store shopping guides who liked to recommend goods to others.

Chen Xing was very satisfied.

He thinks that a good shopping guide should be like this.

And no matter what luxury store it is, even if it's a Gucci fragrance and you want to try it, they'll come up with a sample and give you a sample. If you really encounter the kind of product in a store that says that the product is too expensive to try on, it is most likely because you can't afford it and are unwilling to do it.

Except for clothes, it is true that some clothes will have an impact after wearing.

"Give it to me?" Hedwig blinked.

"Well, put it on and take a look."

Hedwig didn't have a single ornament.

There were no necklaces, no rings, no earrings, and because there were no piercings, her ears looked beautiful. It doesn't matter, Chen Xing mainly wants to see how Hedwig looks with this necklace.

Today she is wearing a sky blue printed dress with a touch of white.

It goes well with her skin tone.

Even if you don't know how to dress up anymore, but with a little care, at least there will be no problems with the matching of your wear, and there will be no kind of clothes that you wear in a colorful and seemingly trendy outfit, but it makes people uncomfortable.

Chen Xing brought the necklace to her.

Hedwig was like a puppet the whole time.

Then Chen Xing took two steps back, clapped his hands and said, "This is just perfect." ”

The female shopping guide also said: "This necklace is very suitable for this beautiful lady, it is just like tailor-made." ”

Chen Xing saw that Hedwig didn't move, and said, "You go and take a look in front of the mirror." ”

Didn't move.

Are people stupid?

Chen Xing waved in her eyes, and found that she was looking at herself, but she was a little shy, maybe social fear was committed again, right? If she didn't run back, she made progress today.

"Give me a box, and I don't need to wrap it."

It's good to take it with you like that.

"Don't ...... No, it's so expensive. ”

"I sold so many photos the day before yesterday, I don't know what I'm going to do with my money if I don't spend a little bit of it, and this is my birthday gift to you, so wear it with peace of mind."

"Birthday?"

"Oh, I'll give it to you in advance."

The original price of this chain was 12,000, but now the price has actually increased, and it cost Chen Xing 15,000 to buy it, which is almost the money for two ordinary works - only part of the money from the sale of photos belongs to Chen Xing, and the gallery still has a certain proportion.

After paying, Chen Xing pulled Hedwig, whose IQ was gradually dropping, and walked out.

The necklace is so good-looking, Chen Xing is reluctant to take it off.

It's great to cultivate.

It's no wonder that many people like to invest money in the development game now, and watching a character gradually become what they like is really irreplaceable by ordinary entertainment.

Hedwig wondered how long it would take for her to buy a gift for Chen Xing.

Shopping, eating, feeding the pigeons in the square.

Chen Xing also experienced the fun of traveling with a girl, feeling bored that someone could talk to, and when he was tired of sitting on a park bench or resting in a café, he would not be out of place with the people around him.

For dinner, he looked for a particularly famous restaurant in Avignon called Avenio, which was recommended by their driver.

The location here is not easy to find, but navigation is a great invention, follow the navigation, go around the alleys of Avignon, and see this little shop on the side of a one-way road.

As soon as I entered, the waiter said, "Hello sir, are you two ordering food or dining now?" ”

"Now."

It's four o'clock in the afternoon, and I'm going to go to the opera after eating.

They sit outside.

When you open the menu, the title page says the origin of the shop, Avenio is the oldest name in Avignon, and it does look a bit like the current French name, which is now called Avignon.

As an internet celebrity store for a tourist attraction, the prices here are moderate.

It can't be said to be cheap, but it's not expensive either.

The key is that the food is delicious, Chen Xing ordered a tender steak and exchanged it with the cod with Hedwig's egg-wrapped cod, fresh spinach wrapped in cod, drizzled with egg yolk juice, and covered with a few slices of high-quality ham meat.

The taste of this combination is really amazing, but the portion is a little less.

Shopping, eating and watching movies is a common choice for couples with few special activities, and it is also good to go to an amusement park if there is an amusement park nearby. The last one to watch a movie was changed by them to an opera.

The Pearl Diver's opera is a small theater in the old town, which seats about two or three hundred guests.

The theater also has a small advantage, the performers can perform without microphones and speakers at all, and even if they sit in the farthest position, they will not feel that they cannot hear the sound on the stage.

When the lights in the auditorium dimmed, the opera began with a chorus.

The song in French, the lyrics probably mean that they have lived on an island for generations, people live in peace, they make money by taking pearls, and everyone lives a good life or something.

The way opera is sung is different from the normal singing nowadays, and if you have been exposed to the choral performance of the conservatory, you will find that professionally trained people will unconsciously use this unique operatic tone when singing in the chorus.

"It's good."

"Hmm...... What is being sung? ”

Hedwig pursed her lips, carefully discerning the meaning of the lyrics.

Her French is not as good as Chen Xing's.

Most of the plot in the opera is shown through songs, and if you can't understand what is sung, it seems to be a lot less fun. Chen Xing also explained the content of this opera to Hedwig while listening to the song.

Let's just say that on an island that makes a living from pearl fishing, there are three playmates who have played since childhood.

Two men and a woman.

The men all liked this woman, because of this incident, the two good brothers who had a good relationship with each other fought each other, but in the end the woman became a priest, and the priest could not fall in love, after all, he had to be pure.

It's a bloody plot.

Then the second male went away in a fit of anger and went out to work.

The male one became the leader of the island.

While explaining, Chen Xing drew a triangle symbol for the three people in his mind, one on one side, and then as the plot developed, the second male returned from working in other places, and the two men reconciled as before.

It's starting to be bloody.

The first man likes the first woman, and the first woman has been missing the second man, and when the second man returns to the island, he finally falls in love with him.

But because she was a priest, she couldn't fall in love, and when she was discovered, the leader was furious and wanted to execute the priestess and the second male who loved her according to the oath. But when it came to the end, the first man secretly let them go because he liked the first woman and was a good brother with the second man.

Hedwig looked at the actors on the stage, her bright eyes blinking, and she listened attentively.

But she had a doubt, asking, "What do these stories have to do with the pearl divers?" ”

"Well, this, I guess you'll know it if you read it, and aren't they all pearl divers, it's not off-topic."

Love is an eternal story.

No matter when and in what form this kind of story happens, some people like it and some people watch it, and it is estimated that this kind of story will only really disappear after the death of human beings themselves.

It can be said that people are the carriers of love.

This is a bloody story in Chen Xing's opinion, but with his own whisper and Hedwig's narration, as well as the atmosphere, color, and music in the opera, Chen Xing was actually immersed in it.

The male protagonist is the most difficult to play in this play.

He likes the priestess, but because the maiden must be pure to serve the gods, he has always hidden this love, so when he finds out that the priestess is in love with his brother, this emotional outburst makes the play also reach a climax.

All the audience held their breath to know what would happen next.

But it was also because of love, as well as some other things, that he finally let go of everything and deceived them by deceiving the villagers, helping the first and second women escape.

Hedwig couldn't cry anymore.

Chen Xing hugged her shoulders.

This place is designed for couples, and it's so convenient for two people sitting together to get closer. Unlike the movie theater, there is still such a large piece in the middle, and it is inconvenient to watch the movie comfortably by leaning together.