From the beginning to the end of this opera, plus a break in the middle of the intermission, it didn't take three hours, it is not a comedy that Chen Xing likes to watch, but it still does not have any urine points throughout the whole process, and I feel that the opera is still a little interesting.

The key is to understand what they are singing.

Because there are no subtitles for live performances, there is not even a big screen behind them, just a stage set.

If you don't understand French, it's okay to watch it for ten or twenty minutes. If you really have to sit for two and a half hours, no matter how good your patience is, you have to get frizzy.

At the end of the performance, the actors also came down to interact with the audience.

After all, this hall can accommodate a small audience, let alone opera singers, and it is no problem for them to interact with each other.

Male number one takes off his fake beard.

Chen Xing knew that this was a person who was only in his twenties, and when he shook hands with Chen Xing, he might think he was a foreigner, and asked, "Sir, can you understand the lines we say, what do you think of our performance?" ”

"I was lucky enough to meet you guys when I first went to the opera, and I performed very well."

Male No. 1 smiled slightly.

Good guys, you're a foreigner with more French than me?

Leaving here, it was already dark outside, and there should not be many people going out at night in France, but from the Palais des Papes came a very lively sound, and the kind of pillar of light that shot into the sky.

They went over and took a look, only to know that it was the Festival of Lights at the Papal Palace.

There are many light shows in France every year, and there are many in Paris, which seems to have become a kind of French culture, and it is a rare place to go out for a night out with the active participation of locals and tourists alike.

Chen Xing had visited a festival of lights at an old college in Paris before, and he was already shocked in his heart, but here at the Palais des Popes, it is even better.

The lights hit the façade of the Palais des Papes, and the Gothic style gave him a fairytale atmosphere, the original native yellow, weathered coat that had been weathered over time, was now clad in a very trendy new outfit.

Butterflies flying, birds falling in the rain, glaciers drifting snow, dazzling, every scene is lifelike.

Hedwig had never seen this kind of scene in her life, she had been at home before, and she had only heard Chen Xing keep talking about how beautiful, interesting, and beautiful the outside world was, but she had never had any psychological feelings.

Isn't it also in the video?

But now she has discovered that some of the images are different from those seen in the video.

It was so shocking that I clenched my hands.

However, it is still interesting to come out with the person you like, otherwise it has nothing to do with her no matter how beautiful the scenery is.

Chen Xing felt ...... It looks soft and weak, and the hand strength is quite strong.

Getting closer and closer to the Papal Palace, after arriving at the front courtyard, Chen Xing found that there were people everywhere, and most of them should be tourists, all of them sitting on the grass, with order in the chaos.

Hedwig was engrossed in watching the light show, and when the white dove flew out, she couldn't help but wow.

Chen Xing really didn't restrain himself, gently took her hand, and pulled Hedwig to his side and hugged him.

When did I become such a hesitant person? What is there to worry about when you fall in love, it's not the first time.

Well, Hedwig was the first time.

But so what, love should be loved, love should be divided, life is just a few decades, they are already twenty years old, how many years can they be so chic?

"Woohoo!"

The people around began to heckle.

They love to watch this, isn't that more interesting than a light show?

Fireworks exploded in the sky, and a huge sound accompanied by colored balls of light formed a huge circle and began to fly in all directions, and the whole area was as bright as day in that moment.

These colorful balls of light floated and fluttered, like it was raining.

until it fell into the crowd and became a faintly visible smoke.

………………

Back to Arles in the early morning.

Bad news, didn't live together.

Chen Xing felt a little pity, the atmosphere was all on this, and he had known each other for half a year, and he had only made such progress in breaking the ice.

What do my ex-girlfriends think of it?

But in the end I had a good night's sleep.

Tonight, the organizing committee will hold a ceremony, and at that time, Chen Xing will be given a small plaque for the Arles Newcomer Award, which is not a precious metal, but only a symbolic meaning.

On the contrary, the list of winners was announced on the Internet early in the morning, which was very sincere.

When Chen Xing went to the gallery to see, there were more people who came to see Chen Xing's photos than on the first day, and it can only be said that there are a lot of people who have come to Nanfa recently, and everyone is still a little curious about the people above when they see the list of winners.

As soon as he entered the office, Seth couldn't help but say happily: "Chen, my big baby, your remaining photos are sold out in just two hours, hahaha." I want to sincerely apologize to you, you Huaxia is too marketable. ”

“？？？ Stay away from me. ”

He knew that Seth's sexual orientation was normal, and he had children and a wife, but when he heard the word, he was in his mouth.

In addition to the first day of good sales, the next two days are all come in to see, and there are only one or two pictures at the end of the day, where is it like today, in just a few hours after the door opened, the group of people rushed in and grabbed Chen Xing's photos.

In fact, it can't be said who makes and who loses, after Chen Xing wins this award, the price of photos will definitely increase.

But for them, most of the photos sold are the kind that Chen Xing can take casually, and there are many more such photos in Chen Xing's mobile hard drive.

It is necessary to control the flow of photos into the market, otherwise it will be very disadvantageous for Chen Xing and the gallery.

Anyway, Seth was happy, laughed, and said to the people in the office: "When the exhibition is over in the evening, I will give you three days off!" ”

"Manager, you're so handsome!"

"I'm sorry I'm talking about the exhibition department, the administration department continues to work."

“……”

If you are so busy and you still want to rest, give me work!

Chen Xing walked around the gallery twice, answered a few questions from the audience, and then went to the arena.

There are more people in front of Chen Xing's photos in the arena than before.

Don't look at it as just a newcomer award, I can't make any waves at a certain music festival or film festival, but the premise is that there are many awards, what is the best actor, the best heroine, the best song or something.

The Rencontres d'Arles awards these awards.

All the winners will receive huge bonuses.

The world's most famous photography festival is no joke, and today Arles is definitely the most popular place for photographers and photographers from all over the world.

Chen Xing didn't reveal his identity, but he couldn't squeeze in either.

With a pretentious sigh, he looked at the islanders.

It can't be said that it is empty, it can only be said that there is no comparison at all.

Chen Xing's heart was much more comfortable.

At the beginning of this photography festival, the scene was almost reversed, and at that time, Chen Xing was looking forward to the current picture. He even saw Kintaro Yamazaki standing in front of his few photos, presumably for an evening party.

Even if you don't win a prize, you can still meet some friends or something.

Chen Xing smiled, he couldn't squeeze in anyway, let's go see Hedwig.

The two of them were next to each other, she was still sleeping when Chen Xing came out in the morning, and now she came out for a walk, Chen Xing brought back a little freshly baked bread and her favorite fruit pudding.

If the two got along for a long time, Chen Xing would never have done such a thing.

It's still a matter of caring and caring about it.

The things were sent in, but people really can't see them now, Hedwig has been in the room all day, and she can chat with Chen Xing on her mobile phone...... Why are you still shy?

Forget it, she wasn't used to that kind of occasion at night.

Domestic......

The news of Chen Xing's award in Arles was circulated among the groups who paid more attention to the photography contest for the first time, and they could not see the specific number of votes on the Internet before today.

"Shady, shady!" Someone shouted in a group of more than 300 people.

This is a WeChat group founded by a street sweeping blogger, saying that it is fans, but in fact, the people who will really add it have cameras. If you don't have a camera, you can add any street sweeping groups, and they all go to teach the grandma who shoots with mobile phones.

"What shady?" Someone doesn't understand.

Their group is actually quite quiet, occasionally someone takes a photo and repairs it and sends it in, and everyone will be very cooperative to deduct a few 6s.

"There is a Chinese winner at the Arles Photo Festival, and the school is the largest school of photographers in France. I think the photos of Mr. Zhou and Daping are very good, but I can hardly find any news on the Internet. ”

The two men he was talking about were winners of Arles' photography festival in China, and there are many such photographers around the world, but their work is hard to find in Arles.

It's not a question of tickets, either.

The model of the Arles Photo Festival is different from that of ordinary photo festivals, where photography festivals are held in one place to make it easier for people to view. But there are so many works to be exhibited in Arles these months, where do they have the space to make this model?

That's why Rencontres d'Arles is unique.

Except for Chen Xing's works that want to compete for awards, the other works are scattered all over Arles.

Maybe you've walked into some abandoned building, and if you go inside, how can there be a few more pictures here?

Or a tourist stays in a hotel, and as soon as he enters the lobby, he finds, huh? Why is there a photo here that looks good, and it matches this hotel lobby a little bit.

If you want to travel around the city, you will inadvertently find all kinds of photos, and this is the Arles Photo Festival.

"What kind of Chinese people will be shady when they win the award, what are you doing?"

"Yes, Chen Xing, I've also paid attention to it, people do this professionally. You say he didn't shoot well? Trouble keyboard warrior to send a few photos out for us to see? Let me learn to learn from this street fighter? ”

The group was very noisy.

This is just a small part of the Huaxia Photo Festival.

Many young photographers feel very excited, which aggravates their idea of learning Chen Xing's photographic style, isn't it just the saturation of the highland of various colors? Learn! It's a big deal to re-study the three primary colors.

If you are a little older, you can't learn, or you don't want to learn.

How old is Chen Xingcai?

The information says that he is only 20 years old, and he is still a student, so learn from him? Don't even want your face?

Some also took in apprenticeships.

For them, the price of changing styles is too great.

Now many people are talking about how Chen Xing is, and some people are becoming more and more annoyed, and finally they start to hack Chen Xing for some reason, how outrageous the rumors are, anyway, it's right.

But the more noisy it is, the more famous Chen Xing becomes.

Beep station fans are uproaring.

It is also Chen Xing who does not open Weibo, and it is estimated that it will have to rise by one or two times on the day he wants to open Weibo.

The Huaxia Photography Association also held a small meeting to discuss whether to invite Chen Xing again, although they are only a non-governmental association, but it is also a national nature. If a member of the association wins an award at the Rencontres d'Arles Photo Festival, they will have a bright face.

There was a time difference of several hours between the two places, and at night, the photography scene in Huaxia gradually quieted down.

Chen Xing's side had just arrived at night.

The organizing committee chartered the largest hotel nearby, and the banquet was arranged in a fashionable manner, and Chen Xing also wore a suit and sat at one of the tables closest to the stage.

To his left sat Professor Nobel, who had come straight from Paris after receiving the news today. Chen Xing was very touched when he went to pick him up in the afternoon, it was really a blessing for students to have such a teacher.

But as soon as he came to this banquet, he took Chen Xing everywhere to show off with his old friends.

This reminded Chen Xing of his mother's appearance after he decided to transfer to France.

They weren't so excited when their article was published in a magazine, they changed schools to study, good guys, and the whole community knew about it in one day. When he went out alone, others greeted him warmly and said "turtle turtle" or something.

At that time, Chen Xing felt very ashamed.

But this place is a little better, Mr. Nobel's friends are also big names in the industry, either a famous director or an internationally renowned photographer, and in the process of showing off all the way, Chen Xing also got their contact information.

Sitting on the right is this year's grand prize winner, an Italian.

I met Mr. Nobel.

At the same table, there is also the winner of the public award of this photography festival, and he is also very young, and he just added WhatsApp to Chen Xing, this software is one of the most mainstream chat software in Europe, and the mobile phone card is bound, and leaving each other's mobile phone numbers is to add friends, no different from text messages.

It feels like a text message......

Although domestic social software has many shortcomings, it is far more convenient than foreign ones.

The curator of the festival took to the stage and said: "Our festival has been in existence for 50 years, and in the past 50 years, we have invited countless people who love the art of photography to come here, regardless of gender, young and old, to explore the streets of Arles together. ”

Then he told some stories about the history of the festival.

It is estimated that this is what I have to say every year, but Chen Xing still finds it interesting because it is the first time to listen to it.

Arles used to be a mecca for painters, and Van Gogh, as long as you have studied this painter, you must mention the city of Arles. But there were three young men who divided Arles into two parts.

Spring, autumn, winter, and summer.

Every year, from July 4 to September 25, Arles belongs to photographers. The rest of the time belonged to the painters, as well as to Van Gogh's fans.

Three young men, one is a photographer, one is a historian, and the other is a writer.

So, on this evening, in addition to the photographer's prize, there are separate prizes for history and books, which are awarded to historical and theoretical publications, and one laureate is selected each year, with a prize of 8,000 euros.

You don't need to look at the bonus, and Chen Xing can't look down on this bonus, but it's reputation.

An artist's reputation is money.

"Every year we try to surprise the audience at the festival, and this year we found two very good young people, one of them is Chen Xing from Huaxia, who won this year's Newcomer Award, and at the same time, he almost caught up with our Mr. Herman in the Most Popular Award."

"Their works, one that makes me feel back to the heyday of China, the country where Marco Polo's pen is full of golden milk, and the one that makes me feel the development of science and technology, you are the biggest surprise of this year's photography festival, congratulations."

Chen Xing took the stage to win the award first, he hugged several seniors at the same table, and then slapped each other's backs with Herman, who he had just met.

After a few months of hard work, the family didn't go back to live for a few days.

It's exhausting.

But he also really felt very cool in the past few hours, and he couldn't see it on the surface, but listening to other people's compliments, that feeling was enough to make people lose it.

Finally won the prize.

(End of chapter)