travel starts with photography

Chapter 202 I don't want to hear about shitty photographer history, I just want to make money now

He opened his eyes in a daze.

too bright.

It took him a long time to remember that he had arrived in France yesterday and was currently boarding with a family in Paris.

dong dong dong...

"Xing, let's go downstairs for breakfast."

It was Aunt Lizi's voice.

Chen Xing rubbed his eyes. He didn't close the curtains when he slept last night, which caused him to be woken up so early by the bright light. After all, he really didn't wake up.

I don't know when the first class of the university will start here.

If it still starts at [-]:[-] as before, then Chen Xing probably needs to get used to the healthy life of going to bed early and getting up early.

"coming."

Get up and get dressed, and tidy up the quilt a little.

The room was very empty. Chen Xing thought that he would go to the market to buy some decorations, books and so on after he was busy today. He was very curious about the bestsellers in France.At present, the best-selling chicken soup in China is chicken soup, and I don’t know what is popular in France.

It would be great if travel notes are popular, and if they can be sold, I will make a whole copy.

Going out with the toiletries, I ran into the Indian boy next door.

His name is Shah Rukh Yazan. Indians also have their surname at the back and first name at the front, which is the same as that of Europeans and Americans, so just call him Shah Rukh. This man is a gamer, but he is not shy.

"Good morning!"

"it is good."

Chen Xing nodded and went downstairs first.

Everyone's breakfast was set on the dining table, and a square table that could seat six people would not look crowded for five. The two landlords had already taken their seats, and they were eating with Pena, who lived on the third floor.

Breakfast is eggs, a few slices of baguette, tomato sauce, and milk, which looks very healthy.

Li Zi greeted Chen Xing who had just arrived at home with a smile, and invited him to take a seat quickly. Pena was still as shy as she saw yesterday, eating with her head down.

In fact, Chen Xing prefers her name, Hedwig.

It sounds beautiful.

The name Pena is just average, maybe it can be translated as Pena?European girls seem to be more suitable for this kind of name translation with female suffixes.

I washed my face, brushed my teeth, and tidied my hair.

After sitting down, Uncle Feida said, "Xing, today is the day for you to sign up, do you want us to take you there?"

"No, the Paris School of Decorative Arts is just the street ahead, I can find it."

"EnsAD?" Pena raised her head.

Chen Xing also looked over, only to find that her eyes were still light gray, very clear.

"Yes, are you also in this school?" Chen Xing asked as he sat down.

"No, I'm at the Ecole Normale Supérieure."

Li Zi smiled and said, "It seems that you are still neighbors."

Chen Xing said: "We are still roommates."

There was laughter at the dining table, only Pena was a little shy.

After eating this breakfast, Chen Xing went out, walking about one kilometer from this street is the Paris Higher School of Decorative Arts.During the day, the two streets along the road are full of tourists, but it is relatively deserted in the morning.

There are many sights to see in Paris in the early morning, who would come to shop early in the morning.

There are many people at the gate of the school.

Chen Xing walked in, asked a senior for directions, and came to Professor Cliff Nobel's office.

This professor was one of the few teachers who interviewed Chen Xing at the beginning. After that, the two of them kept in touch frequently, and the relationship was not bad.

"You are here, how are you doing recently?"

"very good."

"That's fine, let's go, you are going to join my class, and I will take you to meet the classmates who know you."

The French National School of Decorative Arts implements a three-plus-two policy. After three years of education, there will be two years of compulsory internship... Maybe the domestic three-plus-two higher vocational education evolved from here?
Since Chen Xing's level is excellent, and he has also studied in colleges and universities in his home country for several years, the course he set before was to directly participate in the fourth-year internship.

But after discussion at the school, Chen Xing felt that although Chen Xing did a good job in filming, he didn't understand the basics at all, so he was asked to report to the school a few months in advance and became a transfer student in the third year.

But it's okay, this is the last semester of my junior year, and I will graduate in June.

The buildings in the art school are different from ordinary schools, not to mention that the main output of this school is the talents of the design department. The design of the main building of the school looks very beautiful from the outside, with a sense of art in the Roman era .

There is a small square in the center of several buildings in the school. Domestic schools like to put the national flag in this place.

But this university puts a statue.

The statue created by the well-known artist Francesco Bodoni stands on a long pillar. If the weather is bad, it is generally difficult to see the details of the statue when you look up. Because of the reflection, you can only see black shadows.

Professor Nobel said:
"Although our school is relatively small, there are still two main teaching buildings. One of them is the Academy of Fine Arts, which is where you will often go in the future, and the other is the Academy of Architecture."

Chen Xing nodded all the way.

He thinks the two teaching buildings are very beautiful.

Downstairs, there is a statue every two or three meters. Above the statue, on the second floor of the teaching building, there are also heads of famous people.

These avatars represent the artists and architects who have influenced the world in the 200 years since the school was founded, which can be counted as the foundation of a school, which is unmatched by many newly established schools.

Outside the classroom, Chen Xing could hear the same noise in the classroom as he remembered, so he couldn't help but feel relieved.

It seems that students all over the world are the same.

After entering the door, Professor Nobel clapped his hands. Although the students did not immediately return to their seats in a panic, they all calmed down and listened to what Professor Nobel wanted to say.

"I hope everyone had a pleasant holiday, but from today onwards you should study hard, at least you need to know where and what to do after the second half of the year, well, let me introduce you to your new Classmate, Xing Chen from Huaxia."

Chen Xing saw that he was speaking French, so he walked to the podium in French and said, "Hello, just like what Professor Nobel said, you can call me Xing, I hope we can spend the next college happily together. time."

Applause soon rang out.

Chen Xing looked around at his future classmates and was also very happy.

It seems that there is no brother Ni in the class, and now he said that he can get along with his classmates happily.

Today is not only the first day for Chen Xing to sign up, but also the first day for them to return to school.

Professor Nobel looked at the number of people in the classroom, without calling names, smiled at Chen Xing and said, "Come to my office again in an hour, we still have some procedures to solve, you can already find my office, right?"

"Okay, Professor."

"Well, get along well with your classmates."

The professor left, and Chen Xing was soon surrounded by classmates. They were all curious why it was almost the end of the semester, and there would be new students joining their class.

"Hello, are you really Huaxia's photographer?"

"Our school hasn't had any students from China for many years. Haha, there are two Chinese students in the second grade. Do you know them?"

Chen Xing shook his head.

Chinese photographers are not discriminated against in France, but there are indeed few.

There are also some Asian faces in their class, but after chatting together, we realized that there are three Asians in this class except Chen Xing, two are from the island country, and the other is from the Bangzi country.

Fortunately, these three people have good personalities, and they don't have the stereotyped concepts of island countries and Bangzi countries.

It is estimated that I have stayed abroad for a longer time, and I am used to life abroad.

The person who first struck up a conversation with Chen Xing asked, "Where do you live now? A dormitory?"

"No, I live in a host family not far from the school. What is the dormitory like?"

"Very ordinary, let's go, I'll take you to have a look."

Chen Xing was pulled for a while, and quickly said: "Don't you have to go to class?"

"There is no class today, just a roll call, but now that Professor Nobel has left, I don't think there will be a roll call. There will be a section on the history of photography at ten o'clock tomorrow, and I will pull you into our Facebook discussion group..."

a girl said.

Chen Xing quickly saw the school dormitory.

It’s not good to say it’s bad, but at least it looks good. If there were such dormitory conditions in China, it would probably have become an Internet celebrity school long ago, and there may be some low-key noble schools that still have such a style.

Needless to say after entering.

The sour smell is unavoidable.

Fortunately, he chose to live off-campus, Chen Xing thought to himself.

There are murals on the walls outside the dormitory. The patterns look like the Western Xinjiang of China. On the left hand side of the corridor is the balcony. The handrail is about one meter high. The arc-shaped hollow windows have the flavor of Harry Potter. .

The classmate who brought Chen Xing said, "Look below, that is the most spectacular building in our school."

Chen Xing looked down from the hollowed-out position of the balcony.

After a corridor below, there is a building with a glass roof in front of it. The decoration inside is faintly visible, and there are still many sculptures and wall paintings.

"Any activities or exhibitions in the school are also included, but our photography department has not had an exhibition for a long time."

The classmate sighed.

In the campus led by the Department of Design, the major of photography and videography is really like a stepmother, but it is also because of this that the students in the class seem so Buddhist. Anyway, they can’t compete, just hang around and wait for graduation. .

After being guided by his classmates to visit the school for more than an hour, Chen Xing went to Professor Nobel's office to complete the remaining registration procedures.

Now, Chen Xing can tell outsiders that he is a student at the French National School of Decorative Arts without any scruples.

What hotel management, to hell.

When he came back from school, the road was a little busier. Chen Xing bought some decorations in a shop selling small commodities. After returning to his room to decorate a little, Chen Xing felt that the desk was too spacious, so he went to the Seine River to buy some decorations. Some second-hand books.

The Seine River has always been a paradise for old books. There have been many second-hand book stalls here since more than 100 years ago. Today, the bookstalls along the Seine River have long been a must-see for tourists to visit Paris.

Although book sellers are now selling some souvenirs in order to make money, there are also many traditional book sellers.

Carrying a stack of books back to the residence, the two roommates haven’t come back yet, only Aunt Liz and Uncle Feida are at home. Seeing that Chen Xing has brought some books back, they said with satisfaction: “Reading the good habits of our country One, glad you like it too."

Chen Xing smiled, went up to put the things away, and then came down to ask about the accommodation fee when the two roommates were away.

But Uncle Fei Da said before Chen Xing spoke: "Are you satisfied with our family?"

"I like the room very much, and everyone is easy to get along with."

"Of course, Pena and Shah Rukh are good boys, Xing, and so are you." Aunt Lizi said.

Off-campus accommodation must be much more expensive than on-campus accommodation, but the price of 120 euros a week still makes Chen Xing feel heartbroken. If this continues, his less than 4 euros will soon be spent.

The income from the beep station and the column alone cannot make up for the high consumption in Europe.

Damn it, why haven't there been serious advertisements looking for me yet!
In the evening, after Chen Xing read the message again, he declined the advertisements of two European study abroad agencies, and thought of old John's suggestion again... It seems that it is time to move his domestic videos to Youtube.

In order to earn benefits earlier and at least not worry about money, Chen Xing edited the video overnight.

And re-dubbed.

Now Chen Xing edits faster, because his videos don't have any special effects, mainly because it took a little time to write the copywriting and dubbing, so it took half the night to post three videos.

His YouTube channel is also his own name [Chen Xing], which is the same as in China.

When I went to school with the textbook the next day, I couldn't help yawning.

After leaving the previous school, Chen Xing liked the life of going to bed late and waking up late. Now it is very difficult to accept this kind of life again, and he can only see if he can get used to it after a few more days.

The teacher of the history of international photography is a 50-year-old white aunt.

"Today we are going to learn about the Photographic Secession. This faction was founded by Alfred Stieglitz in 1902. It is a group of painterly photographers. Its members include, Edward..."

Sitting next to Chen Xing was a male classmate who showed him around the school dormitory, and he asked in a low voice, "We saw a video about you yesterday, and you actually won an A-category award at the Nice Winter Photography Festival, which is amazing .”

"Thank you." Chen Xing was weak.

He took out his phone and looked at his channel.

1000+ people watched, 2 comments.

[Huaxia is indeed a very beautiful place. I was honored to travel to Huaxia 20 years ago, and the scenery there is exactly the same as the blogger’s photo]... from America.

[India also has a place as beautiful as here, and even more beautiful, please follow my channel for details]... from India.

hum...

The phone vibrated.

Another message.

Chen Xing, like uploading the video to Biz.com at the beginning, hurried up to watch it.

[It’s hard to see such a primitive place in the Chinese mainland. In recent years, all I have seen is the prosperity of Shanghai, Yanjing, and Guangzhou. I haven’t returned to China for ten years. Without the Farmer, I'm definitely going to check it out this year]  … from America.

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