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Chapter 303 Give the Europeans a Little Shock in China
In addition to the big media such as European art, Chen Xing also accepted some small media such as "Paris Photography", but this kind of media can only be said to be small in size, and its popularity among French photographers is not low.

Just like the magazine Lonely Planet, it is like a bible in the eyes of travelers who like to travel. Many travel friends travel abroad for the first time in their lives because they read the guides in Lonely Planet.

Chen Xing is known as No.1 in the travel area on Biz.com, but he has not actually appeared in this magazine.

In fact, you can also give it a try.

In the final analysis, Lonely Planet is also a travel book. Chen Xing’s previous trips may not meet the standards due to various reasons, but this trip to Wuyuan, Jiangxi Province, from the origin of this trip to the discovery of the Buddha sculpture that has been forgotten for hundreds of years, absolutely Enough.

Really not, how about a photo?

Chen Xing doesn't have time to think about this now, he has met several groups of people in a row, and he doesn't have time to go out for lunch at noon, a dozen gallery employees plus Chen Xing and Hedwig all eat takeaway in the office.

A guy in the exhibition department said during the meal: "It's the first time I see so many Asians in our gallery."

"Chen is an Asian, so there must be more Asians here."

Although the name of their gallery is Gallery, Galerie, most of the projects they operate are photography works. Anyone who is the boss likes photography works.The so-called good at the top must be good at the bottom, and the employees recruited in the gallery also prefer photography, and they are even photography enthusiasts themselves.

The young man has worked in the exhibition department for three years and has operated many photography exhibitions, but it is the first time he has seen so many Asians appear in a photography exhibition.

Another girl said: "Chen, you will definitely become a master photographer."

Many people echoed: "Yes, I have held so many of your photography exhibitions in the past two months, and I also insist on this, come on!"

A few girls cheered Chen Xing up, regardless of whether they thought so or not, but who doesn't like to listen to good words, Chen Xing thanked again and again, with a smile on his face, and now the girls are even more motivated.

Have a meal?

The beauty is so greedy.

The plastic fork in Hedwig's hand was firmly inserted into the dessert. She used to like to eat sweets, but now she doesn't feel sweet at all.

Since Delrin got acquainted with several critics, he went out to read Chen Xing's works.For him, Chen Xing is actually very useful for reference. He is proficient in the use of light for posing, but Chen Xing is very good at capturing natural light.

It is impossible to shoot commercial photography for a lifetime. Today's young photographers enter the industry with new ideas, and there are more and more tricks. Even AI has come to compete with them for jobs.

According to this trend, wedding photographers are the first to be eliminated by the times.

Delrin is a bit more high-end than wedding photography, but it also needs to be changed. Otherwise, in a few years, as long as celebrities authorize AI to use their face data, high-end commercial works can also be generated by AI.

Thinking about it carefully, a nature photographer like Chen Xing is better.

At least for another ten years.

By the way, he also likes to shoot humanities, which is the bottom line of photographers, and this category will probably never be replaced.

When he walked to the separate room on the right side of the hall, Delrin saw the photo of "Buddha Light" taken by Chen Xing.

Even at the least crowded time after dinner, there are still many people in suits and leather shoes commenting on this work in this room, and there are also some Arles tourists with cameras, almost all of whom have a certain understanding of photography.

Now they all showed liking on their faces, if this photo is willing to sell, and the price is what they expected.

It is estimated that 100% of people will want to take this work home, no matter where it is placed, it is very suitable.

"A magnificent piece of work," someone said with emotion.

"Is this flying bird repaired later? It's very real." A woman noticed the flock of birds on the stone wall, forming silhouettes under the light and shadow of the setting sun, but she could clearly see the demeanor of the birds when she looked closely.

The birds just looked like silhouettes.

There is no place in this work that is pure black, and the excellent pixels of Hasselblad are enough to support such a large picture.

Those who stood in the front row and looked at this work for at least an hour said without looking back: "It's not P's, this photo has not undergone any retouching, not even a little bit of light processing."

"The photographer is lucky," said the woman.

Hearing this, Delrin shook his head and said:
"Opportunities will only be reserved for those who are prepared. This is a Chinese proverb. Different beauties appear in nature every moment. I believe that in a certain part of the world at this moment, there must be a more beautiful scene than this work. , but we couldn't get it."

The man who spoke before glanced back, and from Delrin's appearance, he could tell that he was just a photographer.

Don't worry, this is not an opponent.

Many photos in this photo exhibition are valuable, but this Buddha light is not for sale.

He got the news from Seth that this photo will only be sold to museums in his country, and their Pompidou Center is bound to get this painting, and the photographs in their museum have not been updated for a long time.

There are three works on the opposite side of the Buddha's light. The quality of these three works is better than that in the hall, but obviously not as good as the Buddha's light.

Looking closer, these three pictures should be taken in the same place, two of which are portraits, and the last one is the scenery of Huaxia buildings bathed in the sunset.Since this photography exhibition is called Wanxia·Chen Xing, there must be a large number of such sunset works.

This sunset work has already been sold, so the price is no longer available.

But since they are placed here, the prices of these three photos should be about the same.

Delrin is close to another photo, which is a Chinese woman taken indoors. She is sitting on a Chinese-style chair, wearing an oriental cheongsam, playing an unknown musical instrument, and has an elegant temperament.

Look at the introduction:
China's national intangible cultural heritage - Suzhou Pingtan.

This is a dialect-style traditional Chinese drama, popular in China's Jiangsu, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai areas. The women in the photo are soft and gentle, and they are the most traditional Chinese women. They were taken during Chen Xing's travels in the Jiangnan area of ​​China.

Price: 45000 euros.

Also suitable.

It's easy for Delrin to earn [-], but the method is different from Chen Xing's.

This price seems to be very expensive. For many ordinary people, it is estimated that only those who are taken advantage of are willing to buy, but photographers and painters are the same, what they buy is the fame of the photographer.Mr. Abbott's gallery has spent so much money to promote Chen Xing in the past two months. Of course, it will take advantage of this Arles Photography Festival to knock down Chen Xing's position.

That is to say, Chen Xing has just debuted. If Chen Xing shoots for a few more years, they even dare to put a price of 10 for the most common work.

The last one is also a portrait.

In this picture, the gender and age cannot be seen, and even the face cannot be seen clearly, because this is a stage, and the actors on the stage wear heavy makeup.

Huaxia Drama!

Huaxia's dramas sell tickets better in Europe than in China. Delrin sometimes went to see a few performances. Listening to the foreign language and watching the expressive movements of the actors on the stage, he even thought it was better than operas.

But the dress in the photo is different from the Beijing opera he has seen.

Shaoxing opera—the second largest opera in China, known as Chinese opera in Europe, is also the most performed Chinese opera in Europe. If you are interested in the drama in the screen, you can buy tickets for the Chinese Yue opera performance at the Cannes Philharmonic Hall on September 9.

Price: 45000 euros.

This photo has been seen by a little more people than the previous one. Delrin has never seen this kind of drama, but many people have seen it and like it very much.

A 30-year-old white man with curly hair took pictures with his mobile phone for a long time, made up his mind, went to the staff of this exhibition hall and said, "Hello, I want this work."

"Okay, please register with me!"

The girl confirmed the number of the photo, took off the price tag and took someone to register. The money can be paid first, but the work can only be taken away by them after Chen Xing's photography exhibition is over.

The other person was still looking at it, and found that someone had removed the price tag of this photo, was stunned, and said:
"It sold out? So fast?"

"Yeah, tens of thousands of euros, I'm really willing to..."

It was an Asian woman who spoke, probably from Huaxia. She was surprised that this kind of picture she often saw was sold for tens of thousands of euros, but the foreigner who spoke before ignored him and said quickly:

"I bought this one here! Hurry up and tear up the price for me!"

He didn't even wait for the staff member to return, so he asked his female companion to remove the price tag, as if someone would take this photo away.

The Asian woman is dumbfounded.

He saw that the photographer was a Chinese, so he came in to join in the fun. After all, ten euros is not expensive. Take care of the fellow and come in to see what he took.Before entering, I even made mental preparations that there was no one inside.

As soon as he came in, he was shocked.

People are everywhere.

After walking around casually, I walked into the most beautiful and quiet room, and within a few minutes, I saw that a transaction of about [-] euros was completed.

Why?

Isn't that just a photo taken casually when someone else was acting?

I also took a lot of pictures.

She was puzzled and looked around blankly.

I really don’t understand art. I can’t see what’s so good about the photos in the Arles photography exhibition outside, and I don’t know how expensive the photos of this Chinese photographer are. But I will definitely tell my friends what happened today when I go back.

So interesting.

………………

Delrin came in from outside the office and saw a group of people packing lunch boxes inside.

It was two o'clock in the afternoon, and Chen Xing and the others had just finished eating.

Delrin looked at what they ate, and complained, "You all eat this? Chen Xing, Chen Xing, do you know how much your photos sold?"

"Huh? How much did you sell?"

He has been dealing with reporters or critics all morning, and now he is going out to meet ordinary guests again.I really don't have time to know how many of my photos have been sold, but there should be more art exhibitions before, right?

France can be regarded as Chen Xing's stronghold. There are many people who recognize him, and some small works will definitely sell well.

Delrin recalled the works without price tags in the exhibition hall, but soon his brain shut down. As an art student, he can't understand addition, subtraction, multiplication and division within a hundred.

"A lot anyway, you should have a party tonight."

"I know so few people, even if I hold a party, I don't think many people will come."

Chen Xing has participated in several artist gatherings.

The scene... was unsightly.

Chen Xing avoided doing such things, and they even dared to take off their underpants in public. Chen Xing often didn't fit in with them because he wasn't perverted enough.

Europeans are very tolerant towards artists. There are many things ordinary stars can’t do, but they feel normal when artists do these things. This kind of atmosphere makes European artists sometimes completely disregard social rules.

Seth came in and said, "There really should be a party, and I'll arrange it then."

Chen Xing asked, "Sold a lot?"

"Well, the better ones are basically sold out, and the cheaper ones are more left over. In the future, you have to control your annual production." Seth reminded habitually, and then remembered that Chen Xing's production rate is not high. High.

Only one piece of Buddha's light was released in a year, and if we control it, can there still be photos?

He immediately changed his tune and said: "Don't, don't, pretend I didn't say anything, anyway, show me your finished products in the future."

Chen Xing gave an OK sign and hurried out.

He wants to see how ordinary tourists evaluate his works.

Walking forward from the office is the hall. Now this time is not the one or two hundred people in the morning. The room is almost packed with tourists, but the noisy sound makes Chen Xing feel very wonderful.

He is a man who likes to be alone, but this is his photography exhibition.

These are people who paid money to come in and see his works, and to Chen Xing, they are all gods.

"The photographer is out!"

Chen Xing's appearance is relatively recognizable to Westerners, so he is recognized as soon as he appears, not to mention there are many Asians mixed in here, for them, Chen Xing's appearance is even more unforgettable Lost.

"Chen! Halo!"

Chen Xing smiled and waved to the person who greeted him.

A chubby white man with a camera asked excitedly, "Photographer?! How did you come up with the idea to take pictures like this?"

"How do you like it?"

"Love it, this is so cool, if you publish your photobook, I will definitely buy it! No matter how much it costs!"

"Thank you for your likes, but it may be a little troublesome to explain why I took photos like this. You can pay attention to the next few issues of "European Art" or my Youtube account. Sometimes I will update some of my experience on it .”

"I will!"

Since Chen Xing came out, people outside have been asking questions non-stop. This novel shooting method has allowed many photographers who like color and dislike black and white to find another high-end way out.

Chen Xing also prefers the current environment.

Facing the critics, Chen Xing could only get one or two likes.

But in the gallery, he can see countless admiring eyes with a casual glance.

(End of this chapter)