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Chapter 306 I won the prize

From the beginning to the end of the opera, including a break in the intermission, it didn't take three hours. It wasn't Chen Xing's favorite comedy, but it still managed to have no pee during the whole process, and I felt that the opera was still interesting.

The key is to understand what they sing.

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

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

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

After all, this hall can accommodate a small number of audiences, let alone opera singers, Taylor Swift will have no problem interacting with them after the show.

The male number one took off his fake beard.

Chen Xing knew that this was a man in his 20s. When he shook hands with Chen Xing, he might think he was a foreigner, and asked: "Sir, can you understand our lines? What do you think of our performance?" ?”

"I was very lucky to meet you when I heard the opera for the first time, and the performance was very good."

The male number one smiled slightly.

Good guy, your French is better than mine, a foreigner?

After leaving here, it was already dark outside. There should be few people going out at night in France, but there were very lively sounds from the Pope's Palace, and there were beams of light shooting into the sky.

They went over to take a look, only to realize that this was the Light Festival of the Pope's Palace.

Many light shows are held in France every year, and there are many in Paris. This seems to have become a kind of French culture. Both locals and tourists actively participate. It is a rare good place to go for a walk at night.

Chen Xing had visited a light festival in an old college in Paris before, and he was already shocked, but it was even worse here at the Pope's Palace.

The light hits the outer wall of the Pope's Palace. The Gothic style makes him look like a fairy tale. The original earthy yellow coat, which has experienced a long time and is full of weather, is now covered with a layer. Very trendy new clothes.

Butterflies are flying, birds are raining, glaciers are snowing, dazzling, and the scenes are lifelike.

Hedwig has never seen such a scene in her life, and she stayed at home before, only hearing Chen Xing keep talking about how beautiful, interesting, and beautiful the outside world is, but she has never had any psychological feelings.

Can't you see it in the video?
But now she discovered that some pictures are different in reality and in videos.

It was so shocking that I clenched my hands tightly.

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

Chen Xing felt that...it looked soft and weak, but his hands were quite strong.

It was getting closer and closer to the Pope's Palace. After reaching the front courtyard, Chen Xing found that there were people everywhere. Judging by the excited look, most of them were tourists. Everyone was sitting on the grass, with order amidst the chaos.

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

Chen Xing really couldn't restrain himself, he took her hand lightly, and pulled Hedwig to hold her in front of him.

Since when have I been such a hesitant person?What's the trouble with falling in love, and it's not the first time.

Well Hedwig is the first time.

But so what, love as much as you want, love as much as you want, life is only a few decades, they are already 20 years old, how many years are there to be so chic?

"Alas!"

The people around started booing.

They love to watch this, isn't it more interesting than a light show?
The fireworks exploded in the sky, and the loud sound was accompanied by colorful light balls, which formed a huge circle and began to fly around. The whole area was as bright as day at that moment.

These colorful balls of light float and float, like it is raining.

Until it fell into the crowd and became faintly visible smoke.

………………

Return to Arles in the early morning.

Bad news, not living together.

Chen Xing felt that it was a pity that the atmosphere had reached this level, and he had known each other for half a year, and it was only so little progress once the ice was broken.

What do my ex-girlfriends think if it gets out?
But ended up getting a good night's sleep.

The organizing committee will hold a ceremony tonight, and will give Chen Xing a small plaque for the Arles Newcomer Award. This thing is not a precious metal, it only has a symbolic meaning.

On the contrary, it is very sincere to announce the list of winners on the Internet early in the morning.

When Chen Xing went to the gallery to see, there were more people looking at Chen Xing's photos than on the first day. It can only be said that there are a lot of people who have come to Southern France recently. After seeing the list of winners, everyone is still a little curious about the above people.

As soon as he entered the office, Seth couldn't help but said with joy: "Chen, my big baby, your remaining photos were sold out in just two hours, hahaha. I want to sincerely apologize to you. There's a lot of market."

"??? Stay away from me."

He knew that Seth's sexual orientation was normal, and he had children and a wife, but he shuddered at the word.

Except for the first day when it sold well, I came in for the next two days to look at it, and there were only one or two pictures in one day. How could it be like today? In just a few hours after the door opened, the group of people came in and took Chen Xing's photos. Robbed.

In fact, it is impossible to say who wins and who loses. After Chen Xing wins this award, the price of photos will definitely increase.

But for them, most of the photos sold were the ones that Chen Xing could take casually, and there were still many such photos in Chen Xing's mobile hard drive.

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

Anyway, Seth was happy, he laughed loudly, and said to the people in the office: "I will give you three days off when the art exhibition is over tonight!"

"Manager, you are so handsome!"

"Sorry I said the exhibition department, the administration department continues to work."

"..."

If you are so busy and want to rest, give me work!
Chen Xing wandered around the gallery twice in a spirited manner, answered several questions from the audience, and then went to the arena.

There were more people in front of Chen Xing's photo in the arena than before.

Don't think it's just a newcomer award, it won't make any waves at a certain music festival or film festival, but the premise is that there are many awards, such as best actor, best actress, best song and so on.

There are only a few awards in the Arles Photography Festival.

All winners will receive huge bonuses.

The most famous photography festival in the world is no joke. Arles today is definitely the place where photographers and photographer enthusiasts around the world pay the most attention.

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

With a pretentious sigh, he looked at the islander.

It can't be said that it is empty, but it can only be said that it is completely incomparable in comparison.

Chen Xing felt much more comfortable.

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

Even if you don't get an award, you can meet some friends or something.

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

The two of them had rooms next to each other. When Chen Xing came out in the morning, she was still sleeping. Now that she went out for a walk, Chen Xing brought back some freshly baked bread and her favorite fruit pudding.

If the two had been together for a long time, it was absolutely impossible for Chen Xing to do such a thing.

Still need to care more now.

The things were sent in, but people really can't see them now. Hedwig has been in the room all day, and he and Chen Xing can chat on the phone for a while... You are benevolent and benevolent , Why are you still shy.

Forget it, she's not used to that kind of occasion at night.

domestic……

The news of Chen Xing winning the prize in Arles was immediately circulated among the groups who were more concerned about the photography competition. Before today, they could not see the specific number of votes on the Internet. Many people thought that this young man entered the competition because of his connections. It's a good size, how did you win an award?

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

This is a WeChat group created by street-sweeping bloggers. It is said to be fans, but in fact, the people who will really join it all have cameras.If you don’t have a camera, you can add street sweeping groups, so you can add the grandma who taught you how to shoot with your mobile phone.

"What shady?" Some people don't understand.

They are actually quite quiet in the group. Occasionally someone took a photo and repaired it and sent it in. Everyone would deduct a few 6s very cooperatively.

"A Chinese national won an award at the Arles Photography Festival. The school is the largest photographer school in France. Isn't this a shady thing? I think the photos of Teacher Zhou and Daping are very good, but there is almost no news on the Internet. "

The two people he mentioned were the winners of the photography festival held by Arles in China. There are many such photographers in the world, but their works are hard to find in Arles.

It's not about tickets either.

The model of the Arles Photography Festival is different from that of ordinary photography festivals. Generally, photography festivals held in places put everyone's photos in one place for people to see.But there are too many works to be exhibited in Arles in the past few months, where do they have space to make this kind of model?

That’s why the Arles Photo Festival is unique.

Except for works like Chen Xing's who are competing for awards, the other works are all scattered in every corner of Arles.

Maybe you walked to some abandoned building, walked inside, hey, why are there still a few photos here?
Or a tourist stays in a hotel, and when he enters the lobby, he finds out, huh?Why is there a nice photo here, it matches the lobby of this hotel.

If you want to travel in this city, you will find all kinds of photos inadvertently. This is the Arles Photography Festival.

"What kind of Chinese people are shady when they win the award. What are you?"

"Yeah, I've followed Chen Xing too. He's a professional. You say he's not good at taking pictures? Could you please send me some photos for us to see? Let me, who is on the street, also learn?"

This group is very noisy.

This is just a small part of the China Photography Festival.

Many younger photographers find it very exciting, which aggravates their desire to learn Chen Xing's photography style, isn't it the highland saturation of various colors?study!The big deal is to re-study the three primary colors.

Those who are a little older can't learn, or don't want to learn.

How old is Chen Xing?
It is said in the information that he is only 20 years old, and he is still a student, so learn from him?No more face?
Some also took on apprentices.

It would be too costly for them to change styles.

Now a lot of people are talking about Chen Xing, some people sound more and more annoying, and finally start to black Chen Xing out of nowhere, the rumors are outrageous, anyway, black is right.

But the more noisy it was, the more famous Chen Xing became.

Biezhan's fans are booming.

That is to say, Chen Xing doesn't open Weibo, and the day when he wants to open Weibo is estimated to be doubled or tripled.

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, it is also a nationwide one.If a member of the association wins an award at the Arles Photography Festival, then they will have a bright face when they say it.

There is a time difference of several hours between the two places. At night, Huaxia's photography circle gradually quieted down.

On Chen Xing's side, it just arrived at night.

The organizing committee booked the largest hotel nearby, and the banquet was decorated in a very stylish manner. Chen Xing also wore a rare suit and sat at one of the tables closest to the stage.

On his left is Professor Nobel, who rushed over from Paris after receiving the news today.When Chen Xing went to pick him up in the afternoon, he was very touched. It is really a blessing for the 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 were not so excited when their article was published in a magazine. They changed their school to study, good guy, the whole community knew about it in a day.When he went out alone, others greeted him enthusiastically, saying "sea turtle, sea turtle" or something.

At that time, Chen Xing felt very ashamed.

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

The one 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, who is also very young. Just now, Chen Xing and Chen Xing added WhatsApp to each other. This software is one of the most mainstream chat software in Europe. The mobile phone number is to add friends, which is no different from text messages.

It feels like a text message...

Although domestic social software has many shortcomings, it far surpasses foreign countries in terms of convenience.

The curator of this photography festival first went on stage and said: "Our photography festival has also been established for 50 years. In the past 50 years, we have invited countless people who love photography art to come here, regardless of gender, age or age, to explore together. The streets of Arles."

Then he told some historical stories about the founding of the photography festival.

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

Arles used to be a holy place for painters. As for Van Gogh, as long as there is research on this painter, the city of Arles must be mentioned.But there were three young people who divided Arles into two parts.

Spring, autumn and winter, and summer.

Every year from July 7th to September 4th, Arles belongs to photographers.The rest of the time belongs to painters, and Van Gogh fans.

Of these three young people, one is a photographer, one is a historian, and the other is a writer.

Therefore, on this evening, in addition to the awards for photographers, there are also separate awards for history and books, which are used to recognize publications in history and theory. One winner is selected every year, with a prize of 8000 euros.

Don't look at the bonus, and Chen Xing doesn't care about the bonus, but it's a reputation.

An artist's reputation is money.

"Our annual photography festival tries to surprise the audience. This year we found two outstanding young people, one of whom is Chen Xing from Huaxia. He won this year's newcomer award. The Popularity Award almost caught up to our Mr. Hermann."

"Their works, one makes me feel that I have returned to the most prosperous era of China, the country full of golden milk in Marco Polo's pen, and one makes me feel the development of technology. You are the biggest surprise of this year's photography festival. Congratulations."

Chen Xing came to the stage to receive the award first, and he hugged several seniors at the same table, and then he and Herman, whom he had just met, patted each other's backs.

After several months of hard work, I didn't go home to live for a few days.

really tired.

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

Finally won the prize.

(End of this chapter)