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Chapter 313 "The Milkmaid on the Farm"

There is no need to worry about the photos for the time being, he will stay here for two more days, maybe Chen Xing will be able to give her the photos when the big sister comes back to work the day after tomorrow.

After leaving the photo shop, Chen Xing walked around the flower market a few times.

The flower girls here seem to have made an appointment. More than half of them are wearing light-colored cloth skirts, which look like girls in French country movies. Maybe this can improve the immersion of others in buying flowers?

But because this kind of clothes frequently appear in French movies, it can also improve the appearance of girls invisibly.

Chen Xing thought he was sweeping the streets, and took pictures here all the time. There are many old buildings in the market that have been repaired for more than a century, and the photos are very beautiful.

I also ate lunch at the market, and I didn't go back until the afternoon, and then Hedwig got tired of it.She loved staying with Chen Xing very much before, and this feeling made her feel very safe.

Today, that sense of comfort goes far beyond a sense of security.

Chen Xing was also very surprised. They had been passionate for two or three hours in the morning and rested for half a day. Are they now like normal people?
It's not obvious on the surface, but secretly Chen Xing is also amazed at the physique of Europeans and Americans.

Q: What is there to do in the suburbs of Paris.

Answer: farmhouse.

Farmhouses are not unique to China. There are many such places in the suburbs of Paris. In their barn farm base, there are many small farmers who transform their houses into homestays and rent them out to urbanites who are willing to come here to live on the farm. .

It is very close to the Palace of Fontainebleau, and it is a large farm with everything, and there is no shortage of tourists.

Chen Xing is living this kind of farmhouse life now.

Wake up in a sunny room with the horizon visible to the naked eye, watch Hedwig draw in the grass in the morning, ride a horse around, and paint for a while in your free time, and then go fishing in the nearby stream.

There are few fishermen around here, but there are many fish, even a half-bait like Chen Xing can feel the joy of taking the bait.

You don’t need to worry about anything at night, when you come home from a walk, Aunt Lizi will make dinner, and Hedwig will take care of you meticulously. When Chen Xing plays games, she won’t be noisy, even if she doesn’t understand, she likes to sit and watch .

In this alone, Chen Xing felt that she was countless times better than her predecessors.

Chen Xing and the others only lived here for three days, and this sense of comfort already resembles Chen Xing's dream of retirement life. He also likes a chow chow named 'Duck'. Turn around with Chen Xing.

The Chow Chow is a world-famous dog breed, but it is actually a native Chinese dog with a history of more than 2000 years.

Maybe it was because of the sight of the 'old man'. This chow chow has been very excited since Chen Xing came here. When Chen Xing walked to the riverside to fish with Feida's fishing rod, it followed him every step of the way.

Chen Xing even had the feeling that he wanted to raise one.

But not in the short term.

The world is big, and Chen Xing hasn't been to many places yet. It's not easy to raise a dog to cultivate relationships, and it's troublesome to carry it every day.

One day before leaving, Chen Xing went to the market to retrieve the framed photos. When he came back, the milkmaid was sitting awkwardly on the sofa in the living room chatting with Li Zi. stood up.

The day before yesterday, she even thought for a moment that Chen Xing was a bad guy, what was she going to do to her.

Later, I found out that I was thinking too much.

She only knew that Chen Xing was going to take a photo of her, but she had forgotten about it when she got busy, and only remembered that Chen Xing was there when she finished work at dawn, but she didn't know that Chen Xing had gone where.

She didn't know that Chen Xing was a famous photographer until she received Lizi's call.

Of course, the most important thing is that she heard Lizi say that Chen Xing would pay him thousands of dollars for modeling fees, which made her feel awkward when she saw Chen Xing as an employee meeting the boss.

After Chen Xing entered the room, he nodded to them with a smile, and said, "You are here, you have been waiting for a long time."

Standard Chinese greetings.

"No, no, I've only been here for a few minutes."

Lizi said: "Prady, sit down, Chen is a very friendly person, you will make him uncomfortable, Chen, show me the photo!"

Lizi took the bag from Chen Xing's hand expectantly, and inside was a carefully framed photo frame, about the size of the wedding photo she and her husband put on the desk.She quickly took it out to watch with Prady.

There are dark corners all around the picture, so dark that nothing can be seen. The theme is Prady and the cow. The composition is in the center, and the character is on the right side of the picture. She looks at her hand seriously, and her movements are precise and standard.

There is a saying in Huaxia that serious men are the most handsome.

In fact, no matter what occupation, people who work hard are the best material for humanistic photography, whether it is a sanitation worker sweeping the floor in the morning, a bus driver looking at the road ahead, or an ordinary employee talking on the phone on the subway.

As long as it is a person who works hard, the photos will look good.

But the premise is to find a suitable angle.

After getting used to this humanistic shooting method, even if you are shooting your mother knitting sweaters at home, you can shoot that kind of story sense.

A frontal light source illuminates her and the cow, who looks at the camera with human eyes.

In the distance, there is a cowshed with a light source hanging at the door. The middle is divided by darkness and becomes two areas. In addition, Chen Xing deliberately creates dark corners on the edge, which will make people feel that the whole world is still dark, only the one in the picture is dark. This little place is bright.

"It's so beautiful." Li Zi sighed, "Why do I feel so excited?"

Chen Xing said: "Kobe once said a word on social software. He said, do you know what it looks like in Los Angeles at four o'clock in the morning? Although I really want to complain about this sentence, it does have an atmosphere of hard work. This is my What I was thinking when I took this photo.”

As for how other people interpret this work after it is sold, that is someone else's business.

He really wanted to complain about this sentence.

Because when he heard it, he might not have slept at four o'clock in the morning.

Prady also thought that Chen Xing's photos were very good, even better than the photos she had seen before, and she couldn't believe that the beautiful woman in it was herself.

The two looked at it seriously, and Chen Xing went to the refrigerator to get a drink on his own.

Feida and Lizi don’t drink any beverages, they bought them together at the supermarket before, if they don’t finish their drinks today, they will go back to Paris tomorrow, and they don’t know when they will come to the farm next time.

Sitting back on the sofa again, he said, "Thank you for your cooperation that allowed me to take this photo. As a model, how about I give you five thousand euros?"

If it is a professional model, five thousand euros is not too expensive.

It is not uncommon for Chen Xing, who can earn tens of thousands of euros in one shoot, to meet a famous newcomer model in France at Dior, Chen Xing, who is of Chinese origin and has the same surname as Chen Xing. It is also a commercial auction. Thousands.

Dior mainly gave a lot of money. In fact, Chen Xing didn't like the atmosphere in this company very much.

He still feels more comfortable working at Louis Vuitton and Chanel.

At least he was respected by others.

But for ordinary people, five thousand euros is a friendly price given by Chen Xing.Because this eldest sister has been working in Lizi's family for ten years, from being tricked to work illegally in France when she was young, to marrying a Frenchman and having children, her life is still quite bitter.

Chen Xing doesn't show love indiscriminately, but Li Zi has always taken care of him, and that eldest sister is her own.

"Too much," she said.

It was just taking a photo. She didn't care how much Chen Xing's photo could sell, but her efforts were not worth the money Chen Xing paid.

She didn't do anything.

It costs only 5000 euros to milk milk for a month here, how much milk does she have to milk for [-] yuan.

Li Zi helped persuade: "Take it, don't feel burdened, this photo will also make a lot of money."

With Seth's operational capabilities, this photo might be able to sell for [-] euros in the past two months, and it is still the favorite rural theme of the people in the north.Even if the French don't like it, he can sell this photo to Asians.

The market has opened, and his eyes are no longer limited to France.

It is not very convenient to use the Internet for face-to-face transactions in France. When Chen Xing went to pick up the photos just now, he also took out [-] euros. Speaking of which, there are tens of thousands of Huaxia coins here, but it doesn't look very thick.

There are banknotes up to 100 yuan in euros, but the circulation is not as great as [-] two hundred yuan. Chen Xing's stack is all two hundred yuan.

After this matter was over, Chen Xing sent this photo to Seth via email.

Chen Xing: This is a photo I just took. I have already chosen the name, and it is called "The Milkmaid in the Farm". Don't put any weird names on my works, let me Take it yourself!
After a while, Seth sent Chen Xing an emoji on WhatsApp.

Europeans and Americans used to not use emoticons, but this year Huaxia’s emoticons suddenly became popular on Twitter. Since then, many people who like new things have started to use emoticons. Although the characters are in local characters, the expressions are still familiar those few.

This is a kneeling rage emoji, and the words on it are 'Why are you so good! '

One emoticon can carry too many emotions, and the emoticon pack can be regarded as a small contribution to China's cultural output.

Chen Xing didn't answer him, and went out to find Hedwig at Sunflower.

She was wearing a beige sun hat with lace, and a white skirt that Chen Xing took her shopping for yesterday. She was very fairy-like. She was sitting in the field and drawing, but Chen Xing felt that only her scenes could be considered a painting. Otherwise, what's the point of just this sea of ​​flowers?
Chen Xing found a good angle to take a picture of her, and then went up to meet her.

Only when you calm down can you experience the beauty of life.

I was too busy before, but the result is good. Several art exhibitions have expanded the influence of Chen Xing’s works among European critics. In the middle and late stages of the photography exhibition, I surpassed the islander in terms of professional and audience reputation. .

After resting for such a period of time, I will be busy again soon when I return to Huaxia.

But Chen Xing is also looking forward to this trip to China.

He was going to go to the legendary Beyond the Great Wall by himself first.

This beyond the Great Wall is not the current Xijiang. Although Xijiang is a bit remote and sparsely populated, it is a treasure province with rich water resources. Chen Xing refers to the ancient poem why the Qiang flute should blame the willows, and the spring breeze does not pass the Yumen Pass beyond the Great Wall.

Between Tibet, western Xinjiang, and grasslands, there is such a Hexi Corridor. The further you go down this road, you will see more unique scenery that is different from Tibet, Xinjiang and Mongolia.

In fact, it was only a few decades ago, and less than a hundred years ago, the territory of Huaxia had to extend a considerable distance.The scenery outside the Great Wall, Chen Xing felt in his heart, was probably the ones in foreign countries now, something like Stan.

He doesn't know either.

There are relatively few travel notes about these places on the Internet, and most travelers still prefer to go to lively places, or even travel abroad.

Especially Loulan.

I heard that there is such a scenic spot, but Chen Xing searched the entire Internet and couldn’t find any travel notes about the Loulan ruins, so he went there this time not only to find inspiration through the Dunhuang Stone Wall, but also to find out why There are no travel notes in Loulan Scenic Area.

Is there no one going, or there is no such a scenic spot in the first place.

With this thought in mind, the time soon came to the day when he booked the plane ticket.

Air tickets from France to Asia are very expensive. No wonder international students in Paris would rather travel to other European countries than go home. The money for a round trip is enough for them to live in France for a long time.

Hedwig's understanding of love seems to be different from that of many women Chen Xing knows. She doesn't think that two people who love each other must be together for a long time. After all, Chen Xing has her own affairs, and she also needs to calm down to paint.

As long as Chen Xing likes her and doesn't abandon her, Hedwig won't have too many feelings of parting.

Of course, there is a bit of reluctance.

Then draw more, she thought.

Chen Xing took a taxi to the airport. He bought the ticket today after waiting for a long time. It is a direct flight between China and France to Rongcheng International Airport. The number of flights is so small that ordinary people don't even know that there is such a thing. take the plane.

Rongcheng has dual airports, which are rare in China. The second airport was built in order to establish a deeper relationship with European countries. After all, the straight line between two points is the shortest, and the most suitable place in China to build a direct airport is Rongcheng.

But so far this effect is not obvious, and there are still few flights for several years.

Chen Xing started to check the local strategies on the plane, but finally canceled the phone page with a sigh.

Still haven't found much news.

Loulan is really mysterious.

I went back to Rongcheng because Chen Xing was going home for a trip. Summer was over, and immediately after autumn there was a big drop in temperature, so Chen Xing had to change all the clothes in his package. He washed the summer clothes and put them away for winter. clothes.

It is better to leave these processes to the mother.

Chen Xing doesn't like washing clothes very much. Don't look at him wearing clean clothes every day, with a bright and bright appearance, but who knows that he sometimes puts dirty clothes in his suitcase.

One of the reasons he likes to live in large hotels is because these hotels provide laundry service for them.

(End of this chapter)