The space in this subway station is relatively small compared to domestic subway stations, and there are many passages. If this was not a subway station, it would be very popular to convert it into an escape room. The space above the head and the surrounding tiles look very old. , inexplicably reminded Chen Xing of the air-raid shelter.
When he was a child, he visited an air raid shelter near his home. The brick wall style and arched structure inside were exactly the same as the lobby station.
"Xing, you are from China, what is the subway like there?" Chen Xing pondered for a few seconds and then said: "The subways in China are very wide, the passages are bright, white, and have a strong sense of technology. They are completely different from here. Abel nodded and said: "It seems that your country is developing very well now. We read in the book that China is a country with an area comparable to that of the whole of Europe and a history of three thousand years. When I make enough money, I will definitely Go and take a look." Chen Xing corrected: "The history of our country is far more than three thousand years. It has been more than 4,700 years since the Yellow Emperor's period as recorded in literature. The cultural relics excavated over the years are gradually confirming that era."
"More than four thousand years? We always thought it was only three thousand years."
"Maybe it's because your textbooks are slow to respond." Chen Xing is not a professional student of history, and he has only a limited understanding of these situations.
He personally feels that Europe and the United States are intentionally or unintentionally lowering the value of China. Even if they don't throw some dirty water, even if they are very friendly, how can they admit the two thousand years that have not been fully confirmed?
China is still a bit conservative. Europe can regard Homer's epics as official history, but if they regard The Classic of Mountains and Seas as official history, wouldn't they be scorning all countries in the world?
Back to the subway issue. Because Paris built its subway too early, a century earlier than China's subway, that's why their underground transportation looks so old and dim.
But precisely because it began to develop very early, it is no exaggeration to describe the underground transportation in Paris as extending in all directions. Whether tourists or locals, most of them prefer to use the subway to travel.
Entering the subway, the train arrival is not much different from that in China. Buildings can last for a century, but cars obviously cannot. The vehicles of the Paris Metro have also been replaced many times.
When you get out of the subway, you will see the Champ de Mars at the exit. Chen Xing saw a chestnut tree, which was exuding fragrance. A couple was sitting on a bench below him, surrounded by vendors carrying ice-cold champagne. They used transparent glasses to hold champagne, and each glass sold for only 10 euros.
Chen Xing also saw a vendor holding a large bouquet of roses. The Champ de Mars is an excellent location to view the Eiffel Tower. Many pictures of the Eiffel Tower circulated on the Internet were taken here. There are many couples. Selling roses here is definitely a good business. If this industry is not so complicated, one month's income Even more than opening a store and being the owner.
Abel went to order two glasses of champagne and said to Chen Xing.
"Thank you for letting me be your tour guide. This glass of wine celebrates our meeting." The vendor washed the cup with water, and then pressed another valve to let the champagne in the water tank behind him flow from the faucet into the cup.
Chen Xing picked up the cup and looked at it for a while. This must be his first time drinking champagne. He had only drank beer and liquor before.
This glass of wine is white with a little brown. The rising bubbles make it look like Sprite, but the light is very transparent.
Abel also got his own wine glass and said to Chen Xing: "àtasanté"
"Santé" glasses clinking in the air. Chen Xing took a sip first, and then drank most of the cup in one gulp. The rich aroma first filled his mouth, and then exploded. The taste was a mixture of multiple fruits, such as apples, bananas, grapes, cherries and the like.
And it doesn't feel spicy at all. After Abel finished drinking, he returned the glass to the champagne seller and asked, "Do you speak French?"
"Have you?" When was I exposed? Chen Xing suddenly remembered that she said something in French when they were toasting, and he subconsciously said something too.
Under normal circumstances, no one would think about what language they are speaking, especially Chen Xing, who speaks three languages as a mother tongue. When he hears what others say, he will just say it himself without thinking carefully. .
"Yes, you pronounce it very well, santé."
"What does it mean?"
"You really don't understand? Anyway, it means a toast." Abeka looked at Chen Xing with suspicious eyes and said.
No wonder she was confused, Chen Xing's pronunciation was too orthodox, not like someone who didn't understand French. The two of them walked along the path in the park, and there were more and more flower sellers.
There are many tourists on this road. Those who get off various means of transportation to go to the Eiffel Tower or come back from the Eiffel Tower will take this route. People come and go, and occasionally you can see some excitement on this road.
For example, suddenly someone knelt down. Instead of kneeling down in worship, he knelt down on one knee facing his girlfriend.
It's so thick, it's obviously a proposal. Chen Xing has seen two couples succeed along the way. One of them was a man who proposed on the spur of the moment. He didn't bring a ring, but the girl was still moved and accepted the proposal, and there was a round of applause around her.
Chen Xing took two photos. He thinks it doesn't matter if you wear a ring or not. If a woman is willing to come to Paris with you, she will definitely be willing to accept your proposal.
But Abeka was complaining that men were too careless and didn’t even wear rings. In Europe, a wedding ring must be given when proposing.
After getting married, women should wear a ring on their ring finger. This tradition is passed down from Europe and the United States.
They will always wear their wedding rings and cannot take them off under any circumstances. It does not matter whether they are diamonds or not. In other words, most wedding rings are not set with diamonds because it will be very inconvenient when doing housework.
Abeka and Chen Xing explained the marriage culture of European countries. Chen Xing listened and asked, feeling like he was reshaping his outlook on life.
Not to mention other countries in Europe, at least the Parisian marriage traditions he learned about in Abeka are completely different from the so-called Western weddings in China.
The ring is a symbol of marriage, and not taking it off symbolizes that the marriage will last until death. A capable person can naturally buy a diamond ring, but the value of the diamond is not even as romantic as having the names of both parties engraved on the inside of the ring.
They don't even take wedding photos, at most they take a few engagement photos before the wedding. Abeka also pointed to the people taking wedding photos under the Eiffel Tower in the distance and said: "Look, if you see such people anywhere in Paris, you don't have to think about it. Even myopia can guess that they are from Asia, and they are mostly from Asia." Some are Chinese.”
"..."
"This is a cultural difference. Not all Chinese people are like this. I prefer traditional weddings. The traditional weddings in our country wear bright red wedding dresses, phoenix crowns and harems, which are also very beautiful." Abeka nodded. He nodded and said with a smile: "Being your tour guide can still help you know a lot about China. Last month, I also received two tourists from China. They rarely talked to me. They often talked to us. They only cared about Shopping and nodding." As they spoke, they reached the foot of the Eiffel Tower again, where they met before.
Abeka said: "Should we go up and have a look?"
"In a moment, I'll take a photo first." Chen Xing took out his phone and switched it to shooting mode, instinctively looking for an angle in the square.
Abeka asked: "Do you need my help with the filming?"
"No need." Chen Xing found that if he wanted to take a group photo, it would be best to take a photo of the section just after getting off the subway. From there, you can take a panoramic view of the tower, but when you go under the tower, you can only take a partial picture. Thinking of this Chen Xing took Abeka back a little further, to a position where he could just take a panoramic photo.
They were still on the tree-lined road where many people were proposing. There were leaves on both sides, but the leaves were not dense in winter and could be used as a mid-range shot.
In this way, the photo becomes a close shot of Chen Xing, a medium shot of the leaves, and a long shot of the Eiffel Tower... The system did not ask Chen Xing to make the group photo look good. It can only be said that Chen Xing did this purely out of the rigor of photography. That’s why I’m so diligent about this mobile phone photo.
It is difficult to use people as close-ups, if you can find such photos on the Internet and they are harmonious.
The people among them must be very good-looking... [Take a photo with the Eiffel Tower] [Young people have their own way of expressing love, simple, intense, and determined.
People who live a refined life often have something called obsession more than others. For this obsession, even if he is stabbed by love, he must travel thousands of miles to Paris and take a photo of himself under the Eiffel Tower. Photo] [Congratulations on getting the talent: Color] This time it’s not a skill, it’s a talent?
Chen Xing first looked at the results of the system rewards, and then looked back at the long message. ah? Do I have to take photos under the Eiffel Tower?
Isn't this your mission? Chen Xing couldn't deny that deep down in his heart he really wanted to come here for a visit, but if he compared this idea to obsession and insisted on visiting, it would be a bit too much.
Is this system artistic processing? That's quite well said. It just doesn't sound like you're talking about me. Chen Xing didn't pay attention to how to use color talent. Talents and skills are different. Skills appear directly in the mind, just like you have studied this skill for decades and then haven't used it for a year or two. It feels rusty and slightly familiar. It can be used immediately.
Talent is not enough, you have to discover it slowly in life. For example, the impact of his current friendly talent is unknown to him, but the effect is often beyond expectations.
He stood there for a while in order to read the system messages. Abeka curiously stood behind Chen Xing and looked at the photo taken by Chen Xing. The photo was very clear. The Eiffel Tower was on one side of the photo, and Chen Xing's body was on one side of the photo. , with blue sky and leaves overhead.
In the picture, Chen Xing didn't know what she was thinking. Her eyes were not as energetic as what she saw in daily life. Her left hand was stretched out in front of her, holding her mobile phone, and the other hand was in her pocket.
So handsome! Abeka thinks Chen Xing in the photo is even more handsome than in reality, and those black eyes are just amazing!
Except for the color, it looks like James McAvoy. That was her idol. Abeka rarely compared the men she met in real life with her idol.
When Chen Xing came back to his senses, he saw Abeka's face getting closer and closer to his phone. He looked carefully at the pictures in the phone.
That's right, it's the photo I took just now. Chen Xing thought that he had opened something secret when Abeka looked at her like that.
Putting away the phone, Chen Xing said: "Okay, if you want to take pictures, I will take some for you for free." Abeka's eyes followed the phone all the way to Chen Xing's pocket, and then she said: "Don't you charge for taking pictures? Ah." Chen Xing smiled and motioned for Abeka to stand over.
By the way, do you make much more money as a photographer in Europe than in China? When Chen Xing came to Paris, he felt that everything was expensive, including food and accommodation. Even taking the subway was much more expensive than in China. The shortest one-way subway costs 1.9 euros, which is almost 14 yuan, which is several times more expensive than in China.
After taking several photos in a row, Chen Xing sat on a bench to check the photos. Abeka asked from the side: "I can't see clearly. How was your photo?"
"It's not bad. The camera picture is a bit small. I'll just upload it to your phone tomorrow." Covering the camera, Chen Xing raised his head and moved his cervical spine, thinking about the photo he just took.
It turns out that this is color talent, which has improved my sensitivity to color. Abeka thought Chen Xing was looking at the Tower, so he took the initiative to introduce it: "When this tower was first built, Parisians hated it. They thought that such a tall building standing here ruined the city appearance of Paris."
"why?"
"Maybe it's because our city buildings are not very good, and the appearance of the iron tower is too sudden, so it is annoying. By the time of my grandfather's generation, the situation got better. We slowly accepted the existence of the iron tower and deeply understood it. Love it." Chen Xing smiled and thought Abeka's theory was interesting, and asked: "Then what do you think of the Eiffel Tower?"
"Didn't I say it? Deep love." She emphasized the deep love with an emphasis. Chen Xing nodded, stood up, looked at the dense queue of people under the tower, and asked, "How much does it cost to queue up?"
"The cost to go to the top of the tower is 25 euros. There is a restaurant on top. The food is pretty good, but it is difficult to make a reservation. It has to be made far in advance. Do I need to make a reservation?"
"What about the cost? Let me give up." Chen Xing said jokingly. His money is enough to live in Paris for a month, but forget about going in and out of these luxury stores. For Chen Xing, the restaurant on the tower is a luxury store. For the countless restaurants on the streets, this place is flashy.
People queuing up to take the elevator were rubbing shoulders with each other. The long wait and intensive contact during the queuing process made Chen Xing consider whether to go up today.
He wanted to stand high and see the view of Paris. But if you climb the Eiffel Tower, you can certainly see the scenery, but the only thing missing is the Eiffel Tower itself, which is the most representative of Paris.
