"Ladies and gentlemen, please invite the host of the 26th French Winter Photography Festival, Léa Seydoux!" Before Chen Xing could find an organization in the crowd, he heard such a sentence coming from the stage, and then there was a cry from the venue There was a piercing noise, as if a big-name star had appeared, but Chen Xing had never heard of this name at all.
Maybe only popular in France? Looking towards the stage, a woman wearing a long white dress with her entire back exposed walked onto the stage with a microphone and a smile.
Even if you are not a celebrity, no one would believe this temperament.
“I didn’t expect Mesut to find her to host it.”
"Does she have time? It seems that she does. I haven't heard of any movies she is filming this year."
"I really like her performance in 007. The most attractive thing about her is that she has a French feminine beauty. She has the innocence of a child and the maturity of a woman. Sometimes she looks like a teenage girl. Sometimes she is graceful and graceful, and the aura of a mature woman comes to her face."
"I still like the movie "The Life of Adele" she filmed when she first debuted. She has such a good figure..." On the stage, Leya raised the microphone and said, "This year the organizing committee invited me as a female host. I probably know why, maybe because I thought it would be cheaper to hire a female host than a male host." Chen Xing was looking for her information on the search software.
Then I knew she was joking. This woman is indeed not well-known in China, but she is a goddess-level figure in France. It can only be said that the organizing committee spent a lot of money to attract ratings and public attention before inviting her.
After 20 minutes of lively atmosphere, the host said: "First of all, what we want to announce is the public choice award of this photography festival." At this time, it was no longer convenient for Chen Xing to find someone to talk about things, so he also talked to Sha Together, Lonya found a place to stand and listen to the announcement of the awards, and waited until the award ceremony was over before looking for the group of senior brothers and sisters.
The Public Choice Award is selected by the audience after all works are shortlisted and their photos are posted on the official website.
Everyone knows which one is the winning entry for this work.
"Congratulations, Edward Perkis "Aurora in Ny-Alesund"" Edward Perkis is a British man. Chen Xing also likes the aurora photos he took. Above the town, the aurora appears in a spiral shape. Trend, this was different from the aurora he had seen on the Internet before.
It seems that the chatter at this kind of award show generally goes far beyond the awards to be announced. Otherwise, there are only a few awards in this kind of photography festival, and if they are announced in a short time, the party may be announced to be over soon.
So everyone was in a happy and casual atmosphere, and the awarding ceremony went on slowly.
"...The next thing we are going to announce is the Best Story Award. Countless stories happen in this world every year, and only a handful of them can be recorded by time. But the magic wand in the hand of the photographer can allow these stories to be passed down for hundreds of years. , or even longer." Leya opened the card in her hand and took a look.
"The winner of the Best Story Award at the 2021 French Winter Photography Festival is - Xing Chen's "Climbers in the Snow Mountains"!" Chen Xing didn't react for a while. He came to this party just to feel the atmosphere. After all, he just did it yesterday. How could I submit my work and then be included in the selection the next night?
Did I hear that correctly? Salonia was actually more excited than Chen Xing. She shook Chen Xing's arm. After finding no reaction, she shook it harder.
"You won the prize!" Chen Xing patted Salonia with his right hand to comfort her, and hurriedly walked to the stage. He was completely confused.
The only clear thought he had was that Léa Seydoux smelled so good. It was different from the perfumes he had smelled on the street before, but it also made Chen Xing feel even more unreal.
"I have to be honest first. I didn't expect that I would win an award at all. I am very grateful to the organizing committee for showing love to me and to my companions who climbed the snow-capped mountains with me. Because of you, this was finally possible. The appearance of a piece of work - by the way, I also have to thank a certain photographer named Zhang. Without you, maybe I wouldn't be standing here, thank you!"
"well said!"
"Resist the art thieves!" Those who had not been here for the past two days asked their companions what this was all about. After learning the details, they began to support Chen Xing.
Some Chinese photographers watching the live broadcast on YouTube also sighed about Zhang Richao's incident.
This person has been in the industry for ten years and still has some friends in China. No matter how bad his character is, as long as he knows how to disguise himself, he can get along well in a circle. After the incident was exposed yesterday, someone even posted a message on Weibo. Richao is not such a person.
But as the evidence became clearer, those who posted on Weibo also deleted their comments. Although the editor of Nanfang Daily is not a person in the photography circle, he is also paying attention to this matter because the matter under his command has caused such a big fuss.
Seeing Chen Xing mercilessly whipping Zhang Richao's corpse again at the awards show, he shook his head and said.
"Today's young people are so ruthless. Who are you? Ask Zhang Richao to go to the Finance Department to settle his salary. Let him go home and rest for the time being." If his words were known by netizens, they would probably reply.
"If you are not ruthless, are you born after 2000?" Young people in the new era of China will not spoil anyone. Office culture can control the post-80s and even some post-90s generations, but it will definitely not be able to control the post-00s generation. How can we still survive in this era? Getting up for dinner?
Back to Chen Xing, he was walking down with a trophy with a small camera on it. People along the way were applauding and congratulating him along the way.
Then comes the most eye-catching gold and silver awards. The silver medal was won by a German photographer, and the gold medal was won by Dennis.
After Chen Xing got off the stage, he thought a lot and felt that it would be best for him to win the Story Award. If he could capture such a story in portrait photography, it would also lead to a movement. This photo of Chen Xing .
His talent for color and scenery can produce blockbusters. In the future, you should pay more attention to where there are photography competitions. Isn’t this faster than becoming famous online?
After a while, Chen Xing found the senior sister who took documentary photography and asked: "If I want to sell photos like this to a magazine, how much will it cost?"
"What magazine?"
“It seems to be called purple”
"Oh? They want to buy your work? This is a good thing, but the money may not be much. Your current reputation is not at a level that requires them to make concessions."
"Is this magazine famous?"
"It is one of the best travel magazines in France. If they use your work, at least you will definitely become famous in the French travel industry. The quality of your climbing photos deserves to be praised." She and Chen Xing introduced several galleries, and then said: "You don't have to look for it deliberately. It is estimated that many gallery owners will come to you in the past two days. When the time comes, you can just find the one with the best treatment among the ones I mentioned. ." Some small galleries may have a good reputation, but if they are not strong enough, it will be easy to swindle the photographers who signed the contract. The senior sister also feels the same way. When she first debuted, she did not understand anything because she was an art student and changed careers. So she wasted her time. several years.
"By the way, don't publish your works on other websites, otherwise your works will be easily stolen like this time. You can make your own website and put your best photos on it. Don’t worry about being found, people who need it will definitely find your website.”
"Thank you, senior sister." Chen Xing has a good impression of this thirty-year-old senior sister. This good impression is definitely not the previous relationship between a man and a woman, but a feeling of closeness. Perhaps this is what others feel when facing him. ?
In the next hour, Chen Xing got a business card that was two centimeters thick. Most of them are photographers, as well as galleries, curators, models... Although some of them are not used by Chen Xing, who can say about the future of artists who can win awards at such a photography festival at such a young age? What about Qing?
The earlier you get to know someone, the earlier you can accumulate connections. It is becoming increasingly rare with the development of the times that dogs look down on people and ignore food.
As long as someone still has such thoughts, then at least this person will never go far in his career, and it is impossible for him to enter such a party.
Chen Xing's drinking capacity was not good, and he couldn't hold it anymore until about eleven o'clock, so he and Salonia left the hall.
After walking into the elevator, Chen Xing pressed 11 and looked at Salonia twice without leaving a trace. He didn't give Salonia a room, which meant that Salonia could only live in her own room after going to the 11th floor.
Well, it looks like I'll have a good sleep tonight. ……………………Chen Xing’s visa expired on December 21. Unfortunately, Chen Xing missed the opportunity to spend the foreigner’s New Year in France and then return to China to celebrate the New Year again.
But when he returned to Paris, he could already feel the French people's enthusiasm for Christmas.
It's still that cold and gloomy day in Paris, and it doesn't have the pleasant climate of southern France at all. But the white and red decorations on the streets were at least twice as many as when Chen Xing left Paris. Polar bears were placed in the windows of clothing stores, and Christmas trees were placed in large shopping malls.
The children who were on vacation happily played chasing games on the street, using pedestrians as roadblocks to avoid their friends, which was full of childlike fun.
But if you are this roadblock, it will be a headache. Chen Xing raised the hand holding the packaging bag and waited until the children continued to run forward. Then he went to pick up the luggage and took a bus to the airport.
Originally, he was supposed to return to Paris yesterday, but due to some personal reasons, he stayed in Nice for another day. In addition to spending time with the friends he had just met, Chen Xing also handled the contract for the use of his works by "Purple" magazine.
Gallery Chen Xing has to think about it again. After all, he will come to Paris to study next year, so he is not in a hurry to sign the contract now.
Signing a contract can easily take several years. A good agent can plan the best career path for you. If not, or the agent you signed with doesn't value you, then you will have to accumulate your works for several years.
When leaving the customs, the inspection was not as strict as when entering the country. I just briefly looked through Chen Xing's luggage, and then wasted a lot of time in confirming whether the gifts Chen Xing purchased were genuine.
After getting on the plane, Chen Xing opened his notebook and looked through the materials taken during this period. Nowadays, airplanes are also high-tech. He always thought that all airplanes cannot use mobile phones and cannot connect to the Internet. However, not only can the Internet be connected on these international airlines, they also provide wifi signals.
It took Chen Xing half an hour to sort through all the photos. If Chen Xing were asked to rate this trip to France, he would give it a hundred points. Not to mention the scenery he saw and the photos he took, there are two things: enrolling in the world's top art school and winning the French Winter Photography Festival award. It can make Chen Xing score a hundred points.
And both of these were unexpected surprises. It's like you bought the Argentina championship when you were drunk, and then put the ticket in your clothes. When the World Cup is over, you suddenly find that you actually bought their victory... which is a big win.
Chen Xing came up with the idea of writing a travelogue again. He wanted to write before, but he couldn't write because of his poor writing skills, and finally gave up.
Now that he has a talent for writing, it was so easy to write more serious travel notes before. Now, wouldn't it be easier to write more relaxed travel notes and post them on his own feed?
He will definitely not upload the original photos, only the compressed ones with watermarks. He wrote this travelogue very smoothly. Within three hours after getting on the plane, he wrote down a small part of his travel experience in France after polishing it.
While Chen Xingfei was in the sky, the chess and card room in Chen Xing's hometown received an inexplicable package.
Mother Chen is not very curious, and nothing can stop her from eating melon seeds and watching dramas. However, after her husband tore open the package, she saw a red book out of the corner of her eye, which still made her feel a little strange.
"Is this a book?"
"Well, there is another envelope." After hearing the envelope, Chen Ma became a little more interested and said, "There should be money in it, right?"
"I don't know." Chen Jiannan took out a letter from under the book and saw his son's name written on the envelope. He frowned and felt that the matter was not simple. Could it be that his son had submitted an article to this magazine?
He hesitated for a moment whether to open it or not, but Chen's mother had no intention of preserving her son's privacy, so she took the envelope and opened it.
There are 20 yuan and a piece of paper inside. China National Geographic Magazine. Notification of manuscript acceptance. Comrade Chen Xing: Your article "Ancient Village in Southern Yunnan: Thousands of Mirrors Reflecting Cooking Smoke" has been accepted by our magazine and will be published in the 2022 Issue 1 of "China National Geographic" magazine.
In fact, the manuscript notice must be sent to the author in advance, but when did Chen Xing hand over the manuscript to the magazine?
They didn't have much time to prepare, so they could only send it to Chen Xing along with the trial issue. Chen Xing's recipients in China are usually the mahjong parlor at home.
After all, only major logistics companies with this kind of appearance will deliver goods to your door. Otherwise, if you encounter a courier company that is far away, you will have to walk for half an hour to pick up the courier in the winter, and you will lose the mood to unpack the courier.
