Entertaining Children

Chapter 172 Jazz Festival

Clermont-Ferrand is located in the south-central of France. It is the capital of the Auvergne region and the provincial capital of the Mont du Mont. It is the political, economic, cultural, educational center and the largest city in the region. Bayi? Chinese W? W? W?. (1) 81ZW. The world-renowned tire manufacturer Michelin was established in this city, and its manufacturing center still stands here. In addition, its garment industry and agricultural machinery manufacturing industry are also very competitive in the market.

The Dome Mountain on the west side of Clermont-Ferrand is a volcano. It has erupted many times in history. Many buildings here are built with nearby volcanic stones, making this city a famous " Volcano City". The natural scenery here is beautiful, and there is an open science theme park - Clermont-Ferrand Volcanic Geopark near the Dom Volcano. The volcano is surrounded by fields, villages and towns with European characteristics, as well as skiing, skydiving, hot air balloons and other playgrounds. In addition, the per capita income and consumption level here are lower than those of the Mont du Mont, Auvergne and the whole The average level of France also makes this a very good holiday destination in central France.

Coming out of the passenger passageway of Auvergne International Airport, Xiao Yao saw a big card with his name written in both Chinese and English among the crowd, so he signaled to Fang Yiran and Pei Minyi, and together they showed the big card. walked in the direction.

When he got closer, Xiao Yao was slightly surprised. The person holding the pick-up sign was a young white girl with brown hair. Her beautiful facial features looked a bit like Clara Lago, a Spanish actress Xiao Yao knew in her previous life.

"Hello, I'm Xiao Yao!" Xiao Yao pushed the luggage cart and greeted the girl in English.

"Hello, I'm the staff member Yago sent to pick you up. My name is Clara..." The girl put down the cards, shook hands with Xiao Yao with a smile, and introduced herself, also in English.

"Lago?" Xiao Yao said with staring eyes.

"Huh?" The girl was puzzled, and subconsciously glanced behind her, then turned her head and continued, "Did you see someone you know? Oh, by the way, my name is Clara Vera."

"No, I got it wrong." Xiao Yao smiled awkwardly, and then introduced Fang Yiran and Pei Minyi to Clara Vera, "These two are my assistants, this is Fang Yiran, and this is Pei Minyi."

"Hello," Clara Vera greeted the two of them with a smile, and then said to Xiao Yao with some doubts, "You said that both of them are your assistants?"

"Yeah, can't I bring two assistants?" Xiao Yao smiled, "I remember we told Yago's Shencheng branch in advance that three people came here this time."

"No, no, the number of people is not a problem." Clara Vera smiled and pointed to the luggage lane in Xiao Yao's hand, "I just didn't expect that these two are your assistants,

But the luggage of the three of you is on your luggage cart alone. You are such a gentleman! "

"Thank you," Xiao Yao finally understood what Clara meant, and said with a smile, "It's not only French and British men who are gentlemen, but Chinese men are the same."

"Do you think he knew that Yago Company would send a local beauty to pick up the plane, so he put all our luggage in his car and helped us push it?" Fang still couldn't help whispering in Pei Minyi's ear Tucao Road in Chinese.

"Hey, you have to speak conscientiously." Xiao Yao, who has good hearing, turned his head and glared at Fang Yiran and said, "Even if it's at a domestic airport, didn't I always help you with your luggage?"

"Ah, I forgot that he has very good hearing." Fang still stuck out his tongue.

Xiao Yao and Fang still spoke Chinese, and Clara Vera didn't understand, but she guessed from the situation that they were just joking and there was no real conflict, so she asked Xiao Yao to say, "Mr. Take you to the hotel."

"Okay." Xiao Yao stopped arguing with Fang Yiran, and followed Clara Vera to the parking lot outside the airport.

The four came to the parking lot and got into Vera's car.

Vera drove to the hotel she reserved, and on the way, she began to introduce to Xiao Yao the arrangement of Yago Company for them: "Mr. Xiao, I will take you to the hotel now, and I will take you to the film festival organizing committee tomorrow morning." Go through the formalities at your office and get your personal documents. This short film festival lasts for five days in total. Except for the announcement of the award results on the last day, the first four days are all screenings of the participating short films. With the help of the film festival, I will give you With your credentials, you can enter any exhibition hall at any time to watch the short film that is being played."

"Thank you." Xiao Yao, who was sitting in the co-pilot seat, nodded politely and thanked.

"You're welcome, this is my job." Clara Vera smiled, and continued, "If you are interested, you can also visit Clermont-Ferrand and surrounding attractions, including tonight, If you want to go out for a tour, you can contact me at any time, in addition to the reception work, I will also be responsible for your part-time tour guide during this time."

"Understood," Xiao Yao said with a smile, "Actually, my two assistants are here to play in France, and I will definitely trouble you these few days."

"Look, there are free tour guides, and you two are really here this time." Xiao Yao turned back to the two people in the back seat and said, "You two don't need to worry about anything, just go and play."

"What about you?" Clara Vera turned her head and asked Xiao Yao, "Aren't you going to visit Clermont Ferrand too? During the first four days of the film festival, you don't have to stay at the scene all the time .When your short film is shown, I certainly recommend that you stay in the exhibition hall, lest some film dealers who are interested in you and your short film after watching the short film cannot find you, but every short film in the festival will only be played Three times, it doesn't take long in total, you still have a lot of time to go out and play."

"Thank you for your reminder," Xiao Yao smiled and shook his head, "But I have been to Clermont Ferrand before, and I have also taken photos at the crater on Mount Dome. It's over, and I'm here to participate in the film festival this time, so I still plan to watch a few more short films. Just take my two assistants and have fun."

"You really don't need us to do anything, just let us play?" Fang still leaned forward and asked Xiao Yao.

"Of course not." Xiao Yao said with a smile, "Didn't you hear what Clara said? What if a film dealer takes a fancy to my short film during the screening? When discussing copyright with others, you, the agent, have to be present. So The time of my short film screening includes half an hour after that, you have to stay with me in the exhibition hall where my short film is shown. After that, I will find a short film at the film festival to watch by myself, and you can freely talk to Min Yi We went to play together. Minyi really has nothing to do, except that I put on makeup on the last day when I attended the award ceremony, and I can move freely for the first four days."

"That's good." Hearing what Xiao Yao said, Fang Yiran and Pei Minyi heaved a sigh of relief at the same time. Although Xiao Yao said that he took them out to play while taking advantage of his work, but if they really didn’t do anything when they came to France this time, and just played for a few days and then went back with Xiao Yao, they would still feel a little embarrassed of.

"You have a good boss!" Clara Vera glanced at the rearview mirror and said with a smile, "I really envy you."

"Is your boss treating you badly?" Fang still smiled and said to Clara Vera, "You are so beautiful, no boss will treat you too badly, right? Unless your boss is a woman, jealous You are beautiful."

"Strictly speaking, I don't have a boss yet." Clara Vera said, "I'm just working part-time at Yago."

"It's just a part-time job?" Fang still repeated, "I see you are very talkative, and I feel very professional and experienced. I thought you were an old employee."

"Actually, I'm still a student. I'm studying acting at the Claremont Higher Art School." Clara Vera laughed. We need to temporarily increase some manpower. Because I am a student of acting, I know more about movies, and my English is not bad, so I also have a part-time job opportunity to receive filmmakers who come to the film festival at this time of year."

The four chatted all the way, and soon arrived at the hotel where Yago Company helped Xiao Yao book a room.

After sending the three of them to the front desk of the hotel and watching them check in, Clara Vera left them her contact information and left.

Xiao Yao, Fang Yiran, and Pei Minyi were together, and they didn't have a lot of luggage. A hotel luggage cart could be loaded by a waiter, and Xiao Yao didn't bother one more person. First sent the two girls to the room with the waiter, and then took the waiter back to his room. After the waiter unloaded his luggage, Xiao Yao paid the tip and started packing his luggage.

Just as the luggage was packed here, the doorbell rang.

Xiao Yao went over and opened the door to have a look, and found that it was indeed Fang Yiran and Pei Minyi who came looking for them.

"Is something wrong?" Xiao Yao let the two of them into the room and closed the door behind them.

"I came to see you because I have nothing to do." Fang Yiran said, "The film festival will officially start tomorrow, how should we arrange for tonight?"

"You can arrange it however you want," Xiao Yao said with a smile, "you find a place to play by yourself."

"We don't know each other well, and it's the first time we've gone abroad. How can we find a place to play? Didn't you say you've been here before? Of course we'll ask you." Fang still said as a matter of course.

"Look for Vera," Xiao Yao said, "Didn't she mention a part-time tour guide? We paid Yago, and since they have arranged for us, it's not for nothing." Saying that, Xiao Yao went smoothly Picking up an empty glass on the table, he took it to the tap to get a glass of water and drank it. Chatted a lot with Clara Vera along the way, and packed his luggage, Xiao Yao was already thirsty.

"You just drink raw water?" Pei Minyi looked at Xiao Yao's movements and exclaimed in surprise.

"It's okay, the water here can be drunk directly." Xiao Yao waved his hands and said, "Would you like to try it too, there are still empty glasses on the table, if you want to drink, go and pick it up yourself."

"Did you switch to the European way of life when you came to Europe?" Fang still shook his head and said, "No matter how hygienic the water in France is, it's also the water from the tap. We can't stand it." She knows some European and American countries Most people drink water directly from the tap with a cup, but in terms of behavior and habits, she can't do anything.

"You don't know about this. I wouldn't let you drink like this in other places in Europe and America, but it's different here." Xiao Yao explained to the two of them, "There is a volcano next to Clermont Ferrand. When the volcano erupted in the early years The magma accumulated near the crater formed different types of magmatic rocks, which are rich in minerals, so a large amount of minerals that are beneficial to human health are dissolved in the groundwater in this area. The water quality here is very good, tap water It’s almost equivalent to mineral water, so I let you drink it like this. By the way, there is an additional benefit of living here, that is, you can take a bath with mineral water, which is a luxury that you can’t enjoy in other places .If you have nothing to do at night, just take a bath in the hotel."

"Cut~ We didn't come here just to enjoy the mineral water bath." Fang Yiran rolled his eyes and said, "Then let's ask Vera to take us out to play at night, will you come with me?"

"I'd better sleep in the hotel." Xiao Yao shook his head.

"Don't be so disappointing." Fang Yiran said, "We finally came to France, and you just stayed and slept in the hotel? This is too much of a waste of life."

"It's hard to come to France? It's you." Xiao Yao smiled, "I have been to France several times. I have been to Clermont Ferrand once before, and I even went to the crater to take pictures. Otherwise, how do I know so much about this place, knowing that the water here can be drunk as mineral water. In fact, there are many places to play here, but there are really no good activities at night."

"Okay, then sleep in the hotel." Fang still found out if there were any interesting programs at Vera's place at night. "

"Hi, Vera, I'm Fang Yiran." After calling Clara Vera, Fang Yiran said hello first, and then straight to the point, "I want to ask, is there any fun place here at night? "

"Tonight?" Vera asked in confirmation, "Don't you guys need jet lag?"

"No need." Fang still said, "Because of the time difference, I guess I won't be able to sleep tonight, so I want to go out to play."

"Well, the International Jazz Festival happened to be performing in Clermont recently. Tonight is the last one. I originally planned to go with my friends. If you are interested, I can take you there."

"International Jazz Festival?" Fang Yiran glanced at Pei Minyi, saw her nodding, and immediately replied, "Okay, we are very interested, then please take us with you tonight."

"International Jazz Festival?" Xiao Yao was taken aback when he heard it.

"No problem!" Vera said on the other end of the phone, "Are the three of you going? I have two friends with me, and I need to think about what to drive at night."

"The two of us." Fang still said deliberately.

"Three!" Xiao Yao immediately shouted into the phone.

"Okay, three!" Vera laughed on the phone, "I'll pick you up at the hotel at seven o'clock in the evening."

"Thank you!" Fang Yiran thanked, hung up the phone, looked up at Xiao Yao and said, "Aren't you going to sleep in the hotel?"

"That's because I didn't know there was a jazz festival here tonight." Xiao Yao smiled awkwardly.

"It seems that you don't know much about this place." Fang still said with a smile.

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