Entertaining Children

  Chapter 499 Jazz Festival

  Clermont Ferrand is located in south-central France. It is the capital of the Auvergne region and the capital of the Puy de Dôme province. It is the political, economic, cultural, educational center and the largest city in the region. The world-renowned tire manufacturing company Michelin was established in this city, and its manufacturing center still stands here. In addition, its clothing industry and agricultural machinery manufacturing industry are also very competitive in the market.

The Dôme Mountain on the west side of Clermont Ferran is a volcano. There have been many eruptions in history. Many buildings here are made of nearby volcanic rocks, making this city famous in France. Volcano City". The natural scenery here is beautiful, and there is an open popular science theme park-Clermont-Ferrand Vulcania Volcano Geopark near the Dome Volcano. The volcano is surrounded by fields and villages with European characteristics, as well as skiing, parachuting, hot air ballooning and other playgrounds. In addition, the per capita income and per capita consumption level here are lower than the Puy de Dôme, Auvergne and the entire region. The average level of France also makes this a very good holiday destination in central France.

Coming out of the passenger passage of Auvergne International Airport, Xiao Yao saw a big playing card with his name written in both Chinese and English in the pick-up crowd, and he gestured to Fang Liu and Pei Minyi to the big playing card together. Walked in the direction.

   approached, Xiao Yao was slightly surprised. The one holding the pick-up card was a young white girl with brown hair, with beautiful features that looked a bit like Clara Lago, a Spanish actress whom Xiao Yao knew in his previous life.

   "Hello, this is Xiao Yao!" Xiao Yao pushed the luggage cart and walked to the girl to greet him in English.

   "Hello, I am the staff member sent by Young to pick you up. My name is Clara..." The girl put down the cards, smiled and shook hands with Xiao Yao, introduced herself, using the same English.

   "Lago?" Xiao Yao said, staring.

   "Huh?" The girl was puzzled, glanced behind her subconsciously, then turned her head and continued, "Did you see an acquaintance? Oh, yes, my name is Clara Vera."

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

   "Hello," Clara Vera greeted the two with a smile, and then asked Xiao Yao with some confusion, "You said that they are both your assistants?"

   "Yes, can't I bring two assistants?" Xiao Yao smiled, "I remember we told the Shanghai branch of Youngor 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 these two to be your assistants, but the luggage of the three of you is with you. In a man’s luggage cart. You are such a gentleman!"

   "Thank you," Xiao Yao understood Clara's meaning and said with a smile, "It is not only French and English men who are gentlemen, but also Chinese men."

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

   "Hey, speak conscientiously." Xiao Yao, with good ears, turned his head and glared. Fang still said, "Even at the domestic airport, when did I help you with your luggage?"

   "Yeah, I forgot that his hearing is very good." Fang still stuck out his tongue.

Xiao Yao and Fang still spoke Chinese, Clara Vera did not understand, but after seeing the situation, they guessed that they were just joking and there was no real contradiction, so they called Xiao Yao and said, "Mr. Xiao, let me first Send you to the hotel."

   "Okay." Xiao Yao didn't care about Fang anymore, and followed Clara Vera to the parking lot outside the airport.

  The four came to the parking lot and got in Vera’s car.

Vera drove to the booked hotel, and on the way started to introduce to Xiao Yao the arrangements of Youngor 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 the office of, and receive your personal credentials. This short film festival lasts for a total of five days. Except for the announcement of the award results on the last day, the first four days will be the screening of each participating short film. It is issued by the festival. With your credentials, you can enter any exhibition hall at any time to watch the short film being played."

   "Thank you." Xiao Yao, who was sitting in the passenger seat, nodded politely and thanked him.

"You are welcome, this is my job." Clara Vera smiled, and then said, "If you are interested, you can also visit Clermont-Ferrand and the surrounding attractions, including tonight. If you want to go out to visit, 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."

   "I see," Xiao Yao smiled, "Actually, these two assistants of mine are here to play in France. I will definitely trouble you these days.

   "Look, there are free tour guides. You two are really here this time." Xiao Yao turned around and said to the two in the back seat, "You two don't care 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? You don't have to be there all the time during the four days before the film festival. .When your short film is showing, I certainly recommend that you stay in the auditorium, lest some film dealers who are interested in you and your short film cannot find you after watching the short film, but every short film in the festival will only be shown. Three times, not 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 Clermont Ferrand, I've been here before, and I've taken photos of the volcanic crater on Mount Dome. It’s over, and I’m here to participate in the film festival this time, and I plan to watch a few more short films. Just take my two assistants to play well."

   "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 smiled, "Didn't you hear Clara say it? What if a film dealer sees my short film during the screening? When discussing copyright with others, your agent must be there. So. The time of my short film screening includes the next half an hour. You have to stay with me in the exhibition hall where my short film is shown. After that, I can find the short film at the film festival to watch, and you can freely and Minyi. We went to play together. Minyi is really fine, except for putting on makeup when I attended the awards ceremony on the last day, so I can move freely for the first four days."

   "That's good." Fang still breathed a sigh of relief at the same time as Pei Minyi when Xiao Yao said that. Although Xiao Yao said that they took them out to play while they were at work, they would still be a little embarrassed if they really didn’t do anything in France this time, just play for a few days and then follow Xiao Yao and go back like this. of.

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

"Is your boss treating you bad?" 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 Willa said, "I just work part-time at Young."

  "Just a part-time job?" Fang still repeated, "I think you are very talkative, and feel very professional and sophisticated. I thought you were an old employee."

"Actually, I'm still a student. I studied acting at the Clermont Higher Art School." Clara Vera laughed, "Because of the film festival, at this time of year, many cultural agencies, film companies, film studios, etc. There is a need to temporarily increase some staff. Because I am studying acting, I know more about movies, and my English level is good, so this time of the year I also have a part-time job opportunity to receive filmmakers who come to the film festival."

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

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

  Xiao Yao, Fang Dian, and Pei Minyi are together, and they don’t have a lot of luggage. A waiter pushes a hotel baggage cart to load it, and Xiao Yao doesn’t have to bother another person. The two women were sent to the room with the waiter first, and then they returned to their room with the waiter. When the waiter unloaded his luggage, Xiao Yao paid the tip and began to organize his luggage.

  As soon as the luggage was packed here, the doorbell rang.

   Xiao Yao walked over and opened the door, and found that Fang still and Pei Minyi were looking for it.

   "What's the matter?" Xiao Yao let the two of them into the room and closed the door.

   "I came to you just because I was okay." Fang still said, "The film festival will officially start tomorrow. How do we arrange it tonight?"

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

   "We are unfamiliar with the place of our lives, and it is the first time to go abroad. How can we find a place to play. Didn't you say that you have been here before? Of course we will ask you." Fang still took it for granted.

"Look for Vera," Xiao Yao said, "Isn't she talking about part-time tour guides? We paid for Yago. Since they arranged for us, we don't need to do it for nothing." Then Xiao Yao went smoothly. He picked up an empty glass on the table, took it under the faucet, took a glass of water, and drank. Along the way, I chatted with Clara Vera and said a lot, and after packing some 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 hand and said, "If you want to try it, there are still empty glasses on the table. If you want to drink, you can pick it up yourself."

"Did you switch to the European lifestyle when you came to Europe?" Fang still shook his head. "No matter how sanitary the French water is, it is also the water in the tap. We can't stand it." She knows some European and American countries. People in's drink directly from the faucet with a cup, but from the behavioral habits, she can't do anything.

"You don't know about this. If it is in other places in Europe and America, I won't let you drink like this, but here is different." Xiao Yao told them both of them. "Clermont Ferrand is next to the volcano. The magma accumulates near the crater to form different types of magma rocks. These rock layers are rich in minerals, so the groundwater in this area has dissolved a lot of minerals that are beneficial to human health. The water quality here is very good, tap water It is almost equivalent to mineral water, so I let you drink it like this. By the way, living here has an additional benefit, that is, you can take a bath with mineral water, which is a luxury that you can’t enjoy elsewhere. . If you have nothing to do at night, just take a bath in the hotel."

   "Cut~ We are not here to enjoy the mineral water bath." Fang still rolled his eyes and said, "Then we will ask Vera to take us out to have a fun at night. Will you go there too?"

   "I'm better off sleeping in the hotel." Xiao Yao shook his head and said.

   "Don't be so disappointed." Fang still said, "Let's finally come to France, so you stay in the hotel to sleep? This is a waste of life."

"Finally come to France? That's you." Xiao Yao smiled, "I've been to France several times. This is Clermont Ferrand. I've been there once before, and I went to the crater to take pictures. . Otherwise, how can I know this place so well, knowing that the water here can be used as mineral water. In fact, there are a lot of places to play here, but there are really no good activities at night."

   "Okay, let's sleep in the hotel." Fang still turned out his mobile phone and said, "Let me ask Vera if there are any fun shows at night here."

"Hello Vera, I'm Fang Dian." After getting Clara Vera's phone call, Fang Dian said hello first, and then said straightforwardly, "I want to ask, is there anything fun to go here at night? "

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

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

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

  "International Jazz Festival?" Fang still took a look at Pei Minyi, saw her nodding her head repeatedly, and immediately replied, "Okay, we are very interested, so please take us with me 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 all three of you going? I have two friends with me. I need to consider what car to drive at night."

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

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

   "OK, three!" Vera smiled on the phone, "I will pick you up at the hotel at seven o'clock in the evening."

  "Thank you!" Fang still thanked him, hung up the phone, raised his eyes and asked Xiao Yao, "Aren't you going to sleep in a hotel?"

   "I didn't know there was a jazz festival here tonight." Xiao Yao smiled a little embarrassedly.

   "It seems that you don't know much about this place." Fang still smiled.

  (End of this chapter)