Return to the Road of God

However, Ye Yufan was still quite shy about getting close to beautiful women from other countries.The most intimate gesture he has ever done with a girl is to hug, or the kind that hugs and divides through clothes.Right now, Annie is only an arm's length away from him, and the other party is still wearing a low-cut dress, revealing a small piece of snow-white breasts and cleavage, which made Ye Yufan not know where to put his eyes!

Two local boys from country A, one is from a small town in the south, named Jerry, and the other is from the capital, Carter, named Joey. Both of them have typical European and American figures, especially Joey, who has long legs and strong arms, and a thick back.

He gave Ye Yufan a warm hug and kiss on the cheek, which made Ye Yufan's reflexes go off for several seconds.

"Nice to meet you," Joey looked at him with a smile, and said, "You're so cute."

This is cute, Joey didn't use lovely, but cute. At that time, Ye Yufan didn't know the specific meaning of cute. He just thought it was a compliment, so he casually replied thank you. When he went back to check, he wanted to hit the wall in depression.

Cute is generally used to describe small animals such as little girls or squirrels, meaning small and cute.Is he really so small in their eyes?

However, what made Ye Yufan gratified was that his weird sexuality didn't seem to lead him further and further on the taboo road as expected. He found that as a boy, he still had a feeling for Annie's curvy figure. He lived in the same apartment for a year without looking up and down, and Ye Yufan's mood improved...

The people in the dormitory were of different grades, Annie was a freshman, the other two boys were seniors, Jerry was a photography student, and Joey was going to major in arts and crafts.

The day before the start of class, Ye Yufan and Annie went to the Freshman Ceremony together, attracting the attention of many people along the way, even in the eyes of foreigners, Annie is also a top beauty.

The dark hall was full of freshmen who had just arrived at the Royal Academy of Art, not all of them were first-year students, and there were also transfer students like Ye Yufan or those who came directly for further study.

The ages of the students also vary, some are underage like Ye Yufan, and some are middle-aged people in their 40s and [-]s. Ye Yufan also saw a gray-haired grandma move in tremblingly, sit down and walk from her Taking out a sketchbook from her bag, everyone around her took it for granted... This made Ye Yufan really feel the completely different learning environments at home and abroad.

The dark hall was full of freshmen. The head of the admissions department gave an opening speech. Then the principal expressed a warm welcome to the freshmen and gave a brief introduction to the school.

There are nearly 4000 people in the Royal College of Art, including students, faculty, visiting scholars and artists in residence.From the perspective of the number of people, it is not too much. Ye Yufan's previous experimental high school had 2000 students, let alone a world-leading art school.

However, the number of students in each level is not uniform, and the number of students in the lower grades is the largest. As the grades increase, the number of students gradually decreases.This is like an undergraduate master's degree and a doctoral degree. The higher the level, the fewer people can get it.

Like most European and American universities, the Royal Academy of Art also pursues a strict exit system. They have strict requirements for every student, and it is difficult to graduate from here.

Therefore, there are also many students who had a strong interest in art at the beginning, and left after boring studies, only gaining the name of arty.

The principal said that no matter what purpose everyone here has come here, he believes that everyone has a heart that loves beauty.

"However, art is not a discipline, but an attitude. As long as you learn to enjoy it, no matter where you go, you will feel like you are here."

The wonderful ending aroused warm applause from the audience. People who study art are mostly emotional people. Ye Yufan was also full of emotions. It was not that it was not easy for him to apply for the Royal Academy of Arts, but that he was able to get to this point. Forced to cry.

After the freshman ceremony, Ye Yufan said goodbye to Annie.

In the crowd, he seemed to see the person he met on the plane that day, but that face quickly disappeared in the crowd.

Ye Yufan shook his head, comforting himself that it was just an illusion.

He looked at the map and found the general office of the Intermediate Academy. The grade distribution in the Royal Academy of Arts is very complicated. It is not divided into teaching areas by grade, but by major.

There are about [-] students in the middle school from the third grade to the fifth grade, and each tutor can lead up to ten students, so there are at least [-] tutors behind the [-] students.

In addition to the different levels in the third to fifth grades, there is actually no strict boundary in terms of learning content.Students take basic courses in various fields, from vocal stage art to space performance art, and can learn anything you want to learn.

Ye Yufan found the name of his tutor on the bulletin board, named Andrew Wendy Misia, and there was a word "Pro." in the position of the title, Ye Yufan was the abbreviation of "Professor", other titles of tutors, and "Dr. "Doctor", "TA Teaching Assistant", etc. There are also "Mr" and "Ms Ma" without any titles. It is said that these tutors of different levels are randomly assigned and can be exchanged according to the students' requirements.

Ye Yufan found Andrew's office according to the signs on the bulletin board. The other man was bald, about 50 years old, and very patient.

There are not many tutors with the title of professor on the list. Ye Yufan is a little nervous. After all, he is just a student who has not finished high school. I'm also afraid that the professor will get impatient if I can't express my thoughts.

After listening to Ye Yufan's self-introduction, Andrew said with a smile, "Do you know why the Royal Academy of Arts doesn't require foreign students to provide English scores?"

Ye Yufan shook his head. This is indeed a special point, because in the eyes of the public, language is the first hurdle to overcome when studying abroad, but none of the schools he applied to before required his language scores.

Andrew took a pen and drew an outline on the paper, which looked like a map, and then he clicked on a certain place, and quickly drew a silhouette of the Eiffel Tower.

Ye Yufan was amazed, this person is really amazing!He can use the shortest time, the most special method, and the fastest strokes to let others know where he is from!

"Because we are artists, painting is our language." Andrew laughed: "So, take it easy, it doesn't matter if you can't speak a single word," he pointed to the picture he drew, "because artists don't Needless to say, just paint and paint.”

This sentence made Ye Yufan full of affection for Andrew, and he secretly nicknamed him "Pooh" in his heart, because he looked so much like Winnie the Pooh when he smiled...

Andrew chatted with him for a long time while talking and drawing. Ye Yufan learned from the few words and pictures that he could understand that he was a professor of architectural art and had eight students under him. Many, he was transferred here temporarily, but he will not take middle-grade classes. If Ye Yufan is interested, he can go to the senior-grade architecture department to audit.

Ye Yufan’s third grade no longer requires students to stay in the studio all day for boring basic exercises. History and philosophy can also be selected according to their own interests. Compared with junior colleges, students in intermediate colleges have more time to arrange freely.

There are also many exhibition halls in the school, and each exhibition hall displays various works every day, such as students' excellent homework, competition-winning works, world masterpieces, etc., for students to browse and appreciate in their spare time and cultivate their own artistic aesthetics.

Usually, Ye Yufan can show Andrew any practice work he has. Andrew has received a strict art education and can guide Ye Yufan in painting. He will also make a list of books for him according to his ability, or recommend him to imitate a certain artist's paintings for practice. etc.

The college has public courses, and the schedule can be downloaded from the school’s website. Teachers do not roll their names, and students sign in by themselves. The attendance rate is a part of the final grade.

"You can also ask someone else to sign for you, but believe me, every class is good for your progress." Andrew winked at Ye Yufan, pinched his fingers and said, "If you miss one class, you will A little worse than others, the more times, the gap will widen.”

In addition, students have to complete an assignment every month, which can be expressed in any form, such as learning experience in words, sketches or other artistic expressions.Students sign the completion time of each assignment and hand it in at the end of the due date. The teacher will give a decision on whether to upgrade or repeat the grade based on these assignments.

This kind of learning mode seems to be free, but it is a test of students' self-control.

Andrew said: "Most teachers can tell whether your homework is completed in installments or at one time. In order to prevent students from finding someone to write for them, the college will eventually require everyone to bring a photo ID to take the final exam, but this exam The proportion of points is not high, and everyone is generally asked to do a propositional quick creation. For example, the final exam of the third grade last semester was based on the theme of "Life". Students were asked to submit a piece of work within six hours. Students are allowed out of the exam room to eat, drink coffee, and hang out to find inspiration, but the creative process must all be done inside the exam room."

Once the score is not enough, you will have to repeat the grade. If the instructor feels that your ability is not up to standard, you will also have to repeat the grade. If you do not upgrade after three years of study in the same grade, you will lose the qualification to continue studying at the Royal Academy of Arts.Conversely, for a student with outstanding ability, the tutor will also consider recommending to the program department to let the student leapfrog, or suggest that the other party determine the direction of specialization in advance.

In addition, foreign students can also take free English classes. English is the communication skill of students and does not need to take an exam.

Andrew flipped through the booklet on the table, and said: "Sometimes students have to do group work or exchange creative ideas. I asked the grade director and said that there are only twelve Chinese in your grade. Do you have any special requirements, such as Want to study in a team with them? I know that many Chinese like to get together. Although I think your contact with students from different countries is good for your language skills, but after all, you have your own national concepts and cultural traditions. It depends on your own wishes. .”

Ye Yufan thought of the people he saw in the hallucination just now, trembled unconsciously, and said, "I don't know them well, so let's put them in any group, foreigners don't matter."

Andrew smiled and said, "Well, do you have an email address? I will send the group information to your email address before five o'clock tonight, and your team members will also use this method to contact you."

Ye Yufan wrote down his email address and asked Andrew: "Will you contact me by email for everything in the future?"

Andrew: "Yes, do you have a personal computer?"

Ye Yufan shook his head, let alone a personal computer, he didn't even have a mobile phone, and he used an IC phone card to make calls at the phone booth when he called home.

Andrew said: "That's it, then you can only go to the school library or computer room to inquire... Ah! Are you living in the school dormitory?"

Ye Yufan: "Yes."

Andrew said: "The common room on the first floor of each dormitory has a computer connected to the school. You can use that computer to check. If economic conditions permit, I suggest you equip a mobile phone with mail sending and receiving functions here. "

It was past lunch time when I left Andrew's office.Ye Yufan only ate a piece of dry bread in the morning, and now he is so hungry that his stomach is screaming.

The biggest problem he encountered here was that there was no cafeteria!

There is no cafeteria in such a big school!

But Zhang Qi told him that almost all European colleges and universities do not have cafeterias.

Ye Yufan doesn't know how to cook, and he has eaten quick-frozen heated food bought in the supermarket for three days in a row!Unlike in China, you can buy all kinds of food in small shops, let alone bun shops, ramen shops... There are very few food and snacks in the streets and alleys of Xili City. Even if there is a convenience store, there are many kinds of food in it. At least, except for bread and sandwiches, they are all things that do not make people feel at ease after eating.

If he wants to eat something hot, he can only go to a restaurant, but a meal anywhere will cost more than a dozen buros, which is equivalent to more than 100 RMB!Jiang Bing's protection fees from him back then are nothing compared to the consumption here... No wonder the Ye family's budget for going abroad is as high as 30 yuan per year, tuition fees are 15 yuan, and living expenses are also 15 yuan.

Andrew told him just now that some students stayed in the intermediate college for nine years before graduating (three years for each level), so the tuition fee alone would cost millions, neither time nor money can be consumed by ordinary people up!Thinking of the Chinese people I saw in the first class of the plane that day, I couldn't help but wonder if they also came here to study art. Hey, what a costly subject!

In Ye Yufan's nature, there is a kind of self-esteem cultivated through personal ability. He would rather eat bread every day than make friends with those real rich people.

It seems that the decision not to form a team with the Chinese was right. Among the Chinese who can afford this money, they are probably the rich second generation!