The Qing

**The Qing** is a building located in the Olympiades neighborhood of Paris, France, and features throughout the seventh season of ***Skam France***. It first appears onscreen in 7x03.

## History

### Pre-Series

For an unknown period of time, Qing was a Chinese restaurant in the Olympiades neighborhood of Paris. It closed down for unknown reasons at an unknown point, and was eventually put up for sale. Tiffany Prigent's father Constantin was the property manager in charge of Qing during the lead-up to its auction, which was to occur sometime in the summer of 2021.

### Season 7

In 7x01, Tiff and La Mif discuss former member Sekou, noting that only he had the ability to locate the coolest parties and urbex locations. As he has since transferred to a Canadian school, they no longer use the Hippodrome d'Évry from Season 6 as their headquarters. In 7x02, Tiff and Max Bernini discuss La Mif's desire to throw "all inclusive" parties. They are unable to do so at their own houses due to size limits and strict parents. Tiff begins brainstorming ideas for a location.

In 7x03, Tiff secretly steals the keys to Qing from her father's desk before texting Max that she has a surprise for the group. Two days later, La Mif meet Tiff outside Qing for the first time. Tiff mentions that they are free to use it for approximately six months, which is when it will be sold. It has not been emptied, still containing fish tanks, decorations, couches, and alcohol. Everybody minus Lola Lecomte is impressed with both Qing and Tiff. This is the location and episode where Tiff first reveals her pregnancy to La Mif.

La Mif are shown cleaning and working on Qing multiple times, including in 7x04. This is also the location and episode where Solal Benezra makes his first and only onscreen appearance.

Multiple events are thrown at Qing by La Mif throughout the season, including a baby shower in 7x05, a party featuring some members of the First Generation in 7x06, and a beach-themed party in 7x08.

After Tiff runs away from home in 7x08, she and Moïra Prigent temporarily move into Qing. Everybody in La Mif, except for Max, agrees to help Tiff babysit Moïra in Qing whilst she prepares for an internship interview. Jo Benezra reveals in 7x09 that they all actually agreed with Max about how potentially dangerous it could be for a baby to live in Qing, but that they wanted to be supportive friends.

Later in 7x09, the police are called to Qing after Lola accidentally locks Moïra inside when babysitting her. Tiff is briefly arrested and a social worker takes Moïra away.

In 7x10, La Mif clean up Qing for a final time. Tiff mentions that her father has taken the keys back, though she is not in trouble as he already feels guilty about their family situation. They complain they will never find a place as cool as Qing again, but Maya Etienne suggests they can use the loft she is soon moving into.

### Season 8

After she finishes moving in during 8x01, Maya's loft officially replaces Qing as La Mif's main headquarters in Season 8. They throw multiple parties, emergency meetups, dinners, and a piercing session here.

In 8x05, after La Mif discover that Bilal Cherif is homeless, Tiff mentions asking her father for help. She was unsuccessful as he only manages commercial properties like the Qing.

## Notes

* Deborah Hassoun, the head writer of Season 7, described Qing as an "iconic" location, meant to be 7's equivalent to Season 3's La Petite Ceinture and Season 5's swimming pool.
* Director Shirley Monsarrat wanted the Olympiades neighborhood to somehow feature in Seasons 7 and 8, ultimately leading to Qing being chosen as La Mif's main headquarters. This is also the neighborhood where Tiff and Bilal live (used to live until his eviction for the latter).
* When they enter Qing for the first time, Redouane Bedia and Maya point out that it contains a tiny shrine dedicated to American singer Elvis Presley. This is a joke, as Elvis was nicknamed "The King", which is how "Qing" can be pronounced.
* The led light present in the Qing was brought in La Mif coloc.

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