Treasure Hunt all over the World

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Accompanied by the sound of brakes, several bulletproof Mercedes-Benz SUVs stopped at the entrance of the bar.

The people who lined up at the door of the Jiutu Bar, waiting to enter the bar, and the tourists around them who came here admiringly and took pictures with their mobile phones or cameras, all looked at this side.

When Ye Tian and the others got out of the car and appeared at the door of this world-famous bar, there was a burst of discussion immediately.

"I'm going! Why did this guy, Steven, come to the Rabbit Bar? Wherever this guy appears, there must be constant disturbances. Maybe there will be a wonderful show to watch today!"

"Don't forget, Steven is a top expert in antique art appraisal and a top professional treasure hunter. When he came to Montmartre, how could he miss the art sanctuary of the Rabbit Bar?"

After getting off the bus, Ye Tian first nodded to the people who lined up and the tourists taking pictures, and then walked towards the bar entrance!

At the same time, two security personnel who came here in advance to buy tickets and a tall middle-aged white man also walked out of the bar and greeted them.

As the two sides approached, the middle-aged Caucasian man stretched out his right hand to Ye Tian, ​​and said with a smile:

"Good evening, Mr. Steven, welcome to the Rabbit Bar. I'm Little Fred, the current owner of the Rabbit Bar. Nice to meet you. I've known you for a long time!"

"Mr. Fred, good evening, I'm Steven, from New York, I'm glad to meet you too, the night is beautiful tonight, and this bar full of art is even more beautiful!

I have been admiring the famous Jiutu Bar in the art world for a long time, and I have wanted to come here for a long time. Now it is finally here, and it really lives up to its reputation. It is indeed a sacred place for art! "

Ye Tian shook hands with Little Fred, introduced himself, and complimented him a few words.

As he spoke, he glanced at the Rabbit Bar behind Little Fred again, his eyes full of expectation.

This is a building built on a hillside. The appearance of the bar is very simple, and it can barely be called a two-story building. It is a bit like a house in the French countryside, with red walls and black tiles, green wooden shutters, and a sloping roof!

The wine-red wall is not high, surrounded by wooden fences, and the green wooden shutters are very eye-catching. Behind the tree shadow near the door, a rabbit jumping out of the pan can be vaguely seen.

And this is the origin of the name of the Jiutu Bar.

The history of this bar is quite complicated. Around 1860, it was also called 'Assassin's Bar'. In 1875, the artist Andre Gill drew a sign painting for this bar!

It was a quirky painting of a humanized rabbit jumping out of a pan, and the rabbit has been associated with the bar ever since!

First, the residents living nearby started calling this bar "Jill's Rabbit", and later changed it to the current name, Sly Rabbit Bar!

The Rabbit Bar is not only a bar, but also the most artistic holy place in the Montmartre area, even in Paris.

This bar is known as the cradle of talented painters before they became famous. At the beginning, the style of the bar was very artistic, so it attracted frequent visits by artists such as Picasso and Carandas.

Fred, the owner of the bar at that time, was fond of art and often made some artistic creations. He was a French literary youth!

Coupled with Fred's generosity, he liked to associate with some artists who were not well-known at the time, making this bar a frequent meeting place for many artists.

When he was in charge of the bar, the artist regulars who came here to drink, if they had no money or did not want to pay, could use one of their paintings to pay for the drink.

In this way, Fred collected the works of many famous painters before they became famous.

One of the most famous paintings is "At the Rabbit Bar", which Picasso used in exchange for drinks.

This masterpiece, which was only worth a few glasses of wine at the beginning, was sold for a sky-high price of more than 40 million US dollars in 1989, which caused a huge sensation. This is the charm of art!

Currently,

Picasso's "In the Rabbit Bar" is collected in the Metropolitan Museum of New York!

In addition to famous painters such as Picasso, there are also famous musicians and writers such as George Brassang and Hemingway among the regular customers of the Rabbit Bar.

It can be said that the history of Jiutu Bar is a star-studded history of Western art!

From the late nineteenth century to the present, almost all famous artists who have lived and lived in Paris have left their footprints here, with few exceptions!

This is a cultural business card of France, as well as a treasure of art. I don’t know what I can gain tonight, and it is very worth looking forward to!

Ye Tian quickly glanced at the Jiutu bar, then looked away, and looked at the bar owner Fred in front of him!

After getting acquainted with each other, little Fred continued:

"Steven, you are one of the world's top experts in antique art appraisal and a famous professional treasure hunter. We welcome you very much in the Rabbit Bar!

All your spending in the bar tonight is mine. You only need to tip the waiters. The income of the waiters in the bar mainly depends on the tips from the guests!

If you don't mind, I'd like to ask you to help identify some of the paintings and find out whose work and artist they are by? What about the artistic value and market value?

Those paintings were used by some poor and penniless painters in exchange for drinks, and they were all unsigned paintings. They had been accumulated for a long time, and there were a lot of them in the bar! "

"It's no problem, as long as you trust my vision, I can help you look at those paintings, but I can't guarantee that I can identify all the paintings!

As for the issue of consumption, I would like to thank you for your generosity here. Of course, the tips for the waiters will not be small. My buddy has never been a stingy person! "

Ye Tian smiled and said, nodding in agreement.

Appraisal of the works of art accumulated in the bar is what he is looking forward to. The process of appraising those works of art is not the process of discovering treasures.

However, what little Fred said next made Ye Tian's expectations come to nothing, and he was very disappointed!

"Of course I trust your vision. I am more or less a person in the art circle. I have heard about your ability to appraise antique works of art. It is absolutely amazing. There is no one better than you!

Here, I would like to declare that the artworks displayed and collected in the Rabbit Bar will not be sold tonight. I have heard about what happened in Xiaoqiu Square in the morning, and I hope you can understand! "

Little Fred said with a smile, completely eliminating the possibility of Ye Tian picking up leaks at the Jiutu Bar.

No one wants to be the object of being ransacked by madness, another unlucky guy in Montmartre, another object of ridicule and sympathy, like the unlucky Rodriguez!

"Ah! There will be no sale tonight! Did I hear you right? Are you a little too careful? How can I be so scary? As for this?"

Ye Tian exclaimed in a low voice, the disappointment in his eyes could not be concealed.

"You heard me right! Steven, your eyesight is so sharp, it's frightening! No antique art can hide in front of you. I don't want to wait for you to leave the bar and regret jumping the Seine! "

Little Fred said jokingly, his eyes full of fear.

"Hahaha"

There was a lot of laughter at the scene, Betty and the others all laughed, and Ye Tian also smiled helplessly.

Having said all this, what else can I do?

It seems that I can only entertain tonight, not treasure hunting, and I have to help the bar owner identify unknown paintings, what a loss!

Next, Ye Tian introduced Betty and the others, and then, under the leadership of Little Fred, walked into this world-famous bar, another holy place of art in Paris!

Due to the limited space inside the bar, most of the security personnel stayed outside. Only Anderson, Taylor, Lisa, Mathis and two other security personnel followed Ye Tian and Betty into the bar!

When the group of them entered the bar, the Paris police in plain clothes arrived late and rushed here!

These guys also want to enter the bar and follow Ye Tian up close.

However, they can only pay 25 euros for tickets out of their own pockets, and then wait in line, slowly moving forward!