Chapter 1407 The Best Business

When Ye Tian and the others walked into the bar, a beautiful woman was reciting poetry in French on the stage, her voice was subdued, and with rich expressions and body movements, the performance was very devoted!

The guests in the bar all looked at the beautiful woman on the stage and listened to her recitation, and they were also very engaged, and they didn't notice the guests who had just walked into the bar!

Seeing this situation, Ye Tian and the others stopped one after another, stood at the door of the bar and came in a little bit, enjoying the performance on stage!

Unlike most bars, Cunning Bunny's is a very special show, where the main forms of performances are songs, humorous performances and poetry, which are very bourgeois and artistic!

You won't see any of the songs and dances that are common in other bars, and even the songs and music that are so popular at the moment are hard to hear here!

Those who are familiar with the Cunning Rabbit Bar know that this is a bar to talk about art and feel art, and if you like to sing and dance, and like to get drunk, then you should go to the 'Moulin Rouge Ballroom'.

While listening to the poetry recitation, Ye Tian also looked at the inside of the Cunning Rabbit Bar and felt the artistic atmosphere here!

The furnishings inside the Bunny Bar are very simple, even a little shabby!

In addition to the lighting and sound equipment, as well as a variety of liquor and beverages, everything else here remains the same as it was in the late 19th and early 20th centuries!

The audience in the bar sat on benches or small wooden stools, watching the show with relish, and there was only one table in front of them, on which were either wine or drinks!

The scene in front of me is very similar to the scene when factories or schools and parties were held in China in the past, but this is a famous art mecca!

The venue of the Cunning Rabbit Bar is very small, and even if it is full, there are not many customers, which is not difficult to understand, why there are so many people queuing up outside the bar, and the space is limited!

There are many paintings hanging on the walls around the bar, which makes it look less like a bar, more like an art salon, more like a small theater!

In Ye Tian's eyes, the paintings hanging on the walls of the bar all radiated a dazzling white light, and each painting had a charming halo, more or less!

Obviously, these artworks from different eras have a certain artistic value and a certain market value!

In an instant, Ye Tian had a general understanding of the situation at the Cunning Rabbit Bar, and then he withdrew his gaze and continued to enjoy the performance on the stage.

After the beauties on the stage finished reciting the poems and the applause rang out, Ye Tian and the others continued to move forward, came to the seats reserved for them by Little Fred, and sat down separately.

"Steven, what do you want to drink? We've got homemade fruity brandy here, it's still good, and we have all the other drinks and drinks!"

Little Fred said with a smile, recommending drinks to Ye Tian and them.

As soon as his words fell, Ye Tian immediately continued:

"I've been known for your homemade fruity brandy for a long time, give me a drink, and let the others order whatever they want.

This is the Cunning Rabbit Bar, and it seems a bit out of place to push a glass and change a lamp here, and we are not here to drink, but to see a show!

Rather than drinks and performances, I want to see your collection of antique art, which is the most precious thing in the Rabbit Bar!"

"Okay, Steven, you order the drinks first, I'll go get those inventory artworks, and you can help you get a good appraisal!"

After speaking, little Fred called a waiter and came over to greet Ye Tian and them, and he walked to the office behind the bar, his expression was quite excited!

It didn't take long for the drinks to be served, and everyone was enjoying the show on the stage while drinking the drinks.

For the sake of safety, Ye Tian had already secretly turned on the perspective, staring at every move of the bartender in the bar, and also staring at the drinks ordered by everyone throughout the whole process, until the drinks were served on the table, so as not to let anyone do anything!

After about ten minutes, there were seven or eight more paintings in front of him, and at the top was a sketch in the style of cubism.

At the first glance of this sketch, through the strength of the white light it emitted, the number of halo layers, as well as the painting style and some other characteristics it showed, Ye Tian instantly came to an accurate judgment.

But he still pretended to be careful about the appraisal, and then he raised his head and looked at little Fred, and said in a pretended surprise:

"Congratulations, little Fred, this is a very good Cubist painting, and the Cunning Rabbit Bar is a well-known art mecca, and it lives up to its name!

I'm pretty sure it's a sketch by the Cubist master George Braque, created around the twenties, during Braque's golden age.

In this cubist sketch, we can see that the painter introduced letters and numbers into the painting with great skill, which is one of the characteristics of Braque's paintings!

What I can't understand is that Braque has become famous around the twenties of the last century, and he carries the banner of cubism with Picasso, how can he exchange his paintings for wine?"

Before Ye Tian's words fell, the bar owner Little Fred had already cheered in a low voice.

"Amazing! Sure enough, it's a sketch by Braque, what a huge surprise!"

After a little celebration, the guy quickly controlled his emotions and whispered happily:

"It seems that my judgment was correct, I had always suspected that it was a sketch of Braque, but there was no signature on the painting, and Braque was dead, so there was no way to verify it!

Now that you've come to the same conclusion, there's no doubt about it! Thank you, Steven, for your vision is so sharp, even more powerful than legendary!

I don't know why Braque used this painting for a drink, but for nearly two decades in the early part of the last century, the Cunning Rabbit Bar did not belong to our family.

It wasn't until 1922 that the Foxy Rabbit Bar was repurchased by my great-grandfather, and at that time, the cubist sketch is in the bar's warehouse, where it remains until now.

I don't know if my great-grandfather and grandfather asked Blanc to verify the sketch, and I didn't keep a record of it, so I couldn't do it after Bracque's death!

Not to mention the history of this Cubist sketch, Steven, can you assess the market value of this sketch, how much is it worth? I'd love to find out!"

Ye Tian nodded lightly, and then gave an answer.

"No problem, this sketch has extraordinary artistic value, but after all, it is only a sketch, and it is not signed by the author, and in terms of the current art market, it should be worth about 130,000 euros!"

"Wow! 130,000 euros, that's a very impressive number!"

Little Fred cheered in a low voice, dancing with excitement.

Next, Ye Tian helped him identify a few paintings without the author's signature, all of which were used by those painters who used to patronize the Cunning Rabbit Bar but were shy in their pockets, and used them to exchange for wine!

Among them, there are works by famous painters before they became famous, as well as paintings by unknown painters, and the value of the two is naturally very different!

Like the previous Braque sketches, these paintings are not signed by the author, and the age is relatively old, little Fred was suspicious, so he took them out for Ye Tian to identify.

After appraising the dozen or so paintings that Fred took out one after another, Ye Tian took a look at the other paintings hanging in the Cunning Rabbit Bar, including a few paintings hanging in the back office area!

In this process, Ye Tian habitually secretly turned on the perspective and thoroughly saw through the cunning rabbit bar, not letting go of any corner.

Under the perspective, several famous paintings hidden by little Fred in the office safe were immediately clearly presented in Ye Tian's eyes, and he was transparent!

Without exception, these famous paintings have the author's signature, the origin is clear, and they are very valuable, and of course Fred Jr. would not hang them outside!

Although he can't have them, it's not bad to appreciate them, Ye Tian, who has completely lost the possibility of picking up leaks, can only comfort himself like this!

It was close to eleven o'clock in the evening that Ye Tian and the others left the Cunning Rabbit Bar and drove to the 'Moulin Rouge Ballroom' near the white square at the foot of the Montmartre Plateau.

Unfortunately, when they arrived at the Moulin Rouge, France's most famous ballroom was already full and no longer accepting new guests!

Seeing this situation, Ye Tian and the others could only leave with regret and return to the Regina Hotel by car!

As for the Moulin Rouge and the famous French Cancan, you can only wait until the next time you come to Paris!