In the 90s of the last century, Zhao Liyun, a young man from Ningxia, after graduating from university, entered Yinchuan TV with excellent media expertise and skilled photography skills.
Because of the needs of the program, Zhao Liyun often travels all over the country to take pictures. Once, while filming at the beach in Qingdao, Zhao Liyun found many colorful stones of different shapes on the beach.
Seeing these naturally formed stones, Zhao Liyun felt very interesting, so he picked up a few smooth and round ones and brought them back. After going back, Zhao Liyun took out these stones to appreciate and play, and the more he looked at them, the more he liked them.
Since then, Zhao Liyun fell in love with the collection of strange stones, no matter whether he was on a business trip, he would make an appointment with his colleagues to pick up some interesting stones, and when he met a vendor selling stones, he couldn't help but buy a few of his favorite collections.
In 1997, Taili needed material to make a group of popular science documentaries, so he arranged for Zhao Liyun and seven or eight colleagues to go to the extinct volcanic area of Suhongtu on the Sino-Mongolian border to shoot pictures of volcanic eruptions and rock formations.
Zhao Liyun, who has always been active in work, drove off with several colleagues on the day he received the task. As soon as he arrived at his destination, Zhao Liyun was stunned by the spectacular scene in front of him!
There was silence all around, and there were fiery red rocks as far as the eye could see, and the stones of various colors and shapes on the ground were dazzling! Suddenly, Zhao Liyun excitedly patted the shoulder of his colleague next to him and said, "Let's start work!" It's done, good**!
My colleague also understood what he meant, and quickly took out the equipment and started to work. Zhao Liyun and his colleagues framed, focused, focused, and shot from multiple angles until they were satisfied.
After the shooting, they went around looking for the strange stone treasure. Suddenly, a colleague shouted, "Come and see!" Zhao Liyun and his colleagues hurriedly surrounded him.
It turned out that the colleague picked up a fist-sized stone, which was generally white, brown and black. The stone side looks like an old woman's face, and the forehead and wrinkles on the face are full of the vicissitudes of time.
The most peculiar thing is that the hair, eyes, nose, mouth, and even neck of the old woman presented in stone are in the same proportions as real people, and the magic of nature is really amazing!
When Zhao Liyun saw it, he involuntarily took it from his colleague's hand, held it in the palm of his hand, turned it over and over to see that his eyes were straight, and he couldn't help but sigh while looking at it, "There is such a strange stone in the world"!
The colleagues on the side were also amazed by this stone that looked like an old woman's cheek. Everyone said a word and I talked about it. Suddenly, Zhao Liyun said to his colleague who had picked up this strange stone, "Can you sell me this stone?" ”
When this colleague heard this, he was obviously hesitant, because he also liked it. However, seeing Zhao Liyun looking at himself with longing little eyes, and constantly grinding his mouth in his ear, he thought about it and said, "Okay, who made us good colleagues and buddies?" ”
Zhao Liyun was excited, and he was also very generous, took out 150 yuan from his pocket, stuffed it to his colleague and said, "Thank you, good buddy, thank you"!
My colleagues were also very surprised, they didn't expect Zhao Liyun to spend one-third of a month's salary to buy this stone. Although I like it very much, I am absolutely reluctant to spend so much money on a stone.
At the end of the business trip, Zhao Liyun happily returned home with this strange stone. Unexpectedly, after his parents, who have always been thrifty, found out, they were so angry that they scolded: "You loser, you bought a broken stone that can't be eaten for 150 yuan"! Zhao Liyun didn't argue with his parents about anything, just smirked and said, "Hehe, this is not a broken stone"!
Zhao Liyun regarded this strange stone as a treasure, and every morning and evening he had to close the door and watch it quietly, and the more he looked at it, the more he liked it, and according to his own understanding, he named the stone "years".
Although strongly opposed by his parents, Zhao Liyun's interest in collecting strange stones continued unabated. In addition to shooting on business trips in the future, Zhao Liyun often goes to the mountains and seashores with his colleagues, carrying the sunset, wearing the moonlight, and looking for strange stones everywhere.
Every time he came home from a business trip, he carried back a bag of strange-shaped stones, and a utility room at home was emptied by Zhao Liyun and transformed into a strange stone collection room.
As soon as Zhao Liyun has time, he invites friends to come to his door to view all kinds of strange stones in his collection and exchange his experience in collecting strange stones. Once, a friend who specializes in the business of strange stones, after admiring the "years", said to Zhao Liyun, "Dude, your years, I have never seen them in the market, and they must be worth a fortune!" ”
At that time, Zhao Liyun didn't pay much attention to it, but later recalled his friend's words, and an idea suddenly popped into his mind: "How much is this time worth?" ”
The more he thought about it, the more eager he was to know the value of "years", so Zhao Liyun asked friends everywhere to help contact a reliable stone appraisal agency. Later, under the recommendation of a friend, Zhao Liyun came to the Palace Museum with "years".
Yang Boda, an expert from the Palace Museum, saw the "years" brought by Zhao Liyun, his eyes lit up, and he quickly called his assistant to bring a special testing instrument to test the "years".
After the test, Yang Boda said to Zhao Liyun with excitement on his face, "Young man, this strange stone of yours is a rare agate stone in the world!" This gemstone itself is already very rare, and to form its current shape, it has undergone at least hundreds of millions of years of natural weathering, which is really a once-in-a-lifetime strange stone! ”
Zhao Liyun was shocked when he heard this. At this time, the expert continued, "There is also a piece of a strange stone like this in the National Palace in Taipei, because it resembles braised pork, and it is named "Dongpo Meat", which was discovered during the Kangxi period, and is now worth 1More than 300 million! According to this ** valuation, your piece is worth 96 million"!
What the? 96 million! I bought it for 150 yuan, which is tens of thousands of times! Zhao Liyun was stunned for a while, and couldn't help but fantasize about what kind of life he would live if he sold the "years".
But after calming down, Zhao Liyun immediately returned to his original intention of collecting strange stones, and went back with the 'years'.
For a while, the news that Zhao Liyun was holding 96 million strange stones spread everywhere. Strange stone collectors from all over the country came thousands of miles to find Zhao Liyun and wanted to collect his "years".
"96 million sold or not? "Once, a wealthy merchant collector said to Zhao Liyun. I never thought that someone would really come up with such a sky-high price, although Zhao Liyun was also tempted and hesitant, but after careful consideration, he still replied firmly, "100 million will not be sold!" ”
Although Zhao Liyun resolutely did not sell the "years", there were still people who came to the door, and these people always thought that maybe one day Zhao Liyun would change his attention and sell the "years" to himself.
However, they always come to the door with hope and leave with disappointment. When they left, they reacted differently. Some couldn't help but complain, "This guy is so stupid!" If you don't sell it at such a high price, isn't it just to make money by collecting? Some people felt very admired that Zhao Liyun was not moved by money, and sighed, "Xiao Zhao is the real collector of strange stones!" ”
Not really! The real collection of strange stones is not for profit, but purely to appreciate the natural charm reflected by strange stones, and the cultural and spiritual value it transmits, and its economic value is just a virtual or real number.
As Zhao Liyun said, "My original intention of buying 'years' is to cherish and love the years." Whenever I fall into a low point, as soon as I see the years, I have hope and motivation. The spiritual comfort that the years have given me is priceless. ”
However, the ** of 96 million is too big. If it were me, I might not be as calm as Zhao Liyun [covering my face]. Dear friends, if it were you, would you choose to treasure the "years" or sell it for 96 million?