One morning in 2001, Zhao Liyun, a young man from Ningxia, confidently stepped into the door of the Palace Museum in Beijing. The purpose of the trip was not sightseeing, but to ask an expert to identify a treasure that he had treasured for four years.
The family was not interested in this so-called "treasure" and thought it was just an ordinary stone. When Zhao Liyun bought this "broken stone" for 150 yuan, his family also expressed strong dissatisfaction with it, and even thought that he was idle.
However, Zhao Liyun firmly believes that this stone has extraordinary value. Soon, Yang Boda, the then vice president of the museum, and three other authoritative experts appraised the stone, but the result surprised everyone, it turned out to be an extremely rare gemstone.
After the experts estimated the stone as high as 96 million, Zhao Liyun was also excited, because this was his relationship with the strange stone during a business trip. Zhao Liyun is a native of Yinchuan, Ningxia, and has been an excellent child since he was a child, and soon found a job after graduating from university.
Before discovering the strange stone, he was working at a local television station. In fact, when he was a child, Zhao Liyun was not particularly interested in strange stones, and this discovery was also due to a chance not long ago.
At that time, he went to Qingdao on a business trip, and as a long-time inlandman, he had not seen the sea yet, so he took advantage of his work break to go to the beach.
Anywhere there are tourists, there are probably huge business opportunities. That's why businessmen always pick the stalls with a lot of tourists, especially those from out of town.
In the process of playing, Zhao Liyun found a stall selling pebble art, and he was attracted by these smooth pebbles engraved with famous sayings, so he decided to buy a few to take home.
After returning home, the more Zhao Liyun looked at these pebbles, the more interested he became, which made him start to like collecting strange stones. He believed that these natural things could purify his mind.
It happened that in 1997, the CCTV program team came to Yinchuan and found Zhao Liyun's TV station, and they hoped that Zhao Liyun could help produce a popular science documentary about volcanic eruptions and rock formation.
As a leader in the work of the station, the director naturally hopes that Zhao Liyun can take on this important responsibility, and Zhao Liyun readily agreed.
On the Sino-Mongolian border, 500 kilometers away from Yinchuan, there is a place called Su Hongtu, which has several extinct volcanoes and is an excellent location for filming. Zhao Liyun is very attentive to his work, so he did not refuse this opportunity.
A few days later, he drove to Inner Mongolia with his equipment and colleagues, and when he arrived in Su Hongtu, his enthusiasm for work was even higher. This is the endless Gobi Desert, and there are no people for dozens of miles nearby, and he enjoys this feeling of tranquility and emptiness very much.
They walked to the side of a volcanic crater, surrounded by fiery red rocks and a dazzling pile of rubble of various shapes. Zhao Liyun developed a strong interest in stones, as did his other colleagues.
In between shooting, they walked around looking for stones. During this period, Zhao Liyun bought a strange stone worth 96 million yuan. After buying the stone, his family complained about him, but his colleagues excitedly shared the stone they had picked up, and they were all very obsessed with it.
Zhao Liyun was deeply attracted by this stone at a glance. The surface of the stone is smooth and feels excellent, and one side takes on the shape of a human face, as if the artist had carved an old woman's face on it.
In particular, there was a wrinkle on the old woman's brow, silently telling the traces of time. Zhao Liyun couldn't put it down, even to the point where it was difficult to take his eyes off.
When his colleague showed it to others, he woke up like a dream. In the evening, Zhao Liyun and his colleagues discussed the stone enthusiastically, and the words were full of appreciation and obsession, which everyone could feel.
I've got to get this stone! "During the filming, Zhao Liyun suddenly came up with such a sentence, which attracted everyone's attention. The colleague who picked up the stone was stunned at first, then hesitated, but in the end he decided to transfer the stone to Zhao Liyun.
It turned out that this colleague also liked this stone very much, and he wanted to take it home to collect, but he knew that his love for the stone was not as deep as Zhao Liyun's. He saw that Zhao Liyun was so eager, so he decided to give him the stone in a friendly gesture.
Of course, Zhao Liyun is also a generous person, and in order to express his gratitude, he specially spent 150 yuan to pocket the stone. You know, this amount was enough to buy many items in those days, which made colleagues very satisfied.
In the end, Zhao Liyun returned to Yinchuan with this peculiar stone and continued his daily affairs.
Although the family spent 150 yuan for Zhao Liyun to buy a piece"Broken stones"The behavior expressed dissatisfaction, believing that it was a waste of money because they could not understand the value of the stone.
However, Zhao Liyun regards it as a treasure and cherishes it extraordinarily. In his opinion, these stones are nature's greatest gifts. Zhao Liyun's collection of strange stones has attracted a lot of attention in the local area, and many strange stone collectors have come to exchange collecting experiences with him.
When they saw Zhao Liyun's"Human face stone", I couldn't help but show a look of appreciation. Some people even offered to buy twice or even five times the **, but Zhao Liyun never considered it.
He thinks that there is a special fate between himself and this stone, and even gave this stone a special name, called"years"ć
As the collection fever continues to heat up, the fame of the strange stone "Years" is getting bigger and bigger, attracting the attention of many foreign collectors. They were amazed by the wonders of nature and thought that this natural masterpiece was of great value.
Some even suggested that Zhao Liyun auction it off for a huge profit. However, Zhao Liyun was not driven by profits, he insisted on his original intention, just out of love for collecting.
To understand the true value of the stone, he inquired around and eventually got an amazing answer. "Years" are priceless, just because of love. When Zhao Liyun heard the ** of 96 million reported by Yang Boda, he couldn't believe his ears.
However, it was only when he saw with his own eyes the numbers written on the appraisal that he really realized his good fortune.
Professional instrument testing shows that "time" is not an ordinary gravel, but an extremely rare pure natural agate gemstone, formed in a volcanic eruption 200 million years ago, and constantly polished in 200 million years of Gobi wind and sand, to show today's elegance.
This statue of the old woman is even more lifelike, and the proportions of its eyes, nose, mouth and other organs are extremely close to that of a real person, which is simply a natural miracle. After listening to the expert's explanation, Zhao Liyun was deeply shocked and returned home with great excitement, and at the same time full of awe of nature.
Soon, the news of the "years" worth 96 million spread throughout the country, and more people were attracted by this strange stone, and many domestic ** and newspapers and magazines also reported on this event.
It turns out that "time" has become famous overseas, and even Korean collectors of strange stones lament that it is worth a lot of money, and even say that the strange stones in Korea are not as precious as "time".
However, there are also people who suspect that this is nothing more than speculation by experts, trying to improve the overall ** of domestic strange stones. Experts do not give any explanation for this.
However, no matter how the outside world looks at it, the value of "years" for Zhao Liyun cannot be measured by money. This precious stone brought endless troubles to Zhao Liyun's life, and the frequent visits of curious people, ** and wealthy businessmen made it impossible for him to maintain peace.
In order to maintain the peace of life, Zhao Liyun decided to resolutely not sell the "years". He said that his original intention of buying "years" was to cherish and love life, and he never thought of treating it as a commodity, and he thought that its value could not be measured by money.
After a firm statement, the buyers gave up the idea of buying, and those who were curious gradually disappeared with the passage of time and the fading popularity, and Zhao Liyun returned to his peaceful and peaceful life again.
Of course, his love for "years" cannot be concealed, almost every day before work, he will take a look at the "years", looking at the kind and kind old woman on it, he is full of hope for the future life.
The devil's axe is cast in the sky, and the vicissitudes of the sea are staring at the eyes. How old is the old woman? The prehistoric longevity of mankind. This is his heartfelt praise for the "years", whenever he encounters setbacks, just look at the "years", and his mood will be much soothed.
Later, because of his outstanding work performance, Zhao Liyun was transferred to Beijing, and the "years" were also brought here. New place, old friends, Zhao Liyun is still a person who loves strange stone collection.
In the years that followed, in addition to the passage of time, Zhao Liyun also collected many exotic stones from jade shops, which filled his living room and study with stones of various sizes.
Every day with them, Zhao Liyun felt as if he was communicating with a silent friend, and his mood became extraordinarily clear. In these more than ten years of contact, Zhao Liyun has his own unique views on exotic stones.
In an interview, he said lightly: "A strange stone is because it has something peculiar, for example, it looks like a certain place, and that seems to be a double embodiment of god-likeness and likeness, this is the best strange stone."
What makes a peculiar stone peculiar is that it is unforgettable to look at, and not just a hundred stones and not know anything about their shape......sā
In the bustling city of Beijing, Zhao Liyun lives a peaceful life. However, his love for his former hobby has not waned. He would regularly invite a few friends to drive to the Gobi Desert to find and appreciate the beauty of the strange rocks.
After decades of intensive research, he has accumulated a wealth of experience in the field of collecting strange stones, and now, he pays more attention to the quality of the strange stones than the quantity, which has taken his collecting taste to the next level.
We hope that he can stick to his original intention and live an elegant and valuable life under the influence of strange stones. Zhao Liyun was lucky to find a treasure worth 96 million yuan from a 150 yuan stone, but this was also the result of his insistence on interest.
However, if you had such a discovery, would you choose?