The display cabinets in the exhibition hall have been placed, all of them are in the mode of one or a shelf, and many potted plants are placed at intervals to set off the atmosphere.

The exhibition area is divided according to the province, which has the advantage that visitors can visit which district according to their preferences and can be impressed by the strange stones in each province.

This is also well organized, and if the organizing committee is biased, it can be seen from the number of awards.

After all, if the champions all appear in the same district, the fairness will be discounted at once.

At this time, there were already a lot of exhibitors, and President Liu took Jiulong to the Guizhou Autonomous Region and asked Jiulong to watch carefully.

There is a splendid large fossil that has attracted the attention of Jiulong, this stone size is 60/90/38cm, named "Red River Soul", which means the soul of the Red Water River?

This is an abstract beast-shaped stone, the deep watercolor jade of the Hongshui River, it is said that it is fished from the 70-meter-deep Jiarui Renbeast, there used to be "the dragon, to, the phoenix bird Xiang, Deze is all over the world, the spiritual light is given to the four seas, this is said to match the heaven and the earth, the merit of governing the country".

This splendid luxury, hidden dignity and dignity, with virtue with the auspicious name of heaven and earth, is really a rare and unparalleled famous product.

The second party is mooreite, with a size of 120/162/90cm, how can it be a heavy weapon?

The most interesting thing is its name, "?!"

The question mark represents what it looks like?!does it represent its incredibleness?

Kowloon thinks so.

This is a square abstract bird-like shape.

The dark red water river moore stone, after hundreds of millions of years of water washing and sand research, only to see this washing excellent bird carving artifact!

When the neck is bent, it is deeply dynamic, the overall line is smooth, showing the state of the feather, and the tail and head are more likely to show the thinness and danger of the neck!

Those who see it for the first time will be amazed at the wonder of nature!

It has also won many praises and praises from Chinese and foreign stone friends.

There is also the "Candle Dragon", a famous stone that can not be more familiar, and it also came to participate in the ring competition!

These three parties alone made Kowloon feel a kind of pressure, and it seems that the Gui Autonomous Region has also come up with the best stones to participate in the exhibition.

Kowloon noticed that the stone from Inner Mongolia is not to be outdone, there is a grape agate called "Buddha", the size is 22/28/12, the image of the Buddhist figure stone, is a rare grape agate, the whole body is covered with pearl crystal beads, the color is like smoke crystal color of the head proportion is also good, the Buddha sitting on the lotus platform, looking down on the right, solemn posture, like saying.

This complete grape agate is very rare, especially the gods and shapes and proportions are even less, and it is indeed a precious brand.

There is also a piece of grape agate called "China Map" is more magical, its composition may be formed hundreds of millions of years ago to be discovered, but the history of Chinese civilization is only a few thousand years, this stone shape is so similar to the map of China, this is the magic of nature!

This stone also has a story to tell, one day in the second half of 2004, by

At the "Chinese Strange Stone - Grape Agate 'Chinese Territory' Treasure Appreciation and Evaluation Meeting" sponsored by a geological university and the Jade Research Society of the Cultural Relics Society, this piece of natural grape agate in China's territory was estimated at 96 million yuan.

This grape agate is purple and white, the grape ball crystals are perfect, and the overall shape is very similar to the map of China.

Grape agate is a grape-like association formed by silica filling with bubbles during the eruption of an undersea volcano 200 million years ago.

And this valuation is not generally high, and it is close to the price of 100 million yuan, and the pressure on the organizing committee to participate in the competition must be very great.

In terms of traditional stones, there are also shocking exhibits.

The Lingbi stone named "Contest" on one side, the size is 30/28/20, it is an image of the character stone, a very rare theme!

Shi Cheng's two warriors are struggling in wrestling, the right one foot is slightly floating, but the left two feet are as steady as Mount Tai, one fat and one thin, and the victory is imminent!

This product is expensive in the brave are all dressed in strong suits, with leather luster, especially rare, down-to-earth is also a piece of the original stone, is indeed a rare famous stone in the stone world.

There is also Lao Zou's "Suoyun", which is a stone with inheritance and history, and also came to participate!

There is a side of Xinjiang mud and stone named "Zhu Yu Ming", the image is like a bird shape, Tang Dufu once had "a thousand autumns in Hainan, the name of the vermilion bird shadow" sentence, the vermilion bird is one of the four spirits (green dragon, white tiger, Xuanwu, vermilion bird), in charge of the southern seven houses.

This product has both form and spirit, and the posture of Qimei is also spiritual, which is really a divine product.

The "hair growth stone" from Treasure Island also impressed Kowloon.

It is said that this kind of stone, 30 years ago, once swept the stone world, after many years of silence, finally by the mainland stone friends published and exhibited, who has witnessed this kind of stone, are all surprised by the strange phenomenon of "stone long hair".

This square stone, slightly oval, size 32/10/16cm, moderate size, similar to the middle of Hao's hair, draped down, slightly curled regular form, quite aesthetic, similar to an elderly wig.

It can be called the boutique of the "hair growth stone".

In addition, there are the "feeding" in the yellow wax stone, the "national treasure" of agate, the "dragon soaring" of the Yellow River stone, and the "jade girl" of the fluorite crystal, each of which is very magical and dazzling for Kowloon.

This is still a part of the newcomer, and there will be more surprises tomorrow, but the king of strange stones can only select seven, and according to the principle of proportionality, all over the country and abroad, an average of one place will not be able to take a turn, will there be chaos at that time?

Jiulong threw this question to President Liu, and President Liu smiled: "I took you to see the exhibits today, and it is precisely this worry that I didn't expect that this time the collectors are very face-saving, and they brought the bottom of the box, if they let them come with excitement and return with failure, it is indeed quite cruel, Jiulong, do you have any tricks that are not only in line with the principle, but also flexible?"

"I've been thinking about this question for the past few days, and I would like to ask President Liu how he evaluated this time, and if any experts were invited. ”

"We have also learned the lessons of other people's selections this time, some of the selections are simply power and money transactions, what paid services are engaged, as long as you spend money, you can award awards, as long as you are a leader, you are a celebrity in the stone world, you can win the black box operation, these painful lessons, we must learn, so this time, we simply did not invite experts, but invited some famous people in the collection world. ”

Chairman Liu seems to be confident, and to be honest, he is also out of the ring competition.

"What does it mean to be famous?"

Kowloon was puzzled, he felt that if he did not invite an appraisal expert, there would be a problem with credibility.

"They are all people who have opened their own strange stone museums or private collections, and their collection of strange stones, at least more than ten square meters are recognized by everyone as famous stones, they are the experts who have passed the market test and really understand stones. ”

President Yoo replied.

"Could it be that those who specialize in appreciating other people's strange stones, well-known experts, will be fake?"

Now it was Kowloon's turn to be surprised.

"Yes, some of them have only theory but no practice, some of them have practice, but they have ordinary stones, and some of them are simply stone appreciation activists, and they don't have any decent stones at home. ”

Chairman Liu is worthy of being a figure who walks the rivers and lakes, and he has long seen through human nature.

"This is a good idea, with the participation of these famous stone collectors, coupled with the evaluation criteria of Mr. Zhang Wei, I don't have to worry about choosing the king of strange stones. ”

Kowloon expressed his appreciation.

"However, there are still shortcomings in the monks and the lack of porridge. ”

Chairman Liu shook his head.

"President Liu, I have a suggestion that should make up for this shortcoming. ”

Jiulong said that he also thought about this plan for a long time before coming up with it.

"Tell me about it, I know you have a trick. ”

President Liu was anxious to know what was going on.

Jiulong had to smile bitterly, to be honest, he had a lot of golden ideas for others, but when he met himself in the strange stone business, there was still no better way.

It's the same as a doctor who can save others but can't save himself.

He said his idea: "Since it is a ring competition, it should be rated by the whole people to have credibility."

"Some stones may not be rated as the champion, but they are definitely god-like beings in a certain stone species.

Therefore, in addition to the champion, it is possible to use the participation of the whole people to select the king of each stone species, the king of each image, and the selection of the best popularity award, the best scenery award, the best matching award, the best title award, the best appreciation award, etc., the bonus is not important, but more importantly, it is more important to enliven the atmosphere and improve the popularity of the world king of strange stones. ”

"It's a great idea, and it solves a lot of problems. ”

Chairman Liu nodded.

"If you want to be happy, the selection of stones, are strictly screened out from all over the world, it can be said that they are all famous stones, the organizing committee can publish a special collection, the title is called 'World Famous Stones', isn't it the best of both worlds. ”

"Wonderful, publishing this part, you can recover part of the funds, which can be used to supplement the selection of these popularity awards, I believe that the participants will also be very happy, and everyone can go back and explain. ”

The more he thought about it, the happier he became, and immediately said goodbye to Kowloon and discussed with the organizing committee.

Kowloon finally breathed a sigh of relief, at least he gave an explanation to his father and fellow villagers.

"Xiao Huang, you kid is really good at running, and you won't tell me when you come here. ”

It's the voice of an old playchild.

"You were drunk yesterday, you want to come and see me laugh. ”

Kowloon saw the old boy, and he was also big, this guy has a way to make you drink.

"You really have no conscience, if I hadn't sent you back last night, you would have been taken away by a dog. ”

The old playboy laughed.

It turned out that he sent him back to the hotel, and Kowloon relieved himself: "Okay, I thank you, old boy, tell me, what's the matter with me?"

"Why, you won't be called a master after a day? Changing your face is faster than turning a book. ”

The old playful children's clothes look angry.

"Master Kid, please instruct. ”

Kowloon quickly changed his tune.

"Alas, forget it, forget it, it's so reluctant, you will call me big brother in the future, there is nothing to see here, and the champion can't be eaten, I just want to go to the Longling store for a walk, you just follow me." ”

"Big brother, what Longling store?"

Jiulong's mind turned quickly, and he immediately called the eldest brother, but what Longling store did he go to?

"Little brother, it's my store where Huanglongyu is produced, didn't you say you wanted to go yesterday?"

This time it was the old boy's turn to be surprised.

"I said I was going to go, but I didn't say I'd go now, the World Strange Stone King is such a big competition, I always have to participate in it after I finish it!"

Kowloon felt that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so he couldn't just leave.

"Okay, the results are out, leave immediately, don't waste it here. ”

Old playboy compromises.

"Okay, it's a deal!"

Someone is willing to help him, how can he refuse, besides, since he has decided to go, let's do it as soon as possible.

The next day, when Kowloon visited the Convention and Exhibition Center again, a sensational incident came out.

There is a picture that is really exaggerated, judging from the effect of shooting, if it is a big tree, human beings are like grass in front of it, how can there be such a huge ornamental stone.

Kowloon was dumbfounded, and the audience present was also shocked.

This strange stone is called "Dragon Turtle Floating Slaughter", which is a garden stone produced in Fei County, Lu Province, also called North Taihu Lake Stone.

This stone is nearly 11 meters high and weighs 130 tons, because of its large size, it cannot be transported long distances, so it can only carry the picture of this stone to participate in the ring competition.

To this end, in addition to affirming the pictures selected by the local area, the organizing committee of the competition felt that it was incredible, and also sent an expert group to Linqu, the production area, to conduct a field investigation of this strange stone.

The stone was discovered in August 2003.

At that time, in the south of Ronghezhuang Village and the west side of the reservoir, this huge strange stone with a unique shape appeared.

From a distance, it looks like a pagoda, and the strangest thing is that there is a big turtle lying under the pagoda, carrying the pagoda on its back.

At that time, the owner was Lao Kan, a villager of Ronghezhuang, who named this strange stone "pagoda" stone.

Soon after, the stone was bought by a strange stone dealer named Lao Liu in Linqu for 248,000 yuan.

Later, Lao Liu sold it to Mr. Wang, general manager of a limited company in Weifang, Shandong Province, at a price of more than 1.2 million yuan, and made 1 million yuan from it.

At this time, up to the central government, down to the local TV stations, this picture has been surrounded, and they are also competing to interview the treasure master, the champion has not come out yet, it has already caused a sensation in the entire ring competition.

Everyone saw it and described it in two words: "shocking", Kowloon knew in his heart that with it, other stones could only go aside.

It's not that other stones are bad, it's that this stone has to be looked up to.

These two items alone: "11 meters high" and "130 tons" are enough to stand out from the crowd.

It's time to apply for Guinness World Records.

Kowloon thought to himself.

Sure enough, in the final selection results, this strange stone stood out and won the title of "World Strange Stone King" in one fell swoop.

After this stone was crowned the king in the "World Strange Stone King Competition", the experts of the organizing committee on the scene gave a market appraisal price of 66.66 million yuan, which shocked the four!

In addition to obtaining an astronomical estimate, this "Dragon Turtle Floating Massacre" has also been praised and sought after by many experts and celebrities or written poems or articles, and has been successfully shortlisted for the "Appreciation of China's 100 Stones" edited by Mr. Jia.

The other six famous stones have also won the title of champion accordingly.

Picture stone (the Chinese character stone is the first of the Five Classics of China, the Book of Changes, and the foreign text stone is the Bible), mineral crystals (planets and moons of the solar system), traditional stones (competition), combination stones (mother and child), carvings (Qingming Shanghe Tu), polishing stones (Quran).

Fujian selected several famous stones did not disappoint, "the soul of Jiulongbi" won the best popularity award of Jiulongbi, "a generation of monks" won the best person award, "Red Luck Head" won the largest water flushing stone award, and others were also successfully selected as "World Famous Stone Classics", in a word: all happy!

Originally, Kowloon still wanted to seriously appreciate the beauty of these strange stone masters, but the old playboy was extremely impatient, and he dragged him stiffly, so that Kowloon and him took the flight to Kunming together.

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