He said that the bonsai in the flower market was originally "unpopular", but it has gradually become "hot" in recent years, especially high-grade varieties such as Jiulixiang, which has increased more than seven times in five years, and the market price is millions of yuan.

His "fate" with bonsai is a bit old.

As early as the 80s of the last century, he lived in Gulangyu, and there was a large vacant land at home, and he planted flowers and grass like many old people;

Later, he participated in the work in Guangzhou Ocean Company, had a long vacation every year, and happened to move to the east park road on the island, downstairs there is a commercial street specializing in bonsai and flowers, he went there from time to time, and after a long time, he liked bonsai.

At that time, most of the bonsai were dug down from the mountains by farmers and sold the trees to the market, and the price was generally only 5 to 10 yuan.

Although bonsai was very cheap at that time, because he often bought it and spent a lot of money, his family was even very opposed, but fortunately, despite the rough and ordinary pruning techniques in the early days, he pruned more than 100 pots to sell, and still made a lot of money, which was supported by his family.

Mr. Wei is engaged in mechanical work such as ship repair, and pruning bonsai is an artistic work that integrates gardening, art, and layout, but he believes that there is something in common——— that is, delicate thoughts.

Mr. Wei said that pruning bonsai has changed his personality a lot, and he used to work under pressure and was very impatient, but pruning bonsai can always calm his mood, forget his troubles, and have a gentle temperament.

Now, Mr. Wei has more than 200 pots of proud works, 40 pots at home, more than 40 pots in the Garden Expo Garden, and more than 150 pots in Zhangzhou.

Bonsai was very cheap in the early years, only a few yuan or dozens of yuan, but now it costs tens of thousands of yuan or hundreds of thousands of yuan, and the grade is getting higher and higher.

Usually a bonsai to cultivate for 15 years, he has a pot of nine mile incense at home, although the time to his hands is only about 5 years, but the tree has a history of 600 years, when it was bought from the Taiwanese for 220,000 yuan, last year someone has bid 1.5 million yuan, the price has risen 7 times.

In addition, there are 3 pots of real cypress, which totaled 400,000 yuan when they were bought from the Taiwanese 5 years ago, and now the price of a single pot is 500,000 yuan, an increase of more than 3 times;

There is also a banyan tree called the Golden Snake Dance, which you just saw, which was bought for 20,000 yuan eight years ago, and after cultivation, the current price is more than 300,000 yuan.

It's another wealth effect, Jiulong listens to it, but this kind of technical work is not something anyone can do, and its price also makes Jiulong speechless, and he only has envy.

I just saw a lot of bonsai, Jiulong can only understand a little, it is rare to have a master by his side, it is better to ask for advice, at least, it is good to understand: "Mr. Wei's box scene does make me envious, but I don't know how to appreciate it, can Mr. Wei tell me."

Mr. Wei did not reserve, he told the Kowloon bonsai tree species are very important, now the more expensive tree species on the market are mainly true cypress, Jiulixiang, podocarpus, Fujian banyan, black pine, etc., but even if the tree species are precious, can not completely determine the value of bonsai.

"The value of bonsai depends more on its artistic realm. ”

Mr. Wei said that the evaluation of bonsai should be "four looks": first look at the tree material, whether the branches are bent or straight, whether there is a sense of curvature, whether there is an artificial sense, whether the branches are thick or slender; secondly, look at the sense of nature, to see whether it is close to nature, some collectors in Taiwan like to prune the bonsai into a mushroom shape, the artificial traces are too heavy, and the sense of nature is lost; Finally, it depends on the equipment, whether the potted pot is round or square, whether it is a high pot or a low pot, and the overall sense of coordination is the focus of bonsai beauty.

Mr. Wei spoke very vividly, and Kowloon understood it at once.

Of course, there is still a long way to go from listening to mastery, and some people may not be able to complete it in their lifetime.

Jiulong asked Mr. Wei if he could take a look at his strange stones in addition to bonsai.

Jiulong thought in his heart, since he was a double master, there must always be a strange stone at home.

Mr. Wei smiled: "Since I got involved with the stone in 1990, as long as it is a stone I like, I will not hesitate to spend a lot of money to buy it."

In the past 20 years, I have not collected many strange stones, only about 50 pieces. ”

It took about 20 years to collect such a little? It's incredible, the most super-sized proof point, Mr. Wei's vision is very high, and it's not easy to see it.

Jiulong couldn't wait to see his collection, and Mr. Wei readily agreed, asking Xiao Xu to take him upstairs, and he could also take this opportunity to go outside and trim the bonsai, which is a compulsory course for him every day, and he has persevered for decades.

Kowloon even said that he was disturbed, so sorry.

Mr. Wei even said that he was out of the way, so go up.

Xiao Xu was very familiar with Mr. Wei's family, and took Jiulong and Lashi upstairs.

The Tibetan stones are placed on the second and third floors of the villa, Kowloon carefully observes, among them, there is a piece of black pearl stone from Guangxi guests, the shape is very similar to our treasure island Taiwan, there are both mountains and plains on it, it is simply the magic of heaven and earth.

Xiao Xu introduced that as early as 2001, Mr. Wei spent 100,000 yuan to buy it from a well-known collector in Xiamen.

There are pairs of "knives and swords", all of which are bamboo stones from Shandong.

The lines on the "knife and sword" are clear, and the overall shape is very similar to the ancient sword and sword, and it is extremely rare to be so harmoniously matched.

Xiao Xu laughed and called the dragon slaying knife and the heavenly sword.

This was bought by Mr. Wei in 2005 for 200,000 yuan from a Taiwanese master.

There is a magical Baise jade stone in Gui Autonomous Region, which is like a dragon boat riding the wind and waves, and is named "Riding the Wind and Waves for Ten Thousand Miles" by Mr. Wei. The bow of the jade boat resembles a dragon's head, and the hull is mixed with brown stripes in the white jade, which is a strange stone naturally formed after geological changes.

In 1999, this strange stone won the "Yashi Special Award" at the 1999 Macao Cup National Flower Exhibition, and won the gold medal at the "6th China International Garden and Flower Expo" not long ago.

This was bought by Mr. Wei three years ago for 200,000 yuan from a private collector in Xiamen.

In 2004, Mr. Wei spent 200,000 yuan to buy it from a collector in Xiamen.

This strange stone, the more Kowloon looks at it, the more magical it becomes, no wonder it will win so many awards, and a thought suddenly flashed in his mind, if this stone represents Ludao to participate in the World Strange Stone King Ring Competition, it should also have the strength to compete for high and low.

Of course, he can't be the master of this matter, so it is better to ask Mr. Wang Tianran, if he knows the fame of this stone.

The decision was made, the Kowloon phone called, Mr. Wang laughed: "I am also a member of the Ludao Bonsai Yashi Association, how can I not know this famous stone, I have seen it several times, I have always wanted Mr. Wei to transfer it to me, he refused, now his mind is spent on bonsai, I am worried about how to persuade him, I didn't expect you to come to his house, this matter will be handed over to you, remember, if you can't be persuaded, Mr. Wei is good at wine, find a way to mobilize him on the wine table......"

This Teacher Wang, even Mr. Wei's habits are so clear, it can be seen that the friendship is not shallow.

Well, let's try it later, in fact, Kowloon also has no bottom in his heart, it is the first time for him to come, and the other party is a successful entrepreneur, the gap between the two sides is too big.

Looking at these strange stones that were bought by hundreds of thousands of people at every turn, Jiulong was not only amazed, but also sighed, buying with a lot of money, not just having money, it requires vision, courage, and financial resources.

Especially courage, many people can't do it!