After tossing around, I didn't finally decide what to do with it. Liao Wenhao's suggestion was to cut them all into 3-meter-long sections, but Li Yi felt that the other cypress beams were fine, and it was better to wait and deal with the golden silk nanmu.

After looking at the calendar and finding that tomorrow was the weekend, he called Master again, and after making an appointment to go over at noon the next day to mix rice, he got up and took out the rubies taken out of the living agarwood.

He had seen these rubies about once when he first discovered them, and the rest of the time, he hadn't even opened them in the morning after taking them out.

At this moment, although the night was not deep but the people were quiet, as soon as he thought of the rough stone that could cut more than 20 carats of pigeon blood rubies, Li Yi's heart suddenly slowly warmed up.

A few months ago in Hong Kong, a piece of rough stone of about the same size and color, a group of people killed people on their backs, fighting for their heads and bloodshed, and finally Shi Qiba spent more than 200 million yuan to successfully break through from a bloody storm. And now, he got a piece without much effort, and this feeling suddenly made him have a feeling of "looking back for a thousand years"!

There is nothing more strange than this!

Li Yi sighed as he poured all the rubies on the bed, and then at a glance he saw the huge rough stone that was half bare with pigeon's blood red gemstones. Pick it up and gently pick it up, and I already have a rough plan in my heart, this rough stone weighs at least more than 100 carats!

Holding the rough stone in his hand, he opened the perspective and looked at it carefully for a while, he shook his head, if he wanted to cut a pigeon's blood ruby that was perfect in both shape and quality, it seemed that he could only cut a 20-carat one, which was a pity.

Putting the rough stone aside, he picked up another slightly smaller one, suddenly his eyes moved, and the corners of his mouth provoked a smile, it turned out that the overall quality of this piece was better than the one just now, so even if the rough stone particles are smaller, but the cut ruby may be more than that one!

Just these two pieces are worth more than 500 million! And now on the bed, the total number of rough and cut rubies is more than 300!

Even if the rest are not as scary as these two grains, even if a large part of them are ruby of Vietnamese origin, which is not too valuable, but it can't hold it much!

After cleaning up, Li Yi distinguished the rough from the ruby. In the end, he came up with a statistic, excluding the two big guys, the remaining rough stones are a total of 194 pieces, of which, the most precious pigeon's blood ruby rough stones alone has 31 pieces!

Of the 31 rough stones, 15 were able to cut more than 5 carats of top-quality pigeon's blood rubies. Moreover, there are 3 of them, which can definitely cut more than 10 carats of pigeon's blood rubies!

The crystalline grains of rubies are usually relatively small, rubies of more than five carats are very rare, and pigeon's blood rubies weighing more than ten carats are worth more than diamonds of the same grade, so they are known as "after colored gemstones".

In 12 years, in the autumn auction of Sotheby's Hong Kong, a 9.08-carat natural "pigeon's blood" Burmese ruby and diamond ring produced by Cartier was finally auctioned for a high price of 31 million Hong Kong dollars.

In the same year, in the autumn auction of Christie's in Hong Kong, a similarly sized Burmese pigeon's blood ruby and diamond necklace also sold for a high price of 39.86 million Hong Kong dollars.

The following year, at Christie's Hong Kong autumn auctions, a 10.82-carat Burmese pigeon's blood ruby necklace pendant was sold for 49.4 million Hong Kong dollars.

Only half a year later, in the spring auction at Sotheby's Hong Kong, a necklace called "Red Emperor" inlaid with 104.51 carats of natural Burmese pigeon's blood ruby was sold for 77.4 million Hong Kong dollars, while an ordinary 11-carat ruby with diamond ring was sold for 57.24 million Hong Kong dollars!

According to this market, Li Yi estimates that the value of the 31 pigeon blood rubies in front of him alone will exceed 200 million!

In addition to these 194 rough stones, there are also 147 cut rubies. Among them, the pigeon's blood ruby is not too large, and the total weight does not exceed 100 carats, but there are 27 other rubies above 5 carats, of which there are as many as 5 more than 10 carats!

The price of a 5-carat ruby is still a million-level, but a ruby of more than 10 carats, no matter where it is produced, as long as it reaches a certain grade, its price is tens of millions, and it will definitely not start with a word!

These, plus the other rough stones after deducting the 31 pigeon's blood rubies rough, Li Yi estimated that their total value would be more than 400 million.

In other words, the total value of his windfall is more than 1.1 billion!

ran to bet on wood, not only gambling on a huge piece of agarwood worth 1 billion, but also gambling on a box of rubies worth more than 110000000000 yuan...... At this moment, Li Yi felt that the spirit card was really terrifying!

Picking out a rough stone that can cut 5 carats of pigeon's blood ruby, Li Yi sorted the remaining rubies into cloth bags, these things need a suitable opportunity to be realized in batches, otherwise it is really impossible to explain their origin.

The next day, after a little lazy sleep, got up and drank a glass of milk, Li Yi rushed to Zhong Haoqing's house.

"This is the rough of the pigeon's blood ruby?"

Zhong Haoqing picked up the rough stone that Li Yi gave her, looked at the natural light outside the window, and asked a little uncertainly.

Seeing Li Yi nodding, Zhong Haoqing asked again:

"How big can such a big pigeon's blood ruby be cut?"

Now Li Yi was not ready to tell the truth, he shook his head,

"There are a lot of cracks and impurities in the rubies, so although the rough is okay, the specific size of the ruby can be cut depends on luck and the level of the ruby expert."

Zhong Haoqing nodded thoughtfully, and then smiled:

"Haha, then I'll thank you! With this, I don't have to worry about Yueyue's dowry, that girl has long been eyeing my set of glass jewelry, but I'm still a little reluctant! ”

What Li Yi gave to Hu Jinquan was a pair of ruby glazed porcelain horses made of cochin pottery, although they looked much more beautiful than the rough ruby, but their value was not the same.

After briefly talking about the experience during this time, Li Yi smiled and said:

"When Xiaolu returned to France after a while, I asked her to set off from Yanjing, and when the time came, I brought her over and asked the two masters to check for me."

Zhong Haoqing smiled and nodded,

"When you come back this time, you shouldn't have anything else too important, right?"

Li Yi thought about it for a while, and it seemed that he really didn't have anything else to do except meet those friends.

"That's good, I've already signed up for the National Young Painters Competition in early September. Anyone under the age of 35 can apply for this competition, and the competition will be fierce because the age limit has been relaxed. ”

Zhong Haoqing glanced at Li Yi, who was a little stunned,

"And my requirement for you is to at least get a first prize back, otherwise, you will be ready to spend the second half of the year in your Master Hu's studio!"

The National Young Painter Competition under the age of 35 allowed him, a guy who has studied Chinese painting for less than a year, to win the first prize? The price of failure is a half-year lockdown?

Li Yi felt that this problem was a bit serious.

"Master, are you so willing to break up the two of us alive? With my appearance, it's not easy to find a beautiful girlfriend! ”

"What nonsense? There are only a dozen or twenty people under the age of 35 who can get their hands on them, and you and Master Hu know it. According to your current level, some of them are better than you, but they have all started to learn to draw since childhood, and their progress speed is not worth mentioning compared to you! There are still almost 40 days left, and it's okay, you'll catch up! ”

More than 40 days? Master, you have too much confidence in me, don't you?

Zhong Haoqing waved her hand, there is no need to talk about this matter, she has already decided.

"Your Master Hu still has something to look for you."

Hu Jinquan nodded, looking at Li Yi as if a well-fed big bad wolf had seen a fat little rabbit.

"The competition that your Master Zhong signed up for you is really nothing to worry about, because this competition fully takes into account the complexity of Chinese painting, so a relatively detailed division has been made, and there are first prizes for landscapes, flowers and birds, figures, etc., if you can't get it, then you really should be locked up, because you didn't work hard at all!"

Seeing that Li Yi seemed to be relieved, the old gentleman smiled strangely.

"Okay, you're done with Master Zhong's business, it's time to talk about me next. However, my case is a little more complicated than hers, and you have to be mentally prepared first. ”

Seeing the smile on Hu Jinquan's face and listening to his tone, Li Yi slowly felt in his heart that something was wrong.

"Every two years, it is a big day for young calligraphers and painters. Because, this year, there is not only the National Young Painters Competition, but also the Young Calligraphers Competition. ”

Young Calligraphers Competition? Li Yi frowned, and then gently exhaled a breath of turbidity, fortunately, if you just win a first prize in regular script, as long as you have time, it shouldn't be a big problem.

"It's just in time, because the calligraphy competition is at the end of October, and you still have almost two months to practice after you finish the painting competition. However, because the starting point is different, the requirements for your final score are also different, this calligraphy competition, I want you to get the only grand prize back to me! ”

"Huh? The only grand prize? Master, is there no regular script in the calligraphy competition? ”

Hu Jinquan raised his eyebrows, revealing a natural look,

"Of course it's divided, but the highest setting in each category is the first prize, as for the grand prize, since it's the special prize, of course the requirements are higher, so there is no line of regular script."

"All calligraphy is included, and then a grand prize is awarded?"

"Of course!"

“……”

Li Yi was speechless, but in his heart he was like a wounded wolf, masters, you are clearly cheating me! This thousand pounds of burden, the concubine can't do it!

PS: I want to face the god with the water fish, the quiet night, and the sycamore rain, so it's going to be two shifts today, quack! (To be continued.) )