With three days left before the exhibition, members of several foreign clubs arrived in Lanzhou City one after another, and representatives from local associations were responsible for the reception arrangements.
There are a total of 7 judges in this exhibition, from four different countries. Before the exhibition, they will first select medium-quality or above ornamental species from the flower and bird market, and put them on display in the large exhibition hall to facilitate other players to appreciate and vote. Finally, they will choose from ten top species to vote for them. Lucky player who passed the ticket.
Michelle is one of the judges of this exhibition and a well-known insect and fish expert in the circle. He was originally not interested in this little-known Lanzhou City, but he has been admired by K for a long time, so he decided to come here. Take a look, but when he came, he was very disappointed.
Lanzhou City was smaller than he expected, and the variety and average quality of flowers, birds, insects, and fish were not satisfactory. He and several other judges spent the whole morning and were able to find only about forty species that were eligible for inclusion in the grand exhibition hall. Several of them still took advantage of rare species and were not of particularly good quality.
Michelle felt very boring and just wanted to meet K once and then return home as soon as possible.
According to the address left by K, Michelle left the referee team and went to Laoyu repair shop alone. He didn't quite understand the name of the store "Old Fish Repair", he just thought it was a funny name for an aquarium store in country Z.
The Old Fish Repair Shop is located at the end of the Flower, Bird and Fish Market, close to the edge area. It is very inconspicuous. It took Michelle a lot of trouble to find the place.
Walking into the store, a cool breath hit her face, dissipating the heat on her body. Michelle felt refreshed and her depression was relieved a lot.
Looking around, ignoring the counter filled with various electronic products, the ornamental fish in the store seemed pretty good.
Huh? Are those three rockets (butterfly fish)? This kind of fish is quite a test of the player's breeding level. Feeding it alive is only the first step, raising it well is the second step, and raising it beautifully is the highest level. The appearance of this three-room rocket obviously meets the "beautiful" standard and can be rated as above average.
Um? Pearl sail hanging upside down? The body is really big, and the food must be very good. The colorful patterns on his body are shining, and he is really domineering.
King of Ghosts (Jerudidae)? The color is too beautiful. How was it cultivated
Haha, these twelve doghead fish are a bit interesting, and they look really vivid.
Oh, my god! Mouse spot (fish of the family Humpbackidae)! This figure, this luster, top quality!
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Tens of minutes later, Michelle straightened up her aching old waist and finally noticed the figure standing behind the counter.
"Hello, is this K's store?" Michelle asked in e-slang.
"Yes, you are?" Upon hearing the name "k", Yu You immediately knew that this person must be a member of the group.
"I'm Michelle, my screen name is 'catch me'."
Yu You smiled and said: "Nice to meet you, catch me, I am 'k'."
Michelle looked surprised: "What? Are you K?" He always thought K was a man!
"If you are talking about K in the yy group."
"It's unbelievable that K, who can be called an encyclopedia, is such a young girl!" Michelle looked around and sighed, "Seeing the fish you raised, I guess I have nothing to doubt."
Although he said this, he was a little disappointed in his heart. In his imagination, a master-level K should have more high-quality ornamental fish. These things in front of him were indeed good, but they were still far from what he expected. They could only be considered intermediate players at best.
After calming down, Michelle continued: "I am one of the judges at the exhibition, responsible for selecting ornamental fish above medium grade. The fish in your store are of high quality. According to preliminary calculation, about ten can be selected."
Yu You smiled and said: "No need, these fish will not participate in the election."
"Why?" Michelle looked stunned. The average quality of the ornamental fish in one store can beat the entire flower, bird and fish market! As a result, she didn't run for election? !
"All the fish for selection have been sent to the main exhibition hall." As one of the persons in charge of the exhibition, Yu You is qualified to recommend fish species for selection without going through a judge, as long as he participates in the final selection.
Michelle's eyes widened: "You mean, these fish are all leftovers now???"
"That's okay if you want to understand."
"Oh god! I'm going to take a look now." The quality of the remaining fish is so good! What is the grade of the selected fish? Michelle couldn't wait, her little heart was beating with excitement, and she turned around and ran away without even saying hello.
He passed through the street like a gust of wind, just in time to bump into other members of the refereeing team.
"Hey, Michelle, where are you going in such a hurry?" a tall, thin blond man yelled.
"Go to the big exhibition hall." The reply came from dozens of meters away.
Everyone looked at each other and then followed him towards the main exhibition hall.
The large exhibition hall is located in the square in the middle of the market. It is a temporary exhibition tent with four entrances, east, west, north and south. It is divided into four exhibition areas: flowers, birds, insects and fish. Among them, "flowers" and "fish" are the two largest exhibition areas. .
Michelle walked straight into the ornamental fish area. There are currently only ten aquariums in this exhibition area, and most of the selected ornamental fish have not yet been sent in.
Michelle easily locked onto the target, five aquariums in the front right.
"Ohohoh, double-printed butterfly, black-backed butterfly, four-eyed butterfly, golden butterfly!" The first thing Michelle noticed was the butterfly fish. All four butterfly fish were top-grade, swimming leisurely in the same fish tank.
"Qilin Immortal, Colorful Immortal, Emperor Immortal, Tiger-skinned Swallowtail Immortal..."
"Colorful fox, one-point fox, yellow-spotted fox, candy fox..."
Yuyou selected a total of five types of ornamental fish, four immortals, four butterflies, four tigers, four lions, and four foxes, each with a top quality fish. But the level difference is not big and needs to be carefully appreciated.
Michelle was completely shocked. These dozens of fish, no matter in terms of body shape, color or appearance, all showed very high quality and reached the highest standards.
But how is that possible? In the World Ornamental Fish Championship a few years ago, only 28 top fish were exhibited (it was not the same event as the one mentioned by the hero before). In the small Lanzhou City, 20 of them suddenly appeared? ? ? And there are many rare varieties among them, such as Qilin Immortal.
A Mint Fairy was originally worth nearly 400,000 US dollars, and this Kirin Fairy must be worth just as much.
"Michelle, why are you dazed?" A big hand patted Michelle's shoulder, and he, who was already petrified, had no reaction.
The visitor was puzzled and looked up at the aquarium, and then he was also stunned.
"gosh! What the hell is this?!"
"What's wrong?" Others approached one after another, and then they were all stunned.
As the saying goes, laymen watch the excitement, while insiders watch the door. It is difficult for ordinary players to identify the grade of ornamental fish. At most, they think this fish is more beautiful and that fish is more energetic. Only a true expert can discern the qualities of a fine fish, just as one can appreciate jewelry and antiques.
But the fish raised by Yuyou are different. Even ordinary people can easily see their excellence. For example, the golden butterfly has a golden body with blue eyes, elegant body, translucent color, and a halo as it swims.
Look at the fish in other aquariums, then look at these fish, and the contrast is even more obvious.
"It turns out they have sent all the best ones here, no wonder we didn't find a few all morning!" A referee muttered dissatisfied.
"Don't tell these are all top quality!" Another referee looked in disbelief.
"I think at least two-thirds are."
"There are 12 or 3 out of 3!"
"Oh my God! I can't believe my eyes."
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One moment, they were running around looking for the top quality, but at this moment, they were racking their brains to identify the quantity of the top quality.
20 "top quality" items are put together, and the eyes are not enough.
"Everyone, the appraisal of the best takes time. Don't rush it. Let's go to dinner with me first." The referee from country Z spoke up and interrupted everyone's discussion.
Just now, he accompanied these foreign referees to visit various stores and heard too many low comments about local ornamental species. At that time, he only felt that his face was dull, but now he feels proud and relaxed.
Who said the ornamental species in Lanzhou City are of low quality? You know nothing about our excellence!
Everyone turned a deaf ear to the words of the country Z referee and just admired the posture of these fish.
"Huh? These fish all come from the same aquarium? Hmm... old fish maintenance? What is the name of this store?"
"Who's the owner? I'd like to pay him a visit."
Michelle interrupted at this time: "You should all know this person?"
"Oh? Who?"
"K."
"It turned out to be him! I should have thought of it earlier."
"As expected of a great god, awesome."
"Where did he get so many top quality products?"
"He didn't raise it himself, did he?"
Michelle said: "She should have raised them herself. I just came from her shop. She also has a lot of high-quality fish."
"'she'? Girl?"
"Is K a woman? Let's go and see!"
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A group of people became curious and walked out huffing and puffing.
The accompanying referee from Country Z was confused. Who is K? Fishy? All these foreigners seem to know her
When everyone went to Laoyu Repair Shop, Yu You was preparing to eat when he heard a sound of people. He turned to look at the door and saw a dozen foreigners filing in, filling the small shop to the brim.
Yu You: "..."
"Are you K? Nice to meet you, I'm Bob."
"Hi, I'm Priestley."
"Saurus, nice to meet you."
"Will, we finally meet."
Yu You held chopsticks in his hand and lotus root slices in his mouth. He shook hands with them one by one with a cute look on his face, and a group meeting happened unexpectedly.
"Hello." Yu You paused and then said, "Have you eaten?"
"I haven't eaten yet." Everyone replied with a smile.
"If you don't mind it..." Yu You looked at the two dishes and one soup on his table, and then at the dark heads, and said, "I'll invite you to a restaurant for dinner."
“Awesome~~”
"My pleasure."
"I want to eat Shi'chuan hot pot!"
The referee of country Z is indifferent.jpg: I just invited you to eat but you refused to eat. If she invites you, everyone is more positive. Can the differential treatment be greater? !