The stone sold for NT $ 150,000 (US $ 4,200), an amount which astonished Hualien's jade industry. Thousands of people flocked to a nearby abandoned rock pile and riverbed to look for more cat's eye material.
這粒貓眼玉輾轉以新台幣十五萬元出售，震驚了花蓮翠玉加工業，大家紛紛在過去丟棄的礦石中、礦區的溪流中，尋找這種呈纖維狀的貓眼玉材。