Two people in the same group are responsible for different parts, but when submitting answers, they are together.

  After observing Jin Ying, Gu Meng had already made up his mind and began to answer as soon as he returned to his position. This time, it wasn't written on paper, after all, the last item of the competition was meant for everyone present to see together, also to prevent any unfair behavior.

  Society is progressing and times are changing, no need for paper to write, now computers come in handy.

  The organizer is very powerful and quickly assigned a laptop to each person, who is responsible for what.

  Qin Sheng was very simple, he quickly gave an answer based on Gu Mei's hint - genuine.

  After organizing her thoughts in her mind, Gu Mei quickly started typing on the keyboard.

  Without a doubt, judging from the different temperatures transmitted by the eagle's head and body, it is very likely that they are not from the same time period. The most likely possibility is that the eagle's head was pressed on later.

  Apart from the heat, the eagle's body is not made of real gold, but is cast using gilding techniques.

  As for the eagle body being cast with gilding craftsmanship, Gu Xiang had a brief surprise in her heart. She didn't know much about Western gold and silverware, but she knew quite a bit about Eastern gold and silverware.

  Gilding is a traditional metal decoration craft that has been produced since the pre-Qin era, it is a traditional method that is still popular among the people today, also known as fire gilding or mercury gilding.

  It is actually a technique of making gold and mercury into an amalgam, applying it to the surface of copper utensils, heating it to evaporate the mercury, and firmly attaching the gold to the surface of the copper utensils without falling off.

  In ancient times, many things were made with gilded work. After all, not everyone could afford to use real gold items, and for a period of time, golden utensils were only available to royalty and nobility, symbolizing status, and ordinary people couldn't use them casually, and carelessness might even lead to fatal consequences.

  China's gilding technology originated in the Warring States period and is one of the earliest countries in the world to use this technique. Gilding techniques had reached a very high level during the Han Dynasty, and were also popular in later dynasties.

  It's just that this eagle is strange, this white-headed eagle is obviously the national bird of M country, and from the heat it conveys, it can also match the time when M was founded. How did this eagle use the ancient Eastern method of gilding?

  It's not that Western countries don't have gilding technology, it's just that the gilding technologies of various countries are slightly different. If Gu Ming isn't mistaken, this eagle body is clearly adopting our country's ancient gilding craftsmanship, and it was even cast by skilled craftsmen with exquisite techniques.

  The eagle head felt different from the warmth of the eagle body. Gu Ming determined from its color, texture and material that the white jade used for this eagle head was indeed Hetian white jade.

  It's actually not that popular in the West, Westerners prefer flashy colored gemstones and ceramics. However, they don't have much enthusiasm for jade. It's mostly Eastern people who like jade. As a Western antique, it uses China's ancient gilding technique, with an eagle head carved out of jade, which is quite unusual.

  If I had to give an opinion, Gu Ming would be more inclined to think that this golden eagle is a domestically-made product for export, and the country's antique exports were most numerous during the Ming and Qing dynasties.

  Things for export mostly adopt styles liked by Westerners, but the craftsmanship is that of our own country.

  Gu Meng further confirmed his own thoughts, also because of this white jade eagle head.

  Apart from the fact that it uses Hetian white jade, its polishing and carving techniques also confirm this. The ancient Chinese jade carving has its own special techniques, and many of these techniques cannot be replicated with modern technology because most replicas are for profit. However, old craftsmanship is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and most replicators will not adopt this approach.

  This white jade eagle head uses a high relief carving technique, one of the ancient Chinese carving techniques. This technique involves hollowing out the bottom surface of the jade to form a three-dimensional shape and adding shading lines to create texture. This carving technique emerged during the Warring States period and was most popular during the Ming and Qing dynasties, with many jade objects adopting this technique.

  Gu Meng feels that rather than saying this golden eagle is a Western antique, it would be better to say it belongs to the Eastern antiques. After all, apart from its appearance being more in line with the aesthetic of the West at that time, most of the craftsmanship is from our country's ancient times.

  The only thing that's a bit off is that the eagle head uses a slightly different high relief technique, which seems to have incorporated some Western carving techniques into our country's ancient carving techniques. In some details, there are subtle differences with traditional high relief, but these differences do not hinder Gu Xiang's judgment of it.

  The Qing dynasty was closed in the early period and forced to open up to the outside world in the late period. At that time, there were frequent exchanges between East and West, and it is not impossible for some changes to occur in these crafts.

  This golden eagle makes it difficult for people to judge because it has no signs to remind people. Generally speaking, foreign gold and silver products will have signs on them, either the year of manufacture or the name of the manufacturer. Domestic ones also have this habit.

  Various messages flashed through Gu Mian's mind, and the things she thought of were quickly input into the computer. When the specified time arrived, the answers they entered on the computer were immediately transmitted to the judge's computer. At the same time, the large screen in the arena was divided into 8 small blocks, each showing the corresponding team's answer, clear for everyone present to see.

  Of course, this is shown in Chinese and English, comrades from East and West need to be taken care of. Who let this exchange meeting, apart from countries that use English, have the most people using Chinese?

  After each group's answers came out, everyone didn't relax because of this, but instead tensely waited for the final result.

  Since the answer has been handed in, it's natural for teammates to communicate with each other. Qin Sheng and Gu Mian are naturally not worth mentioning, while others on the team have no particular expression, but some have a serious face.

  The same team gave two completely opposite contents, which made Gu Meng feel that it should not be the case. After all, this time, people who came to participate in the competition had some real skills on their hands, and the possibility of being all right or all wrong was greater.

  Professor Wang, sitting in the audience, didn't show it on his face, but he was also extremely nervous. He had confidence in Gu Mian, but a large part of that confidence came from the fact that Gu Mian was one of his valued students. Now, facing so many other talented individuals, any slight mistake could lead to failure.

  Especially now that the second place is tied with three teams, and the scores between first and second place are not far apart, Professor Wang sees hope for victory at the same time as he fears missing out on it, causing his heart to beat rapidly.

  At this time, Mr. Qiao, who had not seen anyone before, quietly came to Professor Wang's side, saw Professor Wang's calm face, and saw the other party's clenched fist, and said in a low voice: "Tense?"

  If someone else had asked this question, Professor Wang would have probably tried to save face by giving a vague answer. But since it was Mr. Qiao who asked the question, he simply gave him a cold stare, which clearly conveyed his message: "Nonsense!"

  Mr. Qiao received Professor Wang's white eye without getting angry, and carefully looked at the answers of each team on the big screen in the arena, saying to Professor Wang: "Guess what the correct answer is?"

  "It's so far away, and I didn't take a closer look, how can I know what the answer is? However..." Professor Wang thought for a moment, then said: "From the style, it's indeed the kind of style Westerners like, but this casting technique... needs further discussion."

  Anyway, Professor Wang is also a professional in the field of gold and stone identification. For various gold and silver utensils as well as jade stones, he naturally understands more than ordinary people.

  "Old Joe, is there any inside information?" Professor Wang withdrew his gaze from the racing field and lightly tapped Mr. Joe's arm.

  Mr. Qiao smiled slightly and shook his head, saying: "What kind of person my teacher is, you're not unaware, as for inside information, you might still hear it from someone else's mouth, but don't even think about hearing it from him."

  "It is." Professor Wang sighed and looked again at Gu Mian who was still on the field.

  Alas, I hope Gu Meng puts up a good fight. If nothing else, thoroughly crushing Xia Jun is a must!

  Professor Wang, who was short-tempered and had a keen eye for detail, completely ignored Wang Juan, not even thinking that Wang Juan, strictly speaking, was still on their side.

  Compared to Professor Wang, Professors He and Guan seem much more relaxed. Wang Juan has not been with Professor He for long, and Professor He did not take a liking to Wang Juan at first sight, so naturally he would not have put as much thought into it like Professor Wang did.

  Professor Guan's situation is even simpler, his assistant didn't participate in this competition at all. If their side wins, whether it's Wang Juan or Gu Mei, it would be the best news for him. If they lose, that wouldn't matter either, since from the beginning they had already emphasized "friendship first, competition second".

  This time, the judges did not immediately announce the scores for everyone to see, but instead started talking about that golden eagle.

  After a few judges consulted with each other, they unanimously decided to have Mr. Xue explain the answer to everyone, and Mr. Xue also did not decline excessively and accepted this task relatively cooperatively.

  Xue Lao didn't waste any words and directly got to the point: "First of all, I must confirm one thing, this golden eagle has been verified by many senior experts, without a doubt, it is indeed an authentic item."

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