The first sparring session officially started, and many people were watching the live broadcast. Every detail of the two people's movements could be seen in front of the high-definition camera with no blind spots.
Two long rows of tables were filled with various fragments. What the two had to do was to pick out as many pieces of genuine porcelain as possible, and then select the corresponding fragments on their own tables to restore a complete piece of porcelain.
Sima Haotian pushed his cart directly to a row of tables. He picked up a piece and looked at it, then put it down and picked up the second piece.
Li Mo also pushed his cart to another row of long tables. He swept his eyes and saw about two hundred fragments emitting haloes of different colors. They were mainly fragments from the Qing Dynasty, but also porcelain from the Ming Dynasty. and Song Dynasty porcelain fragments.
On the other hand, Sima Haotian was very fast. He picked up two pieces with both hands at the same time, then put them down after looking at them.
People watching the live broadcast were wondering why Li Mo didn't act. In just over twenty seconds, Sima Haotian had picked out three fragments, although it was not clear whether those fragments were real.
Just when everyone was confused, Li Mo took action. He pushed the cart forward and reached out to pick up the fragments on the table.
Yes, he didn't look through them piece by piece, but picked them up directly from the table. I don’t know if it’s true or not, but he didn’t stop and kept checking as he walked.
"Please bring me another cart."
Li Mo picked up about forty pieces and then turned around and shouted to the assistant.
"Okay, Mr. Li."
The assistant was also stunned by Li Mo's saucy operation. Is he kidding? Can he tell which pieces are handicraft fragments and which are genuine porcelain fragments with just a glance?
Sima Haotian over there raised his head and glanced at Li Mo. He was also slightly startled, and then continued to identify.
In a large conference room, Professor Zhu Changping looked calm, but his heart was not calm. He knew Li Mo very well, and he would not do it easily if he was not sure about it. Since he took action, it meant that he was very sure.
At this moment, he was 'picking' all the way, as if he didn't even need time to think about it. Moreover, he still had some impression of the label numbers on the porcelain, and he picked up a few pieces of genuine porcelain that impressed him deeply in the cart.
The second cart arrives.
"Please help me put the pieces on the table over there one by one."
"Okay." The assistant was a man, probably in his thirties. He placed the pieces that Li Mo had picked out one by one.
Li Mo still maintained his speed, and with a glance, he could clearly see the true and false porcelain fragments. In less than ten minutes, he had already sifted through all the fragments on the long table in the first row. All that was left on the table were fragments of handicraft porcelain, which were worthless.
Then the cart turned around and came to the second row of long tables, and at this moment Sima Hao picked out twelve pieces. The two of them walked forward in opposite directions, one on the left and the other on the right.
People watching the live broadcast started talking among themselves. After all, they had never known that there were such weird people in the world. They picked up the pieces of porcelain as if it were child's play, without even a trace of hesitation.
About eight or nine minutes later, Li Mo had already walked through the second row of long tables. His push had been changed three times, and four tables had been temporarily added to the tables he was operating, which were filled with various porcelain fragments.
Blue, white, and pastel colors abound, as well as more than a dozen fragments of Song porcelain.
When Sima Haotian and Li Mo passed by each other, he could no longer sift out any usable fragments. The further back he went, the more shocked he became. The long row of tables were filled with fragments of handicrafts. A bad feeling arose in his heart, and a very frightening thought grew in his mind.
Could it be that all the porcelain fragments have been sorted out by the other party?
Li Mo pushed the last half of the car's fragments back to his operating table. The assistant hurriedly asked: "Mr. Li, please wait a moment, I will arrange it."
"Let's go together. Anyway, I've picked up everything I can pick out."
"Ah, it's only been twenty minutes now. Mr. Li doesn't want to choose any more?"
"No need."
The assistant's heart felt like there were ten thousand grass-mud horses galloping around, and he kept thinking silently, he was not joking, definitely not joking.
Li Mo didn't care what he thought. After placing the last bit of porcelain, he started to make a second selection. He first picked out the pieces of Song porcelain, there were about twenty pieces.
"We started to restore the porcelain. Judging from the glaze color and craftsmanship of the fragments, they were all produced by the five official kilns of the Song Dynasty. I just don't know if we will have the opportunity to put together a complete one."
"Mr. Li, let me help you."
Li Mo nodded, and he classified them again according to the color of the halo transmitted by the fragments.
Everyone watching the live broadcast had stood up from their chairs unconsciously. The young Chinese man had already begun trying to restore the porcelain, and the treasure appraisal genius of the Bay Island Museum moved to the second row of long tables. But it can be seen from the high-definition footage that his mind was in confusion and he began to become nervous. Beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, and he wiped them away as he walked.
"Professor Zhu, your student is so proud of our countrymen. His treasure appraisal speed can be described as super fast. As soon as he spells out the first complete piece of porcelain, the balance of victory will begin to tilt in his direction.
Li Mo tried several pieces, but none of them fit the crack.
"Mr. Li, let me try."
the assistant whispered.
"Trouble."
The assistant looked carefully at the pieces of Song Dynasty porcelain. After about two minutes, he started to pick out three pieces. He was actually able to find the cracks. With a few taps of special glue, the three pieces were stuck together.
Then he searched for more than ten seconds and took out the fourth piece. After a few tries, he replaced it with a smaller piece. This time he put it together correctly.
"This big brother is really a master."
"Mr. Li praised me highly. I have practiced repairing various porcelains with my father since I was a child, so I have a higher sensitivity than ordinary people when dealing with these fragments."
Li Mo thought for a moment before saying, "Are you a descendant of the Xin family of Nangong?"
South engineering and northern carving, the origin of inheritance.
The Northern Sculpture is mainly represented by the lineage of Grand Master Chen Xinghai, while the Southern Sculpture is divided into several branches. Li Mo had previously seen Master Huang who was good at restoring calligraphy and paintings in the Kyoto Museum. Master Xin who was good at restoring porcelain was still the first. Seen for the first time.
"No matter whether we win or lose this time, when the competition is over, we will have a nice drink."
"You will win."
Xin Cong has great confidence in him. A few days ago, someone asked him to come to the competition site to be an assistant. He was resistant at first, but he heard that he was assisting a top treasure appraiser and a treasure appraiser from the Bay Island. The ghost only agreed after a confrontation.
Obviously, he was already impressed by Li Mo's miraculous appraisal ability.
"Brother Xing, try these two pieces."
Xin Cong put the two pieces together and said with a smile on his face: "These are the last two pieces."
Li Mo dabbed it with special glue, and then carefully put it together.
The first Song Dynasty porcelain has been restored and there is nothing missing. "
Among these fragments from the Song Dynasty, a complete gold wire and iron wire of the Ge Kiln was actually pieced together. If it wasn't broken, this would definitely be a priceless national treasure.
"The first fine gold wire from Ge Kiln in the Song Dynasty has been restored. It's great." Professor Zhu and a group of experts applauded excitedly, while the remaining people came from major experts from the Bay Island, and several of them were They were transferred from the Bay Island Museum. They knew very well how much risk the Bay Island Museum took for this competition.
But there are people behind the scenes who are adding fuel to the flames, and coupled with Sima Haotian's record over the past twenty years, they gradually and blindly believe that they will definitely win this competition.
But in the first game, things seemed to be going very wrong.
Before Sima Haotian had even sorted through the two rows of long tables, he hurried to the operating table and began to select with the help of assistants from Wandao.
There were more than thirty pieces in total in his car, and he didn't know whether he could piece together a complete piece of porcelain.
After Li Mo pieced together the first Songge kiln gold wire, he again picked out more than 70 Ming Dynasty porcelain fragments from hundreds of fragments.
"Mr. Li, the more fragments there are, the more difficult it will be to repair."
"Well, I know in my heart. If I guess correctly, among the three pieces of porcelain that can be restored, one is from the Song Dynasty, one is from the Ming Dynasty, and one is from the Qing Dynasty. In comparison, a Ming Dynasty porcelain can be pieced together from seventy or eighty pieces. Porcelain is much simpler than trying to piece together a Qing Dynasty porcelain from hundreds of fragments.”
Xin Cong nodded and said: "We divide the work and work together. We first pick out the porcelain bases and arrange them, and then select and classify them again according to the glaze color and texture. This can greatly reduce our repair time."
"Okay, you are an expert in this area, so it's up to you."
Li Mo first selected the brightly colored, particularly conspicuous red-under-glaze fragments. The firing of this thing was not easy, and every finished product was valuable. Even fragments of underglaze red porcelain are on display in the Jinling Museum and Kyoto Museum, which shows that the number of underglaze red porcelain in good condition is too small.
Therefore, it is almost impossible to piece together a complete porcelain from the underglaze red fragments, otherwise the organizer would definitely be reluctant to take it out.
"Mr. Li, there are eight porcelain bases here. Judging from the glaze color and shape analysis, I can classify the different ones faster."
He is worthy of being a master of the Nanjing Engineering Group, and his suggestions are always based on the fundamentals.
With the help of Yitong, Li Mo sorted through the remaining porcelain again.
The two tried many pieces, and finally one of them had pieced together most of the porcelain bottle.
"This is a five-fruit weeping willow vase from the Jiajing Official Kiln in the Ming Dynasty. If we find all the fragments with these three textures, we will have great hope."
Li Mo identified the characteristics of the porcelain and scanned the remaining fragments. Sure enough, he found several blue and white fragments with similar patterns.
About five minutes later, the second blue and white porcelain was completely restored. Although the cracks were glaring, it stood quietly on the table, announcing to everyone that Li Mo won the first competition with an overwhelming advantage.
On the other side, Sima Haotian and his assistant stood there in silence. Almost all the fragments in their hands were from the Qing Dynasty, and not even half a decent piece of porcelain could be restored.
Li Mo calmly pressed a red button next to the console, and the first game ended.
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