From yearning to becoming a mascot in the entertainment industry

Sa Beining picked up the seal and pressed it lightly on the ink pad to ensure that the seal was fully covered with ink.

Then press firmly on a piece of paper.

Then, he repeated the previous operation and pressed the stamp on another piece of paper.

"Please look carefully, now is the time to witness a miracle."

Sa Beining said this, and then showed everyone one of the papers with the seal on it.

The seal is bright red in color and looks very noble at first glance.

Then, Sa Beining placed the paper flat in the basin of water.

In order to allow the participants to see more clearly, a cameraman walked onto the stage carrying a camera and pointed the lens at the basin of water.

I saw that the rice paper was quickly soaked by water.

The seal showed no signs of blurring and was still clear and bright red.

Sa Beining did not take out the paper immediately, but soaked it for a while to allow the seal to fully contact with the water.

After a while, Sa Beining and He Jiong used tools to carefully fish out the rice paper.

Because the soaking time is a bit long, the paper will easily break if you scoop it out directly with your hands.

"Everyone has seen that Longquan ink does not rot when soaked in water."

"But this is not its limit."

"When the paper dries, the seal will become as bright and vivid as before it was submerged in water!"

As soon as Sa Beining finished speaking, He Jiong beside him hurriedly used a cordless hair dryer to start drying the paper.

Sa Beining picked up another piece of paper with a stamp on it.

"What I'm going to show you next is the scars left by fire."

After saying that, he lit the paper and put it into the iron basin beside him.

Under everyone's gaze, the paper gradually turned into ashes, but through the high-definition picture, everyone could see that even the paper had turned to ashes.

However, there are obvious traces of the seal left, and the traces are clearly visible.

There was a burst of exclamations at the scene.

“Isn’t this amazing?!”

“How is this done?”

"Ink pad? Is that the one you use for fingerprints?"

"Amazing!"

"Oh no! This is magic!"

Soon, He Jiong had also dried the paper.

He picked up the paper and showed it to the camera.

The seal is as bright as before!

"This is the power of Longquan ink."

"Hundreds of years ago in China, this Longquan ink was a royal tribute and used by the emperor."

"In addition to the excellent quality of the ink, the production process of Longquan ink is also very complicated."

"It would take at least a year to make such a small box of ink."

"The reason why this box of ink can be presented to everyone so quickly is that some of the time-consuming materials are specially purchased by our production staff because others are almost finished with them."

"In ancient China, there was even a saying that one ounce of gold is worth one ounce of mud."

"This shows how precious this Longquan ink is."

"If you are interested, you can watch our previous program 'A Millennium at Your Fingertips', which contains detailed production process."

After the introduction, He Jiong and Sa Beining looked at the people around them quietly without saying a word, giving them time to think.

The staff then moved the ink pad and all the items on the table down.

After a while.

He Jiong looked at the audience around him with a gleam in his eyes.

Although he and Sa Beining looked extremely calm on the surface, they were actually very panicked inside.

Because of the special nature of Longquan ink, it was widely used in ancient China, but it is not very applicable abroad.

The reason why Longquan Seal Ink was the first to be auctioned was because of this reason.

They worry this won't be popular.

But they were bound to overthink it.