Robert Conway:
Mr. Chang, all these things - books, instruments, sculpture... Do you mean to say they were all brought in over those mountains by porters?
Chang:
They were.
Robert Conway:
Well, that must've taken...
Chang:
Centuries.
Robert Conway:
Centuries.
Robert Conway:
Where did you get the money to pay for all these treasures?
Chang:
Well, of course we have no money as you know it. We do not buy or sell or seek personal fortunes, because.. well, because there is no uncertain future here for which to accumulate it.
Robert Conway:
That would suit me perfectly. I'm always broke. How *did* you pay for them?
Chang:
Our valley is very rich in a metal called gold, which, fortunately for us, is valued very highly in the outside world. So we merely, uh...
Robert Conway:
Buy and sell.
Chang:
Buy and sell.. uh, no, no, pardon me: exchange.
Robert Conway:
I see. Gold for ideas.
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