:48:07
Some man had better get ready
to be very courteous to me.
:48:19
Mr. Chang, all these things,
books, instruments, sculpture...
:48:23
...were they all brought in
over those mountains by porters?
:48:26
They were.
:48:28
-That must have taken--
-Centuries.
:48:30
Centuries.
:48:33
Where did you get the money
to pay for all these treasures?
:48:36
We have no money as you know it.
:48:39
We do not buy or sell
or seek personal fortunes...
:48:43
...because there is no uncertain future here
for which to accumulate it.
:48:47
That would suit me perfectly.
I'm always broke.
:48:51
How did you pay for them?
:48:53
Our valley is very rich
in a metal called gold...
:48:57
...which, fortunately for us,
is valued very highly in the outside world.
:49:01
-So, we merely--
-Buy and sell.
:49:04
Buy and sell....
:49:05
Pardon me. Exchange.
:49:10
I see. Gold for ideas.
:49:13
There's something so simple
and naive about all this...
:49:17
...that I suspect there's been
a shrewd guiding intelligence somewhere.
:49:20
Whose idea was it? How did it all start?
:49:25
That, my dear Conway,
is the story of a remarkable man.
:49:29
Who?
:49:32
A Belgian priest
by the name of Father Perrault.
:49:37
The first European to find this place
and a very great man indeed.
:49:42
He is responsible
for everything you see here.
:49:44
He built Shangri-La, taught the natives...
:49:47
...and began our collection of art.
:49:51
In fact, Shangri-La is Father Perrault.
:49:55
When was all this?
:49:58
Way back in 1 713, I think it was...