"Let's not talk about the virtual world and its... um... sci-fi stuff. Do you know how much money is needed every year just to sponsor these surveys and research personnel?" Old Master Liang looked at Lincoln with a helpless look in his eyes.
"How much?"
"Just among the students I've mentored and people I know, a conservative estimate of the cost of each survey would be tens of thousands, and some even reach over a hundred thousand. These people together probably cost close to 5 million! Every year!"
As he spoke, the old man became sad again: "Society doesn't pay enough attention to this, many people are self-funded in doing this work, it's really too difficult!"
"Huh, are there so few people doing this work? It's much fewer than I imagined!"
Lincoln realized the scarcity of ancient architectural preservation researchers here, and thus realized the seriousness of the situation.
But Leonard was different; he stared at Lincoln in disbelief. "Few?"