Seeing he still had a few hours before his flight was due to leave, Wei Te-wen pulled out the remaining Yen he had on him, worth about NT $ 70-80,000. But it wasn't enough. He then had a personal talk with the owner of the bookshop, hoping he would be able to first take the book home with him and then send the remainder of the cost once he got home.
眼見離搭機時程還剩幾小時，魏德文拿出身上所剩約合七、八萬台幣的日幣現金，仍然不夠，於是情商書店老闆，希望能先將書帶回，返台後再將尾款匯過來，老闆有感於他的誠意，慨然同意。