After much thought he decided to pay another visit to the Liao-ning Provincial Museum. He proposed a cooperative plan to then-director Mr. Jiang: if the museum could make the sword available to him, he would undertake to make a replica of it.
左思右想，他決定再度造訪遼寧博物館，向當時的姜館長提出合作計畫﹘﹘由遼博提供扣鳴刀，他來負責複製。