During the exhibition, Shaih saw how his own labors to write history had fueled galleries to inflate prices to dizzying heights and had bloated the egos of the old painters themselves. He was particularly hurt that few artists and intellectuals, contrary to his expectations, came to the exhibit even with great media coverage.
文件展的同時，他看到自己辛苦寫史，竟成畫廊狂飆炒作、老畫家自我膨脹的助力；尤其痛心的是，展出期間，儘管得到媒體的熱烈支持，他最盼望看到的文化界人士卻極有限。