Dr. Olle Rodriguez discovered his first lead in the course of routine academic activities at the Universitat de Pompeu Fabra, where he was doing research on the impressions of 16th-century Spaniards and Portuguese regarding China.
歐陽平當初參與的也是一項例行的研究工作，在朋貝法布拉大學，主要是研究西班牙人和葡萄牙人在十六世紀時對中國的印象。