"This codebook came from Berlin and was donated by the generous Mr. Woolley Fergus. Speaking of the origin of this codebook, it must be traced back more than seventy years ago. As Churchill's translator, Hugh Runcie is considered to have captured After Berlin, he was the first British person to be allowed into the bunker where Hitler was hiding. In that dank bunker, he was told by a Soviet sentry that he could take something from the bunker back to London as a souvenir. In Hitler In the conference room, he took away a volume of Brookhouse's Encyclopedia and the code book that was placed on the bookshelf."
"After returning home, he handed the codebook to Churchill, but this codebook was not taken seriously. The war has been won. No matter what information is recorded on it, it is no longer important to the British who have defeated the devil. After a symbolic deciphering work, the codebook was sent to the museum in London together with other souvenirs. Later, after several twists and turns, the codebook came into the hands of a collector from Berlin, that is, we Generous Mr. Woolley Fergus."
While speaking, the host looked at Woolley Fergus with a smile, who also smiled and nodded, saying you're welcome.
"No one knows what is written on it. The chaotic characters are like the graffiti of a madman. If it is not the nonsense of a leader at the last moment, then he must have buried some shocking secret... But these are no longer important. . It once belonged to a demon, but now it will be used for a great cause. The starting price is one million US dollars, and each increase in price must not be less than 100,000. All proceeds from the auction will be used to rescue those who were homeless due to the war. Those who return!”
As soon as Ying finished speaking, someone in the audience raised a sign.
"One million! Thank you Mr. - Oh, my God, two million! Mr. Fergus from Paris will directly increase the price by one million US dollars! Thank you for your generosity..."
The auction is conducted in an open manner, and the host will offer words of blessing to each bidder, no matter how much the bid is increased. Perhaps he was frightened by Mr. Fergus's financial resources to directly double the price. The host hit the hammer twice but no one raised a sign.
Jiang Chen glanced in the direction of Carmen Rothschild and saw that he was sipping red wine indifferently, as if he was not very interested in this product.
"Are there any interested buyers? If not—three million!"
Jiang Chen held up the sign.
"Three million once! Three million twice! Three times! Deal! Thank you Mr. Jiang Chen, your generosity will be remembered by everyone!"
Three million dollars to buy a laptop, in the eyes of people who don’t know the truth, means you have enough to eat and have nothing to do. Collections with no artistic value will end up in history museums at most, and there won't be much room for appreciation. However, this was at a charity party, and no one would think so. The eyes looking at Jiang Chen were full of praise and blessings.
Everyone thought that he wanted to do something for the poor people from the bottom of his heart, so he directly increased the price by one million to a high price of three million US dollars.
There were only two people who didn't think so, one was Jiang Chen himself, and the other was Rothschild sitting at the other end of the venue.
The auction continued, but there was nothing interesting about the items on display. Jiang Chen paid attention to Carmen's side. Apart from the pen he used, he only took pictures of two things. A fifteenth-century Western European knight's armor from a winery in Croatia.
In fact, Jiang Chen was quite interested in that winery, but when he thought about it, Croatia seemed to be located in the Balkan Peninsula, so his idea faded a lot.
The Balkans seem to be the gateway for refugees to Europe, and now they are in even more disarray. After buying a winery here, Jiang Chen felt that he would not be interested in going there for vacation. And speaking of it, it seems that he just bought a golf course at the foot of Mount Fuji in Japan, and the engineering team he hired is transforming the golf course into a private estate that is not open to the public.
After a while, we will hire a few gardeners and plant a grape vine in the manor, and we will also build a winery or something.
Just as Jiang Chen was thinking this, Mr. Rothschild had already defeated his rivals in the auction and successfully purchased the manor for US$90 million.
The auction came to an end, and Adam Galloway announced to the guests the funds raised in the auction, a total of 4.2 billion U.S. dollars. Adhering to the principle of openness, Mr. Galloway promised people in accordance with usual practice, in the International Children's Fund, The official websites of many charitable organizations such as the International Red Cross can monitor the whereabouts of this huge sum of money in real time, and invite people from all walks of life to jointly supervise.
Finally, he once again thanked generous entrepreneurs such as Jiang Chen and Rothschild. Especially Jiang Chen and Rothschild. The combined donations from these two people were equivalent to almost half of the funds raised.
After the party, Jiang Chen met Rothschild on the way to the elevator.
"So, what is that interesting thing you are talking about?"
"Didn't you already take the photo?" Carmen said with a smile.
"Are you referring to the $1.1 billion painting or the graffiti notebook used by the head of state?"
"Haha, you are really humorous," Carmen couldn't hold it back and laughed out loud, "That is not some graffiti book, but an original copy of an unsolved mystery of the last century. Some people say that it records a passage from the Third Reich. An unknown secret. Some people also say that it is a treasure map. MI6 has never given up on deciphering the code book, and the copy has been lying in the secret archives. Of course, there is something the host said That’s right, that is, no one has been able to crack the secret recorded in this code book so far.”
"Do you think I can crack it?" Jiang Chen joked, "You overestimate my strength. I'm afraid that if this original document gets into my hands, it will also end up gathering dust in the archives."
"Then it's not my problem," Carmen laughed, looking at Jiang Chen and teasing, "I just said it was an interesting thing, but I didn't say you would definitely be able to find the Nazi treasure."
For items valued at more than one million dollars at auction, special escorts are usually responsible for delivering the bids to the winner's home. However, at Jiang Chen's request, he took the code book directly from the auctioneer after paying the money.
After sending Xia Shiyu back to the hotel, Jiang Chen returned to his residence on the top floor of the Central Building with the three million dollar code book.
When he got home, Ayesha had already put the bath water for him, and the water temperature was just right.
Under Aisha's service, Jiang Chen took a relaxing and pleasant bath. Wrapped in a bath towel, Jiang Chen returned to the study from the bathroom, took the briefcase containing the code book, and sat directly at the desk.
The black and gray cowhide is covered with the dust of history.
There is nothing written on the cover of the code book. You can only see a small engraved swastika flag in the middle of the cover... (.)
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