"This codebook came from Berlin and was donated by the generous Mr. Woolley Fergus. The origin of this codebook can be traced back to more than 70 years ago. As Churchill's translator, Hugh Runcie was the first Briton to be allowed to enter Hitler's bunker after the fall of Berlin. In the dark and damp bunker, he was told by the Soviet sentinel that he could take something from the bunker back to London as a souvenir. In Hitler's conference room, he took one of the volumes of the Brookhouse Encyclopedia and this codebook that was placed on the bookshelf. "
"After returning home, he handed the codebook to Churchill, but the codebook was not taken seriously. The war had been won, and no matter what kind of information was recorded on it, it was no longer important to the British who had defeated the devil. After a symbolic act of deciphering, the codebook was sent to the museum in London along with other memorabilia. Later, after several transfers, the codebook was in the hands of a collector from Berlin, our generous Mr. Woolley Fergus. "
At the same time, the host looked at Woolley Fergus with a smile, and the latter also smiled and nodded, indicating that he was welcome.
"No one knows what's written on it. The messy characters are like the graffiti of a madman. If it's not the nonsense of a leader at the last moment, then he must be hiding some shocking secrets … but these are no longer important. It once belonged to a devil, but now it will be used for a great cause. The starting price is one million US dollars, and each increase must be no less than one hundred thousand. All the proceeds from the auction will be used to help those who have been homeless because of the war! "
As soon as the words were spoken, someone in the audience raised a sign.
"One million! Thank you to this first — oh, God, two million! Mr. Fergus from Paris directly increased the price by one million US dollars! Thank you for your generosity … "
The auction was conducted in an open manner. For each bidder, no matter how much they increased the price, the host would offer words of blessing. Perhaps they were frightened by Mr. Fergus's financial resources that doubled the price, and no one raised the hammer in the host's hand.
Jiang Chen glanced in the direction of Carmen Rothschild and saw that he was indifferently tasting red wine, as if he was not interested in this product.
"Are there any other interested buyers? If not — three million! "
Jiang Chen raised his sign.
"Three million once! Three million twice! Three times! Deal! Thank you, Mr. Jiang, your generosity will be remembered by everyone! "
To those who didn't know the truth, spending three million to buy a laptop was nothing more than having nothing better to do. A collection with no artistic value would end up in a history museum at most. There would not be much room for appreciation. However, this was a charity gala, so no one would think so. The eyes that looked at Jiang Chen were filled with praise and blessings.
Everyone thought that he wanted to do something for those poor people from the bottom of his heart, so he directly increased the price by one million dollars, offering a high price of three million dollars.
Only two people didn't think so. One was Jiang Chen himself, and the other was Rothschild sitting on the other side of the venue.
The auction continued, but there wasn't anything interesting to be auctioned next. Jiang Chen paid attention to Carmen. Other than the pen he used, he only bid on two items. A Western European knight's armor from the 15th century, and a winery in Croatia.
In fact, Jiang Chen was quite interested in the winery, but when he thought about it, Croatia seemed to be located in the Balkans, so his interest faded.
The Balkans seemed to be the gateway to Europe for refugees, and now it was even more chaotic. If he bought a winery in this place, Jiang Chen felt that he wouldn't be interested in going there for a vacation. And speaking of which, he seemed to have just bought a golf course at the foot of Mount Fuji in Nippon. The engineering team he hired was transforming the golf course into a private manor that was not open to the public.
After a while, he would hire a few gardeners and plant some vines in the manor. He could also build a winery for fun.
Just as Jiang Chen was thinking about this, Mr. Rothschild had already won the auction with 90 million US Dollar and successfully won the manor.
At the end of the auction, Adam Galloway announced the funds raised at the auction to the guests, a total of 420 million US Dollar. Adhering to the principle of openness, Mr. Galloway promised people that the official websites of many charities such as the International Children's Fund and the International Federation of the Red Cross could monitor the whereabouts of this huge sum of money in real time and invited people from all walks of life to supervise.
Finally, he once again thanked Jiang Chen and Rothschild and other generous entrepreneurs. Especially Jiang Chen and Rothschild, the donations of these two combined were almost equivalent to half of the funds raised at the venue.
After the party, Jiang Chen met Rothschild, who was also heading to the elevator, on his way to the elevator.
"So, what is the interesting thing you were talking about?"
"Didn't you already get it?" Carmen said with a smile.
"Are you referring to the 110 million US Dollar painting or the graffiti book used by the Fuehrer?"
"Haha, you are really humorous." Carmen couldn't help but laugh out loud. "That's not a graffiti book, but the original of an unsolved mystery of the last century. Some people say that it records a secret unknown to the Third Reich. Some people say that it is a treasure map. MI6 has never given up deciphering the codebook, and copies have been lying in the confidential archives. Of course, one thing the host said is right, that is, no one has been able to crack the secrets recorded in this codebook. "
"Do you think I can crack it?" Jiang Chen joked. "You overestimate my strength. I'm afraid that if the original is in my hands, it will still be lying in the archives. "
"That's not my problem," Carmen laughed and looked at Jiang Chen. Carmen laughed and mocked Jiang Chen, "I just said it's an interesting toy, but I didn't say you would definitely find the Nazi's treasure."
Items worth more than one million US Dollar at the auction were usually sent by special escorts to the home of the winner. But at Jiang Chen's request, after he paid, he directly took the codebook from the auction house.
Jiang Chen sent Xia Shiyu back to the hotel and took the three million US Dollar codebook back to his residence on the top floor of the Central Tower.
When he got home, Ayesha had already filled the bathwater for him, and the temperature was just right.
With Ayesha's help, Jiang Chen took a relaxing bath. Wrapped in a towel, he returned to the office from the bathroom, took the briefcase with the codebook, and sat directly at the desk.
The black and gray cowhide was covered with the dust of history.
There was nothing written on the cover of the codebook, only a small swastika engraved in the middle of the cover …
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