Chapter 1630: 1630. Years Ago

"What's the special story about this watch?" The children were so happy that they crowded around Li Du and surrounded him, staring at Li Du like a hungry puppy looking at a bone, waiting for him to tell a story.

Li Du smiled and said, "Do you know about the Second World War?"

The children nodded one after another: "The evil war launched by **** Germany and the crazy Japanese military department." "My grandpa's father participated in it. He was in the navy and fought a Japanese navy ship." "I am Chinese, my parents told me That's the worst kind of war!"

Li Du also nodded, and he said: "During World War II, Rolex had gained a considerable reputation, and Royal Air Force pilots bought Rolex one after another to replace watches that were not accurate enough."

"However, when they were captured and sent to POW camps, the watches were all confiscated. But many wished they still had a watch. Around 1942, a British pilot was shot down during an air raid. After he was captured, he was He was placed in the third POW camp, and then he ordered a chronograph from Rolex, and expressed his dissatisfaction with the confiscation of one of his watches by the German army.”

"When the founder of Rolex, the German Hans Wilsdorf, heard about this, he offered to replace the confiscated watches for the officers in the prisoner-of-war camps without paying the fee until the end of the war."

"Do you know what this means?" Li Du asked.

Victoria said positively: "It means that Rolex can send British pilot watches for free. This is his compensation for the pilots as a German, isn't it?"

Li Du nodded: "Yes, and there is another hidden meaning in this Mr. President's approach, that is, he is not optimistic that Germany will win the war, and he believes that the Allied Forces will win in the end. In fact, this is a kind of businessman's investment. "

"After this incident, some British military officers explained to Wilsdorf which prisoner-of-war camp they were held in and how the Rolex was confiscated in the form of letters."

"There is no need for other evidence. President Wilsdorf said that he fully believes what the British military officer said in the letter. The words on the letter are reliable evidence, as reliable as British bonds."

"In this way, everyone who sent an order letter got a Rolex 3525 watch, a limited-edition modified 3525 watch specially produced for pilots."

"But it was during the war, and Rolex's doing so was tantamount to capitalizing on the enemy, so it was not easy to send out every watch, but Rolex showed extraordinary dedication to these customers, and all orders were followed up by Hans- Wilsdorf's autograph."

"The thing that would make this watch truly world-famous was about to happen on March 10, 1943, when a British aviator corporal named Clive Nudine ordered a stainless steel Rolex from Wilsdorf. ..."

Hearing this, a teacher in his fifties smiled and said: "Ah, I see, this is indeed a big event, and the victory escape is about to begin!"

Li Du nodded and smiled at him, and said: "Yes, the watch this corporal ordered is 3525, because it has a steel case, which is hard and reliable. It is equipped with the famous Valjoux23 chronograph movement inside and is equipped with a radium luminous dial. works."

"The price of this watch is quite high. Nadine is going to use the money he earned as a shoemaker in the prisoner-of-war camp to pay for the Rolex. On July 3 of the same year, a Rolex was sent to the prisoner-of-war camp, and President Wilsdorf returned it to Nadine. Ding wrote a note telling him that an English gentleman like Nadine needn't bother paying for a watch until after the war."

A child whose parents are businessmen couldn't help but marvel: "This is really a courageous president. He has done amazing things."

Li Du smiled slightly and continued: "As I said just now, this watch is not ordinary. It is more accurate, can be used at night, and is durable. An escape plan, a plan to escape from a prisoner-of-war camp!"

"This Rolex was used to time the Great Escape, it was used to calculate the prison guard's patrol schedule and the time it took to walk through the tunnel on March 24, 1944."

"In fact, after the escape plan was formulated, 600 prisoners dug three escape tunnels in the past few months. One was useless, and the other was discovered by German guards. Only one tunnel named 'Harry' was opened in 1944 month complete."

"On that moonlit night, they went into action. Pilots lined up to make their way through the tunnels one by one in silence, hoping to bring 200 of them back home through occupied Europe."

"The order of escape was decided by lottery, and the corporal was drawn number 67, but unfortunately, shortly afterward, the escape was detected by the guards and the tunnel was closed. In the end, there were only a small number of them, which did not include this brave corporal."

"The occurrence of this escape operation made Hitler very angry. He ordered the execution of a group of people, and among them was Corporal Nadine who was the leader..."

Hearing this, some children couldn't help but burst into tears.

Li Du didn't continue talking. He touched the hair of the children around him, handed the watches to them, and asked them to watch them one by one, and then said: "This is the legend of the prisoner of war watch. This watch is not only a timekeeping tool, but also a watch. The sense of responsibility of a business tycoon and the determination of a group of warriors yearning for freedom!"

"Long live liberty, my children!"

A group of children followed suit: "Long live freedom!"

Principal Kane led the teachers and parents to applaud desperately, looking at Li Du with admiration.

They took the children to tidy up the warehouse and played games in the afternoon. This one-day social practice activity was over, but Li Du was very busy.

Finally, after sending all the students to the school, Li Du heaved a sigh of relief, and said to the principal, "Fortunately, the mission was fulfilled."

Principal Kane exclaimed: "It's more than that, you performed so well, and you know too much, who did you learn so much from?"

Li Du smiled and said, "I learned from one of my partners, but he is no longer here."

The principal hurriedly apologized: "I'm sorry, I brought up your sadness, may God bless him, and may he have a happy life in heaven..."

Li Du looked dull: "Uh, I mean he's not in this industry anymore, he's not dead, he's just married, and he's living a good life."

headmaster:"……"

What happened today filled him with emotion. He brought his children into the storage auction industry, just like Hans took him to the auction for the first time.

Everything seemed like yesterday, when he looked back, he seemed to be able to see the figure of the man sitting in front of the door of Hannah's small building with his legs open like a hooligan.

But this was not yesterday, this was years ago.