Cecil Rose is a character of Lupin the 3rd Part III.
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Rose is the president of an unnamed company that was involved with the diamond trade. In the past, he asked Fujiko Mine to steal diamonds so the prices of diamonds to go up in price. Fujiko called him a "jerk" and a "worm" for what happened to her.
Rose had set a trap for Lupin III and his gang to steal some diamonds in a building however the diamonds had set themselves on fire as the diamonds was really glass and they failed the heist. It caused the price of diamonds to go up and tripled in value. His plan was then to flee the country with the raw diamonds that he had that was "burned" and painted them black to resemble coal to smuggle them out then to sell them overseas.
He watched the security tape of Lupin, Daisuke Jigen, Goemon Ishikawa XIII and Fujiko escape from the trap with the machine guns that he had installed. Koichi Zenigata came to visit Rose and wondered why Lupin would burn a million carat diamond however he claimed that he didn't know and thought that it was horrible as he switched off the screens. Zenigata asked whether diamonds are flammable and Rose says that it is made of carbon like coal, the inspector thought that Lupin took the genuine diamonds and torched the fakes so they could sell the diamonds at an inflated price causing Rose to panic thinking that they didn't have time to do it. Zenigata wanted to have a look at the crime scene and Rose granted him permission as he planted a speaker underneath the desk, he left however Zenigata had entered the room as it turned out that it was Lupin in disguise and jumped out of the window. Rose laughed as there was no water by the window.
The police came to search Cecil's room and he wondered whether Lupin planted something, Zenigata knew that he did as he was going through the lamp and vase then an ash tray. Zenigata picked up the speaker and Rose asked him what it was and he explained that it was a wiretap wondering whether Lupin had a grudge against him. Rose waved his hands claiming that it was nothing as Zenigata mentioned about the diamonds that caught on fire, Rose put his hand on his chest claiming that he runs a "honest business" and done nothing to cause Lupin to be angry. Zenigata then crushed the wiretap causing Lupin to be in pain.
Rose then invited Gagney to kill Lupin and wanted to give him 10% of the diamond sale value, Gagney wanted to know the price per carat that was $30,000. Gagney was impressed as he heard about the prices soaring however was unable to work out the price, Rose told him that it was 3 billion dollars and Gagney got excited as he wanted to live the high life forever. They then agreed to the deal. Rose transported trucks full of "coal" with one truck going a different route to lure the Lupin gang away, the one truck actually contained coal with Gagney and his henchmen deal with the Lupin gang.
Rose then traveled to Arabia with the airfield being around a desert, a helicopter had landed with the diamonds and he got out as he was surprised that Gagney and his henchmen had returned so quickly. Gagney said "Quick job, quick payment" as it was his rule and wanted to pay his henchmen a bonus. A plane was coming in and landed with Shah Mohammad coming out to greet him, Mohammad jumped straight into the box of diamonds and poured liquid onto them. Rose was scared and wondered what he was doing, Mohammad claimed that it was "booze" as his belief was to obtain beauty was to purify yourself with liquor. He asked about the payment and Mohammad called two men and a woman with the briefcases to deliver the money. Suddenly the door of the plane opened and the real Mohammad with the servants came out all being tied up and their mouths were covered, Rose wondered what was going on as it turned out that the fake Mohammad was Lupin in disguise and Gagney was surprised that he was still alive.
Lupin thanked Rose for being involved with his fraud and came to return the favor by having a cigarette, Rose laughed as Lupin planned to keep the $30 billion and take the diamonds giving him the drinking pouch. He noticed that it was gasoline and Lupin lit up his lighter as he ordered Gagney's henchmen to drop their guns otherwise the diamonds would get burned. Rose was scared and agreed to the deal. Just as Lupin was about to leave, Zenigata had arrived so the Lupin gang escaped on Rose's helicopter and Rose jumped onto the box of diamonds as it was struggling to take off. He wanted the diamond and wouldn't let anyone take it. Lupin told him about the extra weight but his cigarette dropped out causing the diamonds to catch on fire and Rose jumped off.
He was feeling hot as Zenigata wanted to catch Lupin and Rose was about to leaving thinking about his diamonds however Zenigata grabbed hold of him with his arm around his neck. Rose was then arrested by Zenigata for lying to the police.