What kind of life is dazzling? Inventing computers like Turing in The Imitation Game? Dedicate your life to the piano like "The Pianist at Sea" 1990? Like Frank in "Uncle Cat's Game", he got to the top of his life by cheating? Playing Wall Street like "The Wolf of Wall Street" Belfort, gathering finances and getting drunk? Or solve math problems that most teachers and students can't solve like Will, the math genius in "Good Will Hunting"? Regarding this question, the benevolent sees the benevolent and the wise sees the wisdom. The answer given in this film is: using mathematical probability, superhuman memory and teamwork to sweep the casinos of Las Vegas.
The story of the film is very simple. A learning genius from a single-parent family and a poor family graduated from MIT and was admitted to Harvard Medical School. Unfortunately, admission to the college requires $300,000 in tuition and living expenses, which is a huge amount for poor boys. He wanted to apply for the Robinson Scholarship, but there were as many as 75 applicants for the scholarship, and everyone's resume was dazzling, and he couldn't show the dazzling experience to impress the interviewer, so he Tell the interviewer the following story.
Due to his outstanding performance in the class, he was selected by the mathematics professor who taught "nonlinear equations" and joined a "blackjack mathematics group", which was a group specially organized by the professor to loot Las Vegas blackjack games. There is a clear division of labor, there are those who are popular, those who are stalking, those who pretend to push the atmosphere to a climax, and those who play big winners, and of course there is an organizational role of "squad leader", who bring their capital to pull on weekends or holidays. Las Vegas casinos, laundering money through teamwork.
After winning the money, they eat, drink, play, and get drunk. In this atmosphere, the poor boy fell in love with the life here, where he became rich, omnipotent, and everything went well. But how can you walk by the river without getting your shoes wet? The first time, the team members were jealous and returned at a loss; the second time, the brain was occupied by impulses, causing all the capital to be lost, breaking up with the professor, and being discovered by the casino, with nothing left. The third time the poor boy came back with a desperate turnaround plan, friends, and other members, calculated the professor, calculated the casino, and returned with a lot of money. Finally, with the dazzling experience of three in and three out, Won the interviewer's appreciation, won the scholarship, admitted to Harvard Medical School.
If you are just a poor boy, winning money through memory and probability methods, and success may be a bit dull, but after being discovered for the second time, abandoned, and nothing, re-enter the market, taking into account all the variable factors, calculate the calculation A perfect ending, it is not bland but wonderful.
From frugality to extravagance is easy, from extravagance to frugality is difficult. There was a girlfriend who had a boyfriend before. The boyfriend had a wealthy family when he was a child, but when he was in the third year of high school, his father's company went bankrupt, and his life fell from the stage of luxury and luxury to ordinary people. The impact on the boy was, How does he always describe his previous life to people in the later life? How rich the family used to be! How arrogant he used to be! It is so difficult for an ordinary boy to accept after the family change, not to mention that the male protagonist feels the charm of money crazy in Las Vegas, and the money is completely empty. Never understood why some people like to steal? After seeing this movie, I understand that you can get things out of thin air without spending money or paying. How satisfying will it be?
What kind of life is dazzling? Experience what others have not experienced, taste what others have not tasted, have what everyone wants to have, consider what others have not considered, and finally have a bright and hopeful future, this kind of life is dazzling enough. !
Ps: Because I didn't live, I watched movies secretly in the company. After being discovered by the leader, I went to the conference room to listen to the teachings for 3 hours. I will never watch movies in the company again.
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