"The movie is true, slot machines are indeed that kind of system. ”

Recently, with the hot release of "MIT-21-TEAM", card counting and MIT groups have become the focus of entertainment topics in the United States, and the probability of winning the jackpot in slot machines is 1/260000+ every time?

"We never tried to hide anything, we all know that gambling is a very lucky thing, it's the same as buying a lottery ticket, and the Powerball jackpot is more than 1 in 100 million! ”

In an interview with the New York Times, Robert Stewart, a spokesman for Caesars Entertainment, the parent company of Caesars Palace Casino, explained that he also said that "casinos and bars, nightclubs, amusement parks, movie theaters, etc. are all entertainment venues, and people and families spend money to get pleasure from them." Our casinos also need operating costs, we need to make a profit to survive, and it would be irresponsible to say that we are vampires. ”

However, some people suggested that a label similar to "smoking is harmful to health" should be posted on the shell of the slot machine, indicating the probability of this money-swallowing machine, so that players know that they are making a choice of 1 in 100,000.

Casinos in Las Vegas and Atlantic City naturally ignored it, but despite the lack of labeling, since August, the profits of slot machines have been decreasing day by day, and the casinos' 21 o'clock tables are full and even have to be added, and the long-lasting slot machines have suddenly lost a lot of customers.

Slot machine is the choice of many ordinary tourists, family travel, with a few dimes of change to have fun; now among the tourists in the casino, there are couples, friends, and families to team up to count cards. The Thompson family who was interviewed played a card counting game, and the old Thompson, who is in his 40s, laughed and said: "This is really interesting, we just use the high and low method, and place a big bet if you are high, and don't play if you are small." ”

The family of four was asked how their results were, and Thomson, who was in his early 20s, said with a smile: "I didn't win anything, probably a bottle of champagne." We don't have this idea of making money, it's just fun, it's fun for a family to play this agent-like team game, not gambling. Thomson's sister Bertha said: "We designed our own gesture codes, and as far as our family knew what it meant, it added a lot of fun to the journey." ”

There are not many families with such a trend, and it is impossible to win a lot of money from the table, and the casinos are not worried about the current situation, which is only the center of the storm, and this card counting fever will inevitably die down soon. The biggest difference between slot machines and 21 points is not the probability, it is that there is no need to think, it all depends on luck, and the public will always like slot machines without thinking.

Since The Hangover's popularity, Las Vegas has seen a lot of more visitors than it has been in the same period, with a lot more farewell bachelorette parties, and now MIT-21-TEAM has added a bundle of firewood to the fire, and the number of visitors is expected to increase again during the next vacation season, which is also a contribution to the city.

"We are grateful to Marvel Young for bringing these two films. According to the Los Angeles Times, Jeremy Handel, a spokesman for the Las Vegas Tourism Board, said: "In appreciation of this young man's contributions to the city, we are preparing to apply for an honorary citizen award for him to welcome him to settle here." And when he arrived in China, there was no response from his team.

It wasn't just the Las Vegas Tourism Board that spoke, but also the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Now that it and MIT students have a new image of "cool and icy", this uncertainty is good or bad, said Patty Richards, MIT spokesman, "Every January, MIT is MIT's annual short-term independent activity program, the IAP, which allows departments to offer a range of specialized topics that are not available in the formal curriculum, allowing students to write research papers and qualify exams based on their interests." ”

"That's why MIT has the 'How can you win if you have to bet?' and why there's the history of MIT-21-TEAM. Students are encouraged to create, explore, and experiment with possibilities beyond classroom books. ”

Patti Richards' last words were rather polite: "But card counting is only a not very clever quantitative study, and the easy money brings the loss of life and talent, and if they put their cleverness on other things, they may have achieved more today." ”

And many media are not only focusing on "MIT-21-TEAM", Wang Yang, Natalie Portman and other star creators, they are also digging into the real story behind this film adaptation and Ben Mozridge's adaptation, which is also what the public wants to know.

"Boston Magazine" and "Boston Globe" both reported the difference between adaptation and real details, such as the fictional summoning of strippers to exchange chips, the group members as many as dozens of teams at the same time, etc., "San Francisco Chronicle" and "New York Times" also reported that MIT-21-TEAM did not disband until the late 90s, that is, when Magic Young picked up DV, and the reason is that men and women can't fool casinos all over the United States, plus the uneven interests, it is far less chic than the movie. …… They all seem to want to say that in order to make the story exciting, Fantastic Young and Ben Mozridge have made a large exaggerated adaptation, and 100 people earn 10 million in 10 years, which is completely different from 6 people earning 10 million in 2 years.

But how can movie fans and audiences care? Historical epic movies can be adapted, let alone a commercial film with a clear positioning? As long as the technology is real and the story is wonderfully adapted! So no matter how the mainstream media reports it, the screening room of "21" in movie theaters is still hot, and the number of ratings on IMDB, Rotten Tomatoes, and other networks is increasing, and its box office is also increasing every day.

When the week of August 8-14 was a thing of the past, the media and the public once again saw the power of "phenomenal directors", and the box office trend of "MIT-21-TEAM" fell slightly by 33%, collecting $50.42 million in 3,380 theaters, successfully defending the North American box office champion in the second week of August!

In the two weeks of its release, the IMDB page score remained at 8.1 and 125,846 rating users, and after Rotten Tomatoes newly included many movie reviews, 215 articles had a public freshness of 87%, a well-known freshness of 90%, and an audience liking of 90%. And the total box office of this gambling film in North America has reached 125.6 million, and there are only more than 38.4 million left at the box office that surpassed Spielberg's "Get Away".

Maybe a week, two weeks...... But it's just a matter of time, a surprising percentage drop in the box office, a surprising result.

"Fantastic Young has found a beautiful schedule. Yahoo Entertainment commented that the runner-up at the box office this week is the newly released "Anti-Terrorism SWAT Team" with 45.5 million, the third runner-up is also the new film, "Hot Mom and Hot Girl" with 30.84 million, and the fourth is "American Pie" with 15.21 million and "Pirates of the Caribbean" with 14.6 million...... It's almost not threatening, and of course Pirates of the Caribbean is in its fifth week.

And the battlefield opponents that "Get Away with Impunity" faced during the Christmas and New Year schedule at that time were "Lord of the Rings 2", "The Hangover", and "Mr. Hughes...... But in any case, the "Amazing Young vs. Spielberg" showdown that was hyped up by the gossip media had an expected result, with Yahoo Entertainment commenting: "As before, many impossible possibilities have been turned into possibilities, and Fantastic Young has once again proved that as long as you are young, you are full of infinite possibilities." He fulfilled his word and set a new record in the genre! We can only sigh that it is the time of the young (it is the time of Young). ”

"Well, although the gap between the two is still far from each other, but this one, Magic Young won. ”

Offal-E said this in the comment message board of this news, and it was not only he who expressed his opinion, and Hinton-C commented: "It's hard for me to say which one I prefer, they are all classics and have their own characteristics. "Impunity" is more elegant and charming, in line with Spielberg's age, and "21" is very wanton and crazy, the result of magical Jan + Las Vegas. ”

"I'M MORE INCLINED TO SAY THAT YOUNG IS TALKING ABOUT THE TYPE OF MOVIE ABOUT GAMBLING, OR THE BLACKJACK GENRE. He did it completely, and after watching MIT-21-TEAM, I think it's hard for me to be funny with 21 movies in the future, unless they can be as professional and wonderful as 21. ”

Flavia's comment received a lot of support, as there were many fans and viewers who shared the same idea, with Garrison-N, who was a young white man, writing: "Whether the story itself is a 21-point card count or a part of the story, I hope that no one will fool us with the Rain Man and The Hangover, which used to be possible but not now." You can't do it, so it's better to let him just play the slot machine and win, forget it!"

"There won't be this problem, will there be a 21 movie in the future?" Watley-L wrote: "What's the story, what's the card counting team cooler than the MIT group?", another user Baird F followed: "No one dares to challenge '21' on card counting, that's stupid! ”

Ramona, whose avatar is a white girl, sighed and wrote: "It's a pity! "21" made me very interested in card counting, I wanted to see more card counting movies, and conquer those hateful casinos, but Magic Jan has already filmed it to the end, why ——!"

It's not just movie fans who think so, the film critic Roger Albert, who gave "21" two thumbs up, also said in his film review: "Magical Young let 21 o'clock receive a generous pension, and since then he has disappeared in Hollywood, good!"

"That's what I'm talking about, that's what I'm talking about table movies!" Roger Albert seems to have a soft spot for Magic Young's films, and he himself feels incredible about a director who praises him for the seventh time in a row: "I watch Magic Young's movies now, and I always have high expectations and a more critical gaze, and he is so satisfying every time that you want to scold him for nothing." ”

"It's a really wonderful entertainment blockbuster, and watching the group of college students sweep the casino, my lips tremble a little with excitement! It's so much more fun than Michael Bay's boring explosions, and I can't believe he made 'Death Island', it's a terrible experience! Thankfully, there is this young man. ”

Old man Albert continued his scathing film review style, commenting on "21" while not forgetting to mock "Absolute Men 2", and compared it with this: "I feel really happy, Amazing Young is like a haven without bad movies, it's too safe." This movie makes me feel like I'm back to being young, it's so beautiful and indulgent, the film technology in it is very elaborate, but the most fascinating thing is the boldness of the movie, smart people control the world!"

"From the first second to the end of the credits, what kind of story is told? "Youth Musical" is like a high school student with excellent character and learning, warm and sunny and immature, and this "21" is a presumptuous crazy college student, who is not afraid of anything, does everything, of course, it is in accordance with the law, and they don't dare to take a bomb and play around exploding. But it is this kind of intellectual madness, calm presumptuousness, that I appreciate the most in dealing with it!"

After commenting on the content of the film and the performances of the actors, Roger Albert's review concluded: "After watching this movie, it's a bit like 'that', and it's the 'that' with those magazine covers under your bed, Very-Good!"

The 15th is the beginning of the box office list in the third week of August, and this week there are 4 movies released on a large scale, the skateboarding movie "Grinding", and the comedy "Spicy Baby"; used to be young and magical", with "Dances with Wolves", Kevin Costner, who won the Oscar for Best Director at the age of 36, directed and starred in the new work "Heaven and Earth Infinite", will this western romance continue to be golden and sour or salted fish?

However, among the 4 films, the new film that has attracted the most attention from fans and predicted by the media to take away the weekly box office champion of "21" is the horror action film "Freddy vs. Jason" directed by Hong Kong director Yu Rentai for New Line Company, "Ghost Street" and "Friday the 13th" The two killers in the two horror series met unexpectedly, and it vowed to fight a bloody way in 3014 theaters, and "21" seems to be giving way.

It is about giving way in North America, and it is just beginning to be in overseas regions. This time, there was no simultaneous global release, because after all, it was not a big production, and there were market instability factors such as Chinese actors, and overseas theater companies were not willing to take the risk of making so many copies, so they had to look at the situation in North America before deciding;

With the arrival of the 15th and 16th, MIT geniuses logged into the United Kingdom, France, Mexico, and Germany...... and many other ticket warehouse countries, and naturally there are also China's cross-strait three places.

How will "21" perform overseas, can it exceed the 188 million overseas box office of "Get Away"? How much box office will Chinese mainland, where publicity work is booming? These topics that countless fans are concerned about are still unknown.

"Jan, are you really not coming back tonight?"

In Beverly Hills, Los Angeles at night, in the spacious living room of the house, Jessica walked around with a telephone microphone, although she had been gone for less than a week, and she talked on the phone every day, but she was very worried about him in her heart, and she was not allowed to pick up the airport, and she had to self-isolate...... Hearing that Wang Yang, who was in Beverly Hills, said that he would not go back and would have to be quarantined for three days, Jessica suddenly said urgently: "Go home! ”

Wang Yang, who had just gotten out of the car and was about to walk towards the door of the hotel, felt very warm in his heart when he heard the word HOME, and he also had an urge to run home, but he was wearing a mask and his voice was a little slurred: "But I care, I don't want you to be in danger of getting SARS!" Just in case, Jesse, I'll stay away from you for three days, let those damn viruses roll away, and then set off for a trip. ”

"What a virus, there is no such thing as a virus at all!" Jessica couldn't help laughing, sat down on the sofa with a snort, leaned on the back of the sofa, and said: "I'm not so weak, I can even get the virus that I don't have, you see, my cold is cured! There are others who want to be quarantined for seven days, what is it for you to isolate for three days?" She smiled: "Is the New Year countdown?" Wang Yang then exclaimed: "Oh right, do I want to quarantine for seven days?"

"Go home!" Jessica said in a weak voice, she looked at the familiar furniture around her, Danny who was sleeping soundly on her side not far away, she didn't seem to be able to cheer up without him, her face was full of tenderness, and the microphone whispered, "I miss you." ”

Wang Yang stopped, holding his mobile phone and looking up at the night sky and the dazzling street scene around him, with sporadic pedestrians coming and going, and Susan McCarthy, the assistant who walked in front, also stopped in confusion. Wang Yang suppressed the impulse in his heart and said softly: "I miss you too, but I can't help but kiss you when I go back." He chuckled a few times and said seriously: "Plus tonight, I'll quarantine tomorrow for one day! See you tomorrow night? Count down to everything, and having a time buffer will make me feel at ease." ”

"Well, I'm going to sleep, you can rest well, good night baby!" Thinking that he had been on a plane for a day, it might not be a good thing to quietly "isolate" for a night, Jessica kissed him through the microphone and said with a smile: "Bye!" Wang Yang said: "Bye!"

Putting down the phone, she got up in her slippers and walked upstairs.

(To be continued)