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"Okay, since Mr. Yu agrees to enter the game and is willing to gamble and lose, I have a few rules that need to be clarified in advance."

"Say it, Scott."

"First of all, although you are the person introduced by my father Kalonsky II, you and your client Yang Yiming, all the questions about improving the ability value are generated by me, and I will answer them and provide solutions. I ask that all the information between us and the people and events that arise from it be kept strictly confidential, and that they cannot be disclosed to any third party, including my father, my grandfather, anyone! In short, you only treat me, can you do it..."

"No problem at all, you can go on."

"Okay second, you want to improve Yang Yiming's ability value, I'll provide a plan, as I said before, this is a gamble. Whether it's because of my father's introduction or because of my analysis just now, if you choose to believe me, you have already joined the game. So the win or loss of the gambling game is whether Yang Yiming's ability value will rise and how much it can rise, it all depends on the will of God. Can you accept that I can't make a commitment? ”

"Yes, I accept it."

"Very good, then let's talk about the third one, which is the charging standard you have been asking."

"Well, you can make an offer."

"Don't worry..."Scott didn't know where to conjure a coin, and bounced it into the air, and the coin rolled up and down in the air, reflecting the lights outside the window of the casino. He caught it with his hand and threw it to Yu Xiaochun, who took it and saw that it was the most common 25-cent coin in the U.S. dollar, the largest of which was a bust of George Washington, the founding president of the United States, and an eagle, the national emblem of the United States. What kind of name is this?

"My fee is also a gamble. Take $2 as a base and flip the coin five times in a row. Every time you roll to Washington, you have to square the base of $2 once, so you need to square it five times at most; At the very least, if you roll the eagle five times, just give me two dollars. You've got two dollars, right? ”

"Just two dollars? Are you sure you can? Yu Xiaochun exclaimed.

"Of course, money is just a number concept for me. What's more, the odds of you throwing the eagle five times in a row are as slim as five times in a row as Washington's. A little more than 3%, put in the NBA lottery can only barely squeeze into the top ten. ”

"And how much will Washington give you if five times in a row?" Yu Xiaochun thought about it in his mind, thinking of the story of the king placing rice grains on the Western chessboard when he was a child, and he felt that it would be an astronomical number.

“4294967296。” Scott expertly pronounced the number, as if he had memorized it countless times, "Of course, if you are really unlucky, you can also choose to quit, and I accept it." ”

Well, then I threw it.

Yu Xiaochun tossed the coin into the air.

2/

As a result, Yu Xiaochun was lucky, only throwing Washington one last time after the first time, and only had to give $16 in the end.

"Are you sure that's really okay? $16? Yu Xiaochun confirmed again, and while confirming, he took out a few small-denomination bills from his pocket, collected $16, and handed them to the other party.

"If you want to gamble, of course. I was making the money of those unlucky people, and I had to be given sixty-five thousand five hundred and thirty-six dollars four times in Washington, which was not much for the athletes. ”

"Not much, really." Yu Xiaochun echoed, thinking of the business he did with Nina.

"But the gambling game, I often walk by the river, how can I not get my shoes wet, as long as they come back to me, there will always be a day when they lose. This is the biggest secret of the game! ”

Yu Xiaochun's heart tightened, and a chill hit.

"But that's for later, Mr. Yu. You're in luck today, $16, and I, Scott Karonsky III, will help you and your client. Please return my coins to me first. Scott spread out his palm, Yu Xiaochun respectfully placed the 25 cents in the palm of his hand, and under the light outside the window, the silver coin on the face of Washington, as well as the words "Freedom", "We Believe in God" and the 1931 inscription were unusually clear and dazzling.

"You may be seated." Scott sat cross-legged by the window, straightened the bow tie around his neck, and motioned for Yu Xiaochun to sit opposite him, "Then I now have two plans that can help Yang Yiming, please listen." You can make a choice now or at any time in the future, but I'll only talk about it once. ”

Good!

It's finally time to wait.

3/

The next twenty minutes seem to have become a one-man show for Kalonsky III and Scott alone. The long-haired man, dressed in a casual suit and a pink and white bow tie, resembles a shrewd businessman, an old-fashioned programmer, and a whimsical drama actor, and in a mumbling monologue, he paints a world he has never touched.

"What do you think of the idea of a coin toss? I love the coin because it can only take on two states, just like the world as I see it. Our Kalonsky family, although the name is the same, is actually too different, and no one is convinced. The only thing that is the same is probably this little thing, everyone has it - my dad must have shown you his little pentagonal mirror. Well, but I think that's too complicated, so I'll go for the coin anyway. ”

"The coin has two sides, the obverse, and the proverse, the Washington and the American Eagle. It's like this world. This world is actually 0 and 1, binary, all information can be represented, stored, and interpreted by binary, which is very clear and not easy to confuse. The same is true for all information on the pitch, only by breaking it down thoroughly can it be analyzed and the crux of the problem can be found. It's not like them, what kind of radar charts, plus one here, minus one minus there, and there is an unknown weight - although quantitative analysis players like them love it, and it can make them happy for a while, 'Hey, I scored 85 points better than you!' But the excitement only lasts for a while, and that's far from what they really want. ”

"What they really want is, 'Hey, I have a way to make you a little bit better,' and that's the best natural sound for them. No matter how much money is spent, they are willing to listen to it over and over again. But the old guys are too rigid, they don't want to do it, they don't want to sing the 'sound of nature', they just want to provide an 'objective and fair' evaluation system. Of course, they can't do it, they see the world, sports, NBA basketball as too complicated, like an intertwined ball of yarn that is cause and effect of each other, cutting constantly, sorting out and messing up, by the way, what kind of mysterious talent. Yes, you have talent, but who likes to hear things like, 'You have limited talent'? Only by turning complexity into simplicity, into binary 0s and 1s, into heads and tails of coins, and into propositions of right and wrong, as I did, can it be possible to increase the ability value. ”

"You still don't understand? In fact, it is very simple, there is no talent in me, only the success or failure of your ability. How strong are your shots and can they be improved? Then I will first help you answer: how high can you jump, how high your opponent will jump, how high you need to jump, the speed at which you shoot, the shape of your hand, the strength of your arms and wrists, your balance in the air, your range, your hot zone, the way you shoot the basket the best you have, the way you shoot the ball the least well, the direction the ball comes from, how high it goes, when is the most comfortable time to shoot if you dribble, when is the shot in each quarter, whether you are ahead or behind, how many seconds to shoot an attack, Hold your hand for a few seconds after the shot, whether you want to make a foul, etc., etc. Every problem, every detail, is a 0 and 1 choice, whether it is a success or a failure, and this is how I help you. ”

"Having said that, I think you should understand too. In the end, although I took your money and promised to help you, you also have a decision to do it yourself. You know I'm a person who likes to gamble and flip coins, so your decision has something to do with that. Your friend Yang Yiming, I have already said that if he wants to be a great 3-and-D player, he needs to first improve his defensive and three-point shooting ability. So now, you need to tell me that there are two options, one of which can allow him to improve his blocking ability for a short period of time, and the stats will increase significantly in 10 games, but it will not be able to maintain it for a long time; There is another way for him to improve his three-point ability permanently, but the learning process is relatively long, and it will take at least one to two months. Which one are you going to choose? ”

A short burst of hot pot?

Or do you spend a few months practicing to get a good three-pointer?

Washington with the American Hawk, 0 and 1.

Choose one of the two!