In your mind, what does a well-versed card player look like?
It is the superb gambling skill in "God of Gamblers".
The mathematical genius Ben Campbell in Blackjack.
Or Daniel the Magician in The Incredibles?
To be honest, Xiaobian has always had the same stereotype as the card master.
However, the protagonist in the following documentary will completely subvert all your imaginations of the solitaire master. It's just --
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Richard Turner is known as one of the world's greatest card magicians.
Every Friday night, countless spectators flock to the Magic Castle's close-up theater to watch his performance.
Draw, clear, cut.
Turner explains in language as he demonstrates to the audience the casino's usual shuffling techniques.
Of course, Turner's abilities go far beyond that.
Make a bridge with one hand.
Flip the cut cards with one hand and so on, he can play very smoothly.
When Turner showed six common shuffling and cutting techniques, he suddenly took a sharp turn and asked the audience to see if the deck had been washed to a completely uniform state.
The results were, of course, unexpected.
Spread out the whole deck of cards, they are all arranged in order from A to K, in an orderly manner.
Seeing this scene, the audience instantly erupted into warm applause.
Richard Turner's card performance not only made ordinary people shoot the case, but even many people in the industry admired it.
"He was demonstrating the tricks of a thousand people, doing the most incredible thing with a deck of cards," says Steve, a casino security officer.
"I realized that I was right in front of something great," commented Jack the Magician.
Cardmakers, Thousand Kings, Card Masters, "the best players in the world", the public added more and more praise to Richard Turner.
But perhaps many people who watch Turner perform for the first time don't know that he is blind.
At the age of 9, Turner developed an eye disease.
At that time, the teacher was writing something on the blackboard, and Turner sat in class and listened carefully, but he did not expect that a blurry black shadow gradually appeared in front of him.
At first, the family thought he just had a problem with his eyesight and that everything would get better when he put on his glasses.
But the situation is not so simple.
After a few months, the area of the black shadow that covered the eyes grew larger and larger, until a huge black hole appeared.
Later, Turner was diagnosed with macular dystrophy.
He was told that he would be completely blind years from now.
Great fear and helplessness enveloped Turner tightly, and for a time he was overwhelmed.
But what he couldn't accept the most was what others thought of him.
As a young man, Turner was a very strong man, and in the face of the injustice of fate, he decided to fight it with all his might.
Before he could fully go blind, Turner did all the crazy things he wanted to do.
He used to ride a motorcycle with friends on the highway.
He has also climbed over the cliffs with his own strength.
Of course, what Makes Turner most proud of is that he has won the karate black belt through long-term training.
However, the price was heavy, and Turner broke his right arm in the heat of the game.
But even so, Turner was still very excited, because he had achieved all this with his strength.
The fate between Turner and Solitaire begins with his childhood.
At the time, a Western, The Lone Ranger, piqued Turner's interest in cards.
The protagonist of the film, Ma Huali, often defeats the enemy with clever gambling skills, and is praised as a legend in the west.
When turner was young, in the process of watching the movie, on the one hand, he was impressed by Ma Huali's charm, on the other hand, he seemed to hear a voice guiding him.
"You're going to make a living with the Guard and Queen cards."
At that time, Turner often asked himself what the meaning of this sentence was.
Years later, the story tells us that Richard Turner's journey as a card magician seems to be inextricably linked to this underworld force.
A teacher once recorded a tape of Turner's book fragments from The Card Table Expert.
Written in 1902, this book focuses on how to play a card game.
For countless long nights, Turner often fell asleep listening to this tape, and the essence of the card game was deeply imprinted in his mind.
Before going completely blind, Richard Turner was an energetic man.
Friends around him will evaluate Turner as a "perpetual motion machine", he always has endless strength and has great potential for many things.
But on the other hand, the anxiety and tension of blindness often drive Turner crazy.
So, playing cards became the most perfect choice.
On the surface, Turner used card games to relieve inner tension and stress.
But in essence, Turner is trying to control his life in the way he controls the cards.
Turner was initially completely resistant to becoming blind.
"I didn't like the word 'barrier' and still don't like it, I can't stand that word. I also hate the word 'blind', so it causes some harm and a little resistance. ”
Not only that, but being blind also means losing one's independence.
He will be dependent on others, he will be limited everywhere, he will not be able to control his life.
Richard Turner, however, was not content with this, and he decided to "choke the throat of fate."
Through years of study and training, he gradually mastered the ultimate meaning of card games.
On the one hand, Turner does have a lot of potential.
Years of blindness gave him a keen touch of solitaire.
Secondly, he met a very good teacher, the master of the history of magic for the past hundred years- Daphrinon.
Under his guidance, Turner's card technique advanced by leaps and bounds, gradually perfecting the realm.
Of course, the reason why Turner has achieved today's achievements is also greatly related to his strong self-discipline.
The 62-year-old card magician has developed a good habit of practicing cards since he was 19 years old.
And the intensity of the practice is completely beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
Turner spends 16 hours a day practicing cards, carefully analyzing and thinking about every movement until the technique of cards becomes his subconscious behavior.
In the eyes of friends and family, Turner looked like a "madman."
He was always shuffling and cutting cards, in the church, in the car, in the grocery store.
Even lying in bed before going to bed, I am still practicing.
It is based on the almost paranoid love of cards and his rigorous self-discipline training method that Richard Turner has gradually become one of the best card magicians in the world through hard work.
However, after the success, Turner is still very stubborn.
He refused to admit that he was blind, and he did not accept anything related to blindness.
In his heart, he was still a normal person and should not be treated differently.
Perhaps, for this reason, Turner never learned Braille and was very resistant to the use of crutches and guide dogs.
Over the years, it has been Turner's son who has been by his side, taking care of his daily life.
The relationship between father and son is intimate, like a tacit understanding of partners.
So, when the son who had accompanied him for many years was going to go to college in a distant place, the strong Turner still couldn't help but burst into tears.
During the time his son was away, Turner was very uncomfortable.
He became depressed, depressed, and began complaining about his vision problems.
Thankfully, though, under his sister's guidance, Turner finally chose to accept reality and his imperfections.
Turner began to learn computers.
And through card games, she inspires a blind girl and makes her more courageous to pursue her goals in life.
From the struggle against blindness to the later acceptance, Richard Turner completed a gorgeous turn with his own life experience.
And behind this turn, Ah Qi, however, gained a simple but important revelation -
There are no limits in life, do what you want to do.
Strong, hardworking, self-disciplined, not accepting defeat, etc., we can always catch a lot of flashes in Turner.
Those are the qualities he has always had, and it is these things that have made him a legend.
Therefore, in front of every ordinary person with a dream, a "road that few people walk" has been clearly paved.
It is difficult, bumpy, and requires great perseverance and patience.
But don't worry, don't be afraid, because everyone who strives for excellence will eventually stick to it and achieve the vision in their hearts step by step.
Just like Richard Turner.
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