In the 2024 Spring Festival Gala, Liu Qian's playing card magic has become a highlight, in addition to showing his superb skills, but also allowing Nigmaiti to participate with the audience and experience the fun of magic. However, due to a mistake in operation, Nigmaiti and a lady's cards did not match, resulting in a magic goof, which caused the audience to laugh. What exactly is this magic all about, and what is the significance and impact of magic in society? Let's explore it together.
Event recap
Liu Qian performed two poker tricks in the Spring Festival Gala, the first was to ask the audience to randomly choose a card, and then take a picture with their mobile phones, and found that Liu Qian's avatar appeared on the card. The second is for the audience to take four cards at random, and then tear them apart from the middle to become eight. Then, according to Liu Qian's instructions, the cards were shuffled in various ways, and in the end, only one was left. Liu Qian also took out the card he took first, and the two cards together were just a whole card.
However, the success of this magic trick also requires the cooperation of the audience, and if the audience makes a mistake in the operation process, it will lead to the failure of the magic trick. This is the case of Nigmat and a lady. When they were inserting cards, they accidentally did not match Liu Qian's order, resulting in the final cards not matching. Although this mistake made the magic goof, it also showed everyone the reality of the magic, not the pre-arranged. Moreover, their expressions and reactions were also cute, Nigmat hid behind Liu Qian in embarrassment, and the lady smiled embarrassedly, triggering joy in the audience. This is also in line with the theme of the Spring Festival Gala, which is to make everyone happy and have a good year.
Liu Qian's magic tricks look magical, but they are all scientific.
Today we are going to uncover one of his magic secrets and see how he does it. The item for this magic trick is four cards, let's assume they are A, B, C, D. The process of magic is divided into eleven steps, each step has a certain pattern, as long as you follow the rules, you can achieve amazing results. Let's take a look.
Step 1: Liu Qian first folded the four cards in half twice, and then tore them apart to get eight small cards. The eight small cards are all face up, and the order is A, B, C, D, A, B, C, D. This step is very simple, it is to make the cards smaller and easier to operate.
Step 2: Liu Qian asks the audience to say their names, and then adjusts the order of the cards according to the number of words in the name. Here's how it works: if the name has only one word, put the top card at the bottom, if the name has two words, put the top two cards at the bottom, if the name has three words, put the top three cards at the bottom, and so on, if the name has n words, put the top n cards at the bottom. For example, if the spectator's name is a three, put the top three cards A, B, and C at the bottom to get D, A, B, C, D, A, B, C. The purpose of this step is to make the audience feel that the order of the cards is related to their name, adding to the mystery.
Step 3: Liu Qian picks up the top three cards and inserts them anywhere in the middle of the remaining five cards. This may seem random, but it has the important effect of making the top card the same as the bottom card. We use X for the same card and Y for the other cards, so after this step, the order of the eight cards is X, Y, Y, Y, Y, Y, Y, Y, X. For example, if Liu Qian inserts the top three cards D, A, and B into the second position in the middle, he will get C, D, A, B, C, D, A, B, and then the top card and the bottom card are both C, that is, X.
Step 4: Liu Qian secretly hides the top card (X) so that the audience can't see it. This step is a crucial one, as this card is the answer to the magic. After Liu Qian hid this card, the order of the remaining seven cards was Y, Y, Y, Y, Y, Y, X. For example, if Liu Qian hides a C, then the remaining seven cards are D, A, B, C, D, A, B.
Step 5: Liu Qian asks the audience to say their gender, and then adjusts the order of the cards according to their gender. Here's how it works: if the audience is a boy, throw away the top card, and if the audience is a girl, throw away the top two cards. The purpose of this step is to make the audience feel that the order of the cards is related to their gender, adding to the mystery. For example, if the audience is a boy, throw away the top card, D, and the remaining six cards are A, B, C, D, A, B, and if the audience is a girl, throw away the top two cards, D, A, and B, and the remaining five cards will be B, C, D, A, B.
Step 6: Liu Qian asks the audience to say a word, and then every time he says a word, he puts the top card at the bottom. The purpose of this step is to make the audience feel that the order of the cards is related to the words they say, adding a sense of mystery. For example, if the audience is a boy and the remaining six cards are A, B, C, D, A, B, and they say "good", put the top card A at the bottom to get B, C, D, A, B, A, and if the audience is a girl, the remaining five cards are B, C, D, A, B, and they say "beauty", then put the top card B at the bottom to get C, D, A, B, B.
Step 7: Liu Qian said "good luck stays, troubles are thrown out", then put the top card at the bottom and throw away the second card. The purpose of this step is to make the audience feel that the order of the cards is related to their luck and to add a sense of mystery. For example, if the audience is a boy and the remaining six cards are B, C, D, A, B, A, put the top card B at the bottom and throw away the second card C to get D, A, B, A, B, and if the audience is a girl and the remaining five cards are C, D, A, B, B, put the top card C at the bottom and throw away the second card D to get A, B, B, C.
Step 8: Liu Qian repeats "good luck stays, troubles are thrown out", and then repeats the operation of step 7, putting the top card at the bottom and throwing away the second card. For example, if the audience is a boy and the remaining five cards are D, A, B, A, B, put the top card D at the bottom and throw away the second card A to get B, A, B, D, and if the audience is a girl and the remaining four cards are A, B, B, C, put the top card A at the bottom and throw away the second card B to get B, C, A.
Step 9: Liu Qian repeats "good luck stays, troubles are thrown out", and then repeats the operation of step 7, put the top card at the bottom, and throw away the second card. For example, if the audience is a boy and the remaining four cards are B, A, B, D, put the top card B at the bottom and throw away the second card A to get B, D, B, and if the audience is a girl and the remaining three cards are B, C, A, put the top card B at the bottom and throw away the second card C to get A, B.
Step 10: Liu Qian repeats "good luck stays, troubles are thrown out", and then repeats the operation of step 7, put the top card at the bottom, and throw away the second card. For example, if the audience is a boy and the remaining three cards are B, D, and B, put the top card B at the bottom and throw away the second card D to get B, B, and if the audience is a girl and the remaining two cards are A and B, put the top card A at the bottom and throw away the second card B to get A.
Step 11: Liu Qian said "the boy has one more step, the girl has already completed", and then asked the boy to do the seventh step again, put the top card at the bottom, and throw away the second card. For example, if the audience is a boy and the remaining two cards are B and B, put the top card B at the bottom and throw away the second card B to get B. In this way, whether the audience is a boy or a girl, there is only one card left in the end, and this card is the same as the card (X) that Liu Qian hid. That's the mystery of magic, it's all in science.