The rest is just noise

When Andy (the male protagonist of Shawshank) used his professional skills to invite the inmates who were working outside to drink beer, Louis could actually feel the comfort.

Just like when his mouth is dry, what he wants to drink most is not water, but Coke.

Louis can completely understand how those people feel when they drink.

Morgan Freeman gave a performance that far surpasses any beer commercial.

Seeing Freeman drinking, everyone will want to take a drink.

And Andy, who brought such enjoyment to the inmates, just sat alone in the shade and enjoyed the rare freedom with a smile.

When seeing this, Louis began to forget himself.

He no longer even had the emotion of "Why didn't I watch this movie until now?" and he was completely immersed in it.

The collapse of the old prisoner Brooks after his parole application was approved, and the "institutionalization" mentioned by Red (played by Morgan Freeman) reminded Louis of his own dilemma.

There are many explanations for institutionalization. For example, being a mechanical worker in a company means you have little money and many tasks, but you don’t know what to do without this job. This is institutionalization. Freelancing

People will also encounter the same problems and do the same things step by step every day. As time goes by, people will become numb.

Louis thought about his last year in New York.

As difficult as the decision to leave was, it was so liberating to arrive in Los Angeles. If he had chosen to stay, he would have been institutionalized.

With the advantage of being a time traveler, he can still keep the Knicks strong, but it is no longer any fun for him.

Now, he is preparing for his comeback.

His original plan was to build a team that was completely different from the Knicks.

The Knicks he led were the most perfect defensive team in history, and he wanted to create the most perfect offensive team in history.

However, there seem to be countless obstacles in the way.

At last year's NBA annual meeting, Stern tried to increase restrictions on hand-checking, but received 20 votes against it.

At the same time, he wanted to introduce a zone defense to weaken the threat of the center, but he was unanimously opposed.

Not even a stricter code of conduct on stadium violence has been passed.

This means that the current rules still favor defense.

Defense is still the secret to winning.

How easy is it to build an offensive team that breaks through the rules and achieve success under such circumstances?

Louis was full of motivation at first, but as his theoretical research entered deep waters, he had nothing to learn from.

He must rely on himself to constantly rehearse it in his mind.

Once he finds that it doesn't work, he has to overturn all the recent research results and start over.

If he cannot master a mature theory, he will not be able to come back.

And this is the source of his pain.

He was stuck in a certain position, in a dilemma.

If you retreat, you will have to give up all the efforts you have made in the past few months and build the team like you did when you went to New York.

In that case, what's the point?

If he brings a second Knicks team in Los Angeles, what's the difference between this and staying in New York?

As the movie progressed, Louis' mood calmed down again, until the most critical turning point arrived.

Andy gained hope of clearing his grievances, but soon experienced the deepest despair. He and Reed sat in a shady place to complete their final conversation.

The utopia in Andy's mind is a place called Zihuatanejo, which is a small island in the Pacific Ocean in Mexico. Andy wants to open a small hotel there and maybe buy a few boats.

Taking guests out to sea. Of course, he also needs a partner who can get everything for him.

"Either get busy living or get busy dying."

This is a line that you must have heard even if you haven't watched Shawshank.

It was this line that made Louis' heart glow with a strange energy.

He can't stop here.

He is only 35 years old, still very young and can do anything.

Before watching this movie, Louis thought it would be like those high-scoring literary films, ugly but full of skills and metaphors, but the result was just the opposite.

It still has enough metaphors, but it's not ugly at all.

Not a second of the 144-minute film was redundant for Louis.

When the ending credits came out, Louis, Lorraine and the audience were silent for more than ten seconds.

Everyone in the movie theater felt the same way.

I just watched probably the best movie of my life?

"If we change the name of the movie to "Hope Is a Good Thing", maybe the box office can double." Louis couldn't help but regret it, "Even if it's called "Zihuatanejo"?"

Louis and Lorraine waited in the cinema for a few minutes before leaving.

Back in the car, Louis wanted to talk to Lorraine about the movie.

Unexpectedly, I heard my wife say: "I think you and Andy are the same kind of person."

"This is not a good sign." Louis smiled bitterly.

In the movie, Andy went to jail for killing his wife and cuckolding him. Although he was wrongfully accused, the crime was always on his head.

"Like Andy, you are a person who can make great achievements in any industry. I don't want to see you looking haggard anymore. Cheer up and find your Zihuatanejo, okay?"

Unless you share the same bed with different dreams, the person next to you always knows the other person’s thoughts best.

When he was young, Louis was a man who believed he could move the world. After coming to Los Angeles, he encountered a bottleneck and started his own mid-life crisis.

The Messiah who founded the Knicks dynasty also shrank from pressure.

Because he has achieved success using the method he is most familiar with, there is no need to try unfamiliar fields.

Lorraine originally didn't understand Louis' plight that much, but the movie Shawshank inspired her.

Although Andy's situation is different from Louis's, their yearning for Zihuatanejo is the same.

Everyone has their own Zihuatanejo in their hearts.

Some people, like Rhett, need Andy, a bird that cannot be imprisoned even by the deepest places in the world, to lead them to Zihuatanejo.

And Louis is a person like Andy, his desire to challenge is so strong, if he can't reach the Zihuatanejo in his heart, Lorraine can't imagine what kind of suffering he will suffer in his heart.

Louis is not a person who likes to bring his work home.

Especially those annoying things at work, he will always block him at the door of the house.

But this time, he actually made Lorraine aware of his difficulties.

He remained speechless for a long time.

"I will, Marlena." Louis said softly, "I will find my Zihuatanejo. By then, you will be the first one to see it. I am already on the way. I see

Come on, I just... I just need a ticket."

When Louis and Lorraine got home, they kissed their wives goodnight and shut themselves up in their work room.

On Louis' desk, there is a notebook.

The first page of the notebook reads: beautiful basketball.

Louis named it "Beautiful Basketball". This book does not yet have a preface, because the preface often needs to be guiding, but he did not know how to go about this new system before.

Suddenly, his mind was opened.

So, he wrote this passage in the "Foreword": "Every coach hopes to master the 'secret' of basketball throughout his life. Here, I call it 'Zihuatanejo'. And in

In basketball, the only way to get to Zihuatanejo is to play the perfect offense. What is the perfect offense? In 1986, the greatest player of all time, Larry Bird, scored 1.29 points per shot. This is

The highest value in league history. So, does this mean that the Celtics can conduct a large number of offenses with him as the core, or should the Celtics do this?

If the perfect offense is 'Zihuatanejo', then what is the path to reach it? In a scoring path, the point guard may choose to make a pull-up jump shot or a breakthrough layup, and the wing player may choose to shoot in the corner

Hit a three-pointer, or cut to the basket to catch the ball and dunk. In Larry's case, his scoring rate per shot ranks first in history. Does this mean that if he takes more shots, the Celtics

Will people's scoring rate also increase? The answer is no.

That's the biggest obstacle in basketball, even if you have the best players, your team won't get to "Zihuatanejo" without a carefully planned path.

So, have you decided to read on?"

Louis is standing at the most delicate historical point in basketball. He has personally created an era where all teams are playing the game his way. This is enough to put him on par with any hallowed coach in history.

However, when he chose to leave New York, gave up writing eternal myths in Apple City, and came to Los Angeles for a new challenge, he decided to give up his past ideas. This kind of moment where the destiny of an individual and the team is crucial, Louis

After being shaken, I became more determined and decided to take a new path.

This kind of moment often happens within a day, an hour, or even a minute, but the impact it has is enough to transcend time, shining like a star, illuminating the entire night.

ps: Do you know how painful it is for someone like me who doesn’t know much about football to write this kind of thing? You won’t know, you will just call me short.

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