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Those who support him and those who oppose him are making his life better.

According to leaked information, Bao Ke Meng will release a new exchange card deck on June 16, containing 151 Pokemon cards from the very beginning of the first generation, including a Yong Kilaka card.

Yong Kira is a superpower Pokemon who looks like a yellow fox with a spoon in her hand.

PTCG cards are copied as frequently as our own video games, but Yong Kira has long been excluded. This is all due to a lawsuit by a self-proclaimed "superpower".

This "superpower" is called Uri Geller, and his best and most famous trick is to bend spoons between spaces. In 2000, he sued Nintendo after believing that Yong Kilaka violated his portrait right, leaving him absent from Pokemonka for nearly 20 years.

In 2020, Geller abruptly dropped the lawsuit and apologized to the vast number of Pokemon games and card players. Two years later, Geller came forward to help promote the copy card set in June on social media.

It is not difficult to predict that Geller's fans and some passers-by are grateful to him, while others think that Geller's motives are not pure, and then doubt what he has been through over the years.

Set off a superpower frenzy in 1946, Geller was born into a poor family in Tel Aviv. Tel Aviv was a Palestinian city hosted by Britain at that time and later became the economic center of Israel. At the age of 18, Geller joined the Israeli paratroopers and was wounded in the third Middle East War in 1967.

After retiring, Geller worked as a photographic model and nightclub entertainer, by bending metal spoons and keys, making clock hands stop or go faster, and sensing words or pictures across the space. become well-known in this tiny place of Israel.

One of Geller's early photos was during the Cold War, and both the United States and the Soviet Union carried out research related to human superpowers. "superpowers" like Geller will sooner or later attract the attention of the United States.

In 1972, Geller went to the United States and was tested by the Stanford Institute and the CIA. According to the CIA report published in 2017, the testers at the time concluded: "given Geller's success during this experiment, we think he demonstrated his natural perception in a convincing and clear way."

At the same time, Geller became the guest of honor on all kinds of TV programs in the United States. His performance of bending spoons was summed up by the audience as the "Geller effect" and became a symbol of supernatural abilities.

Geller has attracted questions from many folk magicians who believe that most of Geller's "superpowers" performances, including curved spoons, can be repeated one by one by magic. Geller does not deny this, but he insists that he has achieved the same result with mental strength.

However, a few people who tried to debunk Geller were successful. One of the most famous is James James Randi, who has devoted his life to magical tricks to show the truth of so-called "superpowers".

James Randy (1928-2020) in a 1973 TV show, the host accepted Randy's advice to prepare props without notifying Geller, deliberately canceled the interview in the official program, put the props up, and directly asked Geller to prove his ability. Geller could not guess which of the ten film boxes was filled with water, nor could he bend any of the spoons provided by the show.

Geller (center) is "sensing" the hammering show planned by Randy in the film box is counterproductive. Viewers who believe in Geller's abilities also insist that failures make his "talent" more real-if Geller is just a magician, he should be successful every time. That same night, he received invitations from other TV stations and was a great success in the following performance.

Instead, Randy became the unpopular party. Once when he used magic tricks to recreate Geller's curved spoon performance, a university professor yelled at Randy as a liar because he "pretended to use magic tricks but actually used psychic powers."

The superpower frenzy of that era was evident. After becoming famous, Geller not only participated in TV programs, but also explored (or divined) for government departments, oil or mining companies, and used various metaphysical means to help sports teams win games. These jobs eventually made him a millionaire.

At the 1996 European Football Championships (Euro 1996), Geller, who was in a helicopter, helped England win by moving Scotland's key penalty with his mind. as a result, he received about 11000 hate letters from Scottish fans-at least that's what he told the story.

After Geller in the helicopter was fighting Nintendo's legal department for fame, his enemy Randy bore the brunt of a round-up lawsuit against those who questioned him. The complaint against Randy was pursued all the way from the United States and Europe to Japan, but without a single victory. Until his death, Randy didn't pay Geller a penny, but paid a lot of money for his defense.

Geller never misses anyone or anything who quotes his own image without permission. After a watch advertisement featured a superpower who bent the spoon but could not stop the hands of the watch, Geller sued with the watch and the advertising company and was fined $149000 for "filing a meaningless lawsuit." He also filed a lawsuit against Ikea because there was a chair called Yuri, which sold because of its bent legs.

There are exceptions to everything, such as the Matrix has not been found by Geller to sue a Pokemonka card seen for the first time, which is probably Geller's own stress reaction and the knock-on effect of the above litigation.

According to Geller, during Christmas in 1999, he visited a Pokemon toy store in Japan and saw hundreds of children crowding over, clutching a card from the same yellow fox and asking Geller to sign his autograph. He also shouted a word similar to the Japanese pronunciation of the name Yuri Geller: "Yong Kira!" (thank you very much)

The first card Geller saw was the Rockets' version of Evil Warrior Kira in November 2000, when Geller sued Nintendo, which issued Pokemon cards, for more than 60 million pounds in damages for infringing portrait rights.

He claimed that Yong Kira had a star on her forehead and three curved stripes on her body, such as lightning or the letter S, suspected of alluding to the Nazi German SS (SS) during World War II. "I will not allow an aggressive and, in some cases, evil character to take me as a prototype," he said. "it even has nothing to do with the old question of whether I am a magician or a true psionic one. This is a direct theft of my personality."

It is true that Nintendo did not apply for permission from reference characters when designing Pokemon. In Europe and the United States, the name of the same Pokemon has been localized as "Kadabra", which reads like a spell, but not enough to remind people of specific superpowers.

An English version of Yong Killa, released in 2003, evolved from Casey and can evolve into Hudi itself. The three superpowers Pokemon are all based on the three masters in reality.

Casey refers to the American prophet Edgar Casey (Edgar Cayce,1877-1945), who can answer the cure in his sleep. Hudi is named after Harry Houdini (Harry Houdini,1874-1926), who is famous for his escape magic and, in his later years, devoted himself to debunking the magic tricks behind "superpowers" as Randy's ancestor.

From left to right: of the three archetypes, Casey, Hudi and Yong Kira, only Geller is still alive, and only Geller can initiate this protracted lawsuit.

In 2008, Nikko Zhengguang, director of Baokemeng animation, said that the two sides had not yet reached an agreement on the lawsuit, and that there would be no new Yongji Raqa until then. This is the only news from the official source in 20 years.

Not only are the Yong Kilaka cards gone, but Casey, who evolved into Yong Keira, rarely appears again. There is a Kessica card issued in 2007, which can ignore the original evolutionary chain and use "hyperevolution" to become a huidi directly. Since then, Bao Ke Mengka has introduced a variety of new mechanisms to allow Bao Ke Meng, which should have evolved step by step on the court, to enter directly, and Hu Di has just become a typical representative of the application of this kind of mechanism.

In the 20 years since Casey became an online celebrity in the 2007 expansion pack, Geller's arrogance and arrogance have not changed much with age. He still shows off his talent on television shows around the world, boasting to viewers about the power of "supernatural phenomena".

In 2012, Jiangsu Satellite TV invited Geller to perform "special powers" at the New year's concert. Geller also learned Internet speech skills and concave people. He set up his own website and launched Twitter and Facebook. He often scrapes the headlines, posts some kind of prediction on social media, or shows that he is working on a hot event and appears to be busy.

Yuri Geller's official website in 2019, Geller wrote an open letter to the then British Prime Minister Theresa May, saying that he would "not allow" her to lead Britain out of the European Union and would use her telepathic ability to stop her. During Euro 2020, Geller made the opposite decision to help Scotland beat England. In 2021, when he heard that the freighter Ever Given was stuck in the Suez Canal, he immediately offered to use his ability to shift the freighter.

Geller also said that Russian President Vladimir Putin has not used nuclear weapons so far, thanks to his "mental ability." He called on the public to take five seconds a day to imagine a "vibrant force field" and "a dazzling golden shield in the sky" that would "deflect and repel" any incoming nuclear warhead.

"only aliens and curved spoons can stop Putin from launching a nuclear bomb." We now know that Britain voted to leave the European Union in 2021, played a 0-0 draw in the European Cup game, and the "long Chi" was rescued. Probably thanks to the excavator master present.

As for Putin, it is true that he did not use nuclear weapons, only this, we hope that Geller will not be hit in the face.

On the flip side of conceit, Geller shows unusual enthusiasm in communicating with others, especially for fans of the younger generation. In an interview with the German media Telepolis in 2008, Geller gave a message to teenagers who wrote to him saying they had superpowers that was completely different from what the somniloquy Geller could give:

"forget the paranormal! bend the spoon! compared to this, focus on your studies! be a positive thinker! believe in yourself and set a goal for yourself! go to college! don't smoke and don't do drugs!"

This may have something to do with Geller becoming a grandfather and laying the groundwork for him to drop the lawsuit against Yonkiraka.

If pleas, petitions, condemnation or protests from Pokemon fans are external causes, then Geller's two granddaughters are probably internal causes. Geller said that when he was talking to them, he suddenly realized the children's "sadness of losing Yong Kira," and then changed his mind.

As early as 2016, Geller expressed his willingness to reconcile. He asked on Facebook and Twitter: was the spoon-wielding "Yong Kira" based on Geller? Most netizens replied in the affirmative, one of which replied, this is a kind of tribute and praise to you.

In November 2020, Geller sent an email to foreign media TheGamer, claiming that he was in contact with Nintendo to withdraw any appeal against the card and reissue Yong Kira. On Twitter, Geller apologized to "children and adults" affected by his ban, adding, "it may be one of the rarest cards right now."

In another tweet, Geller showed netizens an oversized suitcase full of Pokemon toys and cards, except for Yong Kira, Casey and Hudi.

A month later, Geller received a paper thank-you letter from Ishihara, president of Bao Ke Meng Company. In 2021, he framed the letter, along with some of Yong Kira's merchandise, in a glass curtain wall as an exhibit in his personal museum.

Ishihara's thank-you note opened a personal museum based on the Jewish obsession with "returning home", and the Geller family moved back to Tel Aviv, Israel, from Britain in 2015. Later, a local real estate agent recommended to Geller an abandoned soap factory built during the Ottoman Empire in the 19th century.

After more than five years and an investment of 5.5 million pounds, Geller converted part of the building into a personal museum, the Yuri Geller Museum. There is a 16-meter-long bending spoon in front of the museum, which is a symbol of Geller himself. Certified by Guinness World Records, this is the largest spoon in the world.

The oversized Spoon Museum is open seven days a week for 90 minutes and requires groups of at least 20 people to book in advance with tickets of 50 new Israeli shekels (99 yuan) per person.

Geller's photo with the museum sign exists only to show off Geller's own private collection. It is not realistic to expect the museum to show Geller's "psionic" principle. It will not include anything that can debunk Geller. At best, you can see the original file of CIA testing his powers.

However, Geller's exhibits are not without ornamental value, only because of their half-century span, 90% of the exhibits are gifts from their own exchanges with celebrities or world leaders, such as Maradona signed football jackets, boxing gloves signed by boxing champion Ali, Trump signed "make America Great again" red hat, and so on. Geller said he had the nerve to visit celebrities and may have to force himself to show off his powers before getting them.

Some of Kobe Bryant's signed basketball exhibits are priceless. Geller is a close friend of Michael Jackson, and there are several Jackson relics in the museum. Geller claimed to have worked as a bodyguard for the former president of Mexico and got a crystal skull from the president. When the king of Nigeria met Geller, he gave him a walking stick covered with blue diamonds. The Spanish surrealist painter Salvador Dali gave him a crystal ball, which is said to belong to Leonardo da Vinci.

There is also a golden egg from singer John Lennon. Lennon said the golden egg came from an alien, and Geller's first reaction was to ask him, "what did you smoke?" But Lennon swore he was telling the truth.

One of the most intriguing exhibits of Geller and the golden egg is a model Libyan plane given by Gaddafi.

In 2009, Gaddafi prepared to address the United Nations General Assembly, because he could not book a hotel in New York, so he set up a large tent on the grass for the night. According to Geller, he took the opportunity to meet Gaddafi and still remembers him shouting to himself: "you are from Israel!" I will give you something so that you can remind your people what they have done to us! "

A few months later, Geller received a model Boeing plane, and he speculated that Gaddafi was satirizing the plane crash in Libya in 1973. At that time, the situation in the Middle East was on the brink of tension, and the unfortunate plane veered off course due to bad weather and instrument failure and was shot down by the Israeli Air Force. The air crash became the fuse of the fourth Middle East War.

The photo of the plane was taken in 1972. in addition, there are at least 2000 bent metal spoons in the museum, some belonging to Geller himself, some donations from all over the world, and some also from various celebrities: former King Farook of Egypt, former Soviet Prime Minister Khrushchev, former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, Princess Diana of Britain.

In the reports related to the museum, Geller, who has entered his infancy, is still full of energy and enthusiasm, taking the trouble to lead the tour group to visit the pavilion and personally explain the story of the exhibits to the tourists. He will perform a performance of bending metal spoons in public and end by showing visitors the tattoos of the metal spoons on his arm.

In an interview with the Guardian, Geller said: "I had fun seeing people surprised at my collection."

"I am now a big fan of Pokemon," said the 76-year-old Geller interviewed by game media Kotaku after news of the Yonkiraka card reproduction came out to the public. He found an Israeli Pok é mon card expert to help him buy some rare cards and add them to his personal collection and museums.

Pokemon exhibits in the museum, however, when the reporter in charge of the interview asked Geller, "do you have any other Pokemon besides Yong Kira," Geller changed the subject and asked the reporter whether those rare Pokemon cards could really sell for millions of dollars.

In the future, Geller's online store is likely to be on the Yong Kira card. The online store sells a small number of exhibits from the museum, as well as works of art made by him. For example, a Marvel comic book, Daredevil, which mentions the protagonist working with Geller, signed by Geller, sells for $200. There is also a copper pistol with bent barrel engraved with the words "peace" in English, Hebrew and Arabic, but such a "peace" costs $6000.

Expensive "peace" despite Geller's claim that most of the revenue from museums and online stores will go to Israeli children's charities to support children displaced by war. He also said that half of the about 1000 children he had helped were Palestinians.

However, 2020 happens to be the time for the Pokemonka market to rise sharply, which is bound to cast doubt on Geller's real motive for abandoning the Yong Kira lawsuit, as confusing as his so-called "superpowers".

Geller is perhaps one of the most famous professional liars in human history. But the difference between him and some of his peers is that he has never been killed, and he makes money only through popular and entertaining, completely legal means, which people can't hate. Both supporters and opponents are contributing heat to today's Geller, as long as it is hot, Geller's business can continue to operate.

Even a staunch materialist who never believes in the existence of the paranormal must admit that Geller is not a madman and a psychopath, but an extremely intelligent man, a Jew who is highly stereotyped. From superpower shows to Pokemonka, not many people have been more successful in packaging and marketing themselves.

Even Geller himself admitted in a report in the Jerusalem Post: "I am a born performer and publicist." I don't have a manager or a spokesman. I know how to go with the trend and attract tabloids, governments and scientists. I will make trouble and succeed. "

This article is from the official account of Wechat: game Research Society (ID:yysaag), author: Zhaoyue

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