My Mr. Mermaid (浪花一朵朵)

​ Segments and Subtitles brought to you by the Just Keep Swimming Volunteer Team @ Viki

Episode 2 -

Tang Yibai

You still haven't told me why you gave me these goggles

Don't worry. It's definitely not because I fell in love at first sight.

What are you saying? What love at first sight?

If you really want to know why I gave you those, there is a reason why.

All these years, you are my first interviewer.

Come on come on. You have to be okay.

I have high hopes for you! You can't be dead!

Great! The data is still here! That's great.

I should confirm that all the data is here until I tell Teacher Sun.

Left, right, left, right, down.

Left, right, left, right, down.

Hey.

What are you thinking about? Don't tell me you're still thinking about that little reporter?

I'm not thinking about her.

You're still denying it? The way you looked at her today wasn't right . There's definitely something going on.

That's right Brother Yibai. I also thought there was something wrong with you today.

Go away. I don't have the energy to deal with you guys. - Hey! Where are you going?

Later, we'll crush their power and prestige. -That's a must. -That's right.

What did you come here for?

What else can we do here? Obviously, we came to train.

To train?

According to last time, our male and female swimming teams came to an agreement.

the training room currently belongs to us. There are still 5 minutes and 31 seconds before it's your turn.

Are you guys here to watch us hotties?

Hotties? Where? I don't see any.

I only see a narcissist loser.

Xiang Yangyang, what do you want?

What about it?

You want to challenge my authority, huh?

I saw you guys were only chatting, not training!

Since you won't use the equipment, don't waste resources.

Not satisfied? Let's have a duel!

Fine. You win this time.

Since I'm in a good mood today, I won't fight with you,

but you better listen up: Today, I am only going easy on her.

Ming Tian, Lingye, let's go.

Oh, yay! - Sisters, let's go!

Begin. Prepare for training. - Yes!

What? You want to interview Tang Yibai?

Yes. Teacher Sun, last night...

Don't tell me. Yun Duo,

how could you ignore my words?

Tang Yibai is merely an insignificant competitor who just passed his school's trial.

How would he be newsworthy?

But he-- - No but's. Let me tell you.

In the current college swimming circle, there are only four males

who are newsworthy.

They are the Four Swim Stars from the four major physical education colleges.

The first is from East Physical Education College. He has unsurpassable leg muscles.

He has shown repeated success in short distance freestyle events.

He once defeated all other Japanese and Korea competitors in the Asia U17 Championship,

taking home the gold medal. His nickname is "Beast of the East," Ding Liangjian.

The second returned to China from America last year.

He is currently a sophomore in the western Yisuo University.

He once won two gold medals for freestyle in 1500 meters and 800 meters in the American High School Championships.

People call him "Hottie of the West," Lin Haoyang.

I won't let you stay arrogant for too long.

Then, we have the one from South Physical.

He won the gold medal at the previous Dream Cup competition in 1500 freestyle with a record-breaking result.

His actions completely confuse people.

But because of this, he has gained the love of swim fans across the nation.

People call him "Madman of the South," Qi Ruifeng.

Lastly, the strongest of the four,

has not lost a single time since his college swimming career.

He's the three-time gold medalist at Dream Cup's 100 freestyle.

He comes from North Physical. He's number one in the Chinese college swimming circle.

People call him "Sovereign of the North," Ouyang Heng.

Sovereign of the North, Ouyang Heng. Madman of the South, Qi Ruifeng.

Beast of the East, Ding Liangjian. Hottie of the West, Lin Haoyang.

Yun Duo, you need to firmly remember these four names.

They will be your future interview targets. Understand?

Yes. - I'll give you another chance right now.

Who will you interview next?

James Lin, have you made your decision?

In the past, if you hadn't helped our company reorganize our finances,

our company would not have survived that financial crisis.

Moreover, we wouldn't have our current success.

I will never forget your help,

so after I heard that you're planning to make your comeback,

I immediately came here from America, in hopes that

you will consider our company as your first comeback stage after your four-year leave.

Really. If you're willing, we'll agree to anything

that you suggest.

I'm sorry, President Wang.

I've already decided my next destination.

What?

Also, don't call me James Lin anymore

because four years ago,

I abandoned this name.

Teacher Sun, say something. Don't ignore me!

Look at how hesitant you were earlier.

No matter what your Tang Yibai has done in the past,

it has nothing to do with news

because nobody would care.

They wouldn't care because they don't know.

Just because they don't know, I think it's a good piece of news.

Yun Duo, I don't want to be too blunt, understand?

Look at that.

What is that? - This is the name list of the current interns.

Wrong.

That is the newbie performance log that Director Liu purposefully placed there for everyone to see.

Newbie performance log?

Yes.

All the interns will be ranked by Director Liu,

according to your performance. Look at your current rank.

Out of 13 people, I'm 7th. Not bad!

Not bad? Yun Duo,

let me tell you the truth. We currently have 13 interns.

Director Liu will only keep the first two!

Thirteen people fighting for two spots?

Yes.

If I'm in 7th, wouldn't that be risky?

Very, very risky. You finally know?

Hello? Yes, yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Okay.

Teacher Sun, why did I go from 7th to 12th?

Yun Duo, I think it's because Director Liu found out you broke the camera in the water.

I heard that he was very angry after he found out.

You should be glad that he didn't directly fire you.

Aiya,

Yun Duo, don't act so sad, like a stray dog.

I'm telling you,

even if at this stage, I never thought of giving up on you.

Right now, you must do your best to change your image in Director Liu's heart.

How? Write exclusive news reports!

Write exclusive reports that others can only dream of.

Understand? Don't overthink it.

Teacher Sun!

Teacher Sun, you're right.

Because of this, I need to work harder. - Yes!

I personally saw Tang Yibai's competition.

According to my intuition, Tang Yibai is exclusive news.

Look.

Look who's holding the gold medal in this picture.

This is... - This is Qi Ruifeng and Tang Yibai.

The one on the side.

It's Sovereign of the North, Ouyang Heng. - Right! Sovereign of the North, Ouyang Heng!

This was from their National Middle School Swimming Championships.

I already researched it. Tang Yibai did outstanding,

even better than Ouyang Heng.

The gold medalist is Tang Yibai.

Later, I found much more information. Before Tang Yibai turned 18, he won many medals.

The problem is, the latest news I found

was that he successfully passed the Asia Elite Training Team's trial competition,

but later, he was disqualified, and completely disappeared from the swimming circle.

Since then, he has not entered another competition, and there were no more news of him.

He has only now reappeared in the swimming circle, four years later.

He was just about to shine in the swimming circle, but he suddenly left. It's such major news,

but no matter how I researched, I couldn't find anything.

Hey,

are you ready?

You don't want to know why he lost these four years?

It really is a little strange.

Isn't that right, Teacher Sun?

This mystery is making me so torn.

I want to just grab Tang Yibai by the collar and ask him!

I believe that once he achieves great results in swimming, many people will want to do the same.

Teacher Sun, don't you think this is the best exclusive report?

Fine. Keep this for now.

We can investigate this further after we finish

interviewing the competition. Get back to work now.

Hey, Yun Duo,

take this.

Why are you in a daze? Take it.

Teacher Sun, I just broke the camera you gave me.

Are you giving me another expensive one?

It's not expensive. It's a price I won two years ago in the annual convention.

Plus, we work in the field of video news.

Of course you need a good recorder. Just put it up.

I don't even care anymore, so why are you still afraid?

Take it! - Thank you, Teacher Sun.

Yun Duo, I originally was going to gift this recorder to my baby daughter,

but now it's yours. You must take care of it and not break it again.

Okay! Thank you, Teacher Sun.

Wherever this is, I will be there. I'll treasure it!

Teacher Sun, wait for me!

Teacher Sun!

In this joint warm-up match of the four southern physical colleges,

the most exciting competition is this male 4x100 meter mixed relay race.

You can do it!

Segments and Subtitles brought to you by the Just Keep Swimming Volunteer Team @ Viki

Okay. Right now, lane three's

second swimmer, Competitor Ming Tian, has gotten a good jump start.

He has broken through the uniform speed from the first round of backstroke swimmers. - Yes.

Oh, no.

The competition already started!

Yun Duo, hurry.

Good! A beautiful turn around.

South Physical's Team A competitor, Ming Tian, at lane three has distanced himself 1/4 of a body length from the others.

Yes.

He is 0.86 seconds ahead of the second place swimmer, Zheng Wenjie from South Physical's Team B.

Excuse me. I'm a little late.

Yun Duo! Come.

Excuse me.

I'm sorry.