Amidst a Snowstorm of Love (2024) s01e28 Episode Script

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ADAPTED FROM DURING THE SNOWSTORM
BY MOBAO FEIBAO
I'll play snooker.
Wu Wei, Fan Wencong,
keep an eye on Men's 8-ball and 9-ball.
An'an, help them with that.
Okay.
Dongxin City doesn't have women's snooker.
Lin Lin,
let's add one.
No problem.
If this project is assigned to me,
I'll go.
Take a look yourself.
Just get ready for those you're eligible.
Okay.
-Xiran.
-You were looking for me?
You are no longer in Dongxin City,
but still,
we'll prepare together.
You are included.
Thank you.
Xiran, you're being too formal.
We all grew up together.
We are each in charge of a project.
We must follow up on this
until the final list comes out.
In this indoor sports event,
we must be in our best condition.
-Okay.
-Okay.
Can you do it?
Have you ever seen me say I can't?
Thank you, Tao.
Ice it a bit more.
Okay.
Actually, it's okay
to skip one or two events.
Men's snooker is our strong point.
You're our safety net, no matter what.
But we might be weak on some events.
If someone is truly better than me,
I don't mind skipping a few events.
I don't care about
the individual medal count.
But the total medal count for our team
cannot be less than others.
Tell me if you need help.
I will.
The official list
is out.
PRE-GAME MOBILIZATION MEETING
OF CHINA NATIONAL BILLIARDS TEAM
I see many new faces.
For many of you present,
I am also a new face.
Simply put,
I am the current head coach
of the national billiards team,
Zhou Bin.
I hereby announce the list of players
qualified for the event.
I'll start with the women.
"Women's 9-ball.
Yin Guo,
Liu Xiran,
and Zhang Danyang."
-Go for it.
-Good luck.
"The Six-Red Snooker.
Yin Guo,
Lin Lin,
and Yao Qingzhu."
Come on, Yin Guo.
We'll fight together.
-Go for it!
-"Women's Eight-ball.
Chengyan, Wen Xiao,
and Lue Haocheng."
Go for it!
Now for the boys.
"Men's snooker singles.
Lin Yiyang,
Meng Xiaodong,
and Yang An.
Men's 9-ball.
Lin Yiyang,
Wu Wei, and Chen An'an.
Men's Eight-ball,
Lin Yiyang,
Li Qingyan,
and Jiang Han.
Men's snooker team,
Lin Yiyang,
Meng Xiaodong,
and Jiang Yang."
It has been years
since our last participation
in the billiards events of a convention
of comprehensive sports.
In the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games,
I was there.
I am very happy
that today
I can be
with all our billiards players
present here
to train together.
Next, I will announce
the captain of this year's
national billiards team.
Lin Yiyang.
Hello, everyone.
I am the captain
of this year's national billiards team,
Lin Yiyang.
That's really concise.
But he participated
in all the men's events.
Everyone knows him.
-No introduction is needed.
-The people on the official list
will have targeted training
based on their events.
While the others will train
with the competitors in three days.
Those who didn't get elected
can get prepared for the future.
In a while, we will share
some notes with all of you.
Take a look.
All right.
That's all.
Let's meet at the training ground.
The base will be bustling.
We have eight out of the top 20
in the women's world rankings.
It's even more exciting
than the world competition.
For this shot,
it's about the top spin.
Lighter.
Hello?
Okay.
Try it one more time.
Yiyang, cover for me for two minutes.
Just go.
-An'an.
-Pay attention to the angle of your arms.
-Thank you.
-Watch your elbows.
Watch this.
Keep your arms vertical.
So your stroke will be more stable.
Does your shoulder hurt?
It's not like that.
I'm fine.
Have you eaten?
Yiyang,
give it to me.
Let's go to my office.
Okay.
I'll come back to check on you later.
My mom has heard
that you secured all the spots
in the competition.
She is really happy.
I've already promised your mom.
I've definitely got to do it.
My Captain Lin,
you've already become a person of renown
before getting into the training camp.
I'm flattered,
the most popular
women's 9-ball top player.
Then
how do you plan to reward me?
What reward do you want?
I'd like
to see something.
I'd like to see your competition files.
Just the ones from before,
when you competed.
I mean when you were young.
About this tall, I guess.
When I was little,
I was already this tall.
What?
Show me.
Show me. Please.
Show me.
If you can't find them, leave them.
I will find them.
Mr. He has organized everything here
in particularly good order.
Could it be in another box?
I don't think so.
All of Mr. He's materials are right here.
What are you doing?
Have you seen the training materials
from when Duncuo was young?
Before Mr. He left, he…
He came to look at them himself.
It's over there.
FILE FOLDER, LIN YIYANG
He couldn't handle this at that time.
I helped to open it.
YIYANG, 2005
He must have forgotten
to take it out back then.
Do you want to replace it?
YIYANG, 2005
This one is good.
You were really cute
when you were little.
Are you happy now?
Sit.
Just sit.
I asked you to sit.
Wait for me.
I will be going back tonight
to attend a meeting in Bei City.
We'll have to be at the base tomorrow
before we can meet.
To celebrate our entrance
to the training camp tomorrow,
I'm going to give you
a good tidy-up today.
Tidy-up?
I haven't offended you, have I?
I'm giving you a good sorting.
I'm going to tidy up your face for you.
Can you do it?
Teach me then.
Is it like this?
I'm starting.
Does it hurt?
No, it doesn't.
Use some strength.
Congratulations
on defeating all your opponents
and securing
all the competition qualifications.
Don't move or talk
or I will cut you.
We'll be entering
the training camp tomorrow,
and you will be my captain.
Today, you should listen to me.
On the team,
I'll listen to you.
Yin Guo has also arrived.
Let's get started.
Li Qingyan, I'll practice with you today.
Okay.
I still can't hold the cue stick.
I will watch you play.
But the head coach gave me a task
to give you a qualitative leap
within 70 days.
In other words,
if there comes a day
when I really can't make it,
you will have to coordinate well
with Yiyang and Xiaodong.
Don't worry.
I'll treat it as an official match.
You're Meng Xiaodong's best disciple.
Relax.
Lin Lin.
You are with me.
Are you really letting Meng Xiaodong
play against Lin Lin?
Worry about yourself.
Meng Xiaodong taught you
how to play snooker.
You are not bad.
Let's just start.
If you practice with me,
won't it affect your own training?
Not at all.
I will spar separately
with your brother and Jiang Yang.
Don't worry.
All right.
It's up to you to manage.
You have four events.
Your pressure is greater than mine.
Miss,
look at me.
Let's start the game.
Am I playing against a robot?
You…
You play quite well.
You're right.
It means I have a big problem.
No.
You've played
in women's snooker competitions.
You have a better foundation than Yin Guo.
Compared to them,
you did play well.
Who asked you to praise me?
Can you give me some useful advice?
I'm observing.
It's my habit.
I need to first identify your problems
and then provide solutions.
Is this the first time you've known me?
Am I the kind of person
who'd joke about this?
It's not that I doubt it.
It's just
that you never say anything
and I can't guess what you're thinking.
I always get anxious.
Don't.
I'll tell you.
Come on.
Please the crowd.
How many types can you play?
I…
I did the math.
It's probably around six types.
But it's not certain
all of them will successfully pocket.
It demands too much precision.
All right. That's about it.
There's a welcome banquet later.
Go back, have a rest, and take a bath.
Don't be late.
All right.
-Let's go.
-Let's go.
I have something to show you.
Tell me.
Who else have you shown this to?
No one else has seen it.
I practiced it for you.
Yiyang, the head coach wants to see you.
What's going on with you two?
It's like puppy love with all the secrecy.
But once your relationship
spreads in the two clubs,
plus the international games
you're joining,
there will be no secret any more.
We have discussed it in advance
and agreed on this.
He is the team captain
and he cannot openly date,
so we have to keep it lowkey.
Do you know
that your brother forfeited a game
when he was 13?
But there's something
you definitely don't know.
They both
participated in the competition
when they were 13.
But
your brother lost to Lin Yiyang
in the group stage
and directly forfeited the game.
In the following year,
he worked up his energy
to win the championship
and that's how he became famous.
No wonder…
No wonder my brother
harbors special feelings
for Lin Yiyang.
Tell you what.
When he went to Hull,
he asked me to persuade Lin Yiyang
to return to China as soon as he saw him.
Jiang Yang seemed to have participated
in the national competition back then too.
During those years
when their paths crossed,
your brother forfeited a game
in the first year,
and Lin Yiyang forfeited a game
in the last year.
It's quite interesting.
Your brother and Lin Yiyang
were born in the same year,
with Lin Yiyang being a few months older.
Both of them are sixth
in their family ranking
as well as genius players.
They are also good friends.
They are blood brothers
who strive to win against each other.
Yin Guo.
I'll be leaving first. Bye.
When we were eating,
Lin Lin said
that my brother once forfeited a game
when he was younger
because of you.
All right.
I admit
that you are better than my brother.
It also depends on the condition.
However,
he had already admitted
the fact that I was better than him
when he was 13.
Look at you.
Can you be a little more humble?
There is no humility on the field.
I think
you will be cuter
while being a little more humble.
Actually, Meng Xiaodong
has his own merits.
For example?
I'll say when I think of them.
I knew it.
You are back.
Are you going to sleep?
No.
I'm reading the head coach's rules.
We are treated like children.
Once it hits 11 p.m.,
the lights will be out.
It's like boarding in high school, right?
We've got to get used to it.
I need to blow-dry my hair.
Give me two minutes. I'll be quick.
It's all right. I'm not sleeping yet.
Go ahead.
Slow down. This bed isn't very stable.
Lin Lin,
when you were younger,
who led the team
during the national competitions?
Well,
it depends.
Anyway, Mr. He was old.
So he seldom led the team.
Usually it would be
either my coach
or Fan Wencong's coach.
Before they left each time,
they would tell Mr. He,
"Don't worry.
We will definitely not bully Lin Yiyang."
Then Mr. He would say,
"You can bully him as you wish
and take the heat out of him."
But the truth is,
at that time,
everyone seemed to fear Yiyang
and nobody dared provoke him.
But in reality,
he was someone everyone cherished.
For example, my coach
felt sorry for him
while knowing his pride.
He couldn't provide for him directly.
Whenever he wanted to buy him some food,
he would
buy an extra portion for me
and then tell me,
"If you can't finish it,
just share with him."
Your coach
is really too kind.
They all are.
Other coaches have also
had their own ways to be nice to him.
It's good to share a room with me, right?
Later,
I will tell you everything slowly.
Actually,
I do want to know
the stories about his past.
But every time I hear them,
it just breaks my heart.
He has you now, doesn't he?
It's all in the past.
Things will get better.
By the way, I wonder whether…
something happened to your brother
during his training when he was abroad.
My brother?
Yes.
It's just that…
Don't tell him I'm the one who asked.
This is our little secret.
-You must not tell him.
-Got it.
Forget it. I guess you don't know either.
Hurry up and go to sleep.
We have training tomorrow.
-Good night.
-Good night.
Are you done chatting?
How did you know we were chatting?
I could guess.
Then can you guess
what the chat was about?
It's most likely
that she made me sound pitiful.
You're so good at guessing.
Open your window.
You wouldn't be
outside my window, would you?
This is against the team rules.
When did you leave it?
Before I left.
I stood on the terrace for two minutes.
If you wanted to pursue
someone in the past,
I guess they would fall for you
in no time.
You should ask Lin Lin more
about what I was like in the past.
I couldn't possibly
pursue anyone except for you.
Lin Yiyang, are you playing?
Go to bed quickly.
Good night.
How did you
put up with him all these years?
I didn't.
I just yield.
Young Master Meng,
now is the time to rest.
He has an old injury
and I don't have a good arm.
You're the only one here
whose physical indicators
are all perfectly normal.
It's tough on the two of us.
Besides,
I think for billiards,
the most important thing
is to meet your match.
Lin Yiyang is here. Are you still afraid
you won't regain your status?
He's better than those disciples
of yours from Bei City, isn't he?
I just can't stand you guys.
You are never serious.
Especially in the locker room.
Your attitude is not proper at all.
Come on.
Show him some attitude.
It's no fun training like this.
What?
Let's do it a bit faster.
Sure. Why not?
Don't think I can't do it
since I've never played.
Let's wait and see.
Let's take a break and have some tea.
Hey,
it's 1 a.m. and you're drinking tea?
I've done this for over 20 years.
I've become immune to tea long ago.
I'm not used to water
with no taste anymore.
Speaking of which,
the last time the three of us
gathered like this,
we were all still young.
I've been waiting for this day
for a long time.
To have the bosses of the two major clubs
fly to Hull,
it could only be you.
Among the three of us,
I'm the one
who talks the least.
Not anymore.
Now
you're the best at making small talk.
That's different.
Thank you both
for coming to me.
Thank you.
TWO MONTHS LATER
-Let's go.
-Let's go.
Zhou.
-There is a problem with the luggage.
-Go for it!
Go for it.
You'd better deal with it quickly.
Yiyang, there's a problem
with the luggage.
Let's wait.
There's a problem with the luggage.
Let's pull over and wait a moment.
Look.
Is today your birthday?
No, it's not.
Yiyang, is this your surprise
for your girlfriend?
9-BALL YIN GUO
How could it be?
We are here for the competition.
It's not proper to do this.
Then it's just fans.
They put a lot of effort into it.
-Yin Guo, go for it!
-Yin Guo, go for it!
-Yin Guo, go for it!
-Yin Guo, go for it!
Thank you.
Yin Guo, good luck with the gold medal.
I have faith in you.
Thank you all.
Thank you.
That guy
seems to have been pursuing Yin Guo
for years, right?
Last time,
he contacted Yin Guo's dad,
asking if he could introduce him
to officially meet her.
Hey, sunshine.
Judging by your look,
are you worried about Lin Yiyang
or thinking about the young guy
who has been pursuing you at the airport?
What are you talking about?
It's not like that.
Nobody is pursuing me.
That's not pursuing at all.
Listen.
You'd better check on your boyfriend.
He's probably sulking
and jealous right now.
He can't be, can he?
Well, he has a lot of fans too.
I'm not jealous.
He can't be?
Then you should go and see.
The free time is limited.
If you don't go now, it'll be too late.
Besides,
before the match,
you must comfort our captain
and put his mind at ease.
Then I'll go take a look.
Go ahead.
If you need anything, just call me.
-Okay.
-I'm off.
Well…
Is he
available?
Yes, he is.
I'm heading out.
Why are you back?
I'm feeling frustrated inside.
I also haven't eaten anything since noon.
Just speak up.