Su Qun also shared his thoughts on the video.
"This is far too emotional. Wang Yi's decision was just too emotional. Honestly, as an NBA player—and one carrying the hopes of 1.4 billion Chinese people—he shouldn't make decisions based on his emotions like this. He should be more rational, more cautious. But then, he's Wang Yi. Isn't this exactly the kind of Wang Yi we love?"
Wang Meng said, "Good heavens! That's insanely impressive!"
In China, this quickly became a legendary tale passed around by word of mouth.
It spread through every walk of life.
From senior government leaders to farmers working in the fields,
hardly anyone could stop talking about Wang Yi's gamble.
People thought back to how Wu Jing had once sold his house and risked nearly everything he owned to make Wolf Warrior. That had already earned him people's admiration.
But now Wang Yi had risked his entire career, his whole future.
And he'd won!
It was even more astonishing than Wu Jing's gamble, and at the same time, it held a deadly allure for people.
Some authors with an eye for a good story had already started writing novels based on it.
Among them, Yi Jiang Qiu Yue, who wrote basketball novels, had been especially quick to catch on.
That very night, he wrote six thousand words. He titled it NBA: Betting My Career from the Start.
He wrote with such fervor, convinced his novel would become an overnight sensation.
But when he sent it to his editor, the editor promptly poured a bucket of cold water over him. "It's an interesting idea, but the writing is mediocre and the storytelling is unclear. I suggest reading more novels."
What the editor really meant was: "It's garbage. Even dogs wouldn't read it. Go practice for another hundred