Livestreaming the wedding drew 400 million viewers.
With Wang Yi's popularity, livestreaming the wedding would bring in quite a bit of revenue.
That should help cover some of the wedding expenses.
Wang Yi thought it was a great idea.
So he asked Zhang Qi to contact the domestic livestreaming platforms. In fact, before Zhang Qi could reach out, they had already contacted Wang Yi themselves.
Those platforms knew far more than Wang Yi about how to make money from livestreams.
When they heard Wang Yi was planning a completely traditional Chinese wedding, they had wanted to contact him about livestreaming it for a while.
Douyu had been the first to approach Wang Yi, hoping to secure exclusive broadcasting rights. But Wang Yi thought he should share the occasion with all the internet users, so he planned to stream it on every platform.
Douyu had no choice but to agree. Wang Yi then signed livestreaming contracts with Douyu, Kuaishou, Douyin, and several other platforms.
The contracts were all worth around a million yuan.
There were seven major platforms in China altogether.
That alone earned him seven million yuan.
CCTV also contacted Wang Yi.
They had heard he was planning a completely traditional wedding and wanted to film it for a documentary.
That way, people could learn more about the customs of weddings in ancient times.
Wang Yi naturally agreed.
Of course, he did it for free for CCTV.
After that, preparations for the wedding proceeded at a breakneck pace.
The various platforms were also busy promoting it.
The wedding was scheduled for Qixi, a traditional Chinese festival.
On the Gregorian calendar, it fell on August 29.
While busy organizing the wedding, Wang Yi occasionally made time to check on the Kings players' contract negotiations.
He found that aside from signing himself