Reporters eager for a story naturally asked Wang Yi about the tweet.
Wang Yi replied, "A loser still has the nerve to run his mouth. Keep your tail between your legs and be a good dog!"
At first, American netizens didn't really understand what Wang Yi meant.
They wondered why, after Arthur had made such a vicious threat, Wang Yi was comparing him to a loyal dog.
But later, netizens familiar with Chinese culture explained that in Chinese, "dog" was often used as an insult.
This angered American fans and prompted an even more heated response from King Arthur.
"This is what Chinese people are like. Heh."
This time, Wang Yi didn't respond to King Arthur again.
He knew the guy was determined to bring him down. If he kept responding, Arthur would never stop running his mouth.
So he decided to ignore him.
Over the next few days, Wang Yi indeed paid King Arthur no attention, though the guy posted several more provocative statements on Twitter.
He whipped American fans into a frenzy.
He even openly expressed his displeasure with Wang Yi in interviews, especially declaring that he would work hard to get stronger and would definitely defeat Wang Yi.
And American fans really did fall for it.
As a result, support for Wang Yi and King Arthur in the United States was roughly split fifty-fifty.
A historic superstar who had won three straight championships, three straight Finals MVPs, an MVP, DPOY, Steal King, Scoring King, and Block King, while setting all kinds of records, was receiving equal support to a guy he had just beaten, who had won nothing but Rookie of the Year. That had been nearly unthinkable in the past.
And now, simply because Wang Yi was Chinese and King Arthur was American, support for the