James Cameron was astonished by how crazy Wang Yi's fans were.
When he spoke with Wang Yi on the phone, he couldn't help exclaiming from the bottom of his heart, "That's the power of China! It's truly incredible."
James Cameron's films had been maliciously review-bombed before.
Although their solid quality had eventually turned public opinion around, it had never happened this quickly.
It had only been half a day, and the paid trolls had already been flamed into leaving the internet.
At the same time, people online began making guesses about who was behind this sudden wave of paid trolls.
There were plenty of theories, but most of them ultimately centered on King Arthur.
The movie market was in a slump, and King Arthur's biopic had earned only $200 million in its first week. Even so, it was already being called this year's blockbuster.
Then Wang Yi's Space Jam 3 earned more than King Arthur's film had in a week on its opening day.
It was easy to imagine what would happen next: theaters would reduce showings of King Arthur's film and make room for Wang Yi's.
The box office for King Arthur's movie would quickly shrink as Wang Yi's film crushed it.
Because of the impact of Wang Yi's film, King Arthur's box office might well drop by a third or even more.
King Arthur was unhappy about it, so he had taken this approach in an attempt to save his movie's box office.
Of course, these were all just guesses.
There was no proof.
In fact, people's guesses were right.
That was exactly what King Arthur had been thinking, and exactly what he had done.
Now that he was watching Wang Yi's film recover its reputation in North America, he was even more annoyed.
Ever since he started