The next day, Stephen A. Smith did exactly what he'd promised and aired the video of him delivering the key on his show, along with footage of him drinking and chatting with Wang Yi on the lawn.
As soon as the video aired, his name and Wang Yi's shot straight to the top of the trending charts.
On Twitter, Facebook, and the overseas version of TikTok alike.
Nearly every number-one trending spot was taken over by Wang Yi and Stephen A. Smith's names.
Just imagine: everyone thought the two of them were enemies, and now they were suddenly sitting together, drinking, chatting, and bragging.
It would've been stranger if a video like that hadn't gone viral.
Stephen A. Smith's show ratings soared ninefold as a result.
And he made a pretty penny from the wave of traffic.
Stephen A. Smith's tweets also skyrocketed in value.
According to figures compiled by analytics firms, each of his tweets had previously been worth around $7,000.
But thanks to this stunt, the value of a single tweet had risen to more than $50,000.
So although he'd lost a $7 million house, this move would probably earn it back for him within three months.
Most importantly, he'd kept his word, earning both a good reputation and plenty of traffic.
All things considered, he hadn't lost money at all—in fact, he'd come out ahead.
Meanwhile, the celebrities who had already delivered keys to Wang Yi were now kicking themselves.
How had they not thought of doing the same thing?
Some celebrities who hadn't originally planned to honor their promises were now getting restless, thinking about following Stephen A. Smith's example.
With Stephen A. Smith leading the way, more celebrities came to deliver keys to Wang Yi over the next two days.
At first, only a