It had been 48 hours since the bosses had livestreamed their request for Wang Yi to return.
Even though more than a thousand celebrities had asked Wang Yi to come back during that time, he still hadn't responded.
Meanwhile, someone in China had set up a petition website.
The website had a simple message: "Brother Yi's fans are signing a petition to ask Brother Yi to return."
The first person to sign was the site's founder, Liao Huanan.
The website quickly became popular.
In just half an hour, more than a thousand people had signed.
Then the site was rapidly promoted, and within an hour, the number of signatures had topped 30,000.
By the second hour, it was close to 100,000.
By the third hour, it had reached 200,000.
By the fourth hour, thanks to a major promotional push, the number of signatures had shot up to 500,000, then to a million.
Some people had even started approaching the site's founder to discuss advertising deals.
And these were million-yuan contracts.
However, the founder flatly refused.
The website was then heavily promoted by many platforms, and the number of signatures quickly surpassed five million.
It was the highest number of signatures ever recorded by a petition website.
By the seventh hour, the number of signatures had passed ten million, and it was still climbing rapidly.
After 24 hours, it had reached more than 90 million, and it was on the verge of hitting 100 million.
At that point, the number of signatures wasn't slowing down. It was actually growing faster and faster.
After many foreign netizens heard about the petition, they used VPNs to get around the firewall and sign it, so the names of people from other countries began appearing among the signatures.
Alexei Mishkov.
Park In-hee.
Chatchai.
Juan Bildo.