After those two photos were edited and submitted, they were quickly posted on the official Chinese NBA website, the official U.S. NBA website, and ESPN's website.
The Chinese and U.S. NBA websites even turned them directly into full-page posters.
When you opened either website, the first thing you saw was the poster, filling the entire screen.
It bore the Chinese words: The king is back!
In fact, there was another classic photo from tonight as well.
It had been taken by a photographer on the sideline.
It showed Wang Yi making a finger gun and pressing it against David Mason's forehead.
Behind David Mason, the basketball was about to go through the hoop.
Without a doubt, this photo would become an enduring classic too.
But it clearly wasn't suitable for use as a poster.
After all, Wang Yi's gesture was a little too violent.
If someone with an agenda brought it up, it could be seen as a violent threat or something similar, which would cause a lot of trouble.
Meanwhile, people in China were thrilled that the NBA's official website had put up the poster.
Many fans immediately downloaded it, planning to turn it into a poster and hang it beside their beds.
At the same time, at Anta headquarters,
Zhu Minjie, the senior marketing director, was discussing something with operations director Guo Tao.
"Three years ago, thanks to Wang Yi, we briefly got to experience what it was like to be the world's biggest sportswear brand. But ever since Wang Yi retired, our market share has fallen considerably. We're now number one only in China, and still have some distance to make up before we can match the world's best-known brands."
"Now that Wang Yi has returned, we can use him to make a comeback, overtake Nike again,