Wang Yi really was exhausted tonight, so he went to bed before the system issued a quest.
The last time the system had issued a training quest at night, it had kept him up most of the night.
So tonight, he went to bed early and planned to check in the morning.
Meanwhile, at a private clinic in Los Angeles.
After watching the Lakers game, Dr. Karen couldn't calm down for a long time.
Most people who saw Wang Yi's performance would simply be amazed, astonished, and caught off guard.
But the only word that could describe how he felt was "shocking."
Because he knew Wang Yi had an injury in his right wrist.
The injury to Wang Yi's right wrist was chronic.
Years of training through the pain had gradually made it worse.
Although he'd switched to shooting with his left hand, his right hand still had to bear weight when he raised the ball.
And that was in the high-intensity physical play of the NBA.
Despite all that, this young man from the East had scored 28 points in just over ten minutes and drained the game-winning three.
That took more than extraordinary basketball skill. It also took incredible willpower.
Incredible.
Unbelievable!
Because of that, he secretly made up his mind.
He had to heal Wang Yi's injury as quickly as possible.
He couldn't let such a tenacious man have his career ruined by an injury.
Before, he had only treated Wang Yi out of consideration for James. Now, he wanted to protect a rare talent.
Meanwhile, across the ocean, in China.
Wang Yi's game-winning shot had set the entire internet ablaze.
Online, Wang Yi's name appeared in almost every media outlet covering the NBA.
Tencent Net NBA Section:
<What a surprise!!! Wang Yi explodes for 28 points in 15 minutes>
Our country's first near-game-winner in the NBA!
He made up for Da Yao's regret!
<Sorry, James. Sorry, Thick Eyebrows. Tonight, I'm the star>
Hupu Basketball Section:
<Sorry, Emperor James. The New King is about to ascend the throne>
Wang Yi: I can handle the mess James threw at me
Pelinka, what are you waiting for?
There's no denying that many of these reports and posts were exaggerated.
But that's how the domestic media worked. When you played poorly, they'd trample you into the mud.
When you played well, they'd praise you to the heavens.
As a Chinese player in the NBA, you had to be prepared to be praised to the heavens, but you also had to be ready to be trampled into the mud.
Yang Yi, a well-known domestic basketball commentator, posted just two words on Weibo: "So satisfying!"
What those two words meant was obvious.
For Chinese fans, ever since Da Yao retired, they'd been waiting for another Chinese player who could establish himself in the NBA.
Although Wang Yi had gone to the NBA, he'd spent the first two years bouncing from team to team.
He'd only gotten a few minutes of playing time during garbage time.
Naturally, he hadn't had much chance to show what he could do.
But in today's game, Wang Yi had not only scored 28 points, he'd also hit a near-game-winner to seal the victory.
It made Chinese fans feel as if they'd finally let out most of the frustration they'd been holding in for more than a decade.
At the same time, news of Wang Yi's near-game-winner climbed to eighth on Weibo's trending list.
Even people who didn't follow basketball much would look it up when they saw news of a Chinese player holding his own in the NBA.
Meanwhile, highlights of Wang Yi's 28 points today were also spreading across various short-video platforms.
The views, likes, and comments on these videos were all climbing rapidly.
Xiao Ke specialized in making NBA short videos.
But plenty of people made a living doing the same thing.
So his videos never got many views or likes.
Today, after watching the Lakers game, he followed his usual routine and put together a highlight reel of the game's best player.
That was obviously Wang Yi.
He edited all 28 of Wang Yi's points together.
At the very beginning, he highlighted the score between the Lakers and the Clippers at the time.
115 to 117.
Next came a voice-over: "I was born for this moment!"
Then came the original English footage of Wang Yi taking Caruso's pass and sinking that near-game-winner.
After that came footage with Chinese commentary.
Only then did the video show all of Wang Yi's 28 points, two steals, two assists, and one block.
Once he finished making it, he took a deep breath.
Then he uploaded the video to TikTok.
Only after that did he finally have time to eat a few bites.
He had to drive for DiDi that afternoon to help make ends meet.
He tossed yesterday's leftovers and rice into a pan and fried them all together.
After a quick meal and a few gulps of water,
he was ready to go drive for DiDi.
Once he got in the car, he habitually checked his phone.
But the moment he looked, he froze.
The video he'd uploaded just half an hour earlier already had 1,134 likes.
It also had 332 comments.
He wondered if he was seeing things.
Normally, even the videos he'd made about the most popular superstars took at least three days to reach those numbers.
Now, it had taken only half an hour.
Naturally, he couldn't believe it.
He checked a few times. He hadn't misread it.
He thought about it. Wang Yi had played exceptionally well today, and it was the first near-game-winner by a Chinese player in the NBA.
With those two boosts, it was only natural for the video to get so many likes.
He tamped down his excitement and exited TikTok.
He opened DiDi and started accepting rides.
There were quite a lot of rides that afternoon. After finishing a few, he grew restless and wanted to pull out his phone to check the numbers.
But another ride came in before long.
He had no choice but to keep driving.
He did that for two hours straight.
After two hours, he couldn't hold back any longer.
So he parked in a spot by the entrance to a park and turned off DiDi.
He quickly opened TikTok.
Two numbers soon caught his eye.
Likes: 13,000
Comments: 4,033
He was immediately overcome with joy.
His most popular video before this had taken a week to barely break 20,000 likes.
This one had gotten over 10,000 likes in just two and a half hours.
And the ratio of comments to likes was unusually high.
Normally, he got one comment for every dozen or so likes, a ratio of more than ten to one.
But today, it had reached three to one!
That was incredible.
He couldn't help scrolling through the comments.
"Wang is a beast!"
"Insane! Insane! Insane!"
"6666666!"
"Whoa, a near-game-winner!"
"China finally has a player who hit a game-winner in the NBA. Let's celebrate!"
As he read the comments, Xiao Ke's gaze trembled.
His heart was already brimming with hope.
It looked like he'd made the right call hitching himself to Brother Yi.
He hoped Brother Yi would put on more spectacular performances.
As long as Brother Yi played well enough, his videos wouldn't have to worry about getting attention.
Once more people followed him, the money would come naturally.
His financial pressure would ease considerably.
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