Meanwhile, the online trolls who had been badmouthing Wang Yi had gone quiet.
Whether they were ordinary people or the likes of Bales and Nicholas Zhao Si, they had all kept their heads down these past few days, not daring to speak up.
They might never change their minds about hating on Wang Yi, but for now, they were doing their best to stay out of the spotlight.
They believed that if they said anything bad about Wang Yi, thousands upon thousands of his fans would descend on them at once, eager to tear them limb from limb.
And they would surely receive no shortage of death threats, either.
Meanwhile, Hollywood studios had been reaching out to Wang Yi one after another, hoping to turn his experiences into a movie.
Among them were major foreign directors like James Cameron and Spielberg, who had already extended enthusiastic invitations to Wang Yi.
Lao Mou, Wong Kar-wai, Feng Xiaogang, Lin Chaoxian, and other Chinese directors had also invited him to work with them.
First of all, Wang Yi was already a superstar with tremendous global name recognition, so any movie based on him would come with a built-in audience.
Secondly, it wasn't just the entire United States that worshipped Wang Yi. Nearly everyone around the world, basketball fans and ordinary people alike, had regarded him as a hero after hearing what had happened. His popularity had reached an all-time high.
If they struck while the iron was hot and made a movie about his story—ideally with Wang Yi himself in the starring role—then even with an average script, average direction, and average acting, it would still be a box-office smash.
That was why both Hollywood studios and Chinese film companies had their eyes on this huge opportunity.
Major director James Cameron had worked