Wang Yi nodded. "All right, let's leave it at that. When are we signing the contract with TikTok?"
Mitchell said, "Someone from TikTok will come to your house tomorrow to sign it."
At nine the next morning, TikTok's executive team arrived at Wang Yi's house.
The moment they arrived, the influencers living nearby acted as if they'd uncovered an earth-shattering secret, rushing to livestream or post videos.
Soon, the whole internet knew that TikTok's executives had visited Wang Yi's house, and that he was likely to livestream on the platform.
When Douyu, Huya, and several other livestreaming platforms saw that TikTok's team had already gone to Wang Yi's house, they all felt an overwhelming sense of crisis.
"It's over."
"We're finished."
They'd already been barely hanging on in the face of TikTok. They'd hoped to turn things around by signing Wang Yi, but he'd gone and signed with their biggest rival instead. Now they had no chance of making a comeback.
Wang Yi had just finished signing the contract. The moment it took effect, TikTok released a promotional video for his livestream.
The videos had clearly been filmed long ago, just waiting for Wang Yi to sign on the dotted line before going live.
At the same time, the TikTok team brought in a film crew to shoot Wang Yi for the entire day.
The footage would also be used for promotional purposes.
There were only two days left until Wang Yi and Jordan's livestream. To be honest, that was very little time to promote it.
So they had to ramp up their efforts, making sure that over the next two days, people would see everywhere that Wang Yi was coming to Douyin to livestream and challenge Jordan.
TikTok knew how to make a splash. In the video they