The next day.
The news had spread around the world.
The American media: "Zhang Ye's high-stakes bet with Hollywood!"
The UK media: "An impossible-to-win bet!"
The Japanese media: "A production cost of nearly 200 million USD?"
"The Korean media: "The most expensive animated film in history will soon be produced!"
The Indian media: "Zhang Ye paints himself into a corner!"
The French media: "Hollywood directors express that they're under no pressure!"
The Chinese media: "Zhang Ye's written challenge to Hollywood?"
The matter got blown up even further. Fueled by the deliberate encouragement from the international entertainment industry and media outlets, this bet turned the world upside down. Some nosy people even made the bet into a contract and posted it onto an authoritative media outlet so that everyone could bear witness to the wager.
Someone even started a poll.
"The Hollywood directors will definitely win!"