Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi says ‘I do’ to rocker boyfriend Wang Feng’s drone proposal
Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi has accepted a marriage proposal from a romantic rock star who delivered a diamond ring to her by drone.
No doubt actress Zhang Ziyi - and many mainland internet users - were surprised when her boyfriend rock star Wang Feng used a drone to deliver a diamond engagement ring, but he wasn't the first to use the technology to make a proposal.
Mainland social media was abuzz on Sunday as pictures appeared online showing a smiling Wang reaching into a basket attached to a hovering drone as Zhang stood beside a large cake, covering her eyes.
Michael Perry, a spokesman for the drone's maker, DJI, said it was probably the first time a drone had been used in a marriage proposal in China.
But there had been a number of "drone proposals" overseas in the past two years, he said, including by a man in San Francisco who delivered a ring to his girlfriend in a park in 2013.
Wang's friends suggested using a DJI drone for the delivery, although the Shenzhen-based company was not consulted in the set-up or execution of his proposal, Perry said.
Needless to say, DJI has gained a lot of publicity from the event. The company's store on e-commerce website Tmall added a description to the Phantom 2 Vision+ model as "Same style that Wang Feng used".