Entertainment: Starting from joining Kugou Video

Alibaba's Digital Media and Entertainment Group hopes to use this joint entertainment company to allow Tanglou to also get involved in and participate in the investment and production of film projects.

If Tanglou can continue to demonstrate the vision and ability that KuMiao has in producing variety shows and web dramas.

If Tang Lou achieves success at Kuyang Entertainment, he will have the opportunity to be transferred to Alibaba Pictures as the director of core business, allowing him to build up Alibaba Pictures as well.

This kind of cross-departmental rotation training is undoubtedly aimed at cultivating senior management talent.

If Tanglou withstands the test, he will have the opportunity to become a candidate for chairman of Alibaba Digital Media & Entertainment Group!

This decision may seem sudden, but it was actually based on some clues.

At the same time as Shen Yan's appointment, Tang Lou was also appointed as the deputy general manager of Kuyang Entertainment.

Of course, Tang Lou will continue to serve as the core business director of Coolcat.

The name "Cool Entertainment" has been established, but it is still in the preparation stage. Tang Lou will also participate in its business on a part-time basis.

The promotions of Shenyang and Tanglou caused a sensation on KuMiao.

The business unit also held a promotion banquet for Shen Yan and Tang Lou.

Everyone was overjoyed. The leader's promotion was certainly a good thing for Cool Cat, bringing more resources and support.

Shen Yan has now become a member of the leadership team of Alibaba Digital Media & Entertainment Group, and his authority has been greatly enhanced, which will make it easier for him to support Tang Lou in his next work.

Now that Tang Lou has become the vice president of Kuyang Entertainment, he also has the authority to participate in the decision-making of film projects.

From video websites to cinemas and the big screen, these are completely two different dimensions.

In the entertainment industry, actors, directors, and producers on the big screen have always been at the top of the food chain.

Tanglou, which produces web dramas and variety shows, has always had very few opportunities to work with truly big-name celebrities.

Now that he has become the vice president of Kuyang Entertainment, he has the authority to directly participate in Alibaba Pictures' film and television projects.

Alibaba Pictures' production model is also diversified, including investment, co-production, and self-production, and Tanglou can participate in all of these projects.

They can even lead and be responsible for film projects on their own, which has led to a rapid rise in the status of Tanglou in the industry.

However, Tang Lou is currently just a producer on a video platform and has not yet achieved any results to prove himself.

He was still a newcomer when it came to projects on the big screen.

The establishment of CoolYoung Entertainment is a good thing for CoolMeow.

However, this is not good news for Alibaba Pictures.

Therefore, Alibaba Pictures was determined to make this joint venture possible, as they didn't want Tanglou to achieve too much success in film projects.

At the same time, they are also preparing to counterattack KuMiao. They are also preparing to take the lead in producing some web dramas and variety shows to compete with the Tanglou team.

It can be said that this collaboration is a competition, both overt and covert, between Alibaba Pictures and Youku Video.

Moreover, it is very likely that the victor in this struggle will take all the spoils.

This outstanding individual has the opportunity to integrate all the core businesses of Youku and Alibaba Pictures, becoming a truly pivotal figure within Alibaba's Digital Media and Entertainment Group!

Once he holds the core power over Alibaba Pictures and Youku Video, becoming a candidate for chairman of Alibaba Digital Media & Entertainment Group would be a natural progression.

For the tenement building, this is both an excellent opportunity and a huge challenge.

This time, Alibaba Pictures sent their vice president, Zhang Wei, who has much more seniority than Tang Lou.

Therefore, the position of president of CoolYoung Entertainment belongs to Zhang Wei this time.

Kuyang Entertainment thus became a direct contest between the two major forces.

The most direct comparison between the two is the success of the project.

During their tenure, they will assess the profitability of projects undertaken by their respective teams, as well as their industry reputation and influence.

Both teams have very obvious strengths, and Zhang Wei's team naturally started with film projects.

In comparison, film projects definitely require a larger investment and have a stronger profit potential, but of course, the losses from losses are also greater.

Of course, to win, both teams need to balance film projects and variety show/web series projects.

For Alibaba's Digital Media and Entertainment Group leadership team, the ultimate goal is to cultivate a leader who can integrate and lead both Youku and Alibaba Pictures simultaneously.

For Zhang Wei and Tang Lou, it was a life-or-death struggle.

Before Kuyang Entertainment was officially established, Alibaba Pictures had already begun making advance plans.

Zhang Wei's team took advantage of Alibaba Pictures' platform to gain an early lead.

Zhang Wei plans to use a project with a strong lineup as her first project after joining CoolYoung Entertainment.

The film "The Ferryman" is directed by Zhang Jiajia.

It brings together top film actors, with popular film stars Tony Leung and Kaneshiro Go, and A-list singer Chen Yixun joining the cast.

This drama also features Yang Yin, who gained immense popularity through her wedding to Huang Xiaomin and her appearance on "Running Man".

In addition to these celebrities, Du Juan, Da Peng, Jia Lin, Lu Han, Li Yuchun, Jin Shijie and others also joined the cast.

It's fair to say that this film boasts a super-luxurious cast, far beyond what Tanglou, a company originating from a video platform, could handle.

This film has an investment of nearly 400 million yuan, which is incomparable to small-scale web dramas or self-produced variety shows like "Tang Lou".

This is also the source of Zhang Wei's confidence and arrogance.

The film industry is a completely different field. Truly top-tier filmmakers have always disdained making TV series or web dramas.

Zhang Wei also insists on traditional directing and recording methods, a true academic approach.

I have no respect for the practice of shackling any random person to be a director, like in Tanglou.

It's like asking, "Can someone who works in comedy, writes books, races cars, or works in any other field really make a blockbuster movie and dominate the Chinese box office charts?"

Zhang Wei's debut with such a large-scale production puts a lot of pressure on Tanglou.

Coolcat Hangzhou Business Unit.

Everyone was happy that Tang Lou had become the vice president of Kuyang Entertainment, but also worried about his upcoming foray into the film industry.

Well-known directors and top actors in the film industry hold a strong disdain for producers of video websites like Tanglou.

It's estimated that it will be difficult to persuade them to cooperate, so the success of Tang Lou's first self-produced film is likely zero, and co-production with other teams is also unlikely. The most probable outcome is that they will only participate in the investment.

However, if one is merely an investor, they have very little say and it is difficult to determine the quality of the work. Therefore, they can only rely on their vision and luck.

Another difficulty is that the truly good projects have already been snapped up by those close-knit circles of acquaintances, so why should Tanglou get a piece of the action?

Investing in projects that are inherently prone to failure is tantamount to deliberately jumping into a pit.

Therefore, it will be very difficult for Tanglou's first film project to achieve success and return on investment.