Entertainment: Starting from joining Kugou Video

"Mr. Tang, can I join your studio?"

"Mr. Tang, I'd also like to join your studio."

Some of the employees who had previously worked with Tanglou on the "Produce 101" project all came over to curry favor with them.

Now that the company has made appointments and the establishment of a studio is just around the corner, these people, after all, have cooperated with Tanglou before, so of course they want to take advantage of their proximity.

Of course, some people fawned over the powerful, while others questioned the situation, but they dared not express it and kept their grievances to themselves.

"Why abandon a perfectly good second season of 'Produce 101' and start from scratch to create a self-produced drama? Do they have the experience and ability for that?"

"Abandoning already successful projects to venture into entirely new fields is just courting disaster. If your self-produced dramas fail, others will also cut off your variety show career. What's the point?"

"Young people are often arrogant and ambitious; when they try to enter new markets, they're likely to fail."

Tang Lou took in everyone's reactions but didn't say anything.

In addition to differing opinions among employees, the leadership also had differing views.

Huang Ye from the Human Resources Department is one of Shen Yan's confidants. During this period, he had also looked for many external candidates. Now that he saw that President Shen had finally decided to appoint Tang Lou to take on the important task, he was somewhat dissatisfied.

"Mr. Shen, Tang Lou does have some talent in planning and strong marketing skills, but he mainly works on variety shows. Is it feasible for him to directly lead a self-produced drama studio?"

"The preparation of scripts, directors, and actors for film and television dramas is much more difficult than that for variety shows."

"Furthermore, the investment in TV dramas is much higher than that of variety shows; the costs are much higher. What our platform needs right now is a blockbuster drama, and if we're going to do it, we need to make a high-quality production. Can Tanglou's experience handle that?"

Huang Ye was still holding several resumes he had obtained from headhunters.

"President Shen, the people I have here are far more suitable than Tanglou in terms of both qualifications and connections."

"Next, Tang Lou will lead the studio to complete the filming of a self-produced drama, which will help us conquer the self-produced drama strategy of Coolcat."

"Therefore, I hope that all departments can actively cooperate with the tenement building."

Shen Yan held this mobilization meeting with the aim of getting all departments to work together to support Tanglou.

After expressing his attitude, Shen Yan looked at Tang Lou:

"Tang Lou, it's your turn to present your arrangements and plans for the studio's future work."

If we want to start afresh in the self-produced drama field, today's meeting is crucial. We must convince the heads of various departments present and gain their trust in order to move forward smoothly.

Tang Lou took out the project proposal he had prepared long ago, as well as a copy of the script for "Three Lives Three Worlds, Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms," and distributed them one by one.

"President Shen, colleagues, the next project I will be filming is the ancient costume fantasy drama 'Eternal Love'."

After receiving the script and project proposal, everyone read them carefully.

This was also the first time Shen Yan had seen the full view of the new Tanglou project, and he was quite surprised.

The final night of "Produce 101" has just ended, and on his first day in office, he has already come up with such a mature plan and script, which shows that he has been preparing for a long time.

This drive and foresight are truly remarkable.

Colleagues from other departments were also surprised that Tanglou had made such thorough preparations.

The recent popularity of "The Journey of Flower" has fully demonstrated that there is no problem with the market for ancient costume fantasy dramas, and Tang Lou's choice is very smart.

However, when he saw that the project required an investment of at least 200 million yuan, CFO Huang Yiping couldn't sit still.

"Tanglou, your investment in this project is too high. Two hundred million yuan has been put in all at once, the risk is too great."

"Based on the group's current funding, we can only apply for a maximum of 100 million. This is only because of the huge success of 'Produce 101'."

Director Huang cut the investment amount in half, which immediately made everyone worry about the project's prospects.

"Tanglou, investing 200 million right off the bat, isn't that too risky?"

"Furthermore, you don't have experience operating such a large project before. The requirements for TV dramas are different from those for variety shows; the requirements for the directing team and the cast are much higher."

The department heads present were all seasoned veterans, and they raised many practical questions.

Director Huang continued:

"Tanglou, there are two directions now. One is to cut the budget and complete the project with 100 million. The second is that I will do my best to apply for 100 million in funding for you as the main investment for this project, and then cooperate with external capital to jointly develop it and raise the remaining 100 million."

"However, the second path is more difficult, the project is riskier, and reliable partners are not easy to find."

After so many critical questions were raised, everyone in the conference room looked at Tang Lou, wanting to know how he would resolve them.

Or rather, the project failed at the very first meeting and was aborted before it even started.

Shen Yan also scrutinized Tang Lou's performance. If he couldn't even handle this, then he would have let him down.

Tang Lou handled the situation with ease, despite the attention he received.

"The questions raised by each department are very pertinent, and I had already considered them beforehand. I already have a complete solution."

"First, regarding the funding issue, my plan is for our company to take the lead in investment and control; 100 million yuan should be enough. The rest will be external cooperation, and I have already reached agreements with two investors."

"At the same time, these two companies are also our project's director and actor partners."

Tang Lou immediately pulled out his trump card.

"Currently, I have reached a cooperation agreement with Lin Yufeng, the acclaimed director of the recently popular 'The Journey of Flower.' As soon as our project starts, she will join my project. In addition to directing, she is also willing to participate in the investment."

"The second partner is Jiaxing Media, where Yang Mi works. I have already reached an agreement with Yang Mi for the lead role this time."

"Yang Mi and Lin Yufeng have had several successful collaborations before."

"Yang Mi has several fantasy dramas such as 'Chinese Paladin' and 'Swords of Legends' as a foundation, and after collaborating with the gold-medal director Lin Yufeng, he has a strong appeal, which is also the basis for the success of our project."