In March, after the Spring Festival, the entertainment industry was not at peace either.
Actor bj was assassinated by her husband, who then committed suicide.
The two male leads of the action blockbuster "Special Identity" invested by Starlight, Donnie Yen and Zhao Wenzhuo, broke out into a scolding war.
The scolding war between the two parties also implicated many other artists in the industry, and the momentum was not small.
In terms of movies, "Sister Tao", which swept the Golden Horse and Academy Awards last year, was released, but the box office was average.
The box office of the Hollywood blockbuster "Alien Battlefield" is approaching 200 million.
Major companies are also making their own moves, gearing up to prepare for competition in the upcoming May Day, Dragon Boat Festival, summer, National Day, and Lunar New Year stalls.
Everything in Hantang Group is on the right track. Basically, Tang An doesn't need to worry too much. It's enough to control the general direction of decision-making.
He lives in seclusion and has been busy writing scripts.
However, something happened at Tudou recently, and he had to come forward.
Tudou CEO Wang Wei established Tixian Digital Technology Co., Ltd. to enter the animation production industry.
However, coo Zhouyou's plan to develop online dramas and online movies on a large scale was rejected by him.
Flying from Beijing to Shanghai early in the morning, Zhou You was already waiting, so he got off the plane and got on the bus directly.
"Tang Dong and Wang Wei are typical literary young people. Sometimes they come up with ideas, and the Tudou Video Festival can be held in Moganshan. I don't know what I thought before, but I want to enter the animation film industry.
They are clamoring to become China’s Pixar.”
Zhou You shook his head repeatedly and reported to Tang An in a hurry.
Only the "Pleasant Goat" series of animated films can make money in China, but the actions of this series began to be broadcast on TV series in 2005, and it took four years to accumulate viewership before the first film was produced in 2009.
This is the only series that has been successful. The movie version of "Rainbow Cat and Blue Rabbit" failed miserably last year.
Tang An was not too excited. Wang Wei was just such a young man.
He previously planned to open a winery and make wine. For this purpose, he read many related books and studied wine-making methods, but soon gave up.
Later, when he saw the Fuzhou lacquerware he had been used to growing up gradually disappearing, he felt it was a pity. He wanted to open a lacquerware studio and become a traditional craftsman, but he soon discovered that he was not good at handcrafting.
There are so many ideas, maybe at some point we will see carp flooding in the United States and start ocean shipping.
Tang An asked, "Does he want to make animated movies or cartoons?"
"It should be an animated movie, and his target is Pixar."
Zhou You replied, and then said anxiously, "It's okay to make cartoons. After all, it can capture the teenage user base, but animated movies will not help the video website business. This is completely the opposite!"
Tang An reassured him, "Okay, I'll talk to him."
Not long after, we arrived at the Magic City Free Trade Zone, Zhangjiang High-tech Park, and the headquarters of Tudou.
The literature of Han and Tang Dynasties is also in the park and is a neighbor.
Zhou You led Tang An and his group into the company. Along the way, employees kept casting curious glances at them, and they had obviously recognized the company's major shareholder.
Arriving at the CEO's office, Zhou You knocked on the door for Tang An and entered.
"Director Tang is here." Wang Wei was obviously not surprised by Tang An's arrival.
"You guys go out, I'll have a chat with Mr. Wang." Tang An nodded to Zhou You and Xiao He.
They closed the door and went out. Tang An and Wang Wei were the only two people left in the huge office.
Tang An sat on the sofa and said with a smile, "Mr. Wang knows I'm coming?"
Wang Wei poured Tang An a cup of tea and smiled, "Mr. Zhou and I have been arguing for a few days recently. I didn't come to the company this morning, so I guessed it."
Tang An didn't waste any time and went straight to the point.
"Mr. Wang, have you already thought about the animation film company?"
Wang Wei did not answer, but asked, "Is Director Tang involved in the company's development as the company's major shareholder?"
"No, friends, colleagues."
Wang Wei said seriously, "I want to be the ultimate individual."
Tang An was stunned for a moment, then understood.
No wonder it's an animated movie and not a movie.
Wang Wei is still very ambitious and wants to do things that others have not done yet. It is impossible for him to achieve the ultimate in film and television dramas, but domestic animated films are still blank.
It's no wonder that after he left Tudou, he opened an animation production company, invested 70 million in the filming of "Little Door God", and served as the director himself.
After all, he is still a young man, doing things with passion.
Tang An shook his head and asked, "The reason why Mr. Wang doesn't do web dramas is because iQiyi has already produced the web drama "Online Love" ahead of others, and invited Japan's famous girlfriend K Aoi. It was a great success. Do you want to leave?
Make your own path instead of following others?"
Wang Wei said quite confidently, "There is currently a shortage of Hollywood-level animated films in China."
Tang An asked back, "So what? Not to mention how long it will take you to reach that level, what are the benefits to Tudou, and how much traffic and funds can it bring?"
"iQiyi has shifted part of its focus to self-produced dramas, and Sohu has already started preparations for two online dramas. When other websites attract a large amount of traffic with one online drama after another, what will Tudou rely on? It depends on you.
Can you watch it in cinemas, can you watch it on TV, and can you watch animated movies that are pirated all over the Internet?"
Tang An is now more and more disappointed with Wang Wei. Such a person is not suitable to manage a large company at all, and he keeps talking.
"Renren has acquired 56.com, Suning is already in contact with pptv, Alibaba is discussing the acquisition with several shareholders of Youku, and Tengxun has just injected another 500 million yuan into Tengxun Video!"
"All video websites are making big moves, but Mr. Wang, you are now setting up an animation film company that has little to do with video websites, and you have rejected the proposals for online movies and online dramas?"
A series of questions made Wang Weili stunned.
Originally, he founded Tudou.com as a simple platform where everyone could upload their own works and show their individual power.
As he said himself, he wants to be the ultimate individual.
But now Tudou has slowly become a brand, and what he values is not the individual, but Tudou as a whole, which is "boring" and "contradictory" for Wang Wei.
Tang An looked at him and couldn't be soft-hearted for the sake of Tudou's development.
"Mr. Wang, I will immediately convene a shareholders' meeting as a major shareholder. Before that, I hope you can consider selling your shares."
After saying that, he didn't care about his reaction and left the office.
Tang An has full confidence in other shareholders.
Those shareholders invest in potatoes just for profit, and anyone with some discernment will know how to choose.
A well-produced animated film requires an investment of more than 50 to 60 million yuan, and without any audience base, the risk is too high.
Video websites are already burning money, not to mention if they want to invest in the film industry, why don't shareholders go to other companies?
Two days later, Wang Wei finally sold his 10% stake in Tudou to Hantang Media for US$72 million.
So far, Hantang Media has controlled 34.7% of the shares of Tudou.com, with more than 30% of the voting rights. It has relatively controlled the second largest video website in China.
Zhou You officially took over as CEO of Tudou. Tang An didn't bother with the specific handover and didn't attend the press conference, leaving it all to them.
I stayed in Shanghai for one more day, visited Han and Tang Literature, and talked with Wu Wen about wireless operations, full copyright development, and film and television development in cooperation with Han and Tang Dynasties and Tudou.
After finishing Tudou, it’s time to reorganize the company, its studios, and the company.
The animation company Tudou still needs to produce, not only animated films, but also cartoons.
There are so many Singularity, how many users can the super-popular anime, film and television series adapted from it bring to Tudou, and can also greatly increase the value of Singularity's IP.
Moreover, Sohu's "Diaosi Men" is about to start production. The era of web dramas and web dramas is coming soon.
Later, iQiyi was the first to pay attention to this area. When it exploded in 2015, there were 650 online units in the entire network, and 622 iQiyi units were online. In the following years, the ratio has been maintained at about 90%.
Yi relies on online dramas, and Wangda ranks among the three major video websites.