Entertainment: Starting from joining Kugou Video

Chapter 161 Industry Conference, President Tang's Ambitious Spirit

Tang Lou looked at Zhang Hong, and then at everyone in the audience: "I'm not afraid of being accused of copying others. Because what I'm making isn't just another tomb raiding drama. What I'm making is for readers of *Ghost Blows Out the Light* to say, 'Yes, this is the world I imagined.'"

"We at Coolcat Video never compare ourselves to others."

"I, Tanglou, only make the content I want to make. As for being similar to Tencent Video's 'Tomb Raiders,' that's just a coincidence. I don't care about 'Tomb Raiders' at all; what I want to build is my 'Ghost Blows Out the Light' universe."

"I have bought out all the film and television adaptation rights for the 'Ghost Blows Out the Light' series, and I have also set up a company specifically for this series. The underground palaces, scenes and other facilities built with the investment in this series will be developed into cultural tourism projects and film and television city bases."

"My 'Ghost Blows Out the Light' is not a one-off deal, but rather a top-tier IP that I am prepared to invest in for at least ten years."

"The Grave Robbers' Chronicles is indeed a great IP, but unfortunately its copyright is chaotic and the quality of the content produced is uneven. In my opinion, it's nothing more than a motley crew."

"The production of the White-Clad Steed is indeed in the top tier among all the products in 'The Grave Robbers' Chronicles,' but that's about it."

"A single tree cannot make a forest. Next, we welcome everyone to witness the birth of our 'Ghost Blows Out the Light' series."

Tang Lou was full of confidence and his arguments were well-founded.

If someone else had said these words, many people might have thought it was just stubbornness.

But who is Tang Lou?

He went on to produce niche cultural programs such as "The Big Band," "Roast," and "The Rap of China," and created the groundbreaking suspense drama brand, Mist Theater.

The production and creative capabilities of the tenement buildings are beyond doubt.

Moreover, the fact is that Tanglou was only the first web series in this series, yet it already had an investment of over 100 million yuan.

Tang Lou's confident and ambitious declaration moved everyone, and they all began to look forward to "Ghost Blows Out the Light".

The series was launched.

Zhang Hong's expression darkened at Tang Lou's declaration, but he still managed a forced smile: "President Tang, you're right. I was presumptuous, and I apologize. I wish the 'Ghost Blows Out the Light' series great success."

After attending this industry conference, comments about tenement buildings were also published in the media.

There are many supporters of Tanglou, but there are also many who support "The Grave Robbers' Chronicles". In short, it has caused a lot of controversy and reposts.

This has made audiences and industry experts look forward to seeing how Tencent Video's "The Lost Tomb" and Tang Lou's first web series "Ghost Blows Out the Light" will compete.

Coolcat Hangzhou Business Unit.

Although Tang Lou is still nominally the vice president of Cool Cat, since Shen Yan was promoted, he has basically handed over all matters to Tang Lou.

In Shen Yan's heart, he had already passed the position of president of Cool Cat to Tang Lou.

Previously, Tanglou temporarily gave up this position in order to build a free novel ecosystem, but the current development of Shuqi Novels has far exceeded expectations.

Shen Yan was also waiting for Tang Lou to complete the layout of Shuqi Novels before returning to take over as president of Cool Cat.

Under these circumstances, Shen Yan directly gave his president's office to Tang Lou to work in, thus establishing Tang Lou's status in advance.

Shen Yan's move also allowed the employees inside KuMiao Video to foresee the outcome of Tang Lou becoming president. So, although Tang Lou has not officially been appointed yet, everyone already regards him as the boss of KuMiao Video!

Over the next few days, the Ghost Blows Out the Light project continued to move forward, but some problems still arose.

The person in charge of the underground palace and scene application and construction of the "Ghost Blows Out the Light" project team came to report on the work with some anxiety.

"Mr. Tang, the budget for the set construction in Ningxia has been exceeded. The original plan was 3000 million, but the contractor is now quoting 4500 million."

Ten thousand."

Tang Lou was somewhat surprised that the amount exceeded ten million, but he wasn't so sure about the investment in this project.

"What's the reason?"

Tang Lou did not get angry, but listened carefully to his subordinate's report.

"There are geological issues. The ground beneath that site is a layer of mixed sand and soil, so we need to build a deep foundation, otherwise the building will settle. Also, in the original story, the ancient city of Jingjue has an underground river, so we have to actually dig a culvert and create a water circulation system."

This person in charge was originally poached from a real estate and entertainment project, and has a wealth of experience.

This time, Tanglou's ambitious goal of creating the underground palace and scenes for the "Ghost Blows Out the Light" series also attracted this professional engineer.

After listening to his analysis, Tang Lou quickly provided a solution.

"Keep going. Money is not an issue. I just want the most authentic results. We're not just investing in one 'Ghost Blows Out the Light' series, but also in many future projects."

For Tanglou, these underground palaces and film and television bases can be used to develop its own short drama projects in the future.

In short, Tanglou is not worried at all about its future profitability.

The project manager was actually somewhat worried about the response from the tenement building.

"Mr. Tang, this really puts a huge budget on us. Besides the underground palace and the film and television base, we have a lot of special effects shots to come. Although we used our own cocoa bean animation to produce them, which gives us a price advantage, we can't handle the sheer volume."

"This time, Cocoa Bean is producing it to movie standards, with each second of special effects costing tens of thousands."

Tang Lou remained calm and composed despite the project manager's question.

In fact, having Coco Bean produce "Ghost Blows Out the Light" was a great training exercise for them, as it was also the first time Coco Bean had used the animation effects system developed by their own team.

If "Ghost Blows Out the Light" is successful, this will be the best form of promotion. After that, Coco Bean can take on special effects production for various domestic films and television dramas.

This is a huge market, and as the second largest shareholder of Cocoa Bean, Tang Lou can make a fortune as an investor in the film and television post-production market that Cocoa Bean has opened up.

This is not a single investment in online dramas; it is a systematic and long-term investment.

Once the fame gained through "Ghost Blows Out the Light" is established, it will have a positive promotional effect on the subsequent release of "Ne Zha".

With the principle of prioritizing high-quality production in everything at Tanglou, the actual expenditure for "Ghost Blows Out the Light" has been rising steadily from the original budget of 1.2 million yuan, and according to the final settlement, it will burn through at least 1.8 million yuan!

This is unprecedented in the history of web series production.

Another major reason why Tanglou dared to do this was that these scenes could be reused multiple times.

After the first web series of "Ghost Blows Out the Light" becomes a hit, Tanglou will immediately create a big-screen production to directly challenge theatrical releases!

In this way, the pressure of the entire investment is distributed.

Aside from the set design, the cast of "Ghost Blows Out the Light" is basically the same team that Tang Lou used.