Zhangyue Technology Fully Shifts Focus to AI Short Plays in First Quarter, Replicates Success Overseas

On May 21, an investor asked Zhangyue Technology about the core issues the market cares about most: its production efficiency in AI short videos, implementation plans, and the potential revenue this business could generate.

Zhangyue Technology responded with a clear and direct answer: The company has fully shifted its strategic focus to AI short videos starting in Q1 2026. This move signals that the leading digital reading company is now decisively entering the AIGC filmmaking trend, making a notable leap from "technical experimentation" to "commercial monetization" in both domestic and international markets.

Key Highlights:

Strategic Shift: Zhangyue Technology has fully pivoted its strategy toward AI short videos in Q1 2026.

Core Platform: Leveraging its PaoMan platform, the company has built a complete AI short video ecosystem covering scriptwriting, asset creation, and video generation.

Outstanding Overseas Performance: The successful "Chinese playbook" has been replicated abroad, with multiple overseas AI short videos delivering results far beyond expectations after launch.

"Three-in-One" Development Model: AI Turns Blockbusters Into a Production Line

In response to investor concerns about "production efficiency and implementation plans," Zhangyue Technology revealed that it has developed a mature "three-in-one" AI short video blockbuster production model:

Massive Official IP Library as the Foundation: Drawing on its long-standing collection of novel copyrights, AI can quickly handle script structure breakdown and network optimization, solving the problem of AI creation lacking raw materials.

Multi-Agent Architecture for Efficient Mass Production: By deeply adapting cutting-edge large models, AI agents collaborate to manage script analysis, character asset design, shot-by-shot video generation, and preview. Full-chain node integration significantly shortens the production cycle and achieves a breakthrough in mass production efficiency.

PaoMan Platform Ecosystem Loop: With the PaoMan platform as the core distribution and operations hub, the company forms a complete loop of "IP-AI production-platform playback-fan monetization." Currently, several fully AI-generated short videos are airing on the platform, showing strong viewership and engagement rates.

Overseas Market Disruption: The "One-Click Copy" of a Proven Model

After solving the production and monetization loop in the domestic market, Zhangyue Technology is rapidly scaling this strategy globally.

Reports indicate that the company's overseas expansion has achieved significant results. By localizing the domestically validated "three-in-one" model, several overseas AI short videos tailored to the aesthetics and cultural preferences of foreign users have officially launched. Thanks to AI's natural advantages in cross-cultural character modeling and multilingual voice synchronization, these overseas works have performed exceptionally well since their release, quickly opening up new growth opportunities for the company and validating the substantial monetization potential of AI short videos as a globally relevant cultural product.

Industry Insights: Redefining the Logic From "Selling Traffic" to "Selling Value"

RBC and other industry analysts have previously pointed out that the AI-driven industry revaluation differs fundamentally from the "traffic duration" logic of the mobile internet era. The core value of AI short videos lies in dramatically reducing the marginal cost of film and television content production. Instead of extending user time through prolonged exposure, the model focuses on "sharing profits through efficiency and creativity in value creation."

Zhangyue Technology's strategic commitment demonstrated in Q1 2026 aligns with this industry paradigm shift. As the PaoMan platform ecosystem continues to improve, the AI short video business may become the strongest driver of the company's performance growth following traditional digital reading.