Youyou Film was founded in 2008 by Li Hongchou, who graduated from Hebei Film and Television Media College. A film and television organization founded by several college students who are at school or graduated from the school. It was originally founded because Li Hongchou found this "new business opportunity" on the Internet. At that time, some video websites would share advertising revenue with the uploaders according to the click-through rate of videos uploaded by netizens. Li Hongchou uploaded his first student work "The Best Thief" to the website.