In December, Xiang Nan also released "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban".

Because it happened to be Christmas, a large number of parents chose to buy books as gifts for their children, so the sales of this book are still good, with sales exceeding one million copies in January.

In today's dwindling physical book market, such sales are simply mythical, and are the envy of publishing companies.

…

Entering January, "The Matrix" has officially wrapped up production. Xiang Nan and Cong Shan quietly returned to Yanjing to spend the Spring Festival with their parents, so they did not participate in this year's Golden Globe Awards.

However, this year's Golden Globe Awards have little to do with him. Because this year's Golden Globe Awards are won by "Braveheart".

This movie has won many awards including Best Drama Film, Best Director, Best Drama Actor, Best Score, Best Adapted Screenplay, etc. Compared with receiving the award, it is more important to go home and spend time with my parents.

Cool.

Xiang Nan is forty years old this year, Ning Weiguo, and Qi Aihong are both turning seventy. It is said that seventy years are rare in life, and there is not much time to spend with them.

…

After spending the Spring Festival with their parents, brother and sister-in-law, Xiang Nan and Cong Shan peacefully came to Xiangjiang.

At this time, the general environment in Hong Kong was a scene of chilling. Due to the outbreak of the Asian financial crisis in 1997, Hong Kong was also affected to a certain extent. The stock market, property market, and futures market were all bleak and turbulent.

Under such circumstances, the people in Xiangjiang did not even have a good time during the Spring Festival. Everyone looked sad and looked very disappointed.

Xiang Nan went to see Shanshan first, "Happy New Year, happy New Year~" he cupped his hands and said with a smile.

"Happy New Year, brother." Shanshan also cupped her hands and smiled, "Why do you want to come back for the Spring Festival this year?"

"As people get older, their mentality also gets older. They always want to return home and stay with their loved ones." Xiang Nan said with a smile.

"Don't say that, you are not old, you are still young." Shanshan said immediately after hearing this.

Xiang Nan smiled and asked, "How have you been in the past year? Have you made any progress in your homework?"

"Yes. I can graduate next year." Shanshan smiled and said, "When the time comes, brother, you must agree to my conditions."

"Okay." Xiang Nan nodded.

…

Xiang Nan then went to see Wang Jing again.

"Mr. Ning, are you interested in TV stations?" Wang Jing asked Xiang Nandao with a smile.

"TV station?!" Xiang Nan blinked, suddenly his eyes lit up, and he asked with a smile, "Is ATV going to be sold?"

"You are so smart." Wang Jing nodded immediately, "I received news that the Lin Group is facing a financial crisis and is really unable to support the development of ATV, so it is preparing to sell it."

ATV was originally named Li's. It was acquired by Mr. Qiu Degen, chairman of the Far East Group in 1982, and was renamed Asia Television, or ATV for short. Under the auspices of Mr. Qiu, ATV has made great progress, such as the Miss Asia and Mr. Asia beauty pageants,

It was Mr. Qiu who started it.

Later, because the Far East Group was involved in the "Far East Bank False Account Case", ATV was sold to the Lam Consortium in 1988. The Lam Consortium started its business in clothing manufacturing, and the famous Crocodile brand is one of its products.

After the Lin Group took over, it not only invested heavily in ATV, but also increased revenue and reduced expenditure, making ATV's development situation increasingly better. However, the current Asian financial crisis has greatly affected its clothing industry.

In addition, it was involved in a bribery case, which caused trouble, so it was urgent to sell off assets to cash out. Therefore, ATV, which had little profit but a huge burden, became the first target of the sale.

Upon hearing this, Xiang Nan nodded, "You can talk to them."

Having a TV station is actually a good thing for Xiang Nan.

On the one hand, the TV station can revitalize the company's assets. For example, the classic old movies in the film library can be broadcast on the TV station. Such old movies are still very attractive to the audience.

It can also serve as a talent training base for the company. Many talents in the Hong Kong film industry come from TV stations, such as Chow Yun-fat, Leslie Cheung, Andy Lau, Stephen Chow, Maggie Cheung, Leung Chiu-wai, etc.

It was on the TV station that they honed their acting skills and accumulated popularity, and then they were able to successfully enter the film industry. It can be said that without the cultivation of the TV station, stars like them would not know what they were doing.

On the one hand, one of the most important publicity channels of television stations is particularly influential in Hong Kong. There are hundreds of newspapers, magazines, and three radio stations in Hong Kong, but there are only two television stations. It is either one or the other.

Even though TVB is the dominant company, ATV still has 30 to 40% of the ratings, which can affect more than one million people, far higher than the sales of any newspaper or magazine.

As a wealthy person, the biggest trouble is how to protect your money.

Especially people like Xiang Nan. Although he is very rich, he has no roots in the United States. In the eyes of the upper class, he is still an outsider.

There is no comparison with white Americans like Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg.

It's a peaceful world now, so of course there's nothing to worry about. But once the chaos comes, rich people like him may become meat on the chopping board.

So Xiang Nan made preparations early to build Xiangjiang into his base. This is why he invested huge sums of money to build a mansion in Taiping Mountain.

And ATV will become his mouthpiece and his most powerful weapon. Otherwise, public opinion is the fourth power!

…

After meeting Wang Jing, Xiang Nan made an appointment with Yang Jingru.

Christine Yang participated in the Miss Asia beauty pageant in 1995, and not only won the runner-up, but also won four awards: "Miss Photogenic", "Most Popular Beauty", and "One Person, One Vote".

Her facial features are so exquisite that I feel pity for her, so she is well-deserved for receiving these awards.

Therefore, after ATV signed her contract, they immediately made great efforts to support her. Right after her debut, she starred in ATV dramas such as "Swordsman", "I am from Chaozhou", "Snowflake Excalibur" and so on.

However, ATV is still a small channel after all. If the ratings are good at ordinary times, it can still score 40-60 points with TVB. If the ratings are not good, it cannot even maintain 30-70 points.

Therefore, although Christine Yang is the leading actress in ATV, she is not very famous in Hong Kong.

"Hello, Miss Yang~" Xiang Nan smiled and shook hands with her and said, "I've heard that you are the chief actress of ATV. When I saw you today, you are indeed well-deserved."

"Mr. Ning is so polite. It's an honor for me to meet you." Yang Jingru immediately smiled.

In the Xiangjiang entertainment industry, there are only fifty beauties like her. But a superstar like Xiang Xiangnan and a billionaire like her are unique.

"Please take a seat." Xiang Nan smiled and said, "I have to say that you are really a bit incompetent by staying at ATV. Have you considered changing jobs?"

"Not yet. After all, ATV is kind to me. Without ATV, I wouldn't be where I am now." Yang Jingru said with a smile.

"Okay, it's a good thing to be grateful." Xiang Nan nodded.
Chapter completed!