In December, Xiang Nan also released "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban."
Because it coincides with Christmas, a large number of parents choose 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.
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In January, "The Matrix" was officially finished. Xiang Nan took Cong Shan and Ning Ning back to Yanjing to spend the Spring Festival with his parents, so he did not participate in this year's Golden Globe Awards.
But this year's Golden Globe Awards have little to do with him. Because this year's Golden Globe Awards are won by "Braveheart."
The film has won many awards including Best Drama Film, Best Director, Best Drama Actor, Best Score, and Best Adapted Screenplay. Compared with receiving the award, it feels better to go home and spend time with my parents.
Xiang Nan is forty years old this year, and Ning Weiguo and Qi Aihong are both in their seventies. It is said that seventy years of life are rare, and there is not much time to spend with them.
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After spending the Spring Festival with his parents, brother and sister-in-law, Xiang Nan, Cong Shan and Ning Ning came to Xiangjiang.
At this time, the general environment in Xiangjiang was a chilling scene. 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 are all bleak, and there is a lot of uncertainty.
Under such circumstances, the people in Xiangjiang did not even have a good time during the Spring Festival. Everyone looked sad and disappointed.
Xiang Nan went to see Shanshan first, "Happy New Year, happy New Year~" He cupped his hands and smiled.
"Happy New Year, brother." Shanshan also cupped her hands and said with a smile, "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 said, "How have you been in the past year? Have you made any progress in your homework?"
"Yes. I can graduate next year." Shanshan smiled, "When the time comes, brother, you must agree to my conditions."
"Okay." Xiang Nan nodded.
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Xiang Nan then went to see Wang Jing.
"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 formerly known as LiTV. In 1982, it was acquired by Mr. Qiu Degen, chairman of Far East Group, and was renamed Asia Television, or ATV for short. Under the chairmanship of Mr. Qiu, ATV has made great progress. The Miss Asia and Mr. Asia beauty contests were started by Mr. Qiu.
Later, because the Far East Group was involved in the "Far East Bank False Account Case", ATV was sold to the Lin Group in 1988. The Lin Group started out as a clothing manufacturer, 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, he was involved in a bribery case, which caused trouble, so he urgently needed to sell off his assets to cash out. Therefore, ATV, which has little profit but huge burden, has become the first target of fire 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, such as the classic old movies in the film library, which can be broadcast on the TV station. This type of old movie is still very attractive to audiences.
It can also serve as a talent training base for the company. Many talents in the Hong Kong film industry came from TV stations. For example, Chow Yun-fat, Leslie Cheung, Andy Lau, Stephen Chow, Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung and so on.
It was on television 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 TV stations, stars like them would not know what they were doing.
On the one hand, one of the most important publicity channels of TV stations is particularly influential in Hong Kong. There are hundreds of newspapers, magazines and three radio stations in Xiangjiang, but there are only two TV stations. It’s either/or.
Even though TVB is the dominant company, ATV still has 30 to 40% of the ratings, and it 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 they are very rich, they have no roots in the United States. In the eyes of upper class society, he was 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 in the morning to build Xiangjiang into his own base. This is why he invested huge sums of money to build a mansion in Taipingshan.
And ATV will become his mouthpiece and his most powerful weapon. Isn’t that the saying, public opinion is the fourth power!
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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. As soon as he debuted, he starred in ATV dramas such as "Swordsman", "I'm from Chaozhou", "Snowflake Excalibur" and so on.
However, ATV is still a small channel after all. If the ratings are usually good, it can still be 40 or 60 points higher than TVB. If the ratings are not good, it cannot even maintain a 37 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 her hand and said, "I've heard that you are the chief actress of ATV. When I meet 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.
There are only fifty beauties like her in the Xiangjiang entertainment circle. But a superstar like Xiang Xiangnan and a billionaire are unique.
"Please take a seat." Xiang Nan smiled and said, "I have to say that you are really a bit of an incompetent person 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 smiled.
"Okay, it's a good thing to be grateful." Xiang Nan nodded.
Yang Jingru smiled even happier when she heard what he said.
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