On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Jiang Heng did not stay in Beijing, but returned to Hong Kong after a long absence.

When he was first reborn, he was afraid that he would be harassed by local gangs if he made a lot of money, so he stayed in the mainland.

Now that he has achieved success and fame all over the world, he naturally doesn't have to worry about those things, but he plans to stay for a while longer.

It’s not that I want to take a break right away, but I want to come back and set up a TV station.

Although the influence of television stations has been declining in the era of self-media, Hong Kong Satellite TV has suddenly become popular and demonstrated huge influence.

And it is impossible for Jiang Heng to make movies forever. If he wants to maintain a huge influence in the industry, becoming a media tycoon is a good choice.

Just like Brother Cheng Long, the box office of his films has continued to decline since "Kung Fu Yoga". Even though he has obviously lost his popularity, he still keeps releasing new films. Why?
Because he keeps releasing new films, there will be a large group of people around him. If he really retires, he will just be a former Kung Fu star.

Brother Cheng Long, who has enjoyed a glorious life, can't stand that kind of loneliness!

It’s not that Jiang Heng likes the feeling of being the center of attention, but he feels that becoming a media tycoon will give him greater influence and greater security.

"Mr. Jiang, this is the ATV information you requested!"

Inside the Hong Kong Youteng Film Company, a lawyer from the legal department handed over a document.

However, after Jiang Heng shifted his work focus to the mainland, his Youteng Pictures in Hong Kong did not close down, and he participated in the investment of low-cost Hong Kong films every year. However, its strength and influence were far less than that of iQiyi, Youteng Pictures in the mainland.

The advantage is that every time I go back to Hong Kong, there are people here to use.

Jiang Heng took the information and flipped through it casually.

ATV is the abbreviation of "Asia Television". It is the first TV station in Hong Kong's history and also the first Chinese-language TV station in the world.

When it opened in 1957, it was called Rediffusion Television and operated as a paid cable broadcast. In 73, it changed to wireless free broadcasting and changed its name to "Rediffusion Television". In 82, it was renamed "Asia Television".

During its heyday, classic films such as "Heavenly Silkworm Change" and "Heroes of the East" were produced.

ATV’s artist training class has also produced many well-known artistes.

Such as Anthony Wong, He Jiajin, Ye Zimei, Zhang Jiahui, Zhang Min, etc.

However, after entering 2000, the quality of ATV's programs and its competitiveness continued to decline. Due to several changes in equity ownership, its ratings had been weak for a long time and its operations began to fall into crisis.

Since 14, rumors of bankruptcy have been circulating due to multiple wage arrears disputes.

In September 15, CICC purchased shares of ATV and proposed to integrate ATV into a media group, but no actual action has been taken.

On April 2016, 4, the broadcast signal of Asia Television (Rediffusion Television), which had dominated Hong Kong for 1 years, was interrupted, and the screen has been blue ever since.

Generally speaking, during the 59 years that ATV dominated Hong Kong, it was often beaten by TVB and was financially poor and weak.

For example, during the heyday of Mr. Lam Pak-yan's tenure (1989-1998), ATV's total losses reached HK$30 billion, which was called the most loss-making deal he had ever made in his lifetime.

To be honest, Jiang Heng had no idea if he really wanted to buy such a TV station!

There are too many problems and the burden is too heavy.

If he didn't think it was too troublesome to set up a TV station from scratch, he really didn't want to jump into the trap of "ATV".

"Okay, I'll take a look first and let you know if I have any ideas!"

"Okay, Director Jiang, if you have any questions, feel free to call me!" The lawyer said and turned to leave.

Jiang Hengze sat on the sofa and smoked a cigar silently.

There were only two options before him: to acquire Asia Television or to set up a TV station of his own. Just like the popular Hong Kong Satellite TV, which was only established for more than three years.

It completed commercial registration in December 08 and officially started broadcasting in October 12.

Therefore, if Jiang Heng wanted to register a TV station now, it would probably take at least two to three years for it to officially broadcast and develop.

But on second thought, he didn't set up a TV station to dominate the Chinese TV circle, he just wanted to have his own voice and expand his influence, so there was no need to rush.

Thinking of this, Jiang Heng called his lawyer and asked him to recommend a few ATV executives who were capable of setting up a TV station.

"Mr. Jiang, are you planning to set up a TV station yourself?"

"Well, I can only say that I have such a plan. Let's see if there are any suitable talents first!"

"Okay, I'll contact you right now!"

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Heng stayed in the office for a while and then went home, and asked everyone in the company to leave early.

In Hong Kong, there is usually a three-day holiday for the Spring Festival, and people start work very early.

Most people at iQiyi, Youku, Tencent Video and Bonanza Pictures in mainland China have also taken holidays, and only those responsible for film promotion and marketing are still working overtime in the company.

The main thing is to continue to increase the publicity of the film and lead the "water army" to post good reviews and delete bad reviews.

It is said that with the quality of Jiang Heng's films, he does not need internet trolls.

However, in recent years, there have been more and more doubts, voices of "running out of ideas" and various slanderous comments. After some investigation, it was found that some companies paid "Internet trolls" to do so.

In this case, iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video must also have their own “Captain of the Navy”.

"I think it's really wise for Director Jiang to retire. It's a typical case of Jiang Lang running out of ideas! The difference between "Battle Through the Heavens" and "Lion Camel Ridge" is the difference between "The Matrix" trilogy and "The Three-Body Problem"!"

In the "Fights Break Sphere" forum, someone posted that they thought Jiang Heng's new film was rubbish and not as good as "100 Million Years BC".

Soon after the post was published, it attracted a lot of replies, most of which were rebuttals.

As for some posts that have no logic and are purely slanderous, they are basically deleted.

Some netizens also said that the eyes of the masses are sharp. "Fights Break Sphere" earned 7.9 billion yuan in three days, setting a new box office record in the mainland film market. Its Douban score is also as high as . Obviously, the vast majority of people think it is good after watching it, and it cannot be discredited by a few words of "garbage".

"That's right. Not only do Chinese people like it, but it also has good box office results overseas. If it were really like what the haters say, the overseas results would have collapsed long ago!"

"However, Director Jiang's films in recent years have had somewhat poor box office performance!"

"It's probably because the audience is tired of watching all these mythological movies!"

"We should continue to make science fiction films, as overseas audiences like this!"

“When will The Three-Body Problem 2 be filmed? We’ve been waiting for too many years. I want to see water droplets destroying humanity’s space fleet!”

“That’s really shocking!”

"If we have to film, we should film The Heroes. If we don't, the actors will be old!"

"We should make a movie called 'Little Soldier Legend'. The first movie had such a high box office, the second movie might break the record!"

"Impossible. The first film took advantage of the subject matter and the 3D format. Now people's 3D viewing is just so-so. It's hard to have such a high box office again!"

"I think it will be hard for even Director Jiang to break the global box office record of "Little Soldier Legend"!" (End of this chapter)