Chapter 1477 Don't Buy It

Feng Yu was looking at the financial statements of Bingcheng Machinery Manufacturing Group when Liu Chuanzhi called. ,The latest chapter visit: ШШШ..СоМ.

"Old Liu, what's the matter?" Feng Yu asked casually.

The call at this time must be about Lianxiang Group or Lianxiang Yinshan. If it is about other subsidiaries, Liu Chuanzhi and Zong Qingxian can basically decide after discussing it.

"President Feng, do you remember when I said I wanted to acquire IBM's PC business?"

"Remember, didn't the other party refuse to sell it later? We all planned to pay in cash and stocks, but the other party still disagreed. Why, do you still want to buy it now?"

After acquiring ibm, you can get some good technologies, and you can also get brands such as think, plus the sales channels and factories of the other party, then Lianxiang Group will immediately become the world's largest PC industry in terms of production and sales, which is earlier than in the previous life.

But there are also disadvantages, that is, IBM's PC business at this time has no profit at all, and even has a lot of liabilities. And before Lianxiang Group wants to acquire it, the other party will definitely take the opportunity to list some debts in the 'door' of the PC business department to reduce the overall debt ratio of IBM.

IBM's focus has shifted from hardware to software. Their pc division 'door' sells, but not the overall hardware. They will go back from pc production to design. This can reduce a lot of costs, and you don't have to worry too much about the impact of PC price drops on them.

At this time, the average price of pc is the highest, that is, ibm and fruit companies. Once the price of pc drops again, it will seriously affect their profits, and they may even lose money if they don’t get it right.

"Mr. Feng, I really want to buy it, and this time it was the other party who took the initiative to contact me. It sounds sincere. And the initiative is in our hands, so it shouldn't hurt to talk about it."

Liu Chuanzhi has always been very keen on IBM's PC business, and now the opportunity is in front of him, making it very difficult for him to give up. In his years, IBM was the leader of the world's PC industry, or the leader of the entire IT industry.

It is a great honor to be able to acquire IBM, even if it is just a business.

Feng Yu reminded: "Old Liu, have you always regarded IBM as the leader of the world's PC industry? Thinking that if we acquired their business, it would seem that we have risen, and there is a feeling of turning over and calling the shots?"

"Lao Liu, it's not impossible for you to acquire IBM's PC business, but I want to remind you that IBM's PC business is no longer the leader, and even they are not as good as us now. Their product designs are old and they guard some patents. , neither authorized to go out to make money, nor used patents to stop other manufacturers."

"Their PC business is going downhill. You have to be clear about this. Don't think that IBM still has a lot of orders at this time. After we take over, we will definitely be able to make money. Think about it, many of IBM's orders are U.S. political axe. Group orders with big companies. Do you recall that when we even wanted to make our own computers, did our political axe purchase IBM's computers?"

"It's not impossible to open a back 'door' program on the computer to monitor and steal information, right? Why does our country have to 'get' a link? It's not just for computer security. Is this the United States? Will it not be considered over there? When IBM's PC business enters our hands, do you think those political axes will continue to place orders with us?"

"When we acquire it, the order will definitely shrink. The product design concepts of IBM are completely different from the design of our Lianxiang Group. They focus on office, and we focus on entertainment. Although the acquisition of them can make up for our The technology gap in office computers, but how big can it be?”

"The most cost-effective way is to buy the technology we like from IBM. As for their factories, we don't need them, and we don't need their sales channels now. Their brands,

We don't need it anymore. Operating multiple brands at the same time has certain advantages, but also certain disadvantages. "

"Remember what I told you about the same car? They have a lot of brands and they are too scattered, resulting in their lack of focus in their publicity and insufficient connection between brands, so sales and profits are declining. Island companies and European companies grabbed the market.”

"We now distinguish the 'performance' of products by series, which are aimed at different user groups. This is enough. Just buy new technologies, upgrade our products, and then launch a new series, there is no need to do more business. Brands, especially ibm, don't sell us the whole brand, at best it's licensed."

"We sell products and help them promote their brands. In this case, don't we even think that we have become an OEM? And IBM is no longer the IBM of the year. Although we have not surpassed them in terms of assets, we have already Not much weaker than them."

"And with this PC business dragging them, we can catch up and surpass them faster! So my suggestion is not to buy IBM's PC business, but to buy some of their patented technologies. If you have to buy it, then I don't agreed to give ibm lianxiang group shares , i think we have more potential for appreciation

After Feng Yu said this, Liu Chuanzhi was stunned for a long time. Yeah, why did he have to buy ibm's pc business? Is there a kind of original dream at work here? But ibm's pc business is not as good as even thinking about it?

If you like some advanced technologies of ibm, you can buy it, or take a step back, you can also authorize it, which is much more cost-effective than buying the whole.

At first, I thought that IBM still had a huge market in the United States, but if I even wanted to acquire it, it was really possible that, as Feng Yu said, orders from political axe and large enterprises would be gone.

As for the ibm factory, in fact, I don't even think about it at all. Not to mention the low production capacity of the old factories, the wages of workers are not low. Lianxiang has already built a factory in Brazil, and the American side will all be supplied by the Brazilian factory.

In other words, in IBM's view, the "door" of the PC business unit, which is very valuable, is of little use to Lianxiang Group. If the acquisition comes over, it is not cost-effective to distract Lianxiang Group.

Liu Chuanzhi understood at this moment that IBM did not sell at that time because he felt that the profit was not bad. And now if you want to sell, it must be that the profit is already insufficient, and it may even be a loss.

This is not to fulfill Lianxiang, but to throw the burden on Lianxiang, which is still a heavy burden.

After thinking about this, Liu Chuanzhi told Feng Yu that he knew how to reply to IBM.

The person in charge of ibm's pc business received a call from Liu Chuanzhi with a smile on his lips. After selling the PC business, he will be in charge of the server, and with this credit, he might even get a raise.

But the words coming from the phone made his face change greatly.

"Miller, after our research, Lianxiang Group has decided to give up the idea of ​​acquiring IBM's PC business."

What? Don't even think about buying it? !

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