Chapter 1477

Feng Yu is looking at the financial statements of Bingcheng machinery manufacturing group. Liu Chuanzhi calls.

"Lao Liu, what can I do for you?" Feng Yu asked casually.

When calling at this time, it must be about Lianxiang group or Yinshan. If it's about other subsidiaries, Liu Chuanzhi and Zong Qingxian can basically decide.

"Mr. Feng, do you remember when I said I wanted to buy IBM's PC business?"

"Remember, didn't the other side refuse to sell later? We all plan to pay in cash and stock, but the other party still disagrees. Why, do you still want to buy now? "

With the acquisition of IBM, you can get some good technologies, as well as brands such as think, plus the other party's sales channels and factories, then Lianxiang group will soon become the world's first PC industry in terms of production and sales, which is earlier than the previous generation.

But there are also disadvantages, that is, IBM's PC business at this time is not much profit, and even there are many liabilities. And before Lianxiang group wants to acquire, the other party will definitely take the opportunity to list some debts in the PC business department to reduce IBM's overall debt ratio.

IBM's focus has shifted from hardware to software. Their PC division sold, but not the overall hardware. Later, they will change 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 decline on them.

At this time, the average price of PC is the highest, IBM and fruit company. Once the price of PC drops again, it will seriously affect their profits, even if they can't get it right, they may lose money.

"Mr. Feng, I really want to buy it. And this time, the other party contacted me on their own initiative. It sounds sincere. And the initiative is in our hands. There should be no harm in talking about it. "

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

It's a great honor to acquire IBM, even if it's just a business.

Feng Yu reminded, "Liu, have you always regarded IBM as the world's PC industry leader? Thinking that if we buy their business, it's like we're rising up and have a sense of turning over to be the master? "

"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, even they are not as good as us now. Their product design is old-fashioned, keeping some patents, neither authorizing to make money, nor using patents to stop other manufacturers. "

"Their PC business is going downhill. You need to see this clearly. Don't think that IBM still has a lot of orders at this time. After we take over, we will make money. If you think about it, many of IBM's orders are from American government axe and large companies. Do you recall that when we even wanted to make our own computers, our political axe purchased IBM computers? "

"It's not impossible to open a back door program on the computer to monitor and steal data? Why our country must come up with a company idea is not just for the sake of computer security. Can this be ignored by the United States? When IBM's PC business comes into our hands, do you think those political axes will continue to place orders with us? "

"If we buy it, the order will be seriously reduced. The product design concepts of IBM are totally different from those of our Lianxiang group. They focus on office and we focus on entertainment. Although the acquisition of them can make up the technical gap in our office computers, how big can it be? "

"The most cost-effective way is to buy the technology we like in IBM. As for their factories, we don't need their sales channels, and we don't need their brands now. Running multiple brands at the same time has some advantages, but also some disadvantages. "

"Remember what I told you about the same car? They just have a lot of brands, which are too scattered, which leads to their lack of focus on publicity and insufficient brand to brand connection, so the sales volume and profits are declining, and the market is occupied by Island companies and European companies. "

"It's enough for us to distinguish product performance by series and target different user groups. Buy back new technology, upgrade our products, and then launch a new series. There is no need to operate more brands, especially IBM will not sell the whole brand to us, but only authorized use. "

"We sell products and help them promote their brands. In this case, we even think that we have become a OEM? And IBM is not the IBM of that year. Although we haven't surpassed them in assets, we are no less influential than them. "

"And with this PC business dragging them, we can catch up with and surpass them faster! So my suggestion is that instead of buying IBM's PC business, you can buy some of their patented technologies. If you have to buy, then I don't agree to give the shares of IBM Lianxiang group. I think we have more potential for appreciation. "Liu Chuanzhi was stunned for a long time. Yes, why does he have to buy IBM's PC business? Is there a dream in it? But how about IBM's PC business?

If you are interested in some advanced IBM technologies, you can buy them, or take a step back. You need to authorize them, which is more cost-effective than buying them as a whole.

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

As for IBM's factory, we can't even think about it. Old factories have low production capacity and wages. Even if we want to build a factory in Brazil, then all the factories in the Americas will be supplied by Brazil.

That is to say, the valuable PC business department in IBM's view is of little use to Lianxiang group. If it's bought, it's not very cost-effective to distract Lianxiang group.

Liu Chuanzhi understood at this moment that IBM didn't sell at that time, because it thought the profit was good. If you want to sell now, you must have insufficient profit, or even loss.

IBM is not a complete company to think about, but a heavy burden to think about.

Having figured this out, Liu Chuanzhi told Feng Yu that he knew how to reply to IBM.

The head of IBM's PC business received a call from Liu Chuanzhi, with a smile on his lips. After selling the PC business, he will take charge of the server, and with this credit, he may be able to raise his salary.

But the words from the phone changed his face.

"Miller, we think the group has given up the idea of acquiring IBM's PC business after research and decision."

What? Don't even want to buy?!

…… (to be continued. )