Super Tycoon

Do you really want to cooperate with IBM on the mobile phone project? Liu Chuanzhi felt that it was unlikely. He had already purchased a lot of technology from Motorola, and Zhang Yang's idea was not to make a smartphone?

Who says we're going to work together on a mobile phone project? I'm talking about cooperating on communications, which is not just about phones.

Although there is still a gap between Zhiduoxing's mobile phone technology compared with giants such as Nokia and Soai, it is not irreparable. Because many technologies are actually not very practical, and there is no way around it.

How expensive IBM's patents are sold can be seen from their annual net profit of more than one billion US dollars in patent licensing.

Liu Chuanzhi may not know much about it. Zhang Yangke also invested in a communication company in Ghana. Although Li Chaoren's Hutchison is the leader, it doesn't mean that Zhang Yang has no right to speak.

Besides, he was only talking to Peng Mingsheng, and he would not promise anything directly, and it would be fine to let He Huang's people talk about it in the end.

Zhang Yang, I advise you to be mentally prepared. IBM's technology licensing fee is very high. Liu Chuanzhi reminded.

Of course I know, otherwise you wouldn't spend so much money on their PC business, which includes a lot of technology, right?

This merger will make Lianxiang's market share soar again, and it's not too far away from being the number one in the industry. But are there any protection clauses added to the contract?

Liu Chuanzhi nodded: Of course. If the other party breaks the contract, or artificially creates some obstacles for our development, we can both be sued.

We also have a team of lawyers. The relevant terms are very clear. I would also like to thank the team of lawyers you introduced here. They helped us find many loopholes in the contract, but the price is a bit expensive.

Zhang Yang picked up the coffee and took a sip: Then do you think it's worth it? The lawyers here have always been so expensive, and this is a top law firm. They are also partners of Wal-Mart. Once there are loopholes in the contract, they will not I found out that all the losses I thought about were borne by the law firm, so I don’t have to worry about the other party not being able to compensate.”

That's true. Liu Chuanzhi agreed very much, Didn't you invest in your own law firm? You also have a lot of business here, don't you worry about some legal issues?

I have invested, and the current development is not bad, but the other party has never handled such a large merger and acquisition case, so I dare not recommend it to you.

It is inconvenient for Zhang Yang to introduce the law firm in which he has invested to Lian Xiang. If the fee is high, it will be settled. If the fee is low, I am sorry for the efforts of the law firm staff, and it will affect the future business.

Liu Chuanzhi didn't ask, he could figure it out.

What do you think of Lianxiang's mobile phone entering the North American market? Liu Chuanzhi asked suddenly.

are you serious?

Of course, the development in the Chinese market is not very good, but here, we can cooperate with IBM and use some of IBM's previous sales channels.

Liu Chuanzhi also had no choice. Who made Lian Xiang's mobile phone not sell well in China? However, in Central Asia, there are still some markets, otherwise he would have wanted to simply sell the mobile phone business.

The leader here is Motorola, and even Nokia is no match. There are also Blackberry, Philips, Suoai, etc. that sell well here. Now with Samsung, Ximenzi and our Zhiduoxing, we have already There are too many brands, and we must start fighting.

I dare not say how many brands will be left in the end, but most brands will lose money in the competition. Even thinking about the current amount of cash is not much, you are sure that when integrating the PC business, there is still a lot of money to do cell phone?

Actually, it's not like you have no chance in the Chinese market. Think about how your PC entered the North American market?

Even thinking about how to break into the North American market? Haven't officially entered yet. Wait, are you talking about this merger?

So Zhang Yang meant that Lian wanted to acquire a domestic mobile phone manufacturer? In this way, the market share can be increased, and the technology can also be improved.

Just which one is the right one to buy? Those domestic manufacturers are not even thought of. There is only one that is more suitable, and that is Bird, the former leader of domestic mobile phones, and now the second in command, with a domestic market share of more than 10%.

Can a company that is still making money be sold? This is different from IBM's PC business. IBM was losing money and sold it as a last resort, and also got some shares.

Shares, yes, why can't Lian Xiang set up a subsidiary company, like Zhiduoxing, dedicated to operating the mobile phone business, so that the subsidiary company can be used to acquire Bird, which may not be impossible!

Thinking of this, Liu Chuanzhi became much more excited, as if he had found a way to develop. And not only domestic ones can be acquired, but foreign ones can also be acquired, but it seems that there is no suitable one.

The acquisition of IBM's PC business this time has already made Lian want to draw up almost all of his working capital, and there is not much money to spend, and he still has to consider operating risks.

They don't have much cash at their disposal, unless they continue to issue additional shares, that's not even a good idea, and it will make the right to speak less and less, turning them into small horses and big carts.

In the Internet bubble around the millennium, many bankrupt companies were small horses and big carts. He didn't want Lian Xiang to become like that.

How about we jointly acquire Bird? Liu Chuanzhi thought of a good idea and couldn't help but say it.

It's a pity that Zhang Yang shook his head: It is enough for me to have the mobile phone brand of Zhiduoxing. I don't plan to increase it, at least not now. The situation with Bird is a bit complicated. You can find someone to understand it, and there is a great possibility of success.

After all, Bird also has state-owned shares. If Lianxiang is willing to set up a subsidiary in Ningbo, Bird's state-owned assets will not object.

As for foreign capital, it depends on what Lian wants to discuss. Anyway, that company is not bigger than Lenovo, and it is still very possible that Lian wants to acquire the other party's shares.

But this is also Lianxiang's last chance. Starting next year, domestic mobile phone brands will show explosive growth, and Bird will also go downhill because of problems in their business direction.

If you even want to start now, there is still a chance to reverse it. If I buy it again next year, I might as well manage Lianxiang's own brand well.

Old Liu, there is actually another way, that is to cooperate with IBM to develop communication technology, or cooperate with us to develop communication technology. Although there will be no benefits in the past two or three years, the future can be expected.

Of course, the final decision is still yours. As I said at the beginning, when our two products are in competition, I will not give an affirmative answer.

There is nothing else. I want to rest for a while and have a good talk with Peng Mingsheng in the evening. His Chinese name is quite interesting, and I don't know who gave it to him.