Chapter 699: Old Liu's thoughts

"Do you really want to collaborate on a mobile phone project with IBM?" Liu Chuanzhi feels unlikely. He has obviously purchased a lot of technology from Motorola, and isn't Zhang Yang's idea to be a smartphone?
"Who says we want to collaborate on mobile phone projects? I'm talking about cooperation in communications. Communication is not just mobile phones."
Although Zhiduoxing's cell phone technology still has a gap compared with giants such as Nokia and Wenai, it is not irreparable. Because many technologies are not very practical, there is no way to circumvent it.
How expensive IBM's patents are sold can be seen from their annual net profit of patent licensing of more than one billion dollars.
Liu Chuanzhi may not know very well. Zhang Yangke also invested in a communications company in Ghana. Although he is dominated by Li Chaoren’s Hutchison, it does not mean that Zhang Yang has no say.
Moreover, he only talked to Peng Mingsheng, and he would not promise anything directly, and finally let the person with Huang talk.
"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 would not spend so much money on their PC business, which includes a lot of technology, right?"
"This merger and acquisition will make Lianxiang's market share rise again, not too far from the industry's first. But have some protection clauses been added to the contract?"
Liu Chuanzhi nodded: "Of course there is. If the other party breaches the contract, or artificially creates some obstacles to our development, we can be double-claimed."
"We also have a team of lawyers, the relevant terms are very clear, and thank you for the team of lawyers you introduced here, helped us find a lot of loopholes in the contract, that is, the price is a bit expensive."
Zhang Yang took a sip from the coffee and said, "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 is a loophole in the contract, they don't. It was found that all losses even thought of were borne by the law firm, and there was no need to worry that the other party could not afford compensation."
"That's true." Liu Chuanzhi agrees. "Did you not invest in your own law firm? You have a lot of business here, don't you worry about some legal issues?"
"Invested, the current development is okay, but the other party has not handled such a large merger and acquisition case, I dare not recommend it to you."
Zhang Yang was inconvenient to introduce his own law firm to Lianxiang. At that time, if the fees are high, the fees will be settled, and the fees will be low.
Liu Chuanzhi didn't ask, he could think about it.
"How do you feel about the Lianxiang mobile phone entering the North American market?" Liu Chuanzhi suddenly asked.
"you are serious?"
"Of course, the development in the China market is not very good, but on this side, we can cooperate with IBM, and we can also use some of IBM's sales channels."
Liu Chuanzhi also has no choice. Who wouldn’t sell even the desired mobile phone in China? It is in Central Asia, and there are still some markets, otherwise he would like to simply sell the mobile phone business.
"The leader here is Motorola, and even Nokia is not an opponent. There are also BlackBerry, Philips, and Changai that are selling well here. Now, with Samsung, Ximenzi, and our Zhiduoxing, There are too many brands, we must start fighting."
"I dare not say how many brands will be left in the end, but most of the brands will lose money in the competition. Even think that the amount of cash is not much now, you are sure that when you integrate PC business on the side, there is still a lot of money to do Mobile phone?"
"Actually, you are in the China market, and you don't have a chance. Think about how your PC entered the North American market?"
How do you even want to break into the North American market? It has not been officially entered yet. Wait, is this M&A?
So what does Zhang Yang mean to make Lianxiang want to acquire a domestic mobile phone manufacturer? This can increase market share, and technology can also be improved.
Which one is suitable for acquisition? Those domestic manufacturers can't even think of it. Only one is more suitable. That is Bird. The leading domestic mobile phone, now the number two leader, has a market share of more than 10% in China.
Can companies that still make money sell? This may be different from IBM's PC business. IBM is losing money, selling it as a last resort, and has also acquired some shares.
Shares, yes, why can't Lian want to set up a subsidiary, like Zhiduoxing, which is specifically used to operate the mobile phone business, so that the subsidiary can be used to acquire Bird, it may not be impossible!
Thinking of this, Liu Chuanzhi became much more excited. He seemed to have found a way to develop. Moreover, it is not only possible to acquire domestic ones, but also foreign ones, but it seems that it is not too suitable.
The acquisition of IBM's PC business this time has made Lian even want to adjust the liquidity, almost no more money, but also consider operating risks.
They don't have much cash to use, unless they continue to issue more stocks, which is not good for even thinking, and will make the right to speak lower and lower, becoming a small horse-drawn cart.
In the dotcom bubble around the millennium, many bankrupt companies were small horse-drawn carts. He didn't want to want to be like that.
"How about we jointly buy Bird?" Liu Chuanzhi thought of a good way and couldn't help saying it.
It's a pity that Zhang Yang shook his head: "I have enough Zhiduoxing's mobile phone brand. It's enough. I didn't plan to increase it. At least I don't plan to do so now. The situation at Fly is a little complicated. If you find someone to understand it carefully, there is a great chance of success."
After all, there are also state-owned shares on the waveguide side ~ EbookFREE.me ~ If Lian Xiangken is willing to set up a subsidiary in Ningbo, the state-owned assets on the waveguide side will not object.
As for foreign investment, it depends on what I want to talk about. Anyway, that company is not bigger than Lenovo. Even if I want to buy the other party's shares, it is still very possible.
But this is also the last chance for Lian Xiang. 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 want to start now, there is still a chance to reverse it. Buy it next year, it might as well run a good business and even think about your own brand.
"Lao Liu, in fact, there is 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 is expected."
"Of course, the final decision rests with you. I said that when our two products are in competition, I will not give a definite answer."
"Nothing else. I want to take a break. I have to talk to Peng Mingsheng in the evening. His Chinese name is very interesting, and I don't know who gave it."