Extraordinary Genius

IBM Group held a meeting soon, and they thought that even Lenovo Group had always been interested in their PC business and had expressed interest in acquiring it more than once.

When they agree, even think about the group should be happy.

At the beginning, Liu Xiaozhi's tone sounded very happy, but how come things changed so much after less than an hour?

Didn't you say that Liu Legendary Zhi is a very prestigious member of Lenovo Group? He is a small shareholder, but he is the chairman of the board of directors, or the CEO of Taihua Holdings. What he agrees with didn't succeed?

Or has someone else influenced Liu's decision, and this person has a very strong influence on Liu's decision. Then who is this man, has called out.

Feng Yu, it must have been Feng Yu who said something. Liu Legend suddenly changed his mind!

Actually, Feng Yu was right. IBM's PC business, it did go wrong. Their products are inexpensive, mainly high-end laptops, desktop sales have fallen the worst, and their ThinkCentre, or desktop business, is almost out of market, except for those political axe orders.

And their ThinkPad, or laptop business, is pretty good, running high-end business notebooks and not much competing with them.

For example, they first introduced fingerprint locks and many more secure encryption features, which are ahead of other PC manufacturers.

But this cannot mask the overall decline in their PC business and the impending loss. If they hadn't downsized their desktop business in time, I'm afraid they'd be losing money by now.

But without the desktop business, they have too many employees, and the most straightforward way to do that is to lay off.

Redundancy has had a very negative impact on an enterprise. It greatly affects the employee's work mood and working atmosphere and shows that the company can no longer afford to spend so much.

If there is no redundancy, there is another way to reduce salaries, which, like redundancy, can dramatically affect employee sentiment and reduce corporate image.

Without layoffs, without payroll cuts, IBM will lose. Although they can afford this loss, which shareholder would be willing to pay for it? After a long time, if you can't reverse the loss for profit, it will slow down the development of your business, and then you will be on the path to layoffs or salary cuts?

So selling the PC business as a whole at this time is the best value for money. It reduces spending and earns revenue while focusing on key profitable businesses such as software and servers, and ensures that IBM's brand value does not decline.

It's best to get some of Lenovo Group's shares so they don't lose their PC business altogether. They can still earn a fortune while they think about the group's current opportunity.

It would also enable Lenovo Group channels to expand their share of other products in the Asian and Eastern European markets, thereby increasing their profitability.

By the time they had to streamline their business, they were selling their stocks, which was a good income.

But this clever arithmetic plate can't be beaten anymore, Legend Liu tells them they don't want to buy IBM's PC business!

After half a day of discussion, could IBM just lay off? Or do you sell your business to other PC vendors? But would other PC vendors be interested in their business?

Even if there were, other PC manufacturers would not be able to help IBM expand its market share in other businesses in Asia and Eastern Europe, even though the Group is the boss of Asia and Eastern Europe.

At this point, IBM executives ignored and regretted that they should have promised Lenovo Group last year. Even though Silver Mountain needed support the most when it launched the XOS system, they missed it.

If they sold the PC business at that time, they would still get shares in Lenovo Group, and then they would even have a relationship with Lenovo Silver Mountain. With their strong alliance, it's not impossible for IBM to be the boss of the world's IT industry again!

But all these opportunities have been wasted by them. It's different now.

Because at that time they couldn't resist, because they couldn't see clearly, and because of their arrogance, they didn't want to be bought by the group.

“Miller, is Liu's attitude very determined?” Asked the director.

“Strong, definitely not their negotiating strategy.” Miller wanted to say that even if it were the other party's negotiating strategy, we would have to pinch our noses and admit it.

But the other party is really determined and doesn't want to buy it at all.

“Miller, get in touch with the other manufacturers. And we cut down the desktop business again, and later on, we'll sell notebooks on the political axe side.” IBM's CEO said.

“I reserve my opinion that desktop business is shrinking again. Axe Purchasing, although we make good sales, without desktops, our competitive advantage is not that great. After all, the price of notebooks is a lot more expensive than desktops.” A director said.

“I think it would be inappropriate to proactively contact other manufacturers to sell our PC business. Even if it could be sold, the price wouldn't be high. And when we lose our desktop business, the price is even lower. So there is a conflict between downsizing the business and selling the business as a whole.” Comments were also made.

“Why don't we talk to Liu again, or should we go straight to Feng? We have so many patented technologies, when we sell the whole business this time, but we also have so many patented technologies. These have great advantages for the technological upgrading of Lenovo Group, and the direction of R&D between us is different. ”

Miller thought of something at this point, and he hesitated for half a day to say, “I remember Liu once told me that his favorite is some of our patented PC technologies. How about we license those patented technologies to Lenovo Group in exchange for some cash? ”

“Since our sales have been severely affected, and we were planning to develop technology in the future, isn't that what we're selling technology for? As for our PC business as a whole, I think we should contact the manufacturers in the island countries and those in South Korea or Baoshima. These manufacturers in North America, overlapping with our markets, have severely reduced our value. ”

Miller said that with the unanimous agreement of the board. They thought about it, and it was one of the easiest ways. The manufacturers in those island countries have always wanted to buy their PC business, so why don't you hint and let them contact you on their own. It would then be in the best interest to list the patents, authorize multiple parties, and charge fees.

Liu Zhenzhi was thinking about how to talk to IBM and buy the other party's patented technology, and Miller's phone call came.

“Miller, as I said, we even think the group has given up this acquisition plan. ”

“No, Liu, I think I'm talking to you about this business, you must be interested. Don't you want our patented PC technology from IBM? ”

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