My rebirth is different

Chapter 665

"Okay, leave this plan to me, and I will find a suitable opportunity to talk to your old senior. But you should also be mentally prepared, the money that should be paid, it will not be less. You The boy is a capitalist, it is impossible to sell state-owned assets to you at a low price, and it would be a great way to save face if you don't kill you." Principal Lin joked.

Yu Wenfei smiled happily. With President Lin's words, things are basically fine.

I can let go and talk to IBM. As for Lenovo, when the news from the old senior comes, I can just pay for the shares.

But he still has one thing to talk to Principal Lin about.

"Principal, there is one more thing. The chief designer said that the computer should start from a doll, right?"

Principal Lin was taken aback for a moment, then nodded and replied, "Yes, what's the matter?"

"Then why are many universities now not allowing college students to buy computers, nor provide everyone with Internet access? In this regard, compared with universities in European and American countries, they are far behind! As far as I know, many college students even Can’t use computers, and are not proficient in typing. The world will soon enter the information society, but our college students are isolated from the new era...”

Yu Wenfei said with an expression of "righteous indignation", he is also a college student now, and of course he also wants to work for the welfare of college students.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, he wants to popularize computers in universities across the country, and even let every college student have his own computer!

Principal Lin frowned, and after thinking for a moment, he replied seriously: "The phenomenon you mentioned does exist, but it is not as exaggerated as you said.

Do you really think I don't know? Although the school does not allow students to buy computers, and the dormitories do not provide Internet access, there are so many Internet cafes outside the school, but there are probably college students in them.

However, the school does not allow students to buy computers, but also out of two considerations.

For one thing, many families are not rich, and the cost of purchasing computers is not low. The school is afraid that students will have a comparison mentality and increase the burden on the family.Secondly, I was afraid that the students would not have the ability to control themselves. After buying a computer, instead of doing business, they would just play games and watch movies. "

"Then you can't give up eating because of choking. It is undeniable that some college students are not strong in self-control, and they are addicted to games and waste their studies, but most of them still have a good attitude towards learning. What the school should do is to actively guide everyone, not Take a one-size-fits-all brute-force approach like it is now.

Moreover, this approach has not worked. Young people are psychologically rebellious. The more the school forbids them to do something, the more they want to try.That's why there are so many Internet cafes outside the school, and the business is so good.If the school allows students to buy computers and have access to the Internet, everyone will have more contact with them, and they may not be so obsessed with games and the Internet. " Yu Wenfei argued.

Principal Lin nodded, "You are right, but there is still one thing that cannot be resolved, that is, the high price of computers. Once the school allows students to purchase computers, it will increase the burden on the parents of the students."

Yu Wenfei smiled, "After the promotion of my informatization project to benefit the people, the price of computers will not be so high. Moreover, as a member of college students, I can express my position in advance and buy computers for students at the price of Huimin." There will be substantial discounts under the premise. My plan is to launch educational discounts and provide students with computers at lower prices every year during the school season. This can also be regarded as a contribution to the university’s informatization process. Let's do it."

Principal Lin was moved again. As a student, he really surprised him every time!

What is social responsibility?
This is it!

For the benefiting project that Yu Wenfei mentioned earlier, the price of computers is so low, it is obvious that his company can no longer make any money.

Now, in order to popularize computers on university campuses, Yu Wenfei once again stated that he would provide education discounts at lower prices so that every college student can have his own computer. Wouldn't this be a loss?
That is to say, a billionaire like Yu Wenfei has the strength and capital to dare to do this.

Of course, only entrepreneurs with a strong sense of social responsibility and the courage to contribute will do so willingly!

Yuwenfei also has a purpose in doing this. College students are the most important and active group of netizens, and don't forget that after college students graduate, they will also be the mainstream consumer group in the future.

He wants to cultivate this group of potential consumers in advance, so that the consumer products of Star Technology and the Internet products of Facebook can accompany the growth of college students.

Think about it, if you buy computers, mobile phones, tablets and other hardware products with educational discounts provided by companies under Star Technology to go online, you will also come into contact with Internet products such as WeChat, Facebook, and Facebook games under the Facebook family.The combination of software and hardware is a truly complete ecological closed loop.

It’s okay not to make money or even lose some money now, it’s investing in the future!
Neither hardware nor software alone is a complete ecological chain, and it is easy to be controlled by other companies. The company model that Yuwenfei wants to build is not Apple, Samsung, Tencent, Google, or Facebook, but a combination of these giant companies. !

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Yu Wenfei was working hard on this side, and Zhou Mengyi was not idle on the other side.

She also shoulders the important task of disrupting Lenovo's acquisition of IBM's personal computer business, because once Lenovo's management really makes up its mind and raises enough funds, it will formally acquire IBM's personal computer business.Then it would be morally untenable to buy Lenovo by hand. Maybe the old seniors should also consider the impact, so as not to be suspected of picking peaches.

Lenovo itself is the computer company with the largest domestic market share, and it still has some influence in the upper circles. If it is added with an aura of "going abroad and boosting the country's prestige", it is really difficult to do anything to it.

Fortunately, Lenovo's own strength is limited, and it has been hesitant to acquire IBM's personal computer business.

In fact, since 2001, IBM has actively promoted the personal computer business unit. After searching around the world, I feel that Lenovo may be the "taken advantage".

So since then, I have been in communication with Lenovo, hoping that Lenovo will pay to buy this department.

However, the acquisition of this business will cost more than one billion US dollars. Lenovo itself does not have that much assets, which is a typical "snake swallowing elephant".

Lenovo has also considered it for three years. Until this year, the company's strength is much stronger than before, and it is also considering going abroad, so it is really seriously considering the acquisition.

The two sides also talked several times, but they never reached an agreement on the price.

IBM wants to sell out at one time and directly withdraw a large amount of cash to develop other businesses. Although IBM has always been known as the "Blue Giant" in the PC industry, it is inseparable from the development history of the entire PC industry. But now, IBM really does not rely on the PC business to make money.

People are now "global information technology and business solutions giant"!
Its current core business is IT services and high-profit, high-tech value-added fields such as servers, while the PC business, due to fierce competition in the market, is incurring losses year by year.

Therefore, IBM's quotation for the personal computer business unit is 16 billion US dollars!
But Lenovo really can't afford so much money, they want to annex IBM's personal computer business unit, because the domestic market is saturated, Lenovo continues to expand foreign markets.In this case, the sales channels that IBM has expanded over decades are too tempting for Lenovo.Of course, IBM's golden brand and years of technology accumulation are also a big improvement for Lenovo, both in terms of popularity and technical level.

This year, Lenovo has also been raising funds everywhere, but until October, they only raised [-] million US dollars in cash, and there is really nothing more they can do.

Therefore, the plan that Lenovo and IBM are discussing now is half cash and half share replacement.

Of course, the transaction price could not be IBM's $16 billion quotation, but 13 billion.

Lenovo also insisted on one point, that is, no other company is willing to take over IBM's personal computer business department except itself. Otherwise, IBM would not have waited for more than three years to sell to itself.

IBM is also in a dilemma. On the one hand, it feels that the price of 13 billion US dollars is too cheap, and it has suffered a big loss, not to mention half cash and half shares.

They really don't want Lenovo's shares.

But if you don’t sell it to Lenovo, who else can you sell it to? Dell and HP have already made it clear that they will not make a move, and no powerful company is willing to enter the PC industry.

This industry has really become a veritable "Red Sea" in the past two years. The competition is too fierce, and every PC company has a hard time. I didn't see that even Apple was forced to make music players.

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In the capital, in the Lenovo building, two core figures of the company are discussing the acquisition of IBM behind closed doors.

Liu Chuanzhi, the founder of Lenovo, was the one who founded Lenovo in an ordinary office building in the capital with more than a dozen technicians from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and 20 RMB supported by the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

In Lenovo, he is definitely the soul and a spiritual banner of Lenovo Group!
But by 2003, he was basically in a half-retired state, and most of the company's affairs were handed over to his successor Yang Yuanqing!
Yang Yuanqing, this is Lenovo's second core figure. Since 2001, he has taken over the overall leadership of Lenovo Group. The president of the group is also the CEO.
Oh, by the way, Yang Yuanqing is also Yu Wenfei's old senior.

He graduated from Jiaotong University in Shanghai in [-], and then went to the University of Science and Technology of China to study for a master's degree. After graduation, he joined Lenovo to work.

I have worked in Lenovo Group for 11 years, and I have also rocketed from the bottom staff to the position of President and CEO!
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