Super Tycoon

"Old Liu, I heard that Lianxiang wants to acquire Bird? Is it settled?" Zhang Yang picked up the phone and called Liu Chuanzhi. He is also a director of Lianxiang, so of course he can know these business secrets.

"You know, I still want to tell you at the year-end board of directors meeting. We're already talking, and it's not going well. But recently, Bird's market share is also declining. I think it's very likely to succeed. It will be completed in the first quarter of next year.”

"Lianxiang plans to set up a subsidiary to separate the mobile phone business, and use this subsidiary to acquire Bird and promote dual brands."

The result of Liu Chuanzhi's discussion with the people in the company is to make Lianxiang mobile phones a mid-to-high-end mobile phone brand, and make Bird a mid-to-low-end mobile phone brand, ensuring that there are all grades of mobile phones.

Anyway, Bird originally gave Chinese people the impression that it is cost-effective. Isn’t the price of mobile phones dropping rapidly now? Bird’s life is not easy.

In the fourth quarter of 2005, there were more and more mobile phones costing more than 1,000 yuan in the Huaxia market, and the functions seemed to be very complete, including taking pictures, MP3, and surfing the Internet.

There are even many color-screen mobile phones below 1,000 yuan, which are very popular in the market.

The most fundamental reasons are two points. One is that the cost of various materials has decreased, which has led to a decrease in production costs. The other is that many mobile phone licenses have been issued in China, and more small manufacturers have poured into this industry.

Zhang Yang remembers the outbreak of domestic mobile phones in his previous life in 2006. That was the first time that the sales of mobile phones in the Chinese market exceeded 100 million units. Not counting second-hand ones, the sales volume was close to 110 million units, accounting for 10% of the global share. , including millions of CDMA mobile phones, manufacturers such as ZTE have also gained a certain reputation.

In this life, ahead of schedule.

Zhang Yang didn't know whether it was because of Zhiduoxing's joining or for other reasons, but it was a good thing for Zhiduoxing, and it was also a good thing for Huaxia's manufacturers.

"Old Liu, as long as you think about this matter, I hope you can succeed. But don't just focus on the Chinese market, the international market is the bigger stage."

"I know, we have already started to promote in North America. After acquiring Bird, our mobile phone technology can also be improved a bit. I wanted to buy Ximenzi's mobile phone, but the other party's asking price is too high."

Even at the beginning, of course, he hoped to acquire an internationally renowned mobile phone brand. Ximenzi was among the top five in the industry a few years ago, and in the minds of many fans, it is also synonymous with quality.

But the negotiation between the two parties still collapsed, mainly because of the disruption from BenQ.

jacked up the price. Lian Xiang had just acquired IBM's PC business, so he really didn't have that much cash, and he paid for it all in stocks, but the other party was unwilling, so he had to settle for the next best thing.

"Don't worry, even if BenQ's acquisition is successful, their mobile phone brand will not be able to develop. You can directly contact some companies that have gone downhill, buy some technology back, and strengthen yourself."

This is what Zhiduoxing does. They will communicate with some companies that are going downhill to see which technologies are the advantages of the other party, but Zhiduoxing lacks.

Although Zhiduoxing can develop it by itself, many technologies are time-sensitive. After this period of time, your research and development will also lag behind.

In terms of expansion, Zhiduoxing is very willing to spend money. Anyway, their mobile phones are selling very well this year, so they have to take advantage of the victory to pursue.

It’s not that Zhang Yang looks down on Lianxiang, but that the two companies are competing in the mobile phone business. Zhang Yang is 100% sure that Lianxiang’s mobile phone must be the one that perishes. Everyone’s funds are not in the same order. Lianxiang’s vertical integration capabilities are not as good as Zhiduoxing , the same goes for brands and sales channels.

Li Zeju once suggested to Zhang Yang that Yangcheng Zhiduoxing Company should be separated and listed separately, which would guarantee to make a lot of money again. In this way, there is no need for the group company to continue to subsidize, relying on the funds raised from the stock offering, it is enough for Yangcheng Zhiduoxing to grow and develop.

Zhang Yang has also considered this proposal, and he even thought about delisting Zhiduoxing Group as a whole, and then let the subsidiaries go public separately. In this way, the financial situation of the group company does not need to be reported to foreign exchange, and the brand value will not decline, which will make it easier to operate.

However, judging from the scale of Zhiduoxing Group at this time, delisting is not only a matter of procedures, but also requires huge funds.

But just wait for another two years. After two years, the global financial market will experience another shock. At that time, there will be another decline across the board, and it is time to consider the issue of delisting.

There are many invisible rich people in the world, and many people even have more cash than those in the top 100 on the Forbes list. The main reason is that their companies are not listed, and you don't know how much money they have made.

There are also some that simply diversify their investment. Many industries they invest in are not attractive, and many of them are not even the main shareholders of any company, but they must be distributed to him when they make money.

What Zhang Yang hopes most is to be such a rich man. I have money, and I won't let you know how much money I have. For those on the Forbes list, most of their assets are supported by stocks, which often fluctuate greatly and have little cash.

Relying on some listed companies in which Zhiduoxing holds shares or holds shares, Zhang Yang's status will not decline, and may even rise again.

"Zhang Yang, the price of mobile phones has dropped a lot recently, do you think it will keep falling?" Liu Chuanzhi asked suddenly.

What he is most worried about is that he spends a lot of money to enter this industry, and if the industry starts to decline, he will lose a lot.

"At least for the past two years, it will continue to fall. In fact, we can't say that completely. It should be that the market for low-end mobile phones will further explode. Not only our domestic mobile phone manufacturers, but also some big international brands."

In the previous life, not only Nokia had cheap phones, but also Samsung, Suoai, etc. There were also many small local brands, and the prices of mobile phones were also very low, which jointly opened up the market.

The happiest thing here are those communication operators, no matter whose mobile phone you buy, you always need a phone card, you always have to consume, then we can make money.

"Old Liu, the market is indeed expanding, and some brands will be eliminated. Whether the empty market will be taken away by those leading companies or replaced by other brands depends on the capabilities of each manufacturer."

"I just want to give you a reminder, don't sing against us Zhiduoxing, otherwise you will regret it."

Listening to the busy tone on the phone, Liu Chuanzhi always felt uncomfortable. What does it mean to sing against your wisdom? What do you mean we can't even fight against Zhi Duoxing? Or what direction is Zhi Duoxing going to lead?

But in fact, Liu Chuanzhi is really unwilling to sing against Zhi Duoxing in his heart. Mainly because of Zhang Yang, the decision he made seems to be right. This kind of market sense is really scary!