My rebirth is different.

Chapter 685
On the plane to the United States, there was no one else in the first class, only Yu Wenfei and his party.

This is also good for everyone to discuss work.

Yang Yuanqing happily talked about the upcoming acquisition of IBM's personal computer business unit.

Obviously, after the acquisition, this department will be merged into the new Lenovo Group led by him, so he is also the most excited.

"Mr. Fei, after taking down IBM's computer department, our new Lenovo should be able to rank among the top three PC manufacturers in the world, on par with HP and Dell, and in two years, we may even surpass them!" Yang Yuanqing said with a smile on his face. Said.

Yu Wenfei smiled lightly and reminded him: "Look at HP's acquisition of Compaq. Pay attention. The acquisition is just the beginning. Whether one plus one can be greater than two is the most test of ability."

In 2001, HP acquired Compaq, and that acquisition was much larger than the new Lenovo Group's acquisition of IBM's personal computer business unit!

Before the merger, HP was the second largest computer manufacturer in the world, while Compaq was the third largest manufacturer. The annual turnover of the two companies was US$470 billion and US$400 billion respectively!

It stands to reason that the combined annual revenue of the two after the merger should be as high as 870 billion U.S. dollars or higher, but this is not the case.

HP and Compaq have considerable overlap in product lines.Therefore, after the merger, product line adjustments involving the entire field must be carried out, and corresponding system reforms must be implemented at the same time.

The result is a chaotic boardroom where everyone is busy fighting for power and no one is focusing on the business.

Yu Wenfei mentioning this example now is to warn Yang Yuanqing that the acquisition is a double-edged sword. How to perfectly integrate IBM's personal computer business unit into the new Lenovo is the most important thing for him, the president, to consider.

Obviously, Yang Yuanqing has also considered this issue.

He said confidently: "I think Lenovo's acquisition of IBM is different from HP's acquisition of Compaq. The business lines of HP and Compaq are basically the same, so after the acquisition, they are faced with the situation that their own products compete with each other. As for our new Lenovo Group, the businesses of the three branches basically do not overlap. The old Lenovo company mainly deals in low-end home computers and peripheral products, while the alien company mainly deals in high-end enthusiast gaming computers. As for IBM's personal computer business unit, which is the THINK brand, is mainly high-end business notebooks, supplemented by business hosts."

Yu Wenfei nodded slightly, it was no surprise that Yang Yuanqing could see this.

In fact, this is the reason why he acquired Lenovo Group, Alienware and IBM. The three did not compete with each other, but instead complemented each other to form a complementary relationship.

In this way, the difficulty of integration is correspondingly much smaller.

Acquisition is easy, integration is difficult.

Hu Jingjing who was next to him came over and said with a smile: "Mr. Fei, should our company buy a private jet? You still need to fly a civil aviation flight abroad, which is not worthy of your status."

The people next to him laughed and joked.

"Yes, Mr. Fei, your net worth is tens of billions of dollars. Buy an Airbus 400 as a private jet. It will be much more convenient for us to fly abroad in the future."

"That's right, Mr. Fei should have equipped things like airplanes and yachts, otherwise how would you spend the money you earn?"

"Boss, I haven't flown in a private jet yet, and I'm just waiting to be touched by you in the future."

Yu Wenfei shook his head and smiled wryly, "You guys, I'm a billionaire, but I'm not a rich man, but a negative number! My net worth is all supported by financing valuations. The company hasn't even gone public, so I want to cash out There is no way to find any shares. In terms of cash, I really don’t have much money in my hand.

Do the math yourself, how much money has been invested in Facebook and WeChat technology, have you made a penny now?
The new Lenovo Group invested more than 200 billion this time, all of which were used for acquisitions, and Huimin Computer will lose billions later.

The Facebook game still owes Softbank a billion dollars!

Now the money spent by the company is all shareholders' funds. If I dare to buy private jets and yachts at this time, I think several shareholders will be anxious with me. "

What he said is also half-truth and half-false. It is true that he has less cash in his hand, but he is joking if he can't find a way to cash out his shares.

Yu Wenfei really wanted to buy a private jet, yacht, etc. It was really not difficult. Just by selling the Knorr Supermarket, he earned over billion!
However, he didn't even handle the money, and directly put it into the account of Star Technology Company, and invested again.

In addition, most of its several companies have not started to make profits.

Not to mention the new Lenovo Group, which is still in the stage of acquisition and integration, coupled with the launch of the Huimin Computer Project, it is really a mess, and there is no hope of profit within a few years.The more than 200 billion funds invested this time have been turned into acquisition capital and company reserve funds. If you want to see profit dividends, it will take a few years.

Companies like Facebook, Facebook Entertainment, and WeChat Technology don’t even think about making a profit. They are still in the stage of continuous investment. At present, the most important thing is to occupy the market, not to consider making money.

The only company making money is Facebook Games!

Through the sales of stand-alone games, this period of time can be regarded as making money every day, with a net profit of several hundred million.This is not counting the "commemorative skin" that was just launched. The money from selling the skin is used for this year's WCG competition bonus and charity, and it cannot be counted as profit.

However, don’t forget that Facebook Games also owes SoftBank Capital an interest-free loan of US$ billion!
This money will have to be paid back sooner or later.

But Yu Wenfei is not worried, the Facebook game has not yet started to explode. By the end of this year, World of Warcraft and CS1.6 will start to go online, and then they will be real "cash cows".

Moreover, inspired by the "open boxes and sell skins" model launched by the Facebook game platform this time, according to Effie, she has already communicated with Blizzard and Villefort, and plans to change the new one on the basis of the original one. The profit model of the game.

Let alone World of Warcraft, it is an online game. It is no exaggeration to say that with the quality of World of Warcraft, it will absolutely crush all the online games currently on the market. Once it goes online, the Facebook game will sit in the company and wait to count the money. That's it.

Whether to change the profit model or not, the difference may lie in earning more and earning more!

But to Yu Wenfei's surprise, the new CS version launched by Villefort is said to be online, and the name has been changed to CS ONLINE!Abbreviated as "CSOL".

This means that CS has become an online game...

On the original basis, the technical difficulty of changing CS into an online game is actually not that big, it's just a change of thinking.In fact, CF was launched around . CS, the originator of FPS games, launched the online mode several years later.

But now Valverde is a subsidiary of Facebook Games. Although Yu Wenfei and Effie will not intervene in the operation of Valverde's company, Valverde has still been affected to some extent.

CS launched the network model several years in advance, which is influenced by the Facebook game platform.

In the future, Facebook games will have two major "cornucopias" of World of Warcraft and CSOL, so naturally there is no need to worry about its profitability.

If we are a little more optimistic, it may take only one year or even less time to repay the billion-dollar interest-free loan from SoftBank Capital.

This time, Effie followed her to the United States to discuss the introduction of these two games into the domestic market.

In the past, when foreign game makers released their masterpieces, they tended to ignore the mainland market. Even if they were introduced to China, it would usually take a long time later than abroad.

But it’s different now. Facebook Games has acquired Blizzard and Valve, and built its own online game store. It is also a leading large company in the global game manufacturer circle.

Therefore, no matter what new stand-alone masterpieces and the like, the country can basically keep going online at the same time as foreign countries.

Especially in those years, the control over the introduction of games was still very loose. Unlike later generations, it was really hard work for foreign games to enter the country. Waiting for a year or two was commonplace.The game is also often requested to be rectified, and the result is changed, and the game is changed beyond recognition.

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Thinking of his own debts, even Yu Wenfei can't help but feel a little headache. He understands why many Internet company founders often become minority shareholders when the company goes public.

There is no way, the Internet industry is really a money-burning industry. When it has not formed a sufficient scale, or even monopolized the market, it dare not charge fees to make a profit, because it is afraid that competitors will take advantage of it.

Tencent's QQ is the best example. If it weren't for the "sex routines" it played in the past two years, such as registration fees, and various advertising pop-up windows, it would have given WeChat enough opportunities.

If QQ honestly improved the user experience and seized the market at full speed, there would really be no such thing as WeChat.

After thinking about it for a while, Yu Wenfei realized that although he owns many companies and has a bright future, there is only one Facebook game that can make money in a short period of time.

Others, I really can't count on it.

Facebook Entertainment will also be able to make money in the future, but in the short term, the charging system cannot be launched, because the layout and monopoly of the market have not yet been completed.

Thinking of this, he turned his head and said to Effie, "Mr. Ai, your task is very difficult, so you must be mentally prepared."

Effie was a little surprised and asked: "What's the matter, Mr. Fei, is there any task for me?"

"Haha, of course there is, that is to make money!" Yu Wenfei joked.

He hasn't bothered much about Facebook games recently. Effie is now the vice president of the group and the CEO of Facebook games. He has also developed his abilities. With the help of a group of executives, Yu Wenfei doesn't need to worry about it.

Hearing Yu Wenfei talk about making money, Ai Fei rolled her eyes and took out a document.

(End of this chapter)