Chapter 1034 Hardware Layout
Feng Yu came to the United States this time to acquire a number of companies. He has sufficient cash at this time, and it is time to make some strategic arrangements.
The development of computers in the future is very fast, and the profits are definitely not low. Feng Yu now owns the shares of Lianxiang Group, but he is somewhat dissatisfied with the development model of Lianxiang Group.
To put it bluntly, Lianxiang Group uses the main hardware manufactured by other hardware manufacturers, and matches it with non-main hardware and some software produced by itself. For example, the cooling fan is developed by Lianxiang itself, but how much is it worth?
Lianxiang Group's personal computer business is developing rapidly. After dominating China, it began to expand overseas, first of all, some underdeveloped countries in Southeast Asia and Central Asia.
It seems that Lenovo's computer business is developing well and making money, but it can be seen from the market value of a company who is the most profitable.
Intel, at this time, has a market value of more than 400 billion U.S. dollars, the leader in hardware, and Lian Xiang's market value is only a big difference.
In other words, the better these computer manufacturers develop, the more Intel will earn, because others have mastered the core PU, the most expensive component of a computer, and the component with the highest technological added value.
The reason why Feng Yu bought Eagle Weida is to make all parts of Lianxiang's computer accessories his own. This will not only reduce the cost of Lianxiang, but also increase the competitiveness of Lianxiang, and it can also benefit from those hardware manufacturers. Take a slice of the soup in your mouth.
Feng Yu's original plan was to acquire a company that produces PU, but at this time there are only two well-known companies, accounting for more than 95% of the market share. One is Intel, with a market value of more than 400 billion US dollars, and the other is Superpower. Wei Semiconductor, with a market value of more than 50 billion US dollars.
Feng Yu couldn't afford to buy even the weak AMD Semiconductor, and he couldn't even hold a controlling stake. However, Feng Yu plans to wait until next year to sell Microsoft's stock, acquire some shares of AMD, and then gradually figure it out. As for Intel, there is no hope for the time being.
Moreover, the crystalline silicon factory that Feng Yu has already invested and started to build can also cooperate with AMD Semiconductor. Feng Yu even intends to form the world's largest crystalline silicon factory in the future, so as to control the price of some semiconductor components, so that it can reverse Come to check and balance Intel.
Feng Yu's next goal is the hard drive, and he has already contacted a company, a Fortune 500 company. Of course, Feng Yu can't buy this company, and there is no hope of buying shares. This company has sufficient cash and is developing well, and shareholders will not sell their shares.
However, this company, because of the change of direction, they are going to specialize in tape storage technology, is interested in selling their hard disk drive business.
Feng Yu has also arranged for people to make contact in advance.
Feng Yu's original plan was to purchase the company's hard drive technology, including related patents.
But what the other party means is, either sell the whole business to you, including production, research and development, sales, etc. Of course, the technology and patents are also yours, or you don’t sell it!
This company is called Kunteng, and the future is also very brilliant.
Fortunately, their technology in hard disk drives is not bad, and the selling price is relatively reasonable. Because it includes production plants, etc., the selling price reached 120 million US dollars. However, Ralph led an assessment and concluded that Kunteng's hard disk drive business is actually only worth 100 million U.S. dollars.
The technology of this company is still a bit behind that of the top companies such as Western Digital, Seagate, Maxtor, and Four Star, but compared with the technology of Hitachi, Dongzhi, etc., the gap is not that big.
Feng Yu is already very satisfied with this. What he wants is technology. He will bring the relevant technology back to China and build a factory in China for production. The cost will definitely be reduced.
Then there is even thinking that such a large cooperative enterprise will definitely not lose money. Moreover, Feng Yu also has a new application of flash memory technology, the U disk business, which can be merged together, and the future development will definitely not be too bad.
As for the mouse and keyboard technology, Lian Xiang has already purchased it, so Feng Yu doesn't need to worry about it.
There are also monitors. Fengyu Electronics and Philips have been making progress in the research and development of liquid crystal display technology. At present, they are already the top in the world. Only Suini, Four Star, Songxia and other companies can be compared. As for other companies , has been left behind.
But Feng Yu is confident that those companies will also fail, because Feng Yu already has a plan to drag those companies into a fork in the road and let them fail in the fork.
A week later, Feng Yu acquired all the companies he wanted. Of course, he didn't spend less money, but he thought that the money was worth it!
Feng Yu intends to join hands with Lianxiang Group to start the computer revolution and reduce the price of desktop computers by another 20%. In this way, those companies with insufficient funds will be in trouble.
Just continue to do the computer business, you will not make money, and you may even lose money. Don't do it, isn't the investment in the past few years all in vain?
And after they are caught in a dilemma, it is precisely the best opportunity for Lianxiang to develop. In the previous life, even wanting to become the number one in the world in terms of computer production and sales, it was more than ten years later.
And in this life, Feng Yu wants to advance this time significantly. As long as Lianxiang's computer is the most cost-effective, the sales will naturally rise steadily. Feng Yu's goal is to increase the production and sales of Lianxiang's computer to the world's number one in five to eight years, whether it is a desktop computer or a notebook. Even if it is a tablet computer, it must be the number one in the world!
Of course, in order to achieve this goal, first of all, the products of each company must reach the world's leading level, and the cost must be reduced.
So in the next step, Feng Yu plans to open several large factories in China to produce these products. One is that it can bring some income to the country, and the other is that Huaxia's labor costs at this time are still very advantageous.
As for other countries with advantages in labor costs, such as Brazil and India, the law and order are too poor. Feng Yu still thinks that his own country is the best.
Of course, these factories in the United States must also be retained. After reducing the cost to a certain extent, the labor cost may not be as high as the transportation cost. Just like AIA has established more than a dozen factories around the world, it is not because the transportation cost is too high, and some products suffer from too much loss during transportation.
Computers are more expensive than Walkmans, and they are also more fragile. In this way, there must be production factories in Europe and America.
As for the monitor, the most important part of the computer besides the mainframe, Feng Yu also plans to officially start production. In the past, Fengyu brand LCD monitors were always found by Philips. It doesn't matter if the quantity is small, but if you want to mass produce, it is more cost-effective to build your own factory.
But at this time, Feng Yu encountered a problem, or trouble.
... (To be continued.)