Chapter 1182: Resurgence of Threat Theory

In less than ten days, Liu Chuanzhi signed a cooperation agreement with IBM on behalf of Lianxiang Group. The terms of the agreement have not been announced to the public, but it is very clear that the two parties will carry out in-depth cooperation in the field of PC in the future.

Outsiders don't know exactly what it is like, but they found that IBM's stores in North America, etc., have added a counter to sell Lianxiang's computers. And even the store booths in Huaxia and other places have also added IBM counters.

IBM really agreed to hand over PC sales to Lianxiang Group, but it also put forward many additional conditions. Fortunately, although these conditions are somewhat harsh, they are not unacceptable. The most important point is that Lian Xiang obtained the sales channels and customer resources of IBM.

All of these can lead to a rapid increase in the sales of Lianxiang's computers, especially notebooks, and the sales of IBM in Asia and Eastern Europe can also be greatly improved, but in general, Lianxiang Group is still taking advantage.

Of course, Lianxiang Group has conducted other transactions with IBM, such as mutual technology patent licensing. In this regard, IBM has made a lot of money. After all, the number and value of their patents are still much higher than Lianxiang's.

Feng Yu was very satisfied with the result of Liu Chuanzhi's negotiation. It seemed that even the process of annexing IBM's PC business could be completed faster.

At the same time, Lianxiang began to launch a large number of advertisements in North America. The spokespersons included film and television stars, singers, sports stars, etc., and all of them were young people, which represented the vitality of Lianxiang Computer and Lianxiang. Targeted main consumer groups.

The most important thing is that business magazines such as "Business Weekly" and "Forbes" also rated Lianxiang Group as the world's number one PC manufacturer and marketer for the first time. Three to five years is about the same, this is the result of public relations. This halo has also greatly enhanced the brand value of Lianxiang.

Guo Shina also publicly declared on behalf of IBM that Lianxiang's personal computer is indeed better than IBM's in some respects.

Even ibm admitted that it even thought about computer technology, which made no other company think of it.

They believe that IBM is leading the wolf into the house. Lianxiang has dominated Asia for nearly five years, and has controlled the Eastern European market and entered Western Europe.

It's just that in the Americas, especially North America, there is no improvement. It seems that in the past two years, it is still in a state of loss.

This time, IBM actually helped Lianxiang enter the North American market, so the entire America may be taken over by Lianxiang Group. At that time, Lianxiang will truly become the world leader in PC production and sales, who can compete with it?

For the possible expansion of the Asian market, IBM introduced the enemy into the base camp. This is a brain-dead behavior!

But how did they know that IBM didn't suffer a loss, especially that IBM didn't pay so much attention to the PC business, they paid more attention to technological leadership, and they planned to invest no less than two billion in technology every year in the future US dollars, for five consecutive years, a total investment of 10 billion US dollars.

And this plan requires a lot of money, and IBM doesn't have so much money for the time being. The stock price has fallen all the way now, and issuing new shares is obviously not a good choice. Then it is acceptable to authorize some patented technologies to Lianxiang, or even sell the PC business to Lianxiang.

Lian wanted to forcefully declare to people: North America, here I come!

At this time, some media, led by "Fortune" and other magazines, started a new round of threat theory.

It's not just the pc manufacturers and sellers who even want to threaten the United States, but also Chinese products, which threaten the domestic products of the United States.

"Now our life is full of Chinese products, from a car to a button, all made in China and produced in China. The clothes we wear are made in China, and there are many Chinese people in the chefs in the restaurants.

The houses we live in, and many construction workers are also from China. The cars we drive, not to mention many parts, are produced in China, as well as the car brands, as well as from China. "

"Originally, we were proud to believe that Huaxia was strong because of its low labor costs, because they had a large number of people, and many of them couldn't find jobs. Therefore, Huaxia's products are low-value-added products that pose no threat to the United States. But Let's take a look now. The common mobile phone in our life, Huaxia's Fengyu mobile phone, is leading the world. Its sales volume will soon surpass Motorola and become the second in the world. Our family dvd player is Fengyu brand, made by Huaxia .Now even the computers we use are Huaxia's Lianxiang brand. Huaxia has already caught up with the United States in the field of electronics industry!"

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Feng Yu naturally saw all these threatening remarks, but unlike others who were in a hurry, Feng Yu watched with a smile on his face.

"Boss, aren't you worried that Huaxia's products will be targeted after this remark appeared?" Masao Kameda asked curiously.

"Kameda, the United States is different from your islanders. They are not united enough. And there is no ethnicity in the United States. Their basic education determines that they pay more attention to protecting themselves. Even if these media say that China's products will catch up. What can we do if we surpass the United States?"

"Banning the sale of our products? This is impossible. If we cut off trade with China, the people's lives in the United States will definitely be more seriously affected than our China. After all, we still have a very good cooperative market in Eastern Europe. We still have We can continue to explore the Western European market.”

"If you don't prohibit it, if you can only appeal, then it doesn't matter. Huaxia's products have obvious advantages in price and quality. You are a consumer, how would you choose? Our brand awareness was not enough before, but now After the advertising campaign, the brand awareness has risen sharply, are you afraid that no one will buy it?"

"They declare our threat, that's just right, it's equivalent to helping us promote our brand, I'm still happy. Boycotting products from other countries is the choice of the weak. In this regard, your island country It’s doing pretty well, even trying to conquer most of the markets in Asia, except for the island countries and South Korea. In the island countries, Suni and the others are selling at a discount, which I didn’t expect.”

Masao Kameda was very happy to hear Feng Yu boasting about his country. However, he also lamented that in order to prevent the invasion of Lianxiang Computer, those giants of electronic consumer goods in the island countries even joined forces to promote sales at a discount. This method is only used by the weak.

When did the island nation's powerful consumer electronics industry become weak?

"Boss, let's do something about it, shall we?"

"Well, you go and get it done."

Feng Yu got up and looked out the window, overlooking New York City from his office in the Empire State Building.

China threat theory? Electronic product threat theory? I will let you know that this is not a false statement, it is true, China's electronic products will really overwhelm your American products, leaving no room for survival!

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