The news of Star Technology's acquisition of Alienware and Lenovo has not been reported by much media abroad and has not attracted much attention.

Alienware isn't a big company either, it's just a relatively well-known player in the gamer community, so it was acquired and only a few IT industry media outlets covered it.

As for Lenovo's acquisition, it is quite a sensation in the mainland, and all kinds of media have been brushed on the screen, and everyone is discussing this matter, because Lenovo is the largest machine manufacturer in the domestic market share, and the protagonist of this acquisition is still Yuwenfei, which has attracted much attention!

But Lenovo was not well-known abroad at the time, so the news in North America was not even as concerned about the acquisition of Alienware.

The reason why Peng Mingsheng saw these news for the first time was because he had been paying attention to the movements of Star Technology and Lenovo Group recently.

After Star Technology quoted to IBM last time, he returned a high price, thinking that Lenovo and Star Technology would compete.

The result was a bit unexpected, because the other party suddenly stopped moving, and was wondering, Peng Mingsheng saw these news.

Star Technology actually acquired Alienware!

It also acquired Lenovo Group!

Didn't you want to buy IBM's personal computer business, why did you suddenly turn around and buy two other computer companies, did you give up IBM's side?

Peng Mingsheng was a little flustered.

After working hard for a few years, Lenovo was finally moved and began to seriously consider acquiring IBM's personal computer business, and it seemed that he could get rid of this big burden.

As a result, the situation is chaotic again, what is this star technology that suddenly appeared thinking.

"Has Mr. Zhou, the last time we were in contact with you, contacted you in the past two days?" Peng Mingsheng asked his assistant.

"No, there's been no movement over there since our price was quoted. The assistant replied truthfully.

Peng Mingsheng pondered for a moment and then instructed: "You take the initiative to make a phone call with Mr. Zhou and invite her to visit our IBM company, no matter whether the transaction can be successful or not, we still have to treat the guests from afar." ”

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After receiving the invitation, Zhou Mengyi did not shirk it, and readily agreed to come down and visit IBM's headquarters.

Peng Mingsheng warmly received Zhou Mengyi and his entourage, and personally took them to visit IBM's exhibition hall, R&D center, software division, and personal computer business department!

Peng Mingsheng said with pride: "Our IBM personal computer basically represents the development of the global personal computer industry! From the very beginning, it was we IBM who formulated open computer standards, so that the whole industry began to bloom, and it was with our support that Microsoft, Intel and AMD rose.

As we all know, before us, the computer industry was closed, and a company developed and produced its own software and hardware. In that case, the industry will progress too slowly, and small companies will not have a bright future......

IN PARTICULAR, THE LAUNCH OF THE THINK BRAND HAS MADE IBM'S PERSONAL COMPUTERS SYNONYMOUS WITH HIGH-END, AND IN TERMS OF NOTEBOOKS, OUR THINKPAD IS KNOWN ALL OVER THE WORLD. ”

He is indeed entitled to be proud, after all, he is a "blue giant", and the development history of the entire company represents the history of the IT industry.

Zhou Mengyi knew Peng Mingsheng's intentions, and in the final analysis, she was not promoting their personal computer business department.

After returning to the conference room, Peng Mingsheng asked, "Mr. Zhou, how do you think about the acquisition of our personal computer business department?"

Zhou Mengyi didn't speak, and the acquisition consultant next to her replied: "After our discussion, I think that the price proposed by your company is insincere!"

Peng Mingsheng pretended to be unhappy and said: "Please note, you are buying IBM! I think the THINK brand alone is worth a billion dollars!"

The acquisition consultant didn't take his set at all, shrugged his shoulders and said: "Who knows, maybe, but the question is, in the current situation, will any company really be willing to pay a billion dollars to buy your THINK brand? Mr. Peng Mingsheng, please recognize the reality, the personal computer industry has declined, otherwise you will not quit." ”

Peng Mingsheng said without flinching: "I don't think the personal computer industry is declining, otherwise, why would you Star Technology spend a huge amount of money to enter this industry?"

"That's because our main markets are in the Asia-Pacific region and in underdeveloped regions like Africa, where computer penetration is not as high, so there is still a market. But we all know how low profit margins are in these markets, and your THINK brand positioning is not suitable for selling in these regions. The takeover adviser retorted.

"So what? You bought Lenovo Group and gave up our personal computer business at IBM?" asked Peng Mingsheng with an unchanged face.

"No, if the price is right, we can still buy it, and Mr. Peng Mingsheng must have understood the strength of Star Technology. The acquisition of shares replied with a smile.

After a confrontation of words and swords, everyone understands each other's thoughts.

Needless to say, IBM is in a hurry to sell off its personal computer business, and this idea is known to everyone in the industry, which is also the confidence of Star Technology to dare to lower prices.

And on the side of Star Technology, the attitude is that the price is right, so buy it, not bad money!

But if you want to kill them as the big ones, then I'm sorry, IBM's prestige can't scare anyone, and after the acquisition of Lenovo, IBM's personal computer business is dispensable.

Peng Mingsheng has already been authorized by the board of directors and has enough decision-making power, and this matter has dragged on for so many years, and his patience has long been exhausted.

Now, as long as the price is about the same, he doesn't want to drag it out any longer, so he asks sincerely: "So what do you think is the right price?"

The key question, of course, was answered by Zhou Mengyi, and she didn't go too far, and directly quoted the price that Yu Wenfei told her.

"$1.2 billion, paid in cash in a lump sum!"

This price, to be honest, is not high, IBM's psychological expected price is actually more than 1.3 billion, and they have not let go in the negotiations with Lenovo.

But 1.2 billion in cash, or a lump sum payment, this settlement method is too tempting!

In large-scale acquisitions, it is rare for an all-cash acquisition to occur, usually in cash plus shares, and even to be paid in several installments for several years.

Although the offer of Star Technology is a little lower, people give real money, unlike the previous Lenovo, which has been talking about half cash and half shares.

Seriously, IBM doesn't really have any interest in Lenovo's shares!

A company that assembles computers doesn't have any core technology of its own, so what does it want its shares......

What's more, IBM is very pessimistic about the personal computer business, and wants to get out of this industry.

So the two sides have been talking for several years, but they have not come up with a single result.

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This kind of large-scale merger and acquisition will naturally not be able to negotiate the result in one day, but Peng Mingsheng made it clear that he would carefully consider the offer of Star Technology and hoped that the two sides would maintain close contact.

Yu Wenfei received a call from Zhou Mengyi, in which Zhou Mengyi reported to him the results of the negotiations with IBM.

After thinking for a while, Yu Wenfei opened his mouth and instructed: "It should be almost, after I finish the Lenovo matter here, I will fly to the United States and finalize the IBM matter." ”

After the acquisition of Lenovo Group, Star Technology still has 1.2 billion yuan in its account, as well as 147 billion US dollars.

Originally, there were 1.5 billion US dollars, and it cost 30 million to buy the alien company.

IBM estimates that the maximum is about 1.3 billion, and the minimum may even reach 1.2 billion US dollars, so after the merger and acquisition is completed, there are still enough funds on the books to start the "informatization project to benefit the people".

But that plan is too big, and it takes time to prepare, and Yu Wenfei doesn't want to waste too much time on mergers and acquisitions.

Fortunately, the acquisition of IBM's personal computer business is not in conflict with this Huimin project, because the main company that implements this Huimin project is Lenovo, and IBM and Alien are both high-end brands and do not participate in this project.

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On November 1, an announcement was officially issued on the official website of Star Technology, announcing the formation of a new Lenovo Group, which is mainly engaged in consumer electronic products.

The new Lenovo Group includes the original Lenovo listed company, as well as the newly acquired alien business unit.

The news of Star Technology's entry into the personal computer industry has been spreading for several days, and basically everyone in the industry knows about it, but it has not been officially disclosed to the public.

Now the announcement on the official website of Star Technology also represents the dust has landed, and the acquisition of Lenovo Group and Alien Company has been completed.

"Mr. Fei has made another big move! From the Internet industry to the personal computer industry, what does he think?"

"Yes, the Internet industry is so promising and makes money so fast, why do you want to do computer business, isn't the computer business bad?"

"Mr. Fei's ideas are often wild, isn't the personal computer business as unbearable as we think, but hiding big business opportunities......

"Let's see what he does next, hehe, I'm worried about companies in the computer industry. According to Mr. Fei's style, every time he enters a new industry, he wants to subvert the entire industry. ”

In the Internet circle and the PC circle, everyone was staring wide-eyed, ready to see what the hell Yu Wenfei was doing.

A good Internet company doesn't do it, and suddenly spends so much money to make a complete computer.

Of course, at this time, everyone still doesn't know Yuwenfei's informatization project plan, which is only available to some high-level people.

If the plan is made public in the future, it is estimated that it will cause an "earthquake" in the industry......

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