Chapter 192: Acquisition Decision
Ling Shizhe and Alison they had a disagreement, this is the second disagreement between them, the first time is that after the success of Ling Shizhe's computer camera, in less than two years, it was going to upgrade it, which was strongly opposed by Alison and others, and finally ended with Ling Shizhe's success, which proved that if electronic semiconductor industry companies want to survive in the cruel market competition, they must keep pace with the times and eliminate the correctness of their own survival rules. ¥°F Top Novel,
This time there was a disagreement between them again, the professional managers led by Allison thought that the merger of Bombardier was only good for the company, and Ling Shizhe wanted to retreat when he saw that things had changed.
Maybe it's his special life experience that has turned Ling Shizhe into a pessimist and conspiracy theorist, the Canadian government has not yet announced to the public whether to privatize Bombardier, and those people can't wait to jump out to oppose it.
What he is most worried about now is that the workers of his company are also making trouble, especially after the merger of Bombardier, his own workers come with you like this, the experience of the two lives tells him that in Western countries, it is not uncommon for workers or guilds to extort enterprises, this large-scale anti-privatization action, Ling Shizhe has become very vigilant, for fear that someone will provoke his workers, and come with him like this, and then the company's losses will be great, so at the first time of the incident, Ling Shizhe notified Chao Tianjiu and his apprentice, Pay close attention to the movements of the workers, and report to him immediately if there is any change.
All these actions did not carry Alison's back, in fact, Alison and Foster were very clear about Ling Shizhe's details, and what Alison couldn't understand was that Ling Shizhe, the young boss, had so much sense of crisis, just like this incident, he thought that Ling Shizhe was overreacting.
Allison said to Ling Shizhe: "Boss, if this is a conspiracy, then what does this person want to get by doing all this?" Let's say, if it's our competitors, what's the benefit? Ambrera's main business is semiconductors, and the Bombardier company that we want to merge, the main transportation, they do these meaningless, they may wish we were like this, a semiconductor company does not focus on its own field, but wants to acquire something that has nothing to do with its own business, in their eyes we are investing indiscriminately, will make a big mistake, why would they stop us? ”
"So how do you explain this incident, more than 100,000 people across Canada are opposing Bombardier's privatization, how do you explain it?" Ling Shizhe asked, "It wasn't our competitors who did it, could it be Andrew's political enemies?" ”
Alison shook her head and said: "It's not Andrew's political enemy, it's Bombardier's current situation, privatization is its only way out, his political enemies are doing him, it's nothing more than trying to replace him in power, but what to do after taking office, another person still has to solve this problem, if it is not privatized, it will go bankrupt, and the workers will lose their jobs, which will be a big blow to the prestige of the new mayor, and privatization will offend the guild and offend many people, it is better to leave it to Andrew to solve, You must know that the nationalization of Bombardier was facilitated by Andrew, and he didn't solve it.
Another point is that so many people participated in the march against Bombardier's privatization, which seems to me to be just a reason, there are many state-owned enterprises in Canada, and they are all in trouble, and the reason why people oppose it is because they are afraid that once they privatize, they will lose their jobs, so so many people have risen up against it. ”
Allison's words made Ling Shizhe stunned, thinking about it carefully, it still makes sense, he has experienced a lot of such things in his previous life, after the boss of the company is replaced, the first thing to do is to lay off people, not to mention privatization, any boss can use one person to do the work, never use two people, the common problem of state-owned enterprises is redundant personnel, after any boss takes over, the redundant personnel in the company will be streamlined, which will inevitably cause some or most of the people to lose their jobs, That's why they oppose the privatization of companies because it violates their interests.
Ling Shizhe calmed down, thought for a while and said, "Alison, your words are not unreasonable, but there is one thing I can't figure out, why didn't the employees of Bombardier make trouble?" You know, once privatized, many of them will lose their jobs, and they don't make trouble, how can this be explained? ”
"I can answer this question," said John. Martin chimed in, "Boss, I've worked at Bombardier before, do you know how many employees Bombardier had during its best days?" More than 60,000 people, how many are left now? Less than 3,000 employees, less than one-twentieth of its heyday, Bombardier has been laying off people for more than a decade, and has never hired even a single worker, even after nationalization, these workers have long been used to it, and now their only hope is that someone can lead Bombardier out of the predicament, only then will their lives really get better, otherwise if this continues, they will all lose their jobs, so they are willing to gamble. ”
Ling Shizhe looked at John. "You mean, if we buy Bombardier, we just need to admit that we don't cut people, and we can stabilize the situation very quickly, right?" ”
John. Martin nodded, and before he could answer, Foster on the side said: "That's right, boss, Bombardier is a very large factory, from more than 60,000 employees to less than 3,000 left, many factories have been closed, and the rest of the factories can't be closed, otherwise Bombardier will really be finished." Boss, in fact, we have to thank those people, they saved us a lot of burden, we don't need to worry about these annoying personnel problems after we take over, whether to lay this or cut that, those people are very particular about layoffs, don't look at them so much, but the remaining 3,000 person-months are Bombardier's best workers, and they also hope that one day, with these best employees, the company can come back to life. ”
In the poor memory of Ling Shizhe's previous life, he has not heard the news of Bombardier's privatization, and now it seems that the Canadian government at that time did not want to privatize, but no one was willing to take over is the reason, no one took over and had to continue to maintain so hard, but a miracle happened, everyone did not expect that in just a few years, Bombardier actually came back to life, and now it seems that the remaining employees should play a key role, a company wants to get out of the predicament or go to glory, in addition to excellent leaders, It is inseparable from a high-quality workforce.
State-owned enterprises, which enjoy many of the country's resources, should be better developed than private enterprises, but in fact? On the contrary, the performance of state-owned enterprises is very poor, and when the economic environment is good, they may be okay, but once they encounter a financial crisis, the ability of state-owned enterprises to resist risks is often not as good as that of private enterprises, so many times, once state-owned enterprises enter the predicament, there is no possibility of resurrection.
There is no need to say what is the reason for this, everyone knows that the personnel relations of state-owned enterprises and institutions are quite complicated, and overly complicated management organizations and personnel relations will greatly hinder the healthy development of enterprises.
This is also why Ling Shizhe has always insisted that the products produced by Ambrera should be handed over to those foundries, everything is done by themselves, which will inevitably produce the problem of redundant personnel, the company has many people, the management organization of the enterprise is bound to be complex, and the organization is complex will inevitably produce all kinds of headaches, and the cost of the enterprise will also be piled up.
On the contrary, outsourcing a lot of unnecessary production links, the company does not need to raise a lot of people, nor does it need to establish such a complex enterprise management system, the whole company can achieve flat management to the greatest extent, can save a lot of things, so that the company can concentrate on development.
Ling Shizhe carefully observed the changes outside, and quietly thought about the various pros and cons brought about by the merger of Bombardier, the disadvantage is that for a long time in the future, Ambrera will be burdened with huge debts, and any decision of the company in the future must be cautious.
As the influence of the butterfly effect grows, the original historical trajectory has long been changed beyond recognition, and the care for rebirth has become weaker and weaker.
For example, the original Intel has become an international intelligent company (IIC), the PC personal computer that originally appeared in the 80s, because of his arrival, was launched almost ten years in advance, as well as things like solid-state drives, blade servers, etc., many things that should not have appeared in this era have appeared in advance, making the development of this space-time semiconductor faster than the original space-time I don't know how many times, so many times, Ling Shizhe can not be willful, he can do whatever he wants, He must carefully consider the pros and cons of every decision before making a decision, otherwise it will bring huge losses to the company.
There are also aspects of buying Bombardier, first of all, the technology of the aviation department will be strengthened, according to the original route in history, as long as it does not make two mistakes, the aviation department will definitely become a world-famous aircraft industry giant, maybe it will be more brilliant, but the premise is that the company must have sufficient funds, but it must first bear a huge debt, so that Ling Shizhe has to be cautious.
If he were replaced by another traverser and learned that he had a good chance to merge Bombardier, he would eat it without even thinking about it, but he had experienced a lot of things in his previous life and in this life, and he knew that nothing would be so simple, and there would be gains and losses, so why didn't the Canadian government publicly privatize, and why did he want him to merge with Ling Shizhe? To put it bluntly, he hopes to tie him to the chariot of Canada, if after the merger, if the company really comes back to life, he Ling Shizhe will not want to break away from the influence of the Canadian government for the rest of his life.
If the company is still the same, even worse than before, and there is nothing to do with the Canadian government, anyway, the burden has been thrown out, whether the company is dead or alive, it is your own business, and it has nothing to do with them, if the Ambrera company is dragged down, it will be better, and if it is nationalized again, Ambrera will always belong to Canada.
For the Canadian government, as long as it grasps the emerging industry of semiconductors and diverges out the limited technology, it is not afraid that Canada's high-tech industry will not develop, and the Canadian government has a good calculation.
Do you want to jump into this trap that is not a trap? After thinking about it for a long time, Ling Shizhe sadly found that if you don't jump, you can't do it, with the development of semiconductors, as long as Ambrera doesn't make any big mess, it will develop into a terrifying giant enterprise in the future, how many people will be red at that time, how many people will stare at him Ling Shizhe, all kinds of open guns and hidden arrows will never be less, and at this time he needs to come to the government for protection.
Who can give him asylum? Hong Kong, impossible, the British have never attached importance to this place, let alone be able to provide asylum for a yellow race, and Hong Kong does not have the slightest political status in the world, so it is powerless to want to provide asylum, not to mention that Hong Kong will face a problem of returning sovereignty in the future.
Taiwan/Bay, Ling Shizhe shook his head, in addition to the government of the Republic of China will loot the people, it is not even a matter of thinking about providing shelter for its own people, not to mention that in the early stage, they only think about countering/offensive/large/land, and in the middle stage, they only think about independence, although they do not engage in independence or anything in the later stage, but it is also a situation of no independence and non-unification, and there is no future for the Kuomintang/Kuomintang/Party.
What about the mainland? It's impossible, not to mention anything else, the Yingyi Society alone is a big problem, it's not like Hong Kong's Xiangjia Xin Ngee An, it's an out-and-out underworld organization, the Yingyi Society has a strong military color, in Hong Kong, a small place, and then under the eyes of the Communist Party/industry/party, there is actually a counter-attack/large/army army lurking at any time, they will rest assured?
Even if they rest assured, they will not treat him as their own people, in their eyes, the Ling family or Ling Shizhe are capitalists who grew up eating the milk of capitalism, not all the way, it is okay to cooperate and use each other, but it is not necessary to ask them to provide shelter to the Ling family, not to mention that Ling Shizhe is still wearing the rank of national/national/party general on his head.
In the end, Canada is left, first of all, Canada is an authentic capitalist country, this country has a developed economy and perfect laws, which is very suitable for capitalists like Ling Shizhe, plus their laws stipulate that private property is sacrosanct, Ling Shizhe does not have to worry that his property will become someone else's pocket one day in the future.
Second, although Canada is a developed country, most of the country's industries are either mining or agriculture, and there is really not much high technology.
Third, Canada is a Commonwealth country, and together with the United States is called the North American Federation, the relationship between the two countries is very good, Ling Shizhe's market is mainly in Europe and the United States, once something happens, the Canadian government can also provide sufficient shelter.
After calculation, his best destination is actually Canada, Ling Shizhe's heart felt a deep irony, as a Chinese, his motherland can't protect himself, he still needs the protection of other countries, isn't it irony?
I don't know how long he thought about it, Ling Shizhe came back to his senses, saw that everyone was looking at him, coughed lightly, to hide his embarrassment, and said: "I figured it out, I decided to buy Bombardier, Alison is in charge of this matter, send someone to contact the Canadian government." ”
Alison looked at him and said after a while, "Boss, have you really thought it through?" ”
Obviously, Alison knew very well what happened to the acquisition of Bombardier, and everyone who sat down at the meeting knew very well that the reason why they were so active was because they knew that Bombardier looked bad, but his future was extremely bright, but once Ling Shizhe made this choice, it would be different.
Ling Shizhe smiled and said, "I know what you guys think? Don't forget, Hong Kong is still the United Kingdom/country/Hong Kong, Canada is a Commonwealth country, the supreme head of this country and Hong Kong is the Queen of the United Kingdom, I am not only a Hong Kong citizen, but also a Canadian citizen (Hong Kong allows its people to have multiple passports), Ambrela's Canadian enterprises, but also Hong Kong enterprises, from this root, he is also a Commonwealth enterprise. What is not to do with a Commonwealth enterprise acquiring a Commonwealth enterprise? ”
Syllable! Syllable! Syllable...... There was a round of applause below, and Foster smiled: "Boss, it's great that you can think like this, to be honest, everyone is very worried that you will fall over there (mainland), you must know that it is now the Cold War period, although Nixon visited China, but China is always a socialist country, they will never be able to go together, and Ambrera's market is mainly in Europe and the United States, your attitude will be directly related to the future development of the company, so we are more or less worried." Of course, I don't mean to say anything about your home country, but you must know that when you think about a big business like us, sometimes you have to face ...... The question of taking sides. ”
"Your thoughts are really strange, you must know that I am a Kuomintang/Kuomintang/Party, it is impossible for me to get together with them, and the two sides of the strait are still fighting each other, how can I possibly come together with them?"
Foster folded his hands and said: "Boss, I apologize, when I entered the company, I heard that in the most difficult period of the company, in order to boost the morale of the team, you told a story of a Red Army general, to be honest, this story is very touching, but it frightened us even more, you must know the boss, this is not a good thing, once you get involved with this, you will often face endless trouble, you must know that we were almost ...... back then"
"Well, Foss said it in particular, it's all over, and that crumb has long since drunk to death." Alison interrupted.
Ling Shizhe was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect them to worry that they would fall over there, the reason was that he told such a story, the influence of McCarthyism is very deep, it has been more than 20 years, and he is still deeply influencing people today, it seems that the anti-CCP riots were so strong back then, listening to their tone just now, were they persecuted when they were young?