Chapter 753 Only True and False Can Confuse Opponents

It's not that there aren't no computer companies these days, but all of them are targeting large and mid-sized servers.

Let's not talk about the second child and other younger brothers other than IBM.

The market value of IBM alone is 170 billion US dollars, which is more than 4 times higher than the 40 billion assets controlled by Citigroup.

The existence of the Big Mac means that any company that wants to enter the computer industry will become the enemy of IBM.

Fortunately, like the problems of all giant companies, IBM is blinded by the interests of large servers, and there are too many internal factions. When medium and large servers are still making huge profits, it is not that simple to change strategies.

In the 1980s, the personal computer department was established, and it took several years before it was approved.

In addition, no one expected that the development speed of personal computers will only take ten years, and the profit will far exceed that of medium and large servers.

When IBM realizes this, although they don't lack money, they don't lack technology, and they don't lack relationships and policies.

But hardware, software, and patent barriers on industry standards have prevented them from easily leading or killing most of the PC companies in the market.

At this time, one is to continue research and development to maintain the dominance of medium and large servers.

One is that in their opinion, there are too many personal computers with too many competitors, and IBM hesitates again.

Otherwise, there is no room for PC companies.

When the Internet industry begins to exert its strength and the era of real violence in the computer industry begins, the decline of IBM is already inevitable.

The continuous updating of profits and technology will allow various PC companies that have risen to counterattack the field of medium and large servers.

The shareholders of Citigroup agreed that Li Changheng would become a shareholder of Xerox Corporation and enter the personal computer industry.

The first is a word processor, say a computer.

In fact, it is just an electronic printer that is more advanced than a mechanical typewriter and can be connected to a printer.

There is no need for Citigroup to make a public statement. Morgan, who participated in the board of directors, didn't take it very seriously.

IBM, which is owned by Morgan, will not care about this matter.

On the contrary, because he and the other 7% of shareholders abstained from voting, Morgan has been wondering what the few projects that are kept secret from them are.

What made him even more annoyed and helpless was that if he hadn't voted to abstain, he wouldn't even be qualified to know whether these projects existed.

Moreover, it has only been 2 days since the meeting of the board of directors and the signing of the contract today.

I want to hear the news from the 93% of the shareholders who support it. The exchange of interests is definitely not something that can be negotiated in 2 or 3 days.

What made him even more helpless and anxious was that this time Rockefeller turned around and supported Li Changheng.

Fortunately, there is no shortage of smart people in this world. Call the top management of the group, do the math, and then combine Li Changheng's several achievements in the financial field.

It was quickly concluded that among those few projects, there is a high probability that one of them involves the financial field.

For a financial group like Morgan, as long as you enter the market, there is no secret at all.

The only question is how long it will take to find out what Citigroup is doing.

The speed of the search is fast, and what you eat afterward is not soup, but fatty meat.

When the speed is slow, there is no time for layout, and the profit is not enough, there are still many ways to make trouble.

But when he thought that Li Changheng was betting on the outbreak of war, Morgan became even more depressed.

Once the fight starts, many things cannot be dominated by a financial group.

It's better for everyone to look forward to the outbreak of war together, and the big capital of the United States will have the opportunity to eat both ends.

It is a simple choice for any qualified capital to choose between great benefits and staring at Li Changheng against the trend.

And this is probably the main reason why Morgan hasn't caused any trouble in the past two days.

When it is time to cooperate, Capital One is very patient and sincere.

When it's time to strike hard, capital has never been moral or kind.

After the noisy sound at the signing site, the smiles on the faces of the six Citi executives sitting on the rostrum have not changed.

The people at the scene quickly became suspicious again.

Even if Li Changheng is really stupid, no one believes that all the shareholders of Citigroup will foolishly accompany him to mess around.

The scene quickly fell silent.

Li Changheng continued without explaining, "In addition to the above three items, there are a few incidental items.

Due to commercial confidentiality reasons, although it cannot be said today, you should be able to see it from Citigroup's subsequent actions soon.

However, in these projects, I will jointly invest at least 400 million US dollars with Citigroup and hold 50% of each other's shares.

Moreover, you have also seen these decisions, and I have the support of 93% of shareholders. "

God, the first thought in every reporter's mind is that Citigroup is crazy.

Holding 50% of each other's shares is equivalent to saying that Li Changheng, who holds 17% of Citigroup, will gain the leadership and share advantages of these unknown projects.

No matter how you look at it, you feel that Citigroup is actually at a disadvantage when it comes to buying shares, and Li Changheng is the biggest winner.

As for the projects of agriculture, TV sales, office automation and computers.

Among all the people present, except for the shareholders who participated in the board of directors three days ago, few people are optimistic about it.

Don't look at the price increase of many agricultural products because of inflation.

But the United States has a vast land and sparse population, and it is too easy to increase production.

Not to mention the four monopolistic agricultural and animal husbandry giants, ordinary ranchers and farmers, as long as they have collateral, it will be easier to get a loan from the bank.

Anyway, if it doesn't come up, the bank will take over the farms and ranches, at least it won't lose too much in the auction.

Moreover, everyone knows that when everyone increases investment in agriculture, the price of crops will definitely slow down or even plummet within a year or two.

In the past two years, Citigroup should have just finished sorting out its agricultural and animal husbandry assets.

Some capitals who thought about buying or increasing their holdings of Citigroup shares had begun to hesitate at this time.

Shareholders who participated in the board of directors three days ago knew that the so-called vertical farm was just a smoke bomb used by everyone to prevent the stock price from skyrocketing.

In case they are optimistic about the future of Citigroup, they cannot grab more stocks in the market because of the mobilization of funds.

The way Citigroup restricts Morgan and Rockefeller is very simple. Except for Li Changheng, everyone buys odd stocks in the market in the same proportion.

Li Changheng, who proposed this method, won the support of about 30% of minority shareholder representatives in one fell swoop.

The funds of these forces are definitely not as good as the big groups, so with this restriction, small shareholders are the biggest beneficiaries.

As for other forces, increasing their holdings in the same proportion is not the best result, but it is impossible for everyone to believe what Li Changheng says.

In the case of restricting Morgan and Rockefeller, the vast majority of shareholders quickly supported this decision.

Of course, the vertical farm has really moved this group of shareholders and major forces who have never heard of it in this era.

Hey, I finally understand what my friend said, I still need to think more about helping others, it’s a good result to be thankless when encountering strange things.

Second, I apologize for being late with the new one.