In fact, Lenovo lost not only the Internet cafe market in Jinling, but also its share of the personal computer market was decreasing year by year.
Based on the influence of Deep Space Company in Jinling, Yang Qing can predict that after Deep Space Company cooperates with Acer, mainland consumers' acceptance of Acer computers will definitely increase a lot.
Of course, now Yang Qing no longer cares about the gains and losses of one city or one place. He is more concerned about what role deep space will play in the future comprehensive confrontation.
The conversation between Yang Qing and Yuliang did not make any substantial progress in the end, so they could only proactively contact their partner AOL, hoping that AOL would take this matter seriously.
When Steven Case received the call from Yanagawa, he himself was in an unprecedented confusion. During this period, the merger and acquisition matter had not made any progress and could no longer be pushed forward at all.
After listening to Yanagawa's explanation of the purpose of the call, Steven Case smiled helplessly. In their current situation, even if they wanted to take this matter seriously, they couldn't free up their hands to deal with Deep Space Company, and the battlefield was still far away.
China.
Besides, Deep Space's acquisition of BenQ Dentsu actually had little direct impact on AOL. Steven Case was not a very good person, and he bothered to help Lenovo deal with Deep Space.
Even Steven Case is happy, because Deep Space has spent so much money to acquire BenQ Dentsu, and it will definitely continue to invest a lot of money in the future. In this way, the development of Deep Space Tribe and Dongdong may be
If affected, give them a chance to breathe.
"Liu, you should be happy at this time."
Yanagawa was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and asked with some confusion, "Mr. Case, what do you mean by this?"
Steven Case smiled and said, "What I mean is very simple. Before you wanted to enter the Internet industry, you made some attempts with Millennium Computer, but the results were not good. It did not put any pressure on Deep Space Company. This
It’s not surprising, after all, Deep Space Company has been operating in the Internet industry for a long time. It can be said that in China, the Internet is the main battlefield of Deep Space. Even other large Internet companies, let alone you, will find it difficult to shake their position in China.
But now the situation is different. Deep Space acquired BenQ Dentsu and cooperated with Acer. Then they will enter your home field. As the leader of China's PC business, I think that even if Deep Space cooperates with Acer, there is nothing they can do.
It can shake your position."
Steven Case's statement is very confusing. If Yanagawa was a young boy, he might have been deceived by him.
But Yanagawa has been in the business for a long time, so he naturally knows that what Steven Keys said is like farting.
Although the PC business is their main battlefield, the cooperation between Deep Space Company and Acer is by no means as light as Steven Case said.
But in the face of Steven Case's deception, Yanagawa could only keep smiling, "Mr. Case, although the layout of Deep Space Company has little impact on you at this stage, I believe it won't be long before they get involved.
The business of Internet service providers. In ancient China, there was a miracle doctor named Bian Que. He was good at curing various terminal diseases, but he believed that his two younger brothers, who were not well-known, had better medical skills. He said that the eldest brother could cure all kinds of incurable diseases.
The disease can be eliminated before it appears, and the second brother can eliminate the disease when it has just appeared. Compared with treating terminal diseases, it can prevent the disease from happening, and that is really powerful."
Steven Case certainly knows that Yanagawa's words are reasonable, but he really has no way to deal with Deep Space Company now.
After pondering for a moment, Steven Case said, "Well, let me give you a suggestion. Instead of entering the Internet industry yourself and getting stuck without making any progress, it is better to support one or several Internet companies with potential."
, let them deal with Deep Space Corporation."
Yanagawa sighed slightly. Of course he had considered this matter and had people do some research.
After investigation, they found that Deep Space Company had already seized the opportunity, and other Internet companies had to look at Deep Space Company if they wanted to develop.
Deep Space Company does not monopolize it. When they encounter Internet companies with potential, they not only do not suppress them, but they even invest to help these companies grow.
The most typical case is that at the beginning of last year, several instant messaging software suddenly appeared in the domestic market, and Deep Space Company selected one of them called oicq for investment.
It's a pity that although it accepted the investment from Deep Space Company, oicq did not make much splash in the domestic market, because Dongdong has already penetrated into the hearts of netizens in China.
As a last resort, oicq changed its name to QQ, strategically abandoned the domestic market, and took Deep Space Company's money to develop the European and American markets.
Yanagawa did not respond, and Steven Case said with a smile, "Well, let me give you an idea. According to my investigation, Deep Space Company has always been interested in the streaming media business. Although they have not
Video playback platform, but as early as three years ago, when streaming media was not very attractive, they began to enter this field. Deep Space Company established a company the year before last to be responsible for the research of streaming media technology, and they acquired
They acquired at least 10% of BXtrem’s shares. But what surprised me was that Deep Space was not involved in the streaming media war that started the year before last year. They seemed to be waiting to see what was going on.”
Yanagawa couldn't help but lamented that AOL was still well informed. He had also investigated Deep Space Company before, but none of these matters had been investigated.
Of course, in turn, it also shows that Deep Space Company is low-key enough to own at least 10% of BXtrem's shares without making any noise.
Yanagawa has heard about the streaming media war for more than a year. The year before last, Microsoft and Zhenwang, which had been very happy to cooperate, started competing because of Microsoft's launch of Show.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! In the summer of that year, the CEO of TrueNet accused Microsoft of maliciously sabotaging TrueNet's realplayer software in order to win the competition. The Senate Judiciary Committee also held a hearing on this incident.
Later, Microsoft sold 10% of RealNet's shares, and the two companies parted ways.
At the beginning of last year, the use of streaming media exploded. A Victoria's Secret live broadcast brought widespread attention to streaming media. Subsequently, a large amount of Microsoft funds flowed into the streaming media market, helping many manufacturers expand their network scale.
For example, for Intervu, which is strongly supported by Microsoft, I heard that Akamai is preparing to acquire Intevu, and the final transaction price may be around US$3 billion.
You know, Intervu is a company that has only been established a few years ago.
Such an exaggerated price is precisely because Microsoft invested US$30 million in them last year.
"Mr. Case, what do you think Deep Space Company is waiting for?" Yanagawa asked.
"I don't know about this, but I think you can start from this place."
Yanagawa nodded thoughtfully, maybe Steven Case was right, the streaming media industry that Deep Space Company is focusing on will be an opportunity for them.
There happens to be a streaming media west trade show in a few days. I heard it's quite lively. Maybe they can go and take a look.
…
After Steven Case finished talking to Yanagawa on the phone, he rubbed his frown. In fact, what he just said was completely perfunctory.
Although I don’t know what Deep Space is waiting to see, in Steven Case’s view, even if Deep Space does not plan in advance and Lenovo enters the streaming media industry with them, Deep Space will eventually win.
And he still won with an absolute advantage.
Let alone Lenovo, Deep Space can hold its head high even in front of Microsoft.
In the past two years, people who are paying attention to the streaming media industry have also focused on these platforms, but Steven Case knows that players with content will be invincible in this game.
No matter how fierce the competition between these platforms in the streaming media industry is, the foundation of streaming media is content. Of course, users download these platforms not to stare at the buttons on the platform in a daze, but to see what they want to see on the platform.
content.
It can be said that wonderful content is the most fundamental driving force for users to download software. Content is always king.
When it comes to content, we naturally have to mention companies such as Sony, Disney, Universal and Deep Space that continue to output exciting content.
Perhaps in terms of the quantity of content, Shen Kong Company is not as good as other companies due to its late start, but the quality of content owned by Shen Kong is very high, and they also have a unique advantage, that is, they are in the Internet industry
Also a leader.
Therefore, Steven Case has a hunch that in this streaming media war, Deep Space Company, which did not participate, may become the ultimate winner.
Especially after Deep Space Company organized the first WCG, Steven Case also gradually understood some of Deep Space Company's intentions. They may make some efforts on Internet live broadcast, but the reason why they are still waiting and watching is,
Maybe it has something to do with technology.
Although the Victoria's Secret live broadcast and the major league live broadcast are very popular, the effect of the live broadcast has been criticized by many people. Netizens feel that the live video is too blurry and the experience is much worse than the live TV broadcast.
Leaning back in his chair, Steven Case suddenly showed a smile. He was really looking forward to a live webcast by the Deep Space Company to see what they could bring to the table.
Since being trapped in a merger and acquisition case and unable to escape, Steven Case's attitude towards deep space companies has changed somewhat.
This is understandable, after all, compared to mergers and acquisitions, deep space companies are nothing more than a minor trouble.
Besides, there are no eternal enemies in this world, and there may be opportunities for cooperation between the two companies in the future.
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The news of Deep Space's acquisition of BenQ Dentsu has attracted more than just Lenovo's attention. After all, a US$580 million merger is not a small case.
Many investment banks are paying close attention to Deep Space's actions, hoping to analyze the signals released by Deep Space.
Especially when Amazon is still in the quagmire, as its holding company, Deep Space will affect the hearts of investors no matter what it does.
Most of the interpretations of this merger and acquisition in the market are irrational, because basically everyone associates this case with Amazon, but in fact, Deep Space's acquisition of BenQ Dentsu has nothing to do with Amazon.
Some financial analysts believe that Deep Space Company's expectations for the Internet industry should be relatively low, so it will invest in industry at this time.
Just after the news of Deep Space Corporation's acquisition of BenQ Dentsu came out, Amazon's stock fell sharply for several days. Investors dumped their stocks one after another, hoping to stop losses in time. Most people believed that Amazon's stock price fell sharply in February.
The funds obtained from the bond issuance were the last funds their company could obtain.
In fact, before this, although many investors lost confidence in Amazon, many stock analysts still supported Amazon and gave Amazon's stock a "buy" rating.
At this time, the most serious substantial loss to Amazon in this incident occurred.
Pets, a pet product e-commerce company that cooperates with Amazon, is about to close down. Amazon previously invested US$58 million in this company, but now the company has spent all the money but cannot obtain new financing. Soon it will
close the door.
If the retailer does close, it will surely be another blow to investor confidence.
The Amazon incident also had some impact on Deep Space’s acquisition of BenQ Dentsu.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! The famous American financial columnist Alan Abelson praised LaVey's research report and criticized Amazon in Barron's' "The Rise and Fall of Wall Street" column
business model.
[A pig farm owner sold his pigs at a loss of fifty dollars per pig, but confidently said that his business volume had increased.]
[You can be very sure that if you block the next one, Amazon will never make money.]
His criticism of Amazon is very sharp and leaves no room for error.
At the end, he mentioned the acquisition of BenQ Dentsu by Deep Space. He pointed out that although Deep Space, as an investment company, has had many successful investment cases, their core strategy failed.
Allen believes that smart investors should position themselves correctly and should not demand too much management rights. Deep Space Company has interfered with the company's management rights in several important investments, which is obviously unwise.
, this will limit the performance of operators.
Allen also believes that Deep Space should continue what it has done with Apple and Google, and just give out the money and let the operators help them make money instead of worrying about managing the company.
Nowadays, deep space companies have made several acquisitions in succession, and the industry span is huge. Walking on just a few legs will greatly increase the risks of operations.
Especially for BenQ Dentsu, this company's businesses are all that Shenkong has not been involved in before, which makes the management of Shenzhen Company even more difficult.
This merger and acquisition may very well become the worst investment in deep space.
Chapter completed!