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"Of course, I also agree with keeping hope. Then cancel the press conference held on November 11, and see how the new product launch conference of Future Technology and its follow-up effect will be, and then make a final decision."
Everyone was silent. Although she was very angry at her "collaborating with the enemy" behavior, from an objective point of view, especially from the company's current situation and business point of view, she was not wrong.
It's just... the closed-loop ecology is one of Apple's signature products, and to put it bluntly, it's a lower body that you can't let go of.
"That's all?" Cook, who had never spoken, said when everyone was silent. "Including but not limited to."
Angela Ahrendts continued: "The company is reorganizing its management, readjusting its priorities in service, ai, hardware and sales, and reducing its dependence on the iPhone. The goal is to shift growth to services and potentially transformative technologies aspect."
"The service aspect is to coexist with the enemy. As for the potential transformational technology aspect... To be honest, the future technology will do better than us. I am pessimistic about this structural reorganization."
Speaking of this, she looked around everyone: "Why don't we invest heavily in the auto industry? And why don't we consider acquiring the late giant GE (General Electric)?"
As soon as the words came out, the audience was stunned, and she continued calmly: "On October 10, ge's share price closed at 16 US dollars per share, with a market value of about 10.18 billion US dollars. billion dollars, becoming the company with the highest market capitalization.”
General Electric, which represents the glory of the electrical age, is now in a situation like a twilight giant. We have a cash reserve of more than 2000 billion U.S. dollars. It is a good opportunity to start, and it must be fast. Savey is ready to strike, which is what worries me the most.
"Apple is indeed playing with building cars, but it lacks interest in it and doesn't play it seriously. Lorenz said that everyone is quite understanding of investing heavily in the automotive field. Future Technology Group has not been deeply involved in this field. And there are indications that Li Linfei is not very interested, just selling car systems or something.
By comparison, avoiding direct competition with this monster is the wisest choice.But what's the rationale for buying general electric (ge)?
Return to Buffett?Said so swearingly?Facing everyone's questioning eyes, Angela Laurenci looked around at him: "Don't you understand? Winning ge... means being able to play an unparalleled important role in the future era of wireless power transmission, at least in North America. substitute."
"By that time, the future technology group Life Ray wants to expand its business to North America, and its success will largely depend on our will, unless he abandons the North American market!"
As soon as these words came out, Cook and others were stunned.But only after a moment of stunned, the Apple CEO suddenly woke up and said, "This is the end of the meeting, Gabriel, immediately start an appointment with General Electric CEO John Flannery, Angela, come to my office, we need to be alone talk!"
After leaving such a sentence, Cook hurriedly left the office, and Angela Lorenz also followed out of the high-level conference room, leaving a dozen executives at a loss.
"God, doesn't Cook really want to buy GE?"
This must be crazy! "
General Electric Company (general-electric-company), referred to as ge, also known as Qiyi Company, was founded in 1892. Although it has the same name as General Motors acquired by Li Linfei, it is not in the same field.
Edison is one of its founders. It is the world's largest super multinational giant providing technology and service business spanning three centuries, and it is a true industry leader.
Ge's main business areas involve power equipment, electrical equipment, household appliances (ps: in reality, it has been acquired by Haier for US$54 billion), jet engines, medical machinery, aviation and Hangzhou railway equipment, etc., with a total of 25 industrial products in ten categories .
It is no exaggeration to say that GE is a company that defines the "American Era". Even in the United States, don't look at the bleak situation of this company today. Mud, ge is also a company too big to fail in the United States, and the United States will never allow this company to declare bankruptcy.
In the high-level conference room, an Apple executive thought about it carefully, and seemed to understand, and couldn't help but sighed: "It seems that Angela is very likely to be the best candidate for the next CEO!"
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Li Linfei received this news three days later.
In the office, Li Linfei listened to Li Bingling read the headlines of the New York Times...they came in dozens of luxury cars, black Ubers and luxury helicopters, just like every August, the most important people of GE descended A hilltop above the banks of the Hudson for the annual management gathering.
But yesterday, Apple CEO Tim Cook and Berkshire Hathaway founder Warren Buffett appeared at the party at the same time, and started a confrontation with GE Chief Executive John Flannery about the largest industrial group in the United States A comprehensive and comprehensive assessment will be carried out in all aspects for the next month or more..."
The first thousand and 540 chapters of the big brothers of the declining sun
Hearing what Li Bingling was reading, Li Linfei's attention was immediately shifted to her. Seeing that she was reading from the newspaper in her hand, he couldn't help taking it over to read.
"What? Apple wants to acquire ge?" Li Linfei looked surprised when he saw the content, and immediately threw the cards in his hand aside, causing dissatisfied protests from the two women who had a good hand of cards.But the protest was futile.
"And Buffett."
Li Bingling added: "There may be more capital to join it. This company with a history of more than 130 years has now changed from a puddle of mud that everyone spurned to a sweet pastry in today's capital circle. It has attracted countless investors. People are crazy about it."
Li Bingling paused for a while, elegantly brushed a strand of hair from the side face and behind the ears, slowly lowered her hands and hugged her body in front of her, thought for a while with her chin in her hand, and added without thinking: "This transformation, I am It is believed that it is related to the global strategic plan of wireless power transmission of the light of life, and the significance of wireless power transmission has almost redefined the era of industrial electricity."
"For my Future Technology Group, the strategic layout of Liferay in North America is either a smooth springboard or a huge obstacle."
Hearing such an analysis, Li Linfei couldn't help but look at Li Bingling. With a concise and concise analysis, she continued thoughtfully: "Looking at the current situation, Apple seems to be lacking confidence in dealing with our new products. Obviously, they Internally, it is also believed that iPhone will lose the competition with our phm."
"This is not my baseless conjecture. Apple has announced the cancellation of its upcoming event on November 11."
"Continue talking!" Li Linfei sat back against the sofa involuntarily, facing her like a big guy, but his current image is really not flattering.
"Since Apple has already given up the treatment of the iPhone, if such a large company cannot find a new strong growth point, I am afraid that within the next year, Apple's market value will plummet and fall to the top ten. In addition, facing the tragic end of the decline of the Samsung Group."
"So my judgment is that Apple will become an important partner of our company in North America in the future. Of course, there will be competition, but overall cooperation is greater than competition, because as long as Apple becomes the largest shareholder of GE and holds the company, it is objective to cooperate with it." The inevitable result, as for the depth of cooperation, we will have to wait and see.”
Li Linfei nodded appreciatively, and just as he was about to say something, Li Bingling added: "In addition to the fact that the current ge will usher in the rebirth of nirvana because of us, I think this year is a series of group giants that have declined. In the year of the collective comeback, in addition to General Electric, there is also the Siemens Group in Germany. Of course, Siemens may have exaggerated its decline.”
"There is also the small Sony group, and the sticky Samsung group will rise soon. Even if it cannot return to its former peak, Samsung will definitely usher in a good installed base in the next year."
In the end, Li Bingling, who was talking a little dry, saw a glass of water next to the card table that was one-third drunk, and no matter who it was, he picked it up and drank it.
Li Linfei nodded approvingly, obviously agreeing with her statement.
All this is due to the arrival of the era of wireless power transmission. It is no exaggeration to say that the era of wireless power transmission is the post-industrial electrical era, and those declining giants who are almost forgotten.
As long as the person in charge is not elm-headed, he will certainly seize this historical opportunity of rebirth from Nirvana.
The light of life is like the holy light shining on these giants who have been buried in the soil, allowing them to be reborn in the bath of the holy light.
In other words, to be more down-to-earth, these declining old giants, as long as they make up their minds to hang out with Future Technology Group, come to Li Linfei to pay homage to the mountain, recognize a big brother and announce that they will play with Future Technology from now on. All-powerful in the world.
The Ray of Life really lives up to its name.
If the former General Electric ge was a company that defined the "American Era", then today's Future Technology Group is a company that defines the "Global Era".
The Lifelight subsidiary of the group company will be the first to bear the brunt of the vanguard.
Whether it is General Electric or Sony, in their most glorious era, they are the world's first-class super giants, and they have been leading the way for many years.
Although it is no longer their era, as the saying goes, a tiger is still powerful when it is dying, and even a lean camel is bigger than a horse.
This year is the inflection point of Samsung Group's decline. Today's Samsung Group has a total market value of only 890 billion US dollars, Sony's market value is only 478 billion US dollars, and General Electric's market value is only 770 billion US dollars.
But many times, the market value of a company is easy to deceive non-professional ordinary people.
To measure the prospect of a company, you can look at its market value. To measure its influence, you need to look at its revenue scale. It is revenue, not profit, and to measure the background of a company, it is its asset size.
Today, the Samsung Group, with a market value of 890 billion, still has an asset scale of 3235 billion US dollars; Sony, with a market value of 478 billion US dollars, has an asset scale of 1398 billion US dollars;
And the asset scale of General Electric ge, which has a market value of 770 billion, has reached a terrifying 4196 billion US dollars.
This is an absolutely incomparable advantage of Internet companies represented by light assets. Internet companies, regardless of their boundless prosperity, have a market value of hundreds of billions or hundreds of billions, and high profits. They grow up quickly but die quickly. Really dead.
Internet companies are very short-lived. Once the Internet giants have fallen, they will never have a chance to stand up again.As for a super industrial group that is really too big to fail like General Electric, as long as it is given a chance, it will soon be revived with full blood.
To a certain extent, such super-industrial groups are the foundation of a country. The more the better, they can turn around and revive at any time. Even if the country in which they are located is in decline for a while, they can also make a comeback. The reason is the same.
"Cook is 63 years old, and he is still so good at playing." Li Linfei couldn't help laughing.