Just a few days ago, Tesla's stock price soared again,
The market capitalization soared into the sky, breaking through a trillion dollars
And Musk's value has also risen, becoming the world's richest man, and dumping Bezos by a large margin.
It can be said that today's Musk has not only made fruitful progress in aerospace, but also achieved excellent results in new energy electric vehicles.
Lenovo, on the other hand, the company that "serves the world", is now on the verge of bankruptcy. At this time and another time, when I think back to the dialogue between Musk and Yang Yuanqing on the forum,
That's a real scene
！
Time back to 2014
At that time, Lenovo, as the largest PC computer and mobile phone manufacturer in China, its status in the country and the world was obvious to all, at that time, not only Liu Chuanzhi, but also the successor Yang Yuanqing, all with a big waist, full of spirit, in the highlight of life.
At that time, he received an invitation from CCTV, and Yang Yuanqing attended the event as the "number one" (nominally) of Lenovo at that time. He knew that the people who came today were Musk.
An obscure Silicon Valley kid, how could Yang put him in his eyes
？
And Musk,
There are plans to set up his production pattern in China, and show his face on the program in China in advance
, for the future production and sales are very good. With this purpose in mind, Musk came to the show scene.
As the topic progressed, Young's disdain for Musk became more and more revealed, and he was disgusted by hearing him talk about spaceships and electric vehicles.
Because Lenovo has never had any poetry and far away, making money is the most important
。 So he threw out a sharp topic: "But how many customers does he have, how many customers do I have, you know?" ”
Musk replied truthfully: "Our customers are not very many, less than 30,000 customers. We..."
Before the words could be heard, Yang continued: "According to the financial report, we sold 115 million devices. Ah, we sell 5 devices per second. "Pride is everywhere in the words.
Musk said: "Our main problem now is that there is a lot of demand, but the production capacity is not enough, and we need to continue to expand production capacity." ”
Indeed, after Musk built a factory in the United States, he also ran to China to build a factory to quickly increase production capacity.
In the United States, Musk's Tesla won the first place in new energy electric vehicles
In China's electric vehicle market, Tesla sold 141,000 vehicles, accounting for 38.9% of Tesla's total global sales.
2021 U.S. Electric Vehicle Sales Table
And what about the association after that?
It looks huge, but it is actually empty inside
According to the 2020/2021 Lenovo financial report, Lenovo has achieved revenue of 411.6 billion yuan worldwide, which is indeed huge. It is such a huge income, and the salary of Lenovo's top management is also very exaggerated, and Yang Yuanqing's salary alone has reached a terrifying 170 million yuan.
Salary scale
The salary is so high, what about the profit? Let the officials see the smile, only 8 billion.
The reason is that many people know in their hearts that Lenovo has not mastered the core technology and has done a good job in the chassis. This is actually a joke,
But Lenovo is at the very bottom of the production chain, and there's no doubt about it
。 In the field of manufacturing, there is a "smile curve" that speaks to this truth.
Smile curve
Assembly, manufacturing is at the lowest point, but also the least need for technical content, get other people's things to fight, make a commodity to sell on the line. But the price that comes with it is that you will always have to be attached to others, and others can easily snap your "neck".
This also explains why when the US imperialists sanctionEd Huawei, "Lenovo" can escape the disaster
。 In fact, this is the truth, what do you have? Nothing!
At the same time, because you don't master the core technology, component providers can set prices at will, they just need your products to sell, and then give you a meager "subsistence" fee. It is impossible to make excess profits.
Lenovo's crisis comes from "Willow"
In fact, for Liu Chuanzhi, who is from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, he is more like a small trader than a technician. Engaging in research and development did not give him a sense of accomplishment, but looked at the financial report, and sales became his most concerned.
Everyone knows that Liu and Ni Guangnan's at that time."
Technical industry and trade
"and"
Trade and industry
In the end, Liu defeated Ni Guangnan, and Lenovo followed the trend and embarked on the road of expanding its volume.
At the end of 2013, at the entrepreneurial meeting held by Chinese entrepreneurs, someone asked Liu Chuanzhi: "Does Lenovo want to be bigger or stronger in the future?" Willow was silent for a while and said, "First bigger, then stronger." ”
After that, Lenovo stepped into the path of overseas "buying, buying and buying", but because simply buying loss-making companies could not change the decline in technology, Lenovo's impulsive behavior eventually made Lenovo suffer.
For example, Lenovo bought Motorola, and its modular mobile phones are little known, and sales are far less than Huawei, Xiaomi, and VO. Nowadays, in the eyes of young consumers, there is no place for Lenovo. Even the technology of Samsung is gone, let alone the conscience of the US empire?
Lenovo's purchase of the Motorola business is considered one of the biggest failures
When Lenovo is worried about the monster that has been bought back at a great price,
The little brothers he once looked down on had already rubbed their fists, lightly packed, polished their spears, and began to attack
。
Huawei, Xiaomi and other manufacturers not only do well in The country, but also their products are also laid out in India and other places, truly realizing the historical leap of Chinese brands going abroad.
And in foreign Lenovo, there is not only competition from domestic manufacturers, but also the pinch of foreign manufacturers such as Apple and Samsung.
Its market share in India is struggling to maintain
At the same time, Lenovo's products lack characteristics and have no design aesthetics to speak of. In the PC field, it has also been thrown farther and farther away by a number of competitors, and today's Lenovo has long lost the title of the first manufacturer of PCs.
So for Lenovo's executives, this company is like an old cow to be slaughtered, and some can fish for some, so it is not surprising that the executives' sky-high salaries are not surprising. Today's association is really embattled!
Lenovo, don't mention it...
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