Crossover: 2014

Chapter 172 The Olive Branch of SUPERCELL (Part [-])
Although Lin Hui needs a lot of money, the current idea is very simple, let's collect [-] million US dollars first.

And the current acquisition of the game "HILL CLIMB RACING" by Super Cell is a good opportunity for Lin Hui to get 1 million US dollars.

In addition to the acquisition plan proposed by Supercell, Lin Hui also looked at some proposals proposed by other Waiguo game companies.

To be reasonable, although the acquisition plans proposed by several game companies are not bad, Lin Hui is not very impressed with these game companies.

Lin Hui still prefers to cooperate with the super cell company.

Lin Hui replied to the email sent by Super Cell, expressing his willingness to further negotiate with Super Cell on the acquisition of the game "HILL CLIMB RACING".

But for the acquisition plan proposed by Super Cell and the olive branch extended to Lin Hui himself.

Lin Hui didn't answer directly, and these issues can be discussed slowly in the negotiation.

However, out of courtesy, Lin Hui replied in the email that he hoped to have time to experience the working environment of super cells in person before making a decision.

The reason why I want to experience the working environment of Supercell in person is not only my curiosity about Supercell itself, a legendary company.

On the other hand, it is also because Lin Hui really wants to know the progress of some projects inside the super cell.

After all, it is still very tempting for Lin Hui to involve "Boom Beach", a game with a revenue close to one billion US dollars.

Soon the super cell responded to Lin Hui and said that he was looking forward to Lin Hui's visit.

As for the acquisition of the game "HILL CLIMB RACING".

Lin Hui and Super Cell negotiated on a game trading platform called eGAME.

The eGAME platform seems to be a unique game trading platform in this time and space.

The platform is also the largest online game trading platform in this space-time world.

Lin Hui searched and found that the largest game transaction on this platform in this time and space was even as high as 13 billion US dollars.

Under such circumstances, it seems that Lin Hui doesn't need to worry too much about security issues for such a deal worth around US$1 million.

Lin Hui is happy to conduct online transactions as long as the transaction security can be guaranteed.

Because online transactions are usually more convenient and faster.

The early arrival of the money is naturally in line with Lin Hui's expectations.

As for super cells, why did you choose online trading?
Lin Hui guessed that it was inseparable from the size of the super cell company.

In 2014, there were only more than 150 super cells.

It seems impossible to expect the company to directly send out a standard negotiation team of 8 people like Apple did before.

Lin Hui quickly registered the relevant account.

And completed the personal certification, the certification identity is still GRAY FOREST.

As soon as the certification was completed, Lin Hui found that there were already many people related to him.

Lin Hui checked the details of the information, and was a little surprised to find that someone actually wanted to buy the small game "FLAPPPY BIRD" that Lin Hui had previously worked out on this website, but the bid was really too low.

Lin Hui is not going to sell such a classic game for hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Although he registered the corresponding account, Lin Hui did not directly negotiate with Super Cell Company.

Considering the time difference (about 8 hours from Europe), the negotiation did not start right away.

The two parties agreed on a more acceptable time to negotiate at [-]:[-] pm in the imperial capital.

Even so, Lin Hui still made preliminary contact with the super cells.

What surprised Lin Hui a little was that the so-called acquisition of Super Cell was only related to the overseas acquisition of the game "HILL CLIMB RACING".

In other words, super cells are not interested in the domestic market.

The corner of Lin Hui's mouth couldn't help curling up.

If it involves the separation of domestic and foreign countries, there is undoubtedly a lot to be done.

If what Super Cell is seeking is the overseas agency rights of "HILL CLIMB RACING".

Once the corresponding contract is reached, the overseas region of the game "HILL CLIMB RACING" will naturally be represented by Supercell.

But what about the domestic area?

It seems that Lin Hui is still in charge of the domestic area.

This undoubtedly means that in the future, different divisions of the game "HILL CLIMB RACING" will most likely adopt differentiated management methods.

Where there are differences, there are naturally contrasts.

Doesn't this mean that in the future, players of the game "HILL CLIMB RACING" will intentionally or unintentionally compare the domestic area with the overseas area?

In fact, this is also one of the daily behaviors of many domestic game players operating globally.

After all, they are often treated differently, and domestic players are used to comparing them subconsciously.

It's a pity that the comparison results under normal circumstances disappoint domestic players.

The most outrageous thing is that some domestic manufacturers develop games, and the treatment such as welfare in the domestic area is not as good as that in the overseas area.

But in Lin Hui, this will never happen.

Moreover, Lin Hui is sure that when it comes to differentiated management, the domestic business strategy of the game "HILL CLIMB RACING" is better than that of overseas regions.

Doesn't being able to do better in game management than a game company like Supercell mean that Lin Hui is very likely to rise to a higher level of fame?

Although now the gray forest vest has a great reputation in the field of game development.

However, the games developed by Lin Hui in the past are more or less "rough".

The crude painting style seems to be people's first impression of the game developed by Lin Hui.

Although this may be commendable for a while, Lin Hui will eventually transform.

However, the games made by the company Supercell have always been known for their exquisiteness.

Being able to be better than Super Cell in terms of operating strategy means that Lin Hui has successfully undergone a transformation in terms of business growth.

Although this kind of idea is difficult to practice, and the company Super Cell is very powerful, and has experience in the successful management of several games before.

But compared to this company, Lin Hui also has its own advantages.

First of all, Lin Hui is very clear about the direction the game "HILL CLIMB RACING" should develop in the future.

After all, Lin Hui is a reborn person. In his previous life, the "HILL CLIMB RACING" series of games stepped on the pitfalls and outstanding points in the operation process. Lin Hui is very clear.

In a sense, for people in this time and space, it is not an exaggeration to say that Lin Hui is a "prophet".

In addition to the advantage of "Prophet", Lin Hui also has a great advantage at the technical level.

At the technical level, Lin Hui's biggest advantage is the advantage he has in the game engine.

It's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice. Without the help of a powerful game engine, even if you have a good idea about the game, it is difficult to put the idea into practice.

Although games can be developed without a game engine, the workload involved in specific development has increased sharply.

Especially for the development of more complex games, it is common for a project to take time without the help of a powerful game engine.

In my previous life, I often heard some news that a certain game company got the game engine by the way during the game development process.

It's not how powerful these game companies are, but it's largely a last resort.

Given the choice, no game development company would want to waste time developing a game engine.

It involves future updates and derivative versions of "HILL CLIMB RACING", although it will not take a few years for super cells.

But many things that Lin Hui can accomplish overnight, it will take at least ten days for super cells to follow up.

The follow-up speed of more than ten days is not slow, but for a game known for its core gameplay, the faster the update iteration speed, the easier it is to attract deep players.

Based on the above two points, Lin Hui feels that if he really adopts differentiated management, Lin Hui will have a huge advantage.

Although the issue raised by the super cell side is that they have no idea about the domestic region.

But Lin Hui didn't think so, after all, anything could happen in the negotiation.

In case of a turnaround, it is not certain that Supercell is interested in the domestic region of the game "HILL CLIMB RACING".

These are all later stories.

Thinking of the game engine, Lin Hui suddenly thought of something.

In this time and space, the reason why the game "Boom Beach" has not come out is because of the game engine?
Although this may be the reason, Lin Hui feels that the possibility is unlikely.

After all, many things in the game "Boom Beach" are somewhat similar to "Clash of Clans".

There's no reason a supercell that can handle Clash of Clans can't handle Boom Beach.

The reason why the game "Boom Beach" did not appear in this time and space may be that Supercell, a company, was thinking in a different direction when it was working on a new project.

It is also possible that since the launch of "Clash of Clans", Super Cell has no intention of developing new games in a short period of time.

A game company has no plans to develop new games?
It sounds ridiculous.

But it's possible for the supercell company.

After all, the game "Clash of Clans" has brought more than $20 billion in revenue to supercells since its inception.

In the face of such huge benefits, it is possible for developers to be reluctant to leave.

The most important thing is that the super cell company also has the capital that is reluctant to leave.

The revenue of 20 billion US dollars is not the limit level of "Clash of Clans".

Lin Hui remembered that the total revenue of the game "Clash of Clans" in his previous life exceeded 55 billion US dollars.

It's ridiculous, Lin Hui remembers that one heavy drive in a certain country is only 60 billion yuan, and 55 billion US dollars seems to be enough for 6 heavy drives.

If the two games "Clash of Clans" and "Clash of Clans: Clash Royale" made by the previous supercell company are combined, the revenue will exceed 100 billion US dollars.

"Clash of Clans: Clash Royale" is a game based on card battles.

In this game, players assemble their own decks.

Each deck is 8 cards.In online battles, you can get gold coins, trophies and treasure boxes if you win the 1V1 battle, and the trophies will be deducted if you lose the battle.

Each chest contains a random type of card.

The game method is mainly 1v1 to randomly find opponents to increase the number of cups to upgrade to a higher arena (or a higher league level).

In addition, 2v2 game modes are also available, and special modes (party) and challenges will be launched regularly.

In the game, the holy water mechanism is adopted, and the maximum amount of holy water is 10.

Players can use the holy water during the game to summon and use their own cards to attack their opponents.

There are three types of cards: army, building, and spell.

When certain cards or arms attack enemy units, they will stop, slow down, etc., making the gameplay more varied.

The rules of the game are not complicated, and it seems that it is not difficult to figure it out.

It is worth mentioning the game "Clash of Clans: Clash Royale", although this game looks like a sequel to "Clash of Clans" from the name.

But its core gameplay is nothing like Clash of Clans.

Speaking of which, Lin Hui may have the risk of colliding with the super cell development project if he works on "Boom Beach".

But if Lin Hui wants to play "Clash of Clans: Clash Royale", there is absolutely no risk of crashing.

After all, the previous game "Clash of Clans: Clash Royale" was only released in early 2016.

Even though the project started a little earlier than the game officially came out.

That's also unlikely to start the project now in 2014.

Although there is absolutely no risk of crashing a car if you reproduce "Clash of Clans: Clash Royale".

But the trouble is that the IP used in the game "Clash Royale" is completely the IP of the previous game "Clash of Clans".

If Lin Hui wants to reproduce this game, the IP level will not pass.

Foreign game companies have always attached great importance to IP.

Judging from some public information, Supercell, a company that takes care of the IP of the game "Clash of Clans", is even more careful.

Under such circumstances, it is almost impossible for Lin Hui to seek IP authorization.

Instead, the game "Clash of Clans: Clash Royale" can be reskinned.

But without the foundation of the mature IP of "Clash of Clans", can the success of the game "Clash of Clans: Royal War" be reproduced in the previous life?
Reskinning means saying goodbye to Clash of Clans' well-established fan base.

In this case, Lin Hui feels that even if this game is produced, it will be difficult to reproduce the success of the year.

There seems to be another way besides this method.

Since the super cells have the intention of accepting Lin Hui.

If Lin Hui really enters the supercell, it seems that it will be no problem to use the IP of "Clash of Clans".

Then it is logical to develop "Clash of Clans: Royal War"

But what good does this do for Lin Hui?

Colleagues are enemies, and Lin Hui seems to have no need to help super cells.

However, it is not completely impossible for Lin Hui to help super cells to make this game ahead of time.

You have to add money, and add a lot of money.

Clash Royale has grossed more than $30 billion in revenue.

In this case, if Lin Hui can really bring out such a super cash cow, it seems unreasonable not to split a billion dollars.

Of course, we must pay attention to the strategy in the actual implementation, and directly tell the supercells that Lin Ash will distribute more than one billion US dollars, and they will definitely not foolishly agree to hand over one billion US dollars.

Even if the managers of Super Cell are so stupid, the scumbags behind Soft/Bank are probably not.

Then it will take some planning.

But it's useless to think about it for the time being.

Many things are not entirely based on Lin Hui's will.

(End of this chapter)