Crossover: 2014

Chapter 176 Alternative Liquidation Means

After some ferrying, Lin Hui discovered that this is not a unique rule of Apple.

This time and space is often used to measure the value of "software" and "idea" separately.

There is even a website dedicated to selling "ideas" in this time and space.

Of course, the so-called selling "ideas" here refers to selling "original ideas".

After learning about this situation, Lin Hui seemed to have opened the door to a new world for a while.

It has to be said that this simply provides Lin Hui with a brand new means of cashing out.

When creativity can be sold, doesn't it mean that Lin Hui can realize some projects that he is inconvenient to do directly by selling ideas?

And Lin Hui noticed that many ideas can be sold anonymously.

This is undoubtedly very attractive to Lin Hui, Lin Hui silently wrote down this matter.

It involves the shortcut command software.

If Lin Hui chooses to sell the idea.

That means after signing the corresponding contract.

The creativity of the shortcut command software is no longer owned by Lin Hui, but by Apple/Apple.

In various public occasions, Lin Hui must not claim that he came up with the idea of ​​the shortcut command software.

This Lin Hui didn't think it was a problem, the idea of ​​the shortcut command software was not originally thought of by him.

Lin Hui just played a cameo role as a porter in different time and space.

Even if Lin Hui sells the idea, it will not be difficult to accept.

Although he thought so in his heart, Lin Hui still looked calm when facing the staff sent by Apple/Apple to approach Lin Hui.

The two sides have gone through several rounds of see-saw, and Apple/Apple's rhetoric is a little different each time.

But the core content of Lin Hui's expression has never changed.

A thousand words merge into one sentence:

——Shortcut Command This software is my brainchild!Need to add money! !
The reason why he dared to ask for money unscrupulously was because Lin Hui knew the pain point of Apple/Apple - lack of innovation.

To be precise, there is a lack of innovation in the product, although the things in the laboratory are innovative and bells and whistles.

But toothpaste is still squeezed on official products.

Although Apple/Apple products also lacked innovation in the next few years, it has been more excessive in the past few years.

Even now, the common saying is: "S is the real upgrade" and "Apple/Apple changes every two years".

It probably means that the Apple/Apple 4s, 5s, and 6s are the real replacements, and the digital series is completely useless.

It seems to be true in earlier years, why is this so?Probably because there are no enemies.

At this time, the Android camp is still strong except for the BOOM mobile phone that has not yet exploded.

There is no one else who can fight, so why innovate when there is no opponent?

Despite this, in order to make money in the stock market, Apple/Apple still has to put on an appearance of being very innovative.

In this case, it is naturally a good choice to seek innovation at the software level. After all, innovation in software is not expensive.

The shortcut command is indeed a good innovation in software. In the previous life, Apple/Apple also promoted the combination of shortcut command + Siri as a feature of the subsequent version of iOS.

In short, Lin Hui is very aware of the value of the shortcut command software to Apple/Apple.

What's more, Apple/Apple gave 6000 million US dollars in the first round of quotations, and the actual transaction price must have room for upward fluctuations.

If the negotiation is good, it is possible to increase by 25%~30%.

Moreover, the team that Apple/Apple made online contact with Lin Hui this time is the team headed by Adrian Perica.

Although this person's status in Apple/Apple is not as high as it will be 19 years later.

But in terms of authority, it is far from comparable to He Yue who talked with Lin Hui before.

In this case, Lin Hui didn't need to be overly concerned.

Lin Hui shouldn't be too hesitant.

With the technology in hand, I have the world.

After several rounds of tug-of-war, the two parties finally negotiated a transaction price of US$500 million after tax, and finally signed a letter of intent online.

After signing the letter of intent, you only need to sign another formal contract to take effect.

After the official contract is signed, Apple/Apple needs to pay Lin Hui 500 million US dollars in four installments.

The initial payment of 500 million US dollars will be paid to Lin Hui when the official contract is signed.

And the remaining 3000 million US dollars were settled in three installments, each settlement was 500 million US dollars, 1000 million US dollars and 500 million US dollars respectively.

The settlement time for these several times depends on the progress of Lin Hui's upgrade of the shortcut software.

Lin Hui needs to upgrade the shortcut commands three times on the basis of the current shortcut commands.

They are Adaptive Upgrade, Functional Upgrade and Expandable Upgrade.

As for the adaptability upgrade, it is easy to say, it is nothing more than to make Lin Hui make the shortcut software compatible with the upcoming iOS8 version.

This thing is a piece of cake for Lin Hui, even if Apple/Apple makes Lin Hui compatible with iOS12, it will not be a big problem.

The $500 million was basically free for Lin Hui.

The functional upgrade is a function that Apple/Apple requires Lin Hui to further develop the shortcut command software.

Functional completeness is at least 40% higher than the current shortcut command
This is even more difficult for Lin Hui.

Lin Hui thought about it when he was developing the shortcut command software.

If Apple/Apple really buys it, it will definitely ask Lin Hui to upgrade its functions.

So when I built the shortcut command software earlier.

The main function of this software is to realize the required action modules/built-in operations.

Lin Hui only built 80 built-in actions at that time.

In fact, if Lin Hui wanted to add built-in actions blindly, he could add more than 50 more.

Lin Hui couldn't help feeling that he was really too prescient.

In this case, it is not too easy to ask Lin Hui to continue to upgrade the function of the shortcut command software.

Let alone a 40% increase in function, it is no problem for Lin Hui to continue to increase by more than 60% on this basis.

The final payment of 40 million US dollars can only be obtained by upgrading 1000% of the functions. This task is easy for Lin Hui.

If everything goes well, it can basically be done in a day.

After the adaptive upgrade and functional upgrade are done, the $6000 million is basically stable.

The scalability upgrade is to roughly combine Siri and the shortcut software.

This is a little troublesome, but it is not a technical trouble, but some troubles in reality.

Whether it is an adaptive upgrade or a functional upgrade, Linhui can handle it in China.

But the functional upgrade that combines Siri and shortcut commands may have to be carried out in the United States.

After all, Siri's main team is in the United States.

Although it was a bit troublesome, Lin Hui still did not refuse. After all, Lin Hui had a lot of things to go to the United States.

In addition, Apple promises to upgrade the shortcut software in the future when it expands.

When collaborating with Siri in this regard, Lin Hui will be the leader.

This is undoubtedly very nice. It is very cool to think that you can command the top software engineer team in a top giant like Apple/Apple.

Maybe some engineers could be abducted, Lin Hui thought badly.

In addition to the above.

There are many appendices to the previously signed letter of intent.

Including but not limited to clauses such as "requiring Lin Hui and Apple to keep the content of the letter of intent strictly confidential".

These are the things that the contract should normally cover.

In fact, Lin Hui also needs privacy very much.

Otherwise, it would be okay to develop a software that sold hundreds of millions of yuan and make it known to everyone.

Speaking of this transaction, Lin Hui originally thought about whether the money for the contract would be in cash or in stocks.

The settlement form of the transaction Apple has indeed prepared a plan for settlement in stocks.

However, after listening to Apple's introduction of the corresponding content, Lin Hui resolutely gave up.

Even if you can get some Apple stock, it is restricted stock.

Although the restrictive clauses are not too many compared with some domestic stock restrictive clauses.

But after all, there are restrictive conditions, and it is not in line with Lin Hui's expectations just to have restrictions on the selling conditions.

In the short term, stocks that cannot be liquidated at any time seem to be able to pay dividends only.

Although Apple stock is still pretty good, what Lin Hui wants more is the kind that is easy to cash out.

In the end, Lin Hui still chose cash.

The negotiation with Apple to reach a letter of intent also affected to a certain extent the subsequent negotiations between Lin Hui and Super/Level/Cell/Cell.

When transferring the software "HILLCLIMBRACING" with the super/level/cell/cell.

Lin Hui gave up accepting the "cash + shares" settlement method, but chose to accept cash directly.

The reason for giving up the "cash + shares" method is largely because Lin Hui considered when transferring shares:
The transferor always likes to impose various restrictions on the transferred shares.

And Lin Hui doesn't like this kind of messy restriction.

And shares are not just as simple as dividends, but also involve some messy relationships.

Lin Hui felt that it might not be a good thing to be involved in complicated social relationships at the initial stage of his career.

It is easy to get involved in some unnecessary causes and effects.

In addition, there is another consideration for giving up the shares of super/super/cell/cell Lin Hui.

It is indeed true that Goose Factory in the previous life spent more than 16 billion US dollars to acquire the shares of super/super/cell/cell in 80.

But in this time and space, Lin Hui, the time and space butterfly, appeared.

Who can guarantee that Goose Factory will continue to make this acquisition in 2016?
The acquisition of more than 80 billion US dollars in the previous life was not something Goose Factory could afford.

Some other capital support is also needed.

How can the goose factory guarantee that it will not be short of money if time and space buys super/level/cell/cell?
After all, Lin Hui, a group of super cash cows in the space-time goose factory game, must be cut off.

Moreover, it was impossible for Lin Hui to ignore the social nature of these games when recreating a bunch of cash cows from the previous life Goose Factory.

He will definitely make a fuss about social attributes, and if Lin Hui wants to continue to dabble in games for a long time, he must also consider social attributes.

A significant advantage of Goose Factory in the face of game development factories such as pig farms lies in its crushing advantages in terms of social attributes.

The huge advantage of social attributes is also an important reason why Goose Factory can produce a "phenomenal game for all people".

And if you want to make a fuss about social attributes, it is tantamount to shaking the foundation of the goose factory.

In this case, the future is uncertain.

With the future still uncertain, Lin Hui doesn't need to take a stake in the company Super/Super/Cell/Cell.

Therefore, when it comes to the transfer negotiation of the game "HILL CLIMB RACING".

Lin Hui asked the super/level/cell/cell side to settle in cash.

Settlement in cash is a settlement method proposed by Super/Level/Cell/Cell for Lin Hui to choose.

Lin Hui's request was not too abrupt.

If Lin Hui chooses to accept cash for settlement, there is a high probability that he must be prepared to accept installment settlement.

After all, not too many companies can spend a huge sum of more than 6500 million euros at one time.

And the plan given by the super/level/cell/cell side is to settle in installments.

In the past, Lin Hui might not be very willing to accept installments, after all, this goes against Lin Hui's original intention of making quick money.

But now Lin Hui is not completely unacceptable to this plan.

This has something to do with Lin Hui and Apple's $7500 million contract of intent.

After reaching this contract, Lin Hui's demand for cash is not particularly tight in a short period of time.

Therefore, it is not a bad idea to accept super/level/cell/cell settlement in the form of installments.

Even so, Lin Hui did not fully agree with the original plan proposed by the super/super/cell/cell that "to conclude the contract, a one-time payment of 40% will be made, and the remaining balance will be settled within 12 months".

There are many nights and dreams, and if the cross-border settlement is delayed for too long, it is easy to cause messy accidents.

The new plan proposed by Lin Hui is: "When the contract is concluded, 50% will be paid in one lump sum, and the remaining balance will be settled within 4 months after the formal signing of the contract."

Although this approach is slightly harsher than the original plan proposed by the super/level/cell/cell.

But Lin Hui had previously estimated that for a super/level/cell/cell with a super cash cow like "Clash of Clans".

Basically, it is not a big problem to raise nearly 4 million euros in a quarter, not to mention the four-month final payment settlement cycle.

In short, Lin Hui feels that it is quite ample for the super/level/cell/cell to settle the final payment in a 4-month cycle.

And at this time, the super/super/cell/cell company is still backed by the soft/bank tree, so this little money should not be a problem.

If Lin Hui remembers correctly, 2014 was the time when Soft/Bank was in high spirits, and the game of capital mergers was being played all over the world.

It wasn't until around 2016 that I got out of the game and started selling aggressively again.

Among the previous acquisitions of Soft/Bank in the previous life, it is particularly worth mentioning that:
Soft/Bank Group spent $2016 billion to acquire ARM in 320.

ARM is the world's leading semiconductor designer.

In the previous life, more than 95% of smartphones and tablets in the world used the ARM architecture.

But unlike Intel, ARM does not produce chips by itself, but makes profits by selling intellectual property rights such as design drawings to semiconductor manufacturers.

Although Soft/Bank successfully acquired ARM, the company ARM in the previous life did not flourish in the hands of Soft/Bank.

On the contrary, there are signs of eclipse.

This incident also reminds Linhui that there is no steady accumulation of hardware, and it is difficult to counterattack by just buying and buying.

Progress in hardware still requires some careful planning.

For Lin Hui's request of "shortening the settlement cycle", the super/level/cell/cell side hesitated a little, but immediately agreed.

However, the super/level/cell/cell aspect also requires Lin Hui to upgrade the quality of the game "HILL CLIMB RACING" at least once in the next six months.

After listening to the specific explanation of the "HILL CLIMB RACING" game quality upgrade from the super/level/cell/cell side,

Lin Hui found that the so-called quality upgrade was nothing, it was nothing more than building in the direction of refinement.

This is not a big problem, what direction the v3.0.0 version of "HILL CLIMB RACING" should go to build Lin Hui has long been determined.

Moreover, it is common for this kind of commercial behavior to put forward higher requirements for products. This is a very reasonable condition, and Lin Hui did not refuse.

(End of this chapter)