Crossover: 2014

Chapter 183 Internal Controversy of SUPERCELL (Part [-])
In the next few years, three-legged toads may not be easy to find.

But throwing a brick at Zhongguancun will probably kill several people engaged in artificial intelligence.

In the previous life, it was not difficult for Lin Hui to gather these people when he first wore it.

But at this moment when artificial intelligence has not yet emerged, it is somewhat troublesome to get enough of these people.

At this moment in time and space, it is estimated that there are not many people in China who are engaged in artificial intelligence.

It is not easy to find some teammates in this situation.

And a business that is about to become a super-monopoly.

It is also impossible for Lin Hui to find talents one by one.

Recruiting talents one by one is what HR should be responsible for.

From the perspective of Lin Hui, it is more suitable for Lin Hui to design from top to bottom.

Recruit enough experts in artificial intelligence to your side and appoint some important positions.

It is easy to quickly attract a bunch of like-minded people.

Think of top-down design.

Lin Hui suddenly thought of someone.

Andrew Ng, Chinese American.

Lin Hui doesn't remember too much about this person's too detailed introduction.

However, Lin Hui remembered that in his previous life in 2011, he created the Google Brain project at Google.

On May 2014, 5, joined Ferry, responsible for the "Ferry Brain" project, and served as the chief scientist of Ferry.

On March 2017, 3, resigned from Ferry.

Although this person only stayed on the ferry for a short three years.

However, in the previous life, Ferry was far smaller than Ahri and Goose Factory, but it was able to rank among the forefront of BAT in terms of artificial intelligence.

It can be said that there is an inseparable relationship with this person.

But this time and space, this person did not go to the ferry to take office.

Is this person still in Google?

Such talents can be poached if possible.

But it seems very difficult.

Although this space-time artificial intelligence and machine learning research obviously lags behind the previous life.

But this person is still one of the most authoritative scholars in the world.

And the bosses with skills basically have personalities.

It seems difficult to dig it out.

But even so, at least it cannot be poached by competitors.

Otherwise, there is no reason to add a lot of trouble.

After that, Lin Hui thought about many things one after another.

Lin Hui already has a draft of what he will do in the future.

The uneasiness before had also faded away.

Before I knew it, it was raining patter outside the window.

With the sound of rain, Lin Hui gradually fell asleep.

……

While Lin Hui was fast asleep, there were still many people on the earth who were still busy at work.

The time in Helsinki, the capital of Finland/Land, is 5 hours behind the time in the capital, and it is just 8 o'clock in the evening.

An unremarkable small building on the outskirts of Helsinki was brightly lit at this time.

Although this building is not very eye-catching, practitioners in the game industry are all yearning for it.

There is no other reason, the famous super cell headquarters is located here.

As a game developer, although the company Supercell is very young.

But since its founding in 2010, the company has already created too many miracles.

Although the company has less than 200 employees, from the perspective of per capita turnover.

Supercell, which is a company with a per capita turnover of more than 500 million US dollars.

(ps: ... no exaggeration, just the game "Clash of Clans" almost has an annual turnover of more than one billion US dollars)

Turnover per employee is almost equal to value created per employee.

What is the concept of creating a value of more than 500 million US dollars per employee?

You must know that although Apple is considered to be one of the most profitable companies in the world at this time, the value created per employee is less than US$50.

Measured from this point of view.

What kind of super giants like Apple and Google are low in front of a small company like Super Cell.

As the president and one of the main founders of the super cell company, Paananen has always been praised by all parties.

At this time, Pananin was being questioned.

"Dear Mr. Paananen, you'd better explain it to the Supervisory Board.

Why did you decide to spend over $[-] million to acquire a casual mobile game? "

What is meant by explaining to the board of supervisors is clearly explaining to the management of Soft/Bank.

Mikami Mikami, who raised the question, is a supervisor in Super Cell.

What a shitty supervisor, the supervisor appointed by the employer only gave Pananin a sense of "surveillance".

Looking at the oriental woman in front of her who looked quite upright.

Pananin didn't bother to explain to this person.

Pananin knew that Mikami Mikami in front of him was considered an elite in the workplace, with a very good resume.

PwC and Goldman Sachs have all had working experience.

These are also good companies around the world.

However, these companies have nothing to do with games.

It would be good for Soft/Bank to appoint someone who knows a little bit about games to be the super cell supervisor.

He chose to send a person who has nothing to do with the game as a supervisor.

A vase that only looks at the problem from the cold data.

Know the next game?

Paananen didn't quite understand why Soft/Bank made such an embarrassing decision.

Pananin replied bluntly: "I remember when our super cell received investment from Soft/Bank.

The contract clearly stipulates that Soft/Bank will not dictate the normal operation of super cells.

Ms. Mikami Miku, please forgive me for not understanding why you would question this game acquisition that does not violate the previous agreement? "

Mikami bowed and apologized soon after.

Then he responded: "Dear Mr Pananin, I am not questioning your previous agreement.

I just want to ask you in detail, I don't even have the right to ask.

I know that the corresponding agreement was signed at that time, but you should also know that the agreement also stipulates that the board of directors has the right to intervene in some large-scale acquisitions. "

Pananin hated the woman in front of him.

Even if this woman behaves very politely.

To be precise, it was these "polite" behaviors of this woman that Pananin found annoying.

These polite behaviors made by Mikami Miku gave Pananin the feeling that it was a procedural process rather than from the heart.

These flashy etiquette made Pananin feel extremely hypocritical and artificial.

It even caused him to have a deep dislike for the group behind this person-he emphasized the small details and lost the righteousness.

Pananin retorted bluntly: "The agreement does stipulate that the board of directors has the right to intervene in large acquisitions, but there are exceptions to everything.

I remember trying to avoid this possible disagreement between management and the board.

At that time, the agreement specifically stipulated that our super cell management had the right to make decisions without explaining to the board of directors once every two years for an investment of about US$1 million.

Ms. Mikami Miku, you must have forgotten this rule! "

Mikami said for a long time: "There is indeed such a clause in the equity purchase agreement, but are you sure you want to take advantage of this rule? There is only one chance for such a rule every two years."

Pananin: "Of course I'm sure!"

Pananin looked at his watch impatiently, and said, "Okay, Ms. Mikami Miku.

You also got the answer you want, now it's off work time, can I go back?

My precious daughter is still waiting for me at home, maybe, it's time for you to go home to accompany the child.

Maybe your baby is looking forward to your coming home too, isn't it? "

Mikami was a little annoyed by this statement.

Although Mikami Miku is 27 years old this year, apart from having an unsatisfactory relationship during college.

Never had a boyfriend at all.

Not to mention the distant thing of having a child.

Pananin's offensive statement made Mikami very dissatisfied.

What made Mikami most dissatisfied was Pananin's arrogant attitude.

Isn't that the president?What a big deal.

To put it bluntly, he is a high-level worker, and he really regards himself as a character, haha.

Although Mikami Miku is only a high-level beater.

But when questioning Pananin.

But she represents the capital side.

Under such circumstances, Mikami didn't understand why Pananin had reason to be arrogant.

Dissatisfaction is dissatisfaction, but Mikami is not long enough to mix personal emotions into work.

The rules in the agreement that Pananin said are facts, and there was indeed such a painful rule in the original agreement.

At the time of the acquisition, supercells were in full swing, generating more than one billion dollars in annual revenue alone.

The pure profit has exceeded 7 million US dollars, and it is approaching [-] million US dollars.

Before the signing of the agreement, Soft/Bank had a corresponding understanding. Although Supercell, a game developer, is easy-going internally, the employees pursue a friendly and equal relationship.

But looking at the game companies outside still has its own unique pride.

A game that can be regarded as a game with a value of [-] million US dollars by such a naturally proud game development company naturally has its due value.

Therefore, the acquisition team didn't think there was anything wrong with such a company spending $[-] million every two years for acquisitions.

Looking back on the past, although the company Supercell has been developing rapidly.

But the development is mainly reflected in the expansion of channels and the expansion of platform adaptability.

Rather than reflected in the wanton mergers and acquisitions.

In fact, not to mention large-scale mergers and acquisitions, since Softbank officially injected capital into the super cell company.

Supercell is a company that has almost never done mergers and acquisitions.

The occasional mergers and acquisitions are only for the purpose of exerting force on the peripherals of the game, and have never had any plans for other game developers or game developers.

It is these past moves.

The large-scale acquisition of Super Cell is so unusual.

Mikami thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't figure out why Super Cell made this acquisition.

Mikami even thought of a word that should not have been thought of for a long time - "insider trading"

Out of various curiosity, Mikami decided to ask Paganin for a while.

However, Paganin's attitude was very unfriendly.

Still, Mikami did not back down.

Mikami said for a long time: "Mr. Pananin, it's really rude to bother you when it's time to get off work.

But please understand, I am not out of selfishness.

I am also a member of the supercell company now, and the reason why I ask you questions is also for our common interests.

The game "HILL CLIMB RACING" that you plan to acquire this time is objectively considered a masterpiece.

However, after my full investigation before, the game "HILL CLIMB RACING" can only earn a maximum of 1.4 million U.S. dollars in the full cycle of operation.

I'm not quite sure why you would spend nearly $1.1 million on a game like this.

You must know that the $1.1 million is only the direct cost of acquiring the game.

Involving legal fees, and various transaction taxes, our total turnover may be close to 1.15 million US dollars.

If you consider the operating expenses required for the full-cycle operation of the game, the total amount may be as high as 1.2 million US dollars.

In this case, I am sorry that I really don't understand why this transaction is made. "

Pananin said: "I now doubt whether the Goldman Sachs experience in your resume is true or false.

You have already calculated that the full-cycle revenue of the game involving "HILL CLIMB RACING" will reach 1.4 million US dollars.

In this case, is there anything wrong with spending $1.1 million on the deal?

Even if the full-cycle cost is approaching $1.2 million as you said, isn't it a net profit of $2000 million?
Don't worry, you won't lose a penny. "

After hearing this, Mikami was a little speechless.

Rao Mikami has been immersed in the workplace for a few years, and hearing this is a bit disarming.

Is the president of a game company like Supercell a financial idiot?

Or are you pretending to be confused?
But the level of pretending to be confused is really not very high.

Because no one with a little financial knowledge would say such a thing.

Although the full-cycle revenue of the game "HILL CLIMB RACING" will exceed 1.4 million US dollars.

But this cycle takes at least 5 years or so.

And if you invest 1.2 million US dollars in cash, even if you invest in such a project with an annual profit of 10%.

It only takes two years to be more profitable than acquiring the game "HILL CLIMB RACING".

Why waste time and money on a game like this when that's the case?
Mikami didn't understand very well.

Not long after, Mikami thought of the previous guess - "insider trading".

Even so, Mikami Miku did not directly express his doubts.

Mikami said in a devious way: "Is the transaction cost of this acquisition of 1.1 million US dollars too exaggerated.

Even at our current level of revenue, it may take more than a quarter to raise $1.1 million.

Such behavior is likely to bring great risks to our normal business operations.

Supercell has been very successful under your management, in fact I have not been with Supercell for a long time.

But I have feelings for supercells, and I can't just sit back and watch supercells face risky behavior that could lead to failure. "

Pananin said: "Failure is a normal phenomenon, okay? You must know that the frequency of failure is much greater than success.

For a company as lucky as Supercell, the success rate is only one in ten.

If you haven't had any failures for a year, it means that you haven't taken any risks, and you don't have much chance of success.

I really appreciate a quote from a racing driver: If you feel safe, you must not be driving fast enough. "

(End of this chapter)