Crossover: 2014

Chapter 57 Outstanding Individual Developer

After reaching an outsourcing/outsourcing agreement with the AZUREOCEAN team.

Lin Hui paid the Freelancer platform an agreement base amount of US$5.

Maybe it's because the recent transaction record of Lin Hui's bank card is not bad.

The Freelancer platform does not charge Lin Hui with any miscellaneous fees such as deposits/guarantee deposits.

After Lin Hui paid the $5.

The balance on the card at 0010 immediately changed (from $10521500) to $10471500.
I spent too much money when I bought a domain name before.

Now this kind of expenditure of tens of thousands of dollars is already a little numb.

Is this what it's like to be rich? ?
Ran and egg.

Although Lin Hui's bank card turnover is very strong today.

But basically it's an outflow, not an inflow.

When will Lin Hui earn millions of dollars in minutes.

Maybe he's the real boss.

Lin Hui was thinking this way when he suddenly received a text message:

"...Your China Merchants Bank card ending in 0010...received an international transfer of USD 1395035.71, and the current balance of the card is USD 11866535.71."

(⊙﹏⊙)?

Could it be that this world is actually a mind-controlled game?
(Lin Hui immediately made up &%￥#@￥~
...and yet nothing miraculous happened. . . )
Lin Hui was a little surprised by the sudden arrival of more than 100 million US dollars.

If you receive a refund, it may be that something happened to the previous purchase site.

But the text message from the bank clearly stated that this was a transfer.

Lin Hui was full of question marks.

Where did the transfer come from?
Lin Hui 0010 When this card is used as a collection account, it is only reserved in the αpple personal developer account.

So this transfer can only come from αpple?

It shouldn't be, Lin Hui remembered that the software share in the past few days was credited in the morning.

Why did it suddenly change to the account at night?

Could it be a temporary adjustment?
No, according to AppStore's consistent rigid style.

This money is definitely not a share of software sales.

Lin Hui suddenly remembered what he had seen in the AppStore Developer Incentive Program:

"Excellent individual developers who develop 3 or more high-quality APPs each year will also have the opportunity to be selected as outstanding individual developers, receive huge rewards from αpple, and will be invited to participate in the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) "

Could it be that he has become an outstanding individual developer?

Is this money a reward for being voted an outstanding individual developer?

Lin Hui logged into the AppStore's personal developer account, and rummaged through a bunch of dense background messages for a long time.

Finally found some relevant news:

"Dear personal developer GRAY FOREST, hello! You have developed three high-quality apps including "Life Reopening Simulator", "2048" and "FLAPPPY BIRD". You already have the qualifications to participate in the selection of outstanding individual developers qualifications."

"After careful selection by the AppStore team, a variety of factors have been considered... You have finally been selected as an outstanding individual developer, GRAY FOREST, and you are the 157th outstanding individual developer in the AppStore worldwide..."

"Dear outstanding (individual) developer, your benefit details have been sent to your mailbox in the form of a file, please pay attention to check."

"..."

o(*￣▽￣*)ブ

Sure enough, he became a great developer.

Lin Hui really didn't expect that he really only developed 3 apps to be able to become an excellent personal developer.

After all, the AppStore stated that "excellent individual developers who develop 3 or more high-quality apps each year will also have the opportunity to be selected as outstanding individual developers."

Lin Hui once thought that he had to develop at least four or five apps to become an outstanding individual developer.

Uh, but said excellent developer.

Why are there nearly [-] people in the world?
And Lin Hui was actually still 157th, not even in the top 100.

(⊙﹏⊙), Lin Hui feels that the title of "Excellent Individual Developer" is not good in an instant.

But it is not unacceptable to think about it another way.

In 2014, the AppStore had 900 million registered developers worldwide.

Even if it is the 157th, it is considered one in a million.

And according to AppStore.

The so-called 157th is just sorted by time.

It has nothing to do with the skill level of the developer.

Although the gold content of this outstanding developer is not as high as Lin Hui imagined, it is still an honor, big or small.

So the money that just arrived in the account is really a reward from the AppStore?
But why is this reward varied?
Why exactly $1395035.71?

Instead of the straightforward $150 million?
Or is this a tax deduction?But what kind of tax is this deducted?

With doubts in his stomach, Lin Hui contacted Huang Jing, a software engineer at AppStore.

Since the launch of the first game "Life Restart Simulator", the AppStore has been sending Huang Jing to communicate with Lin Hui.

And Lin Hui has released several small games one after another during this time.

The communication between the two is also very frequent.

Frequent contact, coupled with Lin Hui's previous life and Huang Jing's similar working experience.

The two still have a lot in common.

The only weird thing is that although the communication is relatively close.

But the two still didn't even add a WeChat.

Mainly rely on iMessage and phone contact.

But these are secondary.

After all, it's kind of a personal friendship now.

Now that Lin Hui is puzzled by the AppStore, he thinks of Huang Jing first, both public and private.

……

Through communicating with Huang Jing, Lin Hui found out.

After becoming an outstanding individual developer.

开发者和AppStore方面的分成比例就由原来的7：3变成了3：1（7.5：2.5）

That is to say, when Lin Hui develops software in his own name after the AppStore, his share will increase from 70% to 75%.

The US$1395035.71 that Lin Hui received just now is actually to return the 5% of the previous overseas revenue share to individual developers.

Uh, is there such a situation?

Many trivial rules in this world are slightly different from those in the previous life.

Lin Hui, who heard this situation for the first time, was also a little surprised.

Thinking of all kinds of past lives, Lin Hui couldn't help feeling:
"I never thought that one day αpple would spit out the fat in his mouth..."

Lin Hui didn't realize that Huang Jing on the other end of the phone had heard this sentence until Lin Hui had sighed.

Just when he was trying to say something to take care of Huang Jing's emotions.

Huang Jing didn't care at all, and said with a smile:

"Actually, the AppStore didn't expect it...according to the rules of the agreement, even if there is an outstanding individual developer, the AppStore will only return the overseas income of the individual developer in the month when the individual developer became an outstanding individual developer..."

Huang Jing added accents to the words "current month" and "overseas".

For a while, Lin Hui understood αpple's "good intentions".

Typically, developers rarely become overnight successes.

It often takes a long cycle to become an excellent individual developer.

Although time sometimes makes the value of things precipitate.

But more often it is to dilute the value of things.

Perhaps some high-quality APPs have also made cameo appearances as cash cows.

But by the time these developers become great developers, the performance of these former cash cows in the market is likely to be exhausted.

In this case, even if such a developer can become an outstanding individual developer, the AppStore does not need to return much money.

And it's even more thieves to return only 5% of the revenue from overseas applications.

After all, not all applications can be used globally.

Those who rely on the good local adaptation of the software to become excellent developers.

The overseas income from the software they develop is likely to be minimal.

Based on the above, the vast majority of developers can become excellent individual developers.

It is also very difficult for Lin Hui to return millions of dollars at a time.

As for the case of Lin Hui.

It can only be said that when the AppStore formulated the rules, it never thought that someone could become an excellent developer within a month.

It never occurred to him that the project developed by Lin Hui not only has strong vitality in the local area, but also has a strong market appeal overseas.

But Lin Hui was still puzzled: "Then why didn't the AppStore choose me as an outstanding individual developer when the popularity of my game faded and my income was low?"

Huang Jing asked, "Don't you know?"

Lin Hui: "Know what??"

Huang Jing said: "The global revenue of the application you developed has exceeded 3000 million US dollars."

Lin Hui made a rough calculation (the calculation process is abbreviated), and the global revenue of the application he developed has indeed exceeded 3000 million US dollars.

But does this data have anything to do with the question Lin Hui asked just now?

Looking at Lin Hui at a loss does not seem to be fake.

Huang Jing explained: "Uh, don't you know? At last year's WWDC (αpple Global Developers Conference) Tim C00k personally said that each outstanding individual developer is no less than 3000 million US dollars for αpple, and Apple's major divisions naturally Take what the cook said as an imperial decree..."

Lin Hui: "So, individual developers who develop software with a revenue of more than 3000 million US dollars are automatically treated as excellent individual developers?"

Huang Jing: "Yeah."

According to this statement, if it weren't for the software developed by Lin Hui, the revenue would have exceeded 3000 million.

It is very likely that Lin Hui is treated the same as other outstanding developers.

I really didn't expect the story behind an "excellent individual developer" to be so tortuous.

It is said that even if αpple unambiguously implements the 5% return ratio.

They will never lose anything.

The reason why there are these twists and turns of the rules.

It can only be said that capitalists are profit-seeking by nature...

But it's because of survivor bias.

He doesn't care about the twists and turns in it.

To be honest, it was beyond Lin Hui's expectation that the share ratio could be increased to 75%.

And the reason why Lin Hui wanted to become an outstanding individual developer at the beginning was only to be able to continue to enjoy the treatment of daily settlement.

In this way, Lin Hui can quickly withdraw funds by developing applications in the AppStore.

Looking at it now, Lin Hui's goal has obviously been achieved.

But having said that, the money received just now is actually just a 'tax refund', not a reward in the true sense.

Lin Hui asked curiously: "Then what exactly does the so-called huge reward from αpple mean?"

Huang Jing: "Being the next paid app developed by an outstanding developer can temporarily enjoy 80% of the share..."

Hearing this, Lin Hui was a little disappointed: "Is it just a temporary 80% share for the next paid app? Will it return to 75% in the future?"

After getting Huang Jing's affirmative answer.

Lin Hui then asked: "There are only less than 200 outstanding individual developers in the AppStore worldwide. Why didn't αpple directly adjust the share of outstanding developers to 80%?"

Although this kind of thinking is a bit like seeking skin from a tiger, it is not entirely Lin Hui's wishful thinking.

Lin Hui remembered that some platform developers in previous lives could get as much as 80% of the share.

For example, after the adjustment of the new sharing ratio of STEAM in the previous life.

The originally fixed developer commission of 70% will be changed to determine the commission ratio based on sales.

When the total sales of the game exceeds 1000 million US dollars, the developer's share ratio will be increased to 75%;
When the total sales exceed 5000 million US dollars, the developer's share will be further increased to 80%.

The reason why STEAM adopted such a move in the previous life was to encourage popular game developers and attract more game manufacturers to release games on the Steam platform.

As a platform, AppStore has the same revenue idea as Steam from a certain point of view.

Why can't we improve developer treatment?

The total sales of Linhui's development and application is obviously higher than 1000 million US dollars, so I don't know where it went.

It's not too much to share higher than 75%, right?

Hearing Lin Hui's question, Huang Jing said with a little regret: "Actually, the top 100 outstanding individual developers can indeed enjoy 80% of the share, but the share of outstanding developers after the 100th is only 75%."

Σ(っ°Д°;)っ

Uh, maybe this is the legendary insult that hurts little and is extremely strong!

Is there any difference in the specific treatment for the same excellent individual developer?
Lin Hui would like to ask if this time-space αpple is a Russian company.

How about playing Russian/Russian nesting dolls here?
The agreed ranking of 157 is only related to the chronological order, and has nothing to do with the level of development?

Lin Hui thought to himself, sure enough there are seniority rankings everywhere.

Huang Jing said: "It's not completely impossible. As long as the total revenue of the developed software exceeds 8000 million US dollars, outstanding developers can also enjoy 80% of the share."

$8000 million in revenue?
Evil capitalists, they will really extract the surplus value of laborers.

Lin Hui felt that this condition might not be a dream.

Although there are also those who rely on software development to achieve revenue of 8000 million US dollars.

But this is generally corporate behavior or company behavior.

It is impossible to achieve 8000 million revenue by personal development behavior.

Although Lin Hui's previous games were very popular, this popularity is largely difficult to replicate.

Rao is Lin Hui's information advantage for a few more years.

He also can't think of an example of an individual developer earning more than $8000 million from mobile software alone.

Lin Hui asked helplessly: "Is there no other way besides this?"

Huang Jing: "Yes, there are. As long as the software developed can win Apple Design Awards, then the software developers can enjoy 80% of the share."

Hearing this, Lin Hui's eyes lit up.

The so-called Apple Design Awards is the Apple Design Award, which is a design award issued by Apple in the United States during WWDC every year.
It aims to recognize software and hardware developers who have outstanding performance in design, technology and innovation on iOS, macOS and other Apple platforms every year.

The award was established in 1996. The first two sessions were named "Human-Computer Interaction Outstanding Design Award". Since 1998, it has been changed to "Apple Design Award" and is still in use today.

Although the name of the award is quite down-to-earth, it is not easy to win this award.

After all, among the millions of apps in the app store, only 10 have the opportunity to win this award every year.

It is not an exaggeration to say that it is one in a hundred thousand.

From this probability, perhaps the difficulty of the Apple Design Awards may even be even more difficult than being selected as an outstanding individual developer.

(End of this chapter)