Time Travel: 2014

Speaking of this transaction, Lin Hui had originally thought about whether the money from the contract exchange should be cash or stocks.

The settlement form of the transaction: Apple has indeed prepared a plan to settle the transaction in stocks.

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

Even if you can get some Apple shares, they are restricted stocks.

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

But after all, there are restrictive conditions. Just the fact that there are restrictions on the conditions for selling is not in line with Lin Hui's expectations.

It seems that stocks that cannot be liquidated at any time can only pay dividends in the short term.

Although Apple stock is still very popular, Lin Hui wants something that is easy to cash out.

In the end, Lin Hui chose cash.

The negotiation to reach a letter of intent with Apple also affected Lin Hui’s subsequent negotiations with Super Cell to a certain extent.

When transferring the software "HILLCLIMBRACING" from Super/Level/Cell.

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

The reason why he gave up the "cash + shares" approach is largely because Lin Hui considered the following when transferring shares:

The transferor always likes to impose various restrictions on the transferred shares.

And Lin Hui didn't like this messy restriction.

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

Lin Hui feels that being involved in complex social relationships at the beginning of his career may not be a good thing.

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

In addition, Lin Hui has another consideration when giving up his shares in Super Cell.

In the previous life, Goose Factory spent more than 8 billion US dollars to acquire shares of Supercell in 2016. This is indeed true.

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

Who can guarantee that Goose Factory will still continue to carry out this acquisition in 2016?

The acquisition of more than 8 billion US dollars in the previous life was not something that the Goose Factory family could afford.

It also requires the support of some other capital.

How can the Goose Factory guarantee that it will not be short of money if it acquires super cells in this time and space?

After all, Lin Hui, the super cash cow in this space-time goose factory game, must be cut off.

And it’s impossible for Lin Hui to turn a blind eye to the social nature of these games when recreating a pile of cash cows from the Goose Factory in his previous life.

There will definitely be a fuss about social attributes, and if Lin Hui wants to continue to be involved in gaming for a long time, he must also take social attributes into consideration.

A significant advantage of Goose Factory over game development factories such as Pig Farm is its overwhelming advantage in social attributes.

The huge advantage of social attributes is also an important reason why Goose Factory can give birth to a "national phenomenon-level game".

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

In this case, the future is uncertain.

There is no need for Lin Hui to be obsessed with shares in the super/super cell company when the future has not yet been determined.

Therefore, specifically when it comes to the transfer negotiations for the game "HILL CLIMB RACING".

Lin Hui asked Super/Grade/Cell to settle in cash.

Settling in cash is a settlement method that Super/Grade/Cell has previously proposed for Lin Hui to choose.

Lin Hui's request was not too abrupt.

If Lin Hui chooses to accept cash for settlement, he will most likely be prepared to accept installment settlement.

After all, not many companies can spend more than 65 million euros at a time.

The plan proposed by Super/Grade/Cell is to settle in installments.

In the past, Lin Hui might not have been very willing to accept the installment plan. After all, this went 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 the $75 million intention contract reached between Lin Hui and Apple.

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

Therefore, it is not a bad idea to accept settlement in installments from the super/grade/cell side.

Despite this, Lin Hui did not fully agree with Super Cell's original plan of "a one-time payment of 40% when the contract is reached, and the remaining balance to be settled within 12 months."

Long nights and many dreams, and cross-border settlements that are delayed for too long can easily lead to messy incidents.

The new plan proposed by Lin Hui is: "Pay 50% in one lump sum when the contract is concluded, and the remaining balance will be settled within 4 months after the contract is officially signed."

Although this approach is slightly harsher than the initial plan proposed by super/level/cells.

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

Basically, it is not a big problem to raise nearly 100 million euros in one quarter, not to mention that the final payment settlement cycle is four months.

In short, Lin Hui feels that a four-month cycle for Super/Grade/Cell to settle the balance is quite comfortable.

Moreover, at this time, the company Super Cell is still backed by a big soft bank, so this little money should not be a problem.

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

It wasn’t until around 2016 that things got out of hand and the selling started again.

Among the previous acquisitions by Soft/Bank, the following are particularly worth mentioning:

Soft/Bank Group spent US$32 billion to acquire ARM in 2016.

ARM is the world's leading semiconductor designer.

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

But unlike Intel, ARM does not produce its own chips. Instead, it makes profits by selling intellectual property 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 Lin Hui that there is no steady accumulation of hardware, and it is difficult to counterattack by just buying and buying.

Hardware advancement still requires careful planning.

Regarding Lin Hui's request to "shorten the settlement cycle," Super Cell was slightly hesitant, but immediately agreed.

However, Super Cell 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 Super/Super/Cell's detailed explanation on "The quality upgrade of the game "HILL CLIMB RACING"\

,"Lin Hui found that the so-called quality upgrade was nothing, it was nothing more than building towards refinement.

This is not a big problem. Lin Hui has already made plans in what direction the v3.0.0 version of "HILL CLIMB RACING" should go.

Moreover, it is common for such business practices to put forward higher requirements for products. This was a very reasonable condition, and Lin Hui did not refuse.