Time Travel: 2014

All in all, the negotiations went smoothly.

What's more, Lin Hui had already reached a letter of intent with Super Cell before this.

A formal contract only requires a few details to be discussed.

And when it comes to formal contracts, Lin Hui was inspired by the previous shortcut instructions for the software transfer signing process.

——The decision was made to split a very large contract into several sub-contracts.

Although the contract after the split is completely different from the formal contract.

But it significantly reduces decision-making costs.

The pressure of deciding on a contract worth hundreds of millions of dollars is far greater than the pressure of deciding on more than a dozen contracts worth several million to 15 million dollars.

In addition, decision-making costs can be significantly reduced by unpacking a complex contract into several sub-contracts.

At the same time, attorney fees will be significantly reduced.

If it is a contract worth hundreds of millions of dollars, both forestry and super cells must be calculated based on percentages.

As a result, when a contract with a transaction value of hundreds of millions of dollars is finally successfully signed, it is estimated that only legal personnel will be the biggest winners.

Splitting it into sub-contracts with limited amounts will also require corresponding legal fees.

However, paying based on commission is obviously more economical than paying based on percentage.

Therefore, there is almost no dispute between Lin Hui and Super Cell regarding the split of the contract.

In addition, many measures have been taken to simplify the complex.

It must be said that these measures are very effective.

These measures have greatly simplified some steps that were originally very cumbersome.

This undoubtedly greatly promoted the efficiency of negotiations.

And that's exactly what happened.

A formal contract was concluded easily and smoothly.

After the formal contract is reached, according to the contract:

"Party A (software transferor) Lin Hui transfers the game "HILL CLIMB RACING" to Party B (software transferee) Super Cell Company.

When Party A transfers the game "HILL CLIMB RACING" to Party B, the rights transferred shall also include the IP ownership of the game.

After owning the game IP, Party B can develop a series of games for this game...

After the transfer, all income from the global operation of the game "HILL CLIMB RACING" will belong to Super Cells...

For this, Super Cell has to pay Lin Hui US$108.816 million (ps:...about 80 million euros)

Of which 50% of the contract amount (i.e. US$54.408 million), the supermarket company will pay this amount to Lin Hui in one lump sum when the contract is officially signed.

The balance must be paid within four months after the contract is officially signed...

In particular, Party A must carry out corresponding systematic technical upgrades and quality upgrades for "HILL CLIMB RACING" within the period of Party B's game balance settlement.

In particular, after Party B accepts the global operation rights of the game, it shall treat players all over the world equally and shall not treat them differently...

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The above contract will be executed under the supervision of Party C (Party C is the eGAME platform)..."

The content stipulated in the formal agreement basically did not change much from what Lin Hui had previously drafted in the letter of intent with Super/Grade/Cell.

It's just that the two parties made some additional explanations of the agreement in order to further clarify the responsibilities of the agreement.

Super/Super/Cell's acquisition of "HILL CLIMB RACING" this time mainly focuses on some of the development technologies involved in this game.

Therefore, the supplementary instructions proposed by the super/grade/cell side are mainly related to technology transfer and follow-up technical support.

What Lin Hui cares about is funds, so Lin Hui's supplementary instructions in the formal contract basically focus on the time and method of fund arrival.

With the help of legal personnel, Lin Hui elaborated more precisely on the items that had been roughly agreed upon in the letter of intent in the formal contract.

In addition to funding issues, Lin Hui’s supplementary explanations in the contract mainly focused on issues surrounding subsequent operations.

For example, in the formal contract, Lin Hui particularly emphasized that Super/Super/Cell should not treat it differently when operating after the acquisition of "HILL CLIMB RACING".

The reason why this provision is listed separately is naturally because some game manufacturers often treat Chinese players unfairly due to some reasons when operating globally.

Many game developers in previous lives have done similar things. Take Fingersoft, the developer of the game "Hill Climb Racing" in the previous life, as an example. This game developer has done a lot for our country in the management of the game "Hill Climb Racing 2". Adopt differentiated operational strategies.

Although there is no game developer like Fingersoft in this time and space, there are still many game manufacturers who differentiate their operations due to prejudice or other objective reasons.

Why are players treated differently according to different geographical locations?

Some of these game developers have no choice but to deal with the piracy problem, some have a differentiated business strategy due to comprehensive cultural considerations, but in most cases it is because of regional discrimination or simply disgusting people.

Of course, game developers can always find their own explanations to explain different operating strategies.

Game developers may have a variety of reasons to justify their actions.

But if you think about it from the perspective of a player, no matter what the reason is, no one likes to be treated differently, especially no one likes to be treated differently while playing a game to relax.

Because of this, Lin Hui has included in the formal agreement that Super/Super/Cell will operate equally in the operation of "HILL CLIMB RACING" and its derivative games. In addition, in order to prevent the user experience from being downgraded in a short period of time after the transfer of the game, Lin Hui has also made some terms and conditions that will not hinder the interests of super cells.

Lin Hui felt that he had done his best. Although he transferred the game, he tried his best to ensure that some previous players would not experience downgraded experience.

Game transfers often involve a lot of matters, but the signing of this contract was achieved smoothly.

The reason why the relevant agreement was able to be reached so smoothly is that, firstly, both parties have the willingness to cooperate in depth, and secondly, the contents of the letter of intent have been finalized before, and the formal contract basically inherits the contents specified in the previous letter of intent.

Of course, for the signing of the formal contract, we must also thank Party C of the contract, the eGAME platform, for its complete consultation system and corresponding support services.

Especially in terms of support services, Lin Hui must give the eGAME platform a big thumbs up.

The legal technical support services provided on the eGAME platform save Lin Hui a lot of trouble.

Although Lin Hui will have to pay a considerable amount of legal service fees after the contract is officially concluded, it is not a big problem. Compared with the increased contract transaction amount, this legal service fee is nothing.

In addition to the above reasons, if there is another reason to explain the successful completion of the contract, it is undoubtedly the common longing for a better future.