Chapter 175 A quote that exceeds expectations

Huang Jing patiently explained to Lin Hui. In fact, Lin Hui only needed to listen to a few words to understand what Huang Jing wanted to say.

Because this is not the first time Lin Hui has encountered a similar description. Lin Hui remembers that he had seen descriptions similar to Huang Jing’s description in the developer incentive plan:

“The selection of high-quality APPs is the responsibility of the αapple team.

For general APPs, we will rate them from several aspects such as UI design and user experience to select high-quality APPs..."

Lin Hui originally thought that this so-called test was just a test to select high-quality apps.

It turns out that this thing is called the "Apple fit test" in Huang Jing's mouth.

Huang Jing continued to describe: "...If you get a score of 90 points or more in the fit test, it will be classified as a high-quality APP, and software with a score of 98 points or more and also has utility software or efficiency software will be valuable. On the software side, Apple will organize an additional team to conduct evaluation..."

After hearing this, Lin Hui suddenly realized.

This will not waste all the hard work Lin Hui has put in to meet Apple's aesthetic requirements.

If this is true, Lin Hui can develop a bunch of applications according to this rule as soon as possible and wait for Apple to acquire them.

As a well-known big dog, Apple has acquired hundreds of software and hardware companies. It seems unreasonable that such a big dog doesn’t do business a few times.

(Lin Hui remembers seeing this on the news not long ago:

At the end of May this year [2014], Apple officially acquired Beats for a huge sum of US$3 billion, which far exceeded public expectations.

This acquisition is notable not only because it is the largest transaction in Apple's history.

On the other hand, beats is somewhat inconsistent with Apple in terms of brand image, values, etc., which makes many people puzzled.

Of course, it’s just that many people in this time and space don’t understand it.

Lin Hui still knew about it, and the signs of Apple's move were very clear.

Apple is already planning to enter the wireless headphone market.

Of course, maybe people in this time and space don't understand.

I just don’t want to believe why Apple’s starting point for choosing wireless headphones is beats, which is “buy a necklace and get headphones for free”)

But this has nothing to do with Lin Hui.

Even Apple has plans to enter the wireless headset market.

According to the normal timeline, the first generation of airpods was not released until 2016.

If Lin Hui really wanted to use this information, there was no rush.

What's more, anything involving hardware requires long-term layout.

If you really want to make quick money, software is easy.

When it comes to software, Lin Hui’s impression is that the software acquired by Apple is more than just a shortcut command.

Among Apple's series of acquisitions, the Quick Commands application is not really worth a very high price, only tens of millions of dollars.

Lin Hui remembers that when Apple acquired Texture, it spent US$485 million.

Texture is an app-based digital magazine subscription service.

After a seven-day free trial, users who use this software can have access to more than 200 magazines by subscribing for $9.99 per month:

Including "Time/Time", "GQ", "Vanity Fair", "The Atlantic Monthly", "The New Yorker", "Bloomberg Business Week" and other famous periodicals.

Although it is quite troublesome to integrate the resources of these journals.

But the development of this software is really not complicated, it’s just free.

And even if such software is developed for Apple Lin Hui, it seems that there is no need to feel any guilt.

What kind of guilt does Hu from Jiewaiguo Company feel?

Not many people even know about APPLE NEWS+ in my previous life.

Lin Hui silently remembered this matter in his heart.

Although resource integration is troublesome, it is only for now.

After all, Lin Hui cannot always fight alone.

In the future, Lin Hui's connections will weave an overwhelming network.

In addition to this software, there are many insignificant applications that Apple is interested in that can be produced and sold.

Coupled with the professional mode corresponding to the overseas version of Nanfeng APP not long ago, it seems that the funds will soon exceed 100 million US dollars.

In fact, it seems that we don’t have to wait that long. The software "HILL CLIMB RACING" that Lin Hui previously worked on will also be acquired in the near future.

If these two mergers and acquisitions can proceed smoothly in the short term, the liquidity will directly exceed 100 million US dollars ($_$)

However, Lin Hui cannot be blindly optimistic, unlike small companies like Super Cell.

Apple previously signed a share-sharing contract and sent eight people to it. What might happen if it involves the acquisition of an app worth tens of millions of dollars?

Moreover, for a merger worth tens of millions of dollars, it seems that no one from the Apple ZG during the Fourth Business Group era can come out and make a decision on this matter.

So there is a high probability that Apple headquarters sent someone here?

Lin Hui asked Huang Jing: "By the way, do you know who is in charge of mergers and acquisitions at Apple headquarters?"

Huang Jingdao: "It should be Adrian Perica. This person joined Apple in 2009 and has since been responsible for overseeing the successful merger of a series of important technologies and new businesses in the fields of hardware, software and services. He should be responsible for the merger and acquisition involving the software you made."

Adrian Perica, Lin Hui remembers him.

Although this person is not prominent now, he became Apple's Vice President of Corporate Development in 2019.

In the next few years, Apple will probably rank 16th among the 18 top executives in the world.

After 2019, this person ranked even higher than Phil Schiller, whom Lin Hui heard mentioned by Huang Jing before.

However, Lin Hui didn't know this person very well.

Huang Jing continued: "If he is really in charge of the merger and acquisition, and you have the intention to transfer this software.

Then this acquisition is basically a done deal.”

Lin Hui asked: "Oh, why?"

Huang Jing: "Because Adrian Perica is your senior."

Lin Hui: "My senior?"

Huang Jing: "Yes, when you were chatting with the twin sisters that day, didn't you say that you went to MIT to study?

And Adrian Perica also graduated from MIT.

Although he studied for an MBA at MIT, of course he is your senior in a sense.

This person also often considers himself a member of MIT. He has a pretty good personality and has always been supportive of the underachievers of MIT.

In the past few mergers and acquisitions, he was said by some people inside Apple to be too inclined to take care of MIT's underachievers...

But this person still goes his own way,

Speaking of which, I really envy you for getting your MIT degree without any fuss.

As long as you enter MIT, it is basically equivalent to being connected with most people in the IT circle in the United States.

Even if there is no direct relationship, it is easy to establish a relationship.

With a little effort, it will become a super network of people..."

Lin Feng said sadly, "I am a schoolmate of the boss, is that okay?"

Huang Jing and Lin Huilu chatted for a long time.

If it is true as Huang Jing analyzed, then this matter is indeed stable.

Having said that, it involved such a transaction worth tens of millions of dollars.

Do you want cash or stocks?

However, it does not matter whether the transaction is in the form of cash or stocks.

One thing Lin Hui knew very well was that he was about to take off.

And this is inseparable from the little bit of momentum gained before.

As the saying goes, "The wind starts at the end of Qingping, and the waves form between the gentle waves."

Lin Hui probably had preliminary online contact with the Apple acquisition team on the afternoon of the 24th.

Lin Hui's previous expectations regarding the acquisition of shortcut instructions had some deviations.

Apple’s acquisition plan for the Quick Command software:

Although Apple has plans to launch the shortcut command software as soon as possible.

However, Apple does not intend to hastily launch the shortcut software at the WWDC Global Developers Conference in early June.

Apple plans to launch the shortcut command software in new phones that will be officially released in mid-September.

Well, although mid-September and early June are only two and a half months.
To be continued...