Chapter 030: $1.52 billion in a single transaction

With the signing of this contract, it can be said that the young sailing ship of the Coastline Company has officially set sail.

Walt Disney played the role of an "intermediary" this time, and it was the kind that did not charge "intermediary fees".

This contract can be said to be Disney's guarantor as a North American theater company, and foreign theater companies led by North America do not believe in Shoreline Technology, but obviously believe in Walt Disney more, after all, Di Baobao is now a multinational giant with a market value of more than 250 billion US dollars.

I have to say that Walt Disney has a unique vision, and previously acquired the "Star Wars" series from Lucas and then made a lot of money, and then acquired "Marvel" and made a lot of money again, the most recent big deal is the acquisition of Century Fox, "X-Men", "Fantastic Four" and "Avatar" and other big IPs have been incorporated into Disney.

And now he dares to be a guarantor for a small company that is still unknown, this Mickey Mouse can really do anything.

It can only be said that being rich is capricious and can do whatever you want.

According to the content of the agreement, Coastline Technology received a single contract order of 1.52 billion US dollars, requiring a total of 15,000 sets of holographic host projection equipment products to be shipped on October 9, 2020, leaving the coastline with less than two years, and the average price of a set of holographic hosts is about 700,000 yuan.

It's definitely a huge profit, because a set of holographic host hardware costs, delivered to the foundry for production and shipment, it is less than 40,000 soft sister coins, 84 million US dollars in exchange for 1.52 billion US dollars in revenue, this is really no different from grabbing money.

Of course, this is Ye Hua's advantage, because his R&D cost is almost zero, he can do whatever he wants if he has money, and he can do whatever he wants.

But in fact, in terms of the value of the product, holographic technology is more than one grade higher than IMAX, and the cost of a set of IMAX projection system has reached a sky-high cost of 20 million yuan, because the investment in research and development is huge, the price cannot be lowered, and compared with the holographic projection system, it is simply the price of cabbage.

But then again, price and value are easily confused concepts, the low cost price of holographic technology does not mean that its value is low, coastline technology can create such a low price of high-value products, that is the technical strength of coastline technology.

And in order to encourage invention and creation, technology monopolies are protected by law, there are such things as intellectual property protection and patent law, and this is where high-tech enterprises make money.

In fact, Ye Hua originally wanted to take the high-end route, in short, it was a more frenzied high price, IMAX 20 million, then holographic projection equipment will be sold for 10 million, 1,000 sets, 6500 sets less, and the total profit will be about the same.

From a business point of view and for the purpose of profit, this is obviously more profitable, Apple's global market share is less than 20 points, but it takes more than 80 points of profit, referring to Apple is enough to get a glimpse of the leopard.

It's just that Ye Hua wants to do this, but the objective conditions don't allow it, because the start of coastline technology is too difficult, there is no money, no market, so far from beginning to end, whether it is the market, capital, etc., Ye Hua is a white wolf in the empty position, and those who are willing to be tricked by him are not stupid, they need coastline technology to pay the benefits that match.

If you want to take the high-end route, Di Baobao doesn't bird you, how much box office can 500 holographic screens and 1,000 holographic screens bring? Walt Disney isn't stupid.

However, Ye Hua didn't get too entangled, the money can't be earned, and the right to pay for the difficult start of coastline technology is to pay for the difficult start of coastline technology.

Even so, grasping the advantages of core technology monopoly and taking the mass route is still a big profit, which is a super fat order of $1.52 billion.

According to the content of the agreement, the cinema company of the product purchaser paid a deposit of 60 million US dollars in advance, which is the payment used by Coastline Technology to outsource OEM products, because Coastline Technology has no money, although Storm Technology has smashed 150 million yuan, but the money can only be used to provide product supply for Storm Private Shadow, and cannot be used for other expenditures.

Therefore, you can only use the empty gloves of the white wolf again, one is willing to fight and one is willing to suffer, Disney, as the guarantor, is responsible for the cinema company and bears the corresponding risks, and the $60 million is a deposit rather than a deposit, in short, the deposit is refundable, if there is a breach of contract, it needs to be compensated according to the liability for breach of contract, and the deposit, once paid, it is difficult to return again.

If Ye Hua runs away or something, those overseas theater companies can only go to Di Baobao to settle the account.

You must know that in 2012, Lao Wang acquired 100% of the shares of AMC Cinemas, the world's second largest cinema company, for $2.6 billion, assumed all its debts, and invested $500 million in operating capital.

This $1.52 billion big order, for the cinema company without a guarantee, it is impossible to take a risk, if it is not for a supergiant like Walt Disney as a guarantee, the cinema company would not have the courage, a careless will be bankrupt liquidation, and the pants will not be able to afford to lose.

On July 27 last year, a special meeting was held in the Hilton Hotel in downtown New York, and the shareholder vote lasted ten minutes, and the deal worth $85.1 billion, which had been wrestling for eight months, was settled.

$1.52 billion compared to $85.1 billion, not even a fraction of this Mickey Mouse.

Relatively speaking, it is only a direct economic loss of $60 million and a wasted period of energy, which is a loss and risk compared to its super high returns, and there are enough reasons for Walt Disney to bear it.

If Coastline Technology wants to get the remaining $1.46 billion in revenue, it needs to wait until October 2020 for Walt Disney to directly deliver the full amount of a single account, which is a real giant, and the cash flow of about $1.5 billion can be taken out at any time.

After the contract was signed, Ye Hua's first thing was to organize the company to seek a foundry to mass-produce holographic projection equipment, fortunately, the core of the product of the computing holographic equipment is not the hardware itself, but the curved path algorithm on the software, which can achieve full delivery to the foundry to make products, if the key core technology is on the hardware, then you must establish your own production line, a complete set of hardware anti-leakage process, corresponding patent applications, etc., it is absolutely impossible to complete the contract requirements in October 2020.

What Ye Hua has to do now is to send the list to the foundry, and then wait for the foundry to mass-produce the qualified Pingping, and then what to do is to "install a system" for the host, it is really that simple, the cost of this process is almost negligible, because the technology and work on the software are just copies.

The day after the signing of the deal, the head of Walt Disney in Greater China held a press conference, Ye Hua on behalf of Coastline Technology, Zhang Zhizhong on behalf of Disney, and several foreign white faces present were several major cooperative theater companies in North America, as well as the big director James Cameron, who officially announced the relevant content of this cooperation.

For a time, the whole network was a sensation.

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