Why does Visual Studio add "-1937169414" to a generated hash code computation?

If you use Visual Studio's own refactoring menu to add a GetHashCode implementation to a class like this: and select the only int property in the class: it generates this code on .NET Framework:

If you use Visual Studio's own refactoring menu to add a GetHashCode implementation to a class like this:

and select the only int property in the class:

it generates this code on .NET Framework:

public override int GetHashCode()
{
    return -1937169414 + Value.GetHashCode();
}

(it generates HashCode.Combine(Value) on .NET Core instead, which I'm not sure if it involves the same value)

What's special about this value? Why doesn't Visual Studio use Value.GetHashCode() directly? As I understand, it doesn't really affect hash distribution. Since it's just addition, consecutive values would still accumulate together.

EDIT: I only tried this with different classes with Value properties but apparently property name affects the number generated. For instance, if you rename the property to Halue, the number becomes 387336856.

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