Chapter 41

On August 12, 1961, the Berlin Wall began to be constructed. This was also a sign that the Cold War was reaching its peak.

However, this did not affect the introduction of Catherine's film to Europe and its entry into West Germany.

To be precise, Catherine's box office performance was quite good.

No matter what, it was finally time for Catherine to make her big move, but just then, Time Magazine came to interview her.

In the 21st century, Time Magazine is known to everyone.

After learning about this, Catherine became excited.

However, she soon calmed down.

And she quickly realized that this might also be an opportunity.

These days, Catherine has not been idle.

The acquisition of the Barbie company was complicated, so she might as well build a toy factory. Even if it doesn't work out, she could just create the Transformers.

Catherine estimated that this factory would produce TRPGs for her.

Not only "Harry Potter," but Catherine also considered other games, all of which she was thinking about.

The mass-market rules were already completed, and the basic character and monster models were also built.

However, so far, the locations designed by Catherine were only Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, plus the underground city and the Forbidden Forest below it.

But with experience, things became much easier, so the professional version was quite simple.

By the way, there was also GameTV.

GameTV was going to open a new market, everything was ready, and Catherine's application materials for the company were also prepared. The only thing left was the final step. At this moment, Time Magazine coming to interview her was a godsend!

Thus, on the eve of the start of school, Catherine accepted the interview.

The journalist who came was a woman around 38 years old, who looked very approachable... Perhaps Time Magazine thought that a kind woman would be better at interacting with children?

No matter what, the interview began.

Of course, Emma was now accompanying Catherine, after all, there couldn't be no guardian.

Speaking of Catherine's parents, they were also very surprised.

However, compared to before, they could be said to have developed some "immunity."

At the beginning, it was when they accompanied Catherine to register the patent for the integrated circuit.

Imagine the expression of the parents when their ten-year-old daughter proudly showed off a high-tech patent that even they couldn't fully understand.

Fortunately, Catherine had shown extraordinary maturity from a young age, and her early AP scores had already proven this.

"Miss Kate, before I came, I had already looked up a lot of information about you. I found that you are a very magical girl, perhaps just like in your novels, you are a girl with magic."

"The title 'Magical Girl' sounds nice?"

Catherine joked with the other party.

"In my investigation, it seems that you have some very... unique patents at the patent office. Especially the patent for the integrated circuit. It is said that two years ago, Texas Instruments and Fairchild almost went to court over this, but they found that the patent had already been registered, and the registration time was when Fairchild was just founded. You were about ten years old at that time, right?"

"Yes."

Catherine seemed to recall the events of that time.

"Fairchild did indeed come to me, but I temporarily granted them free use of the patent."

After all, although she had the patent, she couldn't keep it hidden, or she might become a sinner who hindered historical progress. And Catherine herself also hoped to play with computers as soon as possible.

Although Fairchild found it incredible that a ten-year-old girl could own a patent for an integrated circuit, Catherine's free authorization greatly helped them.

Perhaps because there was no dispute with Texas Instruments, the ten-year lawsuit in history did not occur, and thus, the company's development seemed better than it was "originally."

"Then, I found that you wrote 'Harry Potter.' What was your initial motivation for writing this book?"

"At that time, I was thinking whether the world is really as we imagine. Why have things like magic never appeared? So, I started to imagine what a world with magic would be like. And I also created a game to go with the book, which I plan to release in the future."

The other party nodded.

"I know about this. It seems to be a TRPG type of game? I heard that the demo version was given away with the hardcover edition of 'The Prisoner of Azkaban'? To be honest, I am also a loyal reader of yours."

The journalist in front of her was actually a fan of her books?

Hey, this is really interesting.

"Yes, I originally planned to release this TRPG in September or earlier, but now I might not have the time."

"'The Blair Witch' was filmed really well."

"No, the filming of that didn't take much time. I was mainly working on something else."

"What?"

"GameTV!"

The main event was here.

Catherine led the other party to her room and took out the latest version of GameTV that she had designed.

This was already the completed version.

"This is it!"

"This..."

The other party seemed a bit confused.

Catherine turned on the TV, connected the controller, and switched to game mode. Then, a colorful Emma cube game appeared on the screen.

"This is a video game. In my view, the future direction of our entertainment will continuously move towards virtual reality. From such video games to realistic games, we can do anything without leaving our homes!"

"It sounds... really nice."

What is a video game?

Even in the 1960s, most Americans didn't know what this was.

No matter what, Catherine successfully captured the other party's attention. When the interview ended, Catherine knew she had succeeded.

However, Catherine did not focus on GameTV next. After all, producing GameTV required a significant investment. She decided to first establish a company and plan everything... The actual production would not start until next year at the earliest. In contrast, the development of TRPGs was much simpler.

Catherine temporarily focused on "Harry Potter."

Even the name of the toy company was "Hogwarts."

This was the current focus, and Catherine was mainly "strategizing" in this area.

As if to set the scene, the headline of Time Magazine's interview with Catherine was quite amusing.

"Magical Girl Catherine?"

Catherine was really embarrassed.

But then again, didn't she say that herself?

...

As someone with a small penchant for research, I can say that all historical data has been carefully checked.

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