Chapter 44

"Then, what do you plan to do next?" Jenny asked.

"I have a lot of confidence in my novel."

Of course, history has already proven it.

"Hey... Kate, I have an idea," Lily suddenly leaned in.

"What?"

"We can actually publish it ourselves!"

Start our own publishing company?

This thought immediately crossed Catherine's mind.

"Let's start our own publishing company!"

She really said it?

"Right, we can call it Angel Publishing, how about that?"

Lily adjusted her clothes, revealing the logo of the angel costume design company, which featured a pair of wings.

"Sounds good," Jenny agreed.

"Right! In the future, Catherine's books will all be published by us!" Lily smiled, linking arms with Catherine.

"But what do we need to start a publishing company?"

"We need funds and fame!" Lily said.

"That shouldn't be a problem. The dividends from the clothing company can provide a lot."

"Maybe I can help too?"

"Hey! I haven't decided to let you publish yet!" Catherine protested.

But deep down, she was a bit excited. After all, it would be her own publishing company, and she wouldn't have any restrictions on what she wanted to publish in the future, right?

Of course, this might just be an unfulfilled idea. They discussed for a long time but didn't come to any conclusions, though they all kept it in mind.

On the other hand, with some time before the release, Catherine began to think about gametv.

The performance of gametv was very poor. Catherine wanted to create some high-level, fun games, but using gametv was definitely not feasible.

If she really wanted to, she would need to separate the game console and make it as big as a large refrigerator, which might achieve the effect of the later FC game console.

After all, the machining precision of this era was far from sufficient, and such fine processing was impossible.

However, what Catherine was more concerned about was the supercomputer.

Since Seymour Cray wrote to her, Catherine had been thinking about this issue.

Although she considered whether she should create a supercomputer and become a computer giant, Catherine was more focused on whether she could play games on a supercomputer...

Okay, maybe this idea was ridiculous, but Catherine really wanted to play some real computer games. Unfortunately, by the time she could play, she might already be an old lady.

Soon, the Magic Chess series was launched.

*Magic-WC*.

The full title is *Magic Chess: Harry Potter and Hogwarts*.

Catherine used the main title *Magic Chess*.

Because in her view, Harry Potter could only be a part of her career, while *Magic Chess* could continue to develop, creating new modules, promoting new models, and creating a new culture...

For each set of modules, Catherine prepared two versions: one was a more cartoonish type, aimed at the children's market, and the other was an adult-oriented version. The terrain and character designs were completely different.

Catherine paid particular attention to making the characters look good. In her previous life, she had always detested the ugly character designs in the D&D series.

This was also a characteristic of American comics.

In her previous life, American comics were often criticized for their art style.

However, American comics also had some exquisite works, but they pursued "realism." Unfortunately, Catherine was an idealist.

The grotesque aesthetic views of Americans and Europeans, Catherine really wanted to correct them.

Of course, one person's power was limited, and she could only make the characters in her own works look better.

However, what she didn't expect was that the beautiful adult version of *Magic Chess* was more popular among children than adults, while the middle class and others preferred the cartoon version.

This was completely the opposite!

What was going on?

Catherine found it absurd, but sometimes reality was just like that.

Barbie dolls were popular among children because they were designed as "adults." Children's admiration for adults and other reasons made them start to like these beautiful dolls.

In Catherine's adult version, the characters were all very exquisite.

For now, she set up roles such as apprentice wizards, white wizards, and black wizards. Each role had four cards, representing the characters' appearances.

One was a teenage boy or girl, about fifteen or sixteen years old, and the other was a young adult, about thirty. However, these characters all had one feature: they were good-looking. The men were dashing, and the women were charming, all designed by Catherine herself.

To be honest, Catherine really didn't understand American children's thoughts. Sometimes, she found this absurd.

Her *Magic Chess* was warmly welcomed upon release, especially by her book fans, who loved the chess game.

Catherine also added many playable stories to the chess game, all about the history of Hogwarts. Through everyone's interaction, they could play this classic story together.

The Paperback Company seemed to have discovered this business opportunity and decided to release *Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire*, originally scheduled for the next year, ahead of time, thus gaining even greater profits.

Catherine followed suit and announced the release of the first additional module.

—*Magic Chess: The Clock Tower of London*.

Coincidentally, the Goblet of Fire was about the Triwizard Tournament, where three schools competed for the Goblet of Fire. Catherine replaced the original Nordic and French magic schools with the "Babylon Magic School" from the Middle East and the "Clock Tower Magic School" in London, making the story more grand and engaging.

The new module and the novel promoted each other, achieving sales far beyond expectations. Catherine's royalties even exceeded a million.

In this busy environment, Catherine was almost spinning every day.

She strongly realized that she couldn't do everything herself. She knew the big picture and could provide direction for her subordinates. So why did she have to do everything herself?

And as her future business developed, she would only get busier.

So Catherine decided to find a CEO for her "Ark Group."

But... what financial talents were available in this era?

Catherine had a headache.

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