Chapter 41: Time Magazine and the Magical Girl Catherine

On August 12, 1961, construction of the Berlin Wall began. It was also a sign that the Cold War had begun to reach its peak.

However, this did not affect the impact of Catherine's film being introduced to Europe and into West Germany.

To be precise, Catherine's box office was not bad.

Anyway, the current Catherine finally has the time to show her strength, but at this time, Time magazine came to her.

In the 21st century, Time Magazine can be said to be known to everyone.

When Catherine learned about this, she became excited.

Soon, though, she calmed down.

And, she soon knew, perhaps, this was also an opportunity.

Catherine has not been idle these days.

The acquisition of Barbie is very troublesome, and it is better to build a toy factory, even if it can't be opened, it is a big deal to get Transformers out by yourself.

Catherine plans that this factory will be the manufacturer of TRPG games for herself.

It's not just Harry Potter, Catherine has even considered a few other games, and these are all things she thinks about.

The rules for the mass version have been completed, and the basic character and monster assembly has been built.

However, so far, Catherine has designed only Hogworth School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, plus the dungeons below and the Forbidden Forest.

But with experience, it's much easier to do, so the pro version is pretty straightforward.

By the way, there's also GameTV.

GameTV is about to open a brand new market, everything is ready, Catherine's application materials are ready, and there is only one last step left, and at this time, Time Magazine came to interview him, what a godsend!

So, on the eve of the start of school, Catherine was interviewed.

The reporter who came over was a woman about 38 years old who seemed very relatable...... Maybe the people at Time Magazine think that a kind woman is better off with small children?

Anyway, that's how the interview began.

Of course, Emma is now by Catherine's side, after all, she can't do without a guardian.

When it comes to Catherine's parents, they are also very surprised.

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

In the beginning, they accompanied Catherine to register a patent for an integrated circuit.

Just imagine what kind of expression would the parents have when their ten-year-old daughter was showing off a high-tech patent in front of her that she couldn't even understand?

But fortunately, Catherine has shown extraordinary maturity since she was a child, and her earliest AP results have shown this.

"Miss Kate, I had already checked a lot of your information before I came. I found you to be a very magical girl, maybe as in your novel, you are a magical girl. ”

"Magical Girl seems like a good name?"

Catherine joked with the other party.

"In my investigation, you seem to have some ...... in the patent office Peculiar patents. In particular, patents for integrated circuits. It is said that two years ago, Texas Instruments and Fairchild almost started a lawsuit over this thing, but they found that this patent had already been registered, and it seems that Fairchild had just been established when it was registered. You were about 10 years old, right? ”

"Yes."

Catherine seemed to remember what happened at that time.

"Fairchild did come to me, but I am temporarily authorized to use this patent for free."

After all, although he has this patent, he can't hide it, otherwise he is likely to become a sinner who delays historical progress. And Catherine herself hopes that she will be able to play with the computer as soon as possible.

Although Fairchild felt unbelievable that a ten-year-old girl actually had a patent for an integrated circuit, Catherine's free license helped them a lot.

Perhaps because there was less dispute with Texas Instruments, the ten-year lawsuit in history did not seem to have appeared, so the company's development seems to be better than "once".

"Then, I found out that you wrote a book of Harry Potter, what was your original intention for writing this book?"

"At that time, I wondered if the world was really what we imagined. Why did magic never exist? So, I was imagining what a magical world would look like. And I've also made a companion game to the book, which I'm thinking about launching later. ”,

The other nodded.

"I also know this, it seems to be a kind of TRPG type game? I heard that the demo version of this game is being given away with the hardcover version of Prisoner of Azkaban? Honestly, I'm also a loyal reader of yours. ”

The reporter in front of him is actually a fan of his own books?

Hey, that's a lot of fun.

"Yes, I had planned to launch this TRPG in September or sooner. But there may not be that time now. ”

"'Blair the Witch' was really well shot."

"No, I didn't actually have much time to shoot that, I was mainly doing something else."

"What?"

β€œGameTV!”

Here's the highlight.

Catherine asked the other party to follow her to her room, and then Catherine took out the latest GameTV she had designed.

This is already the finished version.

"This is it!"

"This ......"

The other party doesn't seem to understand.

Catherine turned on the TV, then connected the controller and switched to game mode, at which point a game of colorful Emma Blocks appeared in front of the screen.

"It's a video game. In my opinion, the future of our entertainment is constantly moving in the direction of virtuality. From video games like this, to realistic games, we can do anything without leaving home! ”

"Sounds ...... That's good. ”

What is a video game?

Even Americans in the '60s didn't know what it was.

Anyway, Catherine managed to attract the other party's attention, and by the time the interview was over, Catherine knew that she had succeeded.

But then, Catherine didn't set her sights on GameTV, after all, the production of GameTV requires a lot of investment. She just decided to set up a company first and then plan everything out...... When it is actually put into production, it will be at least next year. On the contrary, the development of TRPG is much simpler.

Catherine has her sights set on Harry Potter for the time being.

Even the name of the toy company is "Hogworth".

This is the focus at the moment, and Catherine is now mainly "raiding" this part.

As if to meet the occasion, the headline of Time Magazine's interview with Catherine is also very joyful.

"Magical girl Catherine?"

Catherine was really embarrassed.

But then again, it seems like you said it yourself?

……

As a person with a small research fetish, I said that all historical figures have been carefully checked for information. );