(Q - Nabil: Max was also inspired, he was inspired by what he knew in his time, pirate hunts, all that, and perhaps he
plagiarized a bit, right?)
MB: No, he didn't know anything at all. It was inspired by Masquerade. He was mesmerized by the fact that Masquerade had sold 1,200,000 copies. He had put some money into a company called Manya, which was a publishing company. He was one of the founding members of Manya. And from there, he said to himself, well I'm doing my treasure hunt, the Golden Owl. As for me, he forced me to work with Manya while I… Frankly, we had tough exchanges because I wanted to work with renowned publishers. I had no desire to work with a small, upstart, suburban publisher, something... We had very heated exchanges on this subject where I wrote to him “I don't agree” and he told me: “I made commitments with Manya”. Except, he forgot to tell me that he was actually a partner in Manya. He was one of the founding members of Manya and he had considered propelling his publishing company through this game. His thing was: I am hypnotized by the fact that Masquerade sold 1,200,000 copies, so I invested in a publishing company. I'm going to sell 1,000,000 copies. I'm doing the Golden Owl.
MB: No, he didn't know anything at all. It was inspired by Masquerade. He was mesmerized by the fact that Masquerade had sold 1,200,000 copies. He had put some money into a company called Manya, which was a publishing company. He was one of the founding members of Manya. And from there, he said to himself, well I'm doing my treasure hunt, the Golden Owl. As for me, he forced me to work with Manya while I… Frankly, we had tough exchanges because I wanted to work with renowned publishers. I had no desire to work with a small, upstart, suburban publisher, something... We had very heated exchanges on this subject where I wrote to him “I don't agree” and he told me: “I made commitments with Manya”. Except, he forgot to tell me that he was actually a partner in Manya. He was one of the founding members of Manya and he had considered propelling his publishing company through this game. His thing was: I am hypnotized by the fact that Masquerade sold 1,200,000 copies, so I invested in a publishing company. I'm going to sell 1,000,000 copies. I'm doing the Golden Owl.