Chapter 146 - 144: Adults Don’t Have Summer Vacation_2
Qin Guanglin listened as Chen Rui spoke confidently, nodding occasionally. He had to admit that Chen Rui was indeed professional in this area and was not secretive about anything.
"Then if I have a better idea while drawing, can I make minor changes to the storyline?"
"It’s best not to," Chen Rui shook his head. "If you were drawing your own comics, you could change it however you want, but this story has another author. He is the original creator."
"Okay," Qin Guanglin asked casually, without any current thoughts of making changes.
"Respect the original work," Chen Rui didn’t skip the topic but continued, "After all, no one knows what he was thinking when he wrote the story. What you think can be improved might be something he is aware of too, but he chose to design it that way for a reason; due to certain sentiments, feelings, or experiences... That’s unclear to anyone but himself, who knows which parts are written for his eyes only."
"That makes sense..." Qin Guanglin nodded as he listened, then hesitantly added, "But compared to writing for himself, isn’t making the story more exquisite for the readers more important?"
"What do you mean by ’exquisite’?" asked Chen Rui.
"Er..." Qin Guanglin was stuck.
"Sometimes it’s precisely the stuff written for oneself that truly attracts readers," Chen Rui said with a smile, "because creation is often imbued with personal style and ideas meant to attract like-minded people... Humanity’s sorrows and joys may not coincide, but literature, painting, music, poetry, and such arts can resonate emotionally. To me, that’s where the charm of comics lies."
"Is that so?" Qin Guanglin vaguely felt something was off but couldn’t quite grasp what it was.
"Is there anything happier than finding a group of friends with shared interests?" Chen Rui retorted.