Having made up his mind, Chu Ge immediately let Old Zhu know. "We're planning to draw the comic ourselves and set up our own studio. That's allowed, right?"
Old Zhu stared blankly for quite a while. In truth, he hadn't even considered the comic. Only when Chu Ge mentioned it did he remember that they could indeed release a comic first...
"If you want to handle it yourselves, that makes things easy. We'd have to find a studio to draw it anyway. Doing it yourselves saves us the trouble, and you'll earn the money yourselves too... But are you sure you can do it?"
"Qiu Qiu's great at drawing. She just needs to learn digital art from scratch. And comics work differently from standalone illustrations. Things like paneling take study..."
"Easy. Shall I find you a Manga Class? How about an online course?"
"Sure. Thanks a lot."
From then on, Qiu Wuji's days grew full.
She studied comics every morning and went to driving lessons in the afternoon, brimming with energy day after day.
Although she no longer had time to serve as his little assistant and bring him tea and water, depriving Chu Ge of one of his pleasures, he was happy for her instead.
Because, as mentioned before, this meant Qiu Wuji was moving further along the path toward becoming a "modern person."
She now had experience studying, exam records, classmates, a social network, and all the little traces of her existence in this world, rather than being an accessory whose existence revolved solely around him.
Including her teachers and driving instructor, the number of Qiu Wuji's WeChat friends had visibly grown.
And it wasn't just teachers and classmates. There were fans too, and all sorts of interactions on Weibo.
Her Weibo had more content now as well,