The hopes and emotion of a moment ago vanished in an instant. The stark contrast between expectation and reality nearly sent blood rushing to Chu Ge's head, and his face flushed red.
He had heard of plenty of similar incidents. Even textbooks had not escaped: publishers could take it upon themselves to change the original "Grandma Bridge" from the maternal term to the paternal one. Cases involving webnovel authors were too numerous to count, as though publishers could not demonstrate their cultural standing without cutting and changing your work.
The changes to Chu Ge's book were outrageous too. Almost not a single sentence remained as originally written. They had changed words here, punctuation there, even adjusted the paragraph breaks, and some sentences had been deleted entirely.
Normally, he would hear about something like this, curse a few times, and leave it at that. But when it happened to him, he was still furious enough to burst a blood vessel. One question kept echoing in his mind: What gives you the right to change my work without asking?
Having things cut and changed during content review when publishing online was already infuriating, though he could just about tolerate it. That involved risks, after all; there was no helping it.
But what was the point of changing sentences that posed no risk? Rearranging the word order, changing the wording-just to show how cultured you were?
Had they ever considered that this was an insult to the original author, or at the very least disrespectful?
If you were so cultured, why not publish your own book?
Besides, a sentence was not unnecessary just because you thought it was. Some were needed for jokes and references; some might even involve foreshadowing. They might look redundant at first glance, but they could not actually be