Chapter 769

November came to an end, and as December began, the temperature turned truly cold!

Chu Yu felt the crushing pressure of work once again. A week ago, he could still occasionally steal a moment to play games, but now he was busy from the moment he arrived at the office until he left.

It wasn't just him. Huang Ming, Su Ruo, and Zhao Qinyin had all seen their workloads surge. Chu Yu hadn't seen Huang Ming in days; he was constantly running between different places on Japan Island and the Mainland, since he had to sign contracts with a lot of partners.

Matsugoka Mitsuru, the director of Spirited Away, was completely absorbed in his work. Company rules said he could leave at five in the afternoon, but Chu Yu had never seen the old man leave before ten at night!

Discussions, meetings, preliminary preparations, schedules, fund allocation, budgets—every kind of task came pouring in during the early preparations for the animation! Although he could delegate a considerable share of the work to others, it was obvious that he didn't trust them at all.

Naturally, the animation company's original staff weren't so fanatical. But the people recruited under Matsugoka Mitsuru's influence were quite accustomed to his work habits. Every night, they voluntarily worked overtime until midnight!

Chu Yu couldn't bear to watch. The schedule was tight, but it wasn't as if they had to go that far. There was still a long time before next July!

But these people seemed to be a bunch of workaholics who had found one another. Chu Yu could say what he wanted; they basically ignored him!

Still, despite their busy schedules, after Matsugoka Mitsuru and Zhao Qinyin appeared together as guests on several interview programs over the past week,

word quickly spread throughout the Japan