The importance the animation team attached to this matter, and their efficiency, had caught Chu Ge off guard.
The comic only had twenty or thirty chapters, and it had topped the popularity rankings less than a week ago, yet preliminary work on the animation had already begun. This began to dispel Chu Ge's earlier worry that the animation might not come out even after he finished writing the novel. At this rate, it could very well be released after the New Year.
Animation productions had rarely been this aggressive. Most that rushed like this were shoddy jobs, but judging by the producers' efforts to contact an international music heavyweight, they clearly took it very seriously. It was a little contradictory.
Chu Ge did not know why Xie Wenyuan had arranged such a tight schedule, but it happened to suit his own needs. He could not wait until the novel was finished before leisurely starting to promote film, television, and animation adaptations. Gaining control over the world before the novel ended was an absolutely crucial milestone. After it ended, it would be far too late.
All of these had to be rolled out before the novel ended, even at the cost of some quality.
As for his progress toward finishing...
The Mortal Realm arc was now nearing its end, while the Heavenly Realm arc would round out the final parts of the worldbuilding. It and the Mortal Realm arc were not two equal halves, and it would not be as long-only about a third of the Mortal Realm arc.
The Mortal Realm arc had already reached two and a half million Chinese characters, with roughly another two or three hundred thousand to go. The Heavenly Realm arc would be close to a million, putting the projected total at around 3.7 or