I am a director in Ark. If I am not banned, I will be considered successful.

"We, the three families of Kjerag, are already arguing endlessly. If we were to do the same with Victoria..."

For a moment, there was silence inside Kjerag. Enya ignored the discussion and focused her attention on the movie.

The internal conflicts were not limited, and the external pressure was even more intense. Bolivar and Reims could fall at any time, and the Leitanian army was simply unable to resist the Gallic Guards and was about to give up resistance.

Victoria's army was also in retreat, but the Gallic Guards pursued them relentlessly, not giving Victoria's army any chance to retreat, and even surrounded them.

Frederick III, played by Silver Gray, proposed using their proud Steam Knights to support the army and help it evacuate, but Victoria's generals thought it was useless. During the breakout, countless Steam Knights would be destroyed by the Gaul Guards and other joint forces.

By then, Victoria will face huge losses. Steam Knights are their last bottom line. If even the Steam Knights suffer heavy losses, they will be seriously damaged even if they win.

In the movie, the III chose many ways, such as going to the Leitanian ambassador to discuss the next response strategy; concealing the fact that the Leitanian army was unable to fight again, and encouraging the people of Victoria...

But all this seemed to be in vain. In the end, not only the Conservative Party, but even the opposition party began to think that he was a lunatic. Even his good friends no longer supported his ideas.

And worse news was yet to come. Just a few days after becoming the new emperor, the family could no longer pay the bills and was on the verge of bankruptcy.

The successive bad news made the atmosphere in the movie even more depressing. At this moment, Victoria, Kjerag, Casimir...all the people who were watching the movie "Darkest Hour" felt the pressure and gloom.

Especially the people and dukes of Victoria, they felt particularly suffocated, as if there was a fire in their hearts that they could not vent at all.

Obviously, they all knew that Frederick III's choice was correct. History has proved his wisdom and bravery and proved that he could defeat Gaul.

However, they could not imagine how depressing and difficult the movie was... In just a short line of words in the history book, there were so many hardships and obstacles, so many twists and turns.

At this moment, all the people watching Darkest Hour were silent because of the depressing atmosphere. Everyone in Kjerag held their breath, as if wondering if Kjerag could also unite as one in this crisis.

Grand Knight Casimir watched such a depressing movie, but she did not feel relaxed at all. She felt more and more that the current depression was paving the way for the explosion later.

The people of Victoria were feeling extremely depressed, but within that depression, there seemed to be anger brewing.

"All the repression is for the final explosion. This is the tone of the movie. I have seen through it."

At this moment, Chen Qi and his group were already on a land ship on their way back to Rhodes Island - after all, they couldn't wait for Casimir to react before leaving, so after handing over the videotape of "Darkest Hour", they left first.

And now, Chen Qi and Nian are both in Xi's painting, forcing Xi, who is not interested, to watch the result of their hard work for so long, "Darkest Hour".

As for why they watched it in the scroll... because everyone on the land ship was also watching it, but Xi was not used to being in crowded places, so she just stayed in the scroll. Nian didn't care about his sister's opinion at all, and pulled her to force Xi, who was still rewatching "Yes, Prime Minister" Nian times, to watch the new movie.

"This routine is so boring, I can see through it at a glance."

However, although Xi said this, Nian and Chen Qi looked at each other. They both noticed that Xi, who originally looked reluctant, although his mouth was still hard, his attitude was obviously no longer resistant. Instead, he stared at the movie intently.

And now, the depressing atmosphere of "Darkest Hour" has obviously affected Xi. The slightly swaying dragon tail behind Xi also shows her impatience - she can't wait to see that final emotional outburst!

Because the feeling of suffocation and depression conveyed here has completely affected Xi's emotions. For the first time in history, Xi experienced the feeling called "repressed humiliation".

Chapter 90: Go among the masses and let them guide you

Whether it was Victoria, Casimir or Kjerag, regardless of their status, everyone who was paying attention to "Darkest Hour" at this moment did not expect that the overall tone of this film would be so depressing.

Although people clearly know the development of history, under such depressing circumstances, they even feel like they are sliding into failure... No one knows how to regroup. So what should the emperor in the movie do to gain support?

However, the plot became increasingly depressing afterwards. If the first half of the movie contained some lighthearted plots to adjust the atmosphere, then the later plots were almost enough to crush people.

"We have repeatedly shown goodwill and made concessions to the Gaul emperor and those dictators! We even allowed them to enjoy the highest privileges!"

"When will you learn your lesson?!"

"You want to reason with a beast?! Your head is already in its mouth!"

Facing such pressure, the character played by SilverAshe chose to explode for the first time. His words seemed to be discussing Gaul, but it seemed that he was not just discussing Victoria's concessions to Gaul.

Especially... given Victoria's current situation, his words were like needles, piercing the hearts of every Victorian.

For a moment, even the dukes fell silent. Although they were now fighting each other, their attitudes towards the attack of the three kingdoms were indeed different. Among them, there were also some negative people who wanted peace talks just like the conservatives in the play.

Among them was the Duke of Wellington, who was now in the Hill County area, staying with the people of [Deep Pool]. The opponent they faced was the most brutal army of the Ursus Empire. Some time ago, it was he and the leader of [Deep Pool], Abrana, who led the people of [Deep Pool] to resist the Ursus army... and lost a mobile city.

They had to retreat back to Xiaoqiu County. The team of [Deep Pool] suffered heavy losses, especially the cadres. It can be said that except for Mandela, "Chord" and her own sister who were promoted by Abrana, almost all the members died under the fierce attack of Ursus.

Now, they were watching "Darkest Hour" together. Facing Silver Gray's roar, the Duke of Wellington said calmly after a moment of silence:

"…Some time ago, the Ursus Empire sent an envoy to negotiate with us, saying that if we were willing to switch sides, the Ursus Empire would share Victoria with us equally."

"Abrana, I have to be honest, I hesitated."

"——Even if you are the Iron Duke of Victoria, the death knell of the empire?"

But now, after experiencing the baptism of war, Abrana obviously no longer has the majesty she had at the beginning. She just escaped a few days ago, and now she even looks a little decadent. She does not have the confidence she had when she first met Chen Qi.

The Ursus Army's fierce attack made everyone in the Deep Pool see what a real war was. Compared with that kind of war, no matter how powerful Abrana's Originium skills were, there was only so much she could do alone.

She can control the dead, which dealt a huge blow to the morale of the Ursus Army in the past few days. However, the Ursus Army adjusted its strategy in time. Faced with the ridiculously large drones in the sky and the Ursus Army's rounds of bombardment, she felt that her Originium skills, which she was proud of, were so powerless.

If in the end, they hadn't had some support from the Victorian military, they might all have died in that mobile city.

"I thought about it before, but now... I think what the movie said is right."

The Duke of Wellington nodded and answered Abrana's question.

"We can't reason with wild beasts... they will just tear us to pieces, especially since each of us knows that the beast we are facing is... already starving."

"——Perhaps this is the warning that Director Chen Qi is giving us?" Abrana also smiled for the first time in a long time. In such a dangerous time, Abrana had not smiled for a long time due to the heavy pressure, but now she still smiled.

"What an unpredictable man... He criticized Victoria mercilessly and even accelerated the split, but now he is encouraging us to fight to the end."

"It's as if he's trying to prove that his ability can influence the changes in this land... What an arrogant guy."

While Abrana was muttering to herself, her sister, Lavishni, saw that her sister's mood had improved and smiled... She suddenly felt that the sister she had always been worried about seemed to have changed after the baptism of this war?

But where exactly... she didn't know, but what Lavshini knew was that every time her sister's emotions were aroused, it seemed to be because of the works directed by Chen Qi.

On the land boat of the art troupe, Vina was sitting with the group at this moment. She also played a crucial role in it - the secretary "Lyden".

She has starred in the entire movie, and this time she came to watch "Darkest Hour" to see everyone's reactions, and... As the crown princess, she also wants to know that the deeds of her ancestors can be known by more people.

It can be said that no one hopes that "Darkest Hour" will be successful more than Vina. Even Chen Qi's mood is probably no different from Vina's.

But Vina just kept watching, and couldn't help but fall into the movie again. She felt the heartache of her ancestors, the helplessness and powerlessness...

"If it were me... would I be able to withstand so much pressure?"

Vina herself didn't know the answer to this question. Even though she had experienced powerlessness since childhood, surviving alone and struggling to live to the next second, she was not sure if she could withstand the pressure her ancestors experienced in the movie.

What Vina didn't notice was that she had unconsciously regarded everything that happened in the movie as real... Even though she had never seen Chen Qi reading Victoria's history and information, everything that happened in the movie seemed so real to her.

Not only her, but all the people in Victoria who watched "Darkest Hour" were as nervous, depressed and uneasy as Vina... That kind of atmosphere did not even need the support of a movie. The environment they were in now made them have such thoughts.

But...looking at the emperor in the movie who refused to give up and surrender, they seemed to still have a glimmer of hope.

In the movie, Frederick III, played by Silver Gray, seemed to finally collapse under the heavy pressure. Under pressure from all sides, he had to compromise and acquiesced to the peace talks with Gaul.

Just when everyone's heart was in a knot and they didn't know how to reverse the situation, the appearance of a person broke the dilemma.

Victoria's prime minister, a man who had been respectful, nervous and fearful towards Frederick III during the previous coronation ceremony, and who had previously opposed many of Frederick's self-willed actions, appeared incompetent and powerless.

But now, he still visited late at night. He wanted to hear what the emperor, to whom he was loyal, thought.

"Those nations that choose to fight will rise again."

"And the nation that surrenders will perish."

"——The parliament is in a state of panic." The Prime Minister immediately took over the topic, turned his head and looked at the emperor he was loyal to, and asked:

"And you, your majesty, how do you feel?"

“…I’m scared to death.”

At that moment, Yinhui's blunt words, and the unwilling and stubborn look in his eyes, yet he seemed to have no choice but to kneel down, gripped everyone's heart.

That kind of helplessness and unwillingness... Everyone could understand his feelings at the moment. But soon, when the Prime Minister heard how his Majesty answered, he expressed his views in a private way for the first time.

"——I support you."

At this moment, the two most powerful representatives of Victoria turned their backs to the darkness and faced the light.

"I admit that I had reservations about your opinion at first. Although some people in the country still hope that the late emperor can be restored, they are wary of the rule of an emperor like you who advocates war."

"But no one, no one right now, fears a warmongering emperor more than our enemies."

"And whoever can make those beasts feel afraid is worthy of our unconditional trust."

Gradually, the words in the movie seemed to be separated from the Gaul in the beginning. There was no Gaul in the lines, as if telling the people watching the movie that their enemy was not the Gaul in the movie, but someone else...

Many of the audience members in Victoria who were immersed in the scene could not help but nodded their heads. They seemed to have forgotten that they were watching a movie. They seemed to be watching the conversation between the two most powerful people in Victoria as a bystander.

However, the conversation between the two men unknowingly gave the people of Victoria confidence - after experiencing the previous anxiety, depression and panic, the conversation between the two men finally brought a ray of light to this darkness!

However, without the support of Parliament, even the Emperor could do nothing. At this time, the Prime Minister gave his Majesty some better advice.

"Go among the people and let them guide you. They will usually give you the answers in a subtle way."

"But remember, tell them the truth - if the invasion is imminent, if our army is defeated by the Gallic Guards, they must be prepared."

After several rounds of conversation, the two most powerful people in Victoria seemed to have put aside their past grudges. Under a dim light, the two smiled at each other, which seemed to bring a glimmer of hope to everyone.

At this moment, the people of Victoria, who had been suppressed for so long, laughed almost at the same time - it was a smile of hope. They saw the hope of a reversal from the two people who had now reconciled.

At this moment, the Dukes of Victoria almost immediately realized the meaning of hope from this clip.

"Perhaps... this movie was not made by Chen Qi to deal the final blow to Victoria?"

"Do we really want to inspire hope among the people of Victoria? The hope to continue fighting?"

Several dukes thought the same thing. How could someone who could hold such a position be a fool? They all saw the turning point of the movie from darkness to light from the moment of reversal in the movie!

"—Immediately transfer control of all the TV dramas and film equipment in our mobile cities. Yes, this is the movie. We must let everyone see it right now!"

“The timing of the reversal… Although it’s a little unlikely, maybe this movie can really bring hope to the people of Victoria!”

Several dukes gave the order at the same time. They all realized that the turning point of this movie that had been suppressed for so long had finally begun!

Soon, with the tacit orders of these dukes, televisions and video equipment throughout Victoria began to be taken over. Whether at the front line or in the rear, "Darkest Hour" began to play on every television that was turned on.

"Hey? Why did you change the channel?"

"What is this? A movie?"

"There's still a war going on at the front line. Why are we forcing you to show a movie at this time?"

For a moment, the people of Victoria were a little shocked by the overwhelming change, but they all realized that this level of publicity must be very important.

In the rear, countless civilians stopped and looked up at the content on the largest video screen in the square, fearing that the aftermath of the war would spread to them while they were unaware of the news.

On the front line, Victoria's troops were also taking a short break, and many of them gathered around a small TV, relying on this last spiritual comfort to survive.

The whole of Victoria was watching Darkest Hour. In the movie, Silver Gray's character, the Third, was sitting in a car, watching the passers-by, and thinking of the words the Prime Minister had said to him.

The next moment, the driver was distracted and found that his emperor suddenly disappeared from the back seat, disappeared in the heavy rain and the crowd, and could no longer be found.

And no one knew that SilverAsh walked all the way to a traffic station, a place he had said before that he was lost, and this was the place where he could get in touch with the people the most.

When he got on the bus, he noticed that everyone around him was looking at him with surprise - looking at His Majesty the Emperor Victoria, who appeared at the transportation station with a crown on his head.

The first to break the silence was the Third himself. He took the initiative to borrow a match from someone to light his cigar. Looking at the people around him who were fidgeting, he showed a kind smile that was not like that of an emperor, and said jokingly:

"What are you looking at?"

"Haven't you ever seen an emperor riding a bus before?"

Just a simple sentence was enough to bring the most powerful person in Victoria closer to the people - and at this moment, regardless of whether they had watched the plot or not, all the Victorians who stopped by chuckled and felt a wonderful warmth.

It was a thread, a thread that connected all of them, making them feel safe, and when it tied them all together, it would be able to unleash unprecedented power.

Chapter 91: The reversal of "Darkest Hour", the power of the people's hearts!

"What's your name sir?"

"Oliver Wilson! Sir." Facing the emperor's question, the ordinary old man answered him in a resounding voice. As if sensing the other party's sense of distance, Silver Gray's third life continued to ask:

"So what do you do, Mr. Wilson?"

"Bricklayer, sir."

"Ah~~ Bricklayer!" The Third World exclaimed in a slightly exaggerated manner upon hearing this. He patted the old man on the shoulder and said to everyone with a proud tone:

"After the war, we will need a lot of bricklayers right away. You will be busy!"

As an emperor being so close to the people, the effect brought about was naturally extraordinary. For a moment, the people of Victoria all chuckled kindly.

At this moment, the king who had passed away long ago seemed to have walked in front of them through the screen. Those who talked to him were no longer dignitaries, politicians or parliamentarians, but ordinary civilians on the bus, the real "majority" of Victoria!

And when it comes to the real public, everyone who hopes to be noticed will not miss the opportunity to perform and get attention - and now, this scene in "Darkest Hour" undoubtedly hits the mark of all the people, making them stop and watch.