Fan Zhentong hoped the outcome could be decided in the second round of voting.
Among the current five-member panel, the Purity Faction, Essence Refinement School, and Fusion Faction each had one representative. Of the remaining two, one came from the military, while the other came from a state-owned enterprise.
The military had long cooperated with the Purity Faction, so it was certain to support Chen Chuan's becoming an alternate member this time.
There was no need to mention the choices of the two advisers from the Essence Refinement School and Fusion Faction. They would only choose the candidate jointly recommended by their two factions. The stance of the state-owned enterprise representative, however, was harder to predict.
The Skyline benefited the many State-owned Enterprises, and they could stand together in advancing it. Yet they also had considerable cooperation with the Essence Refinement School and Fusion Faction, and many local affairs still required the cooperation and support of those two factions.
Therefore, if the five-member panel made the decision, then should the Essence Refinement School and Fusion Faction promise greater benefits, their recommended candidate might not necessarily lose to Chen Chuan.
Ten minutes later, the second round of voting began.
Fan Zhentong still voted for Chen Chuan. This round depended on the two Nature Faction advisers who had voted for Qiu Yanbo, to see whether they would make a new choice.
He knew that the Purity Faction and the other two factions had all been trying to win over the Nature Faction. But even if people from the Nature Faction agreed to your face, they could very well change their minds at the last minute for one reason or another. Everything still depended on the final decision.
Two minutes later, the voting results came out.
The two Nature Faction advisers were very