According to Old Man Li's intelligence, among the Five Great Cities, the Anti-Hua Xia Faction led by Mister and Arthur was mainly concentrated in the Fourth City, led by the Zuan Civilization, and the Fifth City, dominated by the Composite Civilization. Most of the candidates in these two cities supported Mister's Hua Xia City threat theory, with only a small number belonging to the Pro-Hua Xia Faction...
Most of these Pro-Hua Xia Faction members came from pro-Hua Xia countries in South Africa.
Although these people possessed considerable individual political ability, their international influence was far inferior to that of Mister, Arthur, and the others, so their ability to attract popular votes was limited.
The Five Elders naturally wanted to support the Pro-Hua Xia Faction in these two cities, but there was one problem. If the authorities officially announced cooperation with the South African politicians from these two cities, and those politicians offered highly favorable pro-Hua Xia policies, Central China would inevitably have to fulfill its promise and vigorously promote them, drawing a large population there!
But... what if it failed?
This investment was highly risky. "Star Sea" had a strict rule: once an Intended City was chosen, the choice could not be changed. If the authorities' promotion led a large number of Chinese citizens to choose the Fourth City or the Fifth City, only for someone like Mister or Arthur—an anti-Hua Xia figure—to take office, wouldn't that be harming their fellow citizens?
That was why the choice of cooperation partners had to be made with extreme caution. They could not blindly cooperate with someone simply because of their pro-Hua Xia policies. They also had to assess the probability of that person taking office!!
This was the key point in today's discussion of cooperation candidates. The chosen candidate had to be