"Speaker Oleg, has your faction... run into some kind of trouble?"
Wang Ye did not say whether he would refuse or agree. Instead, he tested the waters with a question.
There had to be a reason for this. If Oleg's faction had been doing fine without any problems, they would not suddenly want to merge into his faction.
Since Oleg had come to discuss this with him, it meant the Fourth Faction must have run into trouble!
So Wang Ye needed to find out exactly what problem the Fourth Faction was facing, and how serious it was.
If it was particularly thorny and troublesome, Wang Ye would have to think carefully about whether to take them in...
But if it was something he could handle, he would gladly agree. After all, those were several Duma seats!
His faction had already been worried about having too few people. Now that capable troops and talented generals were practically being delivered to his door, how could he refuse?
When Wang Ye asked that, Oleg raised a hand to scratch his head and said somewhat embarrassedly:
"It's not really some huge problem. It's just...
"Our faction is too poor. The campaign funding we can raise is very limited.
"In previous years, perhaps that little bit of money would have been enough to get by.
"But this time is different. All the major factions have invested so heavily, and there are also new factions eager to make a move.
"If we don't advance, we'll fall behind. If we campaign according to the original plan, I'm afraid our faction won't win even a single seat next year.
"If that happens, then as the party leader, I'll have no face to face the members of the faction.
"It's because I'm incompetent. Not only can I not lead