If it's such a huge gathering then it will be about a lot of things, especially as it will be recurrent. As it will be recurrent, the ones on the "ground floor" will be the ones that are the best seen by others.
We have already seen that not going to gatherings is considered looking down on other people, and currently Su Ling is as close as she can be to a 'good moment' to meet people.
There aren't really going to be a better time, here, I think.