[X] start investigating promising individuals. (identifies individuals that are predisposed to support Xiao Lien and Quan Jia. Individuals identified may not be powerful or influential.).
[X] develop a rhetorical framework for debate. (provides a situational bonus to convincing neutral parties to support or at least abstain from the competition between Quan Jia and Liu Lifen. Bonus may be lessened or negated by pre-existing prejudice.)