The one who filled Mayor Liu's spot is not a local from Funiu, but an entrepreneur from Baiyue, introduced by Daoist Qing Xiaozi from Luofu Mountain.
People from Baiyue are rather superstitious about ghosts, feng shui, yin-yang, and such. For small matters, they usually look for local solutions, but when it comes to "Northerners," they care about reputation.
Places like Maoshan, Wudang, and Dragon Phoenix Mountain are more trusted by the people from Baiyue, but Luohua… hardly has any appeal.
However, Daoist Qing Xiaozi from Luofu Mountain is quite famous in Baiyue, and with his sincere recommendation, someone decided to give it a try—since it's a terminal illness, you have to try everything to be at peace.
This person is a small businessman, with assets of five to six hundred million yuan. In the eyes of a "Northerner," that's not bad, but in Baiyue, it's really nothing—not even making it to the top five hundred in Baiyue.