Once Goro catches wind of Viktor's expertise with hextech, he's gonna be interested! He's currently the face of the "anti-Solvunn" crowd in the Free Cities and going to be gone for a chunk of February, but when he gets back, he might be willing to use his clout in Viktor's favour. Naturally, he has less than humanitarian reasons in mind for wanting to see Viktor succeed, which could play into that forced politicking you mentioned.