i think you got it but here you go anyway. green are pointing to what i think are buds.
if you were to do this in one go, i would expect a bit of back budding on the trunk. it might be possible to incorporate those into a design or grow them free to build the trunk from lower down. i definitely would not cut anything if you do decide you want to grow it bigger, though i wouldn't leave the centre branch there too much longer either way, maybe just another year or 2 of free growth depending on how it all grows. im not sure which way i would go if it was mine, tbh.
re: the pine, i would wait until a repot to get a good look at the base. whatever character you have at the base might work well with just one of the trunks. the trunks are too far apart imo. you should be able to pull them closer together though, so what im imagining atm would be something like reducing the upright trunk back to its 2 lowest branches and bending it in the direction of the low branch. maybe even reducing it to just its lowest branch.
from your previous ID post, it looks like it could do with a repot - the soil mix looks moler clay-based but looks like it has been in it a long time. the flowers with very weak growth above are not a good sign in my experience, so i would start with a repot unless it actually has been done recently. i would not work the top yet, would wait to see new shoots with no flowers. if it flowers again next year, remove them as soon as you can. this may mean another year or 2 of waiting for it to build strength, but well worth the wait imo. once its putting out strong shoots, cut them in late summer for a chance of some back budding.
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