Perhaps the no of eggs laid by cuckoo relates to the size of froster parents.
For the common cuckoo, the size of froster parents are usually like "Common Tailorbird", so one egg is enough, otherwise the froster parents are too exhausted.
For Asian Koels in HK, the froster parents are starlings/myna, so more than one egg is still ok and would not make the froster parents too exhausted.