[ wtf is a credchip. from context clues Reno will assume some kind of currency situation—payoffs and blackmail do sometimes go hand in hand. ] Sure, that's one way of doin' it. But those are easy to fuck up.
[ money moving between accounts, documents being requisitioned... even for ShinRa, the de facto government of the world, there were situations in which it was better not to risk it. the origin story of Administrative Research: doing the jobs you don't want to leave a trail. ]
Plus, if you bribe somebody then ya gotta send someone in like, [ here he puts on his best middle management, corporate shill impression, ] "The President has considered your position thoroughly and is prepared to make an offer that we sincerely hope will encourage amicable relations between our companies," blah blah.
I mean, ya gotta put somebody's name on it so they know what the bribe's for. Sometimes it's better to send in the folks who'll get it done without leaving fingerprints, y'know?
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[ money moving between accounts, documents being requisitioned... even for ShinRa, the de facto government of the world, there were situations in which it was better not to risk it. the origin story of Administrative Research: doing the jobs you don't want to leave a trail. ]
Plus, if you bribe somebody then ya gotta send someone in like, [ here he puts on his best middle management, corporate shill impression, ] "The President has considered your position thoroughly and is prepared to make an offer that we sincerely hope will encourage amicable relations between our companies," blah blah.
I mean, ya gotta put somebody's name on it so they know what the bribe's for. Sometimes it's better to send in the folks who'll get it done without leaving fingerprints, y'know?