Hearing what Holliday said, Bucksworth was not surprised. It makes sense to ask a Liberty-based company for some help with reputation. Although, it put Bucksworth in a tricky position, as he really wanted to offer help but Cryer aren't as rooted in Liberty politics as it may seem on the surface.
"I understand your concern. Unfortunately, Cryer is in no political position to do much help. While we're definitely hailing from our HQ in Liberty, our sector-wide operations make us less dependent on local politics, and less influential respectively."
He took a deep breath and thought how he could make it up to MFE, considering that their relationship with Liberty might be a concern in the future when working together. Bucksworth then realized that it might be a good time to strengthen Cryer's own relationship with Liberty, which has gone pretty dormant in recent time. He started planning it out already in his mind, and shined an optimistic smile.
"I do, however, think that the stronger our relationship grows, the more Liberty would understand that you are not just any ol' Zoners. The moment a Liberty official gets their illness treated with a medicine developed in cooperation with MFE, they'd have no choice but let you guys in with open arms. Regardless, we'll be working on a plan to strengthen our relationship with Liberty. It should benefit the both of us."
Bucksworth rose from his seat, and Felcher rose along with him as the meeting was coming to an end.
"So, I guess we're pretty much done here. Let me know how you'd like to arrange the communication channel we talked about and I'll make sure our comm engineers would be on it ASAP. I'll also ping our station COs to expect the arrival of the ambassadors, and you should do the same. Once the channel is established, I find it appropriate that we'll report the arrival of the ambassadors through it.
Hope to see the two of you again soon, launching our first joint product to the market!"
