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Protégé Corporation and Versacorp are each given a list of ten items with an approximate retail value. Both teams are to locate the items and negotiate for a purchase price lower than the retail value. The team with the biggest savings will win the task.

After Nick and Sam return to the suite from the Boardroom, Bill suggest that maybe Sam should be project manager for this next task. Bill believes that it is time for Sam to prove himself by leading the team to victory or he will be a total failure and then they will not have to put up with him anymore. Jessie is chosen as project manager for this task and decides to call for a group meeting for Protégé Corporation to try and address the tension between team members especially between Erika and Omarosa. Jessie believes that conflict between member will affect the progress of the team. Katrina added she was disgusted by the behavior of several group members and that the team had not been conducting themselves in a professional manner. Omarosa was offended by Katrinas comment and decided thats she did not want to be a part of the group meeting as she believed that she was being attacked and decided to walk away.

The following morning, Donald Trump asks for both teams to meet him at the Westchester Airport where their next task will be assigned. Donald explains the importance of negotiation and provides both teams with instructions to their next task, where they will need to negotiate the best price for a list of items assigned to each team.

Versacorp elected Sam as the project manager, where he decided to treat the task as a day in a football game. Making Bill, Kwame, and Bowie the field players. While Nick would be the cheerleader, Troy the kicker and Sam the coach. Nick, Troy and Sam were back at the office conducting research on where it would be the best places to find the items on the list. As the field team waited to hear from Sam they decided to make their first stop in Chinatown

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