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February 26, 2004 [ view dossier ]
 When Bill and Katrina came through the door, they were met with cheers and hugs. Most people weren't shy about showing their joy at Tammy's firing. But not everyone was feeling the group love. Troy was cautious and remarked that it was down to nine players. In his words, it was now "game time." And even though Bill had survived the boardroom, he was angry about how both Ereka and Katrina came after him. He promised never to let that happen again.
 Donald gathered the teams and showed off a truckload of his branded water, Trump Ice (complete with a picture of Trump on the bottle). Donald then laid out the next task. Each team would be given the chance to distribute Trump Ice. The team that sold the most water in two days would win. The Project Manager of the winning team would then select two team members to accompany the Project Manager on Trump's personal helicopter for a tour of Manhattan. The losing team would meet Trump in the boardroom where someone would be fired. As usual, George and Carolyn would be Donald's eyes and ears.
 Protégé picked Heidi as Project Manager. The team was immediately committed to two things: winning and talking about Omarosa behind her back. Amy held nothing back and said in an interview that Omarosa was a "scheming, conniving bitch."  Next, the team picked Troy to be their closer, but a few people worried that his country charm wouldn't cut it this time around. Versacorp picked Ereka to be Project Manager, and she and Bill started to butt heads almost immediately. Bill talked about his success distributing cigars, but Ereka thought that they were spending too much time planning and needed to get out there and start selling. Bill felt that his expertise in the area was being purposely ignored.
 Even though Bill and Ereka were having problems, the two set out together, approaching restaurants in the area. Ereka's sales pitch seemed to consist only of telling restaurant managers that she was there to create a "buzz" about Trump Ice. One of the managers incredulously asked, "Is that your sales pitch?" Bill looked embarrassed. But at another meeting, after Ereka went nowhere, Bill stepped in. He had run some numbers based on the price at which they could offer Trump Ice and showed the restaurant managers their potential profit. Bill got their attention - and their orders.
 Protégé split up into two groups. Troy, Heidi and Kwame had some success, but were frustrated by the fact that many restaurants didn't have the storage space to buy much water. Amy was paired with Omarosa because Heidi felt that Amy could deal with her the best. Heidi didn't have much confidence in Omarosa, saying that she couldn't "sell her way out of a paper bag." Amy might handle working with Omarosa the best, but Omarosa still drove Amy nuts.  The two agreed that Omarosa would market and that Amy would deal with the numbers. But at three separate meetings, Omarosa jumped in during the discussion of numbers and offered to sell only a small quantity of cases. While Omarosa apologized each time, from Amy's point of view, Omarosa kept turning potentially large sales into small ones.
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