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  • It's an opportunity like no other.

  • I don't like teacher's pets, and I don't like school bullies.

  • What I like is young people that have the potential

  • to succeed in business.

  • From all over the country,

  • Britain's youngest aspiring entrepreneurs have come to London.

  • - Ow! Hold the door! - David!

  • Aged 16 and 17...

  • It was bad management!

  • ..all have a burning passion for business.

  • - Next! - Flod says high knee!

  • They'll battle it out for a prize worth £25,000...

  • ..the ultimate kick-start to a career in business.

  • Where was the business sense here? It's been done before.

  • But to succeed, they'll have to impress the boss.

  • You tried to be too clever and I'm afraid that it's backfired.

  • In charge of a vast business empire,

  • Lord Sugar started his career while still at school.

  • Now he's on the hunt for his next young apprentice.

  • That's not a loss, is it? This is a complete and utter annihilation.

  • - It was my decision to make! - No, it wasn't... - Yes, it was! - It was our decision!

  • I hope you enjoy when we lose!

  • To win, they have to work as a team....

  • We just had some ideas we wanted to tell you but...

  • - It's done now. We've just finished it. - Right, well, that's...annoying.

  • ..but shine as individuals.

  • Oh, my God!

  • Because in the end, there can only be one Young Apprentice.

  • You're fired.

  • With regret, you're fired.

  • Previously on Young Apprentice...

  • You have got to make a television advert for a hair-styling product.

  • ..Maria's hairspray lacked style...

  • It's tacky but I'm not using tacky in a bad way, I'm using tacky in a good way.

  • - But tacky is never a good way. - Hmm...

  • ..while Andrew's team failed to gel.

  • You need to stand out and then a chameleon...

  • - How confusing is that concept? - The gel needs a description on the back and that's it.

  • The Chameleon commercial came to a sticky end.

  • Wow...that looks daft!

  • Your stupid hair! OK...

  • Action!

  • The Strexy ad packed plenty of punch,

  • leading Maria's team to victory.

  • You shoved that tin right in the face of the viewer,

  • and for that reason, you've won.

  • Stand out by blending in?

  • For Andrew, a close shave.

  • So do you want be an idiot also? Well, go and wear this.

  • That's not the message you want to put out there.

  • But for Navdeep...

  • Nav was playing out a strategy. She wasn't really getting the team to win.

  • In the cafe, a minute ago, Nav actually said that she didn't do a good enough pitch.

  • ..a bad hair day.

  • Navdeep, you're, kind of, lacking in ideas, I think.

  • Lacking in business nous.

  • You're fired.

  • Now six remain in the battle

  • to become Lord Sugar's young apprentice.

  • 4pm,

  • ..back from the boardroom...

  • GASPS

  • - Oh! - Oh, come here, Steven!

  • ..the six survivors take stock.

  • He said, "Andrew, regretfully, you've lost five tasks."

  • THEY LAUGH

  • But their day is far from over.

  • Semifinalists. The final's so close, isn't it?

  • It's getting more serious now, I think. We all want to win it.

  • KNOCK AT THE DOOR

  • - Hello. - Ooh, hello! - How are you? - Hello!

  • - Come through. - Very well, thank you.

  • Gather round, then.

  • NERVOUS LAUGHTER

  • Well, good afternoon.

  • It's getting very, very intense now, so to speak.

  • You've been living in this house now for six weeks.

  • We're coming up shortly to the final.

  • But the next task is a very important one.

  • Your task this week is all about selling at a festival.

  • Now, festivals bring £1 billion of business

  • to the economy of this country.

  • Lots of people go there, not just to enjoy the music,

  • but to actually go and buy things off the stalls.

  • And you are going to set up your own stalls at a festival.

  • And I need you to treat this task as a mini business.

  • Imagine it's your own business.

  • I'm going to give you £1,500 to kick off with

  • and at the end of the task I'm going to count how much you've sold,

  • count the stock that you've got left over, which I will consider to be your total assets,

  • and the team with the largest amount of assets wins.

  • But there's a slight change here.

  • And the change will be...

  • that in the losing team...

  • ..two of you will be fired.

  • So it's never been more important for you to win this next task.

  • So, all clear?

  • - ALL: - Yes, Lord Sugar. - Good luck, off you go.

  • The reality of two people getting fired now is huge

  • and it actually makes me feel slightly uneasy.

  • It's a scary prospect

  • knowing that only one person will survive from the losing team

  • but I'm confident that we'll... win.

  • You can see the 25 grand staring at you.

  • I want it so bad now, I just want to make sure that I'm in the finals

  • and make sure I win the next task.

  • Music festivals are booming.

  • With over 800 in the UK, from thrash metal to folk,

  • Lord Sugar has arranged for the teams

  • to set up stalls at one of the biggest.

  • Home to 37,000 revellers...

  • ..a festival of world music,

  • WOMAD.

  • This festival, has anyone ever heard of it? WOMAD or...?

  • - No. - Never heard of it.

  • - It sounds like it's very, erm... - Country.

  • - It sounds like it's all artsy and... - Like a farmers' market.

  • - Andrew, have you ever been to music festivals? - Never been, no.

  • I've been to, like, a couple of music festivals before.

  • I've never been to one that's sort of middle-agey.

  • At the end of the day, we could all manage this task.

  • Personally, I want to put myself up for Project Manager,

  • just cos, I think, Lord Sugar wants to see me being more serious.

  • I'd quite like to put myself forward.

  • Well, it's down to you. You've got to pick between me or Lucy, Andrew.

  • Er... Ha!

  • Oh!

  • - Cos Lucy won last time, I'm going to choose Lucy. - No problem, that's fine.

  • Right, let's do this.

  • I would like to put myself forward as Project Manager.

  • I also want to put myself forward as Project Manager.

  • I just think, Patrick, I hope you don't mind me saying this,

  • - it's just I know Ashleigh is really good at pricing. I've worked with her before. - I think I'm quite good, too.

  • Well, I...am more confident in Ashleigh on it, Patrick.

  • I do understand what Patrick's saying, because this is going to be my third time

  • and Patrick's not been...

  • Well it doesn't matter whose time it is. It's who's the task suited for best.

  • - Are you really confident? Are you really...? - I'd like to do it.

  • Well, I'm perfectly happy for Patrick to be Project Manager,

  • as long as I get to have an input in the figures and making sure everything's all right.

  • - Yep. - Right. OK.

  • So... We need to book the market research...

  • 'I already feel like this is going to be a recipe for disaster, this team.'

  • I've worked with Patrick before. I'm slightly nervous that he's Project Manager.

  • He's a bit of a sheep and the Project Manager, I feel that you should be a leader.

  • Lord Sugar has organised eight products

  • for both teams to choose from.

  • They must pick two to sell at WOMAD.

  • Heading off to view the products, Project Manager Patrick and Maria.

  • It's like 40 to 50-year-olds are the main customers

  • so it's not really like a teenager, "let's just get drunk" kind of festival.

  • Sent to do market research,

  • Ashleigh.

  • If I were going to a music festival, I would only have enough money

  • 'to buy essentials, like food and drink and toiletries.'

  • Obviously, we don't want to get kind of lost and off-track.

  • Obviously when we look at the things, obviously I'm not going to get something that's not related

  • 'to the festival at all. Soon as me and Maria have seen them,'

  • we can ring you and let you know, so you've got more of an idea.

  • Talk to you later and good luck.

  • Bye!

  • I just really hope they listen to what I've said and don't go for something totally irrelevant.

  • North London.

  • Both teams can choose from the same eight products...

  • Right. BOTH: Solar-powered fan hat.

  • ..ranging from ten-quid novelty hats...

  • - You know on a hot day... - Yeah, but who would walk round with this on?

  • Solar-powered means it's powered by the sun, not the light bulb.

  • ..to designer onesies...

  • - Yeah, this one's cute, look at this one. - ..all-in-one animal suits.

  • - I don't think these are very good. - No, we're not getting them. No way.

  • £40.

  • Or retailing at £100,

  • top-of-the-range springy trainers.

  • Whoa! That feels very strange!

  • - They are good, though. - Can you walk in them? - Yeah, really easy to.

  • Oh, no!

  • - An umbrella seat stick. - Yeah, so you put...

  • - You can sit on an umbrella? - Yeah.

  • That goes down like that and you kind of, like,

  • jam it in and then that's the seat, isn't it?

  • Ooh, vegan face paint!

  • - That's probably good for the... - Oh, I love this!

  • Cos it's all holistic. That's really good.

  • But you can go to so many high-street shops and get that for much cheaper.

  • 20 quid. See, that's quite a good price, actually.

  • And, like, obviously dirty toilets is a big problem.

  • Let me see how stable it is.

  • - That's very stable. - Is it? - Yes. - OK.

  • - I like that. - I really like that. I think that's really good.

  • Wood Green.

  • A shiny shopping centre.

  • - Good morning, sir. Can I have one minute of your time? - I wish I did.

  • OK...

  • Looking for leads on what might sell in a field at a festival...

  • Andrew.

  • - Can I ask you a few questions? - What? - Can I ask you a few questions? - No.

  • That's cool.

  • 'Not many people are willing to stop and chat'

  • and if they do, not many of them have actually been to a festival.

  • - Well, I enjoy music. - Yeah. - But I've never actually been to the festivals.

  • - Ever been to a festival? - No, I haven't. - No?

  • - OK, have you ever been camping? - No.

  • And I'm not too sure whether I should really talk to the...over-60s mark.

  • There's too many old people.

  • Really old people.

  • Camden Town.

  • On the hunt for likely festival-goers, Ashleigh.

  • - Heya, am I all right to ask you a few questions about festivals? - Yes, no problem.

  • - Oh, brilliant. Have you ever been to a music festival? - I have, yeah. - Of course.

  • So, what would you spend most of your money on while you were at festivals?

  • - Beer! - Beer. Stupid question!

  • 'From this market research'

  • I'm wanting to find out how much people spend at festivals.

  • Also what they would be spending their money on,

  • what they typically buy when going to music festivals.

  • Ponchos, if it starts raining.

  • 'So there's just a few questions which will hopefully point'

  • Patrick and Maria in the direction to what product to go for.

  • OK, so should we ring Ash?

  • Well, you might as well. We've decided now, anyway.

  • - We're going for the seat umbrella and the portable toilet. - Yeah, sounds good to me. - OK.

  • Hi, I'd like to book an appointment to see the seat umbrella and the portable toilet, please.

  • See, if I said you're going to a world festival,

  • what sort of items would you expect to be there?

  • - Er...hand-crafted. - Hand-crafted stuff.

  • Hand-crafted stuff that people have made or...

  • No corporate sponsors, for a start.

  • MOBILE RINGS

  • Hi!

  • - 'Hiya! Are you OK?' - Yeah, are you?

  • We've rang and booked the portable toilet

  • 'and the seat umbrella.'

  • I just think that out of what we've got, that's the best one.

  • Good. It didn't matter what this market research were saying, cos you'd already booked them.

  • - Ash, if you haven't... - 'I think it's INAUDIBLE with that one anyway.

  • - 'It were...' - Well, Ash...

  • I'm just heaved that I've been doing market research...

  • - I know I asked you to do market research... - ..and you've done it anyway.

  • She causes a drama.

  • I'm really narked off that I've been out here all morning in the rain doing my market research

  • and I ring them and give the market research and they've already booked them so it's totally irrelevant.

  • - Hey, guys. - Hiya! - Hello! - The market research hasn't really given much.

  • I've not much help for you.

  • Right, what products have we got? What are we looking at?

  • Self-powered washing machine, for £60.

  • Washing machines go for the glamping lot, doesn't it?

  • - What did you say it was? - 'Glamping - where you go glamorous camping.'

  • I've been glamping before and a little washing machine that you cycle on sounds like a great idea.

  • Anyway, so the next one is the animal onesies.

  • So they're all like kittens and bumblebees and stuff, and they're 40 quid.

  • The onesies look cool?

  • Yeah, they do look cool. So we've got one more, we like this one. It's a portable toilet.

  • Basically it's a cardboard box, you attach doggy bags to it,

  • you do your dump, then take the doggy bag out and put it in the bin or whatever.

  • That is sounding like the one we want.

  • - Yeah, definitely we want that one. - But then self-powered washing machine...

  • The thing with the washing machine is it fits really well with the toilet.

  • It does, increasing comfortability of camping and that's what everyone complains about.

  • 1pm.

  • Both teams head off to bid for sole rights

  • to sell their chosen products.

  • It depends, obviously, on the wholesale price, but we're thinking

  • we could spend £1,000 for the toilets and get maybe about 100.

  • Yeah.

  • I think the Portaloo is quite important for us to get,

  • - because we're going to sell a lot of them. - Yep.

  • The teams have £1,500 each to spend.

  • But how they divide the money is up to them.

  • What I decided was that we're going to go for 80 toilets

  • and I'd like you to try to get it for £10 or under, really.

  • So I've got £800, and that is the set budget, that's it?

  • I've worked out the best figures for the money that we've got.

  • If the other team are going...

  • No, I know that, and I've given you the figures that I decided, so...

  • - All right. - Bye.

  • You're going for a 1:30pm appointment to see the washing machine retailers.

  • Oh, can't I go to the toilet one?

  • - No, sorry. - 'Why not?'

  • Cos the toilet one, we really want to go, because that's the one

  • we're buying most of, and we're really excited about this one.

  • Yeah, I'm also really excited about that one.

  • It's just because this is the one that I think

  • the other team are going to be going for,

  • so I really, as project manager, want to be there for this one.

  • OK. Good luck, guys, and get those portable toilets.

  • Yes, we will.

  • Decisions made, both teams are desperate for the loo.

  • First to arrive, project manager Lucy.

  • - And leading the negotiation, Steven. - Hello. - Good afternoon.

  • - Nice to meet you, I'm Steven. - Nice to meet you, I'm Lucy.

  • - Hi, Lucy, hi, Steven, pleased to meet you. - And you. So here we are.

  • - Um... - Come and take a seat. - OK.

  • Yeah, so... Basically we want to sell this product.

  • What's the retail price for this at the moment?

  • The retail price with the waterproof cover included is £20.

  • And wholesale unit price?

  • Well, that depends on how many you want, really.

  • - How long is a piece of string? - Exactly, that's very true.

  • - Say to start off with, we're going to buy 10 of these. - 10, only 10...

  • It's hardly worth your while, to be quite honest.

  • - It's going to cost you £11.94. - And what about 100?

  • 100 would be my very, very best price, £9.95.

  • - We're looking at around £8.50. - OK.

  • - The answer would be one categorical "no". - No, OK.

  • £900, how many, what's the absolute maximum that is going to get me?

  • I could do you 80 for £828, if you want 90, it's going to be...

  • It's £932.40.

  • So on the 90, there is no way that you can just cut 32 quid off?

  • - No. - No? - No.

  • - There's no negotiation whatsoever? - Absolutely none.

  • So you would do £930 for 90? That's just two pound off.

  • That just means so we can go back to our other guy and say,

  • you've got this much to spend without...

  • - Um... - It's two pounds. We don't have to tell anyone.

  • It's not a lot of money, and I could possibly go to that,

  • but I have to tell you,

  • that I do have another interview after you, so...

  • - OK. - I couldn't really commit until after I've had my second interview.

  • OK, that's fine.

  • If you feel like they're enticing you more, pop that two quid back on.

  • - But the 930... would be brilliant. - OK.

  • But is it really worth your while haggling over £2.40?

  • The disposable toilet was their number one product.

  • Instead of going into the meeting

  • full of enthusiasm and engaging the wholesaler,

  • they tried to negotiate on a price

  • he clearly wasn't going to move on, they forgot about a demonstration,

  • they forgot to be polite and interested in the product.

  • And it really went very badly.

  • I really hope we've got this.

  • I'm really nervous.

  • Yeah, I hope we've got it.

  • On the other side of town, for Lucy's team...

  • You can see, it's as easy and portable as that.

  • ..a spin round the washer-dryer features for Andrew.

  • You simply put your clothes into the top and then press the pedal down.

  • - But if you press it all the way down, it spins and then stops. - Yeah.

  • That creates a vortex for the water.

  • - Just like it does in a normal washing machine. - Yeah. - OK?

  • We really did choose this product because of the glampers,

  • and I've been glamping before, and this is a gadget which will

  • add to the glamping experience, definitely.

  • Popping in to pitch for the umbrella seat,

  • Maria and project manager, Patrick.

  • So, we were looking to buy 28 of them, for £700.

  • I can't do you 28 at that price. We can do you 18.

  • Is there any way we could do 23?

  • That is actually well below the current dealer price.

  • We do appreciate that, but obviously,

  • if you were to do them at that price for us,

  • you're getting your product to market to a lot of different people.

  • 30,000 tickets have been sold for this.

  • - Right, so you're looking to see a lot of people? - Yeah.

  • Next in for a shot at the loo, Ashleigh.

  • - Hiya! - Hello. - It's nice to meet you, I'm Ashleigh.

  • All you have to do is insert the tabs, fold.

  • Just for the sake of fun, have a sit on it yourself

  • and tell me what you think.

  • It is brilliant. Your product was the first thing that we all wanted.

  • We're really passionate about wanting it, desperate for this one.

  • It's tomorrow you're going, isn't it?

  • Once you're there and they've already had one night

  • of experiencing the Portaloos on offer,

  • it should become quite an easy sell for you.

  • Yeah! Right, so, basically, I've got a maximum of £800.

  • I was roughly wanting about 100, that's eight pound per unit,

  • which is reasonable considering I'm ordering 100.

  • - It might be reasonable to you, young lady... - I know that!

  • It certainly is not to me!

  • Yeah! Um.. So basically,

  • I'm perfectly happy to go to £10 for 80.

  • I'd be perfectly happy, more than happy,

  • because it is a fantastic product, and I really, really want it.

  • I accept what you're saying.

  • And I love your enthusiasm for the product, I really, really do.

  • - Yeah. - But...

  • I can't really quite make a decision now, and I will let you know.

  • Oh, please! Please, please, please. PHONE RINGS

  • - Hello? - 'Hello, is that Team Odyssey?' - It is indeed.

  • - 'Hello, it's Michael from the Brown Corporation.' - Hi, there.

  • - PHONE RINGS - Oh, there she is, good.

  • Hi, Ash, how did it go?

  • - Um, I went in, and I offered him £800 for 80. - Yeah.

  • And basically he said to me that Team Odyssey have offered him

  • a lot more money.

  • 'Just to let you know, although your presentation

  • 'was very, very well put together,

  • 'I've decided to go with Team Platinum...'

  • - Ugh! - '..who just showed a little bit more enthusiasm for the product.'

  • OK, thank you very much. Oh my God.

  • Oh, bottoms.

  • I got 80 for £800 in the end.

  • - Yes! - He loved my enthusiasm and personality.

  • So we did quite a good job at the umbrella thing, as well.

  • - Oh, brilliant. - He ended up going down to £30.40 a unit.

  • I'm so proud of us, we've got everything we wanted,

  • and we got it exactly for the money that we wanted.

  • - You've done a really good job, well done. - I'm really happy with the way this has turned out.

  • I'm so proud of us all.

  • I can't believe we beat Team Odyssey and they offered more money.

  • - 'Hello?' - Hi, Andrew.

  • Have you found out whether you've got the portable toilet yet?

  • Yeah, we didn't get it.

  • - OK. - But it's OK, because we can still win this.

  • 'Come on, guys, we can still win this.'

  • How did it go with the washing machines?

  • - OK. I managed to get the washing machine. - Well done. - Well done.

  • At £35 wholesale price, and I got 16 of them.

  • - That's good, well done. - Very good. - Very good.

  • 'And we'll see you later.'

  • Oh, dash!

  • I think maybe we should have asked for a demonstration. Don't know.

  • I'm gutted. I'm not going to lie.

  • 4pm. Having lost out on the lavatory...

  • Hi, I'm Lucy, nice to meet you.

  • ..Lucy goes for the onesies.

  • - They are really cool. - I do agree. - They're so cool.

  • - We really like them. - They come in adult sizes and kids.

  • Yeah, the kid's ones are cute.

  • Also, some girls like to wear them as petite ones.

  • - They come up to the knees. - That's what I was thinking.

  • I think they're really great. So if we ordered 41...

  • I was really disappointed at the phone call

  • at the fact that we didn't get the disposable toilets.

  • - OK, thanks a lot. - 'But I think the onesies will help us win the task.

  • 'They've got really good profit margin,

  • 'and I think we will be able to sell them all.'

  • 6.00am.

  • Facing a 100-mile drive, it's an early start for WOMAD.

  • It is absolutely essential that we win this task.

  • If we don't win this task, it means that two of us

  • aren't going to be in the final, and we have to be in the final.

  • We literally have to just be confident, confidence is key.

  • Come on.

  • I really want to win this task,

  • and the boys do both really want to win, as well, so, I'm sure

  • we're literally just going to put 115m% into this.

  • Action plan, I've got some gasoline in my bag.

  • Let's see how far those portable toilets go when they're on fire.

  • Yeah, I agree!

  • What are they going to demonstrate?

  • What do you think the people will be like. I hope it's chilled...

  • - There'll be a lot of kaftans and tie-dyed T-shirts... - And dreamcatcher earrings.

  • I'm expecting loads of hippies.

  • Is this WOMAD?

  • Look!

  • WO-MAD!

  • Smile!

  • MUSIC: "Jennifer Juniper" by Donovan

  • - I'm happy, are you happy? - I'm happy.

  • Targeting middle-aged revellers,

  • Patrick brands his team's business, Take A Seat.

  • Biodegradable.

  • Take a... Do your business in comfort.

  • We need to get something like that in here.

  • People going here are middle-aged,

  • and they've got the most money,

  • so, you know what, try and get as much out of them as you can.

  • Going for the glamping market, with their portable washer/dryer,

  • Lucy's team.

  • And, having lost out on the portable toilets, their second choice -

  • onesies.

  • Brilliant.

  • Oh, ouch.

  • Are you all right?

  • Yes, I'm fine.

  • Let's just leave it for now.

  • - I want both of you to do the toilets... - There's a lot to sell.

  • ..because I think you'll be good at approaching people and stuff,

  • and then I'll sell the umbrellas.

  • We think that the toilets will sell really well,

  • so we've priced them five pounds above the RRP, to increase

  • sales and just make our profit margins even larger.

  • Are you sick of queueing at the Portaloos?

  • Because we have a solution...for you.

  • And it holds 20 stone, as well, you can actually stand on it.

  • Yes, you can stand on it.

  • It holds 20 stone, it's a folding-up camping toilet, it is

  • biodegradable, it's just £25.

  • Are you sick of Portaloos?

  • Because you know what, you have a loo right in your tent.

  • How delightful(?)

  • Excuse me, while I do my business, will you?

  • Pretty cool, isn't it, but I don't want one.

  • It's a £25 cardboard box.

  • I only go to the toilet every four days...

  • Do you? Oh, no use to you then, is it? You can wait till Monday!

  • Thank you guys, bye.

  • We need to run through a new strategy,

  • cos this obviously isn't working, so, we need something new,

  • because I'm not willing to waste the next four hours doing nothing.

  • Come and have a look at our onesies, come and have a look.

  • They're one-of-a-kind onesies.

  • Come and have a look at the onesies.

  • Back at Lucy's stand, an early buzz around the onesies.

  • - Oh my God, look at it. - See!

  • Is it your wife who wanted one?

  • To bee, or not to bee.

  • OK.

  • Oh, how cute is that?

  • How cute is that?

  • - Do you like it? - Uh-huh. - Yeah?

  • - You've got to go and persuade your mum to get it, now. - Mum!

  • - Are you going to keep it on? - Yes.

  • There you go, thank you very much. Enjoy.

  • Thank you.

  • - Are happy with that? - Cool.

  • It's got a sting on it.

  • Exactly.

  • 11am.

  • Peddling to WOMAD's glampers - Andrew.

  • Hi, hello, would you be interested in a self-powered washing machine?

  • You just need to pump it away, and it spins and turns the clothes,

  • and then once you're done, you turn the knob, and it drains it,

  • then you step a bit more and it spins and dries the clothes for you.

  • It's a glorified salad spinner.

  • Do you go to a lot of festivals, camping?

  • Yes, I only use a bucket in the stream, to be honest.

  • For a festival, there's no way I'm going to wash clothes.

  • No, but a different camping situation, maybe.

  • But festivals, it's a short-term camping situation,

  • and the vast majority of people are really not going to

  • care about washing their clothes at a short-term festival.

  • How long do you do that for?

  • - A couple of minutes. - Two hours!

  • Four minutes?!

  • A couple of minutes, definitely.

  • A couple of minutes.

  • So, do you reckon you're interested?

  • I don't wash clothes when I go to a festival.

  • You could,

  • think about the luxury, the life of Reilly, this one.

  • But the luxury is not washing clothes,

  • and we're only here for three days.

  • Yeah, so we've already packed, you know, accordingly,

  • enough clothes and everything to see you through.

  • I quite like being mucky for festivals,

  • so, I don't really wash me, and I wouldn't wash my clothes.

  • Dead-end.

  • Excuse me, sir?

  • Strategy for Take A Seat project manager, Patrick - keep it low key.

  • Well, we're looking for around the £70.50 mark.

  • But obviously that's open to negotiation.

  • They are very light, if you'd like to try one.

  • With my selling technique,

  • I'm not being too forward with the customer. I feel

  • that if I was too brash and loud it'd just scare them off straight away.

  • I've removed the pricing from the stand, and it's

  • more of a negotiation tactic that I'm using, and hopefully get a sale.

  • And how much are they?

  • They RRP at £70, but we're willing to negotiate with our customers

  • today because it's a special event.

  • £40?

  • 55?

  • No, 50.

  • - 52? - No, sorry.

  • - £50? - 50?

  • - OK, then. - OK? Thank you.

  • Thank you.

  • Midday.

  • For Maria, a quick check on the competition.

  • Why do we have to be at the festival with clean toilets.

  • Any other festival usually has absolutely rank toilets.

  • We have been out here for nearly two hours and haven't sold one.

  • Patrick, have you sold any more?

  • We have sold zero.

  • Every single person just doesn't want to speak to us.

  • Take a look at our onesies.

  • Come and wear your funsy-onesie today.

  • - Hi, guys. - Andrew, how are you doing?

  • You still have two on the trolley.

  • I still have two. I couldn't pay people to take them off me.

  • Really?

  • - Yeah. - They just don't want 'em?

  • No, they don't want them.

  • - They can't really see it in a tent, can they? - They can't?

  • No, you just wouldn't take that camping with you, apparently.

  • They always say that a good salesman can't blame his tools,

  • but I think in this case, Andrew can.

  • People come to a festival to dance, to enjoy themselves.

  • Who comes to do their washing?

  • Having failed to clean up with the clothes washer...

  • They don't want a pedal washing machine,

  • I think we've just come to the realisation of that.

  • ..it's three into onesies.

  • Right, so now we're just going to sell, sell, sell.

  • - Onesies! - Get your onesies, you'll look great in a onesie.

  • Come on guys, come and take a look.

  • You can be a bee, you can be a cow...

  • You can be a pig, you can be a cat.

  • That's your receipt, there's your bee, love.

  • - Deal. - Put your ice-creams down, come and try our onesies on.

  • You look dashing, it's going to keep you warm at night.

  • Well, we got their money, that's all that matters.

  • - That was a good deal, well done, well done. - Ooosh!

  • Mid-afternoon, at the Festival of World Music.

  • Still loaded with flat-pack loos, Ashleigh ups the volume.

  • Guys, come and have a look at our portable camping toilets.

  • Guys, come and have a look at our portable camping toilet.

  • Why would you queue for a smelly Portaloo, when you can have this?

  • She needs to take a different approach.

  • This is a very calm festival, this isn't a market stall,

  • and that's where I think she's got confused.

  • She's basically just being a bull in a china shop.

  • Dodge the queues at Portaloos, guys.

  • Would anyone like to have a go, would anyone like to take a seat?

  • Anyone?

  • Yesterday my team were so confident. We really fought for the toilets,

  • and we got the toilets, and maybe it was a blessing in disguise

  • for the other team, not to get them, because they're not selling, at all.

  • If you buy one, you can take a picture of the sheen.

  • Still at his team's stall,

  • the soft sell from project manager, Patrick...

  • - Walk a bit forward with it, just take a step forward. - Yeah. - Yeah?

  • They're very comfortable.

  • ..is pulling in the trade.

  • You've got yourself a deal, sweetheart.

  • - Oh, bless him. And your shirt is amazing. - Thank you.

  • Yes, of course.

  • Right, erm...

  • There's a big old currant bun in the sky and it's burning hot.

  • This is not a time for selling umbrellas.

  • This is a time for selling ice creams.

  • But Patrick did pretty well, given all that.

  • One hour to go.

  • The toilet team splits up.

  • While Ashleigh pushes for sales at the stall,

  • Maria is out and about, finally flexible on price.

  • Well, at £20, what do you feel you want to pay for this loo?

  • I'll give you a tenner.

  • 17?

  • The recommended retail price is £20, but as I said,

  • I can negotiate with you today.

  • You wouldn't do it for 15?

  • 15? How about 16 pounds?

  • I'll shake with you on 15.

  • You know what, I'll shake on 15.

  • Well done, thank you very much.

  • - 15.50? - All right, 15.50.

  • It's a deal.

  • 'I really hope I've done enough to win and make it into the final.'

  • There's nothing I want more, and, if goes on effort,

  • I definitely have done enough.

  • This is the semifinal of a long, drawn out process.

  • Everybody's got to shine. How can they shine?

  • They can shine by selling.

  • Look how great you look. Look in the mirror here.

  • That's what Lord Sugar's looking for tomorrow,

  • as much as anything else - who sold most?

  • Have a look at some of the products we've got on offer.

  • They're literally going to be back up to full price in the morning.

  • Thank you.

  • - 14. - OK, you've got a deal.

  • £14. Good deal.

  • Right, that's £3.50 change,

  • have a wonderful festival. all right, guys? See you soon.

  • That will be £35 now.

  • Five minutes left for onesies. Five minutes left.

  • If you buy that online now, it's £70,

  • and I'm doing it for 35.

  • Biodegradable, reusable and very strong and waterproof.

  • Come and try our onesies on.

  • The festival continues, but trading must stop.

  • Come on, guys. Let's go.

  • Right, let's go.

  • Tomorrow, both teams face the music...

  • in the boardroom.

  • I want to win this so much,

  • I think our negotiations went very well on the task. We got a very good

  • price per unit, but our sales weren't as good as they should have been.

  • This is the most nervous I've been before going into a boardroom.

  • The fact that it's the semifinals,

  • and it's double firing this week, makes it much more stressful.

  • It would be great if we did win, but if we don't,

  • I'm going to fight, because I do think I deserve to be in the finals.

  • I do feel like Patrick is the weakest link in this process,

  • and I do feel that he should be next to go,

  • but obviously, I wouldn't want that to happen,

  • because that means me and Maria losing, as well.

  • - SECRETARY: - You can go through to the boardroom now.

  • Good morning.

  • ALL: Good morning, Lord Sugar.

  • Well, this task was all based around the festival.

  • It's supposed to be about peace and love,

  • I suppose, until you lot got there.

  • So, which team would like to start me off?

  • We will, if that's...

  • Yeah?

  • So how did you end up being project manager, Patrick?

  • Well, I was really keen to be project manager,

  • because I felt that I haven't shown you everything that I can do

  • so far, and Ashleigh said that that would be all right.

  • Ashleigh allowed you to be project manager, is that what you're saying?

  • It was between me and Ashleigh, and that's the kind of deal...

  • Right, OK. So what did you do, then with your people?

  • So, to start with, Ashleigh went and did the market research,

  • whilst myself and Maria went to look at the eight products.

  • Ashleigh did the research?

  • I fed that back to Patrick, but they had already booked what they wanted.

  • What's the point of her doing research if you'd already booked the product?

  • That was a big mistake, on my behalf.

  • So you chose this umbrella, with a seat on it.

  • We felt that was the best option.

  • Right, and this is for resting on?

  • It's for resting on.

  • What happens if you want to rest and it's raining?

  • - Everyone said that. - I'm afraid you have to buy two.

  • - Really? - Yeah.

  • - If I want to sit in the rain and be bored, I'd go to West Ham. - Ooh!

  • Erm, so you've chosen the umbrella to sit on,

  • and then you've got this Portaloo?

  • Yes.

  • Who negotiated with the vendor for the Portaloo?

  • I did. Patrick gave me a limit of £800,

  • so I went with the aim of wanting them for £10 per unit.

  • He then said to me that Team Odyssey had offered him more than that.

  • He then decided that we could take it, at 80 for £800.

  • - Why, if they'd offered him more money? - Yes.

  • This don't sound like good business.

  • Well, he said, he felt, like, my enthusiasm and personality would

  • get his brand across and it would sell better.

  • She did a good job for you, then?

  • She did an excellent job, we were both very happy, weren't we, Maria?

  • What did you do on the selling side of things?

  • Ashleigh and Maria went off to sell the Portaloos and the mobile unit,

  • and I stayed at the stall to sell the umbrellas.

  • - Just you? - For the first part of the day, it was me.

  • - And these two went off selling Portaloos? - Yes.

  • So they were running around trying to sell loos, then?

  • So what happens then, at the end? Do you fold it up,

  • put a stamp on it and send it off to the sewage company?

  • You can take the bags out and you just put them in the bin.

  • So, how do you think it went?

  • It didn't go very well.

  • We didn't sell a patch on what we wanted to sell.

  • Why is that, then?

  • People didn't want to pay the prices.

  • Is it cos you picked the wrong product?

  • I think it was the customers at the festival that were

  • the problem, and not the products.

  • I just don't think any of them were out to buy Portaloos.

  • Shouldn't you have found out what your typical customer is?

  • They're going to a music festival, right?

  • That's what they're like. They're these, kind of, hippy-like,

  • laid-back, kind of chilled out people and surely you should have

  • had a vision of that, whether they're 40, 50 or not

  • and then decided what product here is going to really appeal to them,

  • the most zany product, appealed to them mostly.

  • Did you not see so many children, with painted faces?

  • Well, the vegan face paints were in such a small packet,

  • they were literally that big.

  • Don't you know that people walk around, they paint faces,

  • they wear silly hats, and all that type of thing?

  • The recommended retail price actually put us off the product.

  • Do think you did your best in this particular task?

  • I don't think I could have worked any harder in this particular task.

  • I genuinely don't think any of us could have sold any better,

  • we all tried our absolute hardest.

  • Hmmm.

  • OK, now, Odyssey.

  • Clearly you didn't get the portable toilet.

  • No, we didn't.

  • Lucy, you're in the project manager position.

  • So, tell us what happened.

  • I put Steven in charge of the negotiations.

  • he had a clear strategy of how he wanted to...

  • What happened, Steven. Why didn't you get it?

  • Apparently, I wasn't enthusiastic enough about the product.

  • You rolled in, you sat down, you said,

  • "What price will you give me for 10 units, 50 units, 75 units?",

  • You pushed as hard as you could. You asked him to chuck in two...

  • - Were you a bit aggressive, do you think? - Yes, I think I was.

  • One of the things you got to understand about people that

  • have their products, is that they are in love with their own product.

  • Even though you're buying a cardboard khazi,

  • you still had to get a bit of enthusiasm up.

  • Yes, I'm really gutted we lost that,

  • because, at the end of the day, I did...

  • Well, you did lose it.

  • You went straight to the price, you didn't even ask for a demonstration.

  • Yup.

  • So, your second choice for the portable toilet was what?

  • It was the onesies.

  • I knew from being to festivals that people love them.

  • - And that was your fall back? - Yes.

  • They were cute, actually, people liked them.

  • What was your other product, then?

  • The other product was the washing machine.

  • But the thing is, is that, Steven, you've been to festivals before?

  • Yes, I've been to festivals.

  • And what you do, take enough clothes to last for the event?

  • It was a worry of mine, that they would have brought spare clothes with them.

  • I spent yesterday at that festival and I'd be very surprised

  • if anybody changed their clothes over the period of three days.

  • Can I ask a silly question?

  • Even if you were inclined to wash, how are you supposed to dry?

  • Tumble the whole lot down a hill somewhere?

  • That was one of our worries, but you can spin dry...

  • If it was one of your worries, Lucy, what did you go and buy it for?

  • The idea behind the washing machine was that people who go to

  • festivals often camp a lot, they're quite eco-friendly people,

  • and the washing machine fitted the eco-friendly requirements.

  • There was also a boutique camping section, where there were glampers,

  • and I thought the washing machine would also fit into that, as well.

  • So, what did you do on the selling side of things?

  • Myself and Steven stayed at the stalls to sell the onesies

  • and Andrew went and sold the washing machines.

  • Where did you go to sell the washing machines?

  • I started off at a family camping area because we thought...

  • Were you dragging it around with you?

  • I was a door-to-door salesman, it was really embarrassing.

  • Never done it before. I, kind of, warmed to it in the end.

  • And you wasn't very successful, although you were warming to it?

  • LORD SUGAR SIGHS

  • Let's recap what this task is all about.

  • Obviously, it's a commercial task.

  • It's supposed to replicate you starting up a business on your own.

  • I started off with 1,500 quid, I bought a bit of stuff,

  • went out, done some selling and at the end of the day

  • I add my sales to the balance of the stock that I've got left,

  • and then I have my assets.

  • So, it's about time, I think, we read out these results,

  • to see which team has won

  • and which team has lost.

  • Karren, perhaps you could let me know how Odyssey did?

  • Well, the total sales that you made at the festival were £282.50...

  • and the value of your remaining stock was 1,284,

  • so your total asset was £1,566.50.

  • Right. Nick, your team - Platinum.

  • Platinum generated total sales of £373.

  • Stock remaining amounted to £1,227.20,

  • giving your total assets valued at £1,620.

  • Platinum, you won - by a very slim amount.

  • That's it, that's business.

  • I suppose, congratulations is in order, because you three, whatever happens, are in the final.

  • - So, off you go, back to the house. - ALL: Thank you, Lord Sugar.

  • Well, terrible sales figures, here.

  • Regretfully, two of you will be leaving the process.

  • And so I'm going to send you off,

  • and you can have a chat amongst yourselves,

  • and when you come back in here

  • I'm going to be analysing two things -

  • One, this particular task

  • and the rest is going to be based

  • upon your performance in the past seven weeks.

  • Off you go.

  • ALL: Thank you, Lord Sugar.

  • They were a bit nervous, all of them.

  • Both teams must have thought they'd lost, and there was so much at risk.

  • Two of them are going home.

  • Just 30 quid away from being in the final.

  • That's one washing machine at full price, that's all we needed.

  • Yes, but we couldn't sell a washing machine at discount price.

  • We couldn't sell it at wholesale price, never mind full price.

  • At the end of the day, the product selection came down to Lucy

  • and Steve. They were there, they saw the product.

  • 'Surely they could've picked up the washing machine

  • 'and realised it was just a poor product for where we were selling.'

  • Also, Steve, he didn't get the portable toilet pitch.

  • Oh, what a shambolic mess up.

  • 'The failure of this task'

  • probably lies within Steven.

  • He's been to festivals before. He should have said,

  • "I've never seen anyone washing clothes at festivals before."

  • I still think the washing machine was the best product in the line-up.

  • Well, as you know, I've got this £25,000 worth of my money

  • and I've got to make sure it's going to the right person.

  • The biggest disaster, really, is this washing machine.

  • When we spoke earlier on, I said, "What did you choose as a team?"

  • I think the washing machine was actually not one that was

  • forced upon you, one that you actually wanted, didn't you?

  • Yes, the washing machine was one, that we, as a group, chose.

  • Look, common sense says people bring along the clothes

  • to last them for three days.

  • They're not going to mess about with a washing machine.

  • "Did you see Bruce Springsteen?" "No, sorry, I was washing my socks!"

  • Who's going to have a washing machine?

  • When we chose the product, it was a good product. We thought

  • we could sell this, but when we got to the festival

  • and saw the type of people there,

  • the product just didn't fit in.

  • Look at some of the other products there, you know,

  • and there are things amongst the list that

  • I gave you that you could have spent your money on.

  • For example, the face paint.

  • Now, the people are in a, kind of, joyous and happy mood.

  • Remember, you've got possibly 35,000 vegetarian nutters there,

  • so there may have been an argument for you to choose the face paint.

  • I just felt that they really were very expensive.

  • The key is the volume you bought.

  • If you'd have invested the majority of your money in the face paint,

  • you would have driven the price of those units down,

  • and then you would have been able to sell them.

  • Yeah. And then you've got the solar-powered fan hats.

  • They were dirt cheap.

  • - That's impulse purchase, right? - Yeah.

  • They're all zany people at these events.

  • You could have sold lots of those.

  • Now, let's go back to this toilet thing, again.

  • You two went off to the vendor to see if you could buy it off them.

  • I tried and I tried asking Lucy if I could negotiate,

  • but she was adamant that Steven and her wanted to go and do it.

  • Why wasn't you given the opportunity?

  • I'm guessing Lucy and Steven thought they could do better.

  • I felt that it was really our prize product, that was the one we really,

  • really wanted, and I felt, as project manager,

  • I should be there to oversee the negotiations.

  • But don't you understand, that you have to turn on the charm?

  • - Yes. - What happened?

  • In my head I saw it as more important

  • to try and get the most orders from him.

  • What would you have done better in the negotiation?

  • Showed some enthusiasm.

  • We did show some enthusiasm,

  • I just think we were more concentrated on numbers.

  • I think it's really difficult for you to say you would have done a better job.

  • I think it's pointless banging on now about this task.

  • We know what went wrong.

  • I think we need to look at what has gone right over the

  • last seven weeks, and I'm wondering if you can give me

  • a reason why you should remain, Steven?

  • With every task I've done in this process I've given it 110%.

  • Why do you think you're better qualified for this,

  • than, say, these two?

  • I'm just so determined

  • and passionate about making my own money in my own company.

  • Yes, but that's not the question. There's three of you sitting here in front of me,

  • and one of you is going to remain and two of you are going away.

  • Why do you believe you are superior to these other two?

  • Or don't you?

  • Erm...

  • I would say I do feel I've got more experience than them

  • and I feel in the business world, I probably know a bit more than them.

  • Hmm.

  • - Andrew. - Yes, Lord Sugar.

  • - Six times you've been on a losing team, out of seven. - Yes.

  • And you could argue that I've been already quite tolerant in keeping you in the process,

  • because I saw some spark in you when you talk up.

  • Have you lost that enthusiasm now?

  • Definitely not, Lord Sugar, no.

  • I hope that, looking back over tasks,

  • you will notice that I have been a good player in a bad team.

  • In fact, each time I've lost, I have picked up from the faults

  • in other people and made sure I don't carry those faults.

  • I have lost six times, but in the six weeks before this,

  • I've only been in the bottom three twice,

  • and the project manager has seen how hard I've worked

  • and how well I've done in that team.

  • In your defence, I will say,

  • that washing machine was a very, very bad decision.

  • Very bad decision.

  • So, Lucy, why do you think you should remain in this process?

  • Throughout this process, I've shown SO much enthusiasm.

  • Also, I've never been in the final three. This is the first time

  • and I'm the only person left who hasn't been in the final three.

  • It's horrible, you know, for me, to make a decision at the moment,

  • because you've all shown some great stuff.

  • Lucy, you're quite right, you've only been in the final three,

  • and maybe you're lucky I haven't

  • had much to talk to you about in the past.

  • Steven, I've got a lot of admiration for you,

  • because I do like your honesty, your openness,

  • that kind of candour that you have, where,

  • if you don't know something, you say you don't know about it,

  • you don't profess to be anything that you're not.

  • Andrew, you know, it is difficult for me to turn a blind eye

  • to the fact that you've been in the losing team six times.

  • And I've got to, kind of, hone in now on the person that I'm going

  • to invest my money in.

  • So, here's what I want to say to you, Steven, it's been great

  • having in this process here, because you are a very sensible young man.

  • So it is, with regret, Steven,

  • you're fired.

  • Thank you, it's been an absolute pleasure.

  • Nick, Karren, thank you very much.

  • Before you go,

  • - take my card... - That's brilliant.

  • ..and you keep in touch and let me know how you're getting on.

  • I will do, thank you very much. Good luck, guys.

  • It's a weird feeling at the moment,

  • but I'm more than happy to have got to the semifinals.

  • Lord Sugar gave me his business card,

  • so he can obviously see the potential in me.

  • Maybe one day, we'll be doing business with each other.

  • I know how tough this must be on you two youngsters, coming all this way

  • through this process after my £25,000 investment.

  • And I'll tell you what my observations are, that,

  • I... You know, this is why it's so difficult for me,

  • because, Andrew, I really like you as a person. There was a stage,

  • earlier on in the process, where I thought, "Perhaps he's just

  • "one of these chirpy-chappy chancers"

  • and all that type of stuff, but actually, I see now, that you are really,

  • a, kind of, charming young man,

  • I like your matter-of-fact,

  • no-nonsense, no waffle, kind of, way of putting things over.

  • Dare I say, you remind me a little bit of me, when I was your age.

  • Lucy, I think you're a very intelligent young lady,

  • I haven't had the opportunity to say much to you, because as you

  • quite rightly point out, you've only been in the final three once.

  • When you do talk up, you do talk a lot of sense,

  • although you sometimes sit back a little bit quiet.

  • So, not knowing you that much is possibly...

  • I have so much to show you, I really, really do.

  • I have real passion for business, and that's why I sell cakes

  • and I have my own business,

  • even whilst I'm still at school, trying to get the best grades I can.

  • I always have been a very hard worker.

  • Unfortunately, I've got to make a decision.

  • And that decision is,

  • as painful as it is...

  • with regret, Andrew, I'm going to say that

  • you're fired.

  • But I wish you all the best of luck, and stay as you are, all right?

  • - Thank you, Lord Sugar. - And look, before you go, here's my business card. You keep in touch.

  • Thank you. Thank you for the opportunity, Lord Sugar. Thank you, Karren, Nick.

  • - All right. - Well done, Andrew.

  • Well, Lucy, congratulations. You've done extremely well, under a lot of

  • pressure, here today, in particular, to get through to the final.

  • So, I look forward to seeing you next week on the next task, OK?

  • - Thank you very much. - Off you go back to the house. - Thank you.

  • I'm going to show Lord Sugar that I can still go on and achieve what

  • I wanted to do with the £25,000.

  • It will just take me a bit longer to get there,

  • but I'm still determined that I am going

  • to do well in the future, and it's a big compliment by Lord Sugar of

  • reminding him of himself when he was my age. It's quite a compliment.

  • Oh, my goodness, I've no idea who's going to come back,

  • I'm nervous now. Really, really nervous.

  • I'll be really upset, whoever goes, but I do think Lucy was

  • project manager, so there is a chance she could be going.

  • I don't think any of us expected to win.

  • Definitely not.

  • I can't believe we're all in the final!

  • Oh, it's Lucy.

  • Oh, my God.

  • Young Apprentice finalists sitting right here.

  • Oh, my God, I'm the only boy.

  • Now, just four candidates remain.

  • Lord Sugar's search for his Young Apprentice is almost over.

  • Next time...

  • Your task is to come up with a brand-new range of sportswear.

  • Two teams one goal.

  • - They don't want any crap. - I am not trying to come up with crap names.

  • Flip me, Patrick, the least you could have done was consult me.

  • But you're not the PM, so why do we need to?

  • For £25,000...

  • Come on, let's do this, we can do this.

  • ..playing to big names,

  • this is the endgame.

  • You are the winner of this year's Young Apprentice.

  • Subtitles by Red Bee Media

It's an opportunity like no other.

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年輕的學徒 - 第三季 - 第7集:節慶活動 (Young Apprentice - Season 3 - Episode 7: Festival)

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    Jason Tsao 發佈於 2021 年 01 月 14 日
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