Some of the quotes extracted off the ntv7 website in regards to The Firm: Season 2 ('cos we're bored and syok sendiri like that):
Episode 1:
- Very well!! Wanna watch what happens next week :-)
- i never missed a single episode of the firm 1. its great to hv the firm 2 now. 1st episode with full of controversy.what might be happend next? huhu keep up the positive thinking guys.
- WOW.. it's fantastic show....the show is exciting... keep up a good work guys
- looks good
- not bad. a bit over drama at times, but wen things get going its quite well done. congrats
- cool
- apa dahhh .... not bad lah
- hey guys this yrs episodes are pretty good .. nice drama fav contestants : - girls - dian guys - anoop good work
- it was a wise decision not to terminate anyone...'cos they made the wrong decision by choosing the winning team based on criteria that wasn't even communicated properly in the first place....
Episode 2:
- Oh My God....i just discovered something i didn't expect to discover...waahhhhh i must say, i don't respect people who has no team spirit...and then we wonder why Malaysia is moving backwards! Shame on you.....
- Ain will better if she is a F&B manager.her loud style will always work in a hotel but not on the firm.the team will work better if she gets FIRED...
- terrence - one word - loser! why join if you can't take the heat?
- so sad to say that team ***ets have a very serious conflict between the team member although ridzuan are quite proactive person but he seems like cannot accept if the task giving to him cant show his abilities. i did agree that if i taking the post of ridzuan i will feel unhappiness because it seems like not contributing at all but his attitude are too sensitive. but overall these programme are really nice and i like it. i apologize here, if what i post here was hurt someone especially ridzuan but that is what i feel, i think and would like to comment
- it’s normal circle of forming, storming, norming and performing stages of people working in a group. whatever it is, give the best input through synergized talents and be co-operative in getting things done to the best. most important, learn to lead and don’t be absolute follower.
Episode 3:
- Team Asset has been failure clearly in this episode. There are too many disagreement among them. Ain was clearly lack of focus as a leader. The most critical part most team members do not trust her leadership capability. Julie was hopeless in producing a script. I can't believed someone wrote her script inside her mind. She should at least produce in a sketch or mind-map it. Kian You has been very quiet and should step up more often. Chris is person I felt quite prejudice and not a quality leader.
Episode 4:
- "stupid limkokwing"..that is what i heard..n it really screw team Equity
- I thought Anoop is terminated in this task and y Ridzuan is terminated too?
- In a competition, it should be an apple to apple comparison. Both team should run the task in the same location. Although Team Asset has fewer members, that's because they were not united in previous tasks as a team that let to their lost.
Episode 5:
- Ernie chen really serious la.. pandai acting serious n act like very good in all this..don like his face.expression..personality..attitude..
- " Never believe Luck" Ernie come on..if u no luck..u wont on show..n even enter to final last year stop talking rubbish tat like offending ppl..pity team asset
- cocky masami!! her face so annoying
- good that joo lee is out coz so obvious that she just stand there n not knowing wat to do. 2nd, the notepad is just horibble with the sticker. 3rd, blaming on kian you for unclear information and argue with kian you for that stupid table thingy...come on think jOO lee...
- agreed.. the team leader kian you also did a really bad job..he is not a great leader ..don even a good leader..unorganized..mess.. Chirs quite innocent ..he is good..but should have better attitude to work well in team.. yuan wai also fail in inviting the media..the design is sux.. they don even follow the concept been told by the client..tat is the main point in this task.. n stupid team leader said " late comer" in front everybody.. so sad for the late journalist..
- Kian You's Team was a disastrous team. I have never seen such a team that not co-operative at all. None of them show respected leadership skills at all. No doubt Joo Leewas terminated being irresponsible. However, I felt Kian You should be fired in this case. I suggest Chris and Yuan Wai need to buck up before too late.
- CA's team was another close failure. Fortunately he survived because of some of his team-members have some quality of leadership skills. He should have more big picture before negotiating with the clients. Masami need to be watch out her character, could be very sarcastic in a wrong way.
September 3, 2008
The Firm: Season 2 - Episode 5
Client: Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.
The task: To conduct a PR branding event for Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. by inviting the media for a food tasting/review session. Teams will be rated by the client as well as the media on several different areas and the team with the highest score will win the challenge.
Team Asset
Team leader: Kian You
Danger and discord are on the cards for Team Asset due to the clear rift between the two in-teams made up of Kian You and Yuen Wai, and Chris and Joo Lee. Not only that, the team also faces problems with the client who is clearly unhappy with Kian You's forceful way of pushing ideas down the client's throat.
Small issues seem to spring up into big issues - from the way the media invitation looks to the decision of putting up a table for registration - and chaos is just apparent when the media shows up and is faced with a team that is inattentive to their needs. But that's not all! A member of the media who turned up late found himself embarrassed before his peers when Kian You announced that there was a late comer in the house! Those in the media line knows this very well - the media is king and you do not offend them. What shall be the fate of Team Asset?
Team Equity
Team leader: C.A.
Discord is also on the cards for Team Equity as the team members find themselves in a tough situation facing a team leader who is adamant of following everything according to the book. C.A.'s 'situational leadership' strategy, while asking that team members be more proactive by volunteering to take up tasks that they are expert in, does not find popularity as team members also feel that as team leader, C.A. should have more backbone when it comes to delegating tasks.
The food presentation goes off on a dry start on task day - as commented by both the client and Joel, who was standing in as corporate leader for this task - but thanks to two birthdays, the situation was saved by the Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. staff who managed to add a bit of liveliness to the day.
Verdict: For the cardinal sin of offending one too many people, which include both the media and the client, Team Asset found themselves heading back to the boardroom. In the boardroom, it is clear that the two in-teams were targeting a member from the opposing team - Chris and Kian You were both on the chopping block but in a surprising twist, Joo Lee is terminated from The Firm after Ernie berated her for not being able to take responsibilities for her mistakes.
Next episode spoiler hint: How do you hype up a tsunami-ravaged city into the ultimate tourist destination?
The task: To conduct a PR branding event for Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. by inviting the media for a food tasting/review session. Teams will be rated by the client as well as the media on several different areas and the team with the highest score will win the challenge.
Team Asset
Team leader: Kian You
Danger and discord are on the cards for Team Asset due to the clear rift between the two in-teams made up of Kian You and Yuen Wai, and Chris and Joo Lee. Not only that, the team also faces problems with the client who is clearly unhappy with Kian You's forceful way of pushing ideas down the client's throat.
Small issues seem to spring up into big issues - from the way the media invitation looks to the decision of putting up a table for registration - and chaos is just apparent when the media shows up and is faced with a team that is inattentive to their needs. But that's not all! A member of the media who turned up late found himself embarrassed before his peers when Kian You announced that there was a late comer in the house! Those in the media line knows this very well - the media is king and you do not offend them. What shall be the fate of Team Asset?
Team Equity
Team leader: C.A.
Discord is also on the cards for Team Equity as the team members find themselves in a tough situation facing a team leader who is adamant of following everything according to the book. C.A.'s 'situational leadership' strategy, while asking that team members be more proactive by volunteering to take up tasks that they are expert in, does not find popularity as team members also feel that as team leader, C.A. should have more backbone when it comes to delegating tasks.
The food presentation goes off on a dry start on task day - as commented by both the client and Joel, who was standing in as corporate leader for this task - but thanks to two birthdays, the situation was saved by the Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. staff who managed to add a bit of liveliness to the day.
Verdict: For the cardinal sin of offending one too many people, which include both the media and the client, Team Asset found themselves heading back to the boardroom. In the boardroom, it is clear that the two in-teams were targeting a member from the opposing team - Chris and Kian You were both on the chopping block but in a surprising twist, Joo Lee is terminated from The Firm after Ernie berated her for not being able to take responsibilities for her mistakes.
Next episode spoiler hint: How do you hype up a tsunami-ravaged city into the ultimate tourist destination?
September 2, 2008
C.A. for Episode 5: Lady Luck
In Episode 5, the task for both teams was to organize a PR event for one of Brand Mercatus’ client, Bubba Gump Shrimp Company.
As seen on TV, C.A. was an ineffective and inefficient team leader thus earning only negative comments from his teammates. There wasn’t any strategy and tactics at all; Team Equity won based on pure dumb luck.
I learnt a very important, albeit excruciatingly painful, lesson last Saturday: the Golden Rule is NOT a universal rule. Before I depart from this world, I will change it to be a better place than I found it: one person at a time or die trying.
As seen on TV, C.A. was an ineffective and inefficient team leader thus earning only negative comments from his teammates. There wasn’t any strategy and tactics at all; Team Equity won based on pure dumb luck.
I learnt a very important, albeit excruciatingly painful, lesson last Saturday: the Golden Rule is NOT a universal rule. Before I depart from this world, I will change it to be a better place than I found it: one person at a time or die trying.
August 27, 2008
Masami for Episode 4: Why Ridzuan deserved to go
Ridzuan may think highly of himself - and that's perfectly fine. That means he is brimming with confidence, although I would say that it is of the disillusioned kind. Anyway, Ridzuan has always been the weakest member in Team Equity despite his tall testimonies of his very own self and his last 'interview' claiming that his going away was a 'sacrifice' for the team is so blatantly over the top. In fact, that nearly had me blowing my top.
Aside from the fact that he speaks English like a person who has just picked up the language (oh, but wow, he does know some big words like 'prejudiced'), the most he has volunteered to do (besides becoming the speaker for the Easy Pha-max task and the tour guide for the Spritzer task) is to buy balloons. Because he knows a really cheap place to get them.
That to me, does not count as 'contributing'.
Anyway, Ridzuan rarely comes up with ideas of his own. When he opens his mouth, it is either to agree or disagree, and the worst is when he does this whole recapping of the ideas which have been thrown about in the boardroom, executed ceramah style - it is boring and a waste of time. In one interview, he mentioned that he does not contribute ideas because they will be shot down by his team mates. Like this, OK. Never try, never know and anyway, if his ideas are lame, obviously they will be shot down whether he likes it or not. There's nothing personal about that. Most times, Ridzuan has to be told to do things. He is a follower through and through, and not a very good follower at that though he has managed to surprise us once or twice.
For example, it was extremely hard to get Ridzuan on the phone. His phone would be either on silent or apparently the calls never came through on his end. Same with texts. On one brainstorming day (off-camera), Ridzuan was totally uncontactable for more than twelve hours. Finally when I got him after midnight, he said he was at this place in Gombak, and he was there all that while waiting for this guy to show up so we could have this badge thing to give away on task day. It was a nice idea... and we had to pay for the badges... and why would it friggin' take a person more than twelve hours just to get a discussion on badges over and done with??? I just lost my temper and told him that he shouldn't have wasted his time when the time could have been spent to better use.
Well... whatever. Ridzuan was and still is such a pitiful creature so I let him off the hook after that. We proceeded to get the badges done. And on preparation day, he goes off again to Gombak to help the badge guy make the badges. It took four hours to get them done. I still have no idea if Ridzuan made those badges by hand. He must have, right? That's why his contribution matters so much.
He did surprise me by getting quite a lot of customers to sign up on task day though. I did tell him that he would need to redeem himself because he had let me down a few times all ready.
Anyway, Ridzuan, you suck. You are the typical stereotype of a man who tak sedar diri. You have to realise that you got kicked out first was not because the team has this whole agenda to gang up on you. It was more like, it was the most obvious choice as to who must be kicked out first!
And a person who lets himself be a doormat, but behind everybody's backs yaps like a kicked dog, shouldn't be boasting about having leadership skills. You know why? Because my dear friend, you have none.
Muahahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PS: PMS is so divine, isn't it?
Aside from the fact that he speaks English like a person who has just picked up the language (oh, but wow, he does know some big words like 'prejudiced'), the most he has volunteered to do (besides becoming the speaker for the Easy Pha-max task and the tour guide for the Spritzer task) is to buy balloons. Because he knows a really cheap place to get them.
That to me, does not count as 'contributing'.
Anyway, Ridzuan rarely comes up with ideas of his own. When he opens his mouth, it is either to agree or disagree, and the worst is when he does this whole recapping of the ideas which have been thrown about in the boardroom, executed ceramah style - it is boring and a waste of time. In one interview, he mentioned that he does not contribute ideas because they will be shot down by his team mates. Like this, OK. Never try, never know and anyway, if his ideas are lame, obviously they will be shot down whether he likes it or not. There's nothing personal about that. Most times, Ridzuan has to be told to do things. He is a follower through and through, and not a very good follower at that though he has managed to surprise us once or twice.
For example, it was extremely hard to get Ridzuan on the phone. His phone would be either on silent or apparently the calls never came through on his end. Same with texts. On one brainstorming day (off-camera), Ridzuan was totally uncontactable for more than twelve hours. Finally when I got him after midnight, he said he was at this place in Gombak, and he was there all that while waiting for this guy to show up so we could have this badge thing to give away on task day. It was a nice idea... and we had to pay for the badges... and why would it friggin' take a person more than twelve hours just to get a discussion on badges over and done with??? I just lost my temper and told him that he shouldn't have wasted his time when the time could have been spent to better use.
Well... whatever. Ridzuan was and still is such a pitiful creature so I let him off the hook after that. We proceeded to get the badges done. And on preparation day, he goes off again to Gombak to help the badge guy make the badges. It took four hours to get them done. I still have no idea if Ridzuan made those badges by hand. He must have, right? That's why his contribution matters so much.
He did surprise me by getting quite a lot of customers to sign up on task day though. I did tell him that he would need to redeem himself because he had let me down a few times all ready.
Anyway, Ridzuan, you suck. You are the typical stereotype of a man who tak sedar diri. You have to realise that you got kicked out first was not because the team has this whole agenda to gang up on you. It was more like, it was the most obvious choice as to who must be kicked out first!
And a person who lets himself be a doormat, but behind everybody's backs yaps like a kicked dog, shouldn't be boasting about having leadership skills. You know why? Because my dear friend, you have none.
Muahahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PS: PMS is so divine, isn't it?
August 25, 2008
C.A. for Episode 4: Behind the scenes drama
In Episode 4 of The Firm Season II, both team Asset and Equity were charged to sell as many Tune Money prepaid Visa card to Lim Kok Wing University students. In my opinion, this task were the most objective compared to the previous 3 and I thought it was the most straightforward. I was very concerned when I discovered that Team Asset would commence their tasks first thus enjoying strategic first mover advantage.
Masami was appointed as the team leader and during brainstorming, ideas were popping up (it is a brainstorming session thus no ideas were shot down prematurely) until Anoop voiced out his suggestion about inviting celebrity to endorse to grace our function. I believe that was the straw that broke the camel’s back for Masami because there was a verbal exchange of words between Masami and Anoop. That was shown on TV; what was not shown on TV was that Anoop proceeded to send SMS to all in Team Equity and that was the straw that broke the camel’s back for me. I shared the following with Anoop:
Anoop, maturity is the art of living in peace with that which we cannot change, the courage to change that which should be changed and the wisdom to know the difference. None of us would have judged you if you didn't give us the reason to. Remember, there is no smoke without fire.C.A.
Due to prior work engagements, Dian has to travel to Jakarta and she was unable to attend any of team discussions after the brainstorming session. However, we kept her in the loop via emails of the progress. That was the reason why Dian volunteered to resign in the boardroom because she felt that she didn’t contribute enough.
Back to the brainstorming session, yours truly suggested the theme “Tune me on” as I felt that it tied back to the company’s name Tune Money and it was suitable for the target audience (university students). The strategy was customer delight by giving applicants more than just a Tune Money prepaid visa card. To support this strategy, the following tactics were carried out:
a) Sponsors
1) Masami’s employer, The Malay Mail, generously sponsored an advertisement for 2 consecutive days.
2) Masami managed to get 200 copies of On The Road Magazine.
3) Masami sponsored YSL In Love Again and Thierry Mugler Angel miniature perfume sets
4) Boon Yew sponsored Jusco, Parkson vouchers and notepads.
5) Jack Jeganesan, Business Development Manager for Cochine Alfresco, sponsored VIP passes to their event.
6) Alex Choong, Marketing Director for Superstar Karaoke Box sponsored karaoke vouchers.
7) Langeswaran, Director for Planetunes Mobile sponsored 500 ringtones / logoes downloads.
8) Christine Chai, Marketing Manager for Bella Skin care sponsored Bella Skin care vouchers.
9) Irene Leong, Asst. Marketing Manager for Marie France sponsored Marie France vouchers.
10) Queenie Wong, Marketing Exec for Svenson Hair Care sponsored Svenson vouchers.
11) Ramesh Ganeson, Area Manager of Field Marketing for Starwoods Asia Pacific Hotels & Resorts sponsored tickets to the award winning Beauty & The Beast on Ice play.
12) Chrissie Lim, Manager for Resorts World Berhad sponsored rooms at First World Hotel.
13) Ben Wong, Group Executive Director for Easy Pha-Max Marketing sponsored goodie bags and products.
14) Carol Yip, author of bestseller “Smart Money-Users” sponsored her books.
b) Lucky dip – Team Equity felt that the wheel of fortune was too common thus lucky dip was adopted.
c) Booth & PA System – Jennifer liaised with her contacts for the booth setup and PA system.
d) Referral Scheme – something I came up with to increase application signups by offering the tickets to the award winning Beauty and The Beast on Ice play away.
Ridzuan went AWOL during preparation day and was extremely difficult to reach; it took him a couple of hours to return our calls. The major disappointment was when he returned our calls to notify us that he was occupied with coming up with badges.
I thought with the above ‘bullets’, Team Equity would score another win. Of course I failed to factor in the following:
1) Team Equity was unceremoniously expelled from their initial location because someone from the university failed to communicate clearly on the university’s founder’s likes and dislikes; apparently he dislikes red colour. Perhaps that person neglected to mention to the founder that we were representing Tune Money, whose corporate colour happens to be red.
2) The relocation really drained us of our energy because we had to carry tables and chairs from elsewhere.
3) The relocation also meant that we started late.
4) The college students having a charity event but were unwilling to lower down the volume despite repeated requests to do so.
5) The first mover advantage that Team Asset had (many students mentioned that they had signed up a day earlier and we had quite a few students asking whether it is possible to cancel their initial application and sign up a fresh one with us).
6) Anoop would throw a tantrum and refuse to show up for task day behaving like a spoilt child.
On result announcement day, it was clear that Team Asset won with their 112 signups versus Team Equity’s 97 signups. I leave it up to you to decide which team had the advantage over the other.
Back in the boardroom, I thought that this was my opportunity to get off The Firm but I was caught with my pants down when Dian announced that she is volunteering herself to be terminated. She succeeded in disrupting my train of thoughts thus I had to say something; I wasn’t very proud of what I said but like the Chinese saying goes “Even the thousand mile horse is unable to stop words once it is uttered”. As I thought she would, Masami volunteered herself to be terminated. Ridzuan’s act of volunteering to be terminated fooled me because I had the impression that he reminds me of myself during my younger days. His final interview really disappointed me because I misjudged him; he no longer reminds me of myself during my younger days.
Peter Pek, corporate leader for Team Equity, was visibly upset and disappointed with Dian, Masami, Ridzuan and myself for volunteering to be terminated and verbally lashed out at us that we are no different from Anoop for voicing out our intentions to pull out. Besides Dian, I took offense at his remark as well because I felt that it was a careless and callous judgement of our characters simply because I believe that Anoop is from a completely different planet from the rest of Team Equity: probably from Jupiter judging from the large amount of hot air emanating from his mouth.
Conclusion: C.A. failed in his attempt to be terminated. Will he succeed in the next task?
Masami was appointed as the team leader and during brainstorming, ideas were popping up (it is a brainstorming session thus no ideas were shot down prematurely) until Anoop voiced out his suggestion about inviting celebrity to endorse to grace our function. I believe that was the straw that broke the camel’s back for Masami because there was a verbal exchange of words between Masami and Anoop. That was shown on TV; what was not shown on TV was that Anoop proceeded to send SMS to all in Team Equity and that was the straw that broke the camel’s back for me. I shared the following with Anoop:
Anoop, maturity is the art of living in peace with that which we cannot change, the courage to change that which should be changed and the wisdom to know the difference. None of us would have judged you if you didn't give us the reason to. Remember, there is no smoke without fire.C.A.
Due to prior work engagements, Dian has to travel to Jakarta and she was unable to attend any of team discussions after the brainstorming session. However, we kept her in the loop via emails of the progress. That was the reason why Dian volunteered to resign in the boardroom because she felt that she didn’t contribute enough.
Back to the brainstorming session, yours truly suggested the theme “Tune me on” as I felt that it tied back to the company’s name Tune Money and it was suitable for the target audience (university students). The strategy was customer delight by giving applicants more than just a Tune Money prepaid visa card. To support this strategy, the following tactics were carried out:
a) Sponsors
1) Masami’s employer, The Malay Mail, generously sponsored an advertisement for 2 consecutive days.
2) Masami managed to get 200 copies of On The Road Magazine.
3) Masami sponsored YSL In Love Again and Thierry Mugler Angel miniature perfume sets
4) Boon Yew sponsored Jusco, Parkson vouchers and notepads.
5) Jack Jeganesan, Business Development Manager for Cochine Alfresco, sponsored VIP passes to their event.
6) Alex Choong, Marketing Director for Superstar Karaoke Box sponsored karaoke vouchers.
7) Langeswaran, Director for Planetunes Mobile sponsored 500 ringtones / logoes downloads.
8) Christine Chai, Marketing Manager for Bella Skin care sponsored Bella Skin care vouchers.
9) Irene Leong, Asst. Marketing Manager for Marie France sponsored Marie France vouchers.
10) Queenie Wong, Marketing Exec for Svenson Hair Care sponsored Svenson vouchers.
11) Ramesh Ganeson, Area Manager of Field Marketing for Starwoods Asia Pacific Hotels & Resorts sponsored tickets to the award winning Beauty & The Beast on Ice play.
12) Chrissie Lim, Manager for Resorts World Berhad sponsored rooms at First World Hotel.
13) Ben Wong, Group Executive Director for Easy Pha-Max Marketing sponsored goodie bags and products.
14) Carol Yip, author of bestseller “Smart Money-Users” sponsored her books.
b) Lucky dip – Team Equity felt that the wheel of fortune was too common thus lucky dip was adopted.
c) Booth & PA System – Jennifer liaised with her contacts for the booth setup and PA system.
d) Referral Scheme – something I came up with to increase application signups by offering the tickets to the award winning Beauty and The Beast on Ice play away.
Ridzuan went AWOL during preparation day and was extremely difficult to reach; it took him a couple of hours to return our calls. The major disappointment was when he returned our calls to notify us that he was occupied with coming up with badges.
I thought with the above ‘bullets’, Team Equity would score another win. Of course I failed to factor in the following:
1) Team Equity was unceremoniously expelled from their initial location because someone from the university failed to communicate clearly on the university’s founder’s likes and dislikes; apparently he dislikes red colour. Perhaps that person neglected to mention to the founder that we were representing Tune Money, whose corporate colour happens to be red.
2) The relocation really drained us of our energy because we had to carry tables and chairs from elsewhere.
3) The relocation also meant that we started late.
4) The college students having a charity event but were unwilling to lower down the volume despite repeated requests to do so.
5) The first mover advantage that Team Asset had (many students mentioned that they had signed up a day earlier and we had quite a few students asking whether it is possible to cancel their initial application and sign up a fresh one with us).
6) Anoop would throw a tantrum and refuse to show up for task day behaving like a spoilt child.
On result announcement day, it was clear that Team Asset won with their 112 signups versus Team Equity’s 97 signups. I leave it up to you to decide which team had the advantage over the other.
Back in the boardroom, I thought that this was my opportunity to get off The Firm but I was caught with my pants down when Dian announced that she is volunteering herself to be terminated. She succeeded in disrupting my train of thoughts thus I had to say something; I wasn’t very proud of what I said but like the Chinese saying goes “Even the thousand mile horse is unable to stop words once it is uttered”. As I thought she would, Masami volunteered herself to be terminated. Ridzuan’s act of volunteering to be terminated fooled me because I had the impression that he reminds me of myself during my younger days. His final interview really disappointed me because I misjudged him; he no longer reminds me of myself during my younger days.
Peter Pek, corporate leader for Team Equity, was visibly upset and disappointed with Dian, Masami, Ridzuan and myself for volunteering to be terminated and verbally lashed out at us that we are no different from Anoop for voicing out our intentions to pull out. Besides Dian, I took offense at his remark as well because I felt that it was a careless and callous judgement of our characters simply because I believe that Anoop is from a completely different planet from the rest of Team Equity: probably from Jupiter judging from the large amount of hot air emanating from his mouth.
Conclusion: C.A. failed in his attempt to be terminated. Will he succeed in the next task?
August 24, 2008
Four episodes down...
The fourth episode has been aired and now The Firm: Season 2 is left with nine executives out of the original fourteen. The game is slowly picking up speed, adding more complexities to its tasks with fewer people to execute in both teams.
By this time, some of the personalities will have 'emerged' and created a resonance with the viewers while others are still relatively relegated to the sidelines, their occasional appearances and lines only available in behind-the-scenes moments.
Who do you connect with the most in The Firm: Season 2? Who is your favourite contestant? Who is the contestant that you love to hate the most? Who are you rooting for to win The Firm: Season 2? Can you guess all ready who will be making their way to the Top 5?
Stay tuned for more drama (and more bloopers) from ntv7's hit English reality show The Firm: Season 2 only on your Feel Good Channel.
The Firm: Season 2 - Episode 4
Client: TuneMoney.com
The task: To sell the TuneMoney.com Prepaid Visa Card to the community in LimKokWing University College in Cyberjaya. The team that makes the most sales wins the challenge.
Team Asset
Team leader: Yuen Wai
With only four people left on the team, Team Asset is nevertheless still hungry for a win. Problems occur between Chris and the rest of the team members though due to his lack of involvement throughout the entire episode. Coming from an events management background, Chris clearly has his own way of organising a promotional roadshow although his ideas and actions did not go down well with the team leader, Yuen Wai.
While there were a few organisation issues to contend with, sales were doing good for the team with the addition of three promoter girls to beef up the sales force. The team also incorporated the idea of combining forces with events going on in the campus to help promote their event to the community of LimKokWing University College.
Team Equity
Team leader: Masami
Continuing off from the previous episode, problems are still not resolved with Anoop. Amidst the raising doubts and suspicion, the team confronts him during the brainstorming session and gives him several pieces of their minds. Anoop becomes upset and makes a last minute ditch at saving his own ass but the damage is done: The trust is broken and Anoop finds himself in a very vulnerable position in Team Equity. Following his absence during preparation day, Anoop then goes on to become the second person to leave The Firm after Team Asset's Terence after in an SMS he replied to Masami that he will not be joining them on task day.
Just when they thought that the worry with Anoop was over and done with, task day starts out badly for Team Equity. A visit from VIPS to LimKokWing University College meant that they had to switch to a less than favourable location. The accumulated stress got to Masami who loses her temper, thus being unable to control the situation well.
Things slowly start to pick up though as the hours passed by but had the team done all it could to ensure that it will win over Team Asset?
Verdict: Team Asset wins, making 112 sales over Team Equity's 95. When they get into the boardroom, a surprising thing happens: Four people volunteers to get kicked out of The Firm! First was Dian, whose reasons included contributing the least and a worry of not being able to put in her full commitment into the task as well as future tasks. Ridzuan cited contributing the least as his reason for leaving The Firm while C.A. too, said that he has other commitments in his life. Masami meanwhile offered to take responsibility as team leader for the team's loss.
Finally, a verdict is made by the corporate leader. Ridzuan is to leave the team for being the weakest member in the team for every task. Ridzuan packs up his bags and leaves, telling the audience that his leaving was a 'sacrifice' made for the team as he does not believe that he is the weakest member in Team Equity.
Next episode spoiler hint: RUN FORREST RUN!!!
The task: To sell the TuneMoney.com Prepaid Visa Card to the community in LimKokWing University College in Cyberjaya. The team that makes the most sales wins the challenge.
Team Asset
Team leader: Yuen Wai
With only four people left on the team, Team Asset is nevertheless still hungry for a win. Problems occur between Chris and the rest of the team members though due to his lack of involvement throughout the entire episode. Coming from an events management background, Chris clearly has his own way of organising a promotional roadshow although his ideas and actions did not go down well with the team leader, Yuen Wai.
While there were a few organisation issues to contend with, sales were doing good for the team with the addition of three promoter girls to beef up the sales force. The team also incorporated the idea of combining forces with events going on in the campus to help promote their event to the community of LimKokWing University College.
Team Equity
Team leader: Masami
Continuing off from the previous episode, problems are still not resolved with Anoop. Amidst the raising doubts and suspicion, the team confronts him during the brainstorming session and gives him several pieces of their minds. Anoop becomes upset and makes a last minute ditch at saving his own ass but the damage is done: The trust is broken and Anoop finds himself in a very vulnerable position in Team Equity. Following his absence during preparation day, Anoop then goes on to become the second person to leave The Firm after Team Asset's Terence after in an SMS he replied to Masami that he will not be joining them on task day.
Just when they thought that the worry with Anoop was over and done with, task day starts out badly for Team Equity. A visit from VIPS to LimKokWing University College meant that they had to switch to a less than favourable location. The accumulated stress got to Masami who loses her temper, thus being unable to control the situation well.
Things slowly start to pick up though as the hours passed by but had the team done all it could to ensure that it will win over Team Asset?
Verdict: Team Asset wins, making 112 sales over Team Equity's 95. When they get into the boardroom, a surprising thing happens: Four people volunteers to get kicked out of The Firm! First was Dian, whose reasons included contributing the least and a worry of not being able to put in her full commitment into the task as well as future tasks. Ridzuan cited contributing the least as his reason for leaving The Firm while C.A. too, said that he has other commitments in his life. Masami meanwhile offered to take responsibility as team leader for the team's loss.
Finally, a verdict is made by the corporate leader. Ridzuan is to leave the team for being the weakest member in the team for every task. Ridzuan packs up his bags and leaves, telling the audience that his leaving was a 'sacrifice' made for the team as he does not believe that he is the weakest member in Team Equity.
Next episode spoiler hint: RUN FORREST RUN!!!
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