Aaron negotiates using marshmallows

Aaron appears in his video wearing a suit with a paper tie, and with plastic wrapped around his head and painted to make him appear bald.

His video begins in the back of a van, where he introduces himself as Tom Gleeson and explains that he’s going to teach the Taskmaster how to negotiate in business. He claims that the real money is in children’s books, noting that Peter Helliar already has some and that he intends to acquire the rights. The video shows him arriving at and entering the Taskmaster house.

In the kitchen, Aaron confronts a mannequin with a print-out of Pete Helliar’s face attached to it, and sarcastically remarks on his “entourage”, which includes some other mannequins and a papier-mâché model of the Taskmaster. He offers Pete four marshmallows for the rights to his books. He then ups his offer to five, then six-and-a-half marshmallows, before settling on seven after Tom whispers to him.

Aaron concludes the video with his negotiation tips: be intimidating and rude, and say things like the F-word.

In the studio, Tom Gleeson says that he’d learned more about negotiation from Pete’s strategy in the video, which weas apparently to say nothing and let the price rise. However, Aaron insists that he’d gotten a great deal.

Aaron earns 3 points for his video.

(Written by JoGo and proofread by Karl Craven)

(Illustrations collected by JoGo and adjusted by David Fuller)