 From then on he was branded "evil" and was branded by Lord Sugar's aide at the time Nick Hewer as "spooky"  because of his apparent decision to use his abilities of persuasion more aggressively, having another narrow escape in week 7 as Project Manager, when his mistake in negotiation over advertising space in the Hip Replacement magazine cost the team victory.However, Eastwood had a return to form in week 9, when he not only designed a well-received luxury biscuit called Special Stars, but also helped secure the biggest victory ever seen in the UK Apprentice, by delivering a pitch to Asda that persuaded them to place an order of 800,000 units.Eastwood once again shone in the reinvestment task with huge sales of umbrellas, although his performance, and that of Susan Ma, was overshadowed by the bizarre decisions of his project manager Natasha Scribbins, who failed to understand the point of the task and refused to reinvest on the second day in any substantial quantity.