美國商業(yè)大亨傳奇 第22期:復(fù)仇者的崛起(5)
The pipeline will require a massive investment,
建設(shè)管道需要大量投資，
and incredible risk.
風(fēng)險也很高。
But if he gets it right,
但是只要能夠做好，
Rockefeller will be able to do what he loves to do most, win.
洛克菲勒就能做到他最想做的事，勝利。
It probably comes early in an entrepreneur's life
在企業(yè)家生涯之初你可能就會
where you realize you're willing to do things in the business world
意識到你想做的事
that other people aren't willing to do.
商界其他人可能并不愿意做。
Everybody has got ideas, and everybody's got ambitions,
每個人都有自己的想法，都有自己的雄心，
but most people aren't willing to cross that line,
但大多數(shù)人都不敢越雷池一步，
and I think an entrepreneur that's successful, that's your nature.
一個成功的企業(yè)家應(yīng)該具有這種品質(zhì)。
Wherever there's change, wherever there's uncertainty,
只要有變化，就有不確定性，
there's opportunity.
就有機會。
Rockefeller's workers labor around the clock--
洛克菲勒的工人們夜以繼日地趕工——
blasting through the countryside,
沿農(nóng)村四處開炸，
and laying over a mile and a half of pipeline every day.
每天鋪設(shè)超過一英里半的管道。
Business, in the end,
經(jīng)營，歸根結(jié)底，
Is understanding the playing field.
就是明白游戲規(guī)則。
Tell me who's on it, what their strengths are,
有哪些參與者 他們有什么能力，
what their weaknesses are,
他們有什么劣勢，
and what is your checkmate play,
你要如何將對手將死，
to top 'em, and nail 'em.
壓倒他們，讓他們出局。
And so you're always in that competitive game.
這樣你就永遠處在這樣一個競爭性博弈之中。
You're looking at innovation.
你需要不斷創(chuàng)新。
You're looking at leap-frogging,
不斷跳躍式前進，
trying to get ahead of them.
嘗試超越他們。
You're never complacent.
你要永不滿足。
You're semi-paranoid about what they're doing.
你要對他們所做的事情有半偏執(zhí)的態(tài)度。
That's what the game is all about.
這就是游戲的全部。
By the time the pipeline is complete,
管道完成時，
it's over four thousand miles long,
其長度超過了四千英里。
stretching across Ohio and Pennsylvania,
橫跨俄亥俄和賓夕法尼亞，
and connecting thousands of the world's most lucrative oil wells
將世界上數(shù)千口最賺錢的油井
directly to Rockefeller's refineries.
直接連到了洛克菲勒的煉油廠。
John Rockefeller has finally found his way
約翰·洛克菲勒終于找到了他
to eliminate the railroads from the oil business,
將鐵路公司踢出石油行業(yè)的方式，
and in the process, he's forever revolutionized the way oil is transported.
在此過程中他徹底地改變了石油運輸?shù)姆绞健?
建設(shè)管道需要大量投資，
and incredible risk.
風(fēng)險也很高。
But if he gets it right,
但是只要能夠做好，
Rockefeller will be able to do what he loves to do most, win.
洛克菲勒就能做到他最想做的事，勝利。
It probably comes early in an entrepreneur's life
在企業(yè)家生涯之初你可能就會
where you realize you're willing to do things in the business world
意識到你想做的事
that other people aren't willing to do.
商界其他人可能并不愿意做。
Everybody has got ideas, and everybody's got ambitions,
每個人都有自己的想法，都有自己的雄心，
but most people aren't willing to cross that line,
但大多數(shù)人都不敢越雷池一步，
and I think an entrepreneur that's successful, that's your nature.
一個成功的企業(yè)家應(yīng)該具有這種品質(zhì)。
Wherever there's change, wherever there's uncertainty,
只要有變化，就有不確定性，
there's opportunity.
就有機會。
Rockefeller's workers labor around the clock--
洛克菲勒的工人們夜以繼日地趕工——
blasting through the countryside,
沿農(nóng)村四處開炸，
and laying over a mile and a half of pipeline every day.
每天鋪設(shè)超過一英里半的管道。
Business, in the end,
經(jīng)營，歸根結(jié)底，
Is understanding the playing field.
就是明白游戲規(guī)則。
Tell me who's on it, what their strengths are,
有哪些參與者 他們有什么能力，
what their weaknesses are,
他們有什么劣勢，
and what is your checkmate play,
你要如何將對手將死，
to top 'em, and nail 'em.
壓倒他們，讓他們出局。
And so you're always in that competitive game.
這樣你就永遠處在這樣一個競爭性博弈之中。
You're looking at innovation.
你需要不斷創(chuàng)新。
You're looking at leap-frogging,
不斷跳躍式前進，
trying to get ahead of them.
嘗試超越他們。
You're never complacent.
你要永不滿足。
You're semi-paranoid about what they're doing.
你要對他們所做的事情有半偏執(zhí)的態(tài)度。
That's what the game is all about.
這就是游戲的全部。
By the time the pipeline is complete,
管道完成時，
it's over four thousand miles long,
其長度超過了四千英里。
stretching across Ohio and Pennsylvania,
橫跨俄亥俄和賓夕法尼亞，
and connecting thousands of the world's most lucrative oil wells
將世界上數(shù)千口最賺錢的油井
directly to Rockefeller's refineries.
直接連到了洛克菲勒的煉油廠。
John Rockefeller has finally found his way
約翰·洛克菲勒終于找到了他
to eliminate the railroads from the oil business,
將鐵路公司踢出石油行業(yè)的方式，
and in the process, he's forever revolutionized the way oil is transported.
在此過程中他徹底地改變了石油運輸?shù)姆绞健?
