美国商业大亨传奇（2012）

The Men Who Built America S01E05

Part 1 Feb. 19, 2021, 4:45 p.m.

When I got to Memphis
我回到孟菲斯
To put my ol' baby down
安葬我的老友
He said, "I can't take you to Heaven"
他说"我不能带你入天堂
"I can't save your soul"
我不能拯救你的灵魂
"I can't promise forever"
我不能承诺永恒"
Whoa, yeah, got my heart in your hands
我的心握在你的手上
I can't feel
我感觉不到
Feel my soul
感觉不到我的灵魂
第五集
美国商业大亨传奇
卡内基传记作者
戴维·纳索
地♥产♥大亨
唐纳德·特朗普
商业史学家
莫里·克莱因
历史学家
HW·布兰兹
三十年前
康涅狄格州哈特福德
摩根图书馆&博物馆
詹妮弗·唐克维奇
时代华纳前主席
理查德·帕森斯
Def Jam唱片公♥司♥联合创始人
拉塞尔·西蒙斯
达拉斯小牛队老板
马克·库班
好莱坞制♥作♥人
杰里·温特劳布
历史学家
吉尔·琼斯
广♥告♥大亨
唐尼·多伊奇
前惠普执行总裁
卡莉·菲奥莉娜
美国在线联合创始人
史蒂夫·凯斯
历史学家
吉尔·琼斯
商业史学家
莫里·克莱因
前对冲基金经理
吉姆·克莱默
历史学家
史蒂芬·沃兹
好莱坞制♥作♥人
杰里·温特劳布
前惠普执行总裁
卡莉·菲奥莉娜
历史学家
吉尔·琼斯
前美联储主席
艾伦·格林斯潘
历史学家
吉尔·琼斯
商业史学家
莫里·克莱因
Previously, on "The Men Who Built America:"
《美国商业大亨传奇》前情提要
The country has bounced back from a long civil war,
美国已经从漫长的南北战争中恢复了过来
and is now stronger than ever.
现在比以往更加强盛
Cornelius Vanderbilt used brute force and intimidation
康内留斯·范德比尔特靠实力和恐吓
to build a railroad empire
建立了一个铁路帝国
that unites the country.
连接了全国各地
John D. Rockefeller rose from humble beginnings,
约翰·D·洛克菲勒出身贫贱
and with complete confidence and ruthlessness,
但凭十足的信心和狠心
created a total monopoly of the oil industry.
建立了石油♥行♥业的完全垄断
Then, a new product transformed the American landscape.
然后一种新产品使美国焕然一新
I am convinced that steel is the future.
我坚信钢铁就是未来
And thanks to Andrew Carnegie's steel,
由于安德鲁·卡内基的钢铁
America's cities now reach the sky.
美国城市触及了天空
Nothing's impossible.
没有什么是不可能的
But after his name is linked
但他的名字
to one of the worst disasters in American history,
与美国史上最严重的一场灾难挂钩后
Carnegie's empire begins to fray.
卡内基的帝国开始衰落
His chairman, Henry Frick,
他的主席亨利·弗里克
pushes his workers to the breaking point...
将工人逼到了极限
...causing them to fight back...
导致他们开始反击
All those in favor of striking,
所有同意罢♥工♥的
raise your hands.
举手
...barricading Carnegie Steel's flagship plant,
将卡内基钢铁的旗舰厂封堵了起来
and when Frick decides to take it back by force...
而弗里克决定靠武力夺回工厂
Fire!
开火
... an attempt is made on his life.
随后他遭人行刺
Mr. Frick!
弗里克先生
Andrew Carnegie is forced to rethink everything.
安德鲁·卡内基不得不重新考虑一切
With his chairman shot,
他的主席遇刺
and his workers rebelling,
他的工人造♥反♥
Andrew Carnegie's back is against the wall.
安德鲁·卡内基情况窘迫
His company-- and his reputation--
他的公♥司♥ 他的名誉
are under threat.
都受到威胁
And the empire he spent a lifetime building
他花了一辈子建立的帝国
is on the verge of collapse.
濒临崩溃
Hoping to salvage his legacy,
为了挽救他的遗产
Carnegie cuts short his trip abroad,
卡内基缩短了他的外国旅行
and returns to Pittsburgh.
回到了匹兹堡
Henry Frick survives the attempt on his life.
亨利·弗里克逃过了一劫
Only three days after being shot and stabbed,
遇刺后三天
he's back in his office at Carnegie Steel.
他就回到了卡内基钢铁的办公室
Frick's brush with death
弗里克与死神的擦肩而过
only strengthens his resolve.
反而坚定了他的决心
But for his boss, Andrew Carnegie,
但对于他的老板安德鲁·卡内基来说
it's a reminder that his chairman is a liability.
这提醒了他他的主席成了拖累
There came a time when Frick thought to himself,
最终弗里克开始想
"I'm running this business.
"管生意的是我
I'm the one in Pittsburgh.
留在匹兹堡的是我
I'm the one working the twelve-hour days.
每天工作12小时的是我
I'm the one taking the bullet in the head.
头上中了一枪的是我
I deserve to be number one."
该当老大的也是我"
Carnegie's relationship with Frick deteriorates,
卡内基和弗里克的关系恶化了
and he realizes he needs to make a change.
他意识到他得做出改变
Carnegie isn't happy.
卡内基并不高兴
He whispers to newspaper reporters in Pittsburgh
他私下向匹兹堡的记者透露
that if he had have been around,
如果他当时在
it would've been different.
就不会搞成这个样子
That there wouldn't have been this bloodshed.
就不会造成这样的流血事件
That he had more respect for the workers.
还说他对工人更加尊敬
And he undercuts Frick.
他贬低了弗里克
But Frick refuses to accept any responsibility.
但弗里克不肯承担责任
Outraged that Carnegie has hung him out to dry,
卡内基的过河拆桥让他十分生气
he even goes behind his back
他甚至背着他
and attempts to orchestrate a hostile takeover.
企图策划一场恶意收♥购♥
Carnegie Steel is eroding from the inside out.
卡内基钢铁在从内部受到侵蚀
But the biggest challenge to Carnegie's empire
但卡内基的帝国面临的最大挑战
isn't coming from within.
并非来自内部
A new threat is emerging.
一个新的威胁出现了
J.P. Morgan is a banker,
JP·摩根是个银行家
who's made a fortune consolidating broken industries,
他的财富是靠整合潦倒的行业
buying out failing companies,
买♥♥下濒临倒闭的公♥司♥
and returning them to profitability.
然后扭亏为盈挣来的
Companies like Carnegie Steel.
就比如卡内基钢铁这样的公♥司♥
You look at J.P. Morgan,
看看JP·摩根
the way he controlled the banks.
看他控制银行的方式
Basically he's one man
他一个人
who just literally dominated the banking industry,
基本上控制了银行业
and, essentially, dominated financing in the country.
也控制了国家的融♥资♥
Morgan most recently consolidated
摩根才刚刚整合了
parts of the broken railroad industry,
部分的潦倒铁路行业
making them profitable
并实现扭亏为盈
by eliminating unnecessary competition.
他的手段是消除不必要的竞争
We need an answer. We'll win this war.
我们需要答案我们能赢下这场仗
You wanna come to war?
你想开战吗
I've heard enough.
我听够了
This is what's going to happen.
接下来这么办
There's going to be an end to this war.
战争要结束了
The Morgan Bank will buy the West Shore
摩根银行将买♥♥下西岸公♥司♥
and lease it to the Central.
然后租给中♥央♥公♥司♥
They'll also buy the Central stake in the South Pennsylvania
他们还将买♥♥下中♥央♥在南宾夕法尼亚的股份
in exchange for a share in other railroads.
以其他铁路公♥司♥的股份作为交换
He excelled at taking warring parties,
他很擅长让交战的各方
who were destroying an industry,
那些正在摧毁一个行业的人
and bringing peace on terms that were suitable to them,
谈下一个条款让各方都满意的合约
profitable to him,
同时还让他挣钱
and which gave him leverage in the business itself.
并让他在这一行里能有一定话语权
Anyone who knew anything about him realized that,
任何对他有一点了解的人都知道