美国商业大亨传奇（2012）

Cornelius Vanderbilt may be the richest
康内留斯·范德比尔特虽然是
and most powerful man in the country,
国内最富有最有权势的人
accustomed to getting what he wants,
习惯了事事如意
but he has no idea what he's about to encounter.
但他根本想不到自己将遭遇什么
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美国商业大亨传奇
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
Do you play cards, Mr. Rockefeller?
你玩牌吗 洛克菲勒先生
No.
不
Shame.
遗憾
You could learn a lot about competition.
可以借此了解很多关于对手的情况
I know all I need to know.
该知道的我都知道了
So. I'm looking to do a deal with an oil refinery.
好了 我想找一家精炼厂合作
And that could be you.
或许可以是你
I'm willing to do an exclusive deal.
我愿意与你签订独家协议
A dollar sixty-five a barrel.
1.65美元每桶
That's a discount of more than a third.
这价格低了超过三分之一
There are several refineries in Cleveland.
克利夫兰有好几家精炼厂呢
Why should I give you such a deal?
我凭什么跟你签这样的协议
Because I'll fill all your trains with my oil.
因为我能让你所有的火车都载满我的油
And if you don't do the deal,
如果你不答应
I'll fill someone else's trains.
我就跟别人合作
Mr. Rockefeller.
洛克菲勒先生
Do you trust him?
你信任他吗
I don't know.
我不知道
Rockefeller may have gotten the rate he was looking for,
洛克菲勒或许拿到了他想要的价格
but in return,
但同时
he's agreed to provide Vanderbilt
他承诺每天给范德比尔特
with over sixty train cars of oil every day.
超过六十列车的油
The only problem is,
唯一的问题是
Rockefeller has no way to produce that much kerosene.
洛克菲勒根本没能力出产那么多煤油
His capacity is less than half of that.
他的生产力还不到这一半
Rockefeller has over-promised,
洛克菲勒夸下了海口
but he knows the deal with Vanderbilt
但他知道与范德比尔特的协议
will be the opportunity he's been waiting for.
是他一直在等待的机会
He just needs to find a way to produce more kerosene.
他只需要想办法出产更多煤油
It's a daunting task, but John D. Rockefeller
任务艰巨 但约翰·D·洛克菲勒
has been beating the odds his entire life.
这辈子一直绝处逢生
Rockefeller is raised in a poor Cleveland household,
洛克菲勒生于克利夫兰一穷苦家庭
but even as a young man, he yearns for something more,
但年轻的他 就已经不安于现状
something bigger,
渴望更好的生活
and he knows it isn't going to be handed to him.
而且他知道 天上是不会掉馅饼的
As a young man, he shows a strong entrepreneurial streak,
年轻的他就已经显示出了强烈的企业家潜质
starting his own small business
开办了自己的小生意
selling candy to local children.
向本地的孩子卖♥♥糖
Thank you very much.
非常感谢
Here's three pieces.
这是三块
From an early age, Rockefeller helps to support his family,
洛克菲勒很小就开始帮忙养家
mostly because he was never able to rely on his father.
主要是因为他完全不能依靠父亲
It cures cancer.
这能治愈癌症
Folks, that is right, it cures cancer.
各位 没错 这能治愈癌症
Now you're asking yourself - Sir,
你们在想 先生
I bet in your mind you're saying, "Bill, is this true?"
你脑子里肯定想着 "比尔 这是真的吗"
John Rockefeller's father is a conman.
约翰·洛克菲勒的父亲 是个骗子
...Rebecca, I met seven years ago.
...丽贝卡 我们七年前相遇
She had pneumonia.
她当时得了肺炎
Better known around Cleveland as "Devil Bill".
在克利夫兰被人称为"恶魔比尔"
Who would like to buy some?
谁想买♥♥点
A dollar twenty-five a bottle. Yes, sir.
1.25美元一瓶 好嘞 先生
He disappears for months at a time,
他会一次消失几个月
leaving his family without money to support themselves.
留下没钱养活自己的家人
I'm only here for one day.
我只待一天
Once I'm gone, I am gone.
等我走了
I may not be back.
可能就不回来了
Never trust anybody, son.
别信任何人 儿子
Not even me.
连我也别信
With his father gone, Rockefeller is forced to quit school
父亲不在 洛克菲勒不得不退学
and get a job to support his mother and siblings.
找工作供养母亲和兄弟姐妹
His work ethic and intuition
他的工作态度和直觉
will become the building blocks for the American dream.
将成为筑造美国梦的砖块
My great-grandfather,
我的曾祖父
美国参议员
约翰·D·洛克菲勒四世
John D. Rockefeller,
约翰·D·洛克菲勒
was an absolutely brilliant businessman when he started out.
最初开始经商时就十分厉害
He wasn't even in oil or anything.
他当时甚至都不做石油
You know, he worked at it very very hard,
他工作十分努力
and there's an ethic in the Rockefeller family of hard work.
洛克菲勒家族信奉努力工作
Stuck in a dead-end job,
由于工作毫无前途
he becomes fixated on finding a big idea,
他一心想找到个好点子
and taking a chance.
冒险一搏
Be therefore perfect,
所以你们要完全
even as your father, which is in Heaven, is perfect.
像你们的天父完全一样
Would you please rise?
各位请起
Let us sing Hymn 89.
我们唱赞美诗89
**Joyful, joyful*
*快乐 快乐
**We adore Thee*
*我们崇拜
**God of glory*
*荣耀上主
**Lord above*
*爱之神
Get out! It's gonna blow, get out!
快跑 要爆♥炸♥了 快跑
**Hearts unfold like flowers before Thee*
*心如花开到主面前
**Opening to the sun above*
*主如旭日我欢迎
**Melt the clouds of sin and sadness...*
*苦意愁云恳求消化
**Drive the dark of doubt away*
*疑惑黑荫求散尽
**Giver of immortal gladness*
*永恒快乐求主赏赐
**Fill us with the light of day*
*旭日光华满我心
I think entrepreneurs, and certain business people,
我认为企业家 和一些商业人士
达拉斯小牛队老板
马克·库班
just look at life, and look at things that are changing,
看到发生了改变的生活和事物
and are able to see those things and say,
当他们看到这个 能说
"I can create a business out of that."
"我能凭此创造商机"
Rockefeller realizes oil has the potential to change the world.
洛克菲勒意识到石油有改变世界的潜能
And, make him rich in the process.
同时还会让他富有起来
But Rockefeller knows that drilling for oil is a gamble
但洛克菲勒知道开采石油是投机
filled with uncertainty.
充满了不确定性
And since he doesn't believe in luck,
由于他不相信运气
he starts looking for a way to make money from oil
他开始想其他靠石油挣钱
without the risk.
而没有风险的办法
He had a mind for efficiency.
他这人提倡效率
And there was probably something in him
或许他
that looked at the production process and saw
看到了生产过程
how wasteful that was.
认为太过浪费
In the first place you drill wells,
你一开始钻井
and they turn up dry.
采不到油
And then you drill wells and they hit a gusher,
然后你钻到了喷油井
and half the oil would be lost.
又会白白损失一半的油
And that offended his sense of efficiency.
这让提倡效率的他很不高兴
Rockefeller knows there's a better way.
洛克菲勒知道 肯定还有更好的出路
Today, everybody wants to be an entrepreneur.
如今 人人都想做企业家
苹果联合创始人
史蒂夫·沃兹尼亚克
They've heard these great stories, you know, about Apple.
他们听过关于苹果等公♥司♥的传奇故事
But, you know what, when you start a company,
但你创建一家公♥司♥时
you can think what the revenues are gonna be,
可以去考虑年收入
how much it's gonna be worth to shareholders,
股票市值等问题
but you always need a technical element.
但你总需要一点技术元素