美國商業(yè)大亨傳奇 第10期:石油風云(1)

Oil is revolutionizing life in America.
石油正在改變著美國人的生活。
Crude from the ground is being refined into kerosene,
從地下鉆取的原油被提煉為煤油，
a safe and inexpensive source of light,
一種安全廉價的光源，
and that access to light is completely changing the way Americans live.
這一方式讓美國人的生活發(fā)生了翻天覆地的變化。
Before kerosene,
在能用煤油之前，
the average American didn't have access to a consistent light source.
一般美國人根本就沒辦法持續(xù)使用光源。
When the sun came down, darkness ruled.
太陽落山后，黑暗就統(tǒng)治一切。
Kerosene is a phenomenon that will forever change the world.
煤油現(xiàn)象永遠地改變了世界。
And Vanderbilt knows it's his next opportunity to cash in.
范德比爾特知道他的下一個賺錢機會就在這里。
The idea is to see what's missing.
關(guān)鍵在于看到缺少什么。
That's what a creative entrepreneur does,
這就是創(chuàng)造性企業(yè)家所考慮的，
he serves people things that they need.
他會提供人們想要的東西。
Some people can't find a new thing to do.
有些人不能找到新的事情去做。
But sometimes you see something that everybody has to have.
但有時你能看到某種所有人都需要的東西。
Oh men, I've got to give them this.
哦伙計，我要為人們提供這個。
And then you go to work on it.
然后你去從事這方面的工作。
Because they need it.
因為人們需要它。
Vanderbilt sees the demand for
范德比爾特看到了
kerosene skyrocketing all across the country.
全國范圍內(nèi)煤油需求的激增。
He knows that to meet the demand,
他知道要滿足人們的需求，
the makers of kerosene will need a new way to ship their oil.
煤油制造者需要一種新的方式來運輸石油。
If Vanderbilt can corner the market on those oil shipments,
如果范德比爾特能夠壟斷石油運輸
he'll propel himself back to the top of the railroad industry.
他就能讓自己重回鐵路工業(yè)的最頂峰。
All he needs to do now is find a supplier.
現(xiàn)在他需要做的只是找到一位供應(yīng)商。
We're gonna extend along the south shore to Cleveland.
我們將沿南岸擴展到克利夫蘭。
Why Cleveland?
為什么是克利夫蘭？
Cleveland is a small city of just under fifty thousand,
克利夫蘭是一個人口不足五萬的小城市，
but it's sitting on top of an ocean of oil.
但它位于一大片油田之上。
Eastern Ohio is the Middle East of its day,
俄亥俄東部相當于當時的中東，
and the area around Cleveland
克利夫蘭周圍的區(qū)域
is one of the largest oil fields in the world.
是世界上最大的油田之一。
Vanderbilt learns about a refinery
范德比爾特了解到一家
built near the railroads in Cleveland.
建在克利夫蘭鐵路的煉油廠。
The perfect mark for his master plan.
這是他宏偉計劃的一個完美里程碑。
He reaches out to the owner,
他找到了煉油廠廠主，
a struggling young oil man Vanderbilt
一位正在打拼的年輕油商。
is hoping to pluck from obscurity.
范德比爾特希望能拉他一把。
That oil man is John D. Rockefeller.
那個油商也就是約翰·D·洛克菲勒。

這位油商也就是約翰·D·洛克菲勒