美國(guó)商業(yè)大亨傳奇 第11期:石油風(fēng)云(2)

Why are we playing so much in plumbers?
為什么我們要付這么多錢(qián)給管道工？
We run a refinery.
我們運(yùn)營(yíng)著一家煉油廠(chǎng)。
So, we start making our own pipes.
那么，我們就建設(shè)自己的管道。
At this rate, we'll be lucky if we break even this year.
按照這個(gè)價(jià)格，幸運(yùn)的話(huà)我們今年就能收回成本。
If you wanna call it a day, John, just say.
約翰，如果你想就此完蛋，你就直說(shuō)。
I should go.
我要走了。
Is everything all right?
一切都還好嗎？
It's fine.
很好。
At the age of twenty-seven,
27歲那年，
Rockefeller is in the early stages of building his refining business,
洛克菲勒正處在煉油行業(yè)的初級(jí)階段，
but his company is teetering on the verge of bankruptcy.
而他的公司正瀕臨破產(chǎn)。
Vanderbilt sees him as someone he can manipulate to his advantage.
范德比爾特把他看成是自己可加以利用操控的人。
An exclusive deal to ship Rockefeller's oil
運(yùn)輸洛克菲勒所產(chǎn)石油的獨(dú)家交易
will guarantee that the Commodore's trains stay filled with cargo.
將能保證船隊(duì)隊(duì)長(zhǎng)的火車(chē)永遠(yuǎn)裝滿(mǎn)貨物。
Vanderbilt invites Rockefeller to meet with him in New York.
范德比爾特邀洛克菲勒到紐約見(jiàn)他。
For the young oil man, the meeting is the opportunity of a lifetime.
對(duì)于這個(gè)年輕的油商 這次會(huì)談是改變他一生的機(jī)遇。
A way out of his troubles,
他將有機(jī)會(huì)擺脫困境，
and a way to save his company from complete collapse.
讓自己的公司免于破產(chǎn)。
Rockefeller, he respected Vanderbilt.
洛克菲勒尊敬范德比爾特。
He could see what he had achieved.
他看得到他的成就。
Vanderbilt was setting the pattern and the archetype
洛克菲勒將范德比爾視為自己的榜樣
of what Rockefeller himself wanted to be.
他也想成為范德比爾特這樣的人。
He wanted to be the Vanderbilt of petroleum.
他想成為石油業(yè)的范德比爾特
That's the way he saw himself.
他這樣看待自己。
As Rockefeller prepares for his trip to New York,
在洛克菲勒為他的紐約之行做準(zhǔn)備時(shí)，
Vanderbilt's plan is set in motion.
范德比爾特的計(jì)劃就已經(jīng)開(kāi)始了。