美國商業(yè)大亨傳奇 第35期:喋血工廠(10)

When the stunt succeeds,Carnegie gets morerequests for his steel than he can possibly handle.

策略成功之后 卡內基獲得了很多鋼材請求 數(shù)量遠遠超過了他所能處理的

And his biggest customer is an industry he knowswell.

他最大的顧客也正是他所熟知的行業(yè)

The railroads are looking to replace their bridges and rails with steel.

鐵路公司希望用鋼材替換掉自己的橋梁和鐵軌

But Carnegie can't produce enough of the new material to fill all the orders.

但是卡內基無法生產足夠的新材料來滿足所有這些訂單

He needs to increase his capacity.And to do that, he needs to raise additional funds.

他需要提高自己的產能 為了實現(xiàn)這個目的 他還需要募集更多資金

So he turns to his old mentor, Tom Scott.

于是他又去找了自己的導師 湯姆·斯科特

With his help, Carnegie raises over $21 million in today's money.

在他的幫助下 卡內基募集到的資金按現(xiàn)在的美元算 價值超過了2100萬美元

And with it, he builds his first steel plant.

通過這些錢 他建起了自己的第一家鋼廠

He sees the future and he is willing to invest where few other American entrepreneurs arewilling to invest:in these gigantic new plants.

他看到了未來 而且他愿意投資很少美國企業(yè)家愿意投資的領域：這些異常龐大的新工廠

Sprawled over 100 acres just outside of Pittsburgh......Carnegie's steel mill is the largest in thenation.

在匹茲堡外延綿一百多英畝卡內基的鋼廠是全國最大的

Capable of rolling out 225 tons of steel a day.

每天能夠生產225噸鋼材

You have to believe if you're Carnegie that you're going to have multiple years of growth wheresteel is important.

卡內基堅信未來很多年的增長中 鋼材都將必不可少

The faith and optimism that someone like Carnegie had is just off the charts vs. what we seenow.

卡內基這類人的信仰和樂觀是我們現(xiàn)在很多人都無法想象的

With the new plant,Carnegie can supply as much steel as the country needs.

有了新工廠 卡內基能夠為全國各地提供人們所需的鋼材

And make himself a fortune.

這也讓他大賺了一筆

本篇內容翻譯來自可可英語網。