美國商業(yè)大亨傳奇 第66期:新的對手(8)

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父親 您怎么想

You disappoint me, Pierpont.

你讓我很失望 皮爾龐特

I thought you knew better.

我想你比我更清楚

This is the future.

這是未來

This is the stuff of carnivals and fairs.

這只是嘉年華和展覽會的花哨玩意

And you've been played for a fool.

你被當(dāng)傻子一樣耍了

Despite his father's disappointment,Morgan's event is a success.

雖然父親感到失望 但摩根的展覽成功了

You're about to become a very busy man.

你以后會變得很忙碌

Darius Ogden Mills wants you to electrify his home.

達里厄斯·奧格登·米爾斯想要你用電點亮他家

He'll have to wait.

他可能需要等等

The Vanderbilt family's next on my list.

我的下一個顧客將是范德比爾特家

Electricity becomes a must-have for the country's elite,with one notable exception,John D.Rockefeller.

電成為國內(nèi)精英家中的必備品 不過有一位顯要人物是個例外 約翰·D·洛克菲勒

Rockefeller has created the largest fortune in America by refining oil for kerosene lamps.

通過從石油中提煉燈用煤油 洛克菲勒獲得了美國最巨大的財富

He realizes electric light has the potential to replace kerosene as America's primary lightsource.

他認(rèn)識到 電燈很有可能取代煤油燈成為美國的主要光源

If the technology goes mainstream,Rockefeller will face his biggest challenge ever.

如果這種技術(shù)成為主流 洛克菲勒必將面臨人生中最大的挑戰(zhàn)

Following the success of his home lighting display,

家庭照明展成功后

Morgan believes that electricity could be the opportunity he's been waiting for,his chance tocontrol a new business from its start,and become a pioneer like Carnegie and Rockefeller.

摩根更加相信電就是他苦苦等待的機會 他有機會從一開始就控制住一個新的行當(dāng) 并成為卡內(nèi)基和洛克菲勒那樣的先驅(qū)

But investing in Edison goes against everything J.P. Morgan's father has ever taught him.

但是對愛迪生的投資同J·P·摩根父親所教導(dǎo)的完全相背