美國商業(yè)大亨傳奇 第67期:新的對手(9)

You have to be able to take risk.

你需要冒險

You can't have greatness in anything without puttingit on the line. Otherwise, everybody would have it.

不冒風(fēng)險是不可能取得偉大成就的 要不然 所有人不都會成功嗎

If there was no apparent loss, if there was no chance of tremendous failure or tremendoussetback, you can't have the upside.

沒有損失的可能 沒有慘痛失敗的可能 你就不可能獲得利益

To what do I owe the pleasure, Mr. Morgan?

有什么意見嗎 摩根先生

There's a noise in the basement. It's upsetting my wife.

地下室有些噪音 我夫人很不喜歡

It's the generator.

那是發(fā)電機(jī)

I'll send someone around to soundproof it.

我會派人去進(jìn)行隔音的

You just disappoint me, Pierpont.

你讓我失望了 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

How much competition do you have, Edison?

你有多少競爭 愛迪生

Nothing worthy of note.

不值一提

You know, if you could help me raise money to install a central power station, there'd be noneed to have a generator in your basement.

如果你能幫我籌錢建立一座中央發(fā)電站 地下室的發(fā)電機(jī)就沒必要了

I could power anything within a half-mile radius.

半英里半徑內(nèi)都能通過它來發(fā)電

What would it take to light all the homes in New York City?

為紐約市所有家庭照明需要什么

I'd need a network of power stations.

我需要一個發(fā)電站網(wǎng)絡(luò)

What would the cost be?

成本是多少

I'll have to go through my figures.

我需要算一下

Bring them to me Monday morning.

周一早上給我

That model train set-- powered by electricity?

這個模型火車是由電提供動力的嗎

Yes.

是

I want one for my daughter's birthday next week.

下周我女兒生日時 給她做一個

For Morgan, the potential reward is too great.

在摩根看來 潛在回報太過誘人

Against his father's advice, he invests everything in electricity, determined to create his ownlegacy, even if it means going against everything he's ever been taught.

他沒聽父親的建議 而是將一切都投資給了電 決心創(chuàng)造自己的偉大財富 哪怕這同他一直所受的教誨背道而馳