美国商业大亨传奇 第35期:喋血工厂(10)

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

策略成功之后 卡内基获得了很多钢材请求 数量远远超过了他所能处理的

And his biggest customer is an industry he knowswell.

他最大的顾客也正是他所熟知的行业

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

铁路公司希望用钢材替换掉自己的桥梁和铁轨

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

但是卡内基无法生产足够的新材料来满足所有这些订单

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

他需要提高自己的产能 为了实现这个目的 他还需要募集更多资金

So he turns to his old mentor, Tom Scott.

于是他又去找了自己的导师 汤姆·斯科特

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

在他的帮助下 卡内基募集到的资金按现在的美元算 价值超过了2100万美元

And with it, he builds his first steel plant.

通过这些钱 他建起了自己的第一家钢厂

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

他看到了未来 而且他愿意投资很少美国企业家愿意投资的领域：这些异常庞大的新工厂

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

在匹兹堡外延绵一百多英亩卡内基的钢厂是全国最大的

Capable of rolling out 225 tons of steel a day.

每天能够生产225吨钢材

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

卡内基坚信未来很多年的增长中 钢材都将必不可少

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

卡内基这类人的信仰和乐观是我们现在很多人都无法想象的

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

有了新工厂 卡内基能够为全国各地提供人们所需的钢材

And make himself a fortune.

这也让他大赚了一笔

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