美国商业大亨传奇 第67期:新的对手(9)
你需要冒险
You can't have greatness in anything without puttingit on the line. Otherwise, everybody would have it.
不冒风险是不可能取得伟大成就的 要不然 所有人不都会成功吗
If there was no apparent loss, if there was no chance of tremendous failure or tremendoussetback, you can't have the upside.
没有损失的可能 没有惨痛失败的可能 你就不可能获得利益
To what do I owe the pleasure, Mr. Morgan?
有什么意见吗 摩根先生
There's a noise in the basement. It's upsetting my wife.
地下室有些噪音 我夫人很不喜欢
It's the generator.
那是发电机
I'll send someone around to soundproof it.
我会派人去进行隔音的
You just disappoint me, Pierpont.
你让我失望了 皮尔庞特
I thought you knew better.
我想你比我更清楚
This is the future.
这是未来
This is the stuff of carnivals and fairs.
这只是嘉年华和展览会的花哨玩意
And you've been played for a fool.
你被当傻子一样耍了
How much competition do you have, Edison?
你有多少竞争 爱迪生
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.
如果你能帮我筹钱建立一座中央发电站 地下室的发电机就没必要了
I could power anything within a half-mile radius.
半英里半径内都能通过它来发电
What would it take to light all the homes in New York City?
为纽约市所有家庭照明需要什么
I'd need a network of power stations.
我需要一个发电站网络
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.
周一早上给我
That model train set-- powered by electricity?
这个模型火车是由电提供动力的吗
Yes.
是
I want one for my daughter's birthday next week.
下周我女儿生日时 给她做一个
For Morgan, the potential reward is too great.
在摩根看来 潜在回报太过诱人
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.
他没听父亲的建议 而是将一切都投资给了电 决心创造自己的伟大财富 哪怕这同他一直所受的教诲背道而驰
