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Work is under way on the first Transcontinental Railroad,
他开始打造第一条横贯整个大陆的铁路
and the Commodore realizes
"船长"意识到
that its completion will transform America,
它的完工将会变革整个美国
slashing cross-country travel time by months.
让横跨全国的行程时间缩减数月
- H.W. BRANDS: Railroads were absolutely liberating,
- H·W·布兰兹：铁路绝对是对人类的一种彻底解放
because the railroads
铁路的出现
allowed cheap and efficient transportation
让便宜便捷的运输成为了可能
from one corner of America to another.
从美国一端到另一端
- NARRATOR: Vanderbilt sees his future.
- 旁白：范德比尔特看到了他的未来
He sells all of his ships and invests
他售出手上所有的船
everything he has in railroads.
将全部身家都投资到了铁路中
- JACK WELCH: You talk about seeing around corners as an element of success.
- 杰克·韦尔奇：洞察力是成功的要素之一
That's what differentiates a good leader.
这正是伟大领袖不同于常人的地方
Not many people have it.
很少有人拥有它
Not many people can predict that corner.
很少有人能够预计未来的方向
That is a characteristic of great leaders.
这是伟大领袖的一种特质
- NARRATOR: His decision to invest heavily in rail pays off.
- 旁白：他对铁路的大量投资获得了回报
By the end of the war,
在战争结束时
Vanderbilt is the richest man in America,
范德比尔特成为全美最富有的人
with a net worth of over sixty-eight million dollars,
净身家达到6800万美元
the equivalent of seventy-five billion today.
相当于现在的750亿美元
But all that money can't buy his escape from the war's devastation.
但这些钱并不能让他逃脱战争的破坏
In the wake of the Civil War,
在南北战争的吊唁会上
a country mourns publicly,
国家在公众面前哀悼
while Vanderbilt does so privately.
范德比尔特私下里也是如此
- FORTUNE TELLER: The first card is the past,
- 占卜者：第一张牌是过去
the second, the present, and the third is the future.
第二张是现在 第三张则是未来
There has been an unexpected loss.
曾经有过难以预计的损失
Someone close to you.
和你很亲近的人
- VANDERBILT: My son. George.
- 范德比尔特：我儿子 乔治
He died in the war.
他死于战争
What about the future?
未来如何呢
- FORTUNE TELLER: The chariot.
- 占卜者：古战车
There will be a war.
未来将有一场战争
- VANDERBILT: The war's over.
- 范德比尔特：战争已经结束
- No. Your war is about to begin.
- 不 你的战争就要开始
- Hey.
- 嘿
Watch it, man!
看着点 伙计
- NARRATOR: Tormented by the loss of his favorite son,
- 旁白：受到儿子之死的深深折磨
Vanderbilt's empire is more vulnerable than ever before.
范德比尔特的帝国比以往任何时候都更加脆弱
