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Work is under way on the first Transcontinental Railroad,
他開始打造第一條橫貫整個大陸的鐵路
and the Commodore realizes
"船長"意識到
that its completion will transform America,
它的完工將會變革整個美國
slashing cross-country travel time by months.
讓橫跨全國的行程時間縮減數月
- H.W. BRANDS: Railroads were absolutely liberating,
- H·W·布蘭茲：鐵路絕對是對人類的一種徹底解放
because the railroads
鐵路的出現
allowed cheap and efficient transportation
讓便宜便捷的運輸成為了可能
from one corner of America to another.
從美國一端到另一端
- NARRATOR: Vanderbilt sees his future.
- 旁白：范德比爾特看到了他的未來
He sells all of his ships and invests
他售出手上所有的船
everything he has in railroads.
將全部身家都投資到了鐵路中
- JACK WELCH: You talk about seeing around corners as an element of success.
- 杰克·韋爾奇：洞察力是成功的要素之一
That's what differentiates a good leader.
這正是偉大領袖不同于常人的地方
Not many people have it.
很少有人擁有它
Not many people can predict that corner.
很少有人能夠預計未來的方向
That is a characteristic of great leaders.
這是偉大領袖的一種特質
- NARRATOR: His decision to invest heavily in rail pays off.
- 旁白：他對鐵路的大量投資獲得了回報
By the end of the war,
在戰爭結束時
Vanderbilt is the richest man in America,
范德比爾特成為全美最富有的人
with a net worth of over sixty-eight million dollars,
凈身家達到6800萬美元
the equivalent of seventy-five billion today.
相當于現在的750億美元
But all that money can't buy his escape from the war's devastation.
但這些錢并不能讓他逃脫戰爭的破壞
In the wake of the Civil War,
在南北戰爭的吊唁會上
a country mourns publicly,
國家在公眾面前哀悼
while Vanderbilt does so privately.
范德比爾特私下里也是如此
- FORTUNE TELLER: The first card is the past,
- 占卜者：第一張牌是過去
the second, the present, and the third is the future.
第二張是現在 第三張則是未來
There has been an unexpected loss.
曾經有過難以預計的損失
Someone close to you.
和你很親近的人
- VANDERBILT: My son. George.
- 范德比爾特：我兒子 喬治
He died in the war.
他死于戰爭
What about the future?
未來如何呢
- FORTUNE TELLER: The chariot.
- 占卜者：古戰車
There will be a war.
未來將有一場戰爭
- VANDERBILT: The war's over.
- 范德比爾特：戰爭已經結束
- No. Your war is about to begin.
- 不 你的戰爭就要開始
- Hey.
- 嘿
Watch it, man!
看著點 伙計
- NARRATOR: Tormented by the loss of his favorite son,
- 旁白：受到兒子之死的深深折磨
Vanderbilt's empire is more vulnerable than ever before.
范德比爾特的帝國比以往任何時候都更加脆弱
