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Then after Virginia officials submitted the proposals in October 2017, things went quiet.
弗吉尼亞官員2017年10月提交提案后，他們又沒(méi)什么動(dòng)靜了。
A few months later, Victor Hoskins, the director of Arlington Economic Development, was walking up to the stage at a conference with other development officials
幾個(gè)月后，阿靈頓經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展局局長(zhǎng)維克多·霍斯金斯在與其他發(fā)展局官員出現(xiàn)在了某會(huì)議的舞臺(tái)上，
when their phones started buzzing with news reports that Virginia, Washington and Maryland were among Amazon’s 20 finalists.
因?yàn)樗麄兊氖謾C(jī)已經(jīng)不停收到新聞報(bào)道，稱弗吉尼亞州，華盛頓州和馬里蘭州已經(jīng)進(jìn)入了亞馬遜前20入圍名單。
“It quickly became, ‘Hey, we got three locations in that list of 20, we’ve got a good chance here,’” Mr. Hoskins said.
“之后不久，形勢(shì)又變成了‘嘿，這個(gè)名單上有三個(gè)地方機(jī)會(huì)比較大，’”霍斯金斯說(shuō)到。
Crystal City is a neighborhood filled with dated office buildings developed in the 1970s for military contractors.
水晶城則是一個(gè)遍地都是20世紀(jì)70年代為軍火承包商開(kāi)發(fā)的那種舊式辦公樓的地方。
Much of it has sat empty since the Pentagon reorganized in the years after the Sept. 11 attacks.
“911事件”發(fā)生，五角大樓重組之后，那些辦公樓大部分都已經(jīng)閑置了下來(lái)。
The developer JBG Smith had recently acquired much of the land and buildings there and was trying to spruce up the staid streets.
開(kāi)發(fā)商“JBG史密斯”最近收購(gòu)了那里的大部分土地和建筑，并試圖修整那些古板的街道。
Ahead of Amazon’s first tour in late February,
2月底亞馬遜對(duì)該地進(jìn)行首次考察之前，
it wrapped buildings in colorful patterned fabrics, and hired muralists to decorate long construction walls and parking lots,
他們就用花布將那些建筑包了起來(lái)，還雇用了壁畫(huà)師去裝點(diǎn)那些長(zhǎng)長(zhǎng)的建筑墻和停車場(chǎng)，
trying to show how the neighborhood could be reimagined.
意圖向?qū)Ψ秸故驹摰貐^(qū)能夠煥發(fā)出新的生機(jī)。
Amazon visited several times, at one point going up to the top of a tower, near Reagan National Airport, for a bird’s-eye view of Crystal City.
亞馬遜對(duì)該地進(jìn)行了多次考察，一次還登上了位于里根國(guó)家機(jī)場(chǎng)附近的某塔的塔尖俯瞰整個(gè)水晶城。
But it was more down to business than New York.
不過(guò)，對(duì)水晶城的考察相比對(duì)紐約的考察談的正事更多。
Catering was ordered in.
他們還要了餐飲。
“Talent was at the core of a tremendous amount of our conversations,” Mr. Hoskins said.
“人才是我們那次談話的核心話題，”霍斯金斯先生說(shuō)。
He said Amazon never discussed the incentives or proposals other locales offered.
他說(shuō)，那次，亞馬遜自始至終都沒(méi)有提及其他候選地提供的商機(jī)或提案。
Mr. Carney said inside Amazon, the team running the search decided at a meeting in August
卡尼先生（亞馬遜高級(jí)副總裁）對(duì)亞馬遜內(nèi)部說(shuō)，負(fù)責(zé)搜索地址的團(tuán)隊(duì)在8月的一次會(huì)議上裁定，
that it would be easier to hire the number of workers they wanted if they split the headquarters into two.
如果將總部分成兩個(gè)，他們就能更輕松地招到他們想要招聘的那么多員工。
(An Amazon spokesman later said the meeting happened the first week of September.)
（某亞馬遜發(fā)言人后來(lái)表示會(huì)議舉行于9月的第一周，不是8月。）
“We also think that 25,000 as a floor is easier for the communities to absorb,” Mr. Carney said.
卡尼說(shuō)：“我們也認(rèn)為，以2.5萬(wàn)名員工為最低限度的話，周邊的社區(qū)對(duì)我們的企業(yè)吸收起來(lái)會(huì)更容易。”
The company did not tell the cities about the split immediately.
該公司沒(méi)有立即告訴各城市他們的分裂計(jì)劃。
When Mr. Hoskins first heard about it, he was conflicted.
所以，第一次聽(tīng)說(shuō)這件事時(shí)，霍斯金斯先生感到很矛盾。
“You want the 50,000, but you know what, hey, 25,000 is a huge number,” he said.
“你明明想要的是5萬(wàn)名員工，但你知道嘛，2.5萬(wàn)其實(shí)已經(jīng)很多了，”他說(shuō)。
By early November, local officials were feeling good.
到11月初，當(dāng)?shù)毓賳T都感覺(jué)良好。
A small stage went up on an empty lot in Crystal City for the announcement, only to take be taken down quickly.
為了宣布這一消息，水晶城的一塊空地上搭起了一個(gè)小小的舞臺(tái)，但很快又被拆掉了。
It was premature.
現(xiàn)在宣布還為時(shí)過(guò)早。
After a final round to address the last details, on Monday,
在最后一輪解決了最后的細(xì)節(jié)之后，周一，
Mr. Moret was driving through rural Virginia when he signed the final state agreements digitally, his cell reception cutting in and out along the road.
莫雷特（弗吉尼亞州經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展合作組織總裁）在開(kāi)車行駛在弗吉尼亞鄉(xiāng)村的路上用電子簽章簽署了最終的協(xié)議，一路上，他的電話信號(hào)時(shí)好時(shí)斷。
“We had a call from them just an hour after we executed it saying we won,” he said.
“我們敲定協(xié)議一個(gè)小時(shí)之后就接到了他們的電話，說(shuō)我們從名單中勝出了，”他說(shuō)。
The company said it would start hiring in New York, Virginia and Tennessee next year.
亞馬遜表示，它將于明年開(kāi)始在紐約，弗吉尼亞和田納西州為新總部招聘員工。
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