The pipeline will require a massive investment,
建设管道需要大量投资，
and incredible risk.
风险也很高。
But if he gets it right,
但是只要能够做好，
Rockefeller will be able to do what he loves to do most, win.
洛克菲勒就能做到他最想做的事，胜利。
It probably comes early in an entrepreneur's life
在企业家生涯之初你可能就会
where you realize you're willing to do things in the business world
意识到你想做的事
that other people aren't willing to do.
商界其他人可能并不愿意做。
Everybody has got ideas, and everybody's got ambitions,
每个人都有自己的想法，都有自己的雄心，
but most people aren't willing to cross that line,
但大多数人都不敢越雷池一步，
and I think an entrepreneur that's successful, that's your nature.
一个成功的企业家应该具有这种品质。
Wherever there's change, wherever there's uncertainty,
只要有变化，就有不确定性，
there's opportunity.
就有机会。
Rockefeller's workers labor around the clock--
洛克菲勒的工人们夜以继日地赶工——
blasting through the countryside,
沿农村四处开炸，
and laying over a mile and a half of pipeline every day.
每天铺设超过一英里半的管道。
Business, in the end,
经营，归根结底，
Is understanding the playing field.
就是明白游戏规则。
Tell me who's on it, what their strengths are,
有哪些参与者 他们有什么能力，
what their weaknesses are,
他们有什么劣势，
and what is your checkmate play,
你要如何将对手将死，
to top 'em, and nail 'em.
压倒他们，让他们出局。
And so you're always in that competitive game.
这样你就永远处在这样一个竞争性博弈之中。
You're looking at innovation.
你需要不断创新。
You're looking at leap-frogging,
不断跳跃式前进，
trying to get ahead of them.
尝试超越他们。
You're never complacent.
你要永不满足。
You're semi-paranoid about what they're doing.
你要对他们所做的事情有半偏执的态度。
That's what the game is all about.
这就是游戏的全部。
By the time the pipeline is complete,
管道完成时，
it's over four thousand miles long,
其长度超过了四千英里。
stretching across Ohio and Pennsylvania,
横跨俄亥俄和宾夕法尼亚，
and connecting thousands of the world's most lucrative oil wells
将世界上数千口最赚钱的油井
directly to Rockefeller's refineries.
直接连到了洛克菲勒的炼油厂。
John Rockefeller has finally found his way
约翰·洛克菲勒终于找到了他
to eliminate the railroads from the oil business,
将铁路公司踢出石油行业的方式，
and in the process, he's forever revolutionized the way oil is transported.
在此过程中他彻底地改变了石油运输的方式。