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奥里森·斯威特·马登:向前进·摘录 27
奥里森·斯威特·马登《向前进》· Pushing to the Front · 领导
John D. Rockefeller saw his opportunity in petroleum. He could see a large population in this country with very poor lights. Petroleum was plentiful, but the refining process was so crude that the product was inferior, and not wholly safe. Here was Rockefeller's chance. Taking into partnership Samuel Andrews, the porter in a machine shop where both men had worked, he started a single barrel "still" in 1870, using an improved process discovered by his partner. They made a superior grade of oil and prospered rapidly. They admitted a third partner, Mr. Flagler, but Andrews soon became dissatisfied. "What will you take for your interest?" asked Rockefeller. Andrews wrote carelessly on a piece of paper, "One million dollars." Within twenty-four hours Mr. Rockefeller handed him the amount, saying, "Cheaper at one million than ten." In twenty years the business of the little refinery, scarcely worth one thousand dollars for building and apparatus, had grown into the Standard Oil Trust, capitalized at ninety millions of dollars, with stock quoted at 170, giving a market value of one hundred and fifty millions.
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洛克菲勒在石油上看到机会:美国人口多,照明却很差;石油不少,但提炼粗糙,油品差又不安全。他和在机械厂一起干过活的安德鲁斯合伙,1870年用对方改进的工艺开了一个单桶炼油厂,出好油,生意很快起来。后来拉进第三位合伙人弗拉格勒,安德鲁斯不满,洛克菲勒问他要多少钱退出,安德鲁斯随手写“一百万美元”,二十四小时内洛克菲勒就付了,还说“一百万比一千万便宜”。二十年后,这家连设备只值千把美元的小厂变成标准石油托拉斯,资本九千万,市值一亿五千万。
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洛克菲勒是标准石油公司创始人,19世纪美国石油工业兴起时的关键人物。
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