General Electric is a complex beast.

通用電氣是一隻複雜的野獸。

It makes everything from jet engines and gas turbines toe Marie machines.

從噴氣式發動機、燃氣輪機到瑪麗機器，它都能製造。

But one number that investors watch closely is how much free cash its industrial divisions spin off.

但投資者密切關注的一個數字是其產業部門分拆出多少自由現金。

On Tuesday, as he reported the company's fourth quarter earnings, chief executive Larry Culp said that this year that number could hit $4.5 billion.

週二，首席執行官拉里-庫爾普（Larry Culp）在報告公司第四季度財報時表示，今年這一數字可能達到45億美元。

Now, to put that into perspective, that's what G was making in 2018.

現在，為了讓大家明白，這就是G在2018年的收入。

Only now it's got around 27,000 fewer employees on about $30 billion less debt.

只不過現在它少了約27000名員工，少了約300億美元的債務。

Investors liked what they heard on the shares popped by as much as 11%.

投資者喜聞樂見，股價爆漲高達11%。

Now, can cult hit that number?

現在，邪教能達到這個數字嗎？

Well, that depends on the airlines that fly using jet engines More than a quarter of gigs Fleet is currently grounded in that number hasn't really changed since October.

嗯，這取決於使用噴氣式發動機飛行的航空公司 超過四分之一的吉比特艦隊目前停飛在這個數字並沒有真正改變自10月。

So if you want to believe that she is going to hit that 4.5 billion, you also need to believe that Cove in 19 is going to abate and planes will once again take to the sky What we can say is that Culp is pretty, well incentivized to do what he says.

是以，如果你想相信她會達到45億，你也需要相信19年的庫夫將會消減，飛機將再次上天我們可以說的是，庫爾普很，很有動力去做他所說的事情。

Let him re negotiate his sign on bonus in August, reducing the share price at which he gets rewarded.

讓他在8月份重新協商簽約獎金，降低他獲得獎勵的股價。

Now the shares have already doubles toe almost $12 since then.

現在股價已經翻了一倍，自此接近12元。

If they go a couple of dollars higher and stay there, he could be eligible for a payout of more than $120 million.

如果他們高出幾美元，並留在那裡，他可能有資格獲得超過1.2億美元的報酬。

That is a pretty powerful incentive to keep the good news coming.

這是一個相當強大的激勵機制，讓我們繼續保持好消息。