In the play, the cello is an uncle who once had the experience of organizing an orchestra, and his wife is also a member of that group. Shortly after his wife's death, seemingly 3 years, he was ill and had Parkinson's, so it was over, and the band was doomed to either disband or find a new cello, but that would obviously change the band's style. So the chief quit, saying that the old man you have to persevere, or you need to find a successor who can match the orchestra; the woman is unwilling, saying that the old man has worked hard, but you must persevere, otherwise I will quit. The second violin said that the style is going to change anyway, so I decided to make a big change. I made a second violin that is so old, and now I want to change the environment. And the chief said no, you can't be the chief, your ability is not enough. The woman privately persuaded her husband to say, you should be the second child, you are the best in the world. The second child cursed, you slut, dare to turn your elbows out. Are you saying it's easy for me so many years? I work hard to be a good husband and a good father at home, to be a good member of the band, and second, how hard I am. You say that my ability is not worse than others, and I am not uglier than others, why should I earn less than others. If you say you are my wife, it's okay if I am less than you. The cello is my teacher, and I can't compare. But since the regiment may be disbanded today, it is necessary to make it clear why I can't be the chief, because my ability is not enough, or his ability is not enough. And I suspect that you were forced to marry me in the first place. In fact, you loved the old man and had an affair with someone else at the time. You only married me because you were pregnant with my child. You say you really love me.
The woman became furious when she heard it, saying that you dare to quarrel with the old lady. So many years of education wasted me. I'll tell you the truth now, I don't know if I really loved you at first, and I don't even know today. If you want to be the chief, it has nothing to do with me, I don't care at all, I just want to maintain the team, so you have to give me the second child.
Then it's noisy, noisy, and noisy. Of course, everyone reconciled at the end of the play. Actually, I think it is difficult to reconcile in practice. Because the crux of the problem is that although the chief is very good, he can only be the chief, not the second, and he probably knows this. The second player knows that he is the best second player, but he feels that he can be the first player, and it is likely to be better than the current one. Viola didn't care about this at all, thinking that as long as the team didn't disband, he would have his own food, and he probably knew that his husband could indeed be the principal. The old man has already suffered from the dissolution of the band once. He knows that things are difficult to handle, and his health is not good, so it is not easy to explain things too thoroughly.
In fact, this is often the case in the world. Although the boss looks awesome on the outside, it is the second-in-command who is really powerful. And the second-in-command has been working for a long time, and some ideas will naturally arise, and there will be ideas to move forward. At this time, the biggest difficulty is not whether the second-in-command can do the work of the first-in-command, but whether the second-in-command can find another person who can fully adapt to the work of the second-in-command. If you can find it, everyone will be very happy, if you can't find it, everyone will be doomed. This is the so-called emperor's good work, the prime minister is difficult, but the prime minister rarely wants to go further. It's not that they really didn't think so, but they thought about it and figured it out. When they become emperors, others are not as good as themselves as prime ministers. In the end, the family is ruined. And if the second-in-command you are looking for, like you, can be both the boss and the second child. Then the consequences will be serious, such as Cao Cao's family is an example.
Therefore, it is not that the most capable can naturally rank in the front, but it is precisely because you are too capable that you will be on the road to promotion yourself. And if you don't make trouble, then even your own wife will object to you making trouble, because in a good life, after you make trouble like this, everyone will have to change.
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