So You’re Not My Prince Charming

A bittersweet story of love and hardship about Su Wen, an ordinary city woman. It explores different ideas of happiness and the choices we make, amid the ways of the world, social pressures, and disparities in status. We see the world through the eyes of a woman whom society deems an outsider, and weigh right and wrong in her heart. There is no shortage of satire, either. Like a butterfly before it breaks free of its cocoon, she suffers, but her pain comes from more than herself. She works hard, only to have colleagues make snide remarks and deliberately give her a hard time. She falls in love with Xiao Zhen, who is considerate but always thinks himself her superior. When she talks with others, she becomes a gold digger in the eyes of Xiao Zhen's younger brother, Xiao Shen. She strives to get ahead, yet even her uncle, Chang Xiaoming, disapproves. And when she finally grows shrewd and capable, joining a company everyone believes is on the verge of collapse and using her skill and innovative ideas to carve out a way to survive in difficult circumstances, she is still condemned as a woman who resorts to low tactics and wins through seduction. The love story, too, defies convention and departs from the popular point of view. She could clearly marry her way into the upper ranks, yet she refuses to compromise, to settle for a happily-ever-after Cinderella ending. Though the people and love in her life are out of step with the times, she repeatedly gives in, becoming deeply infatuated. What is happiness, after all? Does it need the approval of most people, or is it enough to follow one's own feelings? The title Killings and Allure has been changed to So You Were Never My Prince Charming. Coming out in February 2010! Premise: