Beauty Knows No Pain

Beauty Knows No Pain
Beauty Knows No Pain title card
Genre	Comedy-drama
Written by	Wong Bing-yi
Directed by	So Man-chung
Starring	Maggie Cheung Michelle Yim Joe Ma Dominic Lam Joyce Tang Power Chan
Theme music composer	Fergus Chow
Country of origin	Hong Kong
Original language	Cantonese
No. of episodes	20
Production
Producer	Lam Chi-wah
Production location	Hong Kong
Editors	Suen Ho-ho Chan Kam-ling
Camera setup	Multi camera
Running time	45 minutes
Production company	TVB
Original release
Network	TVB Jade
Release	26 July 2010 – present

Template:Infobox Chinese-language series and movie Beauty Knows No Pain (Chinese: 女人最痛; literally Women's Most Painful) is a 2010 Hong Kong television drama. Produced by Lam Chi-wah and co-edited by Suen Ho-ho and Chan Kam-ling, the drama is a TVB production. The show premiered on July 26, 2010, and is slated to air for 20 episodes five nights a week. The drama follows the lives of three women — Jackie, Mrs. Cash, and BiBi, portrayed by Maggie Cheung Ho-yee, Michelle Yim, and Joyce Tang respectively — who works in the same make-up production company, PDSD.

Synopsis

Mrs. Cash (Michelle Yim) is successful in both career and life. However, she accidentally discovers that her husband Mr. Cash (Dominic Lam) has committed adultery. In order to maintain the relationship, Mrs. Cash is willing to take the risk of getting pregnant despite her age. Pregnancy has imposed great pressure on her daily life as well as her career. Her aggressive subordinate Jackie (Maggie Cheung Ho-yee) therefore seizes the chance to take up her duties. Jackie is a bold and decisive person at work but she is caught in a quadrangular relationship by falling in love with the married man Nick (Joe Ma Tak-chung).

Discouraged by the relationship failures of her bosses, secretary BiBi (Joyce Tang) further impairs her confidence. Bibi's "outstanding" body shape, further increases her inferiority. Encouraged by her colleague Chi Lam (Power Chan), BiBi decides to boost her self-esteem by getting plastic surgery. Subsequently, she becomes the sexiest goddess on the Internet and the hottest brand spokesperson in town. Upon her getting rich and famous, BiBi suddenly realizes that this is not what she really wants...

Cast and characters

Main characters

• Maggie Cheung Ho-yee portrays Jackie Sa, the zealous and ambitious new brand manager for Stella Young. Impressed with Mrs. Cash's quick-thinking, patience,and wisdom, Jackie sees Mrs. Cash as her mentor and good friend. However, while going through an aged pregnancy, Mrs. Cash's attitude and behavior begins to change drastically, negatively affecting Jackie's career, even to the point of betrayal. Furious, Jackie vows to take over Mrs. Cash's position as senior brand manager.
• Michelle Yim portrays "Mrs. Cash" Wong Hoi-king, the intelligent and loving senior brand manager for Lafa. Unlike Jackie, she manages to balance both family and work successfully without much effort. Mrs. Cash, despite having gone through two miscarriages as well as years of unsuccessful conceptions, she finally gets pregnant, but at a risk due to her older age. Her deteriorating health gives her an attitude switch, and she grows bitter and snappy. She begins to face-mend Jackie, causing them to often bitterly quarrel with each other.
• Joyce Tang portrays BiBi Yue, Mrs. Cash's secretary. Although she is often being poked fun of by her fellow male co-workers due to her less-than-average looks and body, she is extremely kind and optimistic. She is the first to befriend Jackie after she joins PDSD. After getting plastic surgery, BiBi is hired to be PDSD's star model. With her new found image, BiBi becomes vain, overconfident, and believing herself to be infallible.
• Joe Ma Tak-chung portrays Nickson "Nick" Ko, the young marketing director for PDSD. Intelligent, rational, and confident, Nick is a well-liked and respected talent in the marketing industry. Nick is also extremely faithful and filial; he was once Jackie's longtime boyfriend. However, Jackie suddenly heartlessly broke up with him, to reasons he never knew until he met Jackie again four years later in PDSD. Yeda, Nick's good friend, is often there to comfort him, and Nick slowly finds himself falling in love with Yeda's bubbly personality. Under the pressure of his parents, Nick hesitantly marries Yeda.
• Dominic Lam portrays "Mr. Cash" Chin Kwong-lung, the CEO of a trading company. His father died at an early age, leaving only his mother to care for him. Using his own powerful socializing and networking skills, Mr. Cash quickly forms his own trading company. He loves children, but begins to lose hope after years of unsuccessful attempts.
• Power Chan portrays Chi Lam, the marketing manager for PDSD. Chi Lam is flirty and obnoxious, often poking fun at BiBi's appearance. Despite Chi Lam's stingy personality, he is shown to be a good friend and a filial grandson, often caring for Nickson and his grandmother. He is extremely tactful and skilled.

Other characters

• Elena Kong portrays Angela Hung the brand manager for Purple Queen. Nicknamed Angela Auntie, she is neaky and sly, and has many plans up her sleeves to bring down Mrs. Cash, although none of these plans seem to usually work. She often kisses up to GM to get what she wants.
• JJ Jia portrays Yeda So, Nickson's wife. Bubbly and lively, Yeda is optimistic and naturally gullible. She is attracted to Nickson's intelligence and mannerisms, quickly falling in love with him. After they married, the couple's personalities often clashed, and Yeda often confides to her lesbian friend.
• Savio Tsang portrays "GM" Lam Gar-man, the CEO of PDSD. GM is unimaginative and is easily convinced by others. However, he holds great respect for his subordinates, and chooses helpers wisely.

Viewership ratings

	Week	Episodes	Average Points	Peaking Points	HK viewers (in millions)	References
1	July 26 - July 30, 2010	1 — 5	28	—	1.78
2	August 2 - August 6, 2010	6 — 10

External links

• TVB.com Beauty Knows No Pain - Official Website Template:Zh icon