Concubine one was 20 when she met her 16 years older lover, a small business man, in a karaoke bar where she was working. She came from the countryside, had short hair, no good education and no experience in love. He didn´t tell her that he was married and had a child. After one year he invited her at his home without comment to show her that he had family. He promised her to marry her, when she will be 30 years old, but never popped the question. He ask her to grow her hair for the wedding picture. She never regarded any other man. She was studing literature and earning her own good money. One evening when they were sitting in the car he refused to stay longer. She got her little scissor from her handbag and drived it into her thigh. He threw her out. She was 29 and they were driving in the car again when she injured him with a little knife. They don´t see very often anymore, but she still loves him.

Second Concubine Wen Jing doesn´t neither need a man to survive. She lives in Chengdu, works as a singer in bars and distributes Chinese medicine, but she thinks that a man should improve her life. She had a lot of lovers. She says: „I am a lovaholic’. One of them was a cheat, one of them rented her an apartment and paid her monthly about 30000 RMB, one of them gave her money to buy an apartment. Now she is looking for a husband. She made several appointments with us but never appeared.

Third concubine Xie Lijun , Cixi, Provinz Zhejiang was working as an illegal taxidriver when she met him 7 years ago. She was unhappy and her parents bought a car for her to cheer her up. One night in 2004, she was stopped by a policeman, an officials for illegal operations and black market, a party member, and a big shot, vice-mayor. He confiscated her car. The married police officer visited her, but did not investigate. He came and took her clothes off. The next day, her car was in front of her door. Xie Lijun is studing law and wants to get a lawyer now. Most of the time she spends in front of the computer. She is fighting for justice , helps complaining farmers who lost their land, a hairdresser who was cheated by her neighbor and other concubines to protect themselves. Xie Lijun in an internetcafe in Cixi.Xie Lijun and the police officer were seeing each other for more than a year. He didn´t give her money, but was paying for everything. She got pregnant, lost the baby and he left. She wrote to newspapers, to the party and went to the policestation to complain. Gate of the new police station.