In 2002, there were crowds of people outside an abandoned factory building somewhere in Hong Kong.

At this time, directors Lau Wai-keung and Mak Siu-fai were leading the crew here to film the police academy scenes of the movie "Infernal Affairs".

This scene is quite important, and there are many actors participating. In addition to the extras, even the four leading actors are all present.

There was a young man in the crowd, tall and thin, looking a little shy.

His name is Shawn Yue, and in this movie, he will play the role of Chen Yongren in his teenage years.

Although he was the leading actor in this scene, the 21-year-old still did not dare to say much when he saw the four movie stars chatting and laughing beside him.

After all, it was his first time to see such a big scene, so he was inevitably nervous, but deep down, he couldn't help but feel happy.

No matter whether there are more dramas or less dramas, I am finally "on the right track".

The Hong Kong entertainment industry is not easy to get involved in. It is not easy for him to reach this point in his third year without any background.

He came from a very ordinary background, with one brother and one sister. His parents were busy with business, so he had to live with his aunt most of the time.

After the financial crisis in 1997, his family's economy also fell into crisis, so when he was spotted by a talent scout on the street, he immediately agreed to become a part-time model.

After graduating from high school, Shawn Yue did not continue his studies. Instead, he poured all his energy into modeling work and took on several commercials.

As his fame grew, in 2000, at the age of 19, he was selected by a film company to star in the youth idol drama "Youth@Y2K" and officially entered the entertainment industry.

At the same time, Shawn Yue also developed into music. In 2002, he released his first solo EP album "Private Room".

But what brought him into the public eye was the filming of "White Paper on Love" in Taiwan.

The male protagonist Ouyang Guaju played by him is gloomy, reserved, gentle and considerate. He showed a certain amount of acting skills and thus got the opportunity to star in "Infernal Affairs".

Among the group of actors outside the dilapidated factory building, there is also an actor of the same age as Shawn Yue named Edison Chen.

This scene mainly revolves around the two of them, but there is no direct rivalry scene.

Edison Chen, who has known the four major movie kings and directors for a long time, is obviously much more relaxed than Shawn Yue.

Looking at the young Shawn Yue on the side, Edison Chen just thought he had met another friend, and maybe they could hang out together one day.

Although they are similar in age and roles, Edison Chen's situation is very different from Shawn Yue, and it can even be said that they are people from two different worlds.

When Shawn Yue was still in school, Edison Chen, who was one year older than him, was already at home in the gentle village.

He was born into a wealthy businessman family, a generation born with a golden key in his mouth. The money given by his parents made him breathless, so he had to seek breath from the opposite sex.

When he was still a minor, Edison Chen had already seen all kinds of things in the adult world, but that was all. Open the door and see the money, close the door and see the people.

Apart from boredom, the handsome man began to pursue another high-level pleasure - becoming a celebrity and entering the entertainment industry, just like his father did with the celebrities he knew.

In 1999, he finally ushered in the beginning.

At that time, Liming was shooting an advertisement for a financial company. Before the shooting started, he thought that his friend Chen Zemin's 19-year-old son Edison Chen had just returned to Hong Kong for vacation, so he sent an invitation to him to come and play.

Unexpectedly, Edison Chen’s camera skills were really good. After the advertisement went online, he received a lot of recognition, and Edison Chen entered the entertainment industry.

Like Shawn Yue, Edison Chen also starred in his first movie in 2000.

But people are still incomparable. Shawn Yue's first movie is said to be a youth idol film. To put it bluntly, it is to cultivate new talents. The heroine Charlene Choi is only 19 years old, and the story is still a campus theme.

Edison Chen's "The New Man 2: Mobile Mission" starring Edison Chen is a big-budget action film. Not only did he replace Nicholas Tse as the male lead, but the female lead who starred with him was already famous. Li Meiqi and "Sexy Queen" Chung Liti.

Emperor Entertainment then took advantage of the situation and created the EP "Edison Chen" for him. That year, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best New Actor, the Most Popular Male Newcomer Award in the Top Ten Golden Songs, and the Hong Kong Record Sales Volume The highest newcomer award of the year, the limelight was unstoppable for a while.

The next three albums "Visual Diary", "Ed Is On" and "Peace and Love" also performed well.

So when Edison Chen and Shawn Yue were both invited by Andy Lau to star in "Infernal Affairs" in 2002, although their roles were similar, their momentum overshadowed Shawn Yue.

In today’s terms, one is a super popular rising star and the other is just a newcomer.

In the trilogy of "Infernal Affairs" series, Shawn Yue and Edison Chen starred in Part 1 and Part 2 respectively, and they did not have many roles in Part 1.

Although 2 is a prequel, the two are not the absolute protagonists, and a lot of roles were shared by veteran actors; 3 only used scenes shot previously, and the two did not actually star.

But after all, the success of this series has brought their popularity to a new level. The relationship between the two also had a "honeymoon period", and they would meet up to go drinking in Lan Kwai Fong.

After that, the two collaborated on "Jiang Hu" and "Initial D", in which they also had many rival scenes, and their cooperation became more and more tacit.

During this period, some Hong Kong media called them the "peerless twins" in the Hong Kong entertainment industry. It seemed that they were going to succeed Andy Lau and Tony Leung Chiu-wai and continue the legacy of the Hong Kong film industry just like the relationship between the characters in "Infernal Affairs". brilliant.

But before they had a tacit understanding for a long time, the two quickly turned against each other.

Because of a woman - Gillian.

In 2001, Edison Chen was rumored to be in love with Gillian, but both parties did not admit it.

In 2002, Shawn Yue also starred in the movie "Yi Lu Cane" with Gillian, and there was a kissing scene between the two, so the scandal between the two spread in the industry.

This incident made Edison Chen very angry. When attending an award ceremony in 2003, he finally bumped into Shawn Yue. The fiery Edison Chen couldn't help but fight with fists and kicks.

Upon seeing this, the staff quickly pulled away. Edison Chen's sister Chen Jianfei also took the initiative to apologize to Shawn Yue, but since then the two have tried their best to avoid appearing in public at the same time.

In the film industry, their performances are often compared.

Shawn Yue is obviously more low-key and reserved, focusing on a restrained performance style, and his style happens to be closer to Tony Leung Chiu-wai.

Edison Chen has always had his own way of doing things. He is very flamboyant and has a hot temper. He often offends entertainment reporters.

But in terms of performance in the movie, many people think that Edison Chen is better than Shawn Yue.

For example, Edison Chen's "Dog Eat Dog" is considered a phenomenal performance. It has a rating of 8.1 on Douban, which is very rare for an action movie.

Shawn Yue's "Chicken" is considered to be a follow-up to "Dog Eat Dog", and its rating is much lower, only 6.1, which most movie fans do not approve of.

But in fact, "Army Chicken" is adapted from the fighting comic of the same name created by Japanese cartoonist Tanaka Akio, and has nothing to do with "Dog Eat Dog".

It will be considered to be following the trend of "Dog Eat Dog", on the one hand because the story has not been adapted much, and on the other hand because Shawn Yue is not suitable for the role of Ryo Narimashima.

In 2008, after Edison Chen made a splash in "The Dark Knight", he announced his "indefinite" retirement from the entertainment industry due to the leaked nude photos.

His "The Outlaw" was released in Hong Kong in 2009 after lingering for a long time.

But if you think he really quit, you are totally wrong.

In fact, in the 11 years since he announced his retirement, he has still participated in 9 movies.

Among them, "The Inescapable Room" has not yet been released, and "A Cloud Made of Rain in the Wind" has been edited down to only a pair of hands.

He seems to always want to make a full comeback, but he has not found the right opportunity.

And Shawn Yue’s acting experience has become more and more brilliant.

In 2017, he was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in "One Thought". Although he lost to Lin Jiadong in the end, his acting skills in the film were not inferior to Edison Chen in "Dog Eat Dog".

The feud between Edison Chen and Shawn Yue did not end with Edison Chen quitting the entertainment industry. On the contrary, it intensified, and finally developed to the point where they were tearing each other apart online.

The reason lies in the competition between the two people's commercial brands.

After 2008, as his acting career declined, Edison Chen also shifted his focus to fashion clothing.

In 2004, he founded the trendy brand CLOT and personally served as the chief designer, participating in the material selection and design of clothing. He also became the owner of the fashion store Juice. It is said that the annual revenue exceeds 1,000,000 yuan. million dollars.

Shawn Yue, who was born as a model, also founded his own clothing brand MADNESS in 2010 as a side job to increase revenue.

Because Shawn Yue is busy with filming, he is naturally not too concerned about his own brand. He is not as focused as Edison Chen. Therefore, although his MADNESS is more affordable, it is often accused of plagiarism.

Edison Chen has always been outspoken. Once on the MADNESS designer's new product release page, he left a message at the bottom and used the words "new slave" to ridicule Shawn Yue.

Of course Shawn Yue wanted to retaliate, so he replied: "You are facing the attack."

This sentence may seem unintelligible on the surface, but it actually quotes a famous saying of the late American star Frank Sinatra. The original words are: "The best revenge is when you are attacked. It’s success.”

The subtext is obvious, that is: you are no longer in the entertainment industry, and I am more successful than you now.

Indeed, after starring in excellent films such as "Zhiming and Chunjiao", "One Thought of Wuming", and "Isabella", Shawn Yue also has the capital to challenge Edison Chen.

If these words are quite polite, Shawn Yue's MADNESS public account actually issued a post directly declaring war on Edison Chen, with a very offensive title - "What is Edison Chen?" Diss everywhere, show your attitude, and gain popularity! 》, full of gunpowder.

In fact, Shawn Yue is still in the entertainment industry after all, so he will leave room for his words and will not make the relationship too tense; while Edison Chen does not have too many scruples, which is the reason why he has continued to have bad relations with others over the years. .

But it seems that he doesn't care. Now Edison Chen is based in Los Angeles and goes to the front row to support the Lakers at home games.

From closeness to antagonism, 17 years of grievances, after the two have experienced so much right and wrong, I am afraid there will be no chance of cooperation again in this life

("Broken Things" Both of them are just guest appearances in "Golden Rooster SSS" and have no overlap).

Shawn Yue and Edison Chen are now uncles in their early 40s and have their own families and children.

Let those old memories and grudges be dissolved in time!

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