You decide for yourself how to take this path. "Infernal Affairs" ["Infernal Affairs": Is Lin Jiadong cannon fodder or careerist? Why did he appear on the rooftop? 】 On January 27, 2021, Andy Lau once again showed his superstar strength and announced his entry into Douyin, which

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"Infernal Affairs"

["Infernal Affairs": Is Lin Jiadong cannon fodder or careerist? Why did he appear on the rooftop? 】

On January 27, 2021, Andy Lau once again showed its superstar strength. announced its entry into Douyin , which immediately became the headlines on the entire Internet. Just by publishing a short video, the likes and followers exceeded 10 million , and it is even expected to exceed 20 million today.

In this Douyin short video, Andy Lau recreated the classic scene from the movie "Infernal Affairs" and announced on the rooftop: Now I want to open Douyin!

Seeing this familiar picture, many people will also think of the police film "Infernal Affairs" that was known as the rescue work of Hong Kong movies.

"Infernal Affairs" is almost Andy Lau's most famous and classic masterpiece. Its quality is better than the currently released " The Bomb Disposal Expert 2", and its significance to Hong Kong movies is even more extraordinary.

The most classic scene left in "Infernal Affairs" is the final showdown between Andy Lau and Tony Leung on the rooftop . There are two versions of the final ending. One version is that Liu Jianming, played by Andy Lau, is exposed and arrested, and the other is Andy Lau took out his police card and passed the customs smoothly.

Most people have seen the ending of the second version, because this is how the subsequent sequel "Infernal Affairs 3: Ultimate Infernal Affairs" came about.

In both endings, a third person appeared, namely B, the undercover gangster played by Lin Jiadong in , who was silenced by Liu Jianming in the elevator. Therefore, this Big B is Liu Jianming’s cannon fodder on his way to clean up his career in order to be a good person.

Interestingly, in a talk show later, Andy Lau revealed that when filming "Infernal Affairs", few people saw the complete script, only the scripts of their respective characters. Jiadong Lam even before the rooftop scene, I didn’t know that the character I played was also a gangster undercover . [At that time, Lam Jiadong was an actor under Andy Lau's company, and Andy Lau had him in many of his movies. 】

The background of this classic rooftop showdown: Liu Jianming's undercover identity was known to Chen Yongren played by Tony Leung, and even his girlfriend (played by Sammi Cheng) also knew it. He chose to be a good person and go to meet Chen Yongren to settle things.

The ending Liu Jianming wants is to convince Chen Yongren to help him keep the secret secret, not to expose his identity as a gang undercover, and to become a good person from now on. If Chen Yongren does not agree, he will have no choice but to surrender. On the way there, he left a message for his girlfriend and told her his computer password. He probably had no intention of killing Chen Yongren to silence him.

Finally, after Chen Yongren was shot in the head by Big B, Liu Jianming had another choice, which was to silence Big B. From then on, he became a good person.

But Big B was Liu Jianming’s subordinate at the time, and he followed Liu Jianming to the rooftop of the building. Why did he follow Liu Jianming? Is he cannon fodder or a careerist?

In "Infernal Affairs", Liu Jianming, played by Andy Lau, is the senior inspector of the Criminal Intelligence Division. Big B, played by Lin Jiadong, is his direct subordinate, and his level should be several levels lower.

He joined the police academy in 1994, two years later than Chen Yongren and Liu Jianming. Finally, he complained in the elevator that he was actually very capable. A headshot to Chen Yongren proved his marksmanship. However, Han Chen (played by Eric Tsang) did not like him, so he was unable to rise in the police department.

The implication is that Liu Jianming's rapid promotion was largely due to Han Chen's help in letting him perform meritorious service, but he did not have this opportunity. At this time, he revealed that he was also an undercover gangster arranged by Han Chen. At the same time, he also knew Liu Jianming's true identity, which was equivalent to gaining an important clue to the other party.

If Liu Jianming wants to continue to be a good person, he must take him with him.

Big B's conspiracy almost came true.

When the movie opens, Big B and Liu Jianming appear together in an operation to capture Han Chen and Thai drug dealers.The second time was when Chen Yongren and Huang Zhicheng (played by Anthony Wong) were meeting on the rooftop, he was ordered to follow them downstairs, where Huang Zhicheng died in front of him..

At that time, Liu Jianming received instructions from the Political Department to investigate Huang Zhicheng, and Big B accepted Liu Jianming's direct instructions to track him. For this reason, Liu Jianming was scolded by Huang Zhicheng's subordinates (played by Wu Tingye ).

Later, Liu Jianming cooperated with the crime team and temporarily took over Huang Zhicheng's position. When he took down Han Chen, he did not bring Big B with him. After killing Han Chen, Chen Yongren came to the police station to restore his identity as a police officer. At that time, he was in the original office of Huang Zhicheng of the Crime Unit.

So, where is the big B at this time?

He is an undercover agent that Han Chen does not take seriously, so it is impossible that Han Chen asked him to follow Liu Jianming, otherwise Han Chen would not have been killed by Liu Jianming.

Finally, Chen Yongren asked Liu Jianming to meet on stage, and Liu Jianming would never tell anyone. So, why is Big B following Liu Jianming at this time? After Huang Zhicheng's death, his tracking mission had ended; and Liu Jianming was transferred to the Ministry of Internal Affairs at that time, and he only worked temporarily in the Serious Case Team. In principle, he was still his superior.

At that time, Liu Jianming ordered Big B to follow Huang Zhicheng. It was actually an internal police investigation task to find out the mole in the police station. Later, both Huang Zhicheng and Han Chen died, and Liu Jianming was still in the crime squad. Of course, Big B thought that the internal investigation was still going on. If the police undercover hadn't been found yet, it was very likely that he had been found.

Liu Jianming is the person in charge of internal investigations, so Big B must be following him to know what he has found and whether he has been exposed.

On the rooftop, big B heard that Liu Jianming was also Han Chen's man, so what choice should he make?

As Han Chen's undercover agent in the police station, after Han Chen's death, if no one checks him, he should be able to truly become a good person. But he was obviously unwilling to do so, because Han Chen never paid attention to him.

It is definitely better to hang out with Liu Jianming than with Han Chen's , because Liu Jianming has made more meritorious deeds and been promoted quickly, and he is also highly valued by senior officials, so he can also benefit from following suit. Showing his identity as an undercover agent to Liu Jianming and showing his loyalty to Chen Yongren is like giving a pledge of surrender: I will work with you from now on, and you don't have to check me out. If you don't take me to play, huh?

Big B at this time was ambitious, and he thought he was destined to win over Liu Jianming.

In the end, Big B became cannon fodder. Maybe he didn't expect Liu Jianming to be so ruthless, and maybe he didn't know that Han Chen was killed by Liu Jianming himself.

Liu Jianming wanted to be a good person and didn't want his identity as an undercover agent to be exposed. At this time, Big B was dead and he could be his scapegoat: the undercover agent found out that it was Big B. Chen Yongren was a police undercover and was killed by Big B. Liu Jianming was a good guy.

[In "Infernal Affairs 2", Chen Yongren's biological father Ni Kun was also killed by Liu Jianming. 】

If Lin Jiadong had already been the best actor in the year when "Infernal Affairs" was filmed, then his character's status should be higher, and maybe there would be a different ending. What do you think?