There are two ways to make a box-office smash. One is to take an exciting script, hire famous actors, shoot a roller-coaster of a film, distribute it widely and market it deftly. This is the Hollywood way, and it worked pretty well for Harry Potter. The Beijing way shares some features with the Hollywood way, such as hiring lots of stars and distributing the film widely. But the magic ingredient behind China's latest blockbuster was one unavailable to the mightiest Tinseltown mogul. It was the power of the party.
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