Sun Honglei starred in "Sweeping Dark Storm", and the number of views on Tencent Video exceeded 3 billion, and the advanced on-demand viewing was criticized

According to the data from the Lighthouse Professional Edition, the hit TV series "Sweeping Dark Storm" starring Sun Honglei, Zhang Yixing and Liu Yijun has exceeded 3 billion views, and the drama continues to rank top in Lighthouse popularity. It has only been less than a week since it exceeded 2 billion views.

Although it is extremely popular, Tencent Video's advanced on-demand strategy has been criticized by many users. Previously, Weibo CEO Wang Gaofei wrote that Tencent Video's "Sweeping Dark Storm" advanced on-demand viewing requires payment once a day, so can't it be paid once and watched every day?

After his death, the Shanghai Consumer Protection Committee named "Sweeping Dark Storm" and believed that the advance on-demand service was suspected of bundled sales. According to the Shanghai Consumer Protection Committee, Tencent Video stipulated that the episodes must be unlocked in order in the advance on-demand service of the TV series "Sweeping Dark Storm".

The Shanghai Consumer Protection Committee believes that since the fee is charged by episode, consumers have the right to choose the episode they want to watch. The so-called "unlock and watch in sequence" is suspected of bundled sales and ignores consumers' right to choose.

"Sweeping Dark Storm" is directed by Wu Bai and co-directed by Wang Siyang, starring Sun Honglei, Zhang Yixing, Liu Yijun, Wu Yue, Wang Zhifei, Liu Zhibing, Wu Xiaoliang, with Jiang Shuying making a special appearance.

The drama was broadcast on Dragon TV and Beijing Satellite TV on August 9, 2021, and was broadcast simultaneously on Tencent Video.