“夜上海，夜上海，你是一个不夜城

华灯起，乐声响，歌舞升平”

深秋的黄浦江边，有这么一群人，华服着身、热情四射，似乎要和这霓虹灯争艳，与高楼比肩。没错，这群人是来自中欧国际工商学院的MBA2017届学生、校友、教职员工和特邀嘉宾们。能把这么多中欧人聚到一起的，就是中欧年度最大型活动之一的“上海之夜”！

In this season of late autumn, towards the bank of the Huangpu river comes a group of well dressed and glittering people. They are MBA2017 batch students, alumni, faculty members and VIP guests of CEIBS. What exactly could gather so many CEIBSers under one roof? Only Shanghai Night, one of the biggest events all the year around could do the trick.

上海之夜作为中欧MBA项目的一个传统活动，到今年已经走过十个年头。今年的活动继承往年传统，在黄浦江的游轮上举行。活动内容包括晚宴、教授致辞、舞蹈表演、乐队表演、约会对象拍卖等。今年的上海之夜盛大非凡，在赞助商的支持下，整艘游船被装扮一新，摇身一变黄浦江上的移动派对现场。到场的嘉宾人数也是近年最多的一次，总共380人！远超出游轮的容量（小编在船上几乎没有找到过座位）。

As a traditional event for CEIBS MBA program, Shanghai Night is celebrating its 10-year anniversary this year. As usual, the event is carried out on a cruise ship on Huangpu river. The event consists of buffet dinner, speech from professors, dance show, band performance and date auction etc. Thanks to the support of the sponsors, the ship has been decorated into a moving party venue on Huangpu river, making the event a truly magnificent one.

派对从来宾们踏上游轮的那一刻就开始了。精心打扮一番的才子佳人们怎能错过这个在朋友圈大秀的好机会！于是现场最拥挤的地方不是吧台、也不是餐厅，而是各种方便拍照的地方：签名墙前、甲板上、美女帅哥周围、教授身边…现场拍照太疯狂以致手机没电到处找充电宝的请自觉点赞！

The party started as the guests set foot on the ship. People who dressed up for the night could not afford to lose the opportunity to bombard their Wechat moments with fancy photos showing the skyline of Shanghai and the charismatic people in traditional Chinese suits and Qipao. So don’t be surprised to find yourself surrounded with people holding cell phones and squeezing smiles next to the good looking ones and professors. One luxury of that night is the mobile power banks, which were in high demand by the cellphone photographers.

拍照拍得差不多，是时候到享用美食美酒的时候了。在大家觥筹交错相谈甚欢的时候，深受学生们欢迎的Rama教授和陈世敏教授为大家做了演讲，鼓励同学们好好利用学校平台谋求更好的职业发展，自己受益的同时也为学校的荣誉添砖加瓦。两个教授的讲话让现场气氛高涨。这种时候如果还是继续喝酒吃饭就太没意思了。于是，由舞蹈俱乐部的帅哥美女们精心准备的舞蹈热腾腾的开始了。舞蹈由三部分组成，分别是民族舞、嘻哈和啦啦队舞。舞蹈俱乐部的多元化不光体现在风格上，还有在成员上。来自中、韩、俄的大叔小鲜肉、御姐萌妹子热情的舞步让刚刚酒足饭饱的小伙伴们一饱眼福，好不爽快！

While everyone was enjoying dinner and mingling with other fellow CEIBSers, Prof. Rama and Prof Shimin Chen, who are very popular among students, gave speeches to encourage us to take the opportunity of studying at CEIBS to strive for a better future for ourselves and for the school’s reputation. The speeches were so inspiring that something more exciting was needed other than drinking and eating.The dance show came up right on time. 3 pieces of dance were given by the princes and princesses from the dance club. The diversity didn’t merely stop at the type of the dances, it was also demonstrated by the members of the club. Among them we saw Korean, Chinese and Russian dancers, who totally blew the audience away.

作为上海之夜的一个保留内容，“约会对象拍卖”是一次单身dog们的盛会。拍卖标的是本届MBA的五个帅哥和五个美女，拍卖筹得的款项将捐给慈善机构。作为回报，约会对象将和中标人共进晚餐。还未等“约会对象”们现身，拍卖现场就已经挤得people mountain people sea，想必大家都是持币而来，等着拍一个Ta共赴烛光晚宴。

The Date Auction is a fun part where people bid on ten date candidates with five guys and five girls. The proceeds of the auction will be donated to charities. And the bidder can have dinner with the date as return. The auction scene was filled with curious people, waiting to uncover the veil of the candidates and decide whom to bid on and have dinner with.

果不其然，在主持人简短介绍过各个“约会对象”并开放竞拍后，现场沸腾了！台下此起彼伏的出价喊声和挥舞的双手，让人以为来到了摇滚乐队的演唱会！一些平时挺闷骚的同学这时也打开了心扉和钱包，呼喊着心仪对象的名字要求出价。还有不少校友和嘉宾也加入到出价大军中。经过几轮惨烈的厮杀，十位“约会对象”都被成功拍卖出去，祝他们之后约会顺利！拍卖筹到的近十万元也将按计划捐给慈善机构。

The auction went crazy after the MC introduced the candidates and announced open of bidding. Rounds of yelling and waving hand were heard and seen. Those who had no clue what was going on would assume being in a rock n roll concert! The seemingly shy classmates, along with alumni and guests, all stood up and bid on their favourites. After a few head-on battles, ten candidates were sold, yay! Let’s wish them a happy date in the near future.

在拍卖会热烈进行的同时，游轮的一层也在上演一场年度大show：TGIF乐队的演出。乐队由MBA2017届音乐俱乐部的同学组成，以流行和摇滚风格见长。在这次活动前，乐队已经在校园里多次表演，引起不小轰动，粉丝稳步增长。伴随着犀利的鼓点、激情的吉他和美妙的歌声，台下的同学们表示没法淡定，纷纷走到台前开始热舞！很多同学都抓住这个机会展示了另一面，平时的学霸瞬间变身dancing king/queen，害羞内向型的此刻也大胆的欢呼舞动起来。希望这些小伙伴在看到自己热舞照片的时候不要太意外

While the auction was going white hot on the 2nd floor, a grand show was also happening on the 1st floor: performance from the band TGIF. The band is an effort of the musicians from MBA2017 batch, good at pop and rock & roll style. The band had been invited to perform even before Shanghai Night, creating quite a lot to buzz around campus. Fans followed the melody and rhythm and danced to it in front of the stage. Many different sides of the classmates were seen during the relaxing moment. I hope these guys won’t be surprised to see their crazy looks in the photos.

乐队演出最大的亮点出现在最后。自称几十年没唱过歌的陈世敏教授也登台亮相，和乐队一起唱了一首Country Road。他煞有介事、略带羞涩的样子引发了观众的大合唱，不知教授是否会从此爱上唱歌。

The highlight of the performance came at last. Prof. Shimin Chen, who had claimed to quit singing many years ago, jumped on the stage and began singing Country Road with the band. Although looking shy, Prof. Chen did manage to make the audience sing along happily. Perhaps Prof. Chen will pick up singing again after tonight, who knows!

随着游轮的靠岸，本次上海之夜进入了尾声。短短三小时的活动，让所有在场的中欧人度过了一个愉快的夜晚。学生会的辛勤付出、社团的精彩节目和同学们的热情参与为深秋的黄浦江岸带来了阵阵暖意。我相信这个夜晚不会就此结束，它一定会久久留在同学们心里，成为MBA经历中最值得回味的事情之一！

All good things come to an end and the Shanghai Night is no exception. This 3-hour party ended by putting a smily face on everyone. The hard-work from the student committee, fantastic shows from the clubs and the passion from the attendees altogether brought a moment of warmth to the Huangpu river in the late autumn. I believe this is far from ending, for that it will stay in the bottom of our hearts as one of the most memorable experiences in the MBA journey!