Shanghai Night Mode: Metro Argument & World Cup at a Bar | 22 Nov 2022

Описание: 22 November 2022, Shanghai. Night mode activated.Exiting West Nanjing Road Station, heading toward North Maoming Road. The night air was cool, but the streets were lively. World Cup season—the city's nights were busier than usual.

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At the metro exit, people were arguing.

Loud voices. A small crowd gathered.

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Walking on, North Maoming Road.

I'd walked this street in daylight. Night was different. Bar lights on, music seeping through doors. People drifted by—some with beer bottles, some on phones, some straight from office buildings, suits still on.

The bar was down an alley. Two former colleagues were already there, seats by the window.

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World Cup 2022. Group stages.

No China team that night, but nobody cared. Next table had Argentina jerseys, someone waved an England flag. When goals came, the whole street shouted.

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Remember a headline.

Those days, Shanghai's bars were booming. Since group stages started, searches for "World Cup viewing spots" jumped 8x; bar searches, 10x. Between 9 p.m. and 3 a.m., orders peaked.

Our table too. Beer, skewers, fries. Watching, talking. Work, future, that argument at the metro exit.

"Why do you think they fought?"
"Vendor spots, probably."
"Over a spot?"
"Sometimes, people get stuck in their spot."
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Where do we begin to understand a city?

We begin with its days—West Nanjing Road's window displays, Lujiazui's skyscrapers.

And we begin with its nights—that random argument at a metro exit, those shouts when a goal scored, the people wandering late-night streets, the silences mid-drink.

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2022年11月22日，上海。夜间模式开启。从南京西路地铁站出来，往茂名北路走。夜风有点凉，但街上的人不少。世界杯期间，这座城市的夜晚比平时更热闹一些。
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地铁口，有人在吵架。声音很大，围了一圈人。
往前走，茂名北路。

这条街我白天走过，晚上是另一副面孔。酒吧的灯亮起来，音乐从门缝里漏出来。路上的人三三两两，有的拿着啤酒瓶边走边喝，有的靠着墙打电话，有的一看就是刚从写字楼出来，西装还没换。

约好的酒吧在巷子里，拐了两个弯才找到。两个前同事已经到了，占了靠窗的位置。
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2022世界杯，小组赛正酣。那天晚上显然没有中国队，但不妨碍大家看得投入。邻桌有人穿着阿根廷球衣，有人举着英格兰旗子。进球的瞬间，整条街都在喊。
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想起一条新闻。

那几天，上海的酒馆生意特别好。小组赛以来，平台上的“世界杯看球好去处”搜索量涨了8倍多，小酒馆的搜索量涨了10倍以上。晚上九点到凌晨三点，是订单最密集的时候。

我们这桌也是。啤酒、烤串、薯条，边吃边看，边看边聊。聊工作，聊未来，聊刚才地铁口那场吵架。

“你说，他俩为啥吵？”
“摆摊的位置吧。”
“就为一个位置？”
“有时候，人就被困在一个位置上。”
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我们可以从何处开始了解一座城市？

从它的白天开始——从南京西路的橱窗，从陆家嘴的摩天楼。

也从它的夜晚开始——从地铁口那场不知起因的争吵，从酒吧里那几声为进球发出的呐喊，从那些在深夜街头晃荡的人，从那些喝到一半突然沉默的时刻。
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