Life at the Top

Chapter 787

Time ticked by and it was now only three more minutes until the market opened and Sena went public. Jasper had been invited onto the temporarily built stage.

The stage was right under the largest main screen in Nasdaq Exchange Center, which was at the center of the room.

Under everyone’s attentive gaze, Jasper and Jack got on stage.

In the middle of the stage was a large bell.

Since Nasdaq Exchange’s founding, every business that went public would have its legal personality ring this bell.

It was a tradition as much as it was a symbol.

The electronic screen continued to display worlds of welcome like ‘Nasdaq welcomes Sena’ while hundreds of traders had already gotten into position. There were a few dozen reporters holding their cameras, waiting to take a picture of this historical moment.

Jasper accepted a wooden hammer from a manager in the exchange center and was just about to invite Jack to ring the bell with him when he saw the other shake his head with a smile.

“You should ring the bell yourself, Mr. Laine,” Jack spoke.

Although he was stunned, Jasper saw the shine in Jack’s eyes and did not insist. “Alright then.”

Everyone looked up and focused on the electronic screen that covered the entire wall. It displayed both Nasdaq’s and Sena’s logo, as well as an analog clock.

The second hand of the clock ticked continuously until it was almost racing to 9:30 a.m.

“5…

“4…

“3…

“2…

“1…”

Hundreds of people counted down at the same time in the exchange Center.

currently 9:30 a.m. in the United States, and Jasper knocked the wooden hammer against

Ring!

sound of the bell rang throughout the entire exchange

reporters’ cameras flashed maddeningly as they tried to commemorate

from Somerland had moved on from the bursting of the dot-com bubble and registered itself at

Its ticker—SENA!

down from the stage after they rang the

executive sucked in a deep

relaxed as he smiled and said, “The share market in the United States has different rules compared to the markets back home. New shares here normally pay more attention to the pre-IPO on the first day of trading and the more shares bought pre-IPO make for a higher

to

of 25 US dollars with 96 million US dollars worth of

more shares bought by investors through pre-IPO, the higher the

was not a 10% rise limit when it came to buying

was formidable enough, its prices could rise

would

Impossibly hard.

it used

exchange centers

enthusiastic and there was also less hot money in the markets

rational and no longer rushed to one sector

facade

exchange center, Jasper watched the

to interview Sena’s senior executives, and traders had

with the scent of

to the pressure on Jasper’s

to grow at least five

Benett would dare to make such a bet,

long face?” Celine

I am, worried about whether the

shoulder and beamed at him. “Don’t worry about it. So what if it doesn’t hit the target we set? The point of Sena going public was to help contribute to your cash flow. From the hype

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