Life at the Top

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

Ring!

and strong sound of the bell rang throughout the entire

everyone’s cheers, the reporters’ cameras flashed maddeningly as they tried to commemorate

on from the bursting of the dot-com bubble and registered itself at Nasdaq

Its ticker—SENA!

got down from the stage after they rang the bell. They began to pay attention to the changes in

A senior executive sucked in a deep breath

attention to the pre-IPO on the first day of trading and the more shares bought pre-IPO make for a higher share price. It’ll take some time before

States, most investors tended to buy shares of new businesses

for example, started with an issue price of 25 US dollars with 96 million

more shares bought by investors through pre-IPO, the

most important thing was that there was not a 10% rise limit when it came to buying shares through

Sena was formidable enough, its prices could rise instantly to 200

would that

Impossibly hard.

longer as crazy as it used to be before the burst of the

world’s economic development slowed, trade also decreased in large exchange centers like Nasdaq, the Dow Jones Index,

investors were getting less enthusiastic and there was

starting to be more rational and no longer rushed to

calm facade was

the bustling exchange center, Jasper watched the scene before him

were still thinking of ways to interview Sena’s senior executives, and traders

room was filled with the scent

to the pressure

grow at least five

to make such a bet, let alone

long face?” Celine interrupted Jasper’s

relaxed expression and laughed. “And here I am, worried about whether the share price will meet the requirements when

Sena going public was to help contribute to your cash flow. From the hype