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.

and Jasper knocked

Ring!

the bell rang throughout the entire

flashed maddeningly

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

Its ticker—SENA!

the bell. They began to pay attention to the changes in share

A senior executive sucked in a

the United States has different rules compared to the markets back home. New shares here normally pay more attention to the

United States, most investors tended to buy shares of new businesses through

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

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

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

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

would that

Impossibly hard.

market was no longer as crazy as it used to be before the burst of

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

was also less hot money in

rational and no longer rushed to

facade

bustling exchange center, Jasper

traders had already begun receiving phone calls while starting a

filled with the scent of money and

of which added to the pressure on Jasper’s

price of 25 US dollars had to grow at least five times to

would dare to

long face?” Celine interrupted Jasper’s

Celine’s relaxed expression and laughed. “And here I am, worried about whether the share price will meet the requirements when you’re acting like

the target we set? The point of Sena going public was to help

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