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.

a.m. in the United States, and Jasper knocked the wooden

Ring!

and strong sound of the bell

cameras flashed maddeningly as

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

Its ticker—SENA!

and the group got down from the stage after they rang the bell. They began

a little nerve-wracking.” A senior executive sucked in a deep breath and felt a

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 the

tended to buy shares

with an issue price of 25 US dollars with

shares bought by investors through pre-IPO,

10% rise

if Sena was formidable enough, its prices

difficult would

Impossibly hard.

as it used to

decreased in large exchange centers like

were getting less enthusiastic and there was also less hot money in the markets compared to

starting to be more rational and no

Jasper’s calm facade was immense

center, Jasper watched the

traders had

room was filled with the

which added to the

25 US dollars had to grow at

even Winston Benett would dare to make such a

the long face?”

laughed. “And here I am, worried about whether the share

doesn’t hit the target we set? The point of Sena going public was to help contribute to your

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