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.

was currently 9:30 a.m. in the United States, and Jasper knocked the

Ring!

the bell rang throughout the

cameras flashed maddeningly as they tried

this moment, shares for the first internet enterprise from Somerland had moved on from the bursting of the dot-com

Its ticker—SENA!

down from the stage after they rang the bell. They began to pay

A senior executive sucked in a deep

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

States, most investors tended to

an issue price of 25 US dollars

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

was not a 10% rise

its

difficult would

Impossibly hard.

longer as crazy as it used to be before the burst of the dot-com

large exchange centers like Nasdaq, the Dow Jones Index, and

enthusiastic and there was also less hot money

investors were starting to be more rational and no longer rushed to one

facade was immense

exchange center, Jasper watched the

Sena’s senior executives, and traders had already begun

with the scent of money and

which added to the pressure

25 US dollars had to grow at least five times to exceed 120 US

Winston Benett would dare to make such a bet, let alone

with the long face?” Celine interrupted Jasper’s deep

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

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 we’ve garnered over the past few days, I’m pretty

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