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.

in the United States, and Jasper knocked the wooden hammer

Ring!

sound of the bell rang

reporters’ cameras flashed maddeningly as they tried to

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

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

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

most investors tended to buy shares

US dollars with 96

through pre-IPO, the higher the price would

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

was formidable enough, its prices could rise

difficult would that

Impossibly hard.

was no longer as crazy as it used

decreased in large exchange centers like

were getting less enthusiastic and there was also less

more rational and no longer rushed to one sector

calm facade was immense

center, Jasper

interview Sena’s senior executives, and traders

room was filled with the scent of money

added to

of 25 US dollars had to grow at least five times

even Winston Benett would dare to make

long face?” Celine

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

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